| Mian Muhammad Shahbaz Sharif (Urdu: میاں محمد شہباز شریف) |
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| Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif, PML(N) | |
| 15th Chief Minister of Punjab Province | |
| In office 31 March, 2009 – Incumbent |
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| President | Asif Ali Zardari |
| Prime Minister | Yousaf Raza Gillani |
| Governor | Latif Khosa Salmaan Taseer |
| Preceded by | Dost Muhammad Khosa |
| Constituency | Bhakkar, Punjab Province |
| Majority | Pakistan Muslim League (N) (PML-N) |
| In office 20 February, 1997 – 12 October, 1999 |
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| President | Muhammad Rafiq Tarar Farooq Leghari Wasim Sajjad |
| Prime Minister | Navaz Scharif |
| Governor | Shahid Hamid Zulfiqar Ali Khosa |
| 3rd President of Pakistan Muslim League (N) | |
| In office September 30, 2002 – July 27, 2011 |
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| Vice President | Ghaus Ali Shah |
| 1st Executive Vice President of Pakistan Muslim League (N) | |
| In office October 12, 1999 – September 30, 2002 |
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| President | Kalsoom Nawaz Sharif |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Mian Muhammad Shahbaz Sharif 1950 (age 61–62) Lahore, Punjab Province, West-Pakistan |
| Nationality | Pakistani |
| Political party | Pakistan Muslim League (N) (PML-N) |
| Spouse(s) | Begum Nusrat Shahbaz (1973–1993) Aaliya Honey (1993–1994) Tehmina Durrani (2003 - Present) |
| Residence | Chief Minister House, Lahore (official) |
| Occupation | Politician |
| Profession | Businessman |
| Religion | Sunni Islam |
Mian Muhammad Shahbaz Sharif (Punjabi, Urdu: میاں محمد شہاز شریف, born 1950) is a well-known Leader of Pakistan. He is the brother of Nawaz Sharif, former Prime Minister of Pakistan. He is the chief minister of Pakistan's most populous province Punjab since 2008. Previously, he held this position from 1997 to 1999, when Pervez Musharraf removed his government on grounds of corruption and hijacking He, along with his entire family, went into was exile until return to Pakistan in late 2007.
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Mian Shahbaz Sharif is the second son of a Kashmiri, named Mian Muhammad Sharif. He is a joint owner of Ittefaq Group. He played a vital role in the success of Ittefaq Group. Shahbaz Sharif's first marriage was with his cousin Nusrat Shahbaz (نصرت شہباز) in 1973, with the approval of his father, the late Mian Muhammad Sharif. They have two sons Hamza Shahbaz and Salman, and three daughters. Hamza Shahbaz is in politics and is a member of the National Assembly. Salman Shahbaz, educated at college, concentrates mainly on business. Shahbaz Sharif's second marriage was with Aaliya Honey (عالیہ ہنی) in 1993-94. They have one daughter, Khadija. He divorced her while in exile in Saudi Arabia. It is claimed that Shahbaz Sharif has a third marriage with Tehmina Durrani but he never publicly admitted it. This is the third marriage for both of them.
He was considered a strict and demanding administrator as the chief minister of Punjab. He received some criticism because he took charge of the office when his brother was the Prime Minister of Pakistan He was ousted along with his brother in the 1999 military coup, which brought Pervez Musharraf to power. He had been a notorious chief minister due to his strict administration.
Shahbaz Sharif lived in exile in London with his brother as a result of a deal he and his brother made with Pervaiz Musharraf, the exiled former Prime Minister Mian Nawaz Sharif after coming from Saudi Arabia. Although Sharif brothers denied the existence of any deal, but the deal papers were made public in 2008. 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.
Shahbaz Sharif also utilised his time in exile to get a hair transplant. His elder brother Nawaz was very impressed and soon followed suit.
Mian Shahbaz Sharif was elected President of PML (N) on 3 August 2002 while in exile in Saudi Arabia. He was re-elected President of PML(N) for a second term on 2 August 2006.
In August 2007, Supreme Court of Pakistan gave its verdict which allowed Nawaz Sharif to return 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.[2]
His brother Mian Shahbaz Sharif changed return plans at the last minute.[3][4]
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.
On 8 June 2008, Shahbaz 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.[5] He won a vote of confidence on 9 June, receiving 266 votes.[6]
His second term as Chief Minister lasted until 25 February 2009, when a three-member bench of the Supreme Court of Pakistan, headed by Justice Moosa K. Leghari, declared him ineligible to contest elections, took away his seat in the Punjab Assembly, and thereby removed him from office.[7] On 31 March 2009, a five-member larger bench of the Supreme Court granted stay order on an earlier decision of the apex court, in which Mian Nawaz Sharif and Shahbaz Sharif were disqualified from holding public office. As a result, Shahbaz Sharif returned to office as Chief Minister. He seems to have vision; a mega plan to transform Lahore into a true High-Tech City in Pakistan (Singapore of Pakistan)as well as an important high tech center in the entire world.[8]
| Political offices | ||
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| Preceded by Mian Muhammad Afzal Hayat |
Chief Minister of Punjab 1997 – 1999 |
Succeeded by Chaudhry Pervaiz Elahi |
| Preceded by Dost Muhammad Khosa |
2nd term 2008 – 2009 |
Succeeded by Salmaan Taseer (Governor's Rule) |
| Preceded by Salmaan Taseer |
(Restored) 2009 – present |
Incumbent |
| Party political offices | ||
| Preceded by Nawaz Sharif |
President of the Pakistan Muslim League (N) 2002 - 2011 |
Succeeded by Nawaz Sharif |