ISLAMABAD:(Report By Ambreen Baloch) According to global Times Media Europe,Attorney-General for Pakistan (AGP) Ashtar Ausaf Ali has resigned from his post, sources told Geo News on Wednesday.
Officials who spoke to Geo News on the condition of anonymity shared that the AGP has submitted his resignation to Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, however, he has been asked to continue working till a replacement is appointed.
The sources said that AGP Ali has resigned due to health reasons.
Interestingly, the news of the AGP’s resignation came a few minutes before the Judicial Commission of Pakistan, of which he is a member, was scheduled to meet on the appointment of judges.
The JCP, which is meeting after a gap of five months, is expected to take up the permanent appointment of 13 Lahore High Court judges.
AGP Ali was at the centre of the controversy surrounding the last JCP meeting.
The last JCP meeting, held in July last year, it was reported based on sources that the commission had rejected CJP Bandial’s nominated judges of higher courts for their elevation to the SC.
CJP Bandial had presided over the judicial commission’s session, where a total of five judges, two from the Sindh High Court and three from the Lahore High Court (LHC), were considered.
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