supporting Imran
ISLAMABAD
The Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) has issued a show cause notice to Sardar Latif Khosa, its Central Executive Committee (CEC) member and senior lawyer. Latif Khosa and Aitzaz Ahsan, have been at odds with the party leadership over their support to former prime minister Imran Khan in his legal troubles.
Earlier, both senior lawyers were invited to attend the CEC meeting in Lahore on September 14 (today). PPP Secretary General Nayyar Bukhari issued the show-cause notice, stating that Latif Khosa is a member of the PPP Central Executive Committee, but without seeking permission from the senior leadership, he (Khosa) is defending another party.
“Latif Khosa has been a member of the People’s Party’s CEC but without informing the party assisting the head of another party in legal cases, who has been convicted under corruption charges,” according to the show cause notice. “You have criticized the state over cipher in lawyers’ convention.”
“Deliver your reply of this show cause notice within 7 days, in case of no-reply, action will be taken as per the rules and your basic membership of the party can be terminated,” Khosa has been warned. Latif Khosa and Aitzaz Ahsan were also invited to the previous CEC meeting in Karachi as well. While Ahsan attended that sitting, Khosa chose to abstain from it.
The notice also read that Khosa was defending the cases of the head of another party without intimation. During the lawyers’ convention, the notice said, Khosa also criticised the state on the cipher case. In the show-cause notice, Khosa has been asked to respond within seven days otherwise disciplinary action will be taken and his basic membership of the party will be terminated.
Former president Asif Ali Zardari and Bilawal Bhutto Zardari will head the PPP central executive committee meeting at 3:00 PM in Bilawal House in Lahore today. Elections and the party’s position in central Punjab will be part of the agenda of the Lahore meeting.
