Nayel, a journalist by profession, contested by-election on 31 December 2018 from constituency PB-26 (Quetta-III) of Provincial Assembly of Balochistan on the ticket of Hazara Democratic Party.[1] He won the election by the majority of 1,015 votes over the runner up Maulana Wali Muhammad Turabi of Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal. He garnered 5,272 votes while Turabi received 4,257 votes.[2]