{"id":105256,"date":"2025-05-29T11:02:07","date_gmt":"2025-05-29T06:02:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nationaltimes.pk\/eng\/?p=105256"},"modified":"2025-05-29T11:02:08","modified_gmt":"2025-05-29T06:02:08","slug":"junaid-safdar-set-to-get-engaged-within-sharif-family-circle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nationaltimes.pk\/eng\/2025\/105256\/","title":{"rendered":"Junaid Safdar set to get &#8216;engaged within Sharif family circle&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Pakistan(National Times)- LONDON: Punjab Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz Sharif\u2019s son, Junaid Safdar, is set to get engaged in Lahore to the granddaughter of one of PML-N President Nawaz Sharif\u2019s first cousins. Three family sources told\u00a0<em>Geo News<\/em>\u00a0that Junaid\u2019s marriage has been finalised with the daughter of Usman Javed, 48, who is the son of Javed Shafi &#8212; a first cousin of Nawaz Sharif. Sources said the families \u2014 including Nawaz, Maryam, and Javed Shafi \u2014 met on Wednesday at the former&#8217;s residence in Model Town, where the formalities were finalised. \u201cThe rishta has been settled and the engagement will follow soon. The families will mutually decide the dates for the nikah and engagement ceremony,\u201d one source shared. This will be Junaid Safdar\u2019s second marriage. He was previously married to Ayesha Saif, daughter of Qatar-based businessman Saifur Rehman Khan. The two were married in London in 2021 at The Lanesborough in Knightsbridge while Nawaz Sharif was in exile. The couple amicably divorced in October 2023. Junaid returned to Pakistan from London in the same month to assist his mother in her political responsibilities.  A Cambridge graduate, Junaid holds two bachelor\u2019s and two master\u2019s degrees from prestigious UK universities. He completed a master\u2019s in International Relations from the London School of Economics (LSE) in 2020, and another in Global Governance and Ethics from University College London (UCL). Earlier, he earned a first-class honours degree in Politics from Durham University, and later graduated from the University of Cambridge in 2022. Junaid is also a keen polo enthusiast and has won several competitions representing British universities.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pakistan(National Times)- LONDON: Punjab Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz Sharif\u2019s son, Junaid Safdar, is set to get engaged in Lahore to the granddaughter of one of PML-N President Nawaz Sharif\u2019s first cousins. Three family sources told\u00a0Geo News\u00a0that Junaid\u2019s marriage has been finalised with the daughter of Usman Javed, 48, who is the son of Javed Shafi [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":105257,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-105256","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-national","entry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Junaid Safdar set to get &#039;engaged within Sharif family circle&#039; - Nation<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/nationaltimes.pk\/eng\/2025\/105256\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Junaid Safdar set to get &#039;engaged within Sharif family circle&#039; - Nation\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Pakistan(National Times)- LONDON: Punjab Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz Sharif\u2019s son, Junaid Safdar, is set to get engaged in Lahore to the granddaughter of one of PML-N President Nawaz Sharif\u2019s first cousins. 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