Former president Rafiq Tarar passes away

By Muhammad JuniadPublished On 05 Jan 2023

ISLAMABAD: Former President Muhammad Rafiq Tarar passed away on Monday, confirmed his family members. 

Rafiq Tarar had been suffering from health issues since long, the family sources said, adding that the time and place of his funeral prayers will be announced later today.

Taking to Twitter, his grandson and PML-N leader Attaullah Tarar said,” My grandfather Muhammad Rafiq Tarar passed away.”

Born on November 2, 1929, Muhammad Rafiq Tarar breathed his last today at the age of 92. He served the country as the head of state from January 1998 to June 2001.

Earlier, he served as a judge at the Supreme Court of Pakistan.

Following his retirement from the judiciary, Tarar had joined the PML-N and soon he was named as a legal advisor to the party’s supremo Nawaz Sharif.

Later, he was nominated as a candidate for the president's office by then prime minister Nawaz Sharif at the end of 1997.