He was next in line to the chieftaincy of the Jamali tribe. He was related to former Prime Minister of Pakistan Mir Zafarullah Khan Jamali, Chairman of the Senate of Pakistan Jan Mohammad Jamali, and former Balochistan Chief Minister of Balochistan Taj Muhammad Jamali. In 2009 he went to Karachi on an unofficial visit; on 6 August 2009, he was assassinated in the Gulistan-e-Jauhar neighborhood of Karachi.