In a news conference on December 1, 2011, Babar Awan lambasted a Supreme Court justice. He received a notice of contempt of court from the Supreme Court in late December. He received a second contempt of court order from the Supreme Court of Pakistan on January 5, 2012, as a result of a statement he made to the media on January 4, 2012.
On January 17, his right to practice law was subsequently and permanently suspended. In addition, the Supreme Court requested that the Federal Government name a different attorney to represent them in the Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto case. Ali Ahmad Kurd didn’t agree with the Supreme Court’s choice to revoke Awan’s driving privileges. In March 2012, the Supreme Court charged Awan.
Throughout the hearing, Awan’s attorney, Ali Zafar, argued that the court cannot indict Awan without first deciding whether to accept the unconditional apologies he twice provided to the court. According to him, the goal of contempt of court proceedings is not to “demean someone,” but rather to uphold the judiciary’s respect.
Zaheer-ud-din Babar Awan, a Pakistani politician, senior lawyer, author, analyst, and writer, was born in January 1958. He previously served as the Federal Law Minister in the cabinet of former Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gillani. From April 2020 to April 10, 2022, he was the PTI government’s adviser to the prime minister for parliamentary affairs. From 2012 until 2017, he also served as a junior senator for Punjab Province in Pakistan.
