Latif Khosa

Sardar Muhammad Latif Khosa (Urdu: سردار محمد لطیف کھوسہ )
Governor Latif Khosa, PPP
27th Governor of Punjab, Pakistan
Incumbent
Assumed office 13 January 2011
President	Asif Ali Zardari
Prime Minister	Yousaf Raza Gillani
Preceded by	Salmaan Taseer
Constituency	Dera Ghazi Khan, Punjab Province
Majority	Pakistan People's Party (PPP)
14th Attorney General of Pakistan
In office 19 August 2008 – 10 October 2009
President	Asif Ali Zardari
Prime Minister	Yousaf Raza Gillani
Personal details
Born	Sardar Muhammad Latif Khosa Dera Ghazi Khan, Punjab Province
Nationality	Pakistani
Political party	Pakistan People's Party (PPP)
Residence	Governor's House (official)
Occupation	Politician Legal advisor
Profession	Lawyer
Religion	Islam
Chief Minister of Punjab	Shahbaz Sharif

Sardar Muhammad Latif Khosa (Urdu: سردار محمد لطیف کھوسہ ) is the 27th Governor of Punjab, and a politician representing Pakistan People's Party. A former senator and a former Attorney General of Pakistan, Latif Khosa was appointed as the Governor of Punjab by the President of Pakistan after the murder of late-Governor Salman Taseer on 11 January 2011.^[1] He was appointed the Attorney General on 19 August 2008.^[2] He co-authored an electoral fraud report with former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto shortly before her assassination in December 2007. Khosa was one of Bhutto's top aides.^[3]

Law career

Senator Khosa appeared before the acting Chief Justice Javaid Iqbal in a hearing over the handling of the Iftikhar Chaudry sacking issue.

Attorney General

Soon after the PPP came to power after the 2008 elections Khosa was appointed Attorney-General for Pakistan. He has also served as Advisor of Information Technology of Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani.

Resignation

On 20 July 2010, advisor to Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani on Information Technology Sardar Latif Khosa sent his resignation to the President after developing disagreements with the Premier.

Politics

He has been very active in bar politics and his group won important Supreme Court Bar Association and Pakistan Bar Council elections last year.^[when?] He was also instrumental in the lawyers’ movement for the restoration of dozens of senior judges sacked by former military ruler Pervez Musharraf in 2007. The choice of his appointment came after the PPP acquiesced to the PML-N’s 10-point agenda to improve performance of the federal government.^[4]

References

1. ^ Latif Khosa appointed as Governor Punjab
2. ^ "Sardar Latif Khosa to be new Attorney General " Associated Press of Pakistan, 19 August 2008
3. ^ Pakistan government delays elections CNN, 15 February 2008
4. ^ http://tribune.com.pk/story/102311/latif-khosa-appointed-governor-punjab/

Political offices
Preceded by Malik Mohammad Qayyum	Attorney General of Pakistan 2008–2009	Succeeded by Anwar Mansoor Khan
Preceded by Salmaan Taseer	Governor of Punjab 2011–present	Incumbent

Persondata
Name	Khosa, Latif
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Place of birth	Dera Ghazi Khan, Punjab Province
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