A strong proponent of social democracy,[2] he is also the key member of the Senate Standing Committee on Water and Power since 17 April 2009.

Nayyar Hussain Bukhari was born in the suburbs of Village Malpur (then old Rawalpindi, Punjab, now Islamabad), Pakistan, on 23 December 1953.

[3] After participating in general elections held in 1988 for NA–49 Islamabad–II constituency, he supervised the socialist programme, the People's Works Program, initiated by the PPP government in 1989.

In the Dawn newspaper op-ed, Hoodbhoy mentioned "The palace’s owner proudly identifies himself as former chairman of the Pakistan Senate and a member of the PPP.

[6][7] On 5 January 2019, the Capital Development Authority (Islamabad) along with Islamabad Capital Territory demolished the structures that were built illegally as a part of Mr. Bukhari’s residence as a part of an anti-encroachment drive led by the two to retrieve land that belongs to the Quaid-i-Azam University.