ISLAMABAD: After accepting the resignation of Barrister Shehzad Ata Elahi, who departed the position after less than two months in the position, President Arif Alvi on Monday named Mansoor Usman Awan as the next Attorney General for Pakistan (AGP).
According to a statement from the Aiwan-e-Sadar, the president gave his approval for the appointment in accordance with Article 100 of the Constitution, and he will have the same standing as a federal minister.
Elahi was selected for the coveted position after Mansoor Usman Awan declined to serve as attorney general last year because he was not officially informed, despite the president’s acceptance of his nomination.
After former AGP Ashtar Ausaf submitted his resignation in October of last year, the administration was then embarrassed by the judiciary for failing to appoint this crucial constitutional position.
Awan received both an LLB and an LLM from Harvard Law School in the United States and graduated first in his University of Punjab class. He received the Justice M. Jan Memorial gold medal and the Charles Earl Bevan Petman Law Prize for winning both the jurisprudence and criminal law categories.
The Dean’s Award for Leadership was given to Awan by Harvard Law School. (2005). In addition to being chosen as the LLM Representative to the Harvard Law School Council, he served as vice president of the Harvard Graduate Council.