What is Muhammad Rafiq Tarar?
{{Infobox President |image = Pride of Performance Award by President of Pakistan (cropped head).jpg | caption = Tarar in 2000 | name = Muhammad Rafiq Tarar<br>محمد رفیق تارڑ | imagesize = | birth_date = {{birth date|1929|11|02}} | birth_place = [[Gujranwala]], [[Punjab (Pakistan)|Punjab]], [[British India]] | death_date = {{death date and age|2022|3|7|1929|11|2}} | death_place = [[Lahore]], [[Pakistan]] | office = 11th [[President of Pakistan]] | term_start = 1 January 1998 | term_end = 20 June 2001 | primeminister = [[Nawaz Sharif]] | predecessor = [[Farooq Leghari]] | successor = [[Pervez Musharraf]] | party = [[Pakistan Muslim League (N)]] }} '''Muhammad Rafiq Tarar''' ({{lang-ur|محمد رفیق تارڑ}}, November 2, 1929 – March 7, 2022) was [[President of Pakistan]] from January 1, 1998 until June 20, 2001. During [[Pakistan]]'s [[independence]] in 1947, Rafiq Tarar worked as a relief worker in camps set up by [[Muslim Students Federation]] for [[refugee]]s, [[migration|migrating]] from [[British India]] to Pakistan. He belonged to the [[Tarar]] [[Jatt]] clan of Pakistani Punjab. He was also a [[Senate of Pakistan|Senator]] from 1997 until 1998. Tarar was also a [[Supreme Court of Pakistan|Justice of the Supreme Court of Pakistan]] from 1991 until 1994. Tarar died on March 7, 2022 in [[Lahore]], [[Pakistan]] from a [[heart attack]], aged 92.<ref>[https://en.dailypakistan.com.pk/07-Mar-2022/former-pakistan-president-rafiq-tarar-passes-away Former Pakistan president Rafiq Tarar passes away]</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{bio-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Tarar, Muhammad Rafiq}} [[Category:1929 births]] [[Category:2022 deaths]] [[Category:Politicians from Punjab, Pakistan]] [[Category:Presidents of Pakistan]] [[Category:Pakistani judges]]