Syed Muhammad Zafar

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Syed Muhammad Zafar
ایس ایم ظفر
Member of the Senate of Pakistan
In office
March 2006 – March 2012[1]
PresidentAsif Ali Zardari
Prime MinisterYousaf Raza Gillani
Minister of Justice
In office
1965–1969[2]
LeaderField Marshal Ayub Khan
Official posts
1975President, High Court Bar Association, Lahore
1979[2]President, Supreme Court Bar Association
1983Chairman, Human Rights Society of Pakistan
1987Chairman, Cultural Association of Pakistan
1997Chancellor of Hamdard University
Personal details
Born(1930-12-06)6 December 1930[2]
Rangoon, Burma, British India[2]
Died19 October 2023(2023-10-19) (aged 92)
Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan
NationalityPakistani
Other political
affiliations		Pakistan Muslim League (Q) (PMLQ)
SpouseSaifee Syed
Children4,[3][4] including Roshaneh and Syed Ali
Alma materPunjab University Law College (PULC)
File:Lahore High Court Building.jpg
Lahore High Court

Syed Muhammad Zafar (Urdu: سید محمد ظفر; 6 December 1930 – 19 October 2023) was a Pakistani human rights activist, lawyer (Senior Advocate Supreme Court), and politician who was a member of the Senate of Pakistan. For some time, he was affiliated with the Pakistan Muslim League (Q) (PMLQ).[5]

Early life

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Syed Muhammad Zafar was born on 6 December 1930 in Rangoon, Burma, where his father worked in the construction business.[6] His family hailed from the town of Shakargarh in Punjab. Following the Japanese occupation of Burma, his family returned to their native village in 1944.[6]

Career

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Zafar began his career as a lawyer in the 1950s.[7] He played an important role during the 1958 imposition of martial law in Pakistan and again in forcing amendments to Constitution of Pakistan of 1962, which at first did not have sufficient protections for basic human rights.

After serving as a judge of the high court and as Pakistan's Minister for Law and Justice from 1965 to 1969,[2] Zafar retired from the government in 1968 and started his own law practice.[7]

Zafar and a few of his contemporaries founded the Human Rights Society of Pakistan in 1976.[7]

Zafar was awarded an honorary PhD degree in law at the University of the Punjab's 124th convocation. He retired from active law practice in 2012.[2]

In 2018, he quit politics and parted ways with the PMLQ party.[8]

Official posts

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News media commentator

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After retirement from his official government service in 1968, he was a frequent commentator on current affairs in Pakistan.[5][9]

Death

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S. M. Zafar died on 19 October 2023, at the age of 92 in Lahore after a prolonged illness.[10][11]

See also

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Bibliography

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References

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  1. ^ SM Zafar, listed member of Senate of Pakistan (2006–2012) Senate of Pakistan website, Retrieved 14 May 2018
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h Profile of S.M. Zafar on goodreads.com website Retrieved 14 May 2018
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  5. ^ a b Senior lawyer SM Zafar instructed by wife amid television show on Panama verdict Daily Pakistan Global (newspaper), Published 29 July 2017, Retrieved 14 May 2018
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  9. ^ Masses want no conflict in institutions: S.M. Zafar Dawn (newspaper), Published 26 February 2018, Retrieved 14 May 2018
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