Pakistani businessman (1920–2004)
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Mian Muhammad Sharif (Punjabi , Urdu : میاں محمد شریف Ittefaq Group and founder of Sharif Group and biggest political parties Pakistan Muslim League (N) (PMLN)[ 1] Nawaz Sharif and Shehbaz Sharif , later became Prime Ministers of Pakistan .
Early life and family
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
In 2000, Sharif's family was exiled to Saudi Arabia by then Chief of Army Staff Pervez Musharraf .[ 1] cardiac arrest in Jeddah , in 19 October 2004, at the age of 84.[ 4] chronic heart disease and underwent angioplasty twice. In 1982, he had his first heart bypass .[ 4] funeral took place in Masjid al-Haram on 30 October 2004.[ 5] Raiwind , Allama Iqbal Town , Lahore .
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