Sardar Hussain Babak started his political career back in 2002, as a candidate of the Awami National Party (ANP) from constituency PK-77 (now PK-22). He was elected as member of the Assembly from the same constituency in 2008, 2013 and 2018. He is currently serving as Parliamentary leader of the Awami National Party in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly.
He is also a Chairman of the Standing Committee on Inter Provincial Coordination Department [6] and member of the Standing Committee on Sports, Tourism, Archaeology, Youth Affairs & Museums Department,[7] Standing Committee on Elementary and Secondary Education Department [8] and Standing Committee on Planning and Development Department [9] of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly.
He was also a member of the Standing Committee on Elementary and Secondary Education committee of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly in 2013.