Raja Zafar-ul-Haq

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Raja Zafar-ul-Haq
Leader of the Senate of Pakistan
In office 12 March 2015 – 24 August 2018
Preceded by	Aitzaz Ahsan
Succeeded by	Shibli Faraz
Leader of the Opposition in the Senate of Pakistan
In office 26 August 2018 – 11 March 2021
Prime Minister	Imran Khan
Preceded by	Sherry Rehman
Succeeded by	Yusuf Raza Gillani
Pakistan Senator from Punjab
In office 12 March 2009 – 11 March 2021
Minister of Religious Affairs
In office 21 February 1997 – 12 October 1999
Prime Minister	Nawaz Sharif
Preceded by	Jehangir Bader
Succeeded by	Dr. Mahmood Ahmed Ghazi
In office 1981–1985
President	Zia-ul-Haq
Preceded by	Kausar Niazi
Succeeded by	Iqbal Ahmad Khan
Pakistan Ambassador to Egypt
In office 1985–1986
President	Zia-ul-Haq
Minister of Information and Broadcasting
In office 1981–1985
President	Zia-ul-Haq
Chairman of the Pakistan Muslim League (N)
Incumbent
Assumed office 20 February 2000
President	Shehbaz Sharif
Personal details
Born	Raja Muhammad Zafar-ul-Haq (1935-11-18) 18 November 1935 (age 89) Matore, Punjab, British India (now in Punjab, Pakistan)
Political party	PMLN (2000-present)
Children	Raja Muhammad Ali
Alma mater	Govt. College University (B.A. in Phil.) Punjab University (LLB, MSc in Poly Sci.)
Profession	Lawyer, diplomat

Raja Muhammad Zafar-ul-Haq (Urdu: راجہ ظفرالحق; born 18 November 1935), is a Pakistani politician and lawyer, who served as senator from the Punjab, being elected on 12 March 2009.^[1] He had been the leader of the opposition in Senate from 2018 to 2021. He is serving as the Chairman of the Pakistan Muslim League (N), a centre-right party, since 20 February 2000.

A retired diplomat and lawyer by profession, Zafar-ul-Haq served as the Minister of Religious Affairs under Zia-ul-Haq from 1981 to 1985 and occupied the post again during the second administration of Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif from 1997 until being removed by Musharraf's coup d'état in 1999. Haq is known for his views for support of the religious conservatism but strongly advocated for religious temperance and humility.^[2]

In addition, he is also known for leading the constitutional initiatives to form the inquiry commission on the Kargil War, against Pervez Musharraf, whom he saw as a "traitor", and voiced support for civilian control of the military.^[3]