ISLAMABAD – Interim president Sadiq Sanjrani has on Thursday appointedbarrister Khalid Jawed Khan as Attorney General for Pakistan.

Khan is son of former Pakistan Peoples Party’s (PPP) leader N.D Khan.

As per details garnered, interim president and Senate chairman has signedon the summary in this regard. Barrister Khan’s professional career spansmore than two decades whereas he has also served as legal assistant toformer prime minister Benazir Bhutto.

Hailing from Karachi, Khan got his LLB degree from London whereas hecompleted his BCL degree from Oxford University. Khan got LLM from HowardUniversity.

Khan became lawyer in Supreme Court of Pakistan in 2004.

Khan has also served as Sindh advocate general whereas he activelyparticipated in movement against then dictator Pervez Musharraf.