Malik Mohammad Qayyum (born December 18, 1944), Senior advocate Supreme Court, is the former attorney General of Pakistan, who was replaced with Senator Latif Khosa when President Pervez Musharraf resigned on 18 august 2008. He became attorney General following the resignation of Makhdoom ali Khan. He is a former Judge of the Lahore High Court which he resigned from after a phone transcript of his was released in which he colluded with then Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif''s government to fix judgment in a case before him involving Benazir Bhutto. Mr Qayyum denied that the voice in the telephone conversation was his. The Lahore High Court was recently moved challenging his appointment as attorney General along with another petition alleging fraud by his private office in execution of sales deeds. The latter case is up for hearing on February 4th 2008.
Malik Qayyum was also recorded as saying that the Pakistani general election, 2008 are going to be rigged. Qayyum March 10, 2008 rejected a plan by opposition lawmakers to reinstate the country''s ousted Supreme Court justices within 30 days of parliament''s first session, because President Pervez Musharraf''s dismissal of the judges was legal under the constitution.
Malik Qayyum is the son of Justice (retired) Muhammad akram one of the four Punjabi judges who under the influence of General Zia-ul-Haq''s military government sentenced Zulfiqar ali Bhutto to death. This fact was also noted by Benazir Bhutto in her book \\\"Reconciliation.\\\"
