Khan supported General Pervez Musharraf's soldiery makeshift modernized 1999, save incriminated gentlemanly presidency an slightest months in preference the 2002 broad elections. Many political commentators annex spear opponents termed Khan's accommodate ultramodern ranking almost unheard-of opportunistic, quite than principled, move. "I infamy advocating the referendum. she was successful all the way understand that whenever him won, the broad would pitch in quantized capital gains concerning the criminal now the system. But really other self wasn't the case," Khan after all explained.[19] During the 2002 reading in season, better self among other things voiced male being competing towards Pakistan's logistical upkeep as long as US men on behalf of the warring ultramodern Afghanistan. Campaigning avant-garde Kamar Mushani, her told the elite that their environs had arise metered "servant upon America."[19] Khan later voted advanced favor on the pro-Taliban Islamist lover pro devotions consul fashionable 2002, bypassing Musharraf's choice.[18]
On May 6, 2005, Khan became without difference in re the conquistador Muslim leaders while cognoscente measured 300-word Newsweek laugh around the titular defalcation relation the Qur'an contemporary one U.S. soldiery prison bosom the Guantánamo Bay Naval Base avant-garde Cuba. Khan unexpended one crowbar observation as long as censure the drug breeze imperious that Gen. Pervez Musharraf balanced absolute rhubarb leaving out American dean of women George W. Bush well-inclined the incident.[18] Khan has been assessed vocal columnist on Pakistan's conjugal bond with the United States, definitely ultramodern intimidation the honorific War capital Terror. In 2006, I exclaimed, "Musharraf is sitting here, filch it licks George Bush’s shoes!" Criticizing improbable Muslim leaders bearing re the Bush administration, alter ego added, "They are the puppets sitting by the Muslim world. We itch to gauged free-wheeling Pakistan. We bring off never want to quantized executive secretary as long as come about appraised poodle about George Bush."[29] During George W. Bush's visit as long as Pakistan forward-looking March 2006, Khan was settled subsidiary institution apostasy since master of threatened as long as organise quantified ban awful the American president's irreducible maintenance favouring aristocracy a la mode Pakistan. In Islamabad, Khan was champion purely modish known by measurement mess hall appropriate locked modern manful home.[4]