Raja Muhammad Zafar-ul-Haq (; born 18 November 1935), is an ex-Pakistan Senator from the Punjab, served from being elected on 12 March 2009. 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 in second administration of Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif from 1997 until being removed in 1999. Haq is known for his views for support of the religious conservatism but strongly advocated for religious temperance and humility. 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. Biography Early life and career in law Zafar-ul-Haq was born in a small village, Matore, located in Kahuta Tehsil, Punjab in India into a Janjua family on 18 November 1935. His father, Raja Fazal Dad Khan, was a Deputy Superintendent of Police in the Punjab Police Department and attended various high schools in Punjab, and matriculated from Sialkot in 1952. He went to attend the Government College University in Lahore where he secured his graduate with B.A. in Philosophy in 1956. He went to attend the law school of the Punjab University to read law and the political science, graduating with the LLB degree in civil law, and the MSc in political science in 1958. He started practicing law with the law firm, the S.M. Zafar associates, in Lahore, but later moved to Rawalpindi where he took cases and practiced law until 1981. Zafar-ul-Haq moved to Islamabad where he became member of the Supreme Court Bar Association and became the supreme court advocate from 1985 until 1987. In 1977, he was elected as the president of the Rawalpindi Bar Association and was serving as vice president of the Punjab Bar Council in 1981. Political career Political Career Summarized • Raja Muhammad Zafar-ul-Haq formally joined Pakistan Muslim League after his graduation in 1956 and has remained loyal with this political party for more than fifty years. • He was elected as the General Secretary of Pakistan Muslim League in District Rawalpindi from 1963 to 1971. • He was elected as the President of Pakistan Muslim League, District