The Attorney-General for Pakistan is the chief law officer and legal advisor of the

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Pakistan Pakistan ( ur, ), officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan ( ur, , label=none), is a country in South Asia. It is the world's fifth-most populous country, with a population of almost 243 million people, and has the world's second-lar ...

and enjoys rights of audience before

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. The Attorney-General, who serves as Pakistan's

public prosecutor A prosecutor is a legal representative of the prosecution in states with either the common law adversarial system or the civil law inquisitorial system. The prosecution is the legal party responsible for presenting the case in a criminal tria ...

, is nominated by the

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and appointed by the

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. The

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bars the Attorney-General from

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until the termination of his or her employment.Article 100(3)
in Chapter 3: The Government in Part III: The Federation of Pakistan of the Constitution of Pakistan. The office was established in 1947. The current Attorney-General is

Ashtar Ausaf Ali Ashtar Ausaf Ali (born 19 June 1956) is a Pakistani lawyer who twice served as the Attorney General for Pakistan from 2016 to 2018, and in 2022. In his first term, he co-drafted the Twenty-Fifth Amendment to the Constitution of Pakistan, which ...

, appointed in 2022. The longest-serving Attorney-General is

Sharifuddin Pirzada Sharifuddin Pirzada () NI (12 June 1923 – 2 June 2017) was a noted Pakistani Barrister who served as a senior advocate at the Supreme Court of Pakistan. Personal life Syed Sharifuddin Pirzada was born in the city of Burhanpur, in what is to ...

, whereas Aziz A. Munshi held the office the most number of times, in four instances. The shortest-serving Attorney-General is

Iqbal Haider Iqbal Haider ( ur, اقبال حیدر; 14 January 1945 – 11 November 2012) was a Senior Advocate of the Supreme Court of Pakistan and the co-chairperson of the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan ("HRCP"). He was also a Senator, Feder ...

List of attorneys-general

; Ministry

Muslim League Muslim League may refer to: Political parties Subcontinent ; British India *All-India Muslim League, Mohammed Ali Jinah, led the demand for the partition of India resulting in the creation of Pakistan. **Punjab Muslim League, a branch of the organ ...

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List of attorneys-general

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