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| Khosa sworn in as Punjab governor |
| 2011-01-14 |
| [Geo News] Former Senator and Attorney General of Pakistain, Sardar Muhammad Latif Khan Khosa took oath today as Governor Punjab. Lahore High Court (LHC) Chief Justice, Justice Aijaz Chaudhry administered oath to Sardar Latif Khosa in an imposing ceremony here at Governor House. Leading stalwarts from the Pakistain People's Party, office bearers of People's Lawyers Forum and other important personalities attended the oath-taking ceremony. It should be mentioned here that Khosa was scheduled to take oath on Wednesday but the ceremony was postponed owing to the murder of Justice Javed Iqbal's parents. Khosa was appointed as the Governor of Punjab by President Asif Ali President Ten PercentZardari ... husband of the late Benazir Bhutto, who showed remarkably little curiosity about who actually done her in ... on 11th January. An important point to note here is that 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. Latif Khosa took 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 Ten PercentZardari ... husband of the late Benazir Bhutto, who has been singularly lacking in curiosity about who done her in ... . |
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