Nawaz sharif

Nawaz sharif was born in Lahore, on 25 December 1949, a year after the nation's
founding. He came from a family of scrap traders. His father and uncles had a
small steel business named as 'Ittefaq' in Landa Bazar Lahore before the creation
of Pakistan.

Nawaz sharif passed his matric examination in1964 ,from Pakistan Railway High
School, Moghalpura, Lahore. He obtained his B.A. degree after appearing in the
supplementary examination. He attained his Bachelor of Law degree from the
Punjab University Law College, Lahore.

He principally rose to political prominence as a staunch proponent of the military

government of President Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq during the 1980. In 1981, he
initially joined as a member of the Punjab Advisory Council under President
Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq. He served as the Minister of Finance and Minister of
Sports under the provincial government of Punjab.

He served for two consecutive terms as Chief Minister of Punjab, the most
popular province of Pakistan. Because of his vast popularity, he received the
nickname "Lion of the Punjab".[5]

Sharif became the prime minister of Pakistan on 1 November 1990. He focused on

improving the nation's infrastructure and telecommunication. He privatized
government banks and opened the door for further industrial privatization. He
legalized foreign money exchange to be transacted through private money
exchangers. His privatization policies were continued by both Benazir Bhutto and
Pervez Musharraf. He took many steps to raise the issue of Kashmir on
international forums. He also wanted to continue the peaceful nuclear atomic
program and to make Pakistan a truly Islamic state and to do so he introduced
Islamic Laws such as the Shariat Ordinance and Bait-ul-Maal ; Moreover he gave
tasks to the Ministry of Religious Affairs to prepare reports and recommendations
for steps taken for Islamization. He ensured the establishment of three committees.
1) Ittehad-e-bain-ul-Muslemeen 2) Nifaz-e-Shariat Committee
3)Islamic Welfare Committee

In July 1993, Sharif resigned under pressure from the military but negotiated a
settlement that resulted in the removal of President Ghulam Ishaq Khan.

He was electedsecond time as Prime Minister of pakistan in 1997. In August

1997, he passed the controversial Anti-Terrorist Act which established Anti-
Terrorism Courts.

In 1999, he met with Indian Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee at the Wagah
border and signed a joint communique, known as the Lahore Declaration.
Pakistan's nuclear tests were an important turning point in his political career.
Pakistan surprised the world tocarried out its successful nuclear tests on 28 May
1998, and on 30 May 1998, in response to the Indian detonation of five nuclear
devices roughly two weeks before.Under his premiership, Pakistan became the
first Muslim country and seventh nation to become a nuclear power.

During his second tenure, he removed General Karamat over the national security
council disputes .In October 1998, General Karamat resigned and nawaz Sharif
appointed General Pervez Musharraf as army chief..

During the Kargil War in 1999, he claimed to have no knowledge of the planned
attacks, saying that Pervez Musharraf acted alone. On 12 October 1999, nawaz
Sharif attempted to remove Pakistan Army Chief General Pervez Musharraf and
appoint Ziauddin Butt in his place. Musharraf, who was in Sri Lanka, attempted to
return through a commercial airliner to return to Pakistan. Nawaz Sharif ordered
Sindh IG Rana Maqbool to arrest of Chief of Army Staff and Musharraf

He ordered the Karachi Airport to be sealed off to prevent the landing of the
Musharraf's airliner . and he ordered the plane to land at Nawab Shah Airport.
Musharraf contacted top Pakistan Army Generals who then took over the country
and dis mised the Nawaz Sharif's administration. Musharraf later assumed control
of the government as Chief Executive.[13]

The military placed him on trial for "kidnapping, attempted murder, hijacking and
terrorism". The military court quickly convicted him and gave him a life sentence