During 1974, Babar was tasked to fund and train Tajik rebels, by the order of Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto, to stage uprising against the government of Sardar Mohammed Daoud Khan.[1] It was in retaliation of Daoud Khan decade long proxy war against Pakistan.[2][3] The operation was a huge success for Pakistan as Daoud Khan was forced to change his way and end his support to Anti-Pakistani militants.[4][2] Babar then proceeded to retire from the army to start his career in politics. He became Governor of the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa from 1975 to 1977 under Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto's government until the term was cut short due to Operation Fair Play— a clandestine operation undertaken to remove Bhutto. In 1988, Babar was the "Special Advisor/Assistant on Internal Affairs" in Benazir Bhutto's first government and between 1993 and 1996, Babar was appointed and tenured as the Interior Minister during Benazir Bhutto's second government where he supervised and successfully contended Operation Blue Fox.