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Muhammad Nawaz
Sharif was born in Lahore on December 25, 1949. |
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Graduated
from Government College Lahore |
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Degree in Law
from Punjab University |
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Joined
the Punjab Cabinet as Finance Minister in 1981 |
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He was able to raise allocation of
funds for the development of rural areas to 70 percent of the
Annual Development Program in the Province. He also held the
portfolio of Sports and was able to reorganize sports activities
in the Province |
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In the general elections of 1985,
Nawaz Sharif won with an overwhelming majority, both in the
National and Provincial Assemblies. |
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On April 9, 1985, he was sworn
in
as Chief Minister of Punjab. |
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On May 31,
1988, he was appointed caretaker Chief Minister. |
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Nawaz
Sharif was again elected as Chief Minister after the 1988
general elections. A massive uplift of Murree and Kahuta was
undertaken during his term as Chief Minister of Punjab. |
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On November 6, 1990, Nawaz Sharif
was sworn-in as Prime Minister of the country, after his
alliance, I. J. I. won the October 1990 elections. However,
Nawaz Sharif could not complete his term of five years, and
was dismissed by the President in April 1993. He was
reinstated by the superior Judiciary, but had to resign along
with the President in July 1993. |
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On October
12, 1999, the civilian Government headed by Nawaz Sharif
was overthrown by a military coup. |
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During his tenure as the
Prime Minister, efforts were made to strengthen the
industries with help of private sector. |
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Projects like Ghazi Brotha
and Gawadar Miniport were initiated. |
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Land was distributed among
landless peasants in Sindh. |
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Relations with the Central Asian
Muslim Republics were strengthened and E. C. O. was given a
boost. |
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In an attempt to end the Afghan
crisis, the "Islamabad Accord" was reached between various
Afghan factions. His most important contribution was economic
progress despite American sanctions on Pakistan through the
Pressler Amendment. |
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Pakistan
Muslim League again won the elections held in February
1997, and Mian Nawaz Sharif was re-elected as Prime
Minister with an overwhelming majority. |
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Taking advantage of his
absolute majority in the National Assembly, he added a
landmark in the constitutional history of Pakistan by
repealing the controversial Eighth Amendment. This
Thirteenth Constitutional Amendment stripped the President
of his powers, under Article 52(b) of the Eighth
Amendment, to dismiss the Prime Minister and dissolve the
National Assembly. |
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He added another
milestone to the Constitution when his Parliament adopted
the anti-defection Fourteenth Amendment Bill. His
development venture of the Lahore-Islamabad motorway has
also been appreciated by the people of
Pakistan |
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After military takeover, the former Prime Minister Nawaz
Sharif, Shahbaz Sharif (his brother and former Chief
Minister of Punjab) and five other officials were
booked on charges of hijacking, kidnapping and
attempted murder in the "Plane Conspiracy" case. The
prosecution's case was based on a police report filed
by an Army Colonel. The case was tried by an
anti-terrorism court in Karachi, which sentenced him to life imprisonment. In
their appeal to the High Court, Mr. Sharif's lawyers
maintained that no charge of corruption was proved
against the former Prime Minister, and that it was the
Prime Minster's constitutional right to remove the
Army Chief. |
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The
Military Government of Pakistan exiled him to
the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, where he lived with his close family
for 7 years and then moved to United Kingdom. Once,
he was deported from Pakistan to Saudi Arabia as he
tried to go back to Pakistan. |
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He returned to Pakistan just before the 2008 General
Election. Although he was not allowed to take part
in the election himself but his party managed to get
enough seats to get him second position in the
country and an over whelming majority in the biggest
province of Punjanb. |
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His
fight for democracy, Social Justice and human cause
continues and people of Pakistan see him as the future
Prime Minister of their Country |
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