Third Sharif ministry
The third Sharif ministry was formed at noon PST on 5 June 2013 when Pakistan Muslim League chief Nawaz Sharif became the prime minister of Pakistan for the third time. Sharif successfully led the right-of-centre and conservative PML-N to acquire a simple majority. in the 2013 general election against the leftist Pakistan Peoples Party and the centrist Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf.
The cabinet was automatically dissolved on 28 July 2017 after Nawaz Sharif was disqualified and removed from the office of Prime Minister when the Supreme Court declared him guilty of not being truthful and honest.
Government formation
Following the 2013 general election, the Pakistan Muslim League won a plurality of seats in the National Assembly through a simple majority, after failing to secure an overall two-thirds majority. In order to form a government, the PML-N joined in coalition with the Pakistan Muslim League and the National Peoples Party.Cabinet
| Ministry | Federal Minister | Term |
| Minister of Finance | Ishaq Dar | |
| Minister of Defence | Khawaja Muhammad Asif | |
| Minister of Water and Power | Khawaja Muhammad Asif | |
| Minister of Information, Broadcasting and National Heritage | Pervaiz Rashid | 2013–2016 |
| Minister of Industries and Production | Ghulam Murtaza Khan Jatoi | |
| Minister of Interior and Narcotics Control | Nisar Ali Khan | |
| Minister of National Food Security and Research | Sikandar Bosan | |
| Minister of Petroleum and Natural Resources | Shahid Khaqan Abbasi | |
| Minister of Planning, Development and Reform | Ahsan Iqbal | |
| Minister of Human Rights | Kamran Michael | |
| Minister of Railways | Khawaja Saad Rafique | |
| Minister of Religious Affairs and Interfaith Harmony | Sardar Muhammad Yousuf | |
| Minister of States and Frontier Regions | Abdul Qadir Baloch | |
| Minister of Commerce | Khurram Dastgir Khan | |
| Minister of Defence Production | Rana Tanveer Hussain | |
| Ministry of Overseas Pakistanis and Human Resource Development | Pir Sadaruddin Shah | |
| Ministry of Housing and Works | Akram Khan Durrani | |
| Minister of Kashmir Affairs and Gilgit Baltistan | Barjees Tahir | |
| Minister of Law and Justice | Zahid Hamid Pervaiz Rashid Zahid Hamid | 2013 2013–2016 2016–2017 |
| Minister of Parliamentary Affairs | Sheikh Aftab Ahmed | 2016–2017 |
| Minister of Ports and Shipping | Kamran Michael Hasil Bizenjo | 2013–2016 2016 – 2017 |
| Minister of Inter Provincial Coordination | Riaz Hussain Pirzada | |
| Minister of Science and Technology | Zahid Hamid Rana Tanveer Hussain | 2013–2014 2014 – 2017 |
| Minister of States | Cabinet-level Ministers | - |
| No Portfolio | Usman Ibrahim | 2015–2017 |
| Minister of State for Federal Education and Professional Training and Minister of State for Interior and Narcotics Control | Muhammad Baligh Ur Rehman | |
| Minister of State for Capital Administration and Development Division | Usman Ibrahim Tariq Fazal Chaudhry | 2014–2015 2015–2017 |
| Minister of State for Information Technology and Telecommunication | Anusha Rahman | |
| Minister of State for Information and Broadcasting | Maryam Aurangzeb | 2016–2017 |
| Minister of State for National Health Services Regulation and Coordination | Saira Afzal Tarar | |
| Minister of State for Petroleum and Natural Resources | Jam Kamal Khan | |
| Minister of State for Religious Affairs and Inter-faith Harmony | Shaykh Muhammad Amin al-Hasanat Shah | |
| Minister of State for Water and Power | Abid Sher Ali | |
| Minister of State for Science and Technology | Khurram Dastgir Khan | 2013–2014 |
| Minister of State for Parliamentary Affairs | Sheikh Aftab Ahmed | 2013–2016 |
| Minister of Climate Change | Zahid Hamid | 2015–2017 |
| Minister of State for Housing and Works | Usman Ibrahim | 2013–2014 |
| Minister of State for Railways | Abdul Hakeem Baloch | 2013–2014 |
| Cabinet-level appointments | Appointees/Advisers | |
| Advisor to Prime Minister on Foregin Affairs | Sartaj Aziz | 2013-2017 |
| Advisor to the Prime Minister on National Security | Sartaj Aziz | 2013-2015 |
| Advisor to the Prime Minister on National Security | Nasser Janjua | 2015-2017 |
| Advisor to the Prime Minister on Aviation | Shujaat Azeem | |
| Special Assistant to the Prime Minister | Sanaullah Zehri | |
| Special Assistant to Prime Minister on Foreign Affairs | Tariq Fatemi | |
| Special Assistant to the Prime Minister on Investment | Miftah Ismail |
Changes
- 27 November 2013 – Khawaja Muhammad Asif and Pervez Rasheed are given additional charges of the Ministry of Defence and the Ministry of Law, Justice and Human Rights respectively.
- 16 January 2014 – Khurram Dastgir Khan is elevated from the Ministry of State and sworn in as designate federal minister. Khan is later assigned as the federal minister for the Ministry of Commerce. With the induction of Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam into the coalition government, JUI-F ministers Maulana Abdul Ghafoor Haideri and Akram Khan Durrani are made designate federal minister and designate minister of state respectively, while independent FATA legislator Abbas Afridi is also sworn in as designate federal minister.
- 23 October 2013 - Nasser Janjua replaced Sartaj Aziz as the National Security Advisor.
Major initiatives and actions
- *Responding to the 2014 Jinnah International Airport attack
- **Launching the Operation Zarb-e-Azb and Operation Khyber-1
- ***Enforcement and initiation of the National Action Plan against the terrorism
- ***Initiated policies to provide commitment to work with President Ashraf Ghani on stabilizing Afghanistan
- **Renewed commitment towards completing the Iran–Pakistan gas pipeline as part of the Energy security legislation.
- **Establishing the National Intelligence Directorate
- **Initiated the China–Pakistan Economic Corridor
- Economic Policy Actions
- *Launched the privatization process in Pakistan
- *Launched the Pakistan Vision 2025
- *Legislation to improve taxation system
- *Responding to the Late 2000s recession
- Domestic Policy Actions
- *Education
- **Release funds for Higher Education Commission to focus on higher education research.
- *Social Policy
- **Prime Minister’s Youth Programme
- **Increasing the scope of the Benazir Income Support Programme
- *Other
- **Extended the Operation Madad in responding to 2014 Pakistan floods
- National Security Actions
- *Reconstitute the National Security Council to maintain balance in civil military relations
- **Appointment of Sartaj Aziz as the National Security Advisor
- **Continuation of the Nuclear power programme–2050 as part of the Energy security legislation.
- **Establishing military courts commission |military courts commissions for terror suspects
- **Protection of Pakistan Ordinance No. 2014
- **Establishing the National Counter Terrorism Authority
- Constitutional Actions
- *XXI Amendment to the Constitution of Pakistan