In 2015, Bachelor of Science degree of Saeed was challenged after a student group accused him of passing three papers in one hour. Following the controversy, Saeed approached the Peshawar High Court and told that he had attended University of Peshawar from 2005 to 2009 for his undergraduate degree and passed all his courses.The University of Peshawar found marks certificate to be incorrect and fake and said that Saeed's marks certificate does not have its official stamp and the three papers still needed to clear to get degree to obtain his BSc Environmental Sciences degree. It was reported that committee formed to resolve the issue later recommended to remove the vice chancellor of the University of Peshawar. In 2015, the University of Peshawar asked the Peshawar High Court to disqualify Saeed from his National Assembly seat for making a false declaration of his Bachelor of Science degree while filing nomination papers for the 2013 general elections. Following which Saeed obtained stay order from the court. In March 2018, the Peshawar High Court dismissed the petition.
Political career
Saeed was the founder of Insaf Student Federation, the student wing of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and remained its central president for four years. Saeed was elected to the National Assembly of Pakistan as a candidate of PTI from Constituency NA-29 Swat in 2013 Pakistani general election. Saeed made national news in March 2017, when a scuffle broke out between him and fellow MNA Mian Javed Latif. Saeed reportedly attempted to assault Javed Latif outside the National Assembly building after Latif made lewd remarks in the assembly about Imran khan and called him a betrayal and rebel. Latif later apologized for his lewd remarks. The issue was resolved later by the National Assembly Jirga. In April 2018, he again made national news after a scuffle broke out between him and Abid Sher Ali inside the National Assembly. He was re-elected to the National Assembly as a candidate of PTI from Constituency NA-4 in 2018 Pakistani general election. He received 71,600 votes and defeated Saleem Khan, a candidate of Awami National Party. On 11 September 2018, he was inducted into the federal cabinet of Prime Minister Imran Khan and was appointed as Minister of State for States and Frontier Regions. On 18 September, his ministerial portfolio was changed and he was appointed as Minister of State for Communications. On 26 October 2018, he was given the additional ministerial portfolio of Postal Services and was appointed as Minister of State for Postal Services. On 17 December 2018, he was elevated as Federal Minister and was appointed as Federal Minister for Communications, and Federal Minister for Postal Services.
