Azam Nazeer Tarar Explained

Honorific-Prefix:Senator
Azam Nazeer Tarar
Office:Federal Minister of Law and Justice
Term Start:11 March 2024
Predecessor:Ahmed Irfan Aslam
President:Asif Ali Zardari
Primeminister:Shehbaz Sharif
Term Start1:19 April 2022
Term End1:9 August 2023
Predecessor1:Fawad Chaudhry
Successor1:Ahmad Irfan Aslam
President1:Arif Alvi
Primeminister1:Shehbaz Sharif
Office3:Member of the Senate of Pakistan
Term Start3:March 2021
Constituency3:Punjab Province
Office4:Vice Chairman of the Pakistan Bar Council
Termend4:2015
Termstart4:2014
Office5:Secretary of Lahore High Court Bar Association
Termstart5:2004
Termend5:2005
Nationality:Pakistani
Party:Pakistan Muslim League (N)

Azam Nazeer Tarar (Urdu, Panjabi; Punjabi: اعظم نذیر تارڑ) is a Pakistani politician who is serving as the Federal Minister of Law and Justice from 11 March 2024. He is a member of the Senate of Pakistan elected from Punjab in March 2021.

He served as Leader of the House in the Senate from 20 April to 30 September 2022. He also served as Vice Chairman of the Pakistan Bar Council.[1]

Tarar resigned from the post of Federal Minister of Law and Justice on 24 October 2022. He confirmed his resignation from the post to different news agencies. Azam claimed his resignation due to some personal activities but rumors says Tarar was not comfortable with the government's decision,[2] but prime minister rejected his resignation on November 29.

In 2023, Tarar moved the Supreme Court (Practice and Procedure) Bill 2023, which was passed by the Joint Sitting of the Parliament on 10 April 2023.[3]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Azam Nazeer Tarar. Pakistan Herald. 2021-11-22. 2021-11-22. https://web.archive.org/web/20211122101827/http://www.pakistanherald.com/profile/azam-nazeer-tarar-1661. dead.
  2. Web site: 2022-10-24 . Azam Nazeer Tarar resigns as law minister . 2022-10-25 . The Express Tribune . en.
  3. Web site: Senate passes 'the Supreme Court Practice and Procedure Bill, 2023' . 30 March 2023 .