{"id":248218,"date":"2022-03-08T09:49:51","date_gmt":"2022-03-08T04:49:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/?p=248218"},"modified":"2022-03-08T09:49:51","modified_gmt":"2022-03-08T04:49:51","slug":"former-president-rafiq-tarar-passes-away-at-92","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/former-president-rafiq-tarar-passes-away-at-92\/","title":{"rendered":"Former president Rafiq Tarar passes away at 92"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> islamabad<br \/>\nFormer 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.<br \/>\n\u201cMy grandfather Mohammad Rafiq Tarar has passed away.\u201d<br \/>\nThe funeral prayers of the former president will be offered later today in Lahore.<br \/>\nTarar 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.<br \/>\nHe was also one of Nawaz Sharif\u2019s 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.<br \/>\nPresident Arif Alvi expressed grief over Tarar\u2019s passing and offered prayers for the departed soul and extended condolences to the family.<br \/>\nPML-N President Shehbaz Sharif also expressed grief at the former president\u2019s passing. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>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. 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