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.OfficeIncumbentTerm
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
3Adviser 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.OfficeIncumbent
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