Mansoor Awan appointed as new AGP.

ISLAMABAD -- President Dr Arif Alvi on Monday appointed Mansoor Usman Awan as the new attorney general of Pakistan (AGP) after accepting the resignation of Shehzad Ata Elahi.

A statement issued by the Aiwan-i-Sadr said that the president had accepted the resignation of Elahi - who had quit the top law last week for 'personal reasons' - and had appointed Awan as the AGP under Article 100 of the Constitution on the advice of the prime minister.

The Ministry of Law and Justice subsequently notified Awan as the new AGP. The notification, a copy of which is available with media, said Awan would have the rank and status of a federal minister.

In his resignation letter that he addressed to the president on March 24, Elahi had cited 'personal reasons' for tendering his resignation. However, he later issued a clarification denying that he had been asked to resign.

Elahi was...