Farooq Leghari dead
AFPFarooq Leghari in this 1996 file photo.
Farooq Ahmed Khan Leghari, Pakistan's eighth President, died on Tuesday night in a Rawalpindi hospital after a prolonged illness. He was 70. His body was flown to his native village Chhoti Zareen in Dera Ghazi Khan and buried on Wednesday.
Mr. Leghari was President from November 14, 1993, to December 2, 1997. Born into a family that was involved in politics — his father was a member of the federal Cabinet — Mr. Leghari began his political career with the Pakistan People's Party but fell out with it when he dismissed then Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto's government in 1996.
Born on May 2, 1940, Mr. Leghari did his schooling and graduation in Pakistan before going to Oxford University for post-graduation. He returned to Pakistan to join the Civil Services from which he resigned in 1973 to join the PPP.
Elected to the National Assembly in 1977, Mr. Leghari joined the Cabinet of Zulfikar Ali Bhutto as Minister for Production. He returned to the National Assembly in 1993 and was appointed Foreign Minister by Ms. Bhutto during her second stint as Prime Minister. But, he held this Ministry only for a few weeks as he became a consensus candidate for a number of political parties in the presidential elections.
_the Hindu)
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