After the Fall of Kabul, Khattak settled back to Pakistan and founded the Afghanistan Pakistan People's Friendship Association in 2001. In 2002, Khattak was appointed as the president of Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP).[1] In 2006, Khattak joined the Awami National Party. He was the President of ANP's central secretariat based in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province and as well as Chairman of the special standing committee senate.