Unidentified miscreants opened fire at PPP leader Sardar Latif Khosa\u2019s house in Lahore in the early hours of Friday, injuring his driver, he said.<\/p>\n
\u201cShots were fired at my house, injuring my driver. Unknown men fired shots and fled,\u201d he told Dawn.com.<\/p>\n
\u201cI was listening to a client\u2019s case at my home. I heard shots, my driver came inside and said that he has been hit by a shot,\u201d the former Punjab governor said.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhen I went outside, I saw [bullet] holes in the gate. A bullet also hit my car. The shots were fired from a Kalashnikov.<\/p>\n
Pictures and videos of his house showed several bullets lying on the ground inside and outside his house along with a bullet hole in his car\u2019s front bumper.<\/p>\n
Bullet holes and damage caused by the firing could also be seen on his house\u2019s main gate.<\/p>\n
Khosa said that till 7pm on Thursday, he was attending a lawyer\u2019s convention \u2014 organised by the Supreme Court Bar Association and Lahore High Court Bar Association \u2014 where he talked about the \u201cConstitution\u2019s supremacy [\u2026] and the judicial system\u201d.<\/p>\n
\u201cI said [during the convention] that unconstitutional government has been imposed in two provinces. The way chants are raised outside the Supreme Court, it is contempt [of court],\u201d the veteran lawyer said.<\/p>\n
He lamented: \u201cThere was a huge applause there but here [those remarks] sparked [the firing].\u201d<\/p>\n
Khosa asserted: \u201cThe lawyer\u2019s movement cannot be weakened by such tactics. We are standing with the chief justice [of Pakistan].<\/p>\n
Noting that \u201cpower is being grossly abused\u201d, the PPP leader said he had never before seen such a period in the country\u2019s history.<\/p>\n
The senior lawyer also recalled the incident in January this year when his son suffered injuries after two unidentified motorcyclists opened fire at him outside the Punjab University Gate.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe suspects have not been caught [even] in a city like Lahore. This is Defence [area] \u2014 Lahore\u2019s red zone.\u201d<\/p>\n
Following the incident, Cantt Superintendent of Police Owais Shafique, Punjab police, Defence Housing Authority\u2019s (DHA\u2019s) security team and senior PPP leader Barrister Aitzaz Ahsan reached Khosa\u2019s house.<\/p>\n
Punjab Inspector General (IG) Dr Usman Anwar took notice of the incident and sought a report from Lahore Capital City Police Officer Bilal Siddique Kamyana.<\/p>\n
The IG ordered a \u201ccomplete investigation\u201d to be conducted on the matter. He also directed that the culprits be immediately arrestedwith the help of CCTV footage.<\/p>\n
Visiting Khosa\u2019s house, Barrister Ahsan said: \u201cThey think that the lawyers will be intimidated by these incidents intended to make us afraid. We strongly condemn this incident.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Unidentified miscreants opened fire at PPP leader Sardar Latif Khosa\u2019s house in Lahore in the early hours of Friday, injuring his driver, he said. \u201cShots were fired at my house, injuring my driver. Unknown men fired shots and fled,\u201d he told Dawn.com. \u201cI was listening to a client\u2019s case at my home. I heard shots, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":338073,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-338071","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-national"},"yoast_head":"\n