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]