Cabinet of Pakistan
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.
The Cabinet Secretary of Pakistan serves as the administrative head of the Cabinet Division and reports directly to the Prime Minister. According to the Constitution of Pakistan, the Prime Minister may dismiss members of the cabinet, but must do so in writing, and new appointees must again be approved by the Parliament. The cabinet meets weekly in Islamabad. The cabinet is granted constitutional power under Article 81D of the Constitution of Pakistan. The existence of the cabinet dates back to Prime Minister Liaqat Ali Khan, who appointed civil servants and statesmen to his :Category:First Pakistani Cabinet|first cabinet.
Constitutional powers
Current Cabinet
Cabinet Ministers
No. | Office | Incumbent | Term | |
1 | Adviser on Climate Change | Malik Amin Aslam | August 20, 2018 | |
2 | Adviser on Commerce & Textile Industry, Industries & Production, and Investment | Abdul Razak Dawood | 20 August 2018 | |
3 | Adviser on Establishment | Shehzad Arbab | August 20, 2018 | |
4 | Adviser on Institutional Reforms & Austerity | Ishrat Hussain | 27 August 2018 | |
5 | Adviser on Finance and Revenue | Abdul Hafeez Shaikh | 18 April 2019 |
No. | Office | Incumbent |
1 | Special Assistant to the Prime Minister on Social Protection & Poverty Alleviation | Sania Nishtar |
2 | Special Assistant to the Prime Minister on Accountability, Special Assistant to the Prime Minister on Interior, Chief of the Asset Recovery Unit | Mirza Shahzad Akbar |
3 | Special Assistant to the Prime Minister on Media | Iftikhar Durrani |
5 | Special Assistant to the Prime Minister on Overseas Pakistanis & Human Resource Development, Chairman National Tourism Coordination Board, Chairman PTDC | Sayed Zulfiqar Abbas Bukhari |
6 | Special Assistant to the Prime Minister on Coordination of Marketing & Development of Mineral Resources | Shahzad Syed Qasim |
7 | Special Assistant to the Prime Minister on Capital Development Authority Affairs | Ali Nawaz Awan |
8 | Special Assistant to the Prime Minister on Youth Affairs | Muhammad Usman Dar |
9 | Special Assistant to the Prime Minister on Media Affairs | Yousaf Baig Mirza |
10 | Spokesperson to the Prime Minister of Pakistan, Special Assistant to the Prime Minister on Parliamentary Coordination | Nadeem Afzal Gondal |
11 | Special Assistant to the Prime Minister on activities pertaining to Ministries of Water Resources, Power and Petroleum in Balochistan | Sardar Yar Muhammad Rind |
12 | Special Assistant to the Prime Minister on National Health Services, Regulations, and Coordination | Dr. Zafar Mirza |
13 | Special Assistant to the Prime Minister on Information & Broadcasting Division | Lt Gen Asim Saleem Bajwa |
14 | Special Assistant to the Prime Minister on Petroleum Division | Nadeem Babar |