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Nawaz Sharif | |
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نواز شریف | |
 Official portrait, 2013 | |
| 12th, 14th & 20th Prime Minister of Pakistan | |
| In office 5 June 2013 – 28 July 2017 | |
| President | Asif Ali Zardari Mamnoon Hussain |
| Preceded by | Mir Hazar Khan Khoso (caretaker) |
| Succeeded by | Shahid Khaqan Abbasi |
| In office 17 February 1997 – 12 October 1999 | |
| President | Farooq Leghari Wasim Sajjad (acting) Rafiq Tarar |
| Preceded by | Malik Meraj Khalid (caretaker) |
| Succeeded by | Pervez Musharraf (chief executive) |
| In office 6 November 1990 – 18 July 1993 | |
| President | Ghulam Ishaq Khan |
| Preceded by | Ghulam Mustafa Jatoi (Caretaker) |
| Succeeded by | Moeenuddin Ahmad Qureshi (caretaker) |
| Leader of the Opposition | |
| In office 19 October 1993 – 5 November 1996 | |
| Preceded by | Benazir Bhutto |
| Succeeded by | Benazir Bhutto |
| President of Pakistan Muslim League (N) | |
| Assumed office 28 May 2024 | |
| Preceded by | Shehbaz Sharif |
| In office 27 July 2011 – 16 August 2017 | |
| Preceded by | Javed Hashmi |
| Succeeded by | Sardar Yaqoob (interim) |
| In office 6 October 1993 – 12 October 1999 | |
| Preceded by | Post created |
| Succeeded by | Kulsoom Nawaz Sharif |
| 9th Chief Minister of Punjab | |
| In office 9 April 1985 – 13 August 1990 | |
| Governor | Ghulam Jilani Khan Sajjad Hussain Qureshi Tikka Khan |
| Preceded by | Sadiq Hussain Qureshi |
| Succeeded by | Ghulam Haider Wyne |
| Member of the National Assembly of Pakistan | |
| Assumed office 29 February 2024 | |
| Preceded by | Waheed Alam Khan |
| Constituency | NA-130 Lahore-XIV |
| In office 1 June 2013 – 28 July 2017 | |
| Preceded by | Bilal Yasin |
| Succeeded by | Kalsoom Nawaz |
| Constituency | NA-120 Lahore-III |
| In office 1993–1997 | |
| Constituency | NA-95 Lahore-IV |
| In office 1997–1999 | |
| Constituency | NA-95 Lahore-IV |
| Provincial Minister for Finance of Punjab | |
| In office 1981–1985 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Mian Muhammad Nawaz Sharif 25 December 1949 Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan |
| Political party |  Pakistan Muslim League (N) (1999–present) |
| Other political affiliations |  Pakistan Muslim League (1976–1999)  Islami Jamhoori Ittehad (1988–1993) |
| Spouse | |
| Children | 4 (including Maryam Nawaz) |
| Relatives | See Sharif family |
| Alma mater | Govt. College University University of the Punjab |
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Mian Muhammad Nawaz Sharif (Urdu: میاں محمد نواز شریف; born 25 December 1949) is a Pakistani businessman and politician who served as the Prime Minister of Pakistan for three non-consecutive terms. He is the longest-serving prime minister of Pakistan, having served a total of more than 9 years across three tenures. Each term has ended in his ousting.
Born into the upper-middle-class Sharif family in Lahore, Nawaz is the son of Muhammad Sharif, the founder of Ittefaq and Sharif groups. He is the elder brother of Shehbaz Sharif, who also served as prime minister of Pakistan from 2022 to 2023 and from 2024 to present. According to the Election Commission of Pakistan, Nawaz is one of the wealthiest men in Pakistan, with an estimated net worth of at least Rs. 1.75 billion (equivalent to Rs. 8.9 billion or US$31 million in 2021).[1] Most of his wealth originates from his businesses in steel construction.[2]
Before entering politics in the mid-1980s, Nawaz studied business at Government College and law at the University of Punjab. In 1981, Nawaz was appointed by President Zia as the minister of finance for the province of Punjab. Backed by a loose coalition of conservatives, Nawaz was elected as the Chief Minister of Punjab in 1985 and re-elected after the end of martial law in 1988. In 1990, Nawaz led the conservative Islamic Democratic Alliance and became the 12th prime minister of Pakistan.
After being ousted in 1993, when President Ghulam Ishaq Khan dissolved the National Assembly, Nawaz served as the leader of the opposition to the government of Benazir Bhutto from 1993 to 1996. He returned to the premiership after the Pakistan Muslim League (N) (PML-N) was elected in 1997, and served until his removal in 1999 by military takeover and was tried in a plane hijacking case which was argued by Barrister Ijaz Husain Batalvi, assisted by Khawaja Sultan senior Advocate, Sher Afghan Asdi and Akhtar Aly Kureshy Advocate. After being imprisoned and later exiled for more than a decade, he returned to politics in 2011 and led his party to victory for the third time in 2013.[3]
In 2017, Nawaz was removed from office by the Supreme Court of Pakistan regarding revelations from the Panama Papers case.[4] In 2018, the Pakistani Supreme Court disqualified Nawaz from holding public office,[5][6] and he was also sentenced to ten years in prison by an accountability court.[7] Since 2019, Nawaz was in London for medical treatment on bail. He was also declared an absconder by a Pakistani court, however, the Islamabad High Court (IHC) granted him protective bail till October 24 in the Avenfield and Al-Aziza cases.[8][9][10] In 2023, after four years of exile, he returned to Pakistan.[11]
In a legal proceeding, a division bench, consisting of Islamabad High Court (IHC) Chief Justice Aamir Farooq and Justice Miangul Hasan Aurangzeb, adjudicated Nawaz Sharif's appeals challenging his sentences in the Avenfield and Al-Azizia Steel Mills cases. The outcome of these proceedings resulted in the acquittal of PML-N leader Nawaz Sharif on 29 November 2023 from charges related to the Avenfield Apartments references by the IHC.[12]
- ^ "Just how much does Nawaz Sharif own, according to himself?". Dawn. 7 October 2017. Retrieved 12 August 2022.
- ^ "PML-N papers: How the Gulf Steel Mills were born". Dawn. 25 November 2016. Retrieved 12 August 2022.
- ^ Houreld, Katharine; Zahra-Malik, Mehreen (11 May 2013). "UPDATE 13-Pakistan's Sharif declares victory in landmark election". Reuters. Retrieved 12 August 2022.
- ^ "Pakistan's prime minister is pushed out by the Supreme Court". The Economist. 29 July 2017. Retrieved 1 August 2017.
- ^ Sayeed, Saad; Hassan, Syed Raza (13 April 2018). "Pakistan bars former PM Sharif from holding office for life". Reuters. Retrieved 13 April 2018.
- ^ Haider, Kamran; Dilawar, Ismail (13 April 2018). "Pakistan Court Orders Lifetime Political Ban Against Sharif". Bloomberg News. Retrieved 13 April 2018.
- ^ Amir, Amina; Yousafzai, Ayaz Akbar; Khan, Azam; Shah, Murtaza Ali; Zaidi, Qamber (6 July 2018). "Nawaz Sharif sentenced to 10 years, Maryam 7 in Avenfield reference". Geo News. Retrieved 6 July 2018.
- ^ Rashid, Sohail (3 December 2020). "Avenfield, Al-Azizia cases: Nawaz declared absconder, surety money forfeited". Samaa TV. Retrieved 12 August 2022.
- ^ "Sharif declared absconder in another case". The Express Tribune. 10 November 2020. Retrieved 9 August 2023.
- ^ "Nawaz granted protective bail till Oct 24 in graft references". The Express Tribune. 19 October 2023. Retrieved 19 October 2023.
- ^ "Pakistan's self-exiled former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif returns home ahead of a parliamentary vote". AP News. 21 October 2023. Retrieved 21 October 2023.
- ^ Ali, Shehzad (29 November 2023). "Nawaz Sharif acquitted of charges in Avenfield Apartments case". Samaa.