20 Facts About Raja Zafar-ul-Haq

Raja Zafar-ul-Haq had been the leader of the opposition in Senate from 2018 to 2021.

Raja Zafar-ul-Haq is serving as the Chairman of the Pakistan Muslim League, a centre-right party, since 20 February 2000.

Raja Zafar-ul-Haq was born in a small village, Matore, located in Kahuta Tehsil, Punjab in India into a Punjabi Muslim family of the Rajput-Janjua clan on 18 November 1935.

Raja Zafar-ul-Haq's father, Raja Fazal Dad Khan, was a Deputy Superintendent of Police in the Punjab Police Department.

Raja Zafar-ul-Haq attended various high schools in Punjab, and matriculated from Sialkot in 1952.

Raja Zafar-ul-Haq went on to attend the law school of the Punjab University to read law and political science, graduating with a LLB degree in civil law and a MSc in political science in 1958.

Raja Zafar-ul-Haq moved to Islamabad where he became member of the Supreme Court Bar Association and became the supreme court advocate from 1985 until 1987.

Raja Zafar-ul-Haq became a member of the Pakistan Muslim League soon after graduating in 1956 and has maintained his loyalty to the party for over fifty years.

Raja Zafar-ul-Haq later served as the President of the Pakistan Muslim League in the Rawalpindi District from 1971 to 1981.

Raja Zafar-ul-Haq represented Pakistan at the United Nations General Assembly in the 45th Session from 1990 to 1991.

Raja Zafar-ul-Haq served as the Ambassador of Pakistan to Egypt and was appointed as the Political Adviser to the Prime Minister of Pakistan with the status of a Federal Minister.

Raja Zafar-ul-Haq was elected as the Secretary General of the World Muslim Congress, an international organization of Muslims with consultative status observed with the UN and its allied bodies and observer status with the OIC.

Since 1963, Raja Zafar-ul-Haq had been participating in the national politics on a Pakistan Muslim League and is known for reflected views on religious conservatism while stressing to adopt humility to prevent violence and insanity.

Raja Zafar-ul-Haq advised Prime Minister Mohammad Junejo on political and legal matters until 1987, and sided to join the Pakistan Muslim League led by its President Fida Mohammad.

In 2000, Raja Zafar-ul-Haq was elected as the Chairman of the Pakistan Muslim League, which he is currently serving, whilst Javed Hashmi became the President of Pakistan Muslim League.

On 4 December 2001, Raja Zafar-ul-Haq appealed to the religious and conservative mass to call for the massive public demonstration against Pervez Musharraf, leading the pro-democracy movement with Amin Fahim to restore the civilian control.

Raja Zafar-ul-Haq was elected as the leader of the Independent Opposition Group in the Senate of Pakistan in 2009.

In 2005, Raja Zafar-ul-Haq demanded the inquiry commission on kargil debacle to be investigated by the Supreme Court of Pakistan to point and recommend the punishment for those involved.

Raja Zafar-ul-Haq accused Musharraf of starting the starting the armed conflict to harm the Kashmir cause, and raised his voice for civilian control of the military.

Raja Zafar-ul-Haq's statement came in response to the European intervention in Libya in favor of the Libyan Opposition.