Fareed Toofan rejoins ANP after 14 years.

CHARSADDA -- Senior nationalist leader Fareed Toofan rejoined Awami National Party on Saturday after a long absence from the party.

Mr Toofan, who remained a provincial minister in the ANP-Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz coalition government in 1997, announced the rejoining after meeting central president Asfandyar Wali Khan at the Walibagh here.

The ANP issued a statement, saying that Fareed Toofan would announce formal joining at a press conference in next few days.

At the meeting, Asfandyar welcomed rejoining of the party by the senior nationalist leader hailing from Karak district.

Fareed Toofan had earlier served as provincial general secretary of the...