Pakistan Peoples Party has issued a show cause notice to Latif Khosa over defending the head of another political party without the consent of his own party’s leadership.

The notice, issued by PPP’s Secretary General Nayyer Hussain Bokhari, reminds Khosa that he is a member of the party’s Central Excutive Committee but has been ‘defending/pleading/representing’ the head of another political party, presumably a reference to Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf Chairman Imran Khan.

The notice mentions that Khosa defended the political leader in corruption cases ‘in which he has been convicted’. The notice is based on a speech Khosa made in a lawyers convention in Islamabad on Thursday.

The notice asked Khosa to explain why action should not be taken against him and told him to submit a response within seven days.

In a fiery speech in Islamabad, Khosa had criticised how former Prime Minister Imran Khan had been removed from office on the orders of a low-level US officer. He had also criticised how the PTI chief was being implicated in frivolous cases such as the cipher case and toshakhana case.

Khosa is also part of Imran Khan’s legal team and is representing him in multiple important cases including the cipher case.