The Abbasi government was formed by Shahid Khaqan Abbasi on 4 August 2017 to begin a new government following the disqualification of former Prime Minister of Pakistan Nawaz Sharif until the end of May 2018 when justice Nasirul Mulk took oath as new caretaker prime minister. The government, a Pakistan Muslim League (N) majority government, succeeded the third Nawaz Sharif government, which was formed following the 2013 general election and had dissolved in the July 2017 after Nawaz Sharif was disqualification by the Supreme Court of Pakistan to hold the office of Prime Minister.
The government retained relatively the same cabinet as the one prior, composed mostly of Pakistan Muslim League (N) politicians, while continuing the policies of the previous Prime minister, Nawaz Sharif, while still making policy changes.
Cabinet
Federal ministers Portfolio Minister Term Ref Prime MinisterFederal Minister of Energy Shahid Khaqan Abbasi August 2017 — May 2018 Federal Minister of Finance, Revenue and Economic Affairs Ishaq Dar August 2017 — November 2017 Miftah Ismail December 2017 — May 2018Federal Minister of DefenceFederal Minister of Foreign Affairs Khurram Dastgir Khan August 2017 — May 2018May 2018Federal Minister of Foreign Affairs Khawaja Muhammad Asif August 2017 — April 2018Federal Minister of Interior Federal Minister of Planning and DevelopmentAhsan IqbalAugust 2017 — May 2018 September 2017 — May 2018Federal Minister of Commerce and TextileMuhammad Pervaiz Malik August 2017 — May 2018Federal Minister of RailwaysKhawaja Saad Rafique August 2017 — May 2018Federal Minister of Religious Affairs and Inter-faith HarmonySardar Muhammad Yousuf August 2017 — May 2018 Federal Minister of Parliamentary AffairsSheikh Aftab Ahmed August 2017 — May 2018Federal Minister of States and Frontier RegionsAbdul Qadir Baloch August 2017 — May 2018Federal Minister of CommunicationsHafiz Abdul Kareem August 2017 — May 2018Federal Minister of Housing and Works Akram Khan Durrani August 2017 — May 2018 Federal Minister of Postal ServicesMaulana Ameer Zaman August 2017 — May 2018 Federal Minister for Power Awais Leghari October 2017 — May 2018Federal Minister of Industries and ProductionGhulam Murtaza Jatoi August 2017 — May 2018Federal Minister of Maritime AffairsHasil Bizenjo August 2017 — May 2018 Federal Minister of Water ResourcesSyed Javed Ali Shah August 2017 — May 2018Federal Minister of StatisticsKamran Michael August 2017 — May 2018 Federal Minister of Federal Education and Professional TrainingMuhammad Baligh Ur Rehman August 2017 — May 2018 Federal Minister of Kashmir Affairs and Gilgit-BaltistanBarjees Tahir August 2017 — May 2018 Federal Minister of Climate ChangeMushahid Ullah Khan August 2017 — May 2018 Federal Minister of Inter-Provincial CoordinationRiaz Hussain Pirzada August 2017 — May 2018 Federal Minister of Overseas Pakistanis and Human Resource DevelopmentPir Sadaruddin Shah August 2017 — May 2018Federal Minister of National Health Services, Regulation and CoordinationSaira Afzal Tarar August 2017 — May 2018 Federal Minister of Narcotics ControlSalahuddin Tirmizi August 2017 — May 2018Federal Minister of National Food Security and ResearchSikandar Hayat Khan Bosan August 2017 — May 2018Federal Minister of Defence Production Federal Minister of Science and TechnologyRana Tanveer Hussain August 2017 — May 2018 November 2017 — May 2018Federal Minister of Law and JusticeZahid Hamid August 2017 — November 2017Zafarullah Khan November 2017 — May 2018 Federal Minister for Privatisation Daniyal Aziz August 2017 — May 2018 Federal Minister for Human Rights Mumtaz Ahmed Tarar August 2017 — May 2018 Ministers of State Portfolio Minister Term Ref Minister of State for Overseas Pakistanis and Human Resource DevelopmentAbdul Rehman Khan Kanju August 2017 — May 2018 Minister of State for PowerAbid Sher Ali August 2017 — May 2018Minister of State for Information Technology and TelecommunicationAnusha Rahman August 2017 — May 2018 Minister of State for Inter-Provincial CoordinationDarshan Punshi August 2017 — May 2018Minister of State for States and Frontier RegionsGhalib Khan August 2017 — May 2018Minister of State for Maritime AffairsChaudhry Jaffar Iqbal August 2017 — May 2018 Minister of State for PetroleumJam Kamal Khan August 2017 — May 2018Minister of State for Information, Broadcasting, National History and Literary HeritageMarriyum Aurangzeb August 2017 — May 2018 Minister of State for Parliamentary AffairsMohsin Shahnawaz Ranjha October 2017- May 2018 Minister of State for Commerce and TextileAkram Ansari August 2017 — May 2018Minister of State for Religious Affairs and Inter-faith HarmonyMuhammad Amin Ul Hasnat Shah August 2017 — May 2018Minister of State for Industries and ProductionArshad Khan Leghari August 2017 — May 2018Minister of State for CommunicationsMuhammad Junaid Anwar Chaudhry August 2017 — May 2018 Minister of State for Interior AffairsMuhammad Tallal Chaudry August 2017 — May 2018 Minister of State for Capital Administration and DevelopmentTariq Fazal Chaudhry August 2017 — May 2018 Minister of State for Human RightsUsman Ibrahim August 2017 — May 2018 Minister of State for National Food Security and Research Syed Ayaz Ali Shah Sheerazi August 2017 — May 2018 Minister of State for Science and Technology Mir Dostain Khan Domki August 2017 — May 2018 Minister of State for Finance Rana Afzal Khan December 2017 — May 2018
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