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Senator (1997–1998); Senior Justice of the Supreme Court of Pakistan (1991–1994); Chief Justice of the Lahore High Court (1989–1991)."},{"q":"Where did Rafiq Tarar study?","a":"Rafiq Tarar was educated at University of the Punjab, Islamia College, Gujranwala."}],"related":[{"name":"Muhammad Mian Soomro","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/muhammad-mian-soomro"},{"name":"Pervez Musharraf","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/pervez-musharraf"},{"name":"Zulfikar Ali Bhutto","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/zulfikar-ali-bhutto"},{"name":"Asif Ali Zardari","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/asif-ali-zardari"},{"name":"Iskander Mirza","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/iskander-mirza"},{"name":"Ayub Khan","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/ayub-khan"},{"name":"Anwaar ul Haq Kakar","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/anwaar-ul-haq-kakar"},{"name":"Ghulam Ishaq Khan","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/ghulam-ishaq-khan"},{"name":"Farooq Leghari","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/farooq-leghari"},{"name":"Wasim Sajjad","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/wasim-sajjad"}],"places_in":[],"nearby":[],"image":{"url":"https://diginpl.com/kb-img/rafiq-tarar-89bb698413.jpg","width":500,"height":888,"license":"CC BY-SA 3.0","credit":"Pauleee1","page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Pride_of_Performance_Award_by_President_of_Pakistan_(cropped).jpg"},"sources":[{"label":"Wikipedia (English): Rafiq Tarar","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rafiq_Tarar","license":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/"},{"label":"Wikidata item Q34935","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q34935","license":"https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/"},{"label":"Image: Pride of Performance Award by President of Pakistan (cropped).jpg by Pauleee1 (CC BY-SA 3.0)","url":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Pride_of_Performance_Award_by_President_of_Pakistan_(cropped).jpg","license":null}],"license":{"text":"CC BY-SA 4.0","url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/","facts":"https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/"},"attribution":"Text from the Wikipedia article Rafiq Tarar, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page's text is shared under the same licence. Facts from Wikidata (CC0). Image: Pride of Performance Award by President of Pakistan (cropped).jpg — Pauleee1, CC BY-SA 3.0.","cite":"\"Rafiq Tarar\". DigiNepal. Last updated 8 November 2026. https://diginpl.com/people/rafiq-tarar. Retrieved 8 November 2026.","date_modified":"2026-11-08T06:49:58Z","facts_checked":"2026-11-08","alternates":{"html":"https://diginpl.com/people/rafiq-tarar","en":"https://diginpl.com/people/rafiq-tarar","ne":null}}