OBSERVER REPORT ISLAMABAD Prime Minister Imran Khan on Friday confirmed the appointment of Khalid Javed as the new Attorney General for Pakistan and the Law Ministry has been directed to move a summary for his appointment. His appointment comes a day after Anwar Mansoor Khan submitted his resignation from the post for levelling allegations against some members of the Supreme Court bench hearing petitions challenging the filing of presidential reference against Justice Qazi Faez Isa. Meanwhile, a day after Anwar Mansoor Khan resigned as the attorney general of Pakistan, the federal government on Friday sought three weeks adjournment in Justice Qazi Faez Isa case. An application in this regard was moved by Additional Attorney General Ch Amir Rehman in the Supreme Court. Javed has also held the post of attorney general previously during the tenure of former prime minister Benazir Bhutto. Javed is the son of ND Khan —, a senior politician who also served as the law minister during the second government of PPP. He enrolled as a high court advocate in 1991 and became an advocate of the Supreme Court in 2004.
