Sharif family

Sharif family
Sharif family
Political family
Current region	Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan
Place of origin	Anantnag, Kashmir; Jati Umra, Punjab;
Founder	Muhammad Sharif
Members	Muhammad Sharif; Nawaz Sharif; Shehbaz Sharif; Kalsoom Nawaz; Tehmina Durrani; Hamza Shahbaz; Maryam Nawaz; Abbas Sharif; Hussain Nawaz; Hassan Sharif
Traditions	Sunni Islam
Estate(s)	Ittefaq Group ; Sharif Group

The Sharif family (Punjabi: شریف خانداں, [ʃərif xaːnd̪ãː]) is a Pakistani political family based in Lahore, Punjab. They are of Kashmiri–Punjabi descent with their origins in Anantnag, Kashmir and Jati Umra, Punjab. They have had two members of the family become prime ministers of Pakistan, them being Nawaz Sharif and the incumbent Shehbaz Sharif respectively. While, four members of the family have held the office of the chief minister of Punjab, including Nawaz, Shehbaz, Hamza Shehbaz and the incumbent Maryam Nawaz, respectively.

Muhammad Sharif, the father of former Prime Minister of Pakistan Nawaz Sharif, migrated from Jati Umra, Amritsar District, East Punjab (now in Tarn Taran district, India) after the creation of Pakistan in 1947. He was a businessman who founded the Ittefaq Group and Sharif Group in 1939.^[1] Muhammad's other son Shehbaz Sharif served as Prime Minister of Pakistan from 2022 to 2023.