Mian Muhammad Shahbaz Sharif.
17th & 21st Chief Minister of Punjab
In office 31 March 2009 – Incumbent
Preceded by	Dost Muhammad Khosa
Succeeded by	Salmaan Taseer (Acting)
Constituency	Bhakkar
In office 8 June 2008 – Present
In office 20 February 1997 – 12 October 1999
Preceded by	Mian Afzal Hayat (caretaker)
Succeeded by	Chaudhry Pervaiz Elahi
Born	1950 Lahore
Citizenship	Pakistani
Political party	Pakistan Muslim League (N)
Spouse(s)	Begum Nusrat Shahbaz Tehmina Durrani
Residence	Lahore
Religion	Islam

Mian Muhammad Shahbaz Sharif, also known as Shahbaz Sharif (Punjabi, Urdu: میاں محمد شہاز شریف), is a well known Pakistani politician and President of Pakistan Muslim League Nawaz (PML-N). He is the brother of Nawaz Sharif, former Prime Minister of Pakistan. He has been the Chief Minister of Punjab, the most populous province of Pakistan, since March 2009; previously he was Chief Minister from 1997 to 1999 and again from 2008 to 2009.

Contents 1 Family 2 First term Chief Minister of Punjab 3 Exile 4 President of Pakistan Muslim League (N) 5 Return to Pakistan 6 Second term as Chief Minister 7 See also 8 References 9 External links

[edit] Family

Mian Shahbaz Sharif’s first marriage with his cousin Nusrat Shahbaz (نصرت شہباز) in 1973 with the approval of his father, the late Mian Muhammad Sharif. They have two sons, Hamza and Salman and three daughters. Shahbaz Sharif's second marriage was with Aaliya Honey (عالیہ ہنی) in 1993-94. At that time he was living in London. They have one daughter, Khadija. According to some sources, many issues and legal requirements were not met in their divorce.^{[citation needed]} Shahbaz Sharif's third marriage is with Tehmina Durrani. This is the third marriage for both of them.

[edit] First term Chief Minister of Punjab

He was considered a very strict administrator and chief minister of Punjab but he also received criticism as he had and took advantage of illegitimate power chief minister of Punjab because his brother was Prime Minister of Pakistan and made their party up a record majority of the parliament.^{[citation needed]} He was ousted in the 1999 military coup, which brought Pervez Musharraf to power. He had been a famous chief minster all over the Punjab..

[edit] Exile

Shahbaz Sharif lived in exile in London with his brother, the exiled former Prime Minister Mian Nawaz Sharif after coming from Saudi Arabia. He once tried coming back to Pakistan following a High Court decision that he was free to come back whenever he wanted. On May 11, 2004 his plane landed at Allama Iqbal International Airport Lahore but he was arrested and again deported to Saudi Arabia within a few hours.

[edit] President of Pakistan Muslim League (N)

Mian Shahbaz Sharif was elected President of PML (N) on 3 August 2002 while in exile in Saudi Arabia. He was re-elected President of PML(N) for a second term on 2 August 2006.

He was once thought of as a strong future candidate to become Prime Minister of Pakistan.

[edit] Return to Pakistan

In August 2007, Supreme Court of Pakistan gave its verdict which allowed Nawaz Sharif and Shahbaz Sharif to return back to Pakistan.

On September 7, 2007, judge Shabbir Hussain Chatha ordered police to arrest Shahbaz Sharif, brother of Nawaz Sharif and produce him before the court, after the hearing in Lahore. The court ruled that "Shahbaz Sharif should be arrested (at) whichever airport he lands at." Nawaz Sharif too faces detention on the pair's planned return from exile to Pakistan on September 10, 2007, to challenge President Pervez Musharraf's 8-year military rule.^[1]

His brother Mian Shahbaz Sharif changed return plans at the last minute.^[2][3]

Sharif was not allowed to participate in the 2008 elections because of allegations against him. His son Hamza Sharif was supposed to run from a NA seat in Lahore but due to the death of a candidate the elections were postponed.

[edit] Second term as Chief Minister

On 8 June 2008, Shahbaz Sharif was elected as Chief Minister of Punjab, receiving 265 votes from the members of the 371-seat provincial assembly. He was the only candidate, and the Pakistan Muslim League-Q boycotted the vote. Speaking after his election, he called on Musharraf to resign.^[4] He won a vote of confidence on 9 June, receiving 266 votes.^[5]

Mian Shahbaz Shareef after becoming Chief Minister of Punjab had been welcomed by all local public and media which has been indicated by Lahore's ( Shahbaz Shareef home land ) only real estate magazine Property Standard in their Sep 08 issue.^[6]

His second term as Chief Minister lasted until 25 February 2009, when a three-member bench of the Supreme Court of Pakistan, headed by Justice Moosa K. Leghari, declared him ineligible to contest elections, took away his seat in the Punjab Assembly, and thereby removed him from office.^[7] On 31 March 2009, a five-member larger bench of the Supreme Court granted stay order on an earlier decision of the apex court, in which Mian Nawaz Sharif and Shahbaz Sharif were disqualified from holding public office.^[8] As a result, Shahbaz Sharif returned to office as Chief Minister.he is fighting against curruption.^[9]

[edit] See also

• Nawaz Sharif
• Muhammad Sharif
• Ittefaq Group
• Lahore
• Punjab, Pakistan
• Politics of Pakistan
• Pakistan

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Official website
• Pml(N)Official website
• Interview with Shahid Masood on Geo TV (in Urdu) - 16 June 2007
• Shahbaz Sharif in News
• Shahbaz Sharif at London in Pictures
• Shahbaz takes oath as 21st Punjab chief minister today
• Shahbaz Sharif no more Punjab CM
• Shahbaz Sharif Cabinet Restrained as 24th Feb Position

Political offices
Preceded by Mian Muhammad Afzal Hayat	Chief Minister of Punjab 1997 – 1999	Succeeded by Chaudhry Pervaiz Elahi
Preceded by Dost Muhammad Khosa	2nd term 2008 – 2009	Succeeded by Salmaan Taseer (Acting)
Preceded by Salmaan Taseer	(Restored) 2009 – present	Incumbent
Party political offices
Preceded by Nawaz Sharif	President of the Pakistan Muslim League (N) 2002 – present	Incumbent