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Posts Tagged ‘Dr. Babar Awan’

Barack or Bush

By M Mirza • Dec 6th, 2009 • Category: Features


High-Pressure Slickness

By Irfan Waheed • Nov 6th, 2009 • Category: Politics

One thing that the current crowd around President Asif Ali Zardari is adept is “glibness.” Unctuous attitude by the ministers, advisors and other office holders of this regime has achieved new heights. They can present coughing of Zardari as the most melodious song every sung.
From Dr. Babar Awan to Khurshid Shah and from Fauzia Wahab [...]



Another Fake Degree in Assembly Found

By Muskan Hina • Jan 17th, 2009 • Category: Politics

After the fiasco in which it was found that Babar Awan was not really a doctor, another ironic discovery has been found that a Bachelor of Arts (BA) degree, issued by the University of Karachi (KU) to MNA Yaqoob from Balochistan, has been found to be fake.
According to the media sources, KU Vice Chancellor (VC) [...]



Babar Awan is no more a Doctor : Another Fake Degree

By Rohail Butt • Nov 13th, 2008 • Category: Politics

In 1997, when the lawyer Babar Awan was defending late Mohtarma Benazir Bhutto in the SGS reference before an accountability court comprising Justice Qayyum and Justice Najmul Hasan, he suddenly started writing “Dr.” before his name, and on inquiry from the media, he so proudly presented his PhD degree, which he obtained through a distance [...]



Clash Between Aitzaz Ahsan and Zardari

By Salman Mugsi • Jun 4th, 2008 • Category: Politics

Supreme Court Bar Association President Aitzaz Ahsan and co-chairman of Pakistan People’s Party Asif Ali Zardari are at loggerheads, and the feud is only getting ugle. In an interview to the New York Times, Aitzaz has allegedly said that most of the cases against Zardari and Benazir were justified and Zardari has become clean only [...]