[2] On March 24, 2017, Lateef accused Nawaz Sharif of a "blasphemous speech" to Karachi's Hindu community.

[5] Graduated with BA degree in 1974, he stood at the top of his class in his alma mater and conferred with Sword of Honour.

[5] Due to his excellent performance on the Chinese F-6 aircraft, he moved on to the French Mirage at an early stage of his career.

[2] He was to actively encouraged to the rank of Air vice Marshal, and was given the JF-17 Project; a programme that was not able to start due to difficulties, forcing the PAF to continue to operate obsolete equipment.

[7] After retirement from the PAF, Lateef started a new career as a defense analyst and appeared on a number of talk shows and gave his expert analysis on geopolitical affairs.