Islamabad: Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan on Friday confirmed the appointment of Khalid Javed as the new Attorney General for Pakistan.

According to the Prime Minister's Office, the Law Ministry has been directed to move a summary for his appointment on Friday, Dawn reported.

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.

While Khan claimed that he had decided to quit on his own in compliance with the demand of the Pakistan Bar Council (PBC), the law ministry said he was asked to do so. Earlier today he submitted a written apology to the apex court.

Javed has also held the post of attorney general previously during the tenure of former prime minister Benazir Bhutto.

He enrolled as a high court advocate in 1991 and became an advocate of the Supreme Court in 2004. He served as a legal adviser to the attorney general for Pakistan and, in this capacity, advised Benazir Bhutto during her second tenure (1993-1996) as prime minister.