Azam contested the 1988 North-West Frontier Province provincial election from PF-33 Karak-II as an independent candidate, but was unsuccessful. He received 12,188 votes and was defeated by Nawabzada Mohsin Ali Khan, a candidate of Islami Jamhoori Ittehad (IJI).[1]
He contested the 1990 North-West Frontier Province provincial election from PF-33 Karak-II as a candidate of Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (F) (JUI(F)), but was unsuccessful. He received 15,759 votes and was defeated by Nawabzada Mohsin Ali Khan, a candidate of IJI.[1]
He was elected to the Provincial Assembly of the North-West Frontier Province in the 1993 North-West Frontier Province provincial election from PF-33 Karak-II as a candidate of Islami Jamhoori Mahaz. He received 15,012 votes and defeated Nawabzada Mohsin Ali Khan, a candidate of Pakistan Muslim League (N) (PML(N)).[1]
He contested the 1997 Pakistani general election from NA-10 Karak as an independent candidate, but was unsuccessful. He received 5,845 votes and was defeated by Shams-ur-Rehman, a candidate of Awami National Party (ANP). He also contested the 1997 North-West Frontier Province provincial election from PF-33 Karak-II as a candidate of JUI(F), but was unsuccessful. He received 4,825 votes and was defeated by Nawabzada Mohsin Ali Khan, an independent candidate.[1]
He was elected to the Provincial Assembly of the North-West Frontier Province in the 2002 North-West Frontier Province provincial election as a candidate of Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal (MMA) from PF-41 Karak-II. He received 13,931 votes and defeated Muhammad Ayub Khan, a candidate of Pakistan Muslim League (Q) (PML(Q)).[2]
After not being nominated by his party, JUI(F), he contested the 2008 North-West Frontier Province provincial election from PF-41 Karak-II as an independent candidate, but was unsuccessful. He received 12,981 votes and was defeated by Malik Qasim Khan Khattak, a candidate of JUI(F).[3][4]
He contested the 2013 Khyber Pakhtunkhwa provincial election as a candidate of PML(N) from PK-41 Karak-II, but was unsuccessful. He received 16,362 votes and was defeated by Malik Qasim Khan Khattak, an independent candidate.[5]
He was re-elected to the Provincial Assembly of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa as a candidate of MMA from PK-86 (Karak-II) in the 2018 Khyber Pakhtunkhwa provincial election. He received 35,846 votes and defeated Malik Qasim Khan Khattak, a candidate of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI).[6]
