Shamshad Akhtar is a Pakistani development economist, United Nations diplomat, banker and politician who served as the caretaker finance minister of Pakistan from 2023 to 2024 as well as from 5 June 2018 to 18 August 2018.
Shahid Khaqan Abbasi is a Pakistani politician and businessman who served as the 21st prime minister of Pakistan from August 2017 to May 2018. He also currently leads Awaam Pakistan (AP) as its president. Abbasi was the senior vice president of the Pakistan Muslim League-N (PML-N), and had been the secretary-general of Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM), an anti-PTI coalition of political parties in Pakistan. He had been a Member of the National Assembly of Pakistan from October 2018 to August 2023 and previously served as a member of the National Assembly for 8 non-consecutive terms since 1988.
Ahsan Iqbal Chaudhary is a Pakistani politician currently holding the position of Federal Minister of Planning, Development, and Special Initiatives and Inter Provincial Coordination. He is also the Secretary General of the Pakistan Muslim League (N) and has been a member of the National Assembly of Pakistan since 29 February 2024.
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.
ChaudhryAbid Sher Ali is a Pakistani politician who served as Minister of State for Power, in the Abbasi cabinet from August 2017 to May 2018. Previously, he served as the Minister of State for Water and Power from 2013 to 2017. He also was a member of the National Assembly of Pakistan, since 2002.
Sikandar Hayat Khan Bosan is a Pakistani politician who served as Minister for National Food Security and Research, in Abbasi cabinet from August 2017 to May 2018. He previously served as the Minister for National Food Security and Research in the Third Sharif ministry. Bosan previously held the cabinet portfolio of Minister for Food, Agriculture & Livestock from 2004 to 2007 during the Shaukat Aziz ministry.
Pir Muhammad Amin Ul Hasnat Shah is the Custodian of Hazrat Amir us Salikeen RA, Bhera Sharif, Pakistan. Pir Muhammad Amin Ul Hasnat Shah is the Chancellor of Al Karam International Institute and Dar ul Uloom Muhammadia Ghousiya. He was also a Pakistani politician who served as Minister of State for Religious Affairs and Interfaith Harmony, in Abbasi cabinet from August 2017 to May 2018. Previously he served as the Minister of State of Religious Affairs and Inter-faith Harmony from 2013 to 2017 in third Sharif ministry. He had been a member of National Assembly of Pakistan from June 2013 to May 2018.
Jalil Abbas Jilani is a retired Pakistani diplomat who served in Grade 22 as the Foreign Secretary of Pakistan. He is former Caretaker Minister of Foreign Affairs, he served in office from 17 August 2023 till 04 March 2024. He was born on February 3, 1955, in Multan to a family known for high-profile bureaucrats. He served as the 22nd Ambassador of Pakistan to the United States from December 2013 to February 2017, and previously served as the Foreign Secretary of Pakistan from March 2012 to December 2013. He has also served as a senior director at the Centre for Aerospace and Security Studies (CASS).
Marriyum Aurangzeb is a Pakistani politician who currently serves as Senior Minister in the Government of Punjab, in office since March 2024.
Talal Chaudhry is a Pakistani politician, currently serving as a Member of the Senate of Pakistan (Senator) from since April 2024. Previously, he was a member of the National Assembly of Pakistan, from June 2013 to May 2018.He served as the Federal Parliamentary Secretary for Information Technology and Science and Technology in the cabinet of Nawaz Sharif from 2013 to 2017. He served as Minister of State for Interior, in Abbasi cabinet from August 2017 to May 2018.
Muhammad Junaid Anwar Chaudhry is a Pakistani politician who has been a member of the National Assembly of Pakistan since 2008, winning the election four times during this period. He served as Minister of State for Communications in Abbasi cabinet from August 2017 to May 2018.
Chaudhry Jaffar Iqbal is a Pakistani politician who served as Minister of State for Maritime Affairs, in the Abbasi cabinet from August 2017 to May 2018. He had been a member of the National Assembly of Pakistan, from June 2013 to May 2018.
Abdul Rehman Khan Kanju is a Pakistani politician who had been a member of the National Assembly of Pakistan from August 2018 till August 2023. Previously, he was a member of the National Assembly from June 2013 to May 2018.
Riaz Hussain Pirzada is a Pakistani politician who currently holds the position of Federal Minister for Housing and Works. He has been serving as a member of the National Assembly of Pakistan since 29 February 2024. He has held previous terms in the National Assembly from August 2018 to August 2023 and from 1993 to May 2018. Additionally, he was a member of the Provincial Assembly of Punjab from 1985 to 1988.
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 Balochistan Awami Party is a political party based in the Balochistan province of Pakistan founded in 2018 by political dissidents of the Pakistan Muslim League (N) and the Pakistan Muslim League (Q) in Balochistan.
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.
The oath of office ceremony of Imran Khan, the 22nd Prime Minister of Pakistan, was held at the President House in Islamabad on 18 August 2018. Following the conclusion of the ceremony, Khan proceeded to the Prime Minister's Office, where he was presented a guard of honour by contingents of all three armed forces of Pakistan.
Syed Mohsin Raza Naqvi is a Pakistani politician and businessman. He is a senator and has served as Interior Minister of Pakistan since 11 March 2024 and the chairman of the Pakistan Cricket Board since 6 February 2024.
