Cabinet of Pakistan

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The Cabinet of Pakistan is headed by Prime Minister and plays an important role in the Government of Pakistan, in accordance with the Westminster System.

A council of Ministers chaired by the Prime Minister, the Cabinet is the senior echelon of the Ministry; the terms Cabinet and Ministry are sometimes used interchangeably, a subtle inaccuracy which can spark confusion. Although the membership of the Ministry and the Cabinet are often coterminal, currently there are five members of the Ministry that are not members of the Cabinet. Technically, the Cabinet is the executive committee of the Pakistan government. Cabinet meetings of PM Yousaf Raza Gillani's administration has the distinction of having been more than 100 meetings and still going.[1]

Ambassadors at Large

The Prime Minister of Pakistan has also appointed the following Ambassador's at Large, which is a top diplomatic assignment and often status of Federal Minister:

1. Khalil Ahmed - Ambassador at Large and Special Envoy to China
2. Nasir Khan - Ambassador at Large
3. Javed Malik - Ambassador at Large

History of current cabinet

Fall 2008 cabinet changes

On November 3, 2008 a reshuffle of the cabinet took place, in which several new portfolios were created. The announcement was made by the Cabinet Division on the same day. After the inductions, there were 37 federal ministers, 3 Ambassadors at Large, and 18 ministers of state. Amongst the federal ministers there are 29 from the PPP, two from the ANP, two from FATA, and one each from JUI-F, PML-F, BNP-A, and one independent candidate. For ministers of state, 14 belong to the PPP, two to the ANP, one each to PML-F and FATA. Additionally, there are at least three advisers working under the Prime Minister who also lead their respective ministries; Rehman Malik leads the interior ministry, Shaukat Tareen the finance ministry and Dr Asim Hussain the petroleum and natural resources ministry. However, at least 7 ministerial heads are not filled and are reserved for future coalition partners.

Spring 2009 cabinet additions

On January 26, 2009, four new federal ministers took charge. These included two from MQM, and two from JUI-F. It was the first time that MQM became part of the coalition government in the center, whereas before it was part of Sindh government only. For the MQM minister, Labour, Manpower, and Overseas Pakistanis ministry was bifurcated into Labour and Manpower, and Overseas Pakistanis ministries, with the MQM minister taking charge of the latter. As a result, the total tally for federal ministers rose to 41, with 18 ministers of state. Amongst the federal ministers there are 29 from the PPP; three from JUI-F; two each from ANP, MQM, and FATA; one each from PML-F and BNP-A; and one independent candidate. The tally for ministers of state and advisors to the PM stayed the same, hence raising the grand total to 62.

In February 2009, Khawaja Mohammad Khan Hoti quit as narcotics minister over differences with ANP leadership.

In March 2009, Rehman Malik was given the ministry as he stood eligible after being elected senator in the National Assembly of Pakistan. Additionally, Syed Masood Kausar was installed as Law and Justice adviser after Farooq Naek became the chairman of the senate. Also Raza Rabbani and Sherry Rehman quit the cabinet, with Qamar Zaman Kaira replacing the latter.

Constitution of Cabinet in violation of Constitution

On August 30, 2009 it was revealed that the number of Senators in the Pakistani Cabinet was in excess of the maximum number which the country's Constitution allows. The Constitution states clearly that not more than one-fourth of the total federal ministers can be taken from the Senate. 39 of the Cabinet's 59 members are federal ministers, and 10 of the 39 are members of the Senate.

2010 tax scandal

A disclosure published by Geo TV in September 2010 revealed that 24 government ministers did not pay income tax at all. Four ministers paid below Rs 10,000, 15 ministers had paid between Rs 10,000 and Rs 100,000. Only two ministers out of 61 had paid more than one million rupees. The article highlighted Prime Minister Gillani who had not paid any taxes for the three consecutive years for which figures had been made available to the journalist. The results were based on 2008 figures obtained from the Election Commission of Pakistan.

2011 resignation

On 9 February 2011, Pakistan's ministers on Wednesday submitted their resignations to the prime minister, who intends to appoint a smaller cabinet in order to reduce government spending at a time of economic crisis.

Cabinet members

Incumbent	Party	Office
Federal Ministers
Yousaf Raza Gillani	PPP	Prime Minister
Arbab Alamgir Khan	PPP	Communications
Ahmad Mukhtar	PPP	Defence
Maula Bakhsh Chandio	PPP	Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs
Sardar Asif Ahmad Ali	PPP	Education
Firdous Ashiq Awan	PPP	Media Information and Mass Broadcasting
Abdul Hafeez Shaikh	PPP	Finance, Revenue, Planning and Development, Economic Affairs and Statistics.
Hina Rabbani Khar	PPP	Foreign Affairs
Syed Naveed Qamer	PPP	Water and Power
Ghulam Ahmad Bilour	ANP	Railways
Khurshid Shah	PPP	Religious Affairs
Makhdoom Ameen Faheem	PPP	Commerce and Agriculture
Makhdoom Sahabuddin	PPP	Industry, Manpower
Manzoor Wattoo	PPP	States, Frontier Regions, Kashmir Affairs and Gilgit Baltistan
Rehman Malik	PPP	Interior and Internal Security
Mir Changez Jamali	ANP	Science and Technology
Sardar Alhaj Muhammad Umar Goriej	PPP	Telecommunications
Samina Khalid Ghurki	PPP	Environment, Minorities, and Human Rights
Ministers of State
Chaudhry Imtiaz Safdar Waraich	PPP	Communications
Arbab Muhammad Zahir Khan	ANP	Defence
Sardar Salim Haider Khan	PPP	Defence Production
Ghulam Farid Kathia	PPP	Education
Mir Dost Muhammad Mazari	PPP	Water & Power
Rafique Ahmed Jamali	PPP	Food and Agriculture
Salman Bashir	Independent	Foreign Affairs
Muhammad Afzal Sandhu	PPP	Health
Muhammad Tariq Anis	PPP	Housing and Works
Ayatollah Durrani	PPP	Industries and Production
Syed Samsam Ali Shah Bokhari	PPP	Information and Broadcasting
Tasneem Ahmed Qureshi	PPP	Interior
Abdul Raziq	FATA	Kashmir Affairs and Northern Areas
Masood Abbas	ANP	Local Government and Rural Development
Mahreen Anwar Raja	PPP	Parliamentary Affairs
Nabil Gabol	PPP	Ports and Shipping
Muhammad Jadam Mangrio	PML-F	Railways
Shagufta Jumani	PPP	Religious Affairs

External links

• Web gateway official Pakistan government portal