Sharif commenced practice in legal profession on 7 April 1971 from the office of Khawaja Sultan Ahmad, the most Senior Advocate of
Supreme Court of Pakistan and High Court and enrolled as an Advocate of Lahore High Court, Lahore on 24 May 1973. He was elected twice as President of
Lahore Bar Association in the year 1989 and 1991. During practice he wrote seven law books, six published by Mansoor Book Depot, Lahore which are Motor Accident Claims, Press and Publication Ordinance, Arbitration Act, Company Law, West Pakistan Civil Courts Ordinance and Law of Torts and the seventh book is Manual of Local Bodies Elections Laws with Rules, published by Shah Book Corporation, Lahore. He, being the President of Lahore Bar Association, represented Pakistan at the time of formation of SAARC Law Association in Sri Lanka in October 1991. He was one of signatories to the charter of SAARC Law Association at Colombo, Sri Lanka. He also visited Malaysia, Philippines and England in his private capacity and wrote 'Safar Nama' in the shape of a book known as 'Shakh-e-Nazuk Key Aashianey'. He was one of the few judges, sacked on 3 November 2007 after the enforcement of
martial law by
Pervez Musharraf, who were reinstated to their positions without taking a fresh or
PCO Oath on 17 March 2009. Sharif was appointed Chief Justice of
Lahore High Court on 12 April 2009 and retired on 8 December 2010 on attaining the age of superannuation. Although already retired, Sharif participated in the defence of
Mumtaz Qadri after his assassination of Punjab governor
Salman Taseer in a high-profile, controversial case in 2011. ==Death==