Former President Muhammad Rafiq Tarar passed away after protracted illness at a local hospital in the provincial metropolis on Monday. He was 92.
Rafiq Tarar passed away after a prolonged illness. He served as the 9th President of Palistan from January 1998 until his resignation in june 2001. He was a senior justice of the Supreme court of Pakistan from 1991 to 1994 before joining politics.
Muhammad Rafiq Tarar was currently serving as Chairman Nazria Pakistan Trust. He has left behind three sons and a daughter among the mourners.
Former President Muhammad Rafiq Tarar’s funeral prayers will be offered at Jamia Ashrafia, Main Ferozepur Road at 4:45 pm this afternoon.
A lawyer by profession, Muhammad Rafiq Tarar served as the 28th Chief Justice of the Lahore High Court (1989-91) . He served as the Supreme Court judge from 1991-94.
In politics, he served as a Senator, and was later elected President of Pakistan in 1998. He was forced to resign as President in 2001 by the military dictator Pervez Musharraf.
May Allah bless his soul & give strength to the bereaved family to bear this irreparable loss, Ameen.
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