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Wasim Sajjad | |
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وسیم سجاد | |
 Sajjad in 2021 | |
| ActingPresident of Pakistan | |
| In office 2 December 1997 – 1 January 1998 | |
| Prime Minister | Nawaz Sharif |
| Preceded by | Farooq Leghari |
| Succeeded by | Rafiq Tarar |
| In office 18 July 1993 – 14 November 1993 | |
| Prime Minister | Moeenuddin Qureshi(Caretaker) Benazir Bhutto |
| Preceded by | Ghulam Ishaq Khan |
| Succeeded by | Farooq Leghari |
| 3rdChairman of the Senate | |
| In office 24 December 1988 – 12 October 1999 | |
| Preceded by | Ghulam Ishaq Khan |
| Succeeded by | Mohammad Soomro |
| Interior Minister of Pakistan | |
| In office 29 March 1987 – 28 July 1987 | |
| President | Zia-ul-Haq |
| Prime Minister | Muhammad Junejo |
| Preceded by | Nadir Pervez |
| Succeeded by | Aslam Khattak |
| Law and Justice Minister of Pakistan | |
| In office 20 September 1986 – 4 December 1988 | |
| President | Zia-ul-Haq |
| Prime Minister | Muhammad Junejo |
| Preceded by | Aitzaz Ahsan |
| Succeeded by | Sharifuddin Pirzada |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Wasim Sajjad (1941-03-30)30 March 1941 (age 84) Jalandhar,Punjab,British India (now inPunjab,India) |
| Citizenship | Pakistani |
| Nationality | Pakistani |
| Political party | Pakistan Muslim League (Q) (2002–present) |
| Other political affiliations | Islami Jamhoori Ittehad Pakistan Muslim League (N) |
| Parent | Sajjad Ahmad Jan (father) |
| Residence(s) | Islamabad, Pakistan |
| Alma mater | Army Burn Hall College Punjab University Oxford University |
| Cabinet | Zia Cabinet |
| Website | Senate biography |
Wasim Sajjad Jan (Urdu:وسیم سجاد جان; born 30 March 1941) is a Pakistaniconservative politician andlawyer who served as the actingpresident of Pakistan for two non-consecutive terms and as theChairman of theSenate between 1988 and 1999.[1]
Born inJalandhar,British India, Sajjad's father (Justice Sajjad Ahmad Jan) went on to serve as a judge of theSupreme Court, later becomingChief Election Commissioner of Pakistan. Sajjad studied at theArmy Burn Hall before moving toLahore where he studied law at thePunjab University. As aRhodes Scholar, he moved toOxfordshire, where he received hisBachelor of Civil Law followed by a graduate degree inJurisprudence from theWadham College,Oxford in 1967. He wascalled to the Bar at theInner Temple in 1968.[2] On return to Pakistan, Sajjad was admitted as a lawyer in Pakistan and joined thePunjab Law College where he taughtconstitutional law between 1967 and 1977.[3]
Sajjad was elected to theSenate in 1985 as a member of the center-rightMuslim League and served as theMinister for Law and Justice from September 1986 to December 1988, when he was elected asChairman of the Senate where he remained until 1997. During which he served as acting President of Pakistan twice during the general elections.[1] In 1999, Sajjad joined adefecting group that supportedGeneral Musharraf's coup and became the Leader of the House in theSenate of Pakistan in 2003, remaining until his political retirement in 2008.[4] After the imposition of the coup by GeneralPervez Musharraf, Sajjad joined the PML(Q) and again became a senator. This time he served as Leader of the House in the Senate of Pakistan from March 2003 to March 2008. Thereafter he served as Leader of the Opposition from 2010 until 2012.[1] After retiring from politics, he has been serving as Chairman of theFoundation for Advancement of Science and Technology (FAST),[5] and thechancellor of theNational University of Computer and Emerging Sciences.[6]
In 2002, Sajjad was accused of misuse of government vehicles and phones, amounting to millions of rupees. He was ordered to pay a fine, but served no time in jail.[7]
Sajjad served as interim president of thePakistan Football Federation in 1989.[8][9]
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