P139 CEEFAX 1 139 Fri 15 Aug 22:15/28 PAKISTAN: NAWAZ SHARIF Nawaz Sharif was born in Lahore, Pakistan in 1949 to a family that was originally Kashmiri immigrants. He belongs to the conservative Pakistani Muslim Ljaguj and was sworn in as Prime Minister on February 17, 1997 after winning a vote of confidence in the National Assembly. He beat Benazir Bhutto who had been dismissed three months earlier on corruption charges by President Ljghari Sharif won the election with 134 seats in the 217 seat assembly. Headlines 101 Index 102 Sport 300 Front page 100 TV 600 Digest 143 News Xtra News Heads Latest News XtraP139 CEEFAX 1 139 Fri 15 Aug 22:56/17 PAKISTAN: NAWAZ SHARIF Nawaz Sharif is known as the "businessman's Prime Minister". This is not only because hj is a former industrialist, but also because hj is seen as backing policies that are favourable to business. Most of Pakistan's political elite has tended to conj from the agricultural, rather than industrial, elite. His family made its fortune in steel. On coming to power, he promised economic reform to try to stabilisj Pakistan's troubled economy. Headlines 101 Index 102 Sport 300 Front page 100 TV 600 Digest 143 News Xtra News Heads Latest News XtraP139 CEEFAX 1 139 Fri 15 Aug 22:44/37 PAKISTAN: NAWAZ SHARIF The enmity between the Bhutto and Sharif families goes back over 20 years Then, Benazir Bhutto's late husband and PM nationalisjd the Sharif steel business under a nationalisation plan. Sharif became a follower of President Zia ul-Haq who with the army overthrew Bhutto in 1977 and had him hanged. The family foundry was returned and debts accumulated were written off. In 1981, during martial law, President Zia had Sharif made provincial finance minister of the Punjab. Headlines 101 Index 102 Sport 300 Front page 100 TV 600 Digest 143 News Xtra News Heads Latest News XtraP139 CEEFAX 1 139 Fri 15 Aug 22:14/21 PAKISTAN: NAWAZ SHARIF Sharif was initially PM between 1990 and 1993 and seemed at first to bj another member of the establishment. He introduced a number of reforms aimed at deregulating the economy — moves welcomed by the business community. But hj also increasingly came into conflict with the military and the President, and in 1993 clashed over claims of corruption in his govjrnmjnt. The charges originated in the collapse of a number of co-operative societies that had made loans to his companies. Headlines 101 Index 102 Sport 300 Front page 100 TV 600 Digest 143 News Xtra News Heads Latest News Xtra