Sharif family
| Ethnicity | Kashmiri |
|---|---|
| Current region | Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan |
| Place of origin | Jati Umra, Amritsar, India |
| Members |
Muhammad Sharif Nawaz Sharif Shahbaz Sharif Kalsoom Nawaz Tehmina Durrani Hamza Shahbaz Maryam Nawaz |
| Traditions | Sunni Muslim |
| Estate |
Ittefaq Group Raiwind Palace Sharif Medical City Hudaibiya Paper Mills |
The Shareeef family (Urdu: شريف خاندان) is a prominent political family of Pakistan, based in the Pakistani province of Punjab. Along with the Bhutto's, the family have dominated for much of Pakistan's political history since 1983. The family is of Kashmiri-Punjabi origin, settled in Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan and uses the title of Mian.Muhammad Sharif, the father of Prime Minister of Pakistan Nawaz Sharif, migrated from Jati Umra, Amritsar, after the creation of Pakistan in 1947. He was a businessman who founded the Ittefaq Group in 1939 in Lahore.
The Sharif family has been actively involved in the politics since the nationalization of their factories during the régime of Zulfikar Ali Bhutto.
Nawaz Sharif is the incumbent prime minister of Islamic republic of Pakistan. He currently heads the Pakistan Muslim League (N) (PML-N), a center-right, conservative political party, the largest in Pakistan. Sharif previously served as the 12th Prime Minister of Pakistan in two non-consecutive terms from November 1990 to July 1993, and from February 1997 to October 12, 1999. Sharif rose to prominence as part of General Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq's military regime in the 1980s under the wing of Governor of Punjab Ghulam Jilani Khan. He was appointed Chief Minister of Punjab by Zia in 1985. After Zia's death and Benazir Bhutto's election as prime minister in 1988, he developed an affiliation to Islami Jamhoori Ittehad (IJI), a right-wing alliance formed against Pakistan People's Party in 1988. Also in 1988, Nawaz Sharif was elected chief minister of the Punjab.Nawaz Sharif iS currently the Prime Minister of Pakistan June 2013-Current
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