Abbasi government
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Abbasi ministry | |
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 Cabinet of Pakistan | |
.jpg) Prime Minister Abbasi with his three federal ministers | |
| Date formed | 4 August 2017 |
| Date dissolved | 31 May 2018 |
| People and organisations | |
| Head of state | Mamnoon Hussain |
| Head of government | Shahid Khaqan Abbasi |
| Member party | PML–N JUI–F PML–F NPP NP |
| Status in legislature | Majority |
| Opposition party | Pakistan Peoples Party |
| Opposition leader | Syed Khurshid Ahmed Shah |
| History | |
| Legislature terms | 14th Parliament of Pakistan |
| Predecessor | Third Sharif ministry |
| Successor | Mulk caretaker ministry |
The Abbasi ministry was formed by Shahid Khaqan Abbasi on 4 August 2017 to begin a new government following the disqualification of Nawaz Sharif from the post of Prime Minister of Pakistan until end May 2018 when justice Nasirul Mulk take oath as new caretaker prime minister.[1][2] The ministry, a Pakistan Muslim League (N) majority government, succeeded the third Sharif ministry, which was formed following the 2013 general election[3] and had dissolved in the July 2017 after Nawaz Sharif was disqualification by the Supreme Court of Pakistan to hold the office of Prime Minister.[4][5]
Cabinet
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