claim: Nawaz Sharif is a current Pakistani politician.
evidence: Mian Muhammad Nawaz Sharif , is a Pakistani politician who is the 20th and current Prime Minister of Pakistan , in office since June 2013 .. Prime Minister of Pakistan. Prime Minister of Pakistan. Pakistan. Pakistan. He has previously also served as the Prime Minister from 1990 to 1993 and from 1997 to 1999 .. Pakistani general elections, 1990. Born on 25 December 1949 into Sharif family in Lahore , he is the son of Ittefaq and Sharif Group founder Muhammad Sharif , and the elder-brother of three-time elected Punjab Chief Minister , Shehbaz .. Lahore. Lahore. Punjab. Punjab. Sharif family. Sharif family. Muhammad Sharif. Muhammad Sharif. Ittefaq. Ittefaq Group. Sharif Group. Sharif Group. Punjab Chief Minister. Chief Minister of Punjab, Pakistan. Shehbaz. Shehbaz Sharif. Sharif studied business at Government College and later law at the University of Punjab before entering politics in the later 1970s .. Punjab. Punjab. Government College. Government College University ( Lahore ). University of Punjab. Punjab University Law College. In 1981 , Sharif was appointed by the military government as the Minister of Finance for the province of Punjab .. Punjab. Punjab. military government. Zia ul Haq. Minister of Finance. Finance department, Punjab ( Pakistan ). military. Military of Pakistan. Backed by a loose coalition of conservatives , he was elected as the Chief Minister of Punjab in 1985 and re-elected after the end of martial law in 1988 .. Punjab. Punjab. Chief Minister of Punjab. Chief Minister of Punjab ( Pakistan ). martial law. martial law. In 1990 , Sharif led a conservative alliance to victory , leading him to become the Prime Minister .. Pakistani general elections, 1990. conservative alliance. Islami Jamhoori Ittehad. Later it was blamed that the election was rigged in favor of Sharif by the Pakistani intelligence through channeling millions of rupees into his election campaign .. Pakistani intelligence. Inter-Services Intelligence. It should be noted that Sharif has an approximate net worth of 20.55 billion USD , as of 2017 .. Sharif 's first administration came to an end when then President Ghulam dismissed Sharif on corruption charges .. Ghulam. Ghulam Ishaq Khan. Sharif successfully challenged the dismissal in the Supreme Court , but both men were ultimately persuaded to step down in 1993 by army chief Waheed .. Supreme Court. Supreme Court of Pakistan. army chief. Chief of Army Staff ( Pakistan ). Waheed. Abdul Waheed Kakar. Sharif 's second term also saw tussles with the judiciary and the military .. judiciary. Court system of pakistan. military. Military of Pakistan. Sharif also forcibly relieved General Karamat from command and replaced him with Musharraf in 1998 .. relieved. Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif's relief of General Jehangir Karamat. Karamat. Jehangir Karamat. Musharraf. Pervez Musharraf. However , Kargil War deteriorated his relations with Musharraf .. Musharraf. Pervez Musharraf. Kargil War. Kargil War. When he attempted to relieve Musharraf from his command on 12 October 1999 , the military instead ousted Sharif 's government , exiling him to Saudi Arabia .. military. Military of Pakistan. Musharraf. Pervez Musharraf. Saudi Arabia. Saudi Arabia. In 2013 elections , Sharif 's Muslim League formed a coalition government .. elections. Pakistani general election, 2013. coalition government. coalition government. As a result , Sharif was elected Prime Minister by Parliament .. On security front , in 2015 the military launched an offensive to remove extremist groups in northwestern Pakistan and another paramilitary offensive in 2017 .. Pakistan. Pakistan. military. Military of Pakistan. launched an offensive. Operation Zarb-e-Azb. extremist groups. Pakistani Taliban. northwestern. FATA. paramilitary offensive in 2017. Operation Radd-ul-Fasaad. Sharif 's third term is also underpinned by social centrism rather than the social conservatism , which guided his prior two terms .. social centrism. social centrism. social conservatism. Conservatism. Sharif 's third term has brought macroeconomic stability with the help of substantial loans from IMF , and signed multi-billion investment deals with China .. IMF. International Monetary Fund. with China. China–Pakistan Economic Corridor. However , has faced criticism over rising sovereign debt , which has risen by 35 % .. sovereign debt. sovereign debt. Sharif 's family has come under trial over Panama Papers .. Panama Papers. Panama Papers