title: Ghulam Farooq Awan
text: # Ghulam Farooq Awan
  
  Ghulam Farooq Awan (Urdu: غلام فاروق اعوان) (born 10 February 1961), is a Pakistani lawyer and columnist, and former adviser to the Prime Minister of Pakistan for law, justice and parliamentary affairs. He previously also served as additional Attorney General of Pakistan.
  
  ## Political career
  
  He joined the legal practice in 1991 and has spent over 20 years as a lawyer. He became the additional Attorney General of Pakistan on 4 January 2011 and was appointed as the Adviser to the Prime Minister, Yousuf Raza Gillani on 16 April 2011 by President of Pakistan, Asif Zardari. He later left Pakistan People's Party and joined the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf in 2016.
  
  