Pakistani politician, lawyer, author, analyst, columnist and leftist writer
Babar Awan
ظہیر الدین بابر اعوان
Advisor to Prime Minister for Parliamentary Affairs (Federal Minister)
In office 6 April 2020 – 10 April 2022
President
Arif Alvi
Prime Minister
Imran Khan
Preceded by
Azam Khan Swati
In office 20 August 2018 – 4 September 2018
President
Arif Alvi
Prime Minister
Imran Khan
Succeeded by
Ijaz Ahmed Shah
Member of the Senate of Pakistan (Senator)
In office 12 March 2012 – 17 July 2017
Constituency
Punjab, Pakistan
In office 22 February 2006 – 28 February 2012
Constituency
Punjab, Pakistan
Vice President of Pakistan Peoples Party
In office 29 December 2011 – 2 May 2012
Chairman
Bilawal Bhutto Zardari
Co-Chairman
Asif Ali Zardari
Preceded by
Shah Mahmood Qureshi
Succeeded by
Manzoor Wattoo
Federal Minister for Law and Justice
In office 3 November 2008 – 12 April 2011
President
Asif Ali Zardari
Prime Minister
Yusuf Raza Gillani
Preceded by
Farooq H. Naek
Succeeded by
Moula Bakhsh Chandio
Personal details
Born
Zaheer-ud-din Babar Awan
(1952-01-27) 27 January 1952 (age 72) Islamabad, Pakistan
Citizenship
Pakistani
Political party
PTI (2017-present)
Other political affiliations
PPP (1997-2017)
Relations
Ghulam Farooq Awan (brother)
Malik Shakeel Awan (nephew)
Residence
Islamabad
Alma mater
University of Punjab Karachi University Monticello University
Occupation
Lawyer
Awards
Sitara-e-Imtiaz (2012)
Supreme Court of Pakistan
Zaheer-ud-din Babar Awan (Urdu: ظہیر الدین بابر اعوان; born 27 January 1952; SI), is a Pakistani politician, senior lawyer, author, analyst, columnist, and leftist writer who served as Adviser to Prime Minister for Parliamentary Affairs from April 2020 to 10 April 2022, and before that as the Federal Law Minister in the cabinet of former Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gillani. He also served as a junior Pakistani Senator of Punjab Province from 2012 to 2017.[1] Later he joined PTI to serve as Member Executive Council of PTI.
He regularly writes and publishes on left-wing philosophy.[1] He extensively writes political columns in a leading Urdu newspaper, the Daily Jang, in support of social democracy and social justice.[2][3]
^ ab"Dr. Babar Awan". Pakistan Herald. Archived from the original on 7 February 2022. Retrieved 28 October 2013.
^Dr. Babar Awan – Urdu columns, The News, 2013, archived from the original on 7 July 2015, retrieved 11 August 2013
^"Babar Awan to be appointed as advisor for Parliamentary Affairs – Daily Times". Dailytimes.com.pk. 13 March 2020. Retrieved 6 April 2020.
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