Shehbaz Sharif

Following the partition of India and Pakistan's independence in 1947, his parents migrated from Amritsar to Lahore.

He attended St. Anthony High School, Lahore.

Shehbaz received a Bachelor of Arts degree from the Government College University, Lahore.

After graduation, he joined his family-owned Ittefaq Group.

Mian Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif (Urdu:, ; born 23 September 1951) is a Pakistani politician and businessman who is currently serving as the 24th prime minister of Pakistan since March 2024, having previously served in the post from April 2022 to August 2023.

He is the president of the Pakistan Muslim League (N) (PML-N).

Previously in his political career, he served as the chief minister of Punjab three times, making him the longest-serving chief minister of Punjab.

Shehbaz was born on 23 September 1951 into a Punjabi-speaking Kashmiri family in Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan.

His father, Muhammad Sharif, was an upper-middle-class businessman and industrialist whose family had emigrated from Anantnag in Kashmir for business, and eventually settled in the village of Jati Umra in Amritsar district, Punjab, at the beginning of the twentieth century.

His mother's family came from Pulwama.

Shehbaz married Nusrat Shehbaz in 1973.

They had four children: Salman, Hamza and twin daughters Javeria and Rabia.

He was elected president of Lahore Chamber of Commerce & Industry in 1985.

Shehbaz has two brothers, Abbas Sharif and Nawaz Sharif.

Nawaz is a three-time elected Prime Minister of Pakistan.

Nawaz's wife, Kulsoom Nawaz, was the First Lady of Pakistan for three non-consecutive terms.

Shehbaz was elected to the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab in 1988 and to the National Assembly of Pakistan in 1990.

He was again elected to the Punjab Assembly in 1993 and named leader of the opposition.

His second marriage was to Aaliya Honey, whom he married in 1993.

The couple separated after just one year.

He was elected as chief minister of Pakistan's most populous province, Punjab, for the first time on 20 February 1997.

After the 1999 Pakistani coup d'état, Shehbaz along with his family spent years of self-exile in Saudi Arabia, returning to Pakistan in 2007.

In 2003, Shehbaz married his third wife, Tehmina Durrani.

He lives at his ancestral home in Lahore, Raiwind Palace.

Shehbaz jointly owns Ittefaq Group, a multimillion-dollar steel conglomerate.

Shehbaz was appointed chief minister for a second term after the PML-N's victory in Punjab province in the 2008 Pakistani general election.

He was elected as chief minister of Punjab for the third time in the 2013 general election and served his term until his party's defeat in the 2018 general election.

During his tenure as chief minister, Shehbaz enjoyed a reputation as a highly competent and diligent administrator.

He initiated ambitious infrastructure projects in Punjab and was noted for his efficient governance.

Shehbaz was nominated as the president of the Pakistan Muslim League-N after his brother, Nawaz Sharif, was disqualified from holding office in the wake of the Panama Papers case.

In 2013, it was noted that Shehbaz is wealthier than his elder brother Nawaz with.

He was nominated as the leader of the opposition after the 2018 election.

In December 2019, the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) froze 23 properties belonging to Shehbaz and his son Hamza, accusing them of money laundering.

On 28 September 2020, the NAB arrested Shehbaz at Lahore High Court and indicted him on charges of money laundering.

He was incarcerated pending trial.

On 14 April 2021, Lahore High Court released him on bail in money laundering reference.

On 12 October 2022, Shehbaz and Hamza were acquitted on all charges of corruption and money laundering by the Special Court Central in Lahore.

Amid the 2022 Pakistani political crises, Shehbaz was elected by the National Assembly as prime minister on 11 April 2022 after the no-confidence motion against Imran Khan.

On 12 August 2023, the parliament was set to expire due to the completion of the five-year tenure.

In order to gain more time for elections and other political gains, Shehbaz and the PDM alliance agreed to dissolve the parliament on 9 August 2023, which was approved by the president of Pakistan.