Pakistan movement Daultana joined the
Punjab Muslim League in 1942 despite being from a leading
Unionist family. In 1944 he assisted in drafting the League's manifesto, promising civil liberties, elimination of official interference in elections and a progressive economic policy.
Chief Minister of West Punjab Following the creation of Pakistan, the Muslim League assumed control of the new
West Punjab province.
Iftikhar Hussain Khan Mamdot, as
Chief Minister of West Punjab appointed Daultana to his cabinet alongside other scions of leading rural families
Mian Iftikharuddin and
Shaukat Hayat Khan. Daultana's cabinet, which contained just one migratee politician, was characterised as a cabinet of landlords. As Chief Minister he soon banned the Urdu daily newspaper
Nawa-i-Waqt which had been a supporter of Mamdot and introduced agrarian reforms within the Punjab. In 1951 they issued demands that Ahmadis be declared non-Muslims for legal purposes, that
Sir Zafarullah Khan the Ahmadi
Minister of Foreign Affairs resign and that Ahmadi's be banned from holding political office. He was succeeded by
Sir Feroz Khan Noon. ==Later activities==