Leghari was born in Dera Ghazi Khan on May 29 of 1940. He studied at Oxford University, and joined the Pakistani Civil Service upon completing his studies. He joined the Pakistan Peoples Party, and was made the leader of that party upon the imprisonment of Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto. However, later Leghari was also imprisoned during the military regime of Muhammad Zia ul-Haq, only to be freed upon the death of the general.
In 1993, he ran for President, and won over Wasim Sajjad. His time as President coincided with that of Benazir Bhutto's as Prime Minister, and two enjoyed good relations. In 1997 though, Bhutto was replaced by Nawaz Sharif, who was politically opposed to Leghari and the two spared. Sharif passed an amendment cutting the power of the President. Leghari resigned at the end of 1997 knowing that he would not be reelected.
Since then, Leghari has set up his own party. His new party has been involved in elections under the current President, Pervez Musharraf.
Sardar FarooqAhmed Khan Leghari was born on May 2, 1940, in the village of Choti Zerim in the Dera Ghazi Khan district, in the southern part of Pakistan's Punjab province.
FarooqLeghari remained staunchly loyal to the PPP throughout Zia's reign despite being held for four years in prison for his activities with the Movement for Restoration of Democracy (MRD), an alliance forged by the PPP in 1981 that greatly threatened Zia's regime.
Leghari was succeeded by Muhammad Rafiq Tarar on December 30, 1997.
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