Hassan Nawaz

The Sharif family is a political family of Pakistan, based in the city of Lahore in province of Punjab, Pakistan. Along with the Bhutto family, the family has dominated for much of Pakistan's political history since 1983, and is one of Pakistan's most powerful political families. The family is of Kashmiri origin, settled in Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan and uses the title of Mian. Muhammad Sharif, the father of former Prime Minister of Pakistan Nawaz Sharif, migrated from Jati Umra, Amritsar, India, after the creation of Pakistan in 1947. He was a businessman who founded the Ittefaq Group in 1939 in Lahore.