Shehbaz Sharif began his political career after getting elected to the Provincial Assembly of Punjab in the 1988 general election.
Shehbaz Sharif has now been elected as the new Prime Minister of Pakistan after Imran Khan failed to tackle the no-trust vote.
Here’s what you should know about Shehbaz Sharif:
--Shehbaz Sharif is the younger brother of former PM Nawaz Sharif, who served as the Prime Minister of Pakistan for three non-consecutive terms.
--A businessman by profession, he began his political career after getting elected to the Provincial Assembly of Punjab in the 1988 general election.
--In 1990, he was elected to the National Assembly of Pakistan. However, his term in the Assembly ended prematurely when it was dissolved in 1993.
--The younger of the Sharif brothers, Shehbaz Sharif has been the leader of the Opposition in the National Assembly of Pakistan since August 2018.
--Shehbaz Sharif is the president of the Pakistan Muslim League-N (PML-N) and has previously served as the Chief Minister of Punjab thrice.
--He has been the longest-serving CM of Punjab - February 20, 1997-October 12, 1999; June 8, 2008-March 26, 2013; June 8, 2013-June 8, 2018.
--He was elected to the Punjab provincial assembly in 1988 and National Assembly in 1990. He was again elected to the Punjab assembly in 1993.
READ | Shehbaz Sharif set to be Pakistan PM, but why is this Indian village celebrating
--Shehbaz Sharif was named leader of the Opposition in August 2018. He was elected as Chief Minister of Punjab province for the first time in 1997.
--After a military coup deposed the government in 1999, Shehbaz along with his family spent years of self-exile in Saudi Arabia and returned to Pakistan in 2007.
--Shehbaz Sharif was appointed the Chief Minister of Punjab for a second term after the PML-N's victory in the province in the 2008 general elections.
--Shehbaz was elected as the Chief Minister of Punjab for the third time in 2013 and served his term until his party's defeat in the 2018 general elections.
--He was nominated as the PML-N (Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz) President after his brother Nawaz Sharif was disqualified from holding office.
--He was nominated as the leader of the Opposition after the 2018 elections. On March 28, Shahbaz tabled the no-confidence resolution against Khan.
--In 2003, Shehbaz Sharif was charged with ordering the police in 1998 to kill five religious students suspected to be involved in terrorist acts.
--Sharif brothers returned to Pakistan in 2007, but Shehbaz was barred from running in elections a year later as the murder charges lingered.
--Shehbaz Sharif refuted the allegations and said they were politically motivated. He was acquitted of these murder charges in 2008.
--In December 2019, National Accountability Bureau (NAB) seized 23 of his properties, accusing him and his son, Hamza of money laundering.
--In September 2020, NAB arrested him at the Lahore High Court and indicted him on charges of money laundering and incarcerated pending trial.
--He was arrested on charges that he had accumulated assets worth Rs 7,328 million in connivance with his co-accused family members.
--In April 2021, the Lahore High Court released Shehbaz Sharif on bail in the money-laundering case.
){kind=small}
){kind=small}
){kind=small}
){kind=small}
){kind=small}
){kind=small}
){kind=small}
){kind=small}
){kind=small}
){kind=small}
){kind=small}
){kind=small}
){kind=small}
){kind=small}
){kind=small}
){kind=small}
){kind=small}
 "Shehbaz Sharif")
){kind=small}
){kind=small}
){kind=small}
){kind=small}
){kind=small}
)
){kind=small}
){kind=small}
)
)
)
)
)
){kind=small}
){kind=small}
){kind=small}
){kind=small}
){kind=small}