| Muhammad Sharif | |
| Birth Date: | 1919 11, df=y |
| Birth Place: | Jati Umra, Punjab Province, British India (present-day Punjab, India) |
| Death Place: | Jeddah, Mecca Province, Saudi Arabia |
| Resting Place: | Raiwind, Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan |
| Nationality: | Pakistani |
| Alma Mater: | DAV College, Lahore |
| Spouse: | Begum Shamim Akhtar |
| Children: | Nawaz Sharif (son) Shehbaz Sharif (son) Abbas Sharif (son) |
| Relatives: | See Sharif family |
Mian Muhammad Sharif (Punjabi, ur|{{nq|میاں محمد شریف, 18 November 1919 – 19 October 2004) was a Pakistani businessman who is known as the co-founder of Ittefaq Group and founder of Sharif Group and biggest political parties Pakistan Muslim League (N) (PMLN)[1] Two of his three sons, Nawaz and Shehbaz became former Prime Ministers of Pakistan.
See also: Sharif family. Sharif was born in 1919 to Mian Mohammad Baksh, into a trader Punjabi-speaking family of Kashmiri ancestry in Jati Umra. Their ancestors migrated from Anantnag in Jammu and Kashmir.[1]
His Great Grand Father was Mohammad Bakhsh, Grand Father Abdullah, Father Muhammad Ramzan and Brothers Muhammad Shafi, Abdul Aziz, Barkat Ali, Miraj u Deen, Muhammad Bashir and Siraj u Deen.
In 1939, Sharif founded a small steel foundry after selling his farming land.[2]
He was married to Shamim Akhtar, with whom he had three sons. All his children became politicians, Nawaz Sharif, Shehbaz Sharif and Abbas Sharif.[3]
In 2000, Sharif's family was exiled to Saudi Arabia by then Chief of Army Staff Pervez Musharraf.[1] He died of a cardiac arrest in Jeddah, in 19 October 2004, at the age of 84.[4] Sharif was suffering from chronic heart disease and underwent angioplasty twice. In 1982, he had his first heart bypass.[4] His funeral took place in Masjid al-Haram on 30 October 2004.[5] He is buried in Raiwind, Allama Iqbal Town, Lahore.