Ghulam Farooq Awan (born 10 February 1961), is a Pakistan

Pakistan

Pakistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan is a sovereign state in South Asia. It has a coastline along the Arabian Sea and the Gulf of Oman in the south and is bordered by Afghanistan and Iran in the west, India in the east and China in the far northeast. In the north, Tajikistan...

i lawyer and the current adviser to the Prime Minister of Pakistan

Prime Minister of Pakistan

The Prime Minister of Pakistan , is the Head of Government of Pakistan who is designated to exercise as the country's Chief Executive. By the Constitution of Pakistan, Pakistan has the parliamentary democratic system of government...

 for law, justice and parliamentary affairs. He is also the former additional Attorney General of Pakistan

Attorney General of Pakistan

The Attorney General for Pakistan is appointed under Article 100 of the constitution of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan and the Deputy Attorney General of Pakistan appointed under the Central Law Officers Ordinance, 1970...

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Early life

Ghulam Farooq was born on 10 February 1961. He was born in a village called Hothla in Kahuta

Kahuta Tehsil

Kahuta Tehsil is one of the seven Tehsils of Rawalpindi District in the Punjab province of Pakistan. The neighbouring Tehsil of Kotli Sattian used to be part of Kahuta, but was later created as a separate tehsil.-History:...

. He passed his primary studies in Hothla Primary school. He graduated in LLB from Punjab University

University of the Punjab

University of the Punjab , colloquially known as Punjab University, is located in Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan. The University of the Punjab is the oldest and biggest University of Pakistan. The University of the Punjab was formally established with the convening of the first meeting of its...

. He mastered

Master's degree

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 in Islamic studies

Islamic studies

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. He also participated in student's union politics and won the role as a representative of students.

Family

Awan belongs to a political family. He is the brother of Babar Awan

Babar Awan

Zaheer-ud-din Babar Awan is the former Federal Minister for Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs of Pakistan. He is also a senator in Pakistan's upper House of the Parliament, and a practicing lawyer and member of the Pakistan Peoples Party Central Executive Committee...

. His nephews are lawyers and one of his nephews is Shakeel Awan.

Political career

He became a lawyer in 1991 and spent 20 years as a lawyer. He became the additional Attorney General of Pakistan

Attorney General of Pakistan

The Attorney General for Pakistan is appointed under Article 100 of the constitution of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan and the Deputy Attorney General of Pakistan appointed under the Central Law Officers Ordinance, 1970...

 on 4 January 2011 and appointed as the adviser to the PM on 16 April 2011 by President of Pakistan

President of Pakistan

The President of Pakistan is the head of state, as well as figurehead, of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan. Recently passed an XVIII Amendment , Pakistan has a parliamentary democratic system of government. According to the Constitution, the President is chosen by the Electoral College to serve a...

, Asif Zardari. He currently holds the post as the adviser.