Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf-backed candidate Ejaz Swati joined the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) on Wednesday.
Expressing his thoughts on the occasion, Swati said: "I am joining the PPP unconditionally."
– PPP decides to field Asif Ali Zardari for president –
Separately, the PPP on Tuesday decided to field Asif Ali Zardari for the role of president.
Sources divulged the Central Executive Committee (CEC) meeting was briefed that the party had reached a deal with the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N). The PPP was looking to secure the posts of senate chairman, and provincial governors.
During the CEC meeting, PPP Chairman Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari burst into tears, while mentioning the attacks on PPP workers and candidates.
Bhutto-Zardari said: "Our workers were tortured, and the PPP's mandate had been snatched."
