Name Muhammad Sharif | Role Nawaz Sharif's father | |
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Died October 2004, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia Children Nawaz Sharif, Shehbaz Sharif Grandchildren Maryam Nawaz, Hamza Shahbaz Sharif Similar People Nawaz Sharif, Shehbaz Sharif, Maryam Nawaz, Hamza Shahbaz Sharif, Kalsoom Nawaz Sharif | ||
Muhammad sharif beloved father of muhmmad nawaz sharif passes away
Mian Muhammad Sharif (Punjabi, Urdu: محمد شریف ;1919 – October 2004) was a Pakistani industrialist and father of current Prime Minister of Pakistan, Nawaz Sharif and the chief minister of the Punjab province, Shahbaz Sharif. After the independence of Pakistan in 1947 he, along with his six brothers, migrated to Pakistan and settled in Lahore, Punjab.
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Early life
Sharif was born in 1919. He was an upper middle-class businessman and industrialist who had migrated from Amritsar district to Pakistan during the independence of Pakistan in 1947. His ancestors were from Anantnag, Kashmir. His family is of Kashmiri origin. He married Shamim Akhtar.
Sharif Family tree
Politics and welfare projects
Sharif was very close to General Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq and was known as a respected political personality. He was involved in politics through his sons, Nawaz Sharif who was Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, and Shahbaz Sharif, who was chief minister of Punjab province of Pakistan. He insisted on many policies that were followed by his sons. Muhammad Rafiq Tarar, who was a good friend of Muhammad Sharif, was appointed as the President of Pakistan by Nawaz Sharif on recommendation of his father.
He developed a welfare project, Sharif Medical City, in Raiwind, Pakistan. He established Azizia Steel Mills in Saudi Arabia.
Death
In 2000, Sharif's family was exiled to Saudi Arabia by then Chief of Army Staff Pervez Musharraf. He died of a Cardiac arrest in Jeddah, in October 2004, at the age of 85. Sharif was suffering from chronic heart disease and underwent angioplasty twice. In 1982, he had his first heart bypass. He left three sons and a daughter behind. His funeral took place in Masjid al-Haram on the 30th of October, 2004. He is buried in Raiwind, Lahore.