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Who is Shehbaz Sharif?

Shehbaz Sharif is a Pakistani politician, who is currently serving as the Prime Minister of the nation. Shehbaz, formerly the Leader of Opposition in the Pakistan National Assembly, was sworn in as Pakistan PM on April 11, 2022 after ex-prime minister Imran Khan was ousted in a no-confidence motion.

Life and education
 
Shehbaz Sharif was born on September 23, 1951 in a Punjabi-speaking Kashmiri family in Lahore. He is the younger brother of former three-time prime minister Nawaz Sharif.  Shehbaz's father hailed from Kashmir's Anantnag (in India) while his mother hailed from Pulwama. His parents migrated to Pakistan after the 1947 partition.
 
Shehbaz married five times and presently he has two wives, Nusrat and Tehmina. In 1973, he married his cousin, Nusrat Shehbaz, with whom he has two sons and three daughters. He has one daughter from his ex-wife Alia.
 
He married Tehmina Durrani, his second wife, in 2003.  Shehbaz did his graduation in Bachelors of Arts from Lahore's Government College University.
 
Career
 
Shehbaz, after completing his graduation, joined his family-owned Ittefaq Group and in 1985, was elected as the president of Lahore Chamber of Commerce & Industry.
 
He entered politics alongside his elder brother Nawaz in the mid-1980s. In 1988, he was elected as a member of Punjab Assembly when Nawaz became Punjab's chief minister.
 
In 1997, when Nawaz Sharif became the Prime Minister of Pakistan, Shehbaz became the chief minister of Punjab. In the 1999 army coup led by General Pervez Musharraf, when Nawaz's government was toppled, Shehbaz, alongside his entire family, spent eight years in Saudi Arabia in exile. They returned to Pakistan in 2007.
 
Shehbaz again became Punjab's chief minister in 2008 and for the third time in 2013.
 
He was elected as the president of Pakistan Muslim League (N) in 2017 after Nawaz Sharif was disqualified from holding office due to the Panama Papers case.
 
In 2018, when cricketer-turned-politician Imran Khan was elected as the Prime Minister, Shehbaz became the Leader of the Opposition in the National Assembly.
 
In 2020, Shehbaz was arrested by the anti-graft body on the charges of money laundering and income beyond means case and spent several months in jail before he got bail.
 
Shehbaz became prime minister of Pakistan after Imran Khan was ousted in a non-trust motion.

Latest Updates on Shehbaz Sharif

The bill was aimed at curtailing the powers of the chief justice of Pakistan (CJP) -- including the suo motu and the formation of benches

Updated On: 10 Apr 2023 | 7:14 AM IST

The prime minister also pointedly asked the chief justice to respond to the allegation of corruption against a fellow judge

Updated On: 03 Apr 2023 | 10:29 PM IST

Separately, the Prime Minister's Office (PMO) said in a statement that Prime Minister Sharif stated that Justice Isa and his family were harassed and defamed in the name of the reference

Updated On: 30 Mar 2023 | 11:09 PM IST

Imran Khan, the embattled Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chairman, struck a conciliatory tone on Thursday, declaring that he was willing to talk to anyone

Updated On: 17 Mar 2023 | 10:18 AM IST

Pakistani media is reporting that the IMF agreement with Pakistan, which has been on the verge of materialising for the past many days, is not happening simply because of political instability

Updated On: 16 Mar 2023 | 3:04 PM IST

The prime minister said joint efforts were being made by both his economic team and other national institutions to make the process a success

Updated On: 15 Mar 2023 | 7:02 AM IST

The document showed that most of the gifts were retained by the office holders free of cost except for a few

Updated On: 13 Mar 2023 | 1:11 PM IST

The police were supposed to arrest Khan for his persistent absence from the court hearings of the Toshakhana case, but they could not

Updated On: 06 Mar 2023 | 11:37 AM IST

Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif's office has sought PKR 75 million or 16 per cent additional budget for allowances, fuel, and food rather than placing a cut on the expenses

Updated On: 04 Mar 2023 | 9:34 AM IST

Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Thursday highlighted the significance of long-standing cooperation with the US and the need to make this partnership diverse and multidimensional

Updated On: 24 Feb 2023 | 7:18 AM IST

Chandio, who chaired the meeting, told journalists that the digital census was unconstitutional, illegal, and anti-Sindh

Updated On: 19 Feb 2023 | 9:31 AM IST

The workers' remittances recorded an inflow of 1.894 billion US dollars in January, as compared to the previous month's figure of 2.102 billion dollars

Updated On: 14 Feb 2023 | 11:06 AM IST

Turkey has been facing a major humanitarian crisis after earthquakes jolted the country on Monday

Updated On: 09 Feb 2023 | 7:07 AM IST

Pakistan has lifted the ban on the online encyclopedia, Wikipedia after the country's Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Monday directed the Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) to restore it

Updated On: 07 Feb 2023 | 7:20 AM IST

Pakistan is contesting the fiscal gap in achieving the primary deficit and urged the IMF for incorporating flow of reduction under the revised Circular Debt Management Plan (CDMP)

Updated On: 06 Feb 2023 | 6:54 AM IST

Pakistan's Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif Sunday reiterated diplomatic, political, and moral support to the Kashmiri people until they attained their right to self-determination as per UN resolutions

Updated On: 05 Feb 2023 | 10:30 PM IST

Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Sunday condoled the demise of ex-chief of army staff and former President Pervez Musharraf

Updated On: 05 Feb 2023 | 3:55 PM IST

Amidst a wave of terror attacks in Pakistan, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Friday acknowledged the failure to avert the Peshawar carnage that killed over 100 people and called for "national unity"

Updated On: 03 Feb 2023 | 10:35 PM IST

A devaluation of 15% in the Pakistani rupee and a rise last week in fuel prices could help eliminate some key snags, particularly as tax measures are apparently imminent

Updated On: 01 Feb 2023 | 11:53 AM IST

Earlier, on Friday, The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) announced that bypolls to 33 NA seats would be held on March 16

Updated On: 30 Jan 2023 | 8:48 AM IST