MIAN SHAHBAZ SHARIF,CM Punjab
Mian
Muhammad Shahbaz Sharif, also known as Shahbaz Sharif is a
well known Pakistani politician and currently President of
Pakistan Muslim League (Nawaz) Punjab. He is the brother of
Nawaz Sharif, former Prime Minister of Pakistan. He is the
incumbent Chief Minister of Pakistan's most populous province
Punjab since 2008. Previously, he held this position from 1997
to 1999, when his government was overturned along with all
other provincial and federal governments by dictator Pervaiz
Musharraf then army chief of Pakistan, in a pre-planned coup.
History and Background
He was considered a very strict administrator and good chief
minister of Punjab but he also get criticism that he was a
powerful chief minister of Punjab because his brother was
Prime Minister of Pakistan.
He has credit of renewing Lahore and lot of development work
in Punjab. Despite all controversies, Shahbaz Sharif is
remembered as the best cheif minister any province in Pakistan
ever had.
Family
Mian Shahbaz Sharif is the second son of a Kashmiri, named
Mian Muhammad Sharif. Shahbaz Sharif's first marriage was with
his cousin Nusrat Shahbaz in 1973, with the approval of his
father, the late Mian Muhammad Sharif. They have two sons,
Hamza and Salman and three daughters. Hamza Shahbaz is in
politics and is a member of the National Assembly. Salman
Shahbaz, educated at Oxford, concentrates mainly on business.
Shahbaz Sharif's second marriage was with Aaliya Honey in
1993-94. They have one daughter, Khadija. He divorced her
while in exile in Saudi Arabia. It is claimed that Shahbaz
Sharif has a third marriage with Tehmina Durrani but he never
publicly admitted it. This is the third marriage for both of
them.
First term Chief Minister of
Punjab
He was considered a strict and demanding administrator as the
chief minister of Punjab. He received some criticism because
he took charge of the office when his brother was the Prime
Minister of Pakistan [citation needed] He was ousted along
with his brother in the 1999 military coup, which brought
Pervez Musharraf to power. He had been a famous chief minster
due to his strict administration, workaholic nature and public
welfare projects all over the Punjab province. He is known as
Khadama Punjab these days. Mohammad
Ali Jinnah's achievement as the founder of Pakistan, dominates
everything else he did in his long and crowded public life
spanning some 42 years. Yet, by any standard, his was an
eventful life, his personality multidimensional and his
achievements in other fields were many, if not equally great.
Indeed, several were the roles he had played with distinction.

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