Mumtaz Ahmed Tarar (Urdu: ممتاز احمد تارڑ) is a Pakistani politician who served as Minister for Human Rights, in Abbasi cabinet from August 2017 to May 2018.
[2] He did not contest the 2008 general election and withdrew his nomination papers in favour of an independent candidate Muhammad Ijaz Ahmed Chaudhary.
[5] He was re-elected to the National Assembly as a candidate of PML-N from Constituency NA-108 (Mandi Bahauddin-I) in by-elections held in June 2015,[6][7][8][9] after the seat fell vacant following the disqualification of Muhammad Ijaz Ahmed Chaudhary over a forged academic certificate.
[11] Following the election of Shahid Khaqan Abbasi as Prime Minister of Pakistan in August 2017, Tarar was offered the cabinet portfolio of Ministry of Science and Technology, however he declined it.
[13][14] Upon the dissolution of the National Assembly on the expiration of its term on 31 May 2018, Tarar ceased to hold the office as Federal Minister for Human Rights.