Sources confirmed to The Express Tribune that the senator had made the decision after a meeting with former prime minister Nawaz Sharif at Jati Umra earlier today.
During the meeting –attended by the premier’s daughter Maryam Nawaz, Senator Pervaiz Rashid and Federal Minister Khawaja Saad Rafique – Mushahid formally assured of joining PML-N.
Until 1999, Senator Mushahid remained an active member of PML-N as a trusted member. He held the post of information ministry.
However, he joined PML-Q during the tenure of former president General (retd) Pervez Musharraf and was elected as a senator from Islamabad on a technocrat seat. His senate tenure end in 2018.
According to a letter addressed to PML-Q President Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain, a copy of which is available with The Express Tribune, Senator Mushahid resigned from PML-Q on February 3.
