Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I muri i te Pakanga Indo-Pakistani kino o te tau 1971, te pakanga tuatoru me Inia, ka uru atu a Khan ki te National Assembly, ka mahi i roto i te papa o te Opepeti e arahina ana e Wali Khan o te Communist Awami National Party. I muri i te hurihanga o te tari Yahya i te kawanatanga taangata ki a Zulfikar Ali Bhutto hei Perehitini, i whakapae a Khan ki a Bhutto mo te piki haere o te ahuatanga i arahi ai ki te
te hanganga o Bangladesh me te tohu: "Kei te noho tonu tatou i raro i te kawanatanga kotahi-rōpū... Ko te āhuatanga tino nui ko te whakakahoretanga".