Imran Khan ministry

The Khan ministry is the current government of Pakistan which was formed by Imran Khan following his successful election as Prime Minister of Pakistan by the National Assembly. The Cabinet has 25 Federal Ministers, 5 Ministers of state and 6 Advisors most of whom assumed office on 20 August 2018.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9] The cabinet saw a reshuffle on 18 April 2019.[10] On 6 April 2020, the cabinet saw another reshuffle.[11]

Khan Ministry
2018-present
Date formed20 August 2018
People and organisations
Head of stateMamnoon Hussain (until 9 September 2018)
Arif Alvi (from September 2018)
Head of governmentImran Ahmed Khan Niazi
Member partyPakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf
Coalition partners:
MQM-P
BAP
GDA
AML
PML (Q)
Confidence and supply:
BNP-M
JWP
Independent
Status in legislatureMajority coalition
Opposition partyPakistan Muslim League (N)
Opposition leaderShehbaz Sharif
History
Election(s)2018
Legislature term(s)15th Parliament of Pakistan
PredecessorMulk caretaker ministry
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Cabinet
    Federal ministers
    Portfolio Name Assumed Office Left Office Party
    Prime Minister

    All important policy issues and all other portfolios not allocated to any Minister.

    		Imran Khan 18 August 2018 Incumbent PTI
    Minister for Foreign Affairs Shah Mehmood Qureshi 20 August 2018 Incumbent PTI
    Minister for Information & Broadcasting Shibli Faraz 27 April 2020 Incumbent PTI
    Minister for Defence Pervez Khattak 20 August 2018 Incumbent PTI
    Minister for Interior Ijaz Ahmed Shah 18 April 2019 Incumbent PTI
    Minister for Narcotics Control Azam Swati 6 April 2020 Incumbent PTI
    Minister for Industries & Production Hammad Azhar 6 April 2020 Incumbent PTI
    Minister of Planning, Development, Reforms and Special Initiatives Asad Umar 19 November 2019 Incumbent PTI
    Minister of National Food Security and Research Syed Fakhar Imam 6 April 2020 Incumbent PTI
    Minister of Economic Affairs Khusro Bakhtiar 6 April 2020 Incumbent PTI
    Minister for Energy Omar Ayub Khan 11 September 2018 Incumbent PTI

    Minister for Aviation

    		Ghulam Sarwar Khan 19 April 2019 Incumbent PTI
    Minister for Maritime Affairs Ali Haider Zaidi 11 September 2018 Incumbent PTI
    Minister for Communications
    Minister for Postal Services     		Murad Saeed 17 December 2018 Incumbent PTI
    Minister for Railways Sheikh Rasheed Ahmad 20 August 2018 Incumbent AML(P)
    Minister of Federal Education and Professional Training

    Minister for National History, and Literary Heritage Division

    		Shafqat Mahmood 20 August 2018 Incumbent PTI
    Minister for Law and Justice Farogh Naseem 20 August 2018 Incumbent MQM
    Minister for Information Technology and Telecommunication Syed Aminul Haque 6 April 2020 Incumbent MQM
    Minister for Housing and Works Tariq Bashir Cheema 20 August 2018 Incumbent PML(Q)
    Minister for Defence Production Zubaida Jalal 20 August 2018 Incumbent BAP
    Minister for Religious Affairs and Inter-faith Harmony Noor-ul-Haq Qadri 20 August 2018 Incumbent PTI
    Minister for Human Rights Shireen Mazari 20 August 2018 Incumbent PTI
    Minister for Inter-provincial Coordination Fahmida Mirza 20 August 2018 Incumbent GDA
    Minister for Kashmir Affairs and Gilgit Baltistan Ali Amin Gandapur 5 October 2018 Incumbent PTI
    Minister for Water Resources Faisal Vawda 5 October 2018 Incumbent PTI
    Minister for Privatisation Muhammad Mian Soomro 5 October 2018 Incumbent PTI
    Minister for Science and Technology Fawad Chaudhry 18 April 2019 Incumbent PTI
    Minister of States and Frontier Regions Sahabzada Mehboob Sultan 19 November 2019 Incumbent PTI
    Ministers of State
    States and Frontier Regions Shehryar Khan Afridi 19 April 2019 Incumbent PTI
    Housing and Works Shabbir Ali Qureshi 11 September 2018 Incumbent PTI
    Parliamentary Affairs Ali Muhammad Khan 17 September 2018 Incumbent PTI
    Climate Change Zartaj Gul 5 October 2018 Incumbent PTI
    Advisers to the Prime Minister
    Finance, Revenue and Economic Affairs Abdul Hafeez Shaikh 18 April 2019 Incumbent Tehnocrat
    Institutional Reforms and Austerity Ishrat Hussain 20 August 2018 Incumbent Tehnocrat
    Climate Change Malik Amin Aslam 20 August 2018 Incumbent PTI
    Commerce and Investment Abdul Razak Dawood 20 August 2018 Incumbent PTI
    Parliamentary Affairs Babar Awan 6 April 2020 Incumbent PTI

    Special Assistants
    Special Assistants to the Prime Minister[12][13]
    Mirza Shehzad Akbar Technocrat Accountability & Interior 20 August 2018
    Sayed Zulfiqar Abbas Bukhari PTI Overseas Pakistanis & Human Resource Development 18 September 2018
    Usman Dar PTI Youth Affairs 3 Dec 2018
    Sania Nishtar PTI Ehsas and Poverty Eleviation 10 June 2019
    Shahzad Qasim Technocrat Power Sector 26 October 2018
    Nadeem Afzal Chan PTI Political Affairs 7 November 2018
    Asim Saleem Bajwa Independent Information & Broadcasting 27 April 2020
    Nadeem Babar PTI Petroleum 18 April 2019
    Dr. Zafarullah Mirza PTI National Health Services, Regulation and Coordination 18 April 2019
    Yar Muhammad Rind PTI Activities pertaining to Ministries of Water Resources, Power and Petroleum in the Balochistan 20 March 2019
    Dr. Moeed W. Yusuf Technocrat National Security Adviser 24 December 2019
    Shehzad Arbab PTI Advisor to the Prime Minister on Establishment Division 11 April 2020
    Shahbaz Gill PTI Advisor to PM on Political Communication 13 May 2020
    Tania Aidrus Technocrat Advisor to PM on Digital Pakistan 13 May 2020

    Analysis

    Khan announced his cabinet soon after taking oath, he kept ministry of interior to himself. His choice for ministries was criticized as he came into power on the slogan of Change and New Pakistan but most of his appointees were previously ministers during the era of Pervez Musharraf and some served in PPP government which followed Musharraf era.[14][15][16][17][18][19] He was criticized by supporters and critics for settling for "Diet Reform" as Musharraf pursued rather than the real change that was embodied by the PTI.[20] Some supporters defended Khan since the PTI was in a coalition government and needed "electables" to win the election.

    Khusro Bakhtiar served as a minister during Musharraf's regime, as well as an MNA in the PML-N coalition government[21] Shafqat Mehmood was a member of the PPP from 1990 until he joined Musharraf regime soon after 1999 coup and became provincial minister.[22] Farogh Naseem has been part of Musharraf's legal team representing him against treason charges which aroused speculation on PTI's stance on if Pervez Musharraf will be tried for treason.[23] Tariq Bashir Cheema has been minister in a past PPP government.[24] Fehmida Mirza has been Speaker of the National Assembly of Pakistan in a PPP government.[25] Sheikh Rasheed Ahmad served as a minister during the Musharraf era as well as a former MNA of the PML-N.[26] Ghulam Sarwar Khan also served as a minister during Musharraf regime.[27] Zubaida Jalal Khan was a minister and held the same portfolio during Musharraf era.[28] Fawad Chaudhry was media coordinator in the political party formed by Musharraf as well a special Assistant to Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani.[29] Shah Mehmood Qureshi held the same portfolio in a PPP government.[30] Babar Awan also served in a past PPP government.[31] Malik Amin Aslam held same portfolio under Musharraf government but is more of a technocrat than a politician.[32] Abdul Razak Dawood was commerce minister for Musharraf as well.[33] Omar Ayub Khan was the minister of state for finance in Shaukat Aziz's cabinet during the Pervez Musharraf regime.[34] Ali Muhammad Mahar was the former Chief Minister of Sindh during the Musharraf regime.[35] Firdous Ashiq Awan, also served as Federal Minister of information in PPP Government

    On 2 November 2018, the Government of Pakistan under the administration of Imran Khan and the Tehreek-e-Labbaik political party, the latter of which encouraged protests against Asia Bibi, came into an agreement that barred Asia Bibi from leaving the country, in addition to releasing Tehreek-e-Labbaik protesters who were under arrest.[36][37][38][38][39] The deal included expediting a motion in the court to place Asia Noreen on Pakistan's no fly list, known officially as the Exit Control List (ECL).[37] Due to pressure from Tehreek-e-Labbaik, Pakistani authorities did not release Asia Noreen until the Supreme Court made a review of the verdict.[40] This agreement between the Government of Pakistan and Tehreek-e-Labbaik has led to "allegations [that] the government was capitulating to extremists".[41] Pakistani Information Minister Fawad Chaudhry responded to these allegations, saying that "We had two options: either to use force, and when you use force people can be killed. That is not something a state should do... We tried negotiations and (in) negotiations you take something and you leave something."[41] Asia Noreen's lawyer Saif-ul-Mulook called the agreement between the Government of Pakistan and the Islamists "painful", stating that "They cannot even implement an order of the country's highest court".[42] Feeling that his life was threatened, Mulook fled to Europe in order "to stay alive as I still have to fight the legal battle for Asia Bibi."[42] British Pakistani Christian Association chairman Wilson Chowdhry stated that “I am not surprised that Imran Khan's regime has caved in to extremists”.[43] Jemima Goldsmith, an ex-wife of Imran Khan, similarly "said that Pakistan's government caved in to extremist demands to bar Asia Bibi from leaving the country", opining "Not the Naya Pakistan we'd hoped for. 3 days after a defiant & brave speech defending the judiciary, Pakistan's gov caves in to extremist demands to bar #AsiaBibi from leaving Pak, after she was acquitted of blasphemy- effectively signing her death warrant."[44]

    See also
    • Prime Ministership of Imran Khan

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