Cabinet of Pakistan
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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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The Cabinet of Pakistan (Template:Lang-ur, 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 April 10, 2022, Shehbaz Sharif's ministry was formed after Sharif was elected as Prime Minister by the National Assembly of Pakistan.[4][5]
Current cabinet
Federal ministers
| Federal ministers | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name | Portfolio | Party | Citation | ||
| 1 | Shehbaz Sharif |
Other Portfolios 1. All Portfolios/Ministries not held by other ministers in cabinet
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
| 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
| 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
| Special assistant to the prime minister | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | Name | Portfolio | Status | Party | Citation | |
| 1 | Tariq Fatemi | — | ● Minister of State | PMLN | [10] | |
Coordinator to the prime minister
| 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
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
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 | ||||
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| 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 |
[28] |
| 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 |
[29] |
| 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] |
[30] |
| 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
● Secretary of the Law & Justice Division ● Additional Secretary of the Prime Minister’s Office |
[31] |
| 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] |
[32] |
| 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 |
[27] |
| 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 |
[34] |
| 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)
● National Coordinator, SIFC |
[35] |
| 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 | |||
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