Dawn<\/em> report, the announcement of Hayat switching parties was expected on Monday or Tuesday when PML-N supremo Nawaz Sharif and Shehbaz Sharif were expected to visit Jewana.<\/p>\nHowever, the announcement was made today (Wednesday) outside Hayat\u2019s residence in Shah Jewana in the presence of Shehbaz only, with his elder sibling and party chief missing.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe are confident that Hayat\u2019s induction will strengthen the PML-N, especially in Jhang and Chiniot, but also in his other constituencies,\u201d Shehbaz said as he welcomed the latest inductee into his party.<\/p>\n
He said that Hayat\u2019s presence in the party will bolster Nawaz\u2019s leadership. \u201cNawaz will, God willing, become the prime minister for the fourth term. He is not just a politician but also a statesman.\u201d<\/p>\n
Hayat, a former PPP and PML-Q member, had given clear indication last week that he was about to switch sides again. On Friday, when he reached in a big procession of his supporters to the office of returning officer to file his nomination papers for NA-108 and PP-125, not a single PPP flag was carried by any of his supporters.<\/p>\n
Hayat had first quit the PPP during the Musharraf regime and later joined the PML-Q. He rejoined the PPP in 2017.<\/p>\n
In the 2018 general election, he was the PPP candidate but lost the election to PTI\u2019s Sahibzada Muhammad Mehboob Sultan by just 600 votes in the recount. The PML-N could not field any candidate in his constituency in the last election.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
In line with expectations, former federal minister for interior Faisal Saleh Hayat on Wednesday quit the PPP and joined the PML-N ahead of the upcoming general elections. 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