Shehbaz Sharif
Mian Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif is a Pakistani politician and businessman who is currently serving as the 24th prime minister of Pakistan since March 2024, having previously served in the post from April 2022 to August 2023. He has also served as the president of the Pakistan Muslim League (N) (PML-N). Previously in his political career, he served as the chief minister of Punjab three times, making him the longest-serving chief minister of Punjab.
Some of the key events about Shehbaz Sharif
- 1988Elected as a member of the Provincial Assembly of Punjab
- 1988Accused of extrajudicial killings of five young men in an alleged staged police encounter
- 1997Appointed as the Chief Minister of Punjab for the first time
- 1999Arrested and exiled to Saudi Arabia following a military coup
- 2003Charged with attempted murder in absentia
- 2008Re-elected as Chief Minister of Punjab for a second term
- 2008Faced allegations of corruption and misuse of development funds
- 2011Implicated in a scandal involving illegal appointments in the Punjab government
- 2013Elected as Chief Minister of Punjab for a third term
- 2013Launched the Metro Bus System in Lahore to improve public transportation
- 2015Initiated the Orange Line Metro Train project in Lahore
- 2018Implemented the Punjab Educational Endowment Fund to support underprivileged students
- 2018Named in a corruption case related to the Ashiana Housing Scheme
- 2018Arrested by the National Accountability Bureau on corruption charges
- 2019Accused of money laundering and maintaining assets beyond known sources of income
- 2020Established the Shehbaz Sharif Kidney Hospital in Lahore
- 2020Indicted in the Ramzan Sugar Mills corruption case
- 2022Elected as the 23rd Prime Minister of Pakistan
- 2022Secured a $3 billion loan from the International Monetary Fund to stabilize Pakistan's economy
- 2022Criticized for nepotism after appointing his son as Chief Minister of Punjab
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