The new recruits included a former vice president, home minister and lawmakers.
She publicly opposed her husband's decision to endorse opposition candidates.
JP leader Gasim said the ruling coalition party will also back some opposition candidates.
The ruling coalition is yet to decide on a formula for jointly contesting the parliamentary elections.
Siyad Gasim is the son of a wealthy and influential opposition leader.
The Adhaalath Party and former president Gayoom's aides denied any agreement to back a JP-led coalition in September's presidential election.
Citing new rules introduced in March for the use of the national flag, the electoral body informed the JP on Monday that the party's flag resembles...
Fisheries Minister Dr Mohamed Shainee, chairman of the all-party talks and the government's chief negotiator, told the press on Thursday that invitations have been sent out...
The return of lawmakers from the Jumhooree Party and opposition Maldivian Democratic Party who switched to the ruling party will "automatically" solve the problems facing the...
“Neither JP nor I are working to remove Speaker Maseeh. I refute MP Ahmed Nihan’s claims,” Gasim said in a tweet.
The MDP is the only party to have conducted primaries so far ahead of the local council elections scheduled for January 14. The elections commission today...
The no-confidence vote will be the first challenge to President Abdulla Yameen's majority in parliament since the split within the PPM saw eight MPs loyal to...
Gasim Ibrahim has thrown his support behind former President Maumoon Abdul Gayoom, declaring the 78-year-old to be the rightful leader of the divided ruling Progressive Party...
The elections commission has struck off nearly half of the MDP's members from its registry after the parliament approved a law requiring all political party members...
The UN said Tamrat Samuel "urged all concerned Maldivian parties to show maximum flexibility and commitment to compromise in order to overcome outstanding differences and address...
Shortly after Gasim's Jumhooree Party formed an alliance with the main opposition Maldivian Democratic Party in February and launched an anti-government campaign, the tourism ministry terminated...
In an apparent show of strength ahead of a mass opposition protest, the ruling Progressive Party of the Maldives signed up today two MPs and three...
