He received 6,727 votes and defeated Inamullah Khan, a candidate of the Pakistan Muslim League (N) (PML(N)).
[2] He was re-elected to the National Assembly from NA-33 (Upper Dir) as a candidate of PPP in the 2008 Pakistani general election.
[3] He ran for the seat of the National Assembly from NA-33 (Upper Dir) as a candidate of PPP in 2013 Pakistani general election[4][5] but was unsuccessful.
He ran for the seat of the National Assembly as a candidate of PPP from Constituency NA-5 (Upper Dir) in 2018 Pakistani general election but was unsuccessful.
He received 53,967 votes and lost the seat to Sahibzada Sibghatullah, a candidate of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI).