Abbas Sharif
{{Short description|Pakistani politician (1953–2013)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2020}}
{{Use Pakistani English|date=February 2020}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| honorific-suffix =
| office1 = Member of the National Assembly of Pakistan
| term_start1 = 1993
| term_end1 = 1997
| name = Abbas Sharif
| image =
| birth_date = {{birth date|df=yes|1953|1|4}}
| birth_place = Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan
| death_date = {{death date and age|df=yes|2013|1|11|1953|1|4}}
| death_cause = Cardiac arrest
| nationality = Pakistani
| spouse = Sabiha Abbas
| children = 4
| party = Pakistan Muslim League (N)
| relatives = Nawaz Sharif (brother)
Shehbaz Sharif (brother)
Sharif family
| native_name = عباس شریف
| death_place = Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan
}}
Mian Abbas Sharif (4 January 1953 – 11 January 2013) was a Pakistani politician and Tablighi Jamaat missionary who was the Member of the National Assembly of Pakistan from 1993 to 1997.{{Cite web |title=The Sharifs and the religious right |url=https://www.thenews.com.pk/print/232489-The-Sharifs-and-the-religious-right |access-date=2022-03-14 |website=www.thenews.com.pk |language=en}}{{cite web|url=http://gulfnews.com/news/asia/pakistan/sharif-brothers-split-assets-1.287707|title=Sharif brothers split assets|first=Abdullah Iqbal|last=Correspondent|date=14 May 2005|publisher=}} He was the younger brother of Nawaz Sharif and Shehbaz Sharif.{{cite web|url=https://www.dawn.com/news/777981|title=Nawaz Sharif's younger brother passes away|website=Dawn News|date=11 January 2013|publisher=}}
Early life
Abbas was born on 4 January 1953 in Lahore, Pakistan into the Punjabi-speaking Sharif family. His father, Muhammad Sharif, was an upper-middle-class businessman and industrialist whose family had emigrated from Anantnag in Kashmir for business, and eventually settled in the village of Jati Umra in Amritsar district, Punjab, at the beginning of the twentieth century. His mother's family came from Pulwama. Following the partition of India and Pakistan's independence in 1947, his parents migrated from Amritsar to Lahore.
=Family=
Sharif was married to Sabiha Abbas. They had two sons, Aziz and Yousuf, and two daughters, Salma and Sara. His two brothers were Nawaz Sharif (a three-time former Prime Minister of Pakistan), and Shehbaz Sharif (the 23rd and current Prime Minister of Pakistan).
Political career
He was elected as the member of the National Assembly of Pakistan in the by-polls of 1993 Pakistani general election.{{cite news|title=Abbas Sharif passes away|url=https://www.dawn.com/news/778062/abbas-sharif-passes-away|accessdate=20 March 2017|work=DAWN.COM|date=11 January 2013|language=en}}{{cite news|title=Nawaz, Shahbaz's brother Abbas Sharif dies|url=https://www.thenews.com.pk/archive/print/627832-nawaz,-shahbaz%E2%80%99s-brother-abbas-sharif-dies|accessdate=20 March 2017|work=www.thenews.com.pk|language=en}}{{cite news|title=NA-123 voters left at mercy of fate|url=https://www.thenews.com.pk/archive/print/151091-na-123-voters-left-at-mercy-of-fate|accessdate=20 March 2017|work=www.thenews.com.pk|language=en}}
Death
Abbas died on 11 January 2013 at the age of 60 of a cardiac arrest.{{cite news|title=Nawaz Sharif's brother passes away - The Express Tribune|url=https://tribune.com.pk/story/492571/nawaz-sharifs-brother-passes-away/|accessdate=20 March 2017|work=The Express Tribune|date=11 January 2013}}{{Cite web |date=2017-08-15 |title=Abbas Sharif dies of cardiac arrest |url=http://nation.com.pk/national/12-Jan-2013/abbas-sharif-dies-of-cardiac-arrest |access-date=2022-03-14 |website= |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170815110924/http://nation.com.pk/national/12-Jan-2013/abbas-sharif-dies-of-cardiac-arrest |archive-date=15 August 2017 |url-status=dead}}{{cite web|url=https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2013/01/12/nawazs-brother-abbas-sharif-passes-away/|title=Nawaz's brother Abbas Sharif passes away|publisher=}}
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Category:People from Punjab, Pakistan
Category:Pakistan Muslim League (N) MNAs
Category:Pakistani MNAs 1993–1996
Category:Pakistani people of Kashmiri descent