Born to a business family in Hangu district, he got his early education from Govt. College Kohat, where he joined the Pakhtoon Student Federation (the student wing of ANP) and later the ANP.[3] He was elected to the Senate of Pakistan on a general seat as an ANP candidate in March 2009.[4][5] He is the chairperson of the Senate Committee on Federal Education and Professional Training[6] and member of senate committees of Petroleum and Natural Resources, Housing and Works, Overseas Pakistanis and Human Resource Development, Employees Welfare Fund.[7]
