A minister is a politician who heads a government department, making and implementing decisions on policies in conjunction with the other ministers. In some jurisdictions the head of government is also a minister and is designated the "prime minister", "premier", "chief minister", "Chancellor" or other title.
The Minister of Finance is a leading cabinet member who heads the Ministry of Finance. The Minister is responsible each year for presenting the federal government's budget. The current Finance Minister is Asad Umar.
The Ministry of Justice ; abbreviated as MoJ) is a Cabinet-level ministry of Pakistan, responsible and for the enforcement of law and administration of justice.
Shahid Khaqan Abbasi is a Pakistani politician who served as the 21st Prime Minister of Pakistan from August 2017 to May 2018. A senior member of the Pakistan Muslim League (Nawaz) (PML-N), he has been a Member of the National Assembly of Pakistan since October 2018. Previously, he was a member of the National Assembly from 1988 to 1999 and again from 2008 to 2018.
The following is the list of all the previous foreign ministers of Pakistan to date, according to Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
The Education Minister of Pakistan heads the Ministry of Education. The Education Minister also serves in the cabinet of the Prime Minister. The Minister is required to be a member of Parliament. The current Minister of Education is Shafqat Mahmood as of 20th August 2018
Rana Tanveer Hussain is a Pakistani politician who has been a member of the National Assembly of Pakistan since August 2018. Previously, he was a member of the National Assembly between 1985 and May 2018.
The Cabinet of Pakistan 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 respective ministries located in the Pakistan Secretariat.
The Minister of Defence heads the Ministry of Defence and Pakistan Army, Pakistan Air Force, and Pakistan Navy. The minister serves in the cabinet of the Prime Minister, and is required to be a member of Parliament.
The Ministry of Science and Technology is a Cabinet-level ministry of the Government of Pakistan concerned with science and technology in Pakistan and in general, Pakistan's science policy, planning, co-ordination and directing of efforts to initiate and launch scientific and technological programs as well as projects aimed at economic development. The ministry is coordinated by the Federal Minister for Science and Technology and is headquartered in Islamabad.
The Minister for Industries and Production of Pakistan heads the Ministry of Industries and Production. He serves in the cabinet of the Prime Minister. The Minister is required to be a member of Parliament. The current minister is sheikh allaudin.
The Minister for Defence Production, also known as MoD-P is the Cabinet-level federal ministry of Government of Pakistan. The department is tasked with the production of the defence materials and production of the defence-related equipment for the Pakistan Armed Forces. The minister serves in the cabinet of the Prime Minister, and is required to be an elected member of Parliament. It was formerly the part of Ministry of Defence, but it was made separate from the ministry. The MoD-P is a high-profile and executive department that is charged with the financing, purchasing, and negotiating the defence materials within the country of abroad.
The Ministry of Interior is a Cabinet-level ministry of the Government of Pakistan, tasked and primarily responsible for implementing the internal policies, state security, administration of internal affairs involving the state, and assisting the government on territorial affairs of Federally Administered Tribal Areas (Fata), and insular areas of Provincially Administered Tribal Areas (PATA).
The Ministry of Commerce and Industry was a cabinet-level ministry in the government of the Empire of Japan from 1925-1947. It was created from the Ministry of Agriculture and Commerce , and was briefly merged with the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry to reestablish that Ministry during World War II.
The office of the Deputy Prime Minister of Pakistan was created by the Prime Minister of Pakistan on 25 June 2012. The main coalition party, Pakistan Muslim League (Q) (PML-Q), demanded to make a post of Deputy Prime Minister which was accomplished by the newly elected Prime Minister Raja Pervez Ashraf. The main purpose of the post was to give a backup to the government in the absence of the Prime Minister. As a result of an agreement between the ruling Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) and the PML-Q to share ministries in the federal cabinet, Chaudhry Pervaiz Elahi was made the first Deputy Prime Minister of Pakistan.
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. in the 2013 general election against the leftist Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) and the centrist Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI).
Ghulam Murtaza Khan Jatoi is a Pakistani politician who served as Minister for Industries and Production, in Abbasi cabinet from August 2017 to May 2018. A leader of the Pakistan Muslim League (Nawaz), Jatoi served as the Minister for Industries and Production in the third Sharif ministry. and previously held the cabinet portfolios of Minister for Communications during the first Sharif's ministry from 1990 to 1992, and as Minister for Overseas Pakistanis during the Second Bhutto ministry from 1993 to 1994.
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. The ministry, a Pakistan Muslim League (N) majority government, succeeded the third Sharif ministry, which was formed following the 2013 general election 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.
The Federal Secretary is the highest-ranking position in the Government of Pakistan, occupied by the most senior civil servant in a specific Ministry or Division. The Secretary is the administrative head of that Ministry or Division and oversees and enforces public policy matters. The authority for the creation of this post solely rests with the Cabinet of Pakistan. The position holder is a BPS-22 grade officer, usually belonging to the Pakistan Administrative Service.
The Imran Khan ministry is the current government of Pakistan which was formed by Imran Khan following his successful election as Prime Minister of Pakistan by the National Assembly. The Cabinet has 25 Federal Ministers, 5 Ministers of state and 5 Advisors most of whom assumed office on 20 August 2018.
