- Latif Khosa’s CEC membership additionally suspended.
- He was issued show-cause discover for going in opposition to get together coverage.
- Khosa was requested to reply to discover inside 7 days.
LAHORE: Pakistan Peoples Get together (PPP) on Friday suspended senior chief and lawyer Sardar Latif Khosa’s get together membership over his failure to answer to the show-cause discover issued in opposition to him for violating the get together coverage.
In accordance with the get together spokesperson, Secretary Common Nayyar Bokhari additionally suspended his membership within the Central Govt Committee (CEC).
On September 14, PPP issued a discover to Khosa for defending the pinnacle of one other political get together — the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) — with out approval, asking why motion shouldn’t be taken in opposition to him.
“You being a member of Central Govt Committee of Pakistan [Peoples Party] are defending/ pleading/ representing a head of one other political get together with out prior approval of management in corruption instances through which he has been convicted and in a case in opposition to him below official secret Act, whereas delivering a speech in legal professionals perform you criticized the state coverage relating to cipher,” mentioned the discover.
The discover additionally talked about that the PPP chief criticised the state coverage on the cipher concern throughout the occasion, including that Khosa’s get together membership can be terminated in case of no reply throughout the mentioned time interval.
The letter didn’t point out PTI Chairman Imran Khan’s title however mentioned that Khosa — who can also be part of the previous premier’s authorized crew — defended the pinnacle of one other get together.
The discover additionally directed him to reply to the discover inside seven days. Nevertheless, Khosa didn’t reply to the show-cause discover, finally resulting in his suspension.
Senior lawyer Khosa together with senior PPP chief Aitzaz Ahsan has been at loggerheads with their get together leaders for defending the PTI chief’s stance on a number of political issues publicly.
The PTI chief is in judicial custody until September 26 within the case of lacking cipher — a categorized state doc that the previous prime minister had waved throughout his political gathering forward of his ouster from workplace final yr.
Khan has been imprisoned in jail since his conviction within the Toshakhana case on August 5 for failing to correctly declare items he obtained whereas in workplace.