Latif Khosa

Latif Khosa
لطیف کھوسہ
In office
13 January 2011 – 2 January 2013
PresidentAsif Ali Zardari
Prime MinisterYusuf Raza Gillani
Preceded bySalmaan Taseer
Succeeded byMakhdoom Ahmed Mehmood
26th Attorney General of Pakistan
In office
19 August 2008 – 10 October 2009
PresidentAsif Ali Zardari
Prime MinisterYusuf Raza Gillani
Preceded byMalik Mohammad Qayyum
Succeeded byAnwar Mansoor Khan
Member of the National Assembly of Pakistan
Assumed office
29 February 2024
ConstituencyNA-122 Lahore VI
Senior Vice President of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf
Assumed office
2 December 2023
ChairmanImran Khan
Gohar Ali Khan
Secretary General of Pakistan Peoples Party
In office
March 2013 – July 2017
ChairmanBilawal Bhutto Zardari
Co-ChairmanAsif Ali Zardari
Preceded byJahangir Badar
Succeeded byNayyar Bukhari
Federal Advisor of Information Technology & Telecommunication
In office
November 2009 – July 2010
PresidentAsif Ali Zardari
Prime MinisterYusuf Raza Gillani
Preceded byFarooq H. Naek
Succeeded byHumayun Khan
Chairman Pakistan Bar Council
In office
2008–2009
Preceded byMalik Mohammad Qayyum
Succeeded byAnwar Mansoor Khan
Member of the Senate of Pakistan
In office
March 2003 – March 2009
PresidentPervaiz Musharraf
Prime MinisterShaukat Aziz
ConstituencyGeneral seat from Punjab
Vice Chairman of the Pakistan Bar Council
In office
1995–1996
Preceded byCh Muhammad Ashraf Wahla
Succeeded byMuhammad Kazim Khan
Personal details
Born
Muhammad Latif Khosa

(1946-07-25) 25 July 1946 (age 77)
Dera Ghazi Khan, Punjab, British India (now Pakistan)
NationalityPakistani
Political partyPTI (2023-present)
Other political
affiliations
PPP (1970-2022)
Spouse(s)Jamila Khosa
Musarrat Khosa
RelationsAsif Saeed Khosa (Cousin)
Nasir Mahmood Khosa (Cousin)
Tariq Masood Khosa (Cousin)
Zulfiqar Ali Khosa (Cousin)
Amjad Farooq Khan (Cousin)
Dost Muhammad Khosa (Nephew)
Muhammad Saif-ud-Din Khosa (Nephew)
Mohiuddin Khosa (Grand-son)
Children7 (4 sons, 3 daughters)
ResidenceLahore
Alma materGovernment College Lahore/University of Punjab
ProfessionLawyer/Politician
Notable AwardsNishan-e-Imtiaz
Hilal-e-Imtiaz
Krishan Kishore Grover Goodwill Gold Medal

Latif Khosa (Urdu: لطیف کھوسہ; born 25 July 1946) is a Pakistani lawyer and politician who is an advocate in the Supreme Court of Pakistan. He served as the Governor of Punjab from 2011 to 2013. He is the incumbent Member of National Assembly Pakistan from NA-122 Lahore since 10 February 2024. He was a senator from 2003 to 2009, the attorney general of Pakistan in 2008 to 2009 and the Federal advisor of Information Technology & Telecommunication from 2009 to 2010.[1][2] Khosa also remained a member of the Pakistan Bar Council and served as its Executive Committee's chairman.[3] He co-authored an electoral fraud report with former prime minister Benazir Bhutto shortly before her assassination in December 2007. Khosa had been one of Bhutto's aides.[4] Khosa joined PTI in 2023.[5]

He belongs to a Saraiki-speaking family of the Khosa Baloch tribe.[6] Latif Khosa is the founder of Khosa Law Chambers (KLC), a law firm based in Lahore.

  1. ^ Latif Khosa appointed as Governor Punjab
  2. ^ "Sardar Latif Khosa to be new Attorney General " Archived 28 September 2011 at the Wayback Machine Associated Press of Pakistan, 19 August 2008
  3. ^ Chairman Executive PBC/
  4. ^ Pakistan government delays elections CNN, 15 February 2008
  5. ^ "Imran's lawyer Sardar Latif Khosa formally joins PTI". 18 December 2023.
  6. ^ "The News International: Latest News Breaking, Pakistan News".

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