Cabinet of Pakistan
The Cabinet of Pakistan (Urdu: کابینہ پاکستان, Kābīnā-e-Pākistān) is a formal body composed of senior government officials chosen and led by the Prime Minister.[1] All cabinet members sworn in are designated Minister, and are seated at their respective ministries located in the Pakistan Secretariat.
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Emblem of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan | |
| Agency overview | |
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| Formed | 14 August 1947 |
| Type | Highest executive body of the federal government |
| Jurisdiction | Government of Pakistan |
| Headquarters | Islamabad |
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| Website | www |
The Cabinet Secretary of Pakistan serves as the administrative head of the Cabinet Division and reports directly to the Prime Minister.[2] According to the Constitution of Pakistan, the Prime Minister may dismiss members of the cabinet, but must do so in writing, and new appointees must again be approved by the Parliament. The cabinet meets weekly in Islamabad. The cabinet is granted constitutional power under Article 81D of the Constitution of Pakistan.[3] The existence of the cabinet dates back to Prime Minister Liaqat Ali Khan, who appointed civil servants and statesmen to his first cabinet. On April 10, 2022 Shehbaz Sharif's ministry was formed after Sharif was elected as Prime Minister by the National Assembly of Pakistan.[4][5]
Constitutional powers
There shall be a Cabinet of Ministers, with the Prime Minister at its head, to aid and advise the President in the exercise of his functions. The Cabinet, together with the Ministers of State, shall be collectively responsible to the Senate and the National Assembly. A Minister who for any period of six consecutive months is not a member of the National Assembly shall, at the expiration of that period, cease to be a Minister and shall not before the dissolution of that Assembly be again appointed a Minister unless he is elected a member of that Assembly: Provided that nothing in this clause shall apply to a Minister who is a member of the Senate. Provided that the number of Federal Ministers and Ministers of State who are members of the Senate shall not at any time exceed one-fourth of the number of Federal Ministers
— Article 81C-96D: The Federation of Pakistan; Part-III, Chapter 3: Federal Government, The Constitution of Pakistan[6]
Cabinet
On 19 April 2022, the cabinet was formed, with 37 members taking the oath.[7] Several more members joined the cabinet over the next few days.[8][9]
As of March 2023, it consisted of 34 Federal Ministers, 7 Ministers of State, 4 Advisers to the Prime Minister and 39 Special Assistants to the Prime Minister.[10][11][12][13] If Advisers and Special Assistants included, the cabinet is reportedly the largest in Pakistan's history.[14] On this basis, the cabinet has been criticised as bloated and unaffordable, given the ongoing economic crisis.[14][15] In a February 2023 article reporting on further appointments,[15] The News International noted the high number of special assistants serving without portfolio. It further suggested these members were likely appointed in order to "please the appointees or their unknown recommenders." While advisers and special assistants are not officially cabinet members, and many do not claim a salary, they still enjoy the rank and status of cabinet members.[15]
There are 19 SAPMs without any particular portfolio listed on the official website of the Cabinet Division, as well as Federal Minister Without Portfolio Mian Javed Latif.[10][13]
Federal Ministers
| Federal Ministers | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | Name | Portfolio | Party | Assumed office | Left office |
| 1 | Mian Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif | Prime Minister All important policy issues and all other portfolios not allocated to any Minister. | PMLN | 11 April 2022 | Incumbent |
| 2 | Khawaja Muhammad Asif | Defence | PMLN | 19 April 2022 | Incumbent |
| 3 | Ahsan Iqbal Chaudhary | PMLN | 19 April 2022 | Incumbent | |
| 4 | Rana Sanaullah Khan | PMLN | 19 April 2022 | Incumbent | |
| 5 | Rana Tanveer Hussain | PMLN | 19 April 2022 | Incumbent | |
| 6 | Marriyum Aurangzeb | Information & Broadcasting | PMLN | 19 April 2022 | Incumbent |
| 7 | Khawaja Saad Rafique | PMLN | 19 April 2022 | Incumbent | |
| 8 | Ishaq Dar | Finance, Revenue and Economic affairs | PMLN | 28 September 2022 | Incumbent |
| 9 | Azam Nazeer Tarar | PMLN | 19 April 2022 | 30 October 2022 | |
| 10 | Khurram Dastgir Khan | PMLN | 19 April 2022 | Incumbent | |
| 11 | Riaz Hussain Pirzada | PMLN | 19 April 2022 | Incumbent | |
| 12 | Murtaza Javed Abbasi | PMLN | 19 April 2022 | Incumbent | |
| 13 | Mian Javed Latif | Minister without portfolio | PMLN | 22 April 2022 | Incumbent |
| 14 | Syed Khursheed Ahmed Shah | PPP | 19 April 2022 | Incumbent | |
| 15 | Syed Naveed Qamar | PPP | 19 April 2022 | Incumbent | |
| 16 | Sherry Rehman | PPP | 19 April 2022 | Incumbent | |
| 17 | Abdul Qadir Patel | PPP | 19 April 2022 | Incumbent | |
| 18 | Shazia Atta Marri | PPP | 19 April 2022 | Incumbent | |
| 19 | Makhdoom Syed Murtaza Mehmood | PPP | 19 April 2022 | Incumbent | |
| 20 | Sajid Hussain Turi | PPP | 19 April 2022 | Incumbent | |
| 21 | Ehsan ur Rehman Mazari | PPP | 19 April 2022 | Incumbent | |
| 22 | Abid Hussain Bhayo | PPP | 19 April 2022 | Incumbent | |
| 23 | Bilawal Bhutto Zardari | PPP | 27 April 2022 | Incumbent | |
| 24 | Maulana Asad Mehmood | MMA | 19 April 2022 | Incumbent | |
| 25 | Maulana Abdul Wasay | MMA | 19 April 2022 | Incumbent | |
| 26 | Mufti Abdul Shakoor | MMA | 19 April 2022 | 15 April 2023 | |
| 27 | Muhammad Talha Mahmood | MMA | 19 April 2022 | Incumbent | |
| 28 | Syed Aminul Haque | MQM-P | 19 April 2022 | Incumbent | |
| 29 | Faisal Subzwari | MQM-P | 19 April 2022 | Incumbent | |
| 30 | Muhammad Israr Tareen | BAP | 19 April 2022 | Incumbent | |
| 31 | Nawabzada Shahzain Bugti | JWP | 19 April 2022 | Incumbent | |
| 32 | Tariq Bashir Cheema | PMLQ | 19 April 2022 | Incumbent | |
| 33 | Chaudhry Salik Hussain | PMLQ | 22 April 2022 | Incumbent | |
| 34 | Agha Hassan Baloch | BNPM | 22 April 2022 | Incumbent | |
Minister of State
| Minister of State | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | Name | Party | Portfolio | Assumed office | Left office |
| 1 | Aisha Ghaus Pasha | PMLN | Finance and Revenue | 19 April 2022 | Incumbent |
| 2 | Hina Rabbani Khar | PPP | Foreign Affairs | 19 April 2022 | Incumbent |
| 3 | Abdul Rehman Khan Kanju | PMLN | Interior | 19 April 2022 | Incumbent |
| 4 | Shahadat Awan | PPP | Law & Justice | 19 April 2022 | Incumbent |
| 5 | Musadik Masood Malik | PMLN | Petroleum | 19 April 2022 | Incumbent |
| 6 | Muhammad Hashim Notezai | BNPM | Power | 19 April 2022 | Incumbent |
| 7 | Ehsanullah Reki | BAP | Defence Production | 29 July 2022 | Incumbent |
Advisors
| Advisors to the Prime Minister | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | Name | Party | Portfolio | Status | Assumed office | Left office |
| 1 | Qamar Zaman Kaira | PPP | Kashmir Affairs And Gilgit-Baltistan | Federal Minister | 19 April 2022 | Incumbent |
| 2 | Amir Muqam | PMLN | Political and Public Affairs | Federal Minister | 19 April 2022 | Incumbent |
| 3 | Aun Chaudhry | Independent | Tourism and sports | Federal Minister | 19 April 2022 | Incumbent |
| 4 | Ahad Cheema | PMLN | Advisor for Establishment | Federal Minister | 9 June 2022 | Incumbent |
Special Assistants to the Prime Minister
| Special Assistants to the Prime Minister | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | Name | Party | Portfolio | Status | Assumed office | Left office |
| 1 | Syed Fahd Husain | Public Policy & Strategic Communications | Federal Minister | 13 May 2022 | April 2023 | |
| 2 | Tariq Fatemi | PMLN | Foreign Affairs | Minister of state | 20 April 2022 | Incumbent |
| 3 | Hanif Abbasi | PMLN | N/A | Federal Minister | 27 April 2022 | 2 June 2022 |
| 4 | Attaullah Tarar | PMLN | Narcotics control | Federal Minister | 27 July 2022 | Incumbent |
| 5 | Muhammed Sadiq | Special Representative for Afghanistan | Minister of State | 27 April 2022 | Incumbent | |
| 6 | Hafiz Abdul Kareem | PMLN | N/A | Federal Minister | 28 June 2022 | Incumbent |
| 7 | Shah Jahan Yousaf | PMLN | N/A | special assistant | 28 June 2022 | Incumbent |
| 8 | Faisal Karim Kundi | PPP | Poverty Alleviation and Social Safety | Minister of State | September 2022 | Incumbent |
| 9 | Shaza Fatima Khawaja | PMLN | Youth Affairs | Minister of State | 28 June 2022 | Incumbent |
| 10 | Muhammad Junaid Anwar Chaudhry | PMLN | N/A | Minister of State | 28 June 2022 | Incumbent |
| 11 | Sheikh Fayyaz Ud Din | PMLN | N/A | Minister of State | 28 June 2022 | Incumbent |
| 12 | Romina Khurshid Alam | PMLN | N/A | Minister of State | 28 June 2022 | Incumbent |
| 13 | Muhammad Owais Siddiqui | N/A | Minister of State | 28 June 2022 | Incumbent | |
| 14 | Muhammad Jehanzeb Khan [16] | Government Effectiveness | Minister of State | 14 July 2022 | Incumbent | |
| 15 | Zafaruddin Mahmood | N/A | Minister of State | 28 June 2022 | Incumbent | |
| 16 | Sadiq Iftikhar [17][16] | MQM-P | Information Technology & Telecom | Minister of State | 6 July 2022 | Incumbent |
| 17 | Malik Muhammad Ahmad Khan | PMLN | Defence | Federal Minister | 12 August 2022 | Incumbent |
| 18 | Rubina Irfan | PMLQ | N/A | Minister of State | 5 August 2022 | Incumbent |
| 19 | Malik Abdul Ghaffar Dogar | PMLN | N/A | Minister of State | 5 August 2022 | Incumbent |
| 20 | Shaharyar Ali Khan [18] | PPP | Privatisation | Minister of State | 11 August 2022 | Incumbent |
| 21 | Nawabzada Iftakhar Ahmed Khan Babar [19][20] | PPP | Kashmir Affairs & Gilgit Baltistan | Minister of State | 13 September 2022 | Incumbent |
| 22 | Mahar Irshad Ahmad Khan[19][20] | PPP | Inter Provincial Coordination | Minister of State | 13 September 2022 | Incumbent |
| 23 | Raza Rabani Khar [19][20] | PPP | Commerce | Minister of State | 13 September 2022 | Incumbent |
| 24 | Mahesh Kumar Malani[19][20] | PPP | National Health Services, Regulations & Coordination | Minister of State | 13 September 2022 | Incumbent |
| 25 | Sardar Saleem Haider [19][20] | PPP | Overseas Pakistani & HR Development | Minister of State | 13 September 2022 | Incumbent |
| 26 | Tasneem Ahmed Qureshi[19][20] | PPP | Industries & Production | Minister of State | 13 September 2022 | Incumbent |
| 27 | Mohammad Ali Shah Bacha [19][20] | PPP | Water Resources | Minister of State | 13 September 2022 | Incumbent |
| 28 | Sardar Shahjehan Yousaf [19][20] | N/A | Minister of State | 13 September 2022 | Incumbent | |
| 29 | Nauman Ahmad Langrial[19][20] | N/A | Minister of State | 13 September 2022 | Incumbent | |
| 30 | Irfan Qadir [21] | Accountability & Interior | Federal Minister | 7 October 2022 | Incumbent | |
| 31 | Tariq Bajwa | PMLN | Finance | Minister of State | 28 June 2022 | Incumbent |
| 32 | Tariq Mehmood Pasha [22] | Revenue | Minister of State | 28 October 2022 | Incumbent | |
| 33 | Rana Mubashir Iqbal[23] | PMLN | N/A | Federal Minister | 21 December 2022 | Incumbent |
| 34 | Fahd Haroon [24] | PPP | Public Communication & Digital Platforms | Minister of State | 19 January 2023 | Incumbent |
| 35 | Muhammad Jawad Sohrab Malik [25] | N/A | Minister of State | 2 February 2023 | Incumbent | |
| 36 | Rao Muhammad Ajmal Khan[26] | PMLN | N/A | Minister of State | 7 February 2023 | Incumbent |
| 37 | Shaista Pervaiz Malik[26] | PMLN | N/A | Minister of State | 7 February 2023 | Incumbent |
| 38 | Muhammad Hamid Hameed[26] | PMLN | N/A | Minister of State | 7 February 2023 | Incumbent |
| 39 | Qaiser Ahmed Sheikh[26] | PMLN | N/A | Minister of State | 7 February 2023 | Incumbent |
| 40 | Malik Sohail Khan[26] | PMLN | N/A | Minister of State | 7 February 2023 | Incumbent |
| 41 | Chaudhry Abid Raza[27] | PMLN | N/A | Minister of State | 8 February 2023 | Incumbent |
| 42 | Muhammad Moeen Wattoo[27] | PMLN | N/A | Minister of State | 8 February 2023 | Incumbent |
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