Yusuf Raza Gilani is a Pakistani politician who served as the 16th prime minister of Pakistan from 2008 to 2012. He is currently the Chairman of the Senate of Pakistan since 9 April 2024. Gilani was re-elected on 14 March 2024 after receiving 204 votes and currently is a Senator of the Senate of Pakistan.
Makhdoom Shah Mahmood Hussain Qureshi is a Pakistani politician who served as the 29th Minister of Foreign Affairs from 2018 to 2022. He previously held the post from 2008 to 2011. He had been a member of the National Assembly from August 2018 till January 2023. He is the vice chairman of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf political party since December 2011. Previously,he was a member of the National Assembly from 2002 to May 2018.
The Governor of Balochistan is the head of the province of Balochistan,Pakistan. The post was established on 1 July 1970,after the dissolution of West Pakistan province and the end of One Unit. Under Pakistan's current parliamentary system,the governorship is a ceremonial position,as a symbol of the federation. The governor is appointed by the centre,whereas the principal head of the provincial government remains the elected Chief Minister of Balochistan.
Tassaduq Hussain Jillani is a Pakistani judge who served as the 21st Chief Justice of Pakistan from 2013 to 2014. He previously served as a justice of the Supreme Court of Pakistan from 2004,after being nominated as a justice of the Lahore High Court by Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto in 1994.
Nasirul Mulk is a Pakistani jurist and politician who served as the seventh caretaker prime minister of Pakistan in 2018,and previously also served as the 22nd chief justice of Pakistan from 2014 to 2015. A jurist by profession,he was nominated as Chief Justice by the Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif. On 6 July 2014,his appointment as CJP was confirmed by President Mamnoon Hussain. He also previously served as the country's acting Chief Election Commissioner,from 30 November 2013 to 6 July 2014.
Ghulam Jilani KhanHI(M) SBt was a senior general of the Pakistan Army who served as the 14th Governor of Punjab Province and 11th Defence Secretary of Pakistan in the military government of President General Zia-ul-Haq.
Events in the year 2013 in Pakistan.
Mir Hazar Khan Khoso was a Pakistani jurist who was the caretaker prime minister of Pakistan from 25 March to 5 June 2013. Khoso was a judge who previously served as the chief justice of the Federal Shariat Court and served as the caretaker prime minister ahead of the general elections scheduled in May 2013.
Aizaz Ahmad Chaudhry is a Pakistani diplomat and Director General of Institute of Strategic Studies Islamabad. He served as the Ambassador of Pakistan to the United States and was succeeded by Ali Jehangir Siddiqui. Previously,he served as the Foreign Secretary of Pakistan,as the Pakistan's Ambassador to the Netherlands and the spokesperson of the Foreign Office.
The Embassy of Palestine in Islamabad is the diplomatic mission of the State of Palestine in Pakistan. The present Palestinian Ambassador to Pakistan is Ahmad Rabaie
Fawad Hasan Fawad is a Pakistani public policy practitioner,former civil servant who served in BPS-22 grade as the Principal Secretary to two Prime Ministers,Nawaz Sharif and Shahid Khaqan Abbasi;and later as caretaker Federal Minister for Privatisation and Federal Minister for Inter Provincial Coordination.
Anwaar-ul-Haq Kakar is a Pakistani politician who served as the longest-serving caretaker prime minister of Pakistan between 14 August 2023 and 4 March 2024. He was succeeded by his predecessor Shehbaz Sharif. He assumed membership in the Upper House of Pakistan in March 2018. Before taking on the role of caretaker prime minister,Kakar had resigned from the upper house of parliament. Subsequently,he publicly declared his resignation from both the Senate and the Balochistan Awami Party (BAP),a political party he established in 2018.
The Caretaker prime minister of Pakistan is the acting head of the Caretaker Government in Pakistan following the dissolution of the National Assembly. The purpose of this post is to ensure free and fair elections are held. The most recent Caretaker PM was Anwaar ul Haq Kakar,who took office on 14 August 2023,after the National Assembly was dissolved;he served until 4 March 2024.
Grade-22 is the highest attainable rank for a Civil Servant in Pakistan. Grade 22 is equal to a 4-star rank of the Pakistan Armed Forces. With over five hundred thousand civil servants and bureaucrats in Pakistan,only a few dozen officers serve in BPS-22 grade at a given time. Hence,not even 1% of the country's civil servants and/or bureaucrats make it to the highest rank. Officers serving in BPS-22 grade are largely considered to be the most influential individuals in the country.
Syed Abrar Hussain is a retired Pakistani career diplomat best known for his service as Pakistan's Ambassador to Afghanistan,Kuwait and Nepal.
Maj (r) Azam Suleman Khan is a retired Pakistani civil servant who served as the Provincial Ombudsman of Punjab. He previously served in BPS-22 grade as the Interior Secretary of Pakistan,Chief Secretary Punjab and as Chief Secretary Sindh. Khan was promoted to the rank of Federal Secretary in February 2017 by Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif.
The events listed below are both anticipated and scheduled for the year 2023 in Pakistan.
Following the Taliban takeover of Kabul in August 2021,clashes erupted near the Pakistan-Afghanistan border in Chitral district,Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province,on September 7,2023. A group of armed fighters,which were affiliated with the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP),attacked five Pakistani military checkpoints from Afghan territory. The Pakistani military responded to the attack,resulting in casualties on both sides. Four Pakistani soldiers were killed,and according to reports,twelve of the attackers were also killed.
On 3 November 2023,a Pakistan Army convoy was attacked in Gwadar District,Balochistan,Pakistan,resulting in the death of 14 soldiers when two vehicles of the security forces were ambushed by militants while moving from Pasni to Ormara.
Shahzada Ahsan Ashraf Shaikh is an independent Pakistani politician and businessman. In 2023,he was appointed as the federal housing minister in Pakistan's interim caretaker cabinet under PM Anwar Ul Haq Kakar.
