| کابینہِ پاکستان | |
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| Agency overview | |
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| Formed | 14 August 1947; 78 years ago (1947-08-14) |
| Type | highest executive body of thefederal government |
| Jurisdiction | Government of Pakistan |
| Headquarters | Islamabad |
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| Website | www |
TheCabinet of Pakistan (Urdu:کابینہِ پاکستان,Kābīnā-e-Pākistān) is a formal body composed of senior government officials chosen and led by thePrime Minister.[1] All cabinet members sworn in are designatedMinister and are seated at their ministries located in thePakistan Secretariat.
TheCabinet Secretary of Pakistan serves as the administrative head of theCabinet Division and reports directly to the Prime Minister.[2] According to theConstitution 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 inIslamabad. The cabinet is granted constitutional power underArticle 81D of theConstitution of Pakistan.[3] The existence of the cabinet dates back toPrime MinisterLiaqat Ali Khan, who appointed civil servants and statesmen to hisfirst 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]
| Minister of State | |||||
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| # | Name | Portfolio | Party | Citation | |
| 1 | Syed Waseem Hussain | Minister of State for National Food Security & Research | MQM-P | [8] | |
| 2 | Danyal Chaudhry | Minister of State for Power and Public Affairs Unit | PMLN | ||
| 3 | Aqeel Malik | Minister of State for Law and Justice | PMLN | ||
| 4 | Bilal Azhar Kayani | Minister of State for Railways and head of Prime Minister’s Delivery Unit | PMLN | ||
| 5 | Kheal Das Kohistani | Minister of State for Religious Affairs and Interfaith Harmony | PMLN | ||
| 6 | Mukhtar Ahmad Bharath | Minister of State for National Health Services, Regulations & Coordination | PMLN | ||
| 7 | Talal Chaudhry | Minister of State for Interior and Narcotics Control | PMLN | ||
| 8 | Wajiha Qamar | Minister of State for Federal Education and Professional Training | IPP | ||
| 9 | Gul Asghar Khan Baghoor | Ministry of Climate Change and Environmental Coordination | IPP | ||
| 10 | Armaghan Subhani | Minister of State for Planning, Development & Special Initiatives | PMLN | ||
| 11 | Shezra Mansab Ali Khan | Minister of State for Climate Change and Environmental Coordination | PMLN | ||
| Adviser to the prime minister | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | Name | Portfolio | Party | Citation | |
| 1 | Rana Sanaullah | Political and Public Affairs | PMLN | [9] | |
| 2 | Syed Tauqir Hussain Shah | Prime Minister's Office | IPP | ||
| 3 | Muhammad Ali | Privatization | PML(Z) | ||
| 4 | Pervez Khattak | Interior Affairs | PTI-P | ||
| Special assistant to the prime minister | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | Name | Portfolio | Status | Party | Citation | |
| 1 | Tariq Fatemi | Foreign Affairs | Minister of State | PMLN | [10] | |
| 2 | Fahd Haroon | Digital Media | Minister of State | PMLN | ||
| 3 | Muhammad Sadiq | Special Representative of Pakistan on Afghanistan | Minister of State | MQM-P | ||
| 4 | Tariq Bajwa | Coordination of the Deputy Prime Minister Office[a] | Minister of State | PMLN | ||
| 5 | Humayun Akhtar Khan | Industries & Production | Minister-in-Charge / Minister of State | PPP | ||
| 6 | Mian Khan Mondrani | National Heritage & Culture | Minister of State | PMLN | ||
| 7 | Mubarak Zeb Khan | Tribal Affairs | Minister of State | ANP | ||
| 8 | Waja Pullain Baloch | Political Affairs | Minister of State | NP | ||
| 9 | Bilal Bin Saqib | Blockchain & Crypto | Minister of State | PMLN | ||
| Coordinator to the prime minister | |||||
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| # | Name | Portfolio | Party | Citation | |
| 1 | Shabbir Ahmed Usmani | Kashmir Affairs & Gilgit Baltistan | PMLN | [11] | |
| 2 | Badar Shahbaz | Media Coordinator | |||
| 3 | Romina Khurshid Alam | Climate Change & Environmental Coordination | |||
| 4 | Rana Ihsaan Afzal Khan | General Issues[12] | |||
| 5 | Ikhtiar Wali Khan | Information for Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Affairs | |||
The currentFederal 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] TheCabinet Secretariat is directly under the Prime Minister and Cabinet Secretary, controlling theAviation Division,Cabinet Division,Establishment Division,National Security Division andPoverty Alleviation & Social Safety Division.[16]
On 21 March thecabinet division would issue two separate notifications constituting theEconomic 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 underShehbaz Sharif, becoming Chairman of both committees.[17][18] On the same day Shehbaz would also approve the reconstitution of the Cabinet Committee onPrivatization (CCoP), with MoFAIshaq Dar as Chairman with the secretarial support of the Committee provided by theAviation 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) underAzam Nazeer Tarar, the Cabinet Committee on Chinese Investment Projects (CCoCIP) underAhsan Iqbal, and a committee to "speed up" the privatization ofPakistan International Airways (PIA) underKhawaja 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 aG2G 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 thePlanning Commission ●Governor ofState Bank of Pakistan ● Chairman of theSecurities Exchange Commission ● Fourteen (14)Federal Secretaries[b] ● Chairman of theBoard 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) | ||||
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| 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) | ||||
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| Minister | Referenced Office | Status | By Special Invitation/Co-Opted | Citation |
| Ishaq Dar | Foreign Affairs | Chairman | ●Governor ofState Bank of Pakistan ● Chairman of theSecurities Exchange Commission ● Ten (10)Federal Secretaries[c] | [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) | ||||
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| Minister | Referenced Office | Status | By Special Invitation/Co-Opted | Citation |
| Azam Nazeer Tarar | Law & Justice | Chairman | ●Attorney General for Pakistan ● Secretary of theLaw & Justice Division ● Additional Secretary of thePrime 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) | ||||
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| Minister | Referenced Office | Status | By Special Invitation/Co-Opted | Citation |
| Ahsan Iqbal | Planning | Chairman | ●Governor ofState Bank of Pakistan ● Sixteen (16)Federal Secretaries[d] | [32] |
| Ishaq Dar | Foreign Affairs | Committee Member | ||
| Mohsin Naqvi | Interior | |||
| Muhammad Aurangzeb | Finance | |||
| Jam Kamal Khan | Commerce | |||
| Musadik Malik | Petroleum | |||
| Awais Leghari | Energy | |||
| Usman Awaisi | Railways | |||
| Khalid Maqbool Siddiqui | Science and Technology | |||
| Cabinet Committee on State-Owned Enterprises (CCoSOEs) | ||||
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| Minister | Referenced Office | Status | By Special Invitation/Co-Opted | Citation |
| Muhammad Aurangzeb | Finance | Chairman | ● Deputy Chairman of thePlanning 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) | ||||
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| Minister | Referenced Office | Status | By Special Invitation/Co-Opted | Citation |
| Khawaja Asif | Defense | Chairman | ● Secretary of thePrivatisation 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[e] | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minister | Referenced Office | Status | By Special Invitation/Co-Opted | Citation |
| Shehbaz Sharif | Prime Minister | Chairman | ● National Coordinator ofSIFC ●Governor of the State Bank of Pakistan ● Executive Director ofNAVTTC ● Chairman of theHigher 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 | |||
| Awais Leghari | Energy | |||
| Jam Kamal Khan | Water | |||
| Azam Nazeer Tarar | Law & Justice | |||
| Aleem Khan | Investment | |||
| Rana Tanveer Hussain | Industry | |||
| Musadik Malik | Petroleum | |||
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