Zaheer-ud-din Babar Awan (Urdu: ???? ????? ???? ??????; born 27 January 1958; SI), is a Pakistani politician, lawyer, author, analyst, columnist, and leftist writer.
He has previously served as Adviser to Prime Minister Imran Khan and 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.He regularly writes and publishes on left-wing philosophy.
He extensively writes political columns in a leading Urdu newspaper, the Daily Jang, in support of social democracy and social justice.