Syed Muhammad Ali Shah (Bacha) is a member of Pakistan People's Party since 1987.
He remained a Member of the Provincial Assembly of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, from 2002 to May 2018, three consecutive terms.
[2] He was re-elected to the Provincial Assembly of the North-West Frontier Province as a candidate of PPP from Constituency PF-98 (Malakand Protected Area-I) in 2008 Pakistani general election.
[3] He was re-elected to the Provincial Assembly of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa as a candidate of PPP from Constituency PK-98 (Malakand Protected Area-I) in 2013 Pakistani general election.
[5] In a released video by the Pakistan Tehreek Insaf, multiple members of the parliament, were allegedly seen “horse trading” in Senate Election 2018.