| PAKISTAN PEOPLE'S PARTY CENTRAL PUNJAB PRESIDENT |
| Elected chairman of the Okara district council | 1983 |
| Member of Punjab Assembly | 1985 |
| Elected speaker of the assembly | 1985 |
| Elected as an MPA (independent) | 1988 |
| MNA and MPA from IJI’s platform | 1993 |
| Formed PML-Jinnah | 1995 |
| MNA from PML-Jinnah platform | 1996 |
| Joined PPP just after getting elected as an independent candidate | 2008 |
| Became PPP's central Punjab president | 2012 |
| Served as federal minister for Kashmir affairs | 2008-2013 |
