Muhammad Wasi Zafar (12 January 1949 – 7 August 2021) was a Pakistani politician. He was the former Law minister of Pakistan. He was born in the city of
Multan
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in
Punjab
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,
Pakistan
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. He was a lawyer and became a member of the
National Assembly
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on a
PML(Q)
The Pakistan Muslim League (Quaid e Azam Group) ; ''Pākistān Muslim Līg (Qāf)'', Acronyms: PML(Q), PML-Q, PMLQ, "Q League" (officially registered as the Pakistan Muslim League) is a political party in Pakistan. As of the 2024 parliamentary e ...
ticket. Zafar was unable to run in the
February 2008 parliamentary election as a PML(Q) candidate and instead ran unsuccessfully as an independent.
Zafar received media attention during the election campaign for verbally threatening a television journalist during a live telecast. In 2005, his son thrashed a fellow passenger at
Jinnah International Airport
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in his presence.
References
1949 births
2021 deaths
Pakistan Muslim League (Q) politicians
Pakistani lawyers
Politicians from Multan
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