| Post: | Attorney-General for Pakistan |
| Insignia: | File:State emblem of Pakistan.svg |
| Incumbent: | Mansoor Usman Awan |
| Incumbentsince: | 27 March 2023 |
| Department: | Ministry of Law and Justice |
| Style: | Learned Attorney-General |
| Member Of: | Cabinet of Pakistan |
| Reports To: | Prime Minister of Pakistan |
| Residence: | Supreme Court of Pakistan |
| Seat: | Islamabad, Pakistan |
| Nominator: | Prime Minister of Pakistan |
| Appointer: | President of Pakistan |
| Appointer Qualified: | Qualified to be appointed as Justice of the Supreme Court |
| Termlength: | No fixed term |
| Formation: | 12 November 1947 |
| First: | Muhammad Wasim |
| Abbreviation: | AG |
Attorney-General for Pakistan is the chief law officer and legal advisor of the Government of Pakistan and enjoys rights of audience before Parliament.[1] [2] The Attorney-General, who serves as Pakistan's public prosecutor, is recommended by the Prime Minister and appointed by the President. The Constitution bars the Attorney-General from private practice until the termination of his or her employment.[3] The office was established in 1947.
The previous Attorney-General was Shehzad Ata Elahi, whose resignation was accepted on 24 March 2023.[4] The longest-serving Attorney-General is Sharifuddin Pirzada, whereas Aziz A. Munshi held the office the most times, in four instances.
| Number | Name | Period of office | Length of term (days) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Muhammad Wasim | |||||
| Fayyaz Ali | |||||
| Chaudhry Nazir Ahmad Khan | |||||
| Sheikh Ghias Muhammad | |||||
| Syed Sharifuddin Pirzada | |||||
| Sheikh Ghias Muhammad | |||||
| Syed Sharifuddin Pirzada | |||||
| Yahya Bakhtiar | |||||
| Syed Sharifuddin Pirzada | |||||
| Aziz A. Munshi | |||||
| Ali Ahmed Fazeel | |||||
| Aziz A. Munshi | |||||
| Yahya Bakhtiar | |||||
| Aziz A. Munshi | |||||
| - | Chaudhry Muhammad Farooq | ||||
| - | Muhammad Sardar Khan | ||||
| Fakhruddin G. Ebrahim | |||||
| Qazi Muhammad Jamil | |||||
| - | Shahzad Jehangir | ||||
| Chaudhry Muhammad Farooq | |||||
| Aziz A. Munshi | |||||
| Anwar Mansoor Khan | |||||
| Maulvi Anwar-ul-Haq | |||||
| Irfan Qadir | |||||
| Salman Aslam Butt | |||||
| - | 17 August 2018 | 56 | |||
| Anwar Mansoor Khan | 18 August 2018 | 20 February 2020 | 551 | ||
| 22 February 2020 | 10 April 2022 | 779 | |||
| Ashtar Ausaf Ali | [5] | ||||
| Shehzad Ata Elahi | [6] | ||||
| Mansoor Usman Awan | |||||