Mian Muhammad Nawaz Sharif is a Pakistani politician and businessman who served as the 12th prime minister of Pakistan for three non-consecutive terms,first serving from 1990 to 1993,then from 1997 to 1999 and later from 2013 to 2017. He is the longest-serving prime minister of Pakistan,having served a total of more than 9 years across three tenures. Each term has ended in his ousting.
Muhammad Ishaq Dar is a Pakistani accountant and politician who currently serves as 3rd Deputy Prime Minister of Pakistan since 28 April 2024,he also had the portfolio of Foreign Minister of Pakistan since 11 March 2024.
Chaudhry Parvez Elahi Warraich is a Pakistani politician who was the Chief Minister of Punjab from late 2002 to late 2007 and again from late 2022 to early 2023. He was a member of the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab from August 2018 till January 2023,when he,as chief minister,dissolved the assembly. In 2023,he left the Pakistan Muslim League (Q) and joined Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) along with his son,Moonis Elahi,and 10 other former PML(Q) MPAs over political rifts with the party president and cousin,Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain. He was appointed as,and is currently serving as the president of the PTI. He also served as the president of the Punjab Division of the PML(Q).
Habib Bank Limited commonly known as HBL,is a Pakistani commercial bank based at Habib Bank Plaza,Karachi,Pakistan.
Shahid Khaqan Abbasi is a Pakistani politician and businessman who served as the 18th prime minister of Pakistan from August 2017 to May 2018. He also currently leads Awaam Pakistan (AP) as its chairman. 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.
Mian Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif is a Pakistani politician and businessman who is currently serving as the 20th prime minister of Pakistan since March 2024,having previously served in the post from April 2022 to August 2023. He has also served as the president of the Pakistan Muslim League (N) (PML-N). Previously,he served as the chief minister of Punjab three times,making him the longest-serving chief minister of Punjab.
Khalil-ur-Rehman Ramday is a Pakistani philanthropist and former jurist who served as senior judge of the Supreme Court of Pakistan from 2002 to 2010.
Khawaja Muhammad Asif is a Pakistani politician who serves as the Defence Minister of Pakistan from since 19 April 2022,he also has the Responsibility of Federal Minister for Aviation since 11 March 2024. Previously having Defence Ministry post from April 2022 to August 2023 in Shehbaz Sharif's Government. Previously,he had also 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 1993 to 1999 and again from 2002 to 2018 and till date. Since May 2019 he is nominated by PMLN to act as the Parliamentary Leader in National Assembly,he acted in this role till the dissolution of the assembly in 2023 and again took the charge after elections on 2 March 2024.
Chaudhary Nisar Ali Khan is a Pakistani politician who served as the Interior Minister from 2013 to 2017. He had been a member of the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab from August 2018 till January 2023. He however was unsuccessful in winning a National Assembly seat. A former leader of the Pakistan Muslim League (Nawaz),Khan had been a member of the National Assembly of Pakistan between 1985 and May 2018. He was the Leader of the Opposition in the National Assembly from 2008 to 2013.
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.
Shaukat Fayyaz Ahmed Tarin is a former Pakistani Senator and banker who served as Finance Minister of Pakistan from 2008 to 2010 in the Gillani cabinet also and worked with the help of the Pakistan People’s Party's cabinet members.
Muhammad Hamza Shahbaz Sharif is a Pakistani politician,businessman,and the eldest son of current Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif. He served as the Leader of the Opposition in the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab from September 2018 to April 2022,and resumed this role on 20 October 2022 and continued until the dissolution of the assembly. He briefly held the position of Chief Minister of Punjab from 30 April 2022 to 26 July 2022. His tenure as a member of the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab spanned from August 2018 to January 2023. Prior to this,he was a member of the National Assembly of Pakistan from June 2008 to May 2018.
Maryam Nawaz Sharif,is a Pakistani politician who has served as the 20th chief minister of Punjab,since 26 February 2024. She is the first woman to hold the position of chief minister in Pakistan.
The deputy prime minister of Pakistan,officially the deputy prime minister of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan is the second most senior minister of the Government of Pakistan. 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. From 2013-2024 the office remained vacant until Shehbaz Sharif appointed Ishaq Dar to Deputy Prime Minister as an additional charge to Dar's portfolio of Foreign Minister.
The Sharif family is the most prominent political family in Pakistan and is based in Lahore. The Sharif Family are Punjabi-speaking Kashmiris with their origin in Anantnag,Jammu and Kashmir and settled in Punjab in the late 20th century.
Marriyum Aurangzeb is a Pakistani politician who currently serves as Senior Minister in the Government of Punjab,in office since March 2024.
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.
After the 2024 general elections in Pakistan,Shahbaz Sharif's second government was formed. Shehbaz Sharif from the Pakistan Muslim League (N) was elected as the Prime Minister. President Asif Ali Zardari took the oath of office. The new Cabinet composition has been described as a "Lean",with its composition being influenced by the need of the new government to respond quickly to the current economic crisis. The Cabinet includes PML (N),MQM (P),PML (Q),IPP and independents.
Ahad Khan Cheema is a retired Pakistani bureaucrat who is the current Federal Minister of Economic Affairs,appointed on 11 March 2024. Previously,he has served as a chief executive officer (CEO) of the Quaid-e-Azam Thermal Power Company and director-general of the Lahore Development Authority. In 2018,the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) arrested Cheema on charges related to irregularities in the Ashiana Housing Scheme project during his time as chairman of the LDA. The investigation also involved former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif's principal secretary Fawad Hassan Fawad and Shehbaz Sharif. Cheema was released on bail in 2021 after spending three years in jail and was acquitted of all charges by the NAB in 2023. He took retirement from civil service in January 2023.
The Pakistan wheat import scandal refers to a controversy that emerged in 2024,involving the importation of a significant amount of wheat by the caretaker government,despite the country having surplus wheat stocks. This decision allegedly caused a loss of more than 300 billion rupees to the national exchequer. The import of wheat was continued in the first two months of the Shehbaz Sharif government,as 778,000 metric tons worth of wheat,costing $231.32 million continued to be imported.
