LAHORE MIRROR — The governor on Saturday appointed a senior lawyer Shah Faisal Utmankhel as Advocate General of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
Shah Faisal is also a leader of Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) leader. A notification issued here said the governor appointed him in exercise of his powers conferred upon him under clause (1) of the Article 140 of the Constitution.
It said the services of the AG would be governed by the terms and conditions laid down in the KP Advocate General (Terms and Conditions of Services) Rules, 2005.
Earlier in the day the governor accepted resignation of the outgoing incumbent Aamir Javed. Mr Javed was appointed as the advocate general in Feb 2023 by the caretaker provincial government.
The newly-appointed AG is an advocate of the Supreme Court and had also remained an elected member of the KP Bar Council. He is the provincial senior vice-president of Insaf Lawyers Forum, a lawyers’ wing of PTI.
