Constitution

Part III · The Federation of Pakistan · The Federal Government

Attorney-General for Pakistan

Article 100

Amended by 27th Amendment (2025)

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(1)

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

(2)

The Attorney-General shall hold office during the pleasure of the President 2[and shall not engage in private practice so long as he holds the office of the Attorney-General].

(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. C HAPTER 1.–T HE G OVERNORS

Amendment notes (2)›
  1. 1Substituted by tbe Constitution (Twenty-Seventh Amdt.) Act, 2025 (32 of 2025), section 11 for the word “Supreme”.
  2. 2Added by Act 10 of 2010, section 32.

How to cite

In a petition
Article 100 of the Constitution
With heading
Article 100 of the Constitution (Attorney-General for Pakistan)
In full
Article 100, Constitution of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, 1973

English text as amended up to 21 November 2025 (27th Amendment), published by Ministry of Law and Justice / National Assembly of Pakistan. The English text is authoritative. Official PDF, page 78