Wasim Sajjad

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Wasim Sajjad
وسیم سجاد
Sajjad in 2021
Acting President of Pakistan
In office 2 December 1997 – 1 January 1998
Prime Minister	Nawaz Sharif
Preceded by	Farooq Leghari
Succeeded by	Rafiq Tarar
In office 18 July 1993 – 14 November 1993
Prime Minister	Moeenuddin Qureshi (Caretaker) Benazir Bhutto
Preceded by	Ghulam Ishaq Khan
Succeeded by	Farooq Leghari
3rd Chairman of the Senate
In office 24 December 1988 – 12 October 1999
Preceded by	Ghulam Ishaq Khan
Succeeded by	Mohammad Soomro
Interior Minister of Pakistan
In office 29 March 1987 – 28 July 1987
President	Zia-ul-Haq
Prime Minister	Muhammad Junejo
Preceded by	Nadir Pervez
Succeeded by	Aslam Khattak
Law and Justice Minister of Pakistan
In office 20 September 1986 – 4 December 1988
President	Zia-ul-Haq
Prime Minister	Muhammad Junejo
Preceded by	Aitzaz Ahsan
Succeeded by	Sharifuddin Pirzada
Personal details
Born	Wasim Sajjad (1941-03-30) 30 March 1941 (age 83) Jalandhar, Punjab, British India (now in Punjab, India)
Citizenship	Pakistani
Nationality	Pakistani
Political party	Pakistan Muslim League (Q) (2002–present)
Other political affiliations	Islami Jamhoori Ittehad Pakistan Muslim League (N)
Parent	Sajjad Ahmad Jan (father)
Residence(s)	Islamabad, Pakistan
Alma mater	Army Burn Hall College Punjab University Oxford University
Cabinet	Zia Cabinet
Website	Senate biography

Wasim Sajjad Jan (Urdu: وسیم سجاد جان; born 30 March 1941) is a Pakistani conservative politician and lawyer who served as the acting president of Pakistan for two non-consecutive terms and as the Chairman of the Senate between 1988 and 1999.^[1]

Born in Jalandhar, British India, Sajjad's father (Justice Sajjad Ahmad Jan) went on to serve as a judge of the Supreme Court, later becoming Chief Election Commissioner of Pakistan. Sajjad studied at the Army Burn Hall before moving to Lahore where he studied law at the Punjab University. As a Rhodes Scholar, he moved to Oxfordshire, where he received his Bachelor of Civil Law followed by a graduate degree in Jurisprudence from the Wadham College, Oxford in 1967. He was called to the Bar at the Inner Temple in 1968.^[2] On return to Pakistan, Sajjad was admitted as a lawyer in Pakistan and joined the Punjab Law College where he taught constitutional law between 1967 and 1977.^[3]