Attorney General of Pakistan

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The Attorney General of Pakistan is appointed under Article 100 of the constitution of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan and the Deputy Attorney General of Pakistan appointed under the Central Law Officers Ordinance, 1970. The Attorney General is the chief legal advisor of the government and serves at the pleasure of the President of Pakistan or till his/her resignation. Controversially in Pakistan the Attorney General has the right to private practice. It is custom that despite this permission (first granted under General Zia-ul Haq's tenure) most do not excercise this right, however, it is acceptable to do do so for briefs accepted before they assumed office which they are bound to complete and cannot be handed over to another lawyer because of the stage of litigation reached. However, Sharifuddin Pirzada a former three time Attorney General and the current holder of the office Malik Qayyum are conspicuous for their use of this right and accepting private briefs even after assuming office which is viewed by many^{[citation needed]} as unethical and a conflict of interest. It is pertinent to note that the last three Attorney Generals before the current holder did not make use of their right of private practice.

1 List of Attorney Generals of Pakistan
- 1.1 Tenure uncertain
2 Address
3 See also
4 External links

[edit] List of Attorney Generals of Pakistan

Name of Attorney General	Entered Office	Left Office
Syed Sharifuddin Pirzada	May 1968	December 1971
Yahya Bakhtiar	December 1971	July 1977
Syed Sharifuddin Pirzada	July 1977	December 1984
Aziz A Munshi	1985	October 1986
Ali Ahmed Fazeel	October 1986	May 1988
Yahya Bakhtiar	December 1988	August 1990
Aziz A Munshi	1990	1993
Qazi Mohammad Jameel	1994	1996
Chaudhry Muhammad Farooq	1997	October 1999
Aziz A Munshi	November 1999	September 2001
Barrister Makhdoom Ali Khan	September, 2001	August, 2007
Malik Mohammad Qayyum	August 2007	Incumbent