LAHORE: Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) on Friday suspended senior leader and lawyer Sardar Latif Khosa’s party membership over his failure to reply to the show-cause notice issued against him for violating the party policy.
According to the party spokesperson, Secretary General Nayyar Bokhari also suspended his membership in the Central Executive Committee (CEC).
On September 14, PPP issued a notice to Khosa for defending the head of another political party — the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) — without approval, asking why action should not be taken against him.
“You being a member of Central Executive Committee of Pakistan [Peoples Party] are defending/ pleading/ representing a head of another political party without prior approval of leadership in corruption cases in which he has been convicted and in a case against him under official secret Act, while delivering a speech in lawyers function you criticized the state policy regarding cipher,” said the notice.
The notice also mentioned that the PPP leader criticised the state policy on the cipher issue during the event, adding that Khosa’s party membership would be terminated in case of no reply within the said time period.
The letter did not mention PTI Chairman Imran Khan’s name but said that Khosa — who is also a part of the former premier’s legal team — defended the head of another party.
The notice also directed him to respond to the notice within seven days. However, Khosa did not reply to the show-cause notice, eventually leading to his suspension.
Senior lawyer Khosa along with senior PPP leader Aitzaz Ahsan has been at loggerheads with their party leaders for defending the PTI chief’s stance on several political matters publicly.
