Syed Muhammad Zafar (Urdu: سید محمد ظفر; 6 December 1930 – 19 October 2023) was a Pakistani human rights activist, lawyer (Senior Advocate Supreme Court), and politician who was a member of the Senate of Pakistan.
[5] Syed Muhammad Zafar was born on 6 December 1930 in Rangoon, Burma, where his father worked in the construction business.
[7] Zafar and a few of his contemporaries founded the Human Rights Society of Pakistan in 1976.
[7] Zafar was awarded an honorary PhD degree in law at the University of the Punjab's 124th convocation.
[8] After retirement from his official government service in 1968, he was a frequent commentator on current affairs in Pakistan.