Sarwar Khan appointed Sindh advocate-general

Move comes a day after Barrister Ghumro and Naeem Iqbal resigned from their posts

KARACHI: Following the resignations of advocate general and additional advocate general of Sindh, the provincial government handed over both portfolios to Sarwar Khan on Saturday.

A notification letter issued by the office of Law Secretary Shariq Ahmed stated that the additional charge of advocate general Sindh was assigned to Sarwar Khan with immediate effect till further notice. The move came a day after Barrister Zamir Hussain Ghumro and Malik Naeem Iqbal resigned from the posts of advocate general and additional advocate general.



The resignation of the AG came to the forefront following remarks made by the Chief Justice of Pakistan Mian Saqib Nisar on Thursday to Ghumro, “The Sindh government has finished its tenure, but you are still working on the same post.”

Sources privy to the development told The Express Tribune that after Justice Nisar’s remarks, the AG and his assistant held a meeting with the caretaker chief minister, who suggested them to tender their resignation. Iqbal also cited the same reason in his resignation and requested the governor to accept it.



In his resignation, Ghumro had stated that while there was no constitutional or legal requirement for the AG to tender resignation during an interim setup but “in a situation where caretaker set up has been installed and new political government is to be heralded soon” he deemed it “proper and appropriate in the prevailing circumstances to step down and resign as the AG.”