Rafiq Tarar was died on Monday, March 7, 2022.
He was a former Pakistani judge who served as President from 1997 to 2001.
Pakistan’s President Arif Ali, Prime Minister Imran Khan, and other key politicians, as well as the country’s military chief, Gen. Qamar Javed Bajwa, have all offered their condolences.
Azam Tarar, Tarar’s grandson, confirmed his grandfather’s death on Twitter.
Tarar was elected president of Pakistan in 1997 after former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif’s party.
Nawaz Sharif, who was elected to parliament in 1997, was a close friend of Tarar.
Rafiq Tarar children names, age, profesion
Tarar’s children are not documented despite having children during is lifetime.
Tarar was born in Mandi Bahauddin and received his LLB from the University of the Punjab in 1951, before beginning his legal career at the Lahore High Court the following year. In 1966, he decided to become a lawyer.
Tarar did not support the Pakistani military coup in 1999 that promoted General Pervez Musharraf to Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee since he was a Nawaz Sharif appointee.
