Senior lawyer Irfan Qadir has been appointed as a legal consultant to the president of Pakistan.

According to a notification, Qadir has been appointed for a two-year contract.

Qadir began his legal career in 1982 and has served on several key posts. He is known for his firebrand style of arguing in courts.

He served as a judge of the Lahore High Court in 2009 and as Pakistan’s attorney general under Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani. President Asif Zardari was also in office at that time.

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Qadir also worked as a special assistant to PM Shehbaz Sharif in the latter’s first term in office in 2022.