[2] Khan worked as an Additional District and Sessions Judge (AD&SJ) in Kohat from 1 November 1993 to 1 December 1994.

He served as a section officer of KP's Law Department from 1 June 1995 to 30 April 1997.

He was elevated to District and Sessions Judge (D&SJ) and posted in Shangla from 31 May 2002 to 18 January 2003.

He served as a presiding officer of the labour court in Haripur from 27 January 2003 to 2 May 2007.

[2] On 6 July 2023, President Arif Alvi appointed Khan as the Acting Chief Justice of the PHC after the previous Chief Justice, Musarrat Hilali, was elevated to the Supreme Court.