[7][9] He became part of Pervez Musharraf's cabinet[10] and served as Minister of State for Information Technology, Law, Justice, Human Rights, Parliamentary Affairs, and Overseas Pakistanis.

[11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20][21][4] On 13 October 2003, he articulated Pakistan's stance during the plenary session of the United Nations General Assembly regarding equitable representation and the expansion of Security Council membership.

[25]"He was re-elected to the National Assembly as a candidate of PML-Q from Constituency NA-156 (Khanewal-I) in 2008 Pakistani general election.

[32]In August 2011, he highlighted the disparities in resource allocation between central and South Punjab and demanded a new province.

[2][7][39][40][41] He received 79,675 votes and defeated Syed Fakhar Imam, a candidate of Pakistan Muslim League (N) (PML-N).