LAHORE - Outgoing Punjab Governor Sardar Latif Khan Khosa was given a warm send off by the PPP on Sunday at a ceremony held at the Governor’s House. 
PPP’s Central Punjab President Mian Manzoor Wattoo and other party leaders paid tributes to him while lauding his services for the party as Punjab governor. The participants in the ceremony gave him a standing ovation when he entered the historic Darbar Hall at the Governor House.
Speaking on the occasion, Latif Khosa said he was leaving the Governor House without any regrets and grief as offices belong to the party. He said the Pakistan People’s Party was a family and its head was President Asif Ali Zardari, adding the head of any family always took decisions in favour of the family. While he uttered this he became emotional with tears rolling down in his cheeks.
Welcoming the decision of the party leadership, he assured the governor-designate of his cooperation and said that he would serve the party as a lawyer.
PPP Punjab President and Federal Minister for Kashmir & Gilgit-Baltistan Mian Manzoor Ahmad Wattoo, in his address, said that political offices were temporary and people come and go. “Governor Khosa is leaving the office in a way that he will be remembered by workers forever,” he remarked.
Wattoo said Khosa was an asset to the party and his respect would never decrease in the party. He said that BB’s anniversary on December 27 would also be a launching ceremony of Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari in politics and workers should participate in the ceremony not just to attend the death anniversary but also to listen to their chairman as he would speak about his future line of action. Wattoo urged workers to come out of their homes to join the gathering at Larkana and to build momentum of the party, adding there was no other party in the country which could compete it. Opposition Leader in Punjab Assembly Raja Riaz Ahmad and PPP Punjab General Secretary Tanvir Ashraf Kaira were also present.
Meanwhile, Governor-designate Makhdoom Ahmed Mahmood and Manzoor Wattoo had a meeting on Sunday to discuss political situation in the province. Makhdoom reportedly told Mr Wattoo that he would not be using official vehicle and also live in own residence instead the Governor House.