Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Muna 1969, Sattar akagadzwa saChief Election Commissioner wePakistan. Akaronga sarudzo dzekutanga dzePakistan muna 1970, umo Awami League yakawana huwandu hwenhoroondo hweparamende kuumba hurumende. Sangano rakarambidzwa kutambidza simba nehurumende yechiuto yaitungamirirwa naGeneral Yahya Khan. Sezvo Hondo yeRusununguko yeBangladesh yakatanga neutsotsi
VaSattar vakasungwa muIslamabad, West Pakistan, vakabviswa pazvinzvimbo zvavo zvepamutemo ndokuiswa mujeri nehurumende yePakistan. Muna 1973, Sattar akadzokera kuBangladesh yakazvimiririra sechikamu chekudzoserwa kwevakuru vakuru veBengali. Akawana mukurumbira muDhaka, asi akararama upenyu hwakanyarara nomudzimai wake uye akanga asina vana.