Memons (Gujarati: મેમણ; Sindhi: ميمڻ; Urdu: میمن; Hindi: मेमन) are a caste who trace their roots largely to Sindh, Kutch and Kathiawar in South Asia, and are sometimes seen as transitional between the three regions. Memons predominantly adhere to Sunni Islam . Historically Memons are a mercantile community (and are generally referred to as a business community in Pakistan and India).

Traditionally, the name Memon is an adaptation of Momin (Arabic: مومن‎) meaning faithful. This was used when this community converted to Islam. They are now predominantly Hanafi Sunni Muslims. They follow Sun-nah and hadeeth of Muhammad, considered by them to be the last prophet of God "Allah" (Offers five time prayers and recites Qur'an, . And adherent of Islam.

More than one hypothesis has been forwarded about the origins of the Memon community. One of the main schools of thought is that they are of the lohana caste. These hypotheses, although similar, differ in their details. This could be because Memons have had to rely on oral history in order to determine their origins.

Marvi Memon (Sindhi: ماروي ميمڻ, (Urdu: ماروی میمن; August 21, 1972), is a conservative female politician, businesswoman, and senior representative of Pakistan Muslim League.

Born and raised in Karachi, Sindh, Marvi was educated at the University of Karachi and the London School of Economics and joined Citibank N.A. Pakistan, headquartered in Karachi.

In 2003, She entered national politics, joining the military staff of Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) as Executive Media Officer. As a high-profile civilian figure, Memon collected and relayed media data to General Pervez Musharraf. Eventually, she advised the Musharraf administration on both civil and military affairs.

Marvi Memon was elected as a Member of Parliament, eventually serving as subcommittee Chair of media broadcasting and Deputy Chair of the subcommittee on defence, internal and foreign affairs.

When she entered public politics, Marvi Memon was affiliated with the center-right conservative party, the Pakistan Muslim League-Q (PLM-Q). In March 2008, she was elected to the the National Assembly as a Member of Parliment.

Nawaz Sharif (Punjabi, Urdu: نواز شریف; born December 5, 1949) is a Pakistani steel magnate and national conservative, serving as the 12th Prime Minister of Pakistan in two non-consecutive terms from November 1990 to July 1993, and from February 1997 until October 12, 1999. He is the President of the Pakistan Muslim League-N, the Centre-right-conservative political force in Pakistan.

Before becoming the Prime minister, Sharif served as the ninth Chief Minister of Punjab Province from 1985 to 1990 and embarked his political career under the military regime of President General Zia-ul-Haq. An advocate and businessman, he owns Ittefaq Group, a private steel mill enterprise and one of the largest producer of iron materials, noted as being as Pakistan's one of the wealthiest investor in the steel mill business. His political philosophy emphasized and reflected conservatism advocating for the free-market economy, capitalism as its economic base. His first term survived a serious constitutional crisis when President Ghulam Ishaq Khan attempted to dismissed Sharif by citing "corruption and nepotism", which Sharif strongly denied and turned to Supreme Court. The apex Supreme Court of Pakistan favored the Prime minister citing that Presidential ordnance as "unconstitutional and irrelevant", therefore the government was reconstituted. His first term was finally dismissed after the Pakistan Armed Forces persuaded him to resign to end the political standoff with President Ishaq Khan, which he too was forced to resigned.

Yakub Memon is a chartered accountant who is convicted in 1993 Bombay bombings case. He is a brother of Ibrahim Mushtaq 'Tiger' Memon, one of the prime accused of the attacks which killed 257 people.

Yakub was the most educated member of the Memon family and has been in jail since he returned to India and surrendered in 1994. His accounting firm used to handle the finances of brother Tiger's illegal operations, which included lucrative silver smuggling. He did well for himself and had bought six flats in the Al Hussaini building where Tiger already had two duplex flats. Tiger was a henchman of D-Company mafioso and co-conspirator in the 1993 blasts, Dawood Ibrahim.

Yakub was sentenced on the July 27, 2007 by Justice P. D. Kode of the Terrorist and Disruptive Activities (Prevention) Act (TADA) court.

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Yakub Memon was portrayed by actor/director Imtiaz Ali in Anurag Kashyap's Black Friday. A part of the real footage of his interview given to Newstrack where he states that the conspiracy was orchestrated by Tiger Memon and his underworld associates was also included in the film.

Pervez Musharraf (Urdu: پرویز مشرف, born 11 August 1943) is a retired four-star general who served as the 13th Chief of Army Staff and tenth President of Pakistan as well as tenth Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee. Musharraf headed and led an administrative military government from October 1999 till August 2007. He ruled Pakistan as Chief Executive from 1999 to 2001 and as President from 2001 to 2008. Facing impeachment, he preferred to resign on 18 August 2008.

After years of military service, he rose to prominence when Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif appointed him as the Chief of Army Staff in October 1998. Musharraf was the mastermind behind the controversial and internationally condemned Kargil infiltration, which derailed peace negotiations with Pakistan's long standing enemy India. He previously also played a vital role in the Afghanistan civil war (1996–2001) both in peace negotiations and in trying to end the bloodshed. After months of contentious relations with Sharif, Musharraf was brought to power through a bloodless military coup. Subsequently Nawaz Sharif was placed under a house-arrest, later shifting him to Adiala Jail.