[4] PUTRA formation was first unveiled and announced by Ibrahim Ali as the party pro-tem president on 17 August 2018.

[3] In March 2019, Ibrahim had filed a court application for leave and judicial review to challenge the action by RoS to not approve PUTRA and sought a mandamus order to compel the respondent to approve the application for registration by PUTRA.

[10] The party's membership is open to all Malay, including Bumiputera Malaysians but also non-Bumiputera who are Muslims as associate members.

She also noted that she would carry on championing the issue of Malay reserve land through other platforms like the non-governmental organisation (NGO).

[12] On 25 February 2023, Mahathir joined PUTRA along with 12 other former PEJUANG members, including Mohd Tahir Kassim (Pahang) and Liza Meman (Perak).