The Sharif family (Punjabi, Urdu: شریف خاندان) is a Pakistani political family based in Lahore, Punjab. They belong to the Bhat Kashmiri caste which is a large community living in many districts of Punjab. They have had two members of the family that became prime ministers of Pakistan them being Nawaz Sharif and Shehbaz Sharif respectively.
Sharif family | |
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Political family | |
Current region | Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan |
Place of origin | Anantnag, Jammu and Kashmir, British India |
Members | Muhammad Sharif Nawaz Sharif Shehbaz Sharif Kalsoom Nawaz Tehmina Durrani Hamza Shahbaz Maryam Nawaz Abbas Sharif Hussain Nawaz Hassan Sharif |
Traditions | Sunni Muslims |
Estate(s) | Ittefaq Group Sharif Group |
Muhammad Sharif, the father of former Prime Minister of Pakistan Nawaz Sharif, migrated from Jati Umra, Amritsar District (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.
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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]