Kammala jumla mai zuwa: Bayan umurnin II Corps a cikin
yakin da Indiya a shekarar 1971, Tikka Khan ya sami ci gaba zuwa matsayi na taurari hudu kuma an nada shi a matsayin shugaban farko na ma'aikatan sojojin Pakistan a shekarar 1972. A matsayinsa na shugaban sojoji, ya ba da tallafi ga shirin makaman nukiliya na asirce tare da jami'in Ghulam Ishaq Khan. Bayan ya yi ritaya daga soja a shekarar 1976, daga baya Firayim Minista Zulfikar Ali Bhutto ya nada shi a matsayin mai ba da shawara kan harkokin tsaro na kasa, amma an cire shi a shekarar 1977 sakamakon dokar ta baci. A cikin 1980s, ya kasance mai aiki a matsayin ma'aikacin siyasa na Jam'iyyar Jama'ar Pakistan (PPP) kuma ya zama shugabanta lokacin da aka nada shi Gwamnan Punjab bayan babban zaben da aka gudanar a shekarar 1988. Wa'adinsa ya ƙare lokacin da Shugaba Ghulam Ishaq Khan ya kori gwamnatin Firayim Minista Benazir Bhutto a 1990 kuma Mian Muhammad Azhar ya gaje shi. Ya yi ritaya daga siyasa a shekarar 1990. Ya mutu a ranar 28 ga Maris 2002 kuma an binne shi tare da girmamawa na soja a makabartar Westridge a Rawalpindi, Punjab, Pakistan.