In Babar Azam, Waqar Younis told a cricket podcast that Babar and Shaheen Afridi remain Pakistan's leading stars, arguing the batter has too little support.
Waqar Younis called Babar Azam a superstar and linked him with Shaheen Shah Afridi as Pakistan's leading cricket names.
He said Babar is under unfair pressure because the batting unit lacks other established match-winners.
Waqar rejected a like-for-like comparison with Sachin Tendulkar, saying Tendulkar was rarely alone in India's lineup.
Babar has 6,744 ODI runs at 52.68 with 20 centuries, but only 243 runs in his last seven ODIs.