Wasim Sajjad Jan (; 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.
Born in Jalandhar, British Indian, 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.
Political career
Sajjad was elected to the Senate in 1985 as a member of the center-right Muslim League and served as the Minister for Law and Justice from September 1986 to December 1988, when he was elected as Chairman of the Senate where he remained until 1997. During which he served as acting President of Pakistan twice during the general elections.
[ In 1999, Sajjad joined a defecting group that supported Pervez Musharraf's coup and became the Leader of the House in the Senate of Pakistan in 2003, remaining until his political retirement in 2008.][ After retiring from politics, he has been serving as Chairman of the Foundation for Advancement of Science and Technology (FAST),]
In 2002, Sajjad was accused of misuse of government vehicles and phones, amounting to millions of rupees. He was ordered to pay a fine, but served no time in jail.
Pakistan Football Federation
Sajjad served as interim president of the Pakistan Football Federation in 1989.
See also
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List of Pakistanis
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Chairman of the Senate of Pakistan
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Acting President of Pakistan
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National University of Computer and Emerging Sciences
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Ministry of Interior
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