Wasi Zafar

Muhammad Wasi Zafar (12 January 1949 – 7 August 2021^[1]) was a Pakistani politician. He was the former Law minister of Pakistan. He was born in the city of Multan in Punjab, Pakistan. He was a lawyer and became a member of the National Assembly on a PML(Q) 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.^[2] In 2005, his son thrashed a fellow passenger at Jinnah International Airport in his presence.^[3]

References

1. Ex-minister Wasi Zafar Passes Away
2. "Big heads roll in Pakistan poll". The Hindu. 20 February 2008. Archived from the original on 22 May 2008. Retrieved 23 January 2012.
3. "Military Flair Up Between India and Pakistan See Both Sides Blaming One Another". Paktribune. Retrieved 26 April 2024.