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Cabinet of Pakistan
کابینہِ پاکستان
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Formed14 August 1947; 77 years ago (1947-08-14)
Typehighest executive body of the federal government
JurisdictionGovernment of Pakistan
HeadquartersIslamabad
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The Cabinet of Pakistan (Urdu: کابینہِ 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.

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 10 April 2022, Shehbaz Sharif's ministry was formed after Sharif was elected as prime minister by the National Assembly of Pakistan.[4][5]

Current cabinet

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This section is transcluded from Second Shehbaz Sharif ministry. (edit | history)

Federal ministers

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Federal ministers
Name Portfolio Party Citation
1 Shehbaz Sharif
Prime Minister of Pakistan
Other Portfolios

1. All Portfolios/Ministries not held by other ministers in cabinet
2. Cabinet Secretariat

3. Exit Control List (ECL) Cabinet Body[6]

PMLN [7]
2 Ishaq Dar ● Deputy Prime Minister

● Federal Minister of Foreign Affairs

PMLN
3 Khawaja Asif ● Federal Minister of Defence

● Federal Minister of Defence Production

● Federal Minister for Aviation

PMLN
4 Ahsan Iqbal ● Federal Minister of Planning Development & Special Initiatives PMLN
5 Rana Tanveer Hussain ● Federal Minister of Industries and Production

● Federal Minister for National Food Security and Research

PMLN
6 Azam Nazeer Tarar ● Federal Minister for Law and Justice

● Federal Minister for Human Rights

● Federal Minister for Parliamentary Affairs

PMLN
7 Chaudhry Salik Hussain ● Federal Minister of Overseas Pakistanis and Resources Development

● Federal Minister for Religious Affairs and Interfaith Harmony

PML (Q)
8 Aleem Khan ● Federal Minister of Privatization

● Federal Minister for the Board of Investment

● Federal Minister for Communication

IPP
9 Jam Kamal Khan ● Federal Minister for Commerce PMLN
10 Amir Muqam ● Federal Minister of States and Frontier Regions

● Federal Minister of Kashmir Affairs and Gilgit-Baltistan

PMLN
11 Awais Leghari ● Federal Minister of Energy PMLN
12 Attaullah Tarar ● Federal Minister of Information and Broadcasting

● Federal Minister of National Heritage and Culture

PMLN
13 Khalid Maqbool Siddiqui ● Federal Minister of Science and Technology

● Federal Minister of Education and Professional Training

MQM-P
14 Qaiser Ahmed Sheikh ● Federal Minister of Maritime Affairs PMLN
15 Riaz Hussain Pirzada ● Federal Minister of Housing and Works PMLN
16 Musadik Malik

● Federal Minister for Petroleum

● Federal Minister for Water Resources

PMLN
17 Muhammad Aurangzeb ● Federal Minister of Finance and Revenue PMLN
18 Ahad Cheema ● Federal Minister of Economic Affairs

● Federal Minister of the Establishment

PMLN
19 Mohsin Naqvi ● Federal Minister of Interior

● Federal Minister for Narcotics Control

Independent

Ministers of state

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Ministers of state
# Name Portfolio Party Citation
1 Shaza Fatima Khawaja ● Minister of State for Information Technology & Telecommunication PMLN [8]
2 Ali Pervaiz Malik ● Minister of State for Finance and Revenue

● Minister of State for Power Division

PMLN

Adviser to the prime minister

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Adviser to the prime minister
# Name Portfolio Party Citation
1 Rana Sanaullah ● Political and Public Affairs

● Inter-Provincial Coordination

PMLN [9]

Special assistant to the prime minister

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Special assistant to the prime minister
# Name Portfolio Status Party Citation
1 Tariq Fatemi — ● Minister of State PMLN [10]

Coordinator to the prime minister

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Coordinator to the prime minister
# Name Portfolio Party Citation
1 Malik Mukhtar Ahmad Bharath ● National Health Services, Regulations and Coordination PMLN [11]
2 Shabbir Ahmed Usmani ● Kashmir Affairs & Gilgit Baltistan PMLN
3 Badar Shahbaz ● Media Coordinator PMLN
4 Romina Khurshid Alam ● Climate Change & Environmental Coordination PMLN
5 Rana Ihsaan Afzal Khan ● General Issues[12] PMLN

Cabinet division and cabinet secretariat

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The current Federal Secretary of the Cabinet is Kamran Ali Afzal, since his appointment in August 2023.[13] On 20 March the National Seed Development and Regulatory Authority (NSDRA) and Cannabis Control and Regulatory Authority were both placed under the administrative control of the Cabinet Division.[14][15] The Cabinet Secretariat is directly under the Prime Minister and Cabinet Secretary, controlling the Aviation Division, Cabinet Division, Establishment Division, National Security Division and Poverty Alleviation & Social Safety Division.[16]

Cabinet committees

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On 21 March the cabinet division would issue two separate notifications constituting the Economic Coordination Committee (ECC) and the Cabinet Committee on Energy (CCoE), by the Prime Minister under terms of rule 17(2) of Rules of Business, 1973. Both would be retained directly under Shehbaz Sharif, becoming Chairman of both committees.[17][18] On the same day Shehbaz would also approve the reconstitution of the Cabinet Committee on Privatization (CCoP), with MoFA Ishaq Dar as Chairman with the secretarial support of the Committee provided by the Aviation Division; and the reconstitution of the Cabinet Committee on State-Owned Enterprises (CCoSOEs), with Minister of Finance and Revenue, Muhammad Aurangzeb as Chairman.[19][20] Additional Committees constituted on 21 March include the Cabinet Committee on Disposal of Legislative Cases (CCLC) under Azam Nazeer Tarar, the Cabinet Committee on Chinese Investment Projects (CCoCIP) under Ahsan Iqbal, and a committee to "speed up" the privatization of Pakistan International Airways (PIA) under Khawaja Asif.[21] With forty-eight hours, on 23 March the Cabinet Division issued a notification, appointing Muhammad Aurangzeb as new Chairman of the ECC, with Shehbaz Sharif withdrawing from the committee[22] Previously Aurangzeb held chairmanship of only the Cabinet Committee on SOEs (CCoSOEs), while Ishaq Dar also held a prominent role in the new cabinet committees as chairman of Cabinet Committee on Privatisation (CCoP).[23] This was a departure from past practices, where finance ministers chaired three out of four committees.[24] With Shahbaz Rana writing that the "PM had "clipped" the Finance Minister’s "decision-making wings" by depriving him of the ECC.[25] The decision to place Aurangzeb as chairman also came after criticism from "all quarters."[24] Pakistan newspaper Dawn, quoting a senior member of the cabinet officially stated that the PM had “regretted he would be unable to chair the ECC meetings due to his hectic schedule and engagements.”[26] On 28 March the Cabinet Committee on Inter-Governmental Commercial Transactions (CCoIGCT) would be constituted, chaired by Khawaja Asif, with Terms of Reference (ToR) that the committee may authorize, recommend approval, and constitute a negotiation committee for a G2G or commercial agreement with a foreign state, as well as approve price-discovery mechanisms, submit recommendations for existing regulatory compliance. Operating under the clauses (c) and (d) of sub-section (2) of Section (4) of the Inter-Governmental Commercial Transactions Act, 2022.[27]

Economic Coordination Committee (ECC) of the Cabinet
Minister Referenced Office Status By Special Invitation/Co-Opted Citation
Muhammad Aurangzeb Finance Chairman ● Deputy Chairman of the Planning Commission

● Governor of State Bank of Pakistan

● Chairman of the Securities Exchange Commission

● Fourteen (14) Federal Secretaries[a]

● Chairman of the Board of Investment

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Ahad Cheema Economic Affairs Committee

Member

Jam Kamal Khan Commerce
Awais Leghari Energy
Musadik Malik Petroleum
Ahsan Iqbal Planning
Cabinet Committee on Energy (CCoE)
Minister Referenced Office Status By Special Invitation/Co-Opted Citation
Shehbaz Sharif Prime Minister Chairman ● Chairman of OGRA

● Chairman of NEPRA

● Secretary of the Finance Division

● Secretary of the Power Division

● Secretary of the Petroleum Division

● Secretary of the Law & Justice Division

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Ahad Cheema Economic Affairs Committee

Member

Muhammad Aurangzeb Finance
Musadik Malik Petroleum
Ahsan Iqbal Planning
Awais Leghari Energy
Cabinet Committee on Privatization (CCoP)
Minister Referenced Office Status By Special Invitation/Co-Opted Citation
Ishaq Dar Foreign Affairs Chairman ● Governor of State Bank of Pakistan

● Chairman of the Securities Exchange Commission

● Ten (10) Federal Secretaries[b]

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Muhammad Aurangzeb Finance Committee

Member

Jam Kamal Khan Commerce
Awais Leghari Energy
Rana Tanveer Hussain Industries & Production
Aleem Khan Privatisation
Cabinet Committee for Disposal of Legislative Cases (CCLC)
Minister Referenced Office Status By Special Invitation/Co-Opted Citation
Azam Nazeer Tarar Law & Justice Chairman ● Attorney General for Pakistan

● Cabinet Secretary

● Secretary of the Law & Justice Division

● Additional Secretary of the Prime Minister’s Office

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Attaullah Tarar Information & Broadcasting Committee

Member

Chaudhry Salik Hussain Overseas Pakistanis & HR Development
Jam Kamal Khan Commerce
Aleem Khan Economic Affairs
Rana Tanveer Hussain Industries & Production
Cabinet Committee on Chinese Investment Projects (CCoCIP)
Minister Referenced Office Status By Special Invitation/Co-Opted Citation
Ahsan Iqbal Planning Chairman ● Governor of State Bank of Pakistan

● Sixteen (16) Federal Secretaries[c]

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Ishaq Dar Foreign Affairs Committee

Member

Mohsin Naqvi Interior
Muhammad Aurangzeb Finance
Jam Kamal Khan Commerce
Musadik Malik Petroleum
Awais Leghari Energy
Vacant Railways
Khalid Maqbool Siddiqui Science and Technology
Cabinet Committee on State-Owned Enterprises (CCoSOEs)
Minister Referenced Office Status By Special Invitation/Co-Opted Citation
Muhammad Aurangzeb Finance Chairman ● Deputy Chairman of the Planning Commission [33]
Qaiser Ahmed Sheikh Maritime Committee

Member

Aleem Khan Economic Affairs
Awais Leghari Energy
Khalid Maqbool Siddiqui Science and Technology
Riaz Hussain Pirzada Housing and Works
Cabinet Committee on State-Owned Enterprises (CCoSOEs)
Minister Referenced Office Status By Special Invitation/Co-Opted Citation
Khawaja Asif Defense Chairman ● Secretary of the Privatisation Division

● Chair may invite any Secretary or Head of Organization

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Muhammad Aurangzeb Finance Committee

Member

Aun Chaudhry Economic Affairs
Aleem Khan Privitisation
Musadik Malik Petroleum
Cabinet Committee on Emigration, Overseas Employment and TVET[d]
Minister Referenced Office Status By Special Invitation/Co-Opted Citation
Shehbaz Sharif Prime Minister Chairman ● National Coordinator of SIFC

● Governor of the State Bank of Pakistan

● Executive Director of NAVTTC

● Chairman of the Higher Education Commission

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Muhammad Aurangzeb Overseas Pakistanis & HR Development Committee

Member

Ahad Cheema Federal Education & Professional Training
Ishaq Dar Foreign Affairs
Mohsin Naqvi Interior
Mukhtar Ahmad Bharath National Health Services
Rana Tanveer Hussain Industries and Production
Jam Kamal Khan Commerce
Special Investment Facilitation Council Cabinet Committee (SIFC-CC)
Minister Referenced Office Status By Special Invitation/Co-Opted Citation
Shehbaz Sharif Prime Minister Chairman ● Chief of the Army Staff (COAS)

● Provincial Chief Ministers

● National Coordinator, SIFC

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Muhammad Aurangzeb Finance Committee

Member

Khawaja Asif Defense
Ahsan Iqbal Planning
Mohsin Naqvi Information Technology
Mukhtar Ahmad Bharath Food Security (Dual)
Awais Leghari Energy
Jam Kamal Khan Water
Azam Nazeer Tarar Law & Justice
Aleem Khan Investment
Rana Tanveer Hussain Industry (Dual)
Musadik Malik Petroleum

References

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  1. ^ These are the: (1) Secretary of the Power Division; (2) Secretary of the Commerce Division; (3) Secretary of the Communications Division; (4) Secretary of the Finance Division; (5) Secretary of the Industries & Production Division; (6) Secretary of the Economic Affairs Division; (7) Secretary of the Petroleum Division; (8) Secretary for Planning, Development & Special Initiatives Division; (9) Secretary of the National Food Security & Research Division; (10) Secretary of the Privatization Division; (11) Secretary of the Railways Division; (12) Secretary of the Revenue Division/Chairman of the FBR; (13) Secretary of the Poverty Alleviation & Social Safety Division; (14) and the Secretary of the Water Resources Division
  2. ^ Consists of the following: (1) Secretary of the Power Division; (2) Secretary of the Commerce Division; (3) Secretary of the Communications Division; (4) Secretary of the Finance Division; (5) Secretary of the Industries & Production Division; (6) Secretary of the Law and Justice Division; (7) Secretary of the Petroleum Division; (8) Secretary of the Planning, Development & Special Initiatives Division; (9) Secretary of the Privatisation Division; (10) Secretary of the Revenue Division
  3. ^ These consist of: (1) Secretary of the Foreign Affairs Division; (2) Secretary of the Interior Division; (3) Secretary of the Economic Affairs Division; (4) Secretary of the Power Division; (5) Secretary of the Commerce Division; (6) Secretary of the National Food Security & Research Division; (7) Secretary of the Communications Division; (8) Secretary of the Finance Division; (9) Secretary of the Industries & Production Division; (10) Secretary of the Railways Division; (11) Secretary of the Aviation Division; (12) Secretary of the Petroleum Division; (13) Secretary of the Planning, Development & Special Initiatives Division; (14) Secretary of the Maritime Affairs Division; (15) Secretary of the Board of Investment; and the (16) Secretary of the Revenue Division/Chairman of the FBR
  4. ^ Technical and Vocational Education & Training (TVET)
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