The prime minister of Pakistan is the head of government of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan. Executive authority is vested in the prime minister and his chosen cabinet, despite the president of Pakistan serving as the nominal head of executive. The prime minister is often the leader of the party or the coalition with a majority in the lower house of the Parliament of Pakistan, the National Assembly where he serves as Leader of the House. Prime minister holds office by virtue of their ability to command the confidence of the National Assembly. The prime minister is designated as the "chief executive of the Islamic Republic".
The Speaker of the National Assembly ; informally as Speaker National Assembly, is the presiding official of the National Assembly of Pakistan– a lower house of the Parliament of Pakistan.
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.
Raja Pervaiz Ashraf is a Punjabi Pakistani politician, businessman and agriculturist who served as the 19th Prime Minister of Pakistan from June 2012 to March 2013 and as the Speaker of the National Assembly from April 2022 to March 2024. Ashraf was a member of the National Assembly of Pakistan from NA-58 (Rawalpindi-II). He has also served as the Senior Vice President of the Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM), an alliance of political parties opposed to Imran Khan's PTI party.
Farzana Raja is a Pakistani politician who served as chair of the Benazir Income Support Programme and has been a Member of the National Assembly of Pakistan.
Samina Khalid Ghurki is a Pakistani politician who served as the Federal Minister for Social Welfare and Special Education from November 2008 until February 2011. She subsequently held the position of Federal Minister for Environment from February 2011 to June 2011. Later, she was appointed the Federal Minister for National Heritage and Integration, serving from October 2011 to March 2013, excluding a brief period following the removal of Prime Minister Yusuf Raza Gilani in June 2012.
Arbab Alamgir Khan is a Pakistani politician who served as member of the National Assembly of Pakistan from 2008 to 2013.
Shahnaz Wazir Ali is a Pakistani politician who served as member of the National Assembly of Pakistan from 2008 to 2013.
Events in the year 2012 in Pakistan.
Sardar Shahjahan Yousuf Urdu: سردار شاه جہاں یوسف) is a Pakistani politician who has been a Member of the National Assembly of Pakistan from 2002 to 2013.
The Long March was a public protest against alleged governmental corruption in Pakistan. The march moved from Lahore to Islamabad between 14 and 17 January 2013 and was organised by the Pakistani Sufi scholar Muhammad Tahir-ul-Qadri. On 17 January, the government came for negotiations and struck and agreement which was termed the Islamabad Long March Declaration, that ended the protest.
The Abbottabad Commission was a judicial inquiry commissioned to provide reports on the circumstantial events leading up to the United States decision to take unilateral military actions in Abbottabad in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa Province of Pakistan, with the objective of neutralizing al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden on May 2, 2011. Constituted by the Supreme Court of Pakistan on the request of the Government of Pakistan on 21 June 2011, the commission was chaired by the Senior Justice Javaid Iqbal and other members selected by the Supreme Court.
Malik Azmat Khan is a Pakistani politician who had been a member of the National Assembly of Pakistan from 2008 to 2013.
Sardar Saleem Haider Khan is a Pakistani politician who is currently serving as the 47th Governor of Punjab in office since 10 May 2024.
Chaudhry Wajahat Hussain is a Pakistani politician who had been a member of the National Assembly of Pakistan from 2002 to 2013. In 2023, he was appointed as the president of PML-Q after his brother Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain was removed from the position by a breakaway faction. Later, Election commission of Pakistan reverted the decision and stated it an illegal move. Also given all powers back to Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain. He was member of Pakistan Tehreek e Insaf until he announced going back to Shujaat's PML-Q. He is the father of the current member national assembly Chaudhry Hussain Elahi and uncle of Moonis Elahi and Chaudhry Salik Hussain.
Khawaja Sheraz Mehmood is a Pakistani politician who was a member of the National Assembly of Pakistan from 2002 to 2013 and again from August 2018 till January 2023.He has been selected for the fourth time as a member of National assembly in the 8 Feb 2024 election
Sardar Bahadur Ahmed Khan Sehar is a Pakistani politician who had been a member of the National Assembly of Pakistan from 2002 to 2013. He remained a member of the federal cabinet as Minister for Defence Production from 2011 to 2013.
Mir Changez Khan Jamali is a Pakistani politician who was a member of the National Assembly of Pakistan from 2008 to 2013.
Sardar Muhammad Umar Gorgaij is a Pakistani politician who was a member of the National Assembly of Pakistan from 2008 to 2013. And currently He is serving Member of Senate of Pakistan from April 2024
Fawad Ahmed Hussain Chaudhry is a Pakistani politician who served as Federal Minister for Information and Broadcasting, in office since 14 April 2021 to 10 April 2022. On 24 May 2023 announced he is taking "break" from politics.
