Attorney General of Pakistan

Attorney–General for Pakistan
Incumbent
Salman Aslam Butt
since January 2014
Ministry of Law and Justice
Abbreviation AG
Member of Cabinet of Pakistan
Reports to Prime Minister of Pakistan
Nominator Prime Minister of Pakistan
Appointer President of Pakistan
Qualified to be appointed as Justice of the Supreme Court
Term length No fixed terms
Formation 14 August 1947
First holder Faiyaz Ali

The Attorney-General for Pakistan (AG), is a senior legal advocate and legal adviser concerned with legal affairs and is the chief law officer of the Government of Pakistan.[1]

The Attorney-General is the chief lawyer of the Pakistan government who serves as a legal adviser to the Federal Government of Pakistan and enjoys rights of audience before the Parliament.[2] Nominations comes from the Prime Minister's Secretariat that leads to the appointment confirmed by the President of Pakistan. The Constitution bars the Attorney-General from private practice until the termination of his or her employment.[3] The office of Attorney General was established in 1947. 

Mr Salman Aslam Butt is the current Attorney-General for Pakistan (serving since January 12, 2014.

Overview

Mr. Aziz A. Munshi, Senior Advocate, Supreme Court of Pakistan holds the record for being Attorney General for Pakistan for four different terms (08.01.1985 to 30.10.1986) (29.05.1988 to 03.12.1988) (06.08.1990 to 13.07.1993) and (02.11.1999 to 30.09.2001), and Federal Law Minister from 28.11.1999 to 27.11.2000. Mr. Aziz A. Munshi has appeared as Attorney General in most of the important Constitutional cases in Pakistan's history before the Honourable Supreme Court and High Courts, including but not limited to the dissolution of the National Assembly and Provincial Assemblies on several occasions, and he has been responsible for the drafting and promulgation of federal and provincial laws as well as Constitutional amendments.

The 18th amendment ( passed in April 2010) to the Constitution of Pakistan abolished the Attorney General's right to private practice.

In January 2014, Attorney General Munir A. Malik, Senior Advocate Supreme Court, tendered his resignation from office citing personal reasons. He was succeeded by Mr Salman Aslam Butt, Advocate Supreme Court.

List of Attorneys General for Pakistan

Name of Attorney General Entered Office Left Office
Faiyaz Ali Appointed by Muhammad Ali Jinnah 1947 1956
Syed Sharifuddin Pirzada May 1968 December 1971
Yahya Bakhtiar December 1971 July 1977
Syed Sharifuddin Pirzada July 1977 December 1984
Aziz A Munshi 8 January 1985 30 October 1986
Ali Ahmed Fazeel October 1986 May 1988
Aziz A Munshi 29 May 1988 3 December 1988
Yahya Bakhtiar December 1988 August 1990
Aziz A Munshi 6 August 1990 13 July 1993
Qazi Mohammad Jameel 1994 1996
Chaudhry Muhammad Farooq 1997 October 1999
Aziz A Munshi 2 November 1999 30 September 2001
Barrister Makhdoom Ali Khan September 2001 August 2007
Justice (r) Malik Mohammad Qayyum August 2007 August 2008
Latif Khosa August 2008 October 2009
Anwar Mansoor Khan December 2009 April 2010
Justice (r) Maulvi Anwar ul Haq April 2010 April 2012
Irfan Qadir April 2012 June 2013
Munir A. Malik June 2013 January 2014
Salman Aslam Butt January 2014

Tenure uncertain

See also

Sources

  1. ↑ Article 100(1) in Chapter 3: The Government in Part III: The Federation of Pakistan of the Constitution of Pakistan.
  2. ↑ PPI (7 June 2013). "Munir Malik appointed Attorney General of Pakistan". Express Tribune, 2013. Express Tribune. Retrieved 1 June 2015.
  3. ↑ Article 100(3) in Chapter 3: The Government in Part III: The Federation of Pakistan of the Constitution of Pakistan.

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