Know about Shehbaz Sharif, who is likely to be the next Pak PM

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• Apr 11, 2022 | Poonam Nath

Shehbaz Sharif, the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) president and the opposition leader, is expected to succeed Imran Khan as Prime Minister of Pakistan. 

Digital Desk: Shehbaz Sharif, the younger brother of former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif. He was the one who introduced a no-confidence motion against Khan's government in the National Assembly.

Pakistan PM Imran Khan was ousted from power in an intense government controversy. Khan lost power and had an abrupt end to his tenure a few hours before Sunday. A no-confidence motion filed by an Opposition alliance against him was successful, with most National Assembly members voting against him. 

Now that Imran has lost the no-confidence vote, Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) president and opposition leader Shehbaz Sharif is expected to succeed Khan as Prime Minister of Pakistan.

Shehbaz was born in Lahore to an affluent industrial family and received his education in the city. Following that, he joined the family business and now co-owns a Pakistani steel company.

He entered politics in Punjab, becoming chief minister for the first time in 1997, before becoming embroiled in national political turmoil and imprisoned following a military coup. In the year 2000, he was exiled to Saudi Arabia.

Shehbaz returned from exile in 2007 to resume his political career in Punjab.

After Nawaz was found guilty in 2017 on charges of concealing assets related to the Panama Papers revelations, he entered the national political scene as the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) party leader.

According to the Sharif family and supporters, the cases were politically motivated.

Both brothers have faced numerous corruption cases in the National Accountability Bureau, including during Khan's tenure as Prime Minister, but Shehbaz has yet to be found guilty.

After Imran Khan was deposed as prime minister in the early hours of Sunday, Shehbaz Sharif took to Twitter to address his fellow citizens, claiming that Pakistan had emerged from a severe crisis due to the dramatic events of the previous night.

"Last night, the country and the House of Parliament were finally free of a serious crisis." "Congratulations to Pakistan on a new dawn," Sharif said on Twitter.

He also promised that there would be no retaliation against political opponents under the new government while stating that the law would take its course.

"We will not tolerate precise personal revenge on anyone, we will not inflict injustice on anyone, and we will not imprison anyone; the law will take its course," Sharif added.

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