lahoreIn its first formal reaction on May 11 elections, Pakistan Peoples Party Parliamentarians on Wednesday alleged that elections were massively rigged, but it had accepted the results only for the sake of continuity of democracy and country’s solidarity. “Our workers are highly ...

DERA GHAZI KHAN - Senior Advisor to Punjab CM Sardar Zulfiqar Ali Khan Khosa announced contesting the next upcoming general elections against his son Sardar Saif Khosa who had defected to the PPP. Addressing a crowded press conference at Khosa House here on Saturday, the veteran politician said ...

LAHORE – Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif on Monday constituted a 16-member cabinet committee headed by Senior Adviser Sardar Zulfiqar Ali Khan Khosa to maintaining law and order and other arrangements for Eid Miladun Nabi. Members of the committee included Provincial Law Minister Rana ...

LAHORE - Outgoing Punjab Governor Sardar Latif Khan Khosa was given a warm send off by the PPP on Sunday at a ceremony held at the Governor’s House.  PPP’s Central Punjab President Mian Manzoor Wattoo and other party leaders paid tributes to him while lauding his services for the ...

LAHORE - In what seems to be his last administrative decision, Punjab Governor Sardar Latif Khan Khosa on Friday affixed his signatures on his earlier orders, directing forfeiture of the salary of LDA DG Ahad Khan Cheema with effect from December 21 for his failure to develop a Johar Town park and ...

LAHORE - In an indirect confirmation of his replacement, Punjab Governor Sardar Latif Khan Khosa on Friday said that he would remain loyal to the party irrespective of whether he remains governor or not.  “I accept party leadership’s decision,” he said while talking to the ...

Governor Punjab Sardar Latif Khosa presented his resignation letter to President Asif Ali Zardari during a visit in Karachi on Saturday.Latif Khosa has submitted his resignation to the President which is accepted by the President.The Federal Law Minister Farooq H. Naik was also present on the ...

Senior Adviser to CM Zulfiqar Khosa has said the Shahbaz Sharif government has achieved a great success in development. He was talking to military attachés and consular of Iran, Uzbekistan, Korea, Egypt, Malaysia, Indonesia, Poland, Czechoslovakia, the UK, Palestine and Canada along with ...

LAHORE - Punjab Governor Sardar Latif Khan Khosa has said the PPP-led federal government was a staunch supporter and torch-bearer of provincial autonomy but there should not be “a state within state”. “Unfortunately, the PML-N government has become a state within state. I want to ...

LAHORE - Pakistan team will win the Twenty20 and one-day series later this month in India, said Governor Punjab Sardar Latif Khan Khosa. Speaking at the prize distribution ceremony of National T20 final in which Lahore Lions beat Faisalabad Wolves, Khosa said: “Our team is full of talent and ...

Punjab Law Minister Rana Sanaullah said that the worst defeat to PPP in the by-elections had baffled the Governor Punjab, Sardar Latif Khosa, who had yet come out of trauma of the by-polls.  Commenting on the statement of Governor Punjab, Rana Sanaullah said, people had given decision against ...

LAHORE - Punjab Governor Sardar Latif Khan Khosa has issued a contempt notice to the Lahore Development Authority (LDA) director general in correlation to his department’s alleged lackadaisical and lacklustre response as well as criminal negligence towards the matter of developing a public ...

LAHORE – Punjab Governor Sardar Latif Khosa has extended his stay abroad for another five days.He was on a week-long visit to Europe and was scheduled to return on November 19. He would now be coming back to Lahore on November 23, said sources in the Governor House.Punjab Assembly Speaker ...

LAHORE – Senior Adviser to Punjab Chief Minister and Cabinet Committee on Muharramul Haram Arrangements Chairman Sardar Zulfiqar Khosa has directed the authorities concerned to remove the debris and fill the craters on the routes of processions within two days.He issued these instructions ...

LAHORE – Senior Advisor to Punjab Chief Minister Sardar Zulfiqar Khosa has said that he has received information that people of some sects are indulging in violation of the code of conduct in some districts.Khosa, who is also chairman of the Cabinet Committee on Muharramul Haram, directed ...

LAHORE – After generating a lot of controversy over the appointment of Mr Safdar Javid Sayed as new chairman of the Punjab Public Service Commission, Governor Latif Khosa has finally agreed to administer oath to chief minister’s nominee, though he had earlier declined to give his assent ...

LAHORE – Punjab Governor Sardar Latif Khan Khosa has said that the continuation of democracy depends on the working of every state institution within purview that guarantees the rule of law and supremacy of the Constitution.The governor was speaking to a 21-member delegation of ASPs who ...

LAHORE – Punjab Governor Latif Khosa on Sunday stressed the Supreme Court of Pakistan to dispose of the pending Shahid Orakzai case at the earliest to clear the dust about the eligibility of Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif. “He is neither an MPA nor chief minister; hence no ...

LAHORE - Punjab Governor Latif Khosa has refused to administer oath to the newly appointed Chairman of Punjab Public Service Commission, Safdar Javid Syed. The governor had earlier twice rejected the summary sent to him by the chief minister regarding the said appointment citing legal reasons.The ...

PESHAWAR – Governor Punjab, Sardar Latif Khosa Thursday condemned attack on Malala Yousufzai and said that attacking women was not a part of their norms and traditions, so those who did this brutal act could not be Muslims, but they were anti-Islam elements.Talking to media persons at ...

The outgoing Ambassador of Italian Republic HE Adriano Chiodi Cianfarani called on Punjab Governor Sardar Latif Khan Khosa at the Governor’s House on Tuesday. Talking to the Italian diplomat, Khosa hoped that Italy would invest in Pakistan’s energy sector, especially in the construction ...

MULTAN - Punjab Governor Sardar Latif Khan Khosa has said that if Supreme Court decides Asghar Khan and Mehran Bank cases, Nawaz Sharif will have to face action under Article 6.“His politics will crumble down if these cases are decided,” he added while talking to the media persons here ...

LAHORE - Federal Minister for Law and Parliamentary Affairs Farooq H Naek called on Punjab Governor Sardar Latif Khan Khosa at the Governor’s House on Friday afternoon. Sources in Governor’s House said both the legal wizards had extensive discussion on the draft of the much-talked about ...

LAHORE – Punjab Governor Sardar Latif Khan Khosa will preside over a special ceremony in connection with the Yaum-e-Ishq-e-Rasool on Friday (today) at the Governor’s House.Senior government functionaries, MNAs, MPAs, other political leaders, PPP workers and religious activists will ...

LAHORE – Following in the footsteps of his father Zulfiqar Khosa, former Punjab Chief Minister Dost Muhammad Khosa also resigned as basic member of the PML-N on Friday, giving a severe blow to the patch-up efforts.Sardar Zulfiqar Ali Khan Khosa, a veteran leader enjoying great influence in ...

LAHORE - Apparently seeing an imbalance among the state institutions, Punjab Governor Sardar Latif Khan Khosa on Tuesday observed that all institutions should remain in their limits. “An imbalance among the institutions will harm the country”, he remarked while addressing a certificate ...

Punjab Governor Sardar Latif Khosa has presented three ostriches to the University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences (UVAS) on the occasion of its 10th anniversary celebrations. The governor said the UVAS was making strides to improve the livestock sector in Punjab. UVAS Vice Chancellor Dr Talat ...

LAHORE - Punjab Governor Latif Khosa on Friday said that all state institutions will have to work within their limits and also warned bureaucracy against red-tapism.   Addressing a certificate distribution ceremony of an executive programme on “Managing Public and Private ...

LAHORE - Punjab Governor Sardar Latif Khosa Thursday termed Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif and his cabinet unconstitutional and hinted at creation of a single province in southern Punjab instead of two.After attending a Dr Ambedkar Day ceremony, the governor told the media that Shahbaz was not even ...

LAHORE – Punjab Governor Latif Khosa for the first time identifying major holes in the PPP boat said that former federal law minister and law secretary Babar Awan and Masood Chishti were working against party interests at someone’s behalf. He also termed the actions of Awan and Chisti ...