Barrister Khalid Jawed has served as attorney general during the caretaker government, headed by former Justice Nasirul Mulk from June 21, 2018 to August 31, 2018.
He resigned as the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf government wanted to appoint Anwar Masoor as the AGP. Khalid Jawed has also served as an Advocate General for Sindh.
He actively participated in the 2007 lawyers' movement for the restoration of the judiciary in the country and wrote many articles against the Provisional Constitution Order (PCO) of military dictator General Pervez Musharraf (Retd).
Barrister Khan's professional career spans over more than two decades.
He was 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 AGP in 1995-1996. His father, Prof ND Khan, is a seasoned politician, who had been associated with the Pakistan People's Party for a long time.
Barrister Khalid is an expert in vast areas of law, including constitutional law, income tax, sales tax, customs, land matters, banking law, and service laws. He obtained his LLB from London University, BCL (bachelor of civil law) degree from Oxford University, LLM from Harvard University, and completed his bar-at-law from Lincoln's Inn.