Ashtar Ausaf Ali | |
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| اشتر اوصاف علی | |
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| 29th and 32nd Attorney-General for Pakistan | |
| In office 9 May 2022 – 19 January 2023 | |
| President | Arif Alvi |
| Prime Minister | Shehbaz Sharif |
| Preceded by | Khalid Jawed Khan |
| Succeeded by | Shehzad Ata Elahi |
| In office 29 March 2016 – 21 June 2018 | |
| President | Mamnoon Hussain |
| Prime Minister | Nawaz Sharif Shahid Khaqan Abbasi Nasir-ul-Mulk |
| Preceded by | Salman Aslam Butt |
| Succeeded by | Khalid Jawed Khan |
| Special Assistant to the Prime Minister on Law and Justice | |
| In office 25 February 2015 – 28 March 2016 | |
| Prime Minister | Nawaz Sharif |
| Succeeded by | Zafarullah Khan |
| 29th and 35th Advocate General of Punjab | |
| In office 2 January 2012 – 5 April 2013 | |
| Governor | Latif Khosa |
| Preceded by | Khawaja Haris |
| Succeeded by | Shahid Karim |
| In office 20 November 1998 – 12 October 1999 | |
| Governor | Shahid Hamid |
| Preceded by | Khawaja Muhammad Sharif |
| Succeeded by | Maqbool Elahi Malik |
| 3rd Prosecutor General of Punjab | |
| In office 15 September 2011 – 2 January 2012 | |
| Governor | Latif Khosa |
| Preceded by | Syed Zahid Hussain |
| Succeeded by | Sadaqat Ali Khan |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 19 June 1950 Lahore, Pakistan |
| Children | Fatima Ali |
| Alma mater | Forman Christian College Punjab University George Washington University |
| Occupation | Lawyer |
| Awards | Sitara-e-Imtiaz |
Ashtar Ausaf Ali (born 19 June 1950) is a Pakistani lawyer who twice served as the Attorney General for Pakistan from 2016 to 2018, and from 2022 to 2023. In his first term, he co-drafted the Twenty-Fifth Amendment to the Constitution of Pakistan, which merged the Federally Administered Tribal Areas with Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
Ausaf previously served as Special Assistant to the Prime Minister on Law and Justice from 2015 to 2016, twice as Advocate General of Punjab from 1998 to 1999 and 2012 to 2013, and as Prosecutor General of the province from 2011 to 2012.[1]
His daughter was the chef Fatima Ali, who died of cancer in 2019, at the age of 29.[2][3]
- ^ "LHC restrains Punjab government from removing law officers". dailytimes.com. Retrieved 29 September 2013.
- ^ Mays, Jeffrey C. (27 January 2019). "Fatima Ali Obituary". The New York Times. Retrieved 7 February 2019.
- ^ Jalil, Xari (2 February 2019). "Chef Fatima Ali laid to rest by family and friends in Lahore". Images. Dawn.