President Arif Alvi accepts resignation of AGP Shehzad Ata Elahi

ISLAMABAD: President Dr Arif Alvi on Monday accepted the resignation of Barrister Shehzad Ata Elahi from the post of Attorney General of Pakistan, ARY News reported.

President Arif Alvi accepted the resignation of Barrister Shehzad Ata Elahi from the post of Attorney General of Pakistan and appointed Advocate Supreme Court Mansoor Usman as the new AGP.

The President approved the resignation and appointment under Article 100 on the advice of Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif.

AGP Barrister Shahzad Ata Elahi resigned from his post earlier this week.

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Sources said that Barrister Shehzad tendered his resignation citing ‘key reasons’, however, closer sources said that he resigned from his position due to ‘personal reasons’.

It is worth mentioning here that after the resignation of former Attorney General Ashtar Ausaf Ali, the government faced difficulties in appointing a new AGP.

This is the second Attorney General who has resigned from his post after the current government came to power.