Former President Muhammad Rafiq Tarar passes away at 92
Muhammad Rafiq Tarar was born in Mandi Bahauddin, Pakistan on 2 November 1929. He graduated with B.A. in Islamic Studies from Islamia College, Gujranwala in 1949, and acquired LLB degree in 1951 from Punjab Law College, University of the Punjab. In 1951, he enrolled as a Pleader in Lahore High Court. In 1966, Tarar started a judicial career after he appeared and passed the competitive exams to be elevated as session judge in District Courts. In 1971, he became Chairman of the Punjab Labor Court. Tarar was appointed as a judge at Lahore High Court in October 1974. He was also a member of the Election Commission of Pakistan where he represented Punjab. He served as the 28th Chief Justice of Lahore High Court from 1989 to 1991 until his appointment as a judge in the Supreme Court of Pakistan. He served as senior judge of the Supreme Court of Pakistan from January 1991 to November 1994. In 1994, following his retirement from judiciary, Tarar entered in to politics and started a political career as a legal adviser and close aide to then opposition leader Nawaz Sharif. In March 1997, he became a senator and represented Punjab in the upper-house of Pakistan until his resignation in December 1997. He was nominated as presidential candidate by PML(N) same year and secured a historical victory in presidential election. Tarar did not endorse the 1999 Pakistani coup d'état by the Pakistani military which elevated General Pervez Musharraf, Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee, since he was an appointee of the Nawaz Sharif. On 21 June 2001, General Musharraf who acted as Chief Executive in capacity, enforced the Legal Framework Order, 2002 removing Tarar. Thereafter he retired from national politics and settled in Lahore where he passed away today on March 7, 2022. His daughter in law, Saira Tarar, was heading the Ministry of National Health Services Regulation and Coordination. (Condensed from Wikipedia)
Former President Muhammad Rafiq Tarar passes away at 92
Muhammad Rafiq Tarar was born in Mandi Bahauddin, Pakistan on 2 November 1929. He graduated with B.A. in Islamic Studies from Islamia College, Gujranwala in 1949, and acquired LLB degree in 1951 from Punjab Law College, University of the Punjab. In 1951, he enrolled as a Pleader in Lahore High Court. In 1966, Tarar started a judicial career after he appeared and passed the competitive exams to be elevated as session judge in District Courts. In 1971, he became Chairman of the Punjab Labor Court. Tarar was appointed as a judge at Lahore High Court in October 1974. He was also a member of the Election Commission of Pakistan where he represented Punjab. He served as the 28th Chief Justice of Lahore High Court from 1989 to 1991 until his appointment as a judge in the Supreme Court of Pakistan. He served as senior judge of the Supreme Court of Pakistan from January 1991 to November 1994. In 1994, following his retirement from judiciary, Tarar entered in to politics and started a political career as a legal adviser and close aide to then opposition leader Nawaz Sharif. In March 1997, he became a senator and represented Punjab in the upper-house of Pakistan until his resignation in December 1997. He was nominated as presidential candidate by PML(N) same year and secured a historical victory in presidential election. Tarar did not endorse the 1999 Pakistani coup d'état by the Pakistani military which elevated General Pervez Musharraf, Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee, since he was an appointee of the Nawaz Sharif. On 21 June 2001, General Musharraf who acted as Chief Executive in capacity, enforced the Legal Framework Order, 2002 removing Tarar. Thereafter he retired from national politics and settled in Lahore where he passed away today on March 7, 2022. His daughter in law, Saira Tarar, was heading the Ministry of National Health Services Regulation and Coordination. (Condensed from Wikipedia)