Khan served in the Bangladesh Liberation War in the Bangladesh Muktijuddha Samannay Parishad. He was elected to the parliament from Habiganj-2 as a
Jatiya Party candidate in 1986 and 1988 and was a cabinet minister (1985–1990). He served as the bureau chief of the
Pakistan Times in Dacca and was the founder editor of the
Eastern News Agency (ENA). He was a trade unionist who served as the general secretary of the East Pakistan Journalists Union and the
Bangladesh Sramik Federation. ==Death==