ISLAMABAD: Just after seven months in the job, Attorney General (AG) Muneer A Malik has decided to quit the office, an informed source close to the AG told Dawn on Wednesday.
The AG, who was always regarded as a bridge between the judiciary and the federal government after accepting the constitutional post in June last year, met Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on Wednesday to convey his deepest regard for reposing confidence in him and to inform him about his decision to quit the job today. Malik tendered his resignation to the prime minister during the meeting, the source said.
Legal observers are also of the view that the ongoing trial of Gen Musharraf has also something to do with the AG’s decision of leaving the office.
Professor shot at eight times
RAWALPINDI: A college professor was critically injured on Wednesday when unknown motorcyclists opened fire on him in the Sadiqabad area of the garrison city of Rawalpindi, DawnNews reported.
Professor Nazir Hussain Imrani of Government Hashmat Ali College was taken to the Benazir Shaheed Hospital.
Police sources said the professor was shot eight times by assailants.
Further details of the attack were not available.
Attack victim becomes hero
PESHAWAR: Aitzaz Hasan, the student who sacrificed his life to stop a suicide bomber at a school in Hangu, has been declared a ‘great hero’ by the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa provincial government.
Aitzaz, a class IX student was killed when the suicide bomber blew himself up in front of the gate of the government school.
Aitzaz saved the lives of hundreds of other students when he prevented the suicide bomber from entering the school.
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