Sharif family | |
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Political family | |
Current region | Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan |
Place of origin | |
Founder | Muhammad Sharif |
Members | Muhammad Sharif Nawaz Sharif Shehbaz Sharif Kalsoom Nawaz Tehmina Durrani Hamza Shahbaz Maryam Nawaz Abbas Sharif Hussain Nawaz Hassan Sharif |
Traditions | Sunni Islam |
Estate(s) | Ittefaq Group Sharif Group |
The Sharif family (Punjabi: شریف خانداں, [ʃərif xaːnd̪ãː]) is a Pakistani political family based in Lahore, Punjab. They are of Kashmiri–Punjabi descent with their origins in Anantnag, Kashmir and Jati Umra, Punjab. They have had two members of the family become prime ministers of Pakistan, them being Nawaz Sharif and the incumbent Shehbaz Sharif respectively. While, four members of the family have held the office of the chief minister of Punjab, including Nawaz, Shehbaz, Hamza Shehbaz and the incumbent Maryam Nawaz, respectively.
Muhammad Sharif, the father of former Prime Minister of Pakistan Nawaz Sharif, migrated from Jati Umra, Amritsar District, East Punjab (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] Muhammad's other son Shehbaz Sharif served as Prime Minister of Pakistan from 2022 to 2023.
First Generation
Second Generation
Third Generation
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]