[1] She left PML (Q) to join Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) in 2007 and resigned from her National Assembly seat.
[1] She ran for the seat of the National Assembly from NA-126 Lahore constituency in 2008 Pakistani general election but was unsuccessful and secured only 517 votes.
[1] She again ran for the seat of the National Assembly as a candidate of MQM from NA-126 Lahore constituency in 2013 Pakistani general election but was unsuccessful and secured only 422 votes.
[2] Asif was shot dead on 18 June 2014 by two armed men (target killing), while she was traveling with her daughter and driver in Lahore.
[6] Altaf Hussain, leader of MQM said that her murder was a target killing from religious extremists as she had not been provided adequate security.