Khoso Caretaker Government | |
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44th Cabinet of Pakistan | |
Date formed | 2 April 2013 |
Date dissolved | 7 June 2013 |
People and organisations | |
Head of state | Asif Ali Zardari |
Head of government | Mir Hazar Khan Khoso |
Status in legislature | Caretaker government |
History | |
Predecessor | Ashraf government |
Successor | Third Nawaz Sharif ministry |
The Khoso caretaker government was the Pakistani caretaker federal cabinet that was sworn into office on 2 April 2013. [1] On 24 March 2013, Mir Hazar Khan Khoso was nominated by the Election Commission as the Caretaker Prime minister, out of four nominees coming from both the opposition and the dissolved government. [2] Khoso was sworn into office on 25 March 2013. [3]
Khoso's cabinet was sworn into office on 2 April 2013, [1] but were handed their official portfolios on 4 April 2013 with the exception of Sohail Wajahat Siddique, who received his portfolio at a later date. [4]
At the swearing-in ceremony on 2 April 2013, 15 ministers were shortlisted for the cabinet but one chair was removed at the "eleventh hour". [1] Dr Mushtaq Khan from Sindh was touted to become the caretaker federal minister of finance but dropped out at the last minute. [5] Speculations around his absence suggested that Khan was stopped from taking his oath because he had been serving as the chief economist at the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) and would have had to resign from the SBP before taking an oath in the caretaker setup. [6]
Ministry [4] | Minister |
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Punjab | |
Ministry of Interior and Narcotics Control | Malik Habib |
Ministry of Law, Justice, Parliamentary Affairs and Human Rights | Ahmer Bilal Soofi |
Ministry of Water and Power | Musadik Malik |
Ministry of Information and Postal Service | Arif Nizami |
Ministry for Industries and Production | Shahzada Ahsan Ashraf Sheikh |
Ministry of Religious and National Harmony | Shahzada Jamal Nazir |
Sindh | |
Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Resources | Sohail Wajahat H. Siddiqui |
Ministry of Textiles and Commerce | Maqbool HH Rahimtoola |
Ministry of Housing and Works | Younus Soomro |
Balochistan | |
Ministry of Railways | Abdul Malik Kasi |
Minister for Ports and Shipping and Communication | Asadullah Mandokhel |
Ministry of National Food Security and Research | Mir Hassan Domki |
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa | |
Ministry of Science and Technology, IT, Professional Training and Education | Dr Sania Nishtar |
Ministry of Overseas Pakistanis and Human Resource Development | Feroze Jamal Shah Kakakhel |
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