‘PPP should part ways with PDM to strengthen position in Punjab’

Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) stalwart and former Punjab governor Sardar Latif Khan Khosa proposed to the party leadership on Saturday that it should part ways with the Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM) to strengthen its position in Punjab.

Bilawal should not be a part of Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif’s cabinet, he said, regretting the PPP chairperson’s appointment in April 2022 as the foreign minister.

Khosa made these remarks during a press conference held at the Lahore High Court, where he was flanked by the lawyers.

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These parties are the remnants of former military dictator General Zia Ul Haq, he said, lambasting the constitution of military courts and trials of civilians under Army Act 1952 in relation to events of May 9.

The senior politician added that they would be approaching the Supreme Court to challenge military courts and contended that no civilians can be tried under such courts.

When asked about the recent attack on his house, Khosa said that if anyone wished to pressurize him they would soon be saying that they went after the wrong person. Law enforcement agencies are obligated to probe this matter, he said, adding that his house was in no way of less significance than the Lahore Corps Commander’s residence (Jinnah House), which was attacked by vandals on May 9.

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Khosa’s driver was injured a day prior when unidentified miscreants opened fire at his residence in Lahore. Shots were fired at the door of the house and a car parked in the garage.

The driver, Javed, was shifted to a hospital with a gunshot wound to his leg.

Shortly after being informed, Cantt SP Owais Shafiq reached the site and his team began a probe. Initial reports suggest that bullets were fired through rifles and pistols.