islamabad
Former president of Pakistan and PML-N leader Justice (retd) Rafiq Tarar passed away on Monday after suffering from a long illness, confirmed his grandson PML-N leader Attaullah Tarar. He was 92.
“My grandfather Mohammad Rafiq Tarar has passed away.”
The funeral prayers of the former president will be offered later today in Lahore.
Tarar was sworn into the office of the president on January 1, 1998. He was not removed from office after Pervez Musharraf dismantled the Nawaz Sharif government in 1999, and remained in office until June 20, 2001.
He was also one of Nawaz Sharif’s closest associates. After retiring as a Supreme Court judge in 1997, the former president was elected as a member of the Senate on a PML-N ticket and later became president of the country in the same year.
President Arif Alvi expressed grief over Tarar’s passing and offered prayers for the departed soul and extended condolences to the family.
PML-N President Shehbaz Sharif also expressed grief at the former president’s passing.
