Ali was the head of the Information and Public Relations department and the Arts and Culture department for Multan and
Bahawalpur before going to the parliament. He was the chairman of the Special Committee of the whole House of the National Assembly of Pakistan, proceedings of which were held in camera to consider the
Ahmadiyya issue. The Special Committee unanimously adopted a resolution on September 7, 1974, to declare the Ahmadiyya Movement and its offshoot, the
Lahore Ahmadiyya Movement for the Propagation of Islam to be non-Muslims. == Death ==