Mufti Mahmud played a vital role in Tehreek-e-Khatme Nabuwwat in 1953 and again in 1974, a religious movement which has highlighted the beliefs of the followers of Mirza Ghulam Ahmad in Pakistan. He led a team of Islamic scholars which worked for the declaration of Ahmadis as non-Muslims in 1974. He supported Afghan-Jihad against USSR in 1979 (see also Soviet–Afghan War).