Tariq Altaf

Tariq Altaf was a diplomat of the government of Pakistan.

History

Tariq Altaf served as Pakistan's ambassador to Sri Lanka from June 28, 1993 to 2000. He then served as High Commissioner to Canada until September 21, 2001, when he died as a result of a car crash.
He was heading home in a chauffeured car on Sussex Drive in Ottawa, when it collided with a vehicle driven by a seventeen-year-old male, pushing both vehicles into oncoming traffic. The teenager was charged in October 2001 with careless driving and driving with improper tires. Pakistani officials expressed satisfaction with the charges.