Syed Ali Zafar

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| order = Member of the Senate of Pakistan

| term_start = March 2021

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| president = Arif Alvi
Asif Ali Zardari

| primeminister = Imran Khan
Shehbaz Sharif
Anwaar ul Haq Kakar
Shehbaz Sharif

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| office1 = Federal Minister for Law and Justice

| status1 = Caretaker

| term_start1 = 5 June 2018

| term_end1 = 15 August 2018

| president1 = Mamnoon Hussain

| primeminister1 = Nasirul Mulk

| predecessor1 = Chaudhry Mehmood Bashir

| successor1 = Farogh Naseem

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| term_start2 = 2015

| term_end2 = 2016

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| birth_place = Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan

| party = PTI (2019-present)

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Syed Ali Zafar ({{langx|ur|علی ظفر}}) is a Pakistani senator and barrister{{Cite web |title=11 senators elected unopposed from Punjab |url=https://www.thenews.com.pk/print/795866-11-senators-elected-unopposed-from-punjab |website=www.thenews.com.pk}} representing Punjab as a member of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) since 2021.

Work

Zafar joined the PTI since in 2019.{{Cite web |date=25 February 2021 |title=All candidates elected unopposed to Senate from Punjab |url=https://arynews.tv/senate-elections-elected-unopposed-punjab/ |website=ARY NEWS}}{{Cite web |last=Mahmood |first=Amjad |date=26 February 2021 |title=All Senate candidates from Punjab elected unopposed |url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1609472 |website=DAWN.COM}} He was appointed as caretaker Minister of Law and Justice for the 2018 general election in the cabinet of caretaker Prime Minister Nasirul Mulk.{{Cite web |last=Hassan |first=Aitzaz |date=28 May 2018 |title=Nasir-ul-Mulk Appointed as Caretaker Prime Minister of Pakistan |url=https://propakistani.pk/2018/05/28/nasir-ul-mulk-appointed-as-caretaker-prime-minister-of-pakistan/}}

He formerly served as the President of the Supreme Court Bar Association of Pakistan{{Cite web |last=rana.tanveer |date=2015-10-29 |title=Bar elections: Ali Zafar becomes SCBA president |url=https://tribune.com.pk/story/981848/bar-elections-ali-zafar-becomes-scba-president |access-date=2025-05-28 |website=The Express Tribune |language=en}}. He is a columnist for The Express Tribune on political, social, and legal issues.{{Cite web |title=Profile Of Barrister Syed Ali Zafar |url=https://www.urdupoint.com/en/pakistan/profile-of-barrister-syed-ali-zafar-364081.html |website=www.urdupoint.com}}

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