Imran Khan government

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Federal Cabinet of Imran Khan
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48th Cabinet of Pakistan
2018–2022
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Date formed20 August 2018
Date dissolved10 April 2022
People and organisations
Head of state Mamnoon Hussain (until 9 September 2018)
Arif Alvi (from September 2018)
Head of government Imran Khan
Member party  Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf
Coalition partners:
MQM-P(Former)
BAP(Former)
GDA
AML(Former)
PML (Q)
Independent
Confidence and supply:
JWP (Former)
Status in legislatureSenators
Coalition government
49 / 100 (49%)
National Assembly
Majority coalition
178 / 342 (52%)
Opposition party Pakistan Muslim League (N)
Opposition leader Shehbaz Sharif
History
Election 2018
Legislature terms 15th Parliament of Pakistan
Predecessor Mulk caretaker ministry
Successor First Shehbaz Sharif ministry

The Imran Khan government was the government of Pakistan which was formed by Imran Khan following his successful election as Prime Minister of Pakistan by the National Assembly. The cabinet had 25 federal ministers, 4 ministers of state and 4 advisors, most of whom assumed office on 20 August 2018. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9]

Contents

During the Imran Khan government there were several reforms implemented, these included strict measures taken against corruption, increased economic growth and stability, as well as the improvement of infrastructure and most prominently, the development of key social programs focusing on education, the environment, security and healthcare, including the Sehat Sahulat Program, advocating for the well-being of Pakistanis. Several reports suggested that the Imran Khan government’s widespread reforms had stabilized Pakistan’s economy greatly. [10] [11] [12] [13] [14]

The government was dissolved on 3rd April 2022 following the dissolution of the National Assembly of Pakistan by the President, Arif Alvi at the behest of the Prime Minister, Imran Khan. [15] On 7 April 2022, the Supreme Court of Pakistan ordered the restoration of the Federal Cabinet. [16]

The government also began the process of shifting Pakistan to a Welfare state, [14] although this process was interrupted abruptly when the government was dissolved again on 10 April 2022 following the defeat of Imran Khan in the Vote of No-confidence. He was the first ever Prime Minister of Pakistan to be ousted from office using through a vote of no-confidence. [17]

Cabinet

Imran Khan's cabinet with Mike Pompeo. Mike Pompeo with Imran Khan in Islamabad - 2018 (29559549217).jpg
Imran Khan’s cabinet with Mike Pompeo.

Khan announced his cabinet soon after taking the oath, he kept the ministry of interior to himself. His choice for ministries was criticized as he came into power on the slogan of Change and Naya Pakistan but most of his appointees were previously ministers during the era of Perveza Musharraf and some served in PPP government which followed Musharraf era. [18] [19] [20] [21] [22] [23]

He was criticized by supporters and critics for settling for "Diet Reform" as Musharraf pursued rather than the real change that was embodied by the PTI. [24] Some supporters defended Khan since the PTI was in a coalition government and needed "electables" to win the election.

To counter that, Imran Khan hold meeting with the federal cabinet twice a week and monitor the ministers’ performances regularly. Khan's government is known to have most number of meetings in history. [25]

Prime Minister Imran Khan convened 46 meetings of the Federal Cabinet compared to his first year in office when he chaired 52 meetings of the Federal Cabinet. Rule 20 of Government of Pakistan Rules of Business calls for a weekly cabinet meeting which translates into about 52 meetings per year.

As a result, Khusro Bakhtiar was shuffled 5 times although he had served as a minister during Musharraf's regime and PML-N coalition government [26]

Shafqat Mehmood was assigned two portfolios and he was commended for his performance during COVID. He had also served as a minister during 1990s and Musharraf regime. [27]

Farogh Naseem has been part of Musharraf's legal team representing him against treason charges which aroused speculation on PTI's stance on if Pervez Musharraf will be tried for treason. [28] Tariq Bashir Cheema has been minister in a past PPP government. [29]

Fehmida Mirza has been Speaker of the National Assembly of Pakistan in a PPP government. [30]

Sheikh Rasheed Ahmad was assigned the railways and interior ministry on the basis of his experience as a minister during the Musharraf and PML-N era. [31]

Ghulam Sarwar Khan also served as a minister during Musharraf regime. [32] Zubaida Jalal Khan was a minister and held the same portfolio during Musharraf era. [33]

Fawad Chaudhry was media coordinator in the political party formed by Musharraf as well a special Assistant to Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani. [34]

Shah Mehmood Qureshi held the same portfolio in a PPP government. [35] Babar Awan also served in a past PPP government. [36]

Malik Amin Aslam held same portfolio under Musharraf government but is more of a technocrat than a politician. [37] Abdul Razak Dawood was commerce minister for Musharraf as well. [38]

Omar Ayub Khan was the minister of state for finance in Shaukat Aziz's cabinet during the Pervez Musharraf regime. [39] Ali Muhammad Mahar was the former Chief Minister of Sindh during the Musharraf regime. [40] Firdous Ashiq Awan, also served as Federal Minister of Information in PPP government.

Reshuffles

Imran Khan reshuffled his cabinet for around six time during his ministry. One of the cabinet reshuffle was on the directions of a court that barred un-elected advisers and special assistants from heading the Cabinet committees.

On 18 April 2019, the cabinet saw a reshuffle after Asad Umar stepped down as the finance minister. [41]

On 6 April 2020, the cabinet saw another reshuffle. [42] In late April 2020, PTI Senator Shibli Faraz was appointed as the information minister. Meanwhile, retired Lt Gen Asim Saleem Bajwa was appointed as special assistant to the prime minister for information replacing Firdous Ashiq Awan. [43]

In December 2020, the federal cabinet saw the fourth reshuffle days after the Islamabad High Court ruled that unelected advisers and special assistants could not head government’s committees. [44]

In April 2021, Shaukat Tarin was appointed as finance minister, the fourth person to hold the post in the last two years, as Prime Minister Imran Khan made his sixth cabinet reshuffle since assuming power. [45]

Federal Ministers

Federal ministers [46]
#NamePortfolioAssumed officeLeft officeParty
1 Imran Khan Prime Minister

All important policy issues and all other portfolios not allocated to any Minister.

18 August 201810 April 2022 PTI
2 Shah Mehmood Qureshi Foreign Affairs 20 August 201810 April 2022 PTI
3 Pervez Khattak Defence 20 August 201810 April 2022 PTI
4 Fawad Chaudhry Information & Broadcasting 20 August 201818 April 2019 PTI
Science and Technology18 April 201917 April 2021
Information and Broadcasting17 April 202110 April 2022
Law and Justice1 April 202210 April 2022
5 Asad Umar Finance, Revenue and Economic Affairs20 August 201818 April 2019 PTI
Planning, Development, Reforms and Special Initiatives 19 November 201910 April 2022
6 Shaukat Tareen Finance and Revenue 17 April 202116 October 2021 Technocrat
Finance and Revenue 27 December 202110 April 2022
7 Hammad Azhar Economic Affairs8 July 20196 April 2020 PTI
Industries & Production7 April 202017 April 2021
Finance and Revenue29 March 202117 April 2021
Energy 17 April 202110 April 2022
Revenue Division11 September 20187 July 2019
8 Sheikh Rasheed Ahmad Railways20-08-201811-12-2020 AML(P)
Interior 11 December 202010 April 2022
9 Khusro Bakhtiar Planning, Development and Reform20 August 201818 November 2019 PTI
Statistics11 December 20184 April 2019
National Food Security & Research19 November 20196 April 2020
Economic Affairs7 April 202017 April 2021
Industries & Production 17 April 202110 April 2022
10 Shafqat Mahmood Federal Education and Professional Training 20 August 201810 April 2022 PTI
National History, and Literary Heritage Division 20 August 201810 April 2022
11 Ijaz Ahmed Shah Parliamentary Affairs2 April 201917 April 2019 PTI
Interior18 April 201911 December 2020
Narcotics Control 11 December 202010 April 2022
12 Syed Fakhar Imam National Food Security and Research 6 April 202010 April 2022 PTI
13 Omar Ayub Khan Power Division11 September 201810 April 2022 PTI
Petroleum Division6 May 201917 April 2021
Economic Affairs 17 April 202110 April 2022
14 Ghulam Sarwar Khan Petroleum Division20 August 201817 April 2019 PTI

Aviation

18 April 201910 April 2022
15 Ali Haider Zaidi Maritime Affairs 11 September 201810 April 2022 PTI
16 Murad Saeed State & Frontier Regions (State Minister)11 September 201817 September 2018 PTI
Communications (State Minister)18 September 201816 December 2018
Postal Services (State Minister)26 October 201816 December 2018
Communications 17 December 201810 April 2022
Postal Services 17 December 20183 February 2020
17 Azam Khan Swati Science & Technology5 October 20186 December 2018 PTI
Parliamentary Affairs19 April 20197 April 2020
Narcotics Control7 April 202011 December 2020
Railways 11 December 202010 April 2022
18 Farogh Naseem Law and Justice 20 August 201826 November 2019 MQM
Law and Justice 29 November 20191 June 2020
Law and Justice 24 July 20201 April 2022
19 Syed Aminul Haque Information Technology and Telecommunication 6 April 202031 March 2022 MQM
20 Tariq Bashir Cheema States and Frontier Regions20 August 20185 September 2018 PML(Q)
Housing and Works 6 September 20181 April 2022
21 Zubaida Jalal Defence Production 20 August 201810 April 2022 BAP
22 Noor-ul-Haq Qadri Religious Affairs and Inter-faith Harmony 20 August 201810 April 2022 PTI
23 Shireen Mazari Human Rights 20 August 201810 April 2022 PTI
24 Fahmida Mirza Coordination 20 August 201810 April 2022 GDA
25 Ali Amin Gandapur Kashmir Affairs and Gilgit Baltistan 5 October 201810 April 2022 PTI
26 Moonis Elahi Water Resources 18 July 202110 April 2022 PML Q
27 Muhammad Mian Soomro Privatisation 5 October 201810 April 2022 PTI
Aviation Division12 December 201817 April 2019
28 Shibli Faraz Information and Broadcasting28 April 202011 March 2021 PTI
Science and Technology 17 April 202110 April 2022
29 Sahabzada Mehboob Sultan National Food Security & Research5 October 201818 November 2019 PTI
States and Frontier Regions 19 November 201910 April 2022
30 Faisal Vawda Water Resources5 October 20183 March 2021 PTI
31 Abdul Hafeez Shaikh Finance, Revenue and Economic Affairs (As Adviser)19 April 201911 December 2020N/A
Finance and Revenue11 December 202029 March 2021
32 Khalid Maqbool Siddiqui Information Technology and Telecommunication20 August 20187 April 2020 MQM
33 Ali Muhammad Mahar Narcotics Control4 October 201821 May 2019 PTI

Minister of State

#NamePortfolioAssumed officeLeft officeParty
1 Shabbir Ali Qureshi Housing and Works 11 September 201810 April 2022 PTI
2 Ali Muhammad Khan Parliamentary Affairs 17 September 201810 April 2022 PTI
3 Zartaj Gul Climate Change 5 October 201810 April 2022 PTI
4 Farrukh Habib Information and Broadcasting 29 April 202110 April 2022 PTI
5 Shehryar Khan Afridi Interior31 August 201817 April 2019 PTI
State and Frontier Regions18 April 201925 September 2020
Narcotics Control10 June 201925 September 2020

Advisors

Advisors to the Prime Minister
NamePartyPortfolioStatusAssumed officeLeft office
1 Ishrat Hussain Tehnocrat Institutional Reforms and Austerity Federal Minister20 August 201810 April 2022
2Musaddiq Abbasi PTI Interior and Accountability Federal Minister26 January 202210 April 2022
3 Abdul Razak Dawood PTI Commerce, Textile, Industry & Production and InvestmenFederal Minister20 August 20186 April 2020
Commerce and Investment Federal Minister7 April 202010 April 2022
4 Babar Awan PTI Parliamentary Affairs Federal Minister6 April 202010 April 2022
5 Ayub Afridi PTI Overseas Pakistanis & Human Resource Development Federal Minister23 November 202110 April 2022
6Malik Amin Aslam Khan PTI Climate ChangeFederal Minister20 August 201822 July 2020
7Zaheer-ur-din Babar AwanParliamentary AffairsFederal Minister20 August 20183 September 2018
Parliamentary AffairsFederal Minister7 April 202010 April 2022
8Shahzad AkbarAccountability & InteriorFederal Minister22 July 202024 January 2022
9Shaukat Fayaz Ahned TarinFinance and RevenueFederal Minister17 October 202126 December 2021

Special Assistants to the Prime Minister

#NamePartyPortfolioStatusAssumed officeLeft office
1 Malik Amin Aslam PTI Climate Change Federal Minister20 August 201810 April 2022
2 Dr. Faisal Sultan Technocrat National Health Services, Regulation and Coordination Federal Minister3 August 202010 April 2022
3 Sania Nishtar (Senator) PTI Ministry of Poverty Alleviation and Social Safety Federal Minister10 June 201910 April 2022
4 Shehzad Arbab PTI Establishment Division Federal Minister11 April 202010 April 2022
5 Dr. Moeed W. Yusuf Technocrat National Security Adviser Federal Minister24 December 201910 April 2022
6 Ayub Afridi PTI Overseas Pakistanis & Human Resource Development Minister of State29 November 202110 April 2022
7 Malik Aamir Dogar (MNA) PTI Political AffairsMinister of State15 November 202010 April 2022
8 Dr Waqar Masood Khan Technocrat Finance and Revenue Minister of State6 October 202024 August 2021
9 Ali Nawaz Awan (MNA) PTI Capital Development Authority AffairsMinister of State6 November 201810 April 2022
10 Usman Dar PTI Youth AffairsHonorary3 Dec 201810 April 2022
11 Jamshed Iqbal Cheema PTI Food SecurityHonorary19 April 202110 April 2022
12Raoof Hasan Technocrat Information and Broadcasting Honorary24 October 202010 April 2022
13Tabish Gohar Technocrat Energy Honorary30 March 202121 September 2021
14 Yar Muhammad Rind (MPA) PTI Water Resources, Power and Petroleum in Balochistan Honorary20 March 201910 April 2022
15 Shahbaz Gill PTI Political CommunicationHonorary13 May 202010 April 2022
16 Khalid Mansoor Technocrat CPEC affairsHonorary3 August 202110 April 2022
17 Shahzad Nawaz Technocrat Culture, Arts and Related CommunicationsHonorary16 November 202110 April 2022
18 Arbab Ghulam Rahim PTI Sindh AffairsHonorary28 July 202110 April 2022
19Makhdoom Syed Tariq Mahmood-Ul-Hassan PTI Overseas Pakistanis and Human Development20 January 2022 [47] 10 April 2022
20 Nawab Shahzain Bugti (MNA) JWP Reconciliation and Harmony in BalochistanHonorary7 July 202129 March 2022

Major Achievements and Reforms

Anti-Corruption Reforms

The Imran Khan government’s cabinet minister Shafqat Mahmood made a committee to counsel on forthcoming community consumption of "heritage buildings" which include governor houses around the country among others. [48] The government’s finance minister Asad Umar said that Khan had ordered him to bring back the laundered money from oversees. He said that government will sell bonds to expatriate Pakistanis. [49] As part of anti-corruption measures, his cabinet decided to put Nawaz Sharif and Maryam Nawaz on exit control list so they cannot leave the country. [48] The cabinet also issued a directive to bring back Ishaq Dar and sons of former prime minister Nawaz Sharif - Hussain and Hassan - to face justice in pending cases against them. The government also decided to implement the austerity measures announced in Khan's inaugural speech. It was also decided to auction the bulletproof and extravagant vehicles belonging to the prime minister house. The decision was made to avoid unnecessary international tours by government officials including the prime minister. [50] On 21 August 2018, the announcement made by the cabinet regarding putting Nawaz Sharif and Maryam Nawaz on exit control list was acted upon. [51]

Economic Reforms

The government entered power in a twin balance of payments and debt crisis with a large current account deficit and fiscal deficit in 2018, Khan's government sought a bailout from the IMF. [52] In exchange for the bailout, Khan's government slashed subsidy spending in the energy sector and unveiled an austerity budget to curb the fiscal deficit and limit government borrowing. [53] The IMF also demanded that the Pakistani government depreciate the rupee and improve tax collection. Khan's government decided to raise import tariffs to collect higher tax revenues and devalued the currency, this alongside the heavy import duty helped to curtail the current account deficit (import substitution).[ citation needed ]

Pakistan's overall balance of payment's position improved significantly following record-high remittances in 2020, which stabilised the central bank's foreign exchange reserves. [54] The fiscal deficit narrowed to less than 1% of GDP by 2020 due to the government's austerity policies, [55] and the rate of debt accumulation had significantly slowed. At the same time, Pakistan's debt remained high due to the high borrowing of previous governments in which the current government had to allocate $24 billion to pay off loans taken during the tenure of previous governments. [56] [57] [58]

Environmental Reforms

On 24 August 2018, the government decided to commence a major tree plantation project. A task force was created to launch a cleanliness drive in the country. Climate change adviser Malik Amin Aslam informed about the first phase launch of 10-billion tree tsunami drive, and announced that 1.5 million saplings will be planted on 2 September 2018 for which 190 plant collection stations will be set up around the country from where the public will be able to collect saplings for plantation. [59]

Social Reforms

In social policy, Khan's government has taken steps to restore religious sites belonging to religious minorities; [60] this included the Kartarpur Corridor. [61] Khan's government took a significantly different position on the policy of minorities than the main opposition party, the PML-N, who had opposed the building of the corridor for Indian pilgrims. [62] Khan's government also instituted reforms to education and healthcare on a national and regional level, respectively. [63] [64] [65]

Khan's government introduced reforms to Pakistan's social safety net and the system of welfare in Pakistan more broadly. [66] [67] [68] This included broadening welfare payments which was initially for widows only, to include the disabled as well as provide health insurance coverage. [69]

Foreign Policy

Shah Mehmood Qureshi was sworn in as the Foreign Minister, along with the rest of Khan's government cabinet, on 20 August. Qureshi held his first press conference as foreign minister, during which he said the new government's foreign policy would put "Pakistan first" and "begin and end at Pakistan", emphasizing a focus on national interests. [70] He said all policies would be made at the Foreign Office, and expressed willingness to consult previous foreign ministers, retired diplomats as well as important institutions whilst devising the foreign policy. He briefly touched upon Pakistan's relations with its neighbourhood, the United States and China, and outlined the government's visions and road map in the months to come. [70]

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