ISLAMABAD: Attorney General Pakistan, Barrister Ata Shehzad Elahi on Friday resigned from his office due to personal reasons, local media reported.
The country’s top law officer, Elahi had replaced Ashtar Ausaf Ali, who resigned on account of his deteriorating health.
On February 2, the Law Ministry had announced that Barrister Shehzad Ata Elahi was picked as Attorney General of Pakistan.
A statement issued by the ministry and signed by Joint Secretary to the government of Pakistan, had stated back then: “In exercise of powers conferred under Article 100(1) of the Constitution of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan 1973, the President is pleased to appoint Barrister Shehzad Ata Elahi as Attorney General for Pakistan with the rank and status of Federal Minister with immediate effect.”
Article 100(1) states that the president would appoint someone, who was qualified to be appointed a judge of the Supreme Court, to be the AGP.
Before Elahi’s filling the post, AGP after Mansoor Usman Awan recused himself from taking charge as the government’s top lawyer.
