Advocate Lahore High Court (LHC) Chaudhry Khaleequz Zaman on Friday was notified as the Punjab prosecutor general for a period of three years, reported 24NewsHD TV channel.

He replaced Arif Kamal Noon who retired from his post after completion of his term in office. 

Sources told 24News that Zaman, who hailed from Gujrat, had retired as a sessions judge and had been appearing as the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) deputy prosecutor general in cases against the former prime minister and PML-N supremo Nawaz Sharif.  

Reporter: Malik Ashraf