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Born into the upper-middle-class Sharif family in Lahore, Nawaz is the son of Muhammad Sharif, the founder of Ittefaq and Sharif groups. He is the elder brother of Shehbaz Sharif, who also served as prime minister of Pakistan from 2022 to 2023 and from 2024 to present.
Jun 15, 2024 · Nawaz Sharif (born December 25, 1949, Lahore, Pakistan) is a Pakistani businessman and politician who served as prime minister in 1990–93, 1997–99, and 2013–17. He was disqualified from holding public office in 2017 over allegations of corruption and was later convicted in absentia.
Oct 26, 2023 · F our years ago Nawaz Sharif’s political career appeared to be over. The three-time former prime minister had once again been ousted from power, jailed on corruption charges, disqualified for...
Oct 21, 2023 · Nawaz Sharif, the fugitive former prime minister of Pakistan, has returned to the South Asian nation after nearly four years in self-exile, stirring up the country’s already fraught...
Oct 24, 2023 · A Pakistani court has granted bail to three-time former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif in two corruption cases. Sharif was convicted in the two cases after his removal as prime minister in 2017.
Oct 20, 2023 · Former Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has flown home from self-imposed exile ahead of general elections. Few, if any, could have scripted the dramatic turnaround for someone who has...
A federal court in Pakistan’s capital has restored the appeals of the country’s former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif against his 2018 convictions in graft cases.
Oct 24, 2023 · A Pakistani court has extended protection from arrest to former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif in graft cases while another withdrew its arrest warrant against him following his return home after four years of self-imposed exile in London.
Nov 29, 2023 · ISLAMABAD (AP) — A Pakistani court acquitted former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif in a graft case on Wednesday, removing a major obstacle for him to run in parliamentary elections in February.
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