He ran for the seat of the
National Assembly of Pakistan as a candidate of
Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) from
Constituency NA-216 (Khairpur-II) in the
2002 Pakistani general election but was unsuccessful. He received 58,735 votes and lost the seat to
Pir Sadaruddin Shah, a candidate of
Pakistan Muslim League (F) (PML(F)). In the same election, he ran for the seat of the
Provincial Assembly of Sindh as an independent candidate from Constituency PS-29 (Khairpur-I) but was unsuccessful. He received 19 votes and lost the seat to
Syed Qaim Ali Shah. He was elected to the National Assembly as a candidate of PML(F) from Constituency NA-216 (Khairpur-II) in a by-election held in January 2003. He received 128,783 votes and defeated
Syed Ahmed Raza Shah Jeelani, a candidate of PPP. He ran for the seat of the National Assembly as a candidate of PML(F) from Constituency NA-215 (Khairpur-I) in the
2008 Pakistani general election but was unsuccessful. He received 34,014 votes and lost the seat to
Nawab Ali Wassan, a candidate of PPP. On 26 December 2010, he re-joined PPP. He ran for the seat of the National Assembly as a candidate of PPP from
Constituency NA-217 (Khairpur-III) in the
2013 Pakistani general election but was unsuccessful. He received 71,916 votes and lost the seat to
Syed Kazim Ali Shah, a candidate of PML(F). He was re-elected to the National Assembly from
NA-210 (Khairpur-III) as a candidate of PPP in the
2018 Pakistani general election. He received 90,830 votes and defeated Syed Kazim Ali Shah, a candidate of the
Grand Democratic Alliance (GDA). He was re-elected to the National Assembly from
NA-204 Khairpur-III as a candidate of PPP in the
2024 Pakistani general election. He received 113,022 votes and defeated Mozzam Ali Khan, a candidate of the GDA. ==References==