Farooq Leghari, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Pakistani politician
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Place of Birth: Choti Zareen, Punjab, Pakistan
About Farooq Leghari
- Sardar Farooq Ahmad Khan Leghari (English IPA: f?ruk? æ?mæd l?gh?r?¨) (Balochi, Punjabi, Urdu: ????? ????? ???? ??? ??????; 29 May 1940 – 20 October 2010), was a Pakistani politician who served as the eighth President of Pakistan from 14 November 1993 until resigning on 2 December 1997.
- He is the first Baloch to have been elected as President. Born into a Baloch tribal and influential feudal family, Leghari was educated at the Forman Christian College in Pakistan, and St Catherine's College, Oxford in United Kingdom.
- Upon return from the UK, he started his career as a civil servant prior to joining the politics in 1973 and tenured as Senator representing the Balochistan on Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) platform from 1975 to 1977.
- In 1980s, he led demonstrations aimed against President Zia-ul-Haq's administration and successfully ran in general elections held in 1988.
- From 1990 to 1993, he worked under Benazir Bhutto as her deputy Leader of the Opposition and participated in general elections held in 1993. His credential and reputation eventually led him secure nomination for the presidency by Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto and elected as President in 1993.
- However, he began receiving criticism over the controversial appointments of Senior Justices of the Supreme Court of Pakistan and was implicated in Mehran Bank scandal.
- Differences began to emerge with Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto on policy issues in 1995 and he surprisingly dismissed his leader's government in 1996.
- His political ambitions later clashed with Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and his intervention to retain Justice Sajjad Ali Shah as Chief Justice finally led to his resignation in 1997.
- He remained active in politics and joined the PML(Q) in 2004.
- Leghari died from a long heart illness at the Combined Military Hospital in Rawalpindi on 20 October 2010.
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