Chaudhary Aitzaz Ahsan (Punjabi, Urdu: چودھری اعتزاز احسن; born 27 September 1945) is a Pakistani politician and lawyer.

After the Operation Fair Play coup, Ahsan became a prominent figure of the Movement for the Restoration of Democracy.

He re-joined the cabinet after Benazir's re-election, and went on to serve as the Minister for Law, Justice and Human Rights until 1997.

[2] He rejoined the PPP following the Operation Fair Play[6] and actively became involved with the Movement for the Restoration of Democracy and for his participation in the MRD, he was repeatedly imprisoned.

[2][7] He was inducted into federal cabinet and was appointed as the Minister for Law and Justice,[6] along with the additional portfolio of the Ministry of Interior and Narcotics Control.It was during this tenure that he provided list of the Khalistani separatists to India, thus sabotaged Pakistani plan to revenge India for its role in 1971 war.

[9] Ahsan did not run in the Pakistan General elections of 2008 due to his involvement in the Lawyers' Movement for the restoration of deposed judges.

[15] The notification of the suspension of his basic membership was accepted by the PPP on 14 October 2022 as a result of Ahsan "going against party discipline"[citation needed].

A few days before this, Ahsan openly criticized the Sharifs, the political family that headed the PML(N), which was a coalition partner of the PPP at the time.

He also criticized the Chief of Army Staff General Qamar Javed Bajwa in the same speech, accusing him of committing a crime for allegedly helping the Sharifs get acquitted in different corruption cases.

[8] He is known for representing and leading the lawyers campaign to reinstate former Chief Justice of Pakistan Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry.

[6] Ahsan is the author of the book The Indus Saga and the Making of Pakistan[5] and its Urdu translation, Sindh Sagar Aur Qyam-e-Pakistan which presents the cultural history of Pakistan and argues that the Indus region is a distinct entity from the rest of India and constitutes a nation.