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{{Short description|Pakistani political 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]]<br />[[Nawaz Sharif]]<br/>[[Shahbaz Sharif]]<br />[[Kalsoom Nawaz Sharif|Kalsoom Nawaz]]<br />[[Tehmina Durrani]]<br />[[Hamza Shahbaz Sharif|Hamza Shahbaz]]<br />[[Maryam Nawaz]]<br />[[Abbas Sharif]]<br />[[Hussain Nawaz Sharif|Hussain Nawaz]]<br />[[Hassan Nawaz Sharif|Hassan Sharif]]|traditions=[[Sunni Islam|Sunni]] [[Muslim]]s|estate=[[Ittefaq Group]]}}
{{Infobox family
|name                 = Sharif family
|native_name          = {{nobold|{{nq|شریف ٹبّر}} ([[Punjabi language|Punjabi]])<br />{{nq|شریف خاندان}} ([[Urdu]])}}
|type                = [[Political family]]
|image                = CM Shehbaz and PM Nawa (36227070991).jpg
|image_size          =
|alt2                =
|image_caption        = Nawaz Sharif with Shehbaz Sharif
|country              = [[Pakistan]]
|region              = [[Lahore]], [[Punjab, Pakistan|Punjab]], Pakistan
|etymology            = {{langx|ar|شريف}}, 'noble'
|origin               = *[[Jati Umra (Amritsar)|Jati Umra]], [[Amritsar district]], [[East Punjab]]
*[[Anantnag]], [[Kashmir Valley]]
|founded              = {{Start date and age|1919|11|18|df=y}}{{efn|With the birth of [[Mian Muhammad Sharif]]}}
|founder              = [[Muhammad Sharif]]
|current_head        = [[Nawaz Sharif]]
|seat                = [[Raiwind Palace]]
|historic_seat      =
|titles              = {{Hlist|[[Mian (title)|Mian]] (male)|[[Sharif]]}}
|styles              = *[[His Excellency]] (for [[Shahbaz Sharif]] as [[Prime Minister of Pakistan|prime minister of Pakistan]])
*[[Her Excellency]] (for [[Maryam Nawaz|Maryam Nawaz Sharif]] as [[Chief Minister of Punjab (Pakistan)|chief minister of Punjab]])
|members             = {{Collapsible list|titlestyle = font-weight:normal; background: transparent; text-align:left;|title = [[#Family members|Full list]]|
|[[Muhammad Sharif]]
|[[#First Generation|Shamim Akhtar]]
|[[Nawaz Sharif]]
|[[Kulsoom Nawaz]]
|[[Shehbaz Sharif]]
|[[#Second Generation|Begum Nusrat Shehbaz]]
|[[Tehmina Durrani]]
|[[Abbas Sharif]]
|[[#Second Generation|Sabiha Abbas]]
|[[#Third Generation|Hassan Nawaz Sharif]]
|[[#Third Generation|Hussain Nawaz Sharif]]
|[[Maryam Nawaz|Maryam Nawaz Sharif]]
|[[#Third Generation|Asma Nawaz Sharif]]
|[[#Third Generation|Rabia Imran]]
|[[Hamza Shahbaz|Hamza Shahbaz Sharif]]
|[[#Third Generation|Suleman Shahbaz Sharif]]
}}
|connected_members    = {{Collapsible list|titlestyle = font-weight:normal; background: transparent; text-align:left;|title = [[#Other relatives|Full list]]|
|[[Safdar Awan]]
|[[Abid Sher Ali]]
|[[The Great Gama]]
|[[Mohsin Latif]]
|[[Bilal Yasin]]
}}
|other_families      = [[Ishaq Dar#Family|Dar family]]
|traditions           = [[Sunni Islam]]
|estate              = {{Collapsible list|
|[[Ittefaq Group]]
|[[Sharif Group]]
|[[Raiwind Palace]]
|[[Jati Umra (Lahore)|Jati Umra]]
}}
|properties          = {{Collapsible list|
|[[Raiwind Palace]]
|[[Jati Umra (Lahore)|Jati Umra]]
}}
|website              = {{URL|sharifgroupn.com}}
|footnotes            =
}}


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">
The '''Sharif family'''{{efn|{{langx|pnb|{{nq|شریف ٹبّر}}|Śarīf ṭabbar}}; {{langx|ur|{{nq|شریف خاندان}}|Śarīf <u>Kh</u>āndān}}}} is a [[List of Pakistani political families|Pakistani political family]] of [[Kashmiris in Punjab|Punjabi–Kashmiri]] background. Playing a prominent role in [[Politics of Pakistan|Pakistani politics]], especially in [[Punjab, Pakistan|Punjab]], since the late-1980s, the family held the leadership of the [[Islami Jamhoori Ittehad|Islamic Democratic Alliance]]; and has held the leadership of the [[Pakistan Muslim League (N)|Pakistan Muslim League-N]] for most of the party's existence. Originating in [[Punjab, India|East Punjab]] and the [[Kashmir Valley]], the family has been settled in [[Lahore]], the capital of Punjab, since the [[partition of India]].
 
[[Muhammad Sharif]], the father of former Prime Minister of Pakistan [[Nawaz Sharif]], migrated from [[Jati Umra (Amritsar)|Jati Umra]], [[Amritsar District]] (now in [[Tarn Taran district]], [[India]], after the [[Partition of India|creation]] of Pakistan in 1947). He was a businessman who founded the [[Ittefaq Group]] and [[Sharif Group]] in 1939.<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> Sharif's other son, [[Shehbaz Sharif]], is currently serving as [[Prime Minister of Pakistan]] from 2024.
 
== Family members ==
'''First Generation'''
* [[Mian Muhammad Sharif|Muhammad Sharif]], father of Nawaz Sharif and Shehbaz Sharif.
**Begum 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.
**[[Kulsoom Nawaz|Kalsoom Nawaz Sharif]], was the wife of Nawaz Sharif, and was the First Lady of Pakistan in three non-consecutive terms from 1990 until 1993, from 1996 until 1998 and from 2013 to 2017. She died in London in 2018 after battling 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]], [[Prime Minister of Pakistan]] and former [[List of Chief Ministers of Punjab (Pakistan)|Chief Minister of Punjab]].
**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">
{{cite web  
{{cite web  
|url=http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/pakistan/sharif.htm |title=Sharif Family |publisher=GlobalSecurity.org  
|url=http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/pakistan/sharif.htm |title=Sharif Family |publisher=GlobalSecurity.org  
|access-date=2 September 2012}}
|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>
</ref> He died on 11 January 2013, after slipping and falling on an electric heater, which electrocuted him and caused a heart attack.<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>
 
==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"/>
**Sabiha Abbas, wife of Abbas Sharif.<ref name="Sharif_Family"/>
;Third Generation
'''Third Generation'''
* [[Hassan Nawaz Sharif]], son of Nawaz Sharif.<ref name="BKN"/>
* Hassan Nawaz Sharif, son of Nawaz Sharif.<ref name="BKN"/>
* [[Hussain Nawaz Sharif]], son of Nawaz Sharif.<ref name="BKN"/>
* Hussain Nawaz Sharif, son of Nawaz Sharif.,<ref name="BKN"/> a [[Businessperson|businessman]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1343740|title=PM's son Hussain Nawaz flies off to Qatari capital|first=Mohammad|last=Asghar|date=7 July 2017|publisher=}}</ref> he resides at the Sharif Villa in [[Jeddah]], [[Saudi Arabia]], where his father lived during his time in exile.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://tribune.com.pk/story/586623/ip-project-in-jeopardy-us-threatens-curbs-if-pakistan-pursues-iran-deal-says-pm/|title=IP project in jeopardy: US threatens curbs if Pakistan pursues Iran deal, says PM|work=The Express Tribune|date=5 August 2013|accessdate=5 August 2013}}</ref>
* [[Maryam Nawaz|Maryam Nawaz Sharif]], daughter of Nawaz Sharif.<ref name="disqualifiedMaryam_Nawaz">
* [[Maryam Nawaz|Maryam Nawaz Sharif]], daughter of Nawaz Sharif, and is an active politician in Pakistan. She is married to [[Muhammad Safdar Awan]], a former member of Pakistan's national assembly, and [[captain]] in the [[Pakistan Army|Pakistani army]]. She ran elections campaigns for [[Pakistan Muslim League (N)]] in the [[2013 Pakistani general election]], and the [[2018 Pakistani general election]]. In July 2018, she was sentenced to seven years in prison, along with a £2 million fine on corruption charges in the Avenfield reference case. On 19 September 2018, the [[Islamabad High Court]] suspended her sentence.<ref name="disqualifiedMaryam_Nawaz">{{cite web  
{{cite web
|url=http://www.newsweekpakistan.com/features/951  
|url=http://www.newsweekpakistan.com/features/951  
|title=The Rebirth of Maryam Nawaz Sharif
|title=The Rebirth of Maryam Nawaz Sharif  
|work=[[Newsweek Pakistan]]  
|work=[[Newsweek Pakistan]]  
|date=30 March 2012  
|date=30 March 2012  
|last=Taseer  
|last=Taseer  
|first=Sherbano  
|first=Sherbano  
|access-date=9 September 2012}}</ref><ref name=rebirth>
|access-date=9 September 2012  
|archive-date=8 June 2012
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120608060250/http://www.newsweekpakistan.com/features/951
}}</ref><ref name=rebirth>
{{cite web
{{cite web
|url=http://www.nation.com.pk/pakistan-news-newspaper-daily-english-online/international/30-Mar-2012/the-rebirth-of-maryam-nawaz-sharif  
|url=https://www.nation.com.pk/30-Mar-2012/the-rebirth-of-maryam-nawaz-sharif
|title=The rebirth of Maryam Nawaz Sharif
|title=The rebirth of Maryam Nawaz Sharif
|work=[[The Nation (Pakistani newspaper)|The Nation]]  
|work=[[The Nation (Pakistani newspaper)|The Nation]]  
|last=Taseer |first=Sherbano  
|last=Taseer |first=Sherbano  
|date=30 March 2012
|access-date=9 September 2012}}</ref>
|access-date=9 September 2012}}</ref>
*Asma Nawaz Sharif, daughter of Nawaz Sharif.
*Asma Nawaz Sharif, daughter of Nawaz Sharif.<ref>
{{cite web
| url=https://arynews.tv/panama-jit-about-kulsoom-nawaz-asma-nawaz/
| title=Here is what the Panamagate JIT report says about financial assets of Kulsoom Nawaz and Asma Nawaz
| work=ARY News
| date=14 July 2018
| access-date=4 December 2023
}}</ref>
*Rabia Imran, daughter of Shahbaz Sharif.<ref>
*Rabia Imran, daughter of Shahbaz Sharif.<ref>
{{cite web  
{{cite web  
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| last=Asad  
| last=Asad  
| access-date=23 October 2012}}</ref>
| 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>
* [[Hamza Shahbaz|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  
{{cite web  
| url=http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2012%5C09%5C08%5Cstory_8-9-2012_pg13_7  
| url=http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2012%5C09%5C08%5Cstory_8-9-2012_pg13_7  
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*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>
*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===
=== Other relatives ===
* [[Muhammad Safdar (politician)|Safdar Awan]], husband of Maryam Nawaz Sharif.
* [[Muhammad Safdar Awan|Safdar Awan]], husband of Maryam Nawaz Sharif.
* [[The Great Gama]], grandfather of Kalsoom Nawaz Sharif.
* [[Abid Sher Ali]], nephew of Nawaz Sharif.
* [[The Great Gama]], Abdul Qadir, grandfather-in-law of Nawaz Sharif.
* [[Ishaq Dar]], father-in-law of Asma 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>
* [[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>
* [[Bilal Yasin]], nephew of Kalsoom Nawaz.


==Wealth==
==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">
The Sharif family owns [[Ittefaq Group]] and [[Sharif Group]]. The village [[Jati Umra (Lahore)|Jati Umrah]] in Lahore, is also partially owned by the Sharif family.
 
According to the book ''Capitalism's Achilles Heel'' by Raymond W Baker, former PML-N leader Nawaz Sharif made financial gains of $418 million during his two terms as the Prime Minister of Pakistan.
 
The book is a report on the corruption done by politics' most dominant mafias/families in history, which includes the Sharif family as well. It talks about how they accumulated their factories, properties and wealth.<ref name="baker">
{{cite book  
{{cite book  
|title=Capitalism's Achilles heel: Dirty Money and How to Renew the Free-market System  
|title=Capitalism's Achilles heel: Dirty Money and How to Renew the Free-market System  
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<gallery mode="packed" heights="150">
<gallery mode="packed" heights="150">
File:Nawaz Sharif January 2015.jpg|[[Nawaz Sharif]]
File:Nawaz Sharif January 2015.jpg|[[Nawaz Sharif]]
CM Punjab Shehbaz Sharif (35871869445).jpg|[[Shehbaz Sharif]]
File:CM Punjab Shehbaz Sharif (35871869445).jpg|[[Shehbaz Sharif]]
File:Kalsoom Nawaz Sharif - White House - 2013 (cropped 2).jpg|[[Kalsoom Nawaz Sharif]]
File:Kalsoom Nawaz Sharif - White House - 2013 (cropped 2).jpg|[[Kalsoom Nawaz Sharif]]
File:Tehmina Durrani in 1994.jpg|[[Tehmina Durrani]]
File:Tehmina Durrani in 1994.jpg|[[Tehmina Durrani]]
File:Hamza Shahbaz at a press conference.jpg|[[Hamza Shahbaz]]
File:Hamza Shahbaz at a press conference.jpg|[[Hamza Shahbaz]]
File:Maryam Nawaz Sharif.jpg|[[Maryam Nawaz]]
</gallery>
</gallery>


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* [[Raiwind]]
* [[Raiwind]]
* [[List of political families]]
* [[List of political families]]
==Notes==
{{notelist}}


==References==
==References==
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==Further reading==
==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.punjab.gov.pk/ |title=Government of Punjab, Pakistan |publisher=punjab.gov |access-date=4 September 2012 |archive-date=10 May 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150510003636/http://www.punjab.gov.pk/ |url-status=dead }}
* {{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.pap.gov.pk/ |title=Punjab Assembly Website |publisher=pap.gov |access-date=4 September 2012 |archive-date=26 July 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210726102140/http://www.pap.gov.pk/ |url-status=dead }}
* {{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}}
* {{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|access-date=6 April 2016|archive-date=5 April 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160405234523/http://www.powerplay.pk/news/panama-scandal-big-players-screen-2/}}
{{Contains special characters|Urdu}}
{{Contains special characters|Urdu}}


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[[Category:First families of Pakistan]]
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[[Category:Kashmiri families]]
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[[Category:Muslim families]]

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Sharif family
شریف ٹبّر (Punjabi)
شریف خاندان (Urdu)
Political family
Nawaz Sharif with Shehbaz Sharif
CountryPakistan
Current regionLahore, Punjab, Pakistan
EtymologyScript error: The function "langx" does not exist., 'noble'
Place of origin
Founded18 November 1919; 106 years ago (1919-11-18)[lower-alpha 1]
FounderMuhammad Sharif
Current headNawaz Sharif
Titles
Style(s)
Members
Connected members
Connected familiesDar family
TraditionsSunni Islam
Estate(s)
Properties
Websitesharifgroupn.com

The Sharif family[lower-alpha 2] is a Pakistani political family of Punjabi–Kashmiri background. Playing a prominent role in Pakistani politics, especially in Punjab, since the late-1980s, the family held the leadership of the Islamic Democratic Alliance; and has held the leadership of the Pakistan Muslim League-N for most of the party's existence. Originating in East Punjab and the Kashmir Valley, the family has been settled in Lahore, the capital of Punjab, since the partition of India.

Muhammad Sharif, the father of former Prime Minister of Pakistan Nawaz Sharif, migrated from Jati Umra, Amritsar District (now in Tarn Taran district, India, after the creation of Pakistan in 1947). He was a businessman who founded the Ittefaq Group and Sharif Group in 1939.[1] Sharif's other son, Shehbaz Sharif, is currently serving as Prime Minister of Pakistan from 2024.

Family members[edit | edit source]

First Generation

  • Muhammad Sharif, father of Nawaz Sharif and Shehbaz Sharif.
    • Begum Shamim Akhtar, wife of Muhammad Sharif and mother of Nawaz Sharif, Shahbaz Sharif and Abbas Sharif.[2] 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 until 1993, from 1996 until 1998 and from 2013 to 2017. She died in London in 2018 after battling cancer.[3]
  • Shehbaz Sharif, Prime Minister of Pakistan and former Chief Minister of Punjab.
    • 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.[4] He died on 11 January 2013, after slipping and falling on an electric heater, which electrocuted him and caused a heart attack.[5]
    • Sabiha Abbas, wife of Abbas Sharif.[4]

Third Generation

Other relatives[edit | edit source]

Wealth[edit | edit source]

The Sharif family owns Ittefaq Group and Sharif Group. The village Jati Umrah in Lahore, is also partially owned by the Sharif family.

According to the book Capitalism's Achilles Heel by Raymond W Baker, former PML-N leader Nawaz Sharif made financial gains of $418 million during his two terms as the Prime Minister of Pakistan.

The book is a report on the corruption done by politics' most dominant mafias/families in history, which includes the Sharif family as well. It talks about how they accumulated their factories, properties and wealth.[16]

Photos[edit | edit source]

See also[edit | edit source]

Notes[edit | edit source]

  1. ↑ With the birth of Mian Muhammad Sharif
  2. ↑ Script error: The function "langx" does not exist.; Script error: The function "langx" does not exist.

References[edit | edit source]

  1. ↑ Staff Report (31 October 2004). "Mian Sharif: businessman, kingmaker and philanthropist". Daily Times. Retrieved 2 September 2012.
  2. ↑ "Sharifs seek NAB cases quashed". Dawn. Herald. 18 October 2011. Retrieved 5 April 2013.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 "Kulsoom vows to return in a few days". The News International. 11 September 2007. Retrieved 9 September 2012.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 "Sharif Family". GlobalSecurity.org. Retrieved 2 September 2012.
  5. ↑ "Nawaz Sharif's brother passes away". The Express Tribune. 11 January 2013. Retrieved 14 January 2013.
  6. ↑ Asghar, Mohammad (7 July 2017). "PM's son Hussain Nawaz flies off to Qatari capital".
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