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| 1945 | Birth |  |
| 25th Dec Lahore Birth of Nawaz Sharif |
| 1949 | Birth | |
| Lahore Appointed Party Leader of the Pakistan Muslim League |
| 1985 | Chief Minister | |
| 9th April Appointed Chief Minister of the province Punjab under the Martial Law Regime of General Zia, who was his political mentor |
| 1988 | Muslim League | |
| After the death of Pakistan's dictator, Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq, a new Muslim League was formed under the leadership of Nawaz Sharif, but it had no connection with the original Muslim League |
| 1990 | Election | |
| The National elections see Benazir Bhutto's PPP losing to coalition of rightist parties, Nawaz Sharif is elected Prime Minister |
| 1990 | Prime Minister | |
| 1st Nov The National elections see Benazir Bhutto's PPP losing to coalition of rightist parties, Nawaz Sharif is elected Prime Minister |
| 1993 | Dismissal | |
| President Ishaq Khan dismisses Sharif's government, citing corruption |
| 18th April Sharif's term was interrupted when President Ghulam Ishaq Khan uses the reserve powers vested in him by the Eighth Amendment to dissolve the National Assembly and appointed Mir Balakh Sher Mazari as the caretaker Prime Minister |
| 1993 | Pakistan Muslim League | |
| Appointed Party Leader of the Pakistan Muslim League |
| 1996 | Election | |
| Nawaz Sharif holds the record in Pakistani politics for securing the heaviest mandate in a general election in Pakistan |
| Sharif returns to power in February 1997 with such a huge majority that the result is immediately questioned by Bhutto's Pakistan People's Party, Sharif won by obtaining 90 percent of the national votes cast |
| 1997 | Constitution | |
| The Fourteenth Amendment imposes strict party discipline on members of parliament allowing party leaders to dismiss any of their legislators if they fail to vote as they were told |
| The Fourteenth Amendment makes it nearly impossible to dismiss a prime minister by a motion of no confidence |
| The Thirteenth Amendment to the Constitution of Pakistan was passed so that the President can no longer dismiss the Prime Minister |
| 1997 | Election | |
| National elections are held; Sharif comes to power again |
| 1997 | Prime Minister | |
| National elections are held; Sharif comes to power again |
| 1999 | Coup d'Etat | |
| Removed from power during a coup |
| 2007 | Assassination | |
| 28th Dec Nawaz Sharif, the leader of the rival opposition party Pakistan Muslim League, states that "This is a tragedy for her party, and a tragedy for our party and the entire nation" |
