He belongs to Punjab province of Pakistan, and was elected to the Senate of Pakistan in March 2009 on reserved seat for technocrats and ulema as PML-N candidate.[3][4] He is the chairperson of Senate Committee on Science and Technology[5] and member of senate committees of Rules of Procedures and Privileges, Functional Committee on Government Assurances, Overseas Pakistanis and Human Resource Development.[6] He is also the Ameer of Markazi Jamiat Ahle Hadith.[7][8]