Editing Wasim Sajjad (section)

{{Short description|Acting President of Pakistan in 1993 and 1997–98}}
{{For|the Pakistani international Kabaddi player|Waseem Sajjad}}
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{{Infobox officeholder
| name                = Wasim Sajjad
| image               = Wasim Sajjad.png
| native_name         = {{nobold|وسیم سجاد}}
| native_name_lang    = ur
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| alt                 = 
| caption             = Sajjad in 2021
| title               = Acting [[President of Pakistan]]
| term_start          = 2 December 1997
| term_end            = 1 January 1998
| primeminister       = [[Nawaz Sharif]]
| predecessor         = [[Farooq Leghari]]
| successor           = [[Rafiq Tarar]]
| majority            = 
| title2              = 
| term_start2         = 18 July 1993
| term_end2           = 14 November 1993
| primeminister2      = [[Moeenuddin Ahmad Qureshi|Moeenuddin Qureshi]] {{small|(Caretaker)}}<br> [[Benazir Bhutto]]
| predecessor2        = [[Ghulam Ishaq Khan]]
| successor2          = [[Farooq Leghari]]
| title3              = 3rd [[Chairman of the Senate of Pakistan|Chairman of the Senate]]
| term_start3         = 24 December 1988
| term_end3           = 12 October 1999
| predecessor3        = [[Ghulam Ishaq Khan]]
| successor3          = [[Mohammad Mian Soomro|Mohammad Soomro]]
| title4              = [[Ministry of Interior (Pakistan)|Interior Minister of Pakistan]]
| term_start4         = 29 March 1987
| term_end4           = 28 July 1987
| president4          = [[Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq|Zia-ul-Haq]]
| primeminister4      = [[Muhammad Khan Junejo|Muhammad Junejo]]
| successor4          = [[Muhammad Aslam Khan Khattak|Aslam Khattak]]
| predecessor4        = [[Raja Nadir Pervez|Nadir Pervez]]
| title5              = [[Law Minister of Pakistan|Law and Justice Minister of Pakistan]]
| term_start5         = 20 September 1986
| term_end5           = 4 December 1988
| president5          = [[Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq|Zia-ul-Haq]]
| primeminister5      = [[Muhammad Khan Junejo|Muhammad Junejo]]
| successor5          = [[Sharifuddin Pirzada]]
| predecessor5        = [[Aitzaz Ahsan]]
| birth_name          = Wasim Sajjad
| birth_date          = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1941|03|30}}
| birth_place         = [[Jalandhar]], [[Punjab Province (British India)|Punjab]], [[British Raj|British India]]<br/>(now in [[Punjab, India|Punjab]], [[India]])
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| citizenship         = Pakistani
| nationality         = Pakistani
| party               = [[Pakistan Muslim League (Q)]]<br>{{small|(2002–present)}}
| otherparty          = [[Islami Jamhoori Ittehad]]<br>[[Pakistan Muslim League (N)]]
| spouse              = 
| partner             = <!--For those with a domestic partner and not married-->
| relations           = 
| children            = 
| parents             = Sajjad Ahmad Jan (father)
| residence           = Islamabad, Pakistan
| education           = 
| alma_mater          = [[Army Burn Hall College]]<br />[[University of the Punjab|Punjab University]]<br>[[Oxford University]]
| occupation          = 
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| known_for           = 
| cabinet             = [[Zia regime|Zia Cabinet]]
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| website             = [http://www.senate.gov.pk/en/profile.php?uid=107 Senate biography]
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}}

'''Wasim Sajjad Jan''' ({{langx|ur|{{nobold|وسیم سجاد جان}}}}; born 30 March 1941) is a Pakistani [[Conservatism in Pakistan|conservative]] politician and [[lawyer]] who served as the acting [[president of Pakistan]] for two non-consecutive terms and as the [[Chairman of the Senate of Pakistan|Chairman]] of the [[Senate of Pakistan|Senate]] between 1988 and 1999.<ref name="Senate Secretariat Press">{{cite web|last1=Govt. Pakistan|title=Wasim Sajjad: A Senator's work|url=http://www.senate.gov.pk/en/profile.php?uid=107|website=www.senate.gov.pk/|publisher=Senate Secretariat Press|access-date=2 February 2015}}</ref>

Born in [[Jalandhar]], [[British Indian|British India]], Sajjad's father (Justice Sajjad Ahmad Jan) went on to serve as a judge of the [[Supreme Court of Pakistan|Supreme Court]], later becoming [[Chief Election Commissioner of Pakistan]]. Sajjad studied at the [[Army Burn Hall College|Army Burn Hall]] before moving to [[Lahore]] where he studied law at the [[University of the Punjab|Punjab University]]. As a [[Rhodes Scholarship|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|Wadham College]], [[University of Oxford|Oxford]] in 1967. He was [[called to the Bar]] at the [[Inner Temple]] in 1968.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://prideofpakistan.com/detail-who-is-who.php?name=WasimSajjad&id=156|title=Who is Who {{!}} Wasim Sajjad {{!}} Pride of Pakistan {{!}} Legal Services|website=prideofpakistan.com|access-date=2016-12-04}}</ref> On return to Pakistan, Sajjad was admitted as a lawyer in Pakistan and joined the [[University of the Punjab#Constituent colleges|Punjab Law College]] where he taught [[constitutional law]] between 1967 and 1977.<ref name="Scholar of the Week">{{cite web|url=http://www.rhodeshouse.ox.ac.uk/scholar-of-the-week?page=15|title=Pakistan's Rhodes Scholars|website=www.rhodeshouse.ox.ac.uk/|publisher=Scholar of the Week|last1=Scholar of the Week|access-date=2 February 2015}}</ref>