Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) on Friday suspended the party membership of its senior leader and lawyer Sardar Latif Khan Khosa over his failure to respnd to a showcause notice.

PPP had sent the notice to the disgruntled leader a week ago for going against party policy.

PPP’s general secretary Syed Nayyer Hussain Bokhari also suspended the membership of Khosa from the party’s central executive committee (CEC).

The development was shared in a post on X, formerly Twitter.

Last week, PPP issued a showcause notice to Khosa, seeking explanation as to why disciplinary action should not be taken against him for working against party policy.

Nayyar Hussain Bukhari had issued the letter with his signature.

“You, being a member of the central executive committee, are defending/pleading/representing a head of another political party without prior approval of the leadership in corruption cases in which he has been convicted, and in a case against him under the Official Secrets Act,” it said then.

The letter said Khosa had also criticised state policy regarding the cipher.

It had called on him to submit a reply within seven days, adding that failure to do so would result in disciplinary action against him by withdrawing membership of the PPP.