Arif's 111th Brigade was subsequently used by General Zia-ul-Haq to topple the government of Prime minister Zulfikar Ali Bhutto.

The first official NFC award was enacted under this program in 1974 by the government of Prime minister Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, which produced a conclusive results.

Later, he served in the government of former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto as her deputy military secretary during her first stint as prime minister.

He successfully defended his constituency during the 1993 general elections with high margins, and won the slot of in the government of Prime minister Benazir Bhutto.

A constitutional amendment introduced by the government of Prime Minister Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto in 1974 declared Qadianism to be a non-Muslim minority.

Operation Midnight Jackal was a cold war military intelligence program run by the ISI during the first government of Prime minister Benazir Bhutto in 1989.

He earned notoriety for his role in the covert Operation Midnight Jackal to destabilise the democratic government of Prime minister Benazir Bhutto in 1989.

Virtually, all fourth five-year planning was bypassed by the government of Prime minister Zulfikar Ali Bhutto.

After contesting in 1993 general elections, he secured the appointment as Justice minister in the government of Prime minister Benazir Bhutto.

General Karamat rose to public prominence in 1995, when he exposed the attempted coup d'état against the government of Prime minister Benazir Bhutto.