Gabol had abandoned his ties with the PPP to join the MQM on March 13, 2013. Upon joining the MQM he had said the PPP was no longer the party of former prime minister Benazir Bhutto and therefore he decided to end his 25-year-long affiliation with it
The announcement was made after his meeting with former president and PPP co-chairman Asif Ali Zardari at Bilawal House this evening Nabeel Gabol on the occasion, expressed full confidence in the leadership of PPP Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari and Asif Ali Zardari