Salman or Suleman: What is the real name of Shehbaz Sharif’s son?

Prime Minister (PM) Shehbaz Sharif’s son who is in the limelight for accompanying his father on his official Turkey trip, got us all confused this morning. As the editor of the story sat to write the news story, she noticed that various newspapers had addressed Shehbaz’s son differently. Some had written that he is ‘Salman Shehbaz’ and some called him ‘Suleman’.

Below are screenshots of the news stories.

Newspaper The News called the premier’s son, “Salman”. The headline read, “(Money-laundering case)..Non-bailable arrest warrant issued for Salman.”

Dawn, in a story published on September 28, 2021, while writing about the premier’s son wrote, “A UK court has ordered unfreezing of the bank accounts of PML-N president Shehbaz Sharif and his son Suleman Shehbaz after the country’s National Crime Agency (NCA) did not find evidence regarding ‘suspicious bank transactions’ against them.”

Former Minister Ali Zaidi too seemed to not know and addressed him as Salman.

Absoconder in a money laundering case Salman Shahbaz attends an official international engagement with his father Crime Minister Showbaz Sharif but won't come to Pakistan & face charges!
The problem is not abuse of power! Sadly, they have been given power to abuse Pakistan! 😡 pic.twitter.com/dCZX9SG9n7

— Ali Haider Zaidi (@AliHZaidiPTI) June 2, 2022

The premier’s son’s Twitter handle cleared the confusion as his name there is “Suleman Sharif”

We also spoke to someone close to the Prime Minister’s son who clarified that his name is indeed Suleman and not Salman.