Kammala wannan jumlar: A shekarar 1969, an nada Sattar a matsayin Babban Kwamishinan Zabe na Pakistan. Ya shirya babban zaben farko na Pakistan a shekarar 1970, inda kungiyar Awami ta sami rinjaye na majalisa don kafa gwamnati. Ƙungiyar ta hana mika mulki ta hannun rundunar sojan da Janar Yahya Khan ke jagoranta. Yayin da yakin neman 'yanci na Bangladesh ya barke tare da
kisan kiyashin da aka yi wa fararen hula na Bengali, Sattar ya makale a Islamabad, Yammacin Pakistan, an cire shi daga mukaman hukuma kuma gwamnatin Pakistan ta tsare shi. A cikin 1973, Sattar ya koma Bangladesh mai zaman kanta a matsayin wani ɓangare na maido da jami'an Bengal da suka makale. Ya ji daɗin haɓaka a cikin Dhaka, amma ya yi rayuwa mai natsuwa tare da matarsa kuma ba shi da yara.