Former Attorney General Munir A Malik. PHOTO: PID
Senior lawyer Salman Aslam Butt has been tipped to replace Munir A Malik as the Attorney General of Pakistan (AGP). The government took the decision after Malik stepped down citing personal reasons, officials told The Express Tribune.
Munir A Malik, who formally resigned on Thursday, was appointed AGP soon after the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz came to power as a result of the May 11, 2013 elections. Some officials claim Malik developed differences with the government with regard to cases being heard in the apex court.
“Salman Aslam Butt is believed to be a close aide to the prime minister and has had important input in various cases the government is facing in the court,” a law ministry official told The Express Tribune.
The official said the summary of Butt’s appointment has been prepared and sent to the Prime Minister’s Office. It would be routed to the Presidency for approval within 48 hours, he added.
When contacted, Butt said he has been unofficially notified of the development through some ‘friends’ and a meeting with the prime minister is on the books.
Munir A Malik, a senior lawyer, was the president of the Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) when lawyers launched a movement for the restoration of dozens of superior court judges sacked by former military ruler Pervez Musharraf.
Published in The Express Tribune, January 11th, 2014.
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I'm accepting this news with a pinch of salt. Salman Butt is a close confidant of Hamid Khan, a senior PTI leader. Both are partners in a leading law firm of Lahore. I still believe Ashtar Ausaf or Akram Sheikh have a better chance of becoming the next AGP.
What do you mean yet another Butt? And how dare you say another crony from Kashmir? Am I being naive to think that the requirement for this job is competency? Mr. Butt's non-political background and outstanding (non-political) legal career is sufficient enough to get the executives consider him for any top job. Look at his career, google/bing him, you never heard his name throughout the non-stop media frenzy of restoring the judiciary or any political movement for that matter. Just because his forefathers migrated from Kashmir some 200 years ago and they settled in Lahore since then, he should not be considered for any job no matter how good he is in his profession? Rise above your racism.
And on another note. I am one of the two Pakistanis who are qualified to practice law in Hong Kong. Yes, just two Pakistanis managed it. Oh and need I mention the other Solicitor is from Kashmiri descendant as well? And let me assure you, the firms who hired us here, did not care an ounce of ** about where we were born and where and who went to university with. Maybe, just maybe, it's not about where your forefathers migrated from and where you were born and settled. Maybe its just about how good you are.
Yet another Butt?!
Another crony from Kashmir. We have a loot sale of government positions and state organizations going on. Everyone wants to behti ganga say haath dhona.