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EARLY LIFE

• Sharif was born in Lahore, Punjab, on 25 December 1949. The Sharif family are Kashmiris of Punjab.His father, Muhammad Sharif, was an upper-middle-class businessman.
• They 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. After the creation of Pakistan in 1947, Sharif’s parents migrated from Amritsar to Lahore.
• Sharif went to Saint Anthony High School. He graduated from the Government College University (GCU) with an art and business degree and then received a law degree from the Law College of Punjab University in Lahore.

POLITICS

• In 1976, Sharif joined the Pakistan Muslim League (PML), a conservative front rooted in the Punjab province.
• During the 1980s, Sharif gained influence as a supporter of General Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq’s military government.
• Within Punjab, Sharif privatised government-owned industries and presented development-oriented budgets to the military government.
• These policies raised financial capital and helped increase the standard of living and purchasing power in the province.

POLITICS

• In 1985, Khan nominated Sharif as Chief Minister of the Punjab.With the backing of the army, Sharif secured a landslide victory in the 1985 elections.
• Sharif built ties with the senior army generals who sponsored his government.
• In 1988, General Zia dismissed the government of Junejo and called for new elections. However, Zia retained Sharif as the Chief Minister of Punjab Province, and until his death continued to support Sharif.

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• After General Zia’s death in August 1988, Zia’s political party–Pakistan Muslim League (Pagara Group)–split into two factions.
• The two parties along with seven other right-wing conservative and religious parties united to form the Islami Jamhoori Ittehad (IJI). The IJI gained substantial majorities in the Punjab and Sharif was re-elected chief minister.
• The conservatives first came to power in a democratic Pakistan under Sharif’s leadership. Nawaz Sharif became the 12th Prime Minister of Pakistan on 1 November 1990, succeeding Bhutto.

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• He also became head of IJI.Sharif introduced an economy based on privatisation and economic liberalisation to reverse the nationalisation by Zulfikar Bhutto,notably for banks and industries.
• He also improved the nation’s infrastructure and spurred the growth of digital telecommunication.Sharif continued the simultaneous Islamization and conservatism of Pakistan society.
• In July 1993, under pressure from the armed forces, Sharif resigned. Following 1993 elections, the PPP returned to power under Benazir Bhutto.

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• By 1996, continuous large-scale corruption by the government of Benazir Bhutto had deteriorated the country’s economy, which was nearing failure.
• In the 1997 parliamentary elections, Sharif and the PML-N won an overwhelming victory, with an exclusive mandate from across Pakistan. Sharif was sworn as prime minister on 17 February.
• With a supermajority, Sharif’s new government amended the constitution to restrict the powers of the president to dismiss governments.With the passing of the 14th amendment, Sharif emerged as the most-powerful elected prime minister in the country.

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• Sharif’s popularity peaked in May 1998 after conducting the country’s first nuclear weapons tests in response to tests by India.
• During the 1997 elections, Sharif promised to follow his policy of nuclear ambiguity while using nuclear energy to stimulate the economy.
• Sharif strengthened Pakistan’s relations with the Muslim world, Turkey, and Europe. wo conferences were organised in Beijing and Hong Kong to promote Chinese investment in Pakistan.

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• In 1998, India and Pakistan made an agreement recognising the principle of building an environment of peace and security and resolving all bilateral conflicts.
• On 19 February 1999, Indian Premier Atal Bihari Vajpayee paid a historic state visit to Pakistan, travelling on the inaugural Delhi–Lahore Bus.
• On 21 February, the prime ministers signed a bilateral agreement with a memorandum of understanding to ensure nuclear-free safety in South Asia, which became known as the Lahore Declaration.

COUP

• From 1981 until 1999, Sharif enjoyed extremely cordial relations with the Pakistan Armed Forces. The simultaneous conflicts in the Kargil war with India and Afghanistan’s civil war, along with economical turmoil, turned public opinion against Sharif and his policies.
• On 12 October 1999, Sharif attempted to remove Musharraf for military failures and replace him with General Ziauddin Butt.
• There, Musharraf contacted top Pakistan Army generals who took over the country and ousted Sharif’s administration.Sharif was taken to Adiala Jail for trial by military judge.

COUP

• Musharraf later assumed control of the government as chief executive. The military placed Sharif on trial for “kidnapping, attempted murder, hijacking and terrorism and corruption” In a speedy trial, the military court convicted Sharif and gave him a life sentence.
• Under an agreement facilitated by Saudi Arabia, Sharif was placed in exile for the next 10 years,and agreed not to take part in politics in Pakistan for 21 years.
• He also forfeited property worth US$8.3 million (£5.7 million) and paid a fine of US$500,000.

RETURN

• The Supreme Court of Pakistan ruled on 23 August 2007 that Sharif and his brother, Shehbaz Sharif, were free to return to Pakistan.
• Sharif returned from exile in London to Islamabad. He was prevented from leaving the airplane and he was deported to Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, within hours.
• Sharif returned to Pakistan in 2008. Sharif called for the boycott of the January 2008 elections.Sharif and the PML-N decided to participate in the parliamentary elections after 33 opposition groups, including Bhutto’s PPP, met in Lahore but failed to reach a joint position.Bhutto’s assassination led to the postponement of the elections to 18 February 2008.

RETURN

• Sharif accused Musharraf of ordering anti-terror operations that had left the country “drowned in blood”.In the 342-seat national assembly, PPP received 86 seats; the PML-N, 66; and the PML-Q, which backed Musharraf, 40.
• The coalition government agreed on 7 August 2008 to impeach Musharraf. On 18 August, Musharraf resigned as President of Pakistan due to mounting political pressure.
• The 18th Amendment passed in Parliament on 8 April 2010, removing the bar which allowed prime ministers to serve a maximum of two terms in office. This made Sharif eligible to again become prime minister.

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• Sharif was sworn in for an unprecedented third term as prime minister on 7 June 2013. According to the Panama Papers, documents leaked in 2016 , Sharif’s family holds millions of dollars worth of property and companies in the UK and around the world.
• On 15 April 2016, the government announced an investigation by an inquiry commission of all Pakistanis named in the documents.
• The court announced its decision on 28 July 2017 and disqualified Sharif from holding public office. On 6 July 2018, the Federal Judicial Complex of Pakistan sentenced Sharif to ten years in prison.
• Sharif’s daughter Maryam Nawaz and her husband Safdar Awan were given prison sentences of seven years and one year, respectively.

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