Sahibzada Muhammad Ishaq Zaffar | |
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صاحبزادہ محمد اسحاق ظفر | |
President of Azad Kashmir | |
In office 20 July 1991 – 29 July 1991 | |
Preceded by | Muhammad Abdul Qayyum Khan |
Succeeded by | Abdul Rashid Abbasi |
Speaker of the Azad Kashmir Legislative Assembly | |
In office 29 June 1990 – 29 July 1991 | |
Preceded by | Mohammad Ayub Khan |
Succeeded by | Abdul Rashid Abbasi |
Personal details | |
Born | Bani Hafiz, Azad Kashmir, Pakistan | 12 September 1944
Died | 2 September 2006 Rawalpindi, Punjab, Pakistan | (aged 61)
Sahibzada Muhammad Ishaq Zaffar (Urdu: صاحبزادہ محمد اسحاق ظفر) also known as Ishaq Zaffar (1945–2006) was a Pakistani politician in Azad Kashmir administrative territory.[1][2][3] He filled various positions in the Azad Kashmir government from the 1970s until dying in office in 2006, beginning as a member of the Pakistan People's Party, serving as member of the Azad Kashmir Legislative Assembly, Speaker of the Assembly, Acting President of Azad Kashmir, and senior minister, and was opposition leader in the constituent assembly at the time of his death.[4] He contested elections for constituent assembly of Azad Kashmir for five times and always won assembly seat.[5]