Nawaz Sharif Biography known as the Lion of Punjab Kerala Government film awards

Nawaz Sharif Biography

Nawaz Sharif

i. Nawaz Sharif, known as the 'Lion of Punjab' who has promised to restart peace process with India and is set to be elected for a third innings as Pakistan Prime Minister.

ii. Pakistan is yet to officially declare Nawaz Sharif's Pakistan Muslim League (PML-N) victorious in the country's general elections, but the man set to be the new Prime Minister and India's Manmohan Singh already seem keen to move forward on the dialogue process.

iii. Even as the PML-N looked set to emerge as the single-largest party in the national assembly, Mr Sharif said, "We have to restart our journey (from 1999). So whether India invites me or not, I will visit India."

iv. A steel tycoon cum politician, Mr Sharif has made an astounding comeback after being

toppled in a 1999 coup, jailed and exiled to spend seven years in wilderness.

v. While votes from Saturday's historic general elections were still being counted, Mr Sharif claimed victory at the headquarters of his centre-right Pakistan Muslim League-N (PML-N).

vi. He managed to swim through cricketer-turned-politician Imran Khan's "tsunami" as his Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) had a projected win of only 34 seats.

vii. The 63-year-old has promised to transform the country's economy, end corruption in state-owned enterprises, build a motorway from Lahore to Karachi and launch a bullet train.

About Nawaz Sharif:

i. Mian Muhammad Nawaz Sharif born 25 December 1949) is a Pakistani politician and industrialist, previously having been Pakistan's 12th Prime Minister for two non-consecutive terms from November 1990 to July 1993 and from February 1997 to October 1999.

ii. Sharif is the President of Pakistan Muslim League-N, one of Pakistan's largest political parties.

iii. As the owner of Ittefaq Group, a leading business conglomerate, he is also one of the country's wealthiest men.

iv. He was appointed Chief Minister of Punjab by Zia in 1985.

v. After Zia's death and Benazir Bhutto's being elected Prime Minister in 1988, Sharif emerged as opposition leader from the conservative Pakistan Muslim League.

vi. When Benazir was dismissed by President Ghulam Ishaq Khan in 1990 on corruption charges, Sharif was elected Prime Minister the same year.

vii. Sharif's become P.M. in 1997 but his second term also saw tussles with the judiciary and army.

On 12 October 1999, the army instead ousted Sharif's government exiling him to Saudi Arabia.

viii. Sharif returned in 2007, and his party contested elections in 2008 forming the provincial government in Punjab under Sharif's brother Shahbaz until 2013.


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