President Dr Arif Alvi on Monday appointed Mansoor Usman Awan as the brand new lawyer common of Pakistan (AGP) after accepting the resignation of Shehzad Ata Elahi.
A press release issued by the Aiwan-i-Sadr stated that the president had accepted the resignation of Elahi — who had quit the highest regulation final week for “private causes” — and had appointed Awan because the AGP underneath Article 100 of the Structure on the recommendation of the prime minister.
The Ministry of Legislation and Justice subsequently notified Awan as the brand new AGP. The notification, a replica of which is on the market with Daybreak.com, stated Awan would have the rank and standing of a federal minister.
In his resignation letter that he addressed to the president on March 24, Elahi had cited “private causes” for tendering his resignation. Nonetheless, he later issued a clarification denying that he had been requested to resign.
Elahi was appointed because the AGP on February 2 after Awan, who’s nomination for turning into the nation’s principal regulation officer was approved by the president in December final 12 months, expressed his inability to take cost because the AGP.
Awan had conveyed his intention to not take the workplace in a letter to Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif. “Attributable to unavoidable skilled commitments, I shall be unable to function the AGP presently,” he had stated on the time.
A supply near him had informed Daybreak that Awan was annoyed by the inordinate delay on a part of the regulation ministry to challenge the notification of his appointment.
