Judging by the near-royal reception Awan's been reported to have received back in Pakistan, I'd suggest that the entire Awan clan plus the helpers he brought over were sent there by Pak intelligence services.
That would make the answer to your question a "Yes".
(We can discuss where US/Pak relations go if my theory is valid during the next Q Down Cycle if you like...)
I’d like to see his employment application. I can understand that a person of bad character would gather information that could be used for blackmail. What I can’t understand is how he seemed to have free rein immediately.
Congress acts as if it were completely independent of the WH, and the only ones that I think of as supportive of that type of information transfer OUT of the US TO Pakistan is VJ and Huma. I can’t see people in Congress seeing any advantage to that. They all act out of their own self interest. So what was their self interest in letting Awan loose?