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. All cabinet members sworn in are designated Minister and are seated at their ministries located in the Pakistan Secretariat.
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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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| Website | www |
The Cabinet Secretary of Pakistan serves as the administrative head of the Cabinet Division and reports directly to the Prime Minister. 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. 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.
Current cabinet
Federal ministers
| Federal ministers | |||||
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| 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 | PMLN | ||
| 2 | Ishaq Dar | DPM/Foreign Affairs | PMLN | ||
| 3 | Khawaja Asif | Defense | PMLN | ||
| 4 | Ahsan Iqbal | Planning Development | PMLN | ||
| 5 | Rana Tanveer Hussain | Food Security | PMLN | ||
| 6 | Azam Nazeer Tarar | Justice | PMLN | ||
| 7 | Aun Chaudhry | Overseas Pakistanis | IPP | ||
| 8 | Aleem Khan | Communications | IPP | ||
| 9 | Jam Kamal Khan | Commerce | PMLN | ||
| 10 | Amir Muqam | Kashmir and Gilgit-Baltistan | PMLN | ||
| 11 | Awais Leghari | Energy | PMLN | ||
| 12 | Attaullah Tarar | Information and Broadcasting | PMLN | ||
| 13 | Khalid Maqbool Siddiqui | Education | MQM-P | ||
| 14 | Qaiser Ahmed Sheikh | Board of Investment | PMLN | ||
| 15 | Riaz Hussain Pirzada | Housings | PMLN | ||
| 16 | Musadik Malik | Climate Change and Envinronment | PMLN | ||
| 17 | Muhammad Aurangzeb | Finance | PMLN | ||
| 18 | Ahad Cheema | Economics | PMLN | ||
| 19 | Mohsin Naqvi | Interior and Narcotics Control | IND | ||
| 20 | Tariq Fazal Chaudhry | Parliamentary Affairs | PMLN | ||
| 21 | Ali Pervaiz Malik | Petroleum Division | PMLN | ||
| 22 | Aurangzeb Khan Khichi | National Heritage and Culture | PMLN | ||
| 23 | Hanif Abbasi | Railways | PMLN | ||
| 24 | Khalid Hussain Magsi | Science and Technology | BAP | ||
| 25 | Muhammad Moeen Wattoo | Water Resources | PMLN | ||
| 26 | Muhammad Junaid Anwar Chaudhry | Maritime Affairs | PMLN | ||
| 27 | Raza Hayat Hiraj | Defense Production | PMLN | ||
| 28 | Sardar Muhammad Yousuf | Religious Affairs | PMLN | ||
| 29 | Shaza Fatima Khawaja | Information Technology | PMLN | ||
| 30 | Rana Mubashir Iqbal | Ministry of Public Affairs Unit | PMLN | ||
| 31 | Syed Mustafa Kamal | Health | MQM-P | ||
| 32 | Syed Imran Ahmed Shah | Poverty Alleviation and Social Safety | PMLN | ||
Ministers Of State
| 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 | ||
| 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
| Adviser to the prime minister | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | Name | Portfolio | Party | Citation | |
| 1 | Rana Sanaullah | Political and Public Affairs Inter-Provincial Coordination | PMLN | ||
| 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
| Special assistant to the prime minister | ||||||
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| # | Name | Portfolio | Status | Party | Citation | |
| 1 | Tariq Fatemi | Foreign Affairs | Minister of State | PMLN | ||
| 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 | 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
| Coordinator to the prime minister | |||||
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| # | Name | Portfolio | Party | Citation | |
| 1 | Shabbir Ahmed Usmani | Kashmir Affairs & Gilgit Baltistan | PMLN | ||
| 2 | Badar Shahbaz | Media Coordinator | |||
| 3 | Romina Khurshid Alam | Climate Change & Environmental Coordination | |||
| 4 | Rana Ihsaan Afzal Khan | General Issues | |||
| 5 | Ikhtiar Wali Khan | Information for Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Affairs | |||
Cabinet division and cabinet secretariat
The current Federal Secretary of the Cabinet is Kamran Ali Afzal, since his appointment in August 2023. 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. 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.
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. 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. 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. 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 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). This was a departure from past practices, where finance ministers chaired three out of four committees. With Shahbaz Rana writing that the "PM had "clipped" the Finance Minister’s "decision-making wings" by depriving him of the ECC. The decision to place Aurangzeb as chairman also came after criticism from "all quarters." 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.” 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.
| 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 ● Chairman of the Board of Investment | |
| 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 | |
| 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 of State Bank of Pakistan ● Chairman of the Securities Exchange Commission ● Ten (10) Federal Secretaries | |
| 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 ● Cabinet Secretary ● Secretary of the Law & Justice Division ● Additional Secretary of the Prime Minister’s Office | |
| 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 of State Bank of Pakistan ● Sixteen (16) Federal Secretaries | |
| 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) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minister | Referenced Office | Status | By Special Invitation/Co-Opted | Citation |
| Muhammad Aurangzeb | Finance | Chairman | ● Deputy Chairman of the Planning Commission | |
| 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 the Privatisation Division ● Chair may invite any Secretary or Head of Organization | |
| Muhammad Aurangzeb | Finance | Committee Member | ||
| Aun Chaudhry | Economic Affairs | |||
| Aleem Khan | Privitisation | |||
| Musadik Malik | Petroleum | |||
| Cabinet Committee on Emigration, Overseas Employment and TVET | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | |
| 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 | |
| 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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