Previously, he was a member of the National Assembly from 2008 to May 2018. who is the current Federal Minister for Overseas Pakistanis and Human resources and development He was born on 12 February 1977.

[5] He was re-elected to the National Assembly as an independent candidate Constituency NA-37 (Tribal Area-II) in 2013 Pakistani general election.

[6][7][8] He received 29,623 votes and defeated an independent candidate, Sayed Qaisar Hussain.

[9] He was re-elected to the National Assembly as a candidate of Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) from Constituency NA-46 (Tribal Area-VII) in 2018 Pakistani general election.

[10] He received 21,461 votes and defeated Syed Iqbal Mian, a candidate of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf.