Attorney Generals of Pakistan

The Attorney-General is the chief lawyer of the Pakistan government who serves as a legal adviser to the Federal Government of Pakistan and enjoys rights of audience before the Parliament.

Nominations comes from the Prime Minister’s Secretariat that leads to the appointment confirmed by the President of Pakistan.

The Constitution bars the Attorney-General from private practice until the termination of his or her employment.

The office of Attorney General was established in 1947.

#	Attorney General	From	To	Tenure	Affiliation
1	Muhammad Wasim	Wed, Nov 12, 1947	Mon, Feb 06, 1950	2 Y 2 M 25 D	Muslim League
2	Fayyaz Ali	Fri, Nov 10, 1950	Wed, Apr 08, 1959	8 Y 4 M 29 D	Muslim League
3	Chaudhry Nazir Ahmad Khan	Sat, Jul 25, 1959	Thu, Oct 26, 1961	2 Y 3 M 1 D	Military Administration
4	Tufail Ali Abdul Rehman	Wed, Nov 08, 1961	Sat, Oct 31, 1964	2 Y 11 M 23 D	Military Administration
5	Sheikh Ghias Muhammad	Sat, Oct 31, 1964	Mon, May 10, 1965	0 Y 6 M 9 D	Military Administration
6	Syed Sharifuddin Pirzada	Sat, Apr 09, 1966	Wed, Jul 20, 1966	0 Y 3 M 11 D	Military Administration
7	Sheikh Ghias Muhammad	Mon, Jul 25, 1966	Tue, Aug 06, 1968	2 Y 0 M 12 D	Military Administration
8	Syed Sharifuddin Pirzada	Wed, Aug 07, 1968	Tue, Dec 21, 1971	3 Y 4 M 14 D	Military Administration
9	Yahya Bakhtiar	Wed, Dec 22, 1971	Tue, Jul 05, 1977	5 Y 6 M 13 D	Pakistan People's Party
10	Syed Sharifuddin Pirzada	Thu, Jul 07, 1977	Tue, Jan 01, 1985	7 Y 5 M 25 D	Military Administration
11	Aziz A. Munshi	8 January,1985	Thu, Oct 30, 1986	1 Y 9 M 22 D	Military Administration
12	Ali Ahmed Fazeel	Thu, Oct 30, 1986	Tue, May 31, 1988	1 Y 7 M 1 D	Military Administration
13	Aziz A. Munshi	Tue, May 31, 1988	Sat, Dec 03, 1988	0 Y 6 M 2 D	Military Administration
14	Yahya Bakhtiar	Sat, Dec 03, 1988	Mon, Aug 06, 1990	1 Y 8 M 3 D	Pakistan People's Party
15	Aziz A. Munshi	Tue, Aug 07, 1990	Tue, Jun 22, 1993	2 Y 10 M 15 D	Pakistan Muslim League (N)
16	Chaudhry Muhammad Farooq	Sat, Jul 24, 1993	Tue, Aug 24, 1993	0 Y 1 M 0 D
17	Muhammad Sardar Khan	Wed, Aug 25, 1993	Mon, Oct 25, 1993	0 Y 2 M 0 D
18	Fakhruddin G. Ebrahim	Mon, Oct 25, 1993	Sat, Apr 02, 1994	0 Y 5 M 8 D	Pakistan People's Party
19	Qazi Muhammad Jamil	Mon, Apr 25, 1994	Thu, Oct 17, 1996	2 Y 5 M 22 D	Pakistan People's Party
20	Iqbal Haider	Sat, Oct 19, 1996	Thu, Nov 07, 1996	0 Y 0 M 19 D	Pakistan People's Party
21	Shahzad Jehangir	Mon, Nov 11, 1996	Wed, Apr 09, 1997	0 Y 4 M 29 D
22	Chaudhry Muhammad Farooq	Fri, Apr 11, 1997	Fri, Oct 15, 1999	2 Y 6 M 4 D	Pakistan Muslim League (N)
23	Aziz A. Munshi	Tue, Nov 02, 1999	Mon, Sep 24, 2001	1 Y 10 M 22 D	Military Administration
24	Makhdoom Ali Khan	Fri, Sep 21, 2001	Wed, Aug 01, 2007	5 Y 10 M 11 D	Military Administration
25	Malik Mohammad Qayyum	Wed, Aug 01, 2007	Tue, Aug 19, 2008	1 Y 0 M 18 D	Military Administration
26	Latif Khosa	Thu, Aug 21, 2008	Sun, Oct 11, 2009	1 Y 1 M 20 D	Pakistan People's Party
27	Anwar Mansoor Khan	Thu, Dec 24, 2009	Sun, Apr 04, 2010	0 Y 3 M 11 D	Pakistan People's Party
28	Maulvi Anwar-ul-Haq	Wed, Apr 21, 2010	Thu, Apr 12, 2012	1 Y 11 M 22 D	Pakistan People's Party
29	Irfan Qadir	Thu, Apr 12, 2012	Fri, Jun 07, 2013	1 Y 1 M 26 D	Pakistan People's Party
30	Munir A. Malik	Fri, Jun 07, 2013	Tue, Jan 14, 2014	0 Y 7 M 7 D	Pakistan Muslim League (N)
31	Salman Aslam Butt	Thu, Jan 16, 2014	Mon, Mar 28, 2016	2 Y 2 M 12 D	Pakistan Muslim League (N)
32	Ashtar Ausaf Ali	Tue, Mar 29, 2016	Thu, Jun 21, 2018	2 Y 2 M 23 D	Pakistan Muslim League (N)
33	Khalid Jawed Khan	Fri, Jun 22, 2018	Fri, Aug 17, 2018	0 Y 1 M 26 D
34	Anwar Mansoor Khan	Sat, Aug 18, 2018	Present		Pakistan Tehrik e Insaf