PESHAWAR: Senior politician and former Awami National Party (ANP) spokesman Zahid Khan has decided to jump ship and join the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N).
Zahid Khan is likely to formally announce the decision on Sunday at a presser alongside Federal Minister for Kashmir and Gilgit-Baltistan Affairs, Engineer Amir Muqam.
Zahid Khan had served as Senator twice from 1997 to 2003 and then 2009 to 2015. In addition to serving as a member of the Senate Committees on Communications, Information Technology & Telecommunication, and Parliamentary Affairs, he also chaired the Senate Committee on Water and Power.
Earlier in September, Zahid Khan announced quitting politics, saying that the situation made it difficult for him to pursue a career in politics.
He said that money has invaded politics and that he has never entered politics to profit from it. Zahid Khan had stated that he would want to distance himself from the day-to-day politics since he has been excluded from the party leadership’s agenda.
ANP central leader Haji Ghulam Ahmad Bilour had also quit politics, saying he was wary political electioneering and abundance of money in politics.
The veteran politician, who lost last three elections from Peshawar, announced goodbye to politics and decided to move to Islamabad.
The former railways minister went onto say that his brother Bashir Bilour and nephew Haroon Bilour were martyred and he did not find any reason to stay in Peshawar as he had no interest in politics anymore.
