Mian Muhammad Sharif

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Muhammad Sharif
Sharif in 2000
Born(1919-11-18)18 November 1919
Jati Umra, Punjab Province, British India
(present-day Punjab, India)
Died19 October 2004(2004-10-19) (aged 84)
Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
Resting placeRaiwind, Lahore, Pakistan
Alma materDAV College, Lahore
Occupations
  • Businessman
  • Industrialist
Political partyFile:PMLN 2021 Flag.png PMLN (2000—2004)
SpouseBegum Shamim Akhtar
ChildrenNawaz Sharif (son)
Shehbaz Sharif (son)
Abbas Sharif (son)
RelativesSee Sharif family

Mian Muhammad Sharif (Punjabi, Urdu: میاں محمد شریف, 18 November 1919 – 19 October 2004) was a Pakistani businessman who is known as the co-founder of Ittefaq Group and founder of Sharif Group. from one of the biggest political parties of the country, the former founder chairman of Pakistan Muslim League (N) (PML-N).[1] Two of his three sons, Nawaz Sharif and Shehbaz Sharif, later became Prime Ministers of Pakistan.

Early life and family

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Sharif was born in 1919 to Mian Mohammad Baksh, into a trader Punjabi-speaking family of Kashmiri ancestry in Jati Umra. Their ancestors migrated from Anantnag in Jammu and Kashmir.[1]

His Great Grand Father was Mohammad Bakhsh, Grand Father Abdullah, Father Muhammad Ramzan and Brothers Muhammad Shafi, Abdul Aziz, Barkat Ali, Miraj u Deen, Muhammad Bashir and Siraj u Deen.

In 1939, Sharif founded a small steel foundry after selling his farming land.[2]

He was married to Shamim Akhtar, with whom he had three sons. All his children became politicians, Nawaz Sharif, Shehbaz Sharif and Abbas Sharif.[3]

Death

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In 2000, Sharif's family was exiled to Saudi Arabia by then Chief of Army Staff Pervez Musharraf.[1] He died of a cardiac arrest in Jeddah, in 19 October 2004, at the age of 84.[4] Sharif was suffering from chronic heart disease and underwent angioplasty twice. In 1982, he had his first heart bypass.[4] His funeral took place in Masjid al-Haram on 30 October 2004.[5] He is buried in Raiwind, Allama Iqbal Town, Lahore.

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