Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Bayan bala'in Indo-Pakistan War na 1971, yaƙi na uku tare da Indiya, Khan ya shiga Majalisar Dokoki ta Kasa, kawai don yin aiki a cikin Rukunin 'Yan adawa wanda Wali Khan na jam'iyyar Awami National Party ke jagoranta. Bayan gwamnatin Yahya ta mika gwamnatin farar hula ga Zulfikar Ali Bhutto a matsayin Shugaban kasa, Khan ya zargi Bhutto da kara tsananta halin da ake ciki wanda ya haifar da halittar Bangladesh
da kuma lura da cewa: "Muna rayuwa ne a karkashin tsarin jam'iyya daya... Abin da ya fi muhimmanci shi ne yadda ba a taɓa yin amfani da shi ba".