Khattak died at a local hospital in Peshawar on Sunday, 7 February 2010. He was 85. He had left politics years earlier and had been residing at his native village, Akora Khattak.[9] He was laid to rest a day after his death.[10] On 12 May 2012, Khattak's shrine was blown up by unknown militants in Akora Khattak village.[11]