Constitution of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, 1973 — Article 100

100. Attorney-General for Pakistan..—(1) The President shall appoint a person, being a person qualified to be appointed a Judge of the 4[Federal Constitutional] Court, to be the Attorney General for Pakistan.

(2)The Attorney-General shall hold office during the pleasure of the President 3[and shall not engage in private practice so long as he holds the office of the Attorney-General]. 1 Omitted by substitution through re-numbering by the Revival of the Constitution of 1973 Order, 1985 (P.O.No.14 of 1985), Art.2 and Sch. 2 Subs. by the Revival of the Constitution of 1973 Order, 1985 (P.O.No.14 of 1985), Art.2 and Sch. 3 Subs. and added by the Constitution (Eighteenth Amendment) Act, 2010 (Act No. X of 2010), ss. 31-32. 4 Subs. by the Constitution (Twenty-seventh Amendment) Act, 2025 (Act No. XXXII of 2025), s. 11.

(3)It shall be the duty of the Attorney-General to give advice to the Federal Government upon such legal matters, and to perform such other duties of a legal character, as may be referred or assigned to him by the Federal Government, and in the performance of his duties he shall have the right of audience in all courts and tribunals in Pakistan.

(4)The Attorney-General may, by writing under his hand addressed to the President, resign his office. PART IV PROVINCES CHAPTER 1. – THE GOVERNORS