Shahbaz Sharif

Mian Muhammad Shahbaz Sharif
17th & 21st Chief Minister of Punjab
Incumbent
Assumedoffice
8 June 2008
Precededby / Dost Muhammad Khosa
Constituency / Bhakar
Inoffice
20 February 1997–12 October 1999
Precededby / Mian Afzal Hayat (caretaker)
Succeededby / Chaudhry Pervaiz Elahi
Born / 1950
Lahore
Politicalparty / Pakistan Muslim League (N)
Spouse / Begum Nusrat Shahbaz Tehmina Durrani
Residence / Lahore
Religion / Islam

Mian Muhammad Shahbaz Sharif also known as Shahbaz Sharif (Urdu: میاں محمد شہاز شریف ) is a well known Pakistani politician and President of Pakistan Muslim League (N). He is the brother of Nawaz Sharif, former Prime Minister of Pakistan. He is the current Chief Minister of Punjab, the most populous province of Pakistan, where he also served as the Chief Minister from 1997 to 1999.

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·  1 Family
·  2 Chief Minister of Punjab
o  2.1 Chief Minister of Punjab 2nd Term
·  3 Exile
·  4 President of Pakistan Muslim League (N)
·  5 Return to Pakistan
·  6 See also
·  7 References
·  8 External links

Family

Mian Shahbaz Sharif’s first marriage with his cousin Nusrat Shahbaz (Urdu: نصرت شہباز) in 1973 with the approval of his father, the late Mian Muhammad Sharif. They have two sons, Hamza and Salman and three daughters. Shahbaz Sharif's second marriage was with Aaliya Honey (Urdu: عالیہ ہنی) in 1993-94. At that time he was living in London. They have one daughter, Khadija. According to some sources, many issues and legal requirements were not met in their divorce.[citation needed] Shahbaz Sharif's third marriage is with Tehmina Durrani. This is the third marriage for both of them.

Chief Minister of Punjab

He was considered a very strict administrator and chief minister of Punjab but he also received criticism as he had and took advantage of illegitimate power chief minister of Punjab because his brother was Prime Minister of Pakistan and made their party up a record majority of the parliment.[citation needed] He was ousted in the 1999 Military Coup, which brought Pervez Musharraf to power. He had been a famous chief minster all over the Punjab.

Chief Minister of Punjab 2nd Term

On June 8, 2008, Sharif was elected as Chief Minister of Punjab, receiving 265 votes from the members of the 371-seat provincial assembly. He was the only candidate, and the Pakistan Muslim League-Q boycotted the vote. Speaking after his election, he called on Musharraf to resign.[1] He won a vote of confidence on June 9, receiving 266 votes.[2].

Shahbaz Shareef after becoming CM of Punjab has been welcomed by all local public and media which has been indicated by Lahore's ( Shahbaz Shareef home land ) only real estate magazine Property Standard in their Sep 08 issue.[3]

Exile

He lived in exile in London with his brother, the exiled former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif after coming from Saudi Arabia. He once tried coming back to Pakistan following a High Court decision that he was free to come back whenever he wanted. On May 11, 2004 his plane landed at Allama Iqbal International Airport Lahore but he was arrested and again deported to Saudi Arabia within a few hours.

President of Pakistan Muslim League (N)

Mian Shahbaz Sharif was elected President of Pakistan Muslim League (N) on 3 August 2002 while on exile in Saudi Arabia. He was re-elected President of PML(N) for the second term on 2nd August 2006.

He was once thought of as a strong future candidate for Prime Minister of Pakistan.

Return to Pakistan

In August 2007, Supreme Court of Pakistan gave its verdict which allowed Nawaz Sharif and Shahbaz Sharif to return back to Pakistan.

On September 7, 2007, judge Shabbir Hussain Chatha ordered police to arrest Shahbaz Sharif, brother of Nawaz Sharif and produce him before the court, after the hearing in Lahore. The court ruled that "Shahbaz Sharif should be arrested (at) whichever airport he lands at." Nawaz Sharif too faces detention on the pair's planned return from exile to Pakistan on September 10, 2007, to challenge President Pervez Musharraf's 8-year military rule.[4]

His brother Shahbaz Sharif changed return plans at the last minute.[5][6]

Sharif was not allowed to participate in the 2008 elections because of allegations against him. His son Hamza Sharif was supposed to run from a NA seat in Lahore but due to the death of a candidate the elections were postponed.

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