LAHORE: Former Senator and Attorney General, Sardar Muhammad Latif Khan Khosa took the oath of Governor Punjab today.
Leading stalwarts from the Pakistan People’s Party, office bearers of People’s Lawyers Forum and other important personalities attended the oath-taking ceremony. Khosa was scheduled to take oath on Wednesday but the ceremony was postponed owing to themurder of Justice Javed Iqbal’s parents.
Khosa was appointed as the Governor of Punjab by President Asif Ali Zardari on 11th January. His appointment was challenged in the Lahore High Court the next day when a citizen filed a petition against him. It said that he was not eligible for the post under the articles 62 and 63 of the constitution because he was removed from the office of Attorney General in 2009 under charges of corruption.
The court adjourned the hearing till January 19. He will be taking the post of Salmaan Taseer, who was murdered by his own bodyguard last week for giving out statements against the blasphemy law. Khosa is the 27th Governor of the Punjab and is considered to be a close ally of President Asif Ali Zardari.
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