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Sardar Farooq Ahmad Khan Leghari (Punjabi, Urdu: سردار فاروق احمد خان لغاری) (born May 29, 1940) was President of Pakistan from November 14, 1993 until December 2, 1997. He was the first Balouch President of Pakistan.
Sardar Farooq Ahmed Khan Leghari was born in Choti Zareen, a village of Dera Ghazi Khan District, Punjab on May 29, 1940 during the British Raj. He comes from a political family that has been active in politics in this part of the world since the pre-colonial days. His father Sardar Muhammad Khan Leghari and grand father Nawab Sir Muhmammad Jamal Khan Leghari had both been ministers.leghari is the major landowner who owns about 2500 acres of land.
After his initial schooling at Aitchison College, Lahore where he was the head boy and declared the Best Leaving Student of 1957. He graduated with honours from the Forman Christian College, Lahore, Punjab where again he was amongst the best students, he went on to study PPE at College Oxford University.