Faisal Saleh Hayat shifts loyalties from PPP to PML-N
Pakistan
Shehbaz visited Faisal’s residence and invited him to join the PML-N
JHANG (Dunya News) – Makhdoom Faisal Saleh Hayat has joined Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N), party's President Shehbaz Sharif announced on Wednesday.
Shehbaz Sharif made this announcement while talkig to media persons here on Wednesday. Faisal Saleh Hayat remained PPP MNA from 1988 to 2002.
Earlier, Shehbaz paid a visit to Jhang and met fromer PPP lawmaker Faisal Saleh Hayat. He invited Hayat to join the PML-N. The invitation was accepted by senior political leader. Younger Sharif was also expected to visit and pay homage at the shrine of Shah Jewna, the venerated sufi ancestor of the Makhdoom.
It may be recalled that Faisal became an MNA in 1977 on a PPP ticket. He was elected again in the 1988 elections after Gen Ziaul Haq’s martial law and remained loyal to the PPP till 2002 when he joined the PML-Q, fabricated by Gen Parvez Musharraf. He rejoined the PPP in 2017 but was defeated in the 2018 general elections.
He served as a member of Central Executive Committee of the PPP in 1979. In 2002, he was elected MNA on a PPP ticket, later forming PPP-Patriots and then joining the “king’s party.” He served as federal minister in various ministries, including commerce (1988–90), environment; housing and works; interior (2002–04), and Kashmir affairs.
In 2013, his nomination papers were rejected on the charges of stealing irrigation water. Faisal is a relative of another political stalwart of Jhang, Syeda Abida Hussain.
At present, he is serving as the president of the Pakistan Football Federation.
