President Arif Alvi on Friday approved the appointment of Mansoor Usman Awan as the Attorney General for Pakistan (AGP) following the resignation of Ashtar Ausaf.
The President approved the appointment under Article 100 of the Constitution.
Awan holds a Master of Laws (LLM) degree from Harvard Law School, USA and a Bachelor of Laws (LLB) degree from Punjab University where he stood first. He was awarded the Justice M. John Memorial Gold Medal for first place in jurisprudence and the Charles Earl Bevan Patman Law Prize for first place in criminal law.
Awan is the recipient of Harvard Law School’s Dean’s Award for Leadership (2005). At Harvard Law, he was elected as the LLM representative to the Harvard Law School Council and also served as vice president of the Harvard Graduate Council.
Former AGP Ashtar Ausaf Ali resigned from his post in September. He submitted his resignation to Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif. However, he offered to continue working until a replacement was appointed.
Sources told JEE News that AGP Ali resigned due to health reasons.
