Renowned lawyer and former federal law minister S.M. Zafar passed away after a protracted illness on Thursday. He was 93.
S.M. Zafar was the father of known advocate and Senator Barrister Ali Zafar. The late Zafar also remained a senator.
Born on Dec 6, 1930, in Rangoon, Burma, S.M. Zafar was a senior advocate and a former law minister. He was also an accomplished author and penned numerous books.
He contributed articles on both national and international matters in local and foreign publications.
During the Indo-Pak war of 1965, he served as the law minister of Pakistan. It is to his credit that on Sept 19, 1965, at the United Nations Security Council, he presented a resolution for a conditional ceasefire linked to the resolution of the Kashmir issue. He also addressed the United Nations Human Rights Commission.
At 35, he assumed the role of federal minister for law and parliamentary affairs in the Ayub cabinet.
Former MNA Marvi Sarmad termed death of S.M. Zafar as loss for the parliament of Pakistan and politics of Pakistan.
Throughout his career, he won noteworthy cases on both the national and international stages and served as a senator from 2003 to 2012.
Besides his legal and political contributions, he held the position of chancellor at Hamdard University from 2004 to 2012.
As an acknowledgement of his services, the government conferred presidential award Nishan-e-Imtiaz on the noted advocate.
Former Pakistani ambassador to US Maleeha Lodhi said that late Zafar was outstanding lawyer and a warm and wonderful human being.
