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Maryam Nawaz
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Maryam Nawaz

ਮਰੀਅਮ ਨਵਾਜ਼مریم نواز

Daughter of Nawaz Sharif, who in 2024 became Chief Minister of Pakistani Punjab, the first woman to lead any province of Pakistan.

Maryam Nawaz entered politics running her father's campaign media and rose to lead the PML-N in the opposition years after 2017, when she was jailed and then acquitted.

In February 2024 she became Chief Minister of Punjab, governing more than 120 million people.

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February 2024 · Maryam Nawaz, Chief Minister
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