He ran for the seat of the
Provincial Assembly of Balochistan as a candidate of
Pakhtun-khwa Milli Awami Party (PKMAP) from
Constituency PB-12 (Qilla Abdullah-II) in the
2013 Pakistani general election but was unsuccessful. He received 5,822 votes and lost the seat to
Zmrak Khan. He was elected to the
National Assembly of Pakistan as a candidate of the PKMAP from
Constituency NA-262 (Killa Abdullah) in by-election held in August 2013. The seat became vacant after
Mehmood Khan Achakzai who won it May 2013 election vacated the seat in order to retain the seat won in his home National Assembly constituency. ==References==