Sharif family

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{{Infobox Family|name=Sharif Family|origin=[[Anantnag]], [[Jammu and Kashmir (princely state)|Jammu and Kashmir]], [[British India]]|religion=[[Islam]]|region=[[Lahore]], [[Punjab (Pakistan)|Punjab]], Pakistan|members=[[Muhammad Sharif]] [[Nawaz Sharif]] [[Shahbaz Sharif]] [[Kalsoom Nawaz Sharif|Kalsoom Nawaz]] [[Tehmina Durrani]] [[Hamza Shahbaz Sharif|Hamza Shahbaz]] [[Maryam Nawaz]] [[Abbas Sharif]] [[Hussain Nawaz Sharif|Hussain Nawaz]] [[Hassan Nawaz Sharif|Hassan Sharif]]|traditions=[[Sunni Islam|Sunni]] [[Muslim]]s|estate=[[Ittefaq Group]]}}

The '''Sharif family''' ({{lang-ur|شریف خاندان}}) is a political family of [[Pakistan]], based in the city of [[Lahore]] in [[Punjab, Pakistan|province of Punjab]], Pakistan. The family is of [[Kashmiris of Punjab|Kashmiri]] origin, settled in Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan and uses the title of ''[[Mian (tribe)|Mian]]''.<ref name="Sharif_Family">
{{cite web
|url=http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/pakistan/sharif.htm |title=Sharif Family |publisher=GlobalSecurity.org
|access-date=2 September 2012}}
</ref> [[Muhammad Sharif]], the father of former [[Prime Minister of Pakistan]] [[Nawaz Sharif]], migrated from [[Jati Umra (Amritsar)|Jati Umra]], [[Amritsar]], [[India]], after the [[Partition of India|creation]] of Pakistan in 1947. He was a businessman who founded the [[Ittefaq Group]] in 1939 in Lahore.<ref name="DailyTimes">{{cite web |url=http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=story_31-10-2004_pg7_33 |title=Mian Sharif: businessman, kingmaker and philanthropist |work=[[Daily Times (Pakistan)|Daily Times]] |date=31 October 2004 |author=Staff Report |access-date=2 September 2012}}</ref>

==Family members==
;First Generation
* [[Muhammad Sharif]], father of Nawaz Sharif
**Shamim Akhtar, wife of Muhammad Sharif and mother of Nawaz Sharif, Shahbaz Sharif and Abbas Sharif.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://dawn.com/2011/10/18/sharifs-seek-nab-cases-quashed/|title=Sharifs seek NAB cases quashed|date=18 October 2011|access-date=5 April 2013|work=Dawn|publisher=Herald}}</ref> She died on 22 November 2020.
;Second Generation
* [[Nawaz Sharif]], Former Prime Minister of Pakistan
**[[Kalsoom Nawaz Sharif]], was the wife of Nawaz Sharif, and was the First Lady of Pakistan in three non-consecutive terms from 1990 till 1993, from 1996 till 1998 and from 2013–2018.She died in London in 2018. She was suffering from cancer.<ref name="BKN">{{cite web | url=http://www.thenews.com.pk/TodaysPrintDetail.aspx?ID=10052&Cat=13&dt=9/10/2007 | title=Kulsoom vows to return in a few days | work=[[The News International]] | date=11 September 2007 | access-date=9 September 2012}}</ref>
* [[Shehbaz Sharif]], Former [[List of Chief Ministers of Punjab (Pakistan)|Chief Minister of Punjab]], current [[Leader of the Opposition (Pakistan)|leader of the Opposition]] in the [[National Assembly of Pakistan]].
**Begum Nusrat Shahbaz, first wife of Shahbaz Sharif
**[[Tehmina Durrani]], second wife of Shahbaz Sharif
* [[Abbas Sharif]], a Pakistani businessman and brother of Nawaz Sharif and Shabaz Sharif.<ref name="Sharif_Family"/> He died on 11 January 2013 after being electrocuted.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://tribune.com.pk/story/492571/nawaz-sharifs-brother-passes-away/|title=Nawaz Sharif's brother passes away|date=11 January 2013|access-date=14 January 2013|work=The Express Tribune}}</ref>
**Sabiha Abbas, wife of Abbas Sharif.<ref name="Sharif_Family"/>
;Third Generation
* [[Hassan Nawaz Sharif]], son of Nawaz Sharif.<ref name="BKN"/>
* [[Hussain Nawaz Sharif]], son of Nawaz Sharif.<ref name="BKN"/>
* [[Maryam Nawaz|Maryam Nawaz Sharif]], daughter of Nawaz Sharif.<ref name="disqualifiedMaryam_Nawaz">
{{cite web
|url=http://www.newsweekpakistan.com/features/951
|title=The Rebirth of Maryam Nawaz Sharif
|work=[[Newsweek Pakistan]]
|date=30 March 2012
|last=Taseer
|first=Sherbano
|access-date=9 September 2012}}</ref><ref name=rebirth>
{{cite web
|url=http://www.nation.com.pk/pakistan-news-newspaper-daily-english-online/international/30-Mar-2012/the-rebirth-of-maryam-nawaz-sharif
|title=The rebirth of Maryam Nawaz Sharif
|work=[[The Nation (Pakistani newspaper)|The Nation]]
|last=Taseer |first=Sherbano
|access-date=9 September 2012}}</ref>
*Asma Nawaz Sharif, daughter of Nawaz Sharif.
*Rabia Imran, daughter of Shahbaz Sharif.<ref>
{{cite web
| url=http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2012%5C10%5C19%5Cstory_19-10-2012_pg13_1
| title=Bakery tortures of employee: CM's son-in-law sent on judicial remand
| work=Daily Times
| date=21 October 2012
| first=Malik
| last=Asad
| access-date=23 October 2012}}</ref>
* [[Hamza Shahbaz Sharif]], son of Shahbaz Sharif, [[Leader of the Opposition (Pakistan)|leader of the Opposition]] in the [[Provincial Assembly of the Punjab]], [[Member of Parliament#Pakistan|Member]] of the [[National Assembly of Pakistan|National Assembly]]<ref>
{{cite web
| url=http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2012%5C09%5C08%5Cstory_8-9-2012_pg13_7
| title=Court orders newspaper ad for Hamza appearance
| work=Daily Times
| date=8 September 2012
| first=Malik
| last=Asad
| access-date=23 October 2012
}}</ref>
*Suleman Shahbaz, son of Shahbaz Sharif, former CEO of [[Sharif Group]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1513409|title=Suleman Shahbaz declared proclaimed offender in money laundering case|last=Bilal|first=Rana|date=2019-10-28|website=DAWN.COM|language=en|access-date=2019-11-01}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=660261674048564&set=a.621062347968497&type=3|title=Redc Lums|website=www.facebook.com|language=en|access-date=2019-11-01}}</ref>

===Other relatives===
* [[Muhammad Safdar (politician)|Safdar Awan]], husband of Maryam Nawaz Sharif.
* [[The Great Gama]], grandfather of Kalsoom Nawaz Sharif.
* [[Ishaq Dar]], father-in-law of Asma Nawaz Sharif.
* [[Mohsin Latif]], nephew of Kalsoom Nawaz<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://nation.com.pk/21-Jan-2016/kalsoom-nawaz-brother-passes-away|title = Kalsoom Nawaz' brother passes away|date = 21 January 2016}}</ref>

==Wealth==
The Sharif family owns [[Ittefaq Group]], made most of the money through selling Imran wife corrupt practices and was able to prove the source of wealth and was declared corrupt by the supreme court of Pakistan and sentenced. The village [[Jati Umra (Lahore)|Jati Umrah]] in Lahore, is also partially owned by the Sharif family.<ref name="baker">
{{cite book
|title=Capitalism's Achilles heel: Dirty Money and How to Renew the Free-market System
|last=Baker
|first=Raymond
|year= 2005
|publisher=John Wiley and Sons
|isbn=978-0-471-64488-0 |pages=[https://archive.org/details/capitalismsachil00raym/page/82 82]–83
|url=https://archive.org/details/capitalismsachil00raym
|url-access=registration
|access-date=4 September 2012}}</ref>

==Photos==
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File:Nawaz Sharif January 2015.jpg|[[Nawaz Sharif]]
CM Punjab Shehbaz Sharif (35871869445).jpg|[[Shehbaz Sharif]]
File:Kalsoom Nawaz Sharif - White House - 2013 (cropped 2).jpg|[[Kalsoom Nawaz Sharif]]
File:Tehmina Durrani in 1994.jpg|[[Tehmina Durrani]]
File:Hamza Shahbaz at a press conference.jpg|[[Hamza Shahbaz]]
</gallery>

==See also==
* [[Sharif]]
* [[Mian (surname)|Mian]]
* [[Raiwind]]
* [[List of political families]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

==Further reading==
* {{cite web|url=http://www.punjab.gov.pk |title=Government of Punjab, Pakistan |publisher=punjab.gov |access-date=4 September 2012}}
* {{cite web|url=http://www.pap.gov.pk |title=Punjab Assembly Website |publisher=pap.gov |access-date=4 September 2012}}
* {{cite web|url=http://www.powerplay.pk/news/panama-scandal-big-players-screen-2/|title=Panama Scandal-Big Players On Screen, Pakistan |publisher=PowerPlay.pk}}
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