Third Sharif ministry
| Third Sharif ministry | |
|---|---|
 of Pakistan | |
| Incumbent | |
| Date formed | 7 June 2013[1] |
| People and organisations | |
| Head of government | Nawaz Sharif |
| Head of state | Mamnoon Hussain |
| Member party | Pakistan Muslim League (N) |
| Status in legislature | Simple majority |
| Opposition party | Pakistan Peoples Party |
| Opposition leader | Khurshid Shah |
| History | |
| Election(s) | 2013 |
| Incoming formation | Government formation |
| Predecessor | Khoso caretaker ministry |
The third Sharif ministry was formed at noon PST on 5 June 2013 when Pakistan Muslim League (N) (PML-N) chief Nawaz Sharif became the prime minister of Pakistan for the third time. Sharif successfully led the right-of-centre and conservative PML-N to acquire a simple majority, after failing to acquire an overall two-thirds majority,[2] in the 2013 general election against the leftist Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) and the centrist Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI).
Government formation
Following the 2013 general election, the Pakistan Muslim League (N) (PML-N) won a plurality of seats in the National Assembly through a simple majority, after failing to secure an overall two-thirds majority.[2] In order to form a government, the PML-N joined in coalition with the Pakistan Muslim League (F) (PML-F) and the National Peoples Party (NPP).[1]
Cabinet
2013—
On 7 June 2013, Sharif's cabinet of 25 ministers was sworn into office which included 16 federal ministers and nine ministers of state. Most of the ministers in Sharif's cabinet were from Punjab which is a political stronghold of the PML-N with one member each from the PML-F and NPP also included in the cabinet. The cabinet included 19 ministers from Punjab, three from Sindh, two from Balochistan and one from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa – only two of which were women.[1]
Changes
- 27 November 2013 – Khawaja Muhammad Asif and Pervez Rasheed are given additional charges of the Ministry of Defence and the Ministry of Law, Justice and Human Rights respectively.[5]
- 16 January 2014 – Khurram Dastgir Khan is elevated from the Ministry of State and sworn in as designate federal minister.[6] Khan is later assigned as the federal minister for the Ministry of Commerce. With the induction of Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (F) into the coalition government, JUI-F ministers Maulana Abdul Ghafoor Haideri and Akram Khan Durrani are made designate federal minister and designate minister of state respectively, while independent FATA legislator Abbas Afridi is also sworn in as designate federal minister.[7]
Major initiatives and actions
|
Foreign Policy Actions
|
|
|
References
- 1 2 3 Press Trust of India (11 June 2013). "Nawaz Sharif's cabinet takes oath". India TV News. Retrieved 10 July 2013.
- 1 2 Hussain, Zahid (24 May 2013). "Pakistan’s new era under Sharif". China Daily. Retrieved 10 July 2014.
- ↑ http://www.infopak.gov.pk/ministers.aspx
- ↑ "Federal cabinet unveiled: Enter the ministers". The Express Tribune. 8 June 2013.
- ↑ Prime Minister's Office (27 November 2013). "PM appoints Rashid Mehmood CJCSC, Raheel Sharif COAS" (Press release). Government of Pakistan. Retrieved 11 July 2014.
- ↑ "JUI-F represented: Three new ministers take oath". The Express Tribune. 17 January 2014. Retrieved 10 July 2014.
- ↑ Raza, Syed Irfan (17 January 2014). "President swears in new ministers". Dawn. Retrieved 11 July 2014.
| |||||||||||||||||
