Rafiq Tarar, Pakistan’s former president, died on Monday after a protracted illness.
Rafiq Tarar was taken to the hospital after complaining of chest trouble, according to reports.
Muhammad Rafiq Tarar served as Pakistan’s ninth president from January 1998 to June 2001, and before that as a senator from Punjab from 1997 to 1998.
Tarar served on the Supreme Court of Pakistan as a senior justice from 1991 to 1994 and as the 28th Chief Justice of the Lahore High Court from 1989 to 1991 before entering politics.