Shehbaz Sharif becomes Pakistan Prime Minister for second time. His rise to power in pics
Shehbaz Sharif was recently re-elected as the prime minister of Pakistan. The well-known politician and administrator came back for a second term after his brother Nawaz Sharif's abortive attempt to win a fourth term as the prime minister in the February 8 elections.
Shehbaz Sharif's family had relocated from Amritsar (India) to Lahore (Pakistan) during the 1947 partition where he completed a Bachelor of Arts degree at Government College University, Lahore. (Image: News18 creative)
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He began his political career after getting elected to the Provincial Assembly of Punjab in 1988. This was the time his elder brother, Nawaz Sharif, rose to prominence as chief minister (1985–90) of Punjab, Pakistan’s largest province (News18 creative)
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He took over the leadership of the PML-N after the Supreme Court disqualified Nawaz Sharif from holding office in 2017 (Image: News18 creative)
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In 2019, the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) froze 23 properties belonging to Sharif and his son, Hamza, accusing them of money laundering. He formed Formed Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM), a coalition of PML-N, the PPP, and some other smaller opposition parties. He was then arrested in 2020 by NAB for money laundering. (Image: News18 creative)
In 2022 PDM coalition removed Imran Khan as the PM of Pakistan through a no-confidence measure and Shehbaz Sharif became Pakistan’s new Prime Minister. He resigned from his government three days before the end of the parliamentary term in 2023 and again became the 24th PM of Pakistan in the recent election (Image: News18 creative)