The Mazari caretaker ministry under Balakh Sher Mazari as the caretaker prime minister of Pakistan was sworn into office after the Nawaz government was overthrown on 19 April 1993 by president Ghulam Ishaq Khan. Mazari's tenure as caretaker prime minister ended abruptly on 26 May 1993 when the Supreme Court revoked the presidential order and reinstated Nawaz Sharif as the prime minister.
Government formation On 18 April 1993, president Ghulam Ishaq Khan exercised his extra-constitutional presidential powers, instituted to him through the Eighth Amendment to the Constitution of Pakistan, to resolve the power struggle in Pakistan and dismissed the government of prime minister Nawaz Sharif. After dissolving both, the national and the provincial assemblies, Khan appointed Mazari as the caretaker prime minister. The same day, a caretaker cabinet was also sworn into the house.
This was the second time that president Khan had invoked Article 58-2b of the Eighth Amendment to bring down an elected head of government. The charges of corruption and economic mismanagement that Khan levelled against Nawaz Sharif were almost entirely identical to those he had earlier brought against Benazir Bhutto in 1990.
Cabinet 1993 A caretaker cabinet of 22 ministers took an oath on 18 April 1993 under caretaker prime minister Balakh Sher Mazari and the president Ghulam Ishaq Khan. The Mazari caretaker cabinet was "[Pakistan's] most short-lived caretaker cabinet".
Ministry Minister Caretaker Prime Minister Balakh Sher Mazari Ministry of Housing & Works, Environment and Urban Affairs Anwar Saifullah Khan Ministry of Defence Hazar Khan Bijarani Ministry of Water and Power Asif Ali Zardari Ministry of Local Government and Rural Development Sardar Fateh Mohammad Hasni Ministry of Defence Production Aftab Ahmad Khan Sherpao Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Resources Arbab Jehangir Khan Ministry of Manpower and Overseas Pakistanis Ghulam Murtaza Khan Jatoi Ministry of Special Education and Special Welfare Ahmed Bugti Ministry of Women Development Wazir Ahmed Khan Jogezai Ministry of Political Affairs Arbab Ghulam Rahim Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs Syed Tanveer-ul-Hassan Gillani Ministry of Labour Mian Zahid Sarfraz Ministry of Management Services Manzoor Ahmed Gichki Ministry of Commerce Ehsan-ul-Haq Piracha Ministry of Food and Agriculture Jehangir Bader Ministry of Health Afaq Shahid Ministry of Industry Zafar Ali Leghari Ministry of Railways Malik Mohammad Qasim Ministry of Narcotics Control Sardar Aseff Ahmed Ali KANA Amanullah Khan Jadoon Ministry of Foreign Affairs Sharifuddin Pirzada Ministry of Production Welfare Zulfiqar Ali Shah Jamote
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