ISLAMABAD: Politician and lawyer, Senator Dr. Babar Awan has been nominated Vice President of Pakistan People’s Party (PPP).
The notification in this regard was issued on Thursday after the approval by PPP Co-Chairman Asif Ali Zardari.
Dr. Babar Awan was made member of Central Executive Committee of the party in 1997 by Shaheed Mohtarma Benazir Bhutto. Later, he was also nominated as Coordinator of International Affairs Wing of the Party in 1999.
He held the office of Central Finance Secretary of the Party in 2000 while he was awarded the ticket of National Assembly during general elections 2002. He became Senator in 2005 on the only seat of PPP from Punjab.
Being a lawyer, he defended several cases against Benazir Bhutto and President Asif Ali Zardari. He also remained counsel of Chairman PPP Bilawal Bhutto Zardari, Bakhtawar Bhutto and Asifa Bhutto in the case of Peoples’ Foundation.
Senator Dr. Babar Awan is considered as a highly popular and trusted leader in PPP who voluntarily tendered his resignation from the portfolios of Minister of Law and Justice, Minister of Parliamentary Affairs and Minister 
of Information Technology to plead Z A Bhutto reference sent to Supreme Court by President Asif Ali Zardari.
