Muhammad Rafiq Tarar English IPA:r?f??k? ??r?, is a retired associate judge of the Supreme Court of Pakistan and senior jurist who served as the ninth President of Pakistan from 1 January 1998 until voluntarily resigning from the presidency in the favour of General Pervez Musharraf on 20 June 2001. A professional legislator and jurist, Tarar was a prominent activist for the Pakistan Movement, performing voluntary duty as a relief worker in camps set up by Liaquat Ali Khan for refugees, migrating from India to Pakistan. Educated and graduated from the Punjab University's law college, Tarar elevated as 28th Chief Justice of Lahore High Court, appointed and nominated by Benazir Bhutto in 1989, and was a senior associate judge at the Supreme Court of Pakistan, subsequently retiring from the judicial authority in March 1997. Following the resignation of Farooq Leghari, Tarar was nominated as the presidential candidate by the prime minister Nawaz Sharif due to his lack of interest in national politics, and wide interests in enhancing the constitutional democracy in the country. 

November 2nd, 1929 in Gujranwala  /  Died:   Mar 7th, 2022 - aged 92