Mr. Shah Faisal Utmankhel
Advocate General

Welcome to Advocate General Office

The Advocate General’s Office is a Constitutional Office established under Article 140 of the Constitution of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, 1973. Advocate-General is appointed by the Governor on the advice of the Chief Minister. A person who is competent to be appointed as a Judge of the High Court is appointed as Advocate General for the province. Advocate-General is the principal law officer of the province. He holds the office during the pleasure of the Governor. He is assisted by a team of law officers comprising of Additional Advocates-General, Deputy Advocates-General & Advocates-on-Record. These Law Officers are appointed by the Government of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. It is the duty of the Advocate-General to give advice to the Provincial Government upon such legal matters, and to perform such other duties of a legal character, as may be referred or assigned to him by the Provincial Government and to discharge such other functions conferred upon him by or under the Constitution or any other law for the time being in force. The Advocate General’s office represents, defends and protects the interests of the provincial government in the Superior Court, and provides valuable legal guidance to the provincial government in all matters which are referred to him by the Government. The other functions and duties of Advocate-General have also been laid down in the Punjab Law Department Manual Read More