Sharif family

Sharif family
شریف خاندان (Urdu)
Political family
Nawaz Sharif with Shehbaz Sharif
CountryPakistan
Current region
Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan
EtymologyArabic: شريف, 'noble'
Place of origin
Founded18 November 1919; 106 years ago (1919-11-18)
FounderMuhammad Sharif
Current headNawaz Sharif
SeatRaiwind Palace
Titles
Style
Members
Connected members
Connected families
Dar family
TraditionsSunni Islam
Estates
List
Properties
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Websitesharifgroupn.com

The Sharif family is a Pakistani political family of Punjabi Kashmiri background. They have played a prominent role in Pakistani politics, especially in Punjab, since the 1980s, the family held the leadership of the Islamic Jamhuri Ittihad; and has held the leadership of the Pakistan Muslim League – N (PML–N) for most of the party's existence since 1993.

Originating in the Anantnag region of the Kashmir Valley, the family moved to Amritsar District, Punjab in the 1870s during the British Raj rule and settled in the village of Jati Umra around 1900. Following the partition of India in 1947, the Sharifs moved to the Jati Umra locality of Lahore, which they had named after the village of Amritsar.

The Sharifs belongs to the Bhat tribe and are of Kashmiri Brahmin ancestry. 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. Sharif's second youngest son, Shehbaz Sharif, is serving as the prime minister of Pakistan since 2024.

Background

The Sharif family were blacksmiths in East Punjab before migrating to Pakistan. Mian Sharif established an iron foundry in Lahore and later founded the Ittefaq Group and Sharif Group. Sharif's son Nawaz Sharif served three terms as Prime Minister of Pakistan, and his other son Shehbaz Sharif has been serving his second term since 2024.

Family members

First Generation

Second Generation

Third Generation

Fourth Generation

Fifth Generation

Other relatives

Wealth

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.

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Notes

  1. ↑ With the birth of Mian Muhammad Sharif
  2. ↑ Punjabi: شریف ٹبّر, romanized: Śarīf ṭabbar; Urdu: شریف خاندان, romanized: Śarīf Khāndān

References

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  18. ↑ "Kalsoom Nawaz' brother passes away". 21 January 2016. Archived from the original on 9 February 2019. Retrieved 8 August 2018.
  19. ↑ Baker, Raymond (2005). Capitalism's Achilles heel: Dirty Money and How to Renew the Free-market System. John Wiley and Sons. pp. 82–83. ISBN 978-0-471-64488-0. Retrieved 4 September 2012.

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