Shehbaz Sharif, Nawaz Sharif's brother, can be next Pakistan Prime Minister - all about him

Leader of the Opposition in the National Assembly and Pakistan Muslim League (PML-N) President Shehbaz Sharif and Pakistan PM have been at loggerheads. If Khan loses the no-trust vote initiated against him, Sharif can become the next PM of Pakistan.

Islamabad (Pakistan): As the political drama continues in Pakistan and fate of Imran Khan hangs in balance, Shehbaz Sharif, the longest-serving Chief Minister of Pakistan's Punjab province, is poised to become the next Prime Minister of Pakistan. Leader of the Opposition in the National Assembly and Pakistan Muslim League (PML-N) President Shehbaz Sharif on Saturday urged the Speaker to carry out the proceedings of the House according to the norms of the Constitution. 

So who is Shehbaz Sharif? Here are some key points on the man who can very well helm the nation soon:

Shehbaz Sharif is the younger brother of Nawaz Sharif, who has been Pakistan's prime minister for three terms. Born on September 23, 1951 to a Punjabi-speaking family of Mian clan in Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan, Shehbaz’s father was an industrialist. The family had emigrated from Anantnag in Kashmir for business and then settled in Jati Umra village in Amritsar. After Partition, his parents migrated from Amritsar to Lahore. He did his BA from Lahore's Government College University.

Shehbaz has been the leader of the Opposition in the National Assembly since August 2018. Shehbaz was nominated as the PML-N president after his brother Nawaz was disqualified from holding office.

A businessman by profession, Shehbaz's political journey began after he was elected to the Provincial Assembly of Punjab in the 1988 general election. He became the chief minister for the first time in 1997 of Punjab, a politically important province of Pakistan. But a 1999 military coup deposed the national government, forcing Shehbaz and his family to spend years in self-exile in Saudi Arabia.