The Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) has terminated senior lawyer Latif Khosa’s party membership “for crossing the party line”.
PPP Punjab President Rana Farooq Saeed ordered termination of Khosa’s membership, saying he crossed red line of the party and action has been taken against him.
“Reminded Latif Khosa repeatedly that he should not cross the party line and the prescribed limits, but he did not follow the instructions,” he said.
The PPP Punjab president alleged that not only was Khosa availing the amenities of being the party’s lawyer, but also wanted his son to be appointed the attorney general for Pakistan (AGP).
He accused Khosa of blackmailing the party leadership when his request to appoint his son to the AGP was turned down.
Khosa, a former Punjab governor, had recently proposed to the PPP leadership that it should part ways with the Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM) to strengthen its position in Punjab.
Addressing a news conference at the Lahore High Court, Khosa said Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari should not be part of Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif’s cabinet, regretting the PPP chairman’s appointment in April last year as the foreign minister.
