Mian Sharif

For the Pakistani mathematician, see Mian Mohammed Sharif. For other people, see Muhammed Sharif (disambiguation).

Mian Sharif
Sharif in 2000
Born	1920 Jati Umra, Punjab Province, British India (present-day Punjab, India)
Died	19 October 2004(2004-10-19) (aged 83–84) Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
Resting place	Raiwind, Lahore, Pakistan
Occupations	Businessman Industrialist
Political party	PMLN (2000—2004)
Spouse	Begum Shamim Akhtar
Children	Nawaz Sharif (son) Shehbaz Sharif (son) Abbas Sharif (son)
Relatives	See Sharif family

Mian Muhammad Sharif (Punjabi, Urdu: میاں محمد شریف; 18 November 1920 – 19 October 2004) was a Pakistani businessman who is known as the co-founder of Ittefaq Group and founder of Sharif Group. Two of his three sons, Nawaz Sharif and Shehbaz Sharif, later became Prime Ministers of Pakistan.

Early life and family

See also: Sharif family

Sharif was born in 1920. After the Partition of British India in August 1947, he and his six brothers migrated to Lahore and settled in Gowal Mandi. They set up an iron-melting furnace in Landa bazaar, Lahore.

Sharif founded a small steel foundry on the Brandreth Road.

He was married to Shamim Akhtar, with whom he had three sons. All his children became politicians, Nawaz Sharif, Shehbaz Sharif and Abbas Sharif.

In 1985, he used his relations with President General Zia-ul-Haq to get his son, Nawaz Sharif, appointed as the Chief Minister of Punjab.

Arrest

In November 1994, he was arrested by Pakistani police for tax evasion of $2 million.

Death

In 2000, Sharif's family was exiled to Saudi Arabia by then Chief of Army Staff Pervez Musharraf. He died of a cardiac arrest in Jeddah, in 19 October 2004, at the age of 84. Sharif was suffering from chronic heart disease and underwent angioplasty twice. In 1982, he had his first heart bypass. His funeral took place in Masjid al-Haram on 30 October 2004. He is buried in Raiwind, Allama Iqbal Town, Lahore.