Imran Khan ministry

The Imran Khan ministry was the government of Pakistan which was formed by Imran Khan following his successful election as Prime Minister of Pakistan by the National Assembly. The Cabinet had 25 Federal Ministers, 4 Ministers of state and 4 Advisors, most of whom assumed office on 20 August 2018.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9]

"Khan ministry" redirects here. For the Ali Khan ministry, see Ali Khan administration.
Khan Ministry
2018–2022
Date formed20 August 2018
Date dissolved10 April 2022
People and organisations
Head of stateMamnoon Hussain (until 9 September 2018)
Arif Alvi (from September 2018)
Head of governmentImran Khan
Member party  Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf
Coalition partners:
MQM-P(Former)
BAP(Former)
GDA
AML(Former)
PML (Q)
Independent
Confidence and supply:
JWP (Former)
Status in legislatureSenators
Coalition government
49 / 100 (49%)
National Assembly
Majority coalition
178 / 342 (52%)
Opposition partyPakistan Muslim League (N)
Opposition leaderShehbaz Sharif
History
Election(s)2018
Legislature term(s)15th Parliament of Pakistan
PredecessorMulk caretaker ministry
SuccessorShehbaz Sharif ministry
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The Cabinet dissolved on 3 April 2022 following the dissolution of the National Assembly of Pakistan.[10] On 7 April 2022, the Supreme Court of Pakistan ordered the restoration of the Federal Cabinet.[11]

The Cabinet dissolved on 10 April 2022 following the defeat of Imran Khan during the Vote of No-confidence. He was the first ever Prime Minister of Pakistan to be ousted from office using the Vote of No-Confidence.[12]

Cabinet

Khan announced his cabinet soon after taking the oath, he kept the ministry of interior to himself. His choice for ministries was criticized as he came into power on the slogan of Change and Naya 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.[13][14][15][16][17][18]

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.[19] Some supporters defended Khan since the PTI was in a coalition government and needed "electables" to win the election.

To counter that, Imran Khan hold meeting with the federal cabinet twice a week and monitor the ministers’ performances regularly. Khan's Ministry is known to have most number of meetings in history.[20]

Prime Minister Imran Khan convened 46 meetings of the Federal Cabinet compared to his first year in office when he chaired 52 meetings of the Federal Cabinet. Rule 20 of Government of Pakistan Rules of Business calls for a weekly cabinet meeting which translates into about 52 meetings per year.

As a result, Khusro Bakhtiar was shuffled 5 times although he had served as a minister during Musharraf's regime and PML-N coalition government[21]

Shafqat Mehmood was assigned two portfolios and he was commended for his performance during COVID. He had also served as a minister during 1990s and Musharraf regime.[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 was assigned the railways and interior ministry on the basis of his experience as a minister during the Musharraf and PML-N era.[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.

Reshuffles

Imran Khan reshuffled his cabinet for around six time during his ministry. One of the cabinet reshuffle was on the directions of a court that barred un-elected advisers and special assistants from heading the Cabinet committees.

On 18 April 2019, the cabinet saw a reshuffle after Asad Umar stepped down as the finance minister.[36]

On 6 April 2020, the cabinet saw another reshuffle.[37] In late April 2020, PTI Senator Shibli Faraz was appointed as the information minister. Meanwhile, retired Lt Gen Asim Saleem Bajwa was appointed as special assistant to the prime minister for information replacing Firdous Ashiq Awan.[38]

In December 2020, the federal cabinet saw the fourth reshuffle days after the Islamabad High Court ruled that unelected advisers and special assistants could not head government’s committees.[39]

In April 2021, Shaukat Tarin was appointed as finance minister, the fourth person to hold the post in the last two years, as Prime Minister Imran Khan made his sixth cabinet reshuffle since assuming power.[40]

Federal Ministers [41]
Federal ministers
# Name Portfolio Assumed office Left office Party
1 Imran Khan Prime Minister

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

 18 August 2018 10 April 2022 PTI
2 Shah Mehmood Qureshi Foreign Affairs 20 August 2018 10 April 2022 PTI
3 Pervez Khattak Defence 20 August 2018 10 April 2022 PTI
4 Fawad Chaudhry Information & Broadcasting 20 August 2018 18 April 2019 PTI
Science and Technology 18 April 2019 17 April 2021
Information and Broadcasting 17 April 2021 10 April 2022
Law and Justice 1 April 2022 10 April 2022
5 Asad Umar Finance, Revenue and Economic Affairs 20 August 2018 18 April 2019 PTI
Planning, Development, Reforms and Special Initiatives 19 November 2019 10 April 2022
6 Shaukat Tareen Finance and Revenue 17 April 2021 16 October 2021 Technocrat
Finance and Revenue 27 December 2021 10 April 2022
7 Hammad Azhar Economic Affairs 8 July 2019 6 April 2020 PTI
Industries & Production 7 April 2020 17 April 2021
Finance and Revenue 29 March 2021 17 April 2021
Energy 17 April 2021 10 April 2022
Revenue Division 11 September 2018 7 July 2019
8 Sheikh Rasheed Ahmad Railways 20-08-2018 11-12-2020 AML(P)
Interior 11 December 2020 10 April 2022
9 Khusro Bakhtiar Planning, Development and Reform 20 August 2018 18 November 2019 PTI
Statistics 11 December 2018 4 April 2019
National Food Security & Research 19 November 2019 6 April 2020
Economic Affairs 7 April 2020 17 April 2021
Industries & Production 17 April 2021 10 April 2022
10 Shafqat Mahmood Federal Education and Professional Training 20 August 2018 10 April 2022 PTI
National History, and Literary Heritage Division 20 August 2018 10 April 2022
11 Ijaz Ahmed Shah Parliamentary Affairs 2 April 2019 17 April 2019 PTI
Interior 18 April 2019 11 December 2020
Narcotics Control 11 December 2020 10 April 2022
12 Syed Fakhar Imam National Food Security and Research 6 April 2020 10 April 2022 PTI
13 Omar Ayub Khan Power Division 11 September 2018 10 April 2022 PTI
Petroleum Division 6 May 2019 17 April 2021
Economic Affairs 17 April 2021 10 April 2022
14 Ghulam Sarwar Khan Petroleum Division 20 August 2018 17 April 2019 PTI

Aviation

 18 April 2019 10 April 2022
15 Ali Haider Zaidi Maritime Affairs 11 September 2018 10 April 2022 PTI
16 Murad Saeed State & Frontier Regions (State Minister) 11 September 2018 17 September 2018 PTI
Communications (State Minister) 18 September 2018 16 December 2018
Postal Services (State Minister) 26 October 2018 16 December 2018
Communications 17 December 2018 10 April 2022
Postal Services 17 December 2018 3 February 2020
17 Azam Khan Swati Science & Technology 5 October 2018 6 December 2018 PTI
Parliamentary Affairs 19 April 2019 7 April 2020
Narcotics Control 7 April 2020 11 December 2020
Railways 11 December 2020 10 April 2022
18 Farogh Naseem Law and Justice 20 August 2018 26 November 2019 MQM
Law and Justice 29 November 2019 1 June 2020
Law and Justice 24 July 2020 1 April 2022
19 Syed Aminul Haque Information Technology and Telecommunication 6 April 2020 31 March 2022 MQM
20 Tariq Bashir Cheema States and Frontier Regions 20 August 2018 5 September 2018 PML(Q)
Housing and Works 6 September 2018 1 April 2022
21 Zubaida Jalal Defence Production 20 August 2018 10 April 2022 BAP
22 Noor-ul-Haq Qadri Religious Affairs and Inter-faith Harmony 20 August 2018 10 April 2022 PTI
23 Shireen Mazari Human Rights 20 August 2018 10 April 2022 PTI
24 Fahmida Mirza Coordination 20 August 2018 10 April 2022 GDA
25 Ali Amin Gandapur Kashmir Affairs and Gilgit Baltistan 5 October 2018 10 April 2022 PTI
26 Moonis Elahi Water Resources 18 July 2021 10 April 2022 PML Q
27 Muhammad Mian Soomro Privatisation 5 October 2018 10 April 2022 PTI
Aviation Division 12 December 2018 17 April 2019
28 Shibli Faraz Information and Broadcasting 28 April 2020 11 March 2021 PTI
Science and Technology 17 April 2021 10 April 2022
29 Sahabzada Mehboob Sultan National Food Security & Research 5 October 2018 18 November 2019 PTI
States and Frontier Regions 19 November 2019 10 April 2022
30 Faisal Vawda Water Resources 5 October 2018 3 March 2021 PTI
31 Abdul Hafeez Shaikh Finance, Revenue and Economic Affairs (As Adviser) 19 April 2019 11 December 2020 N/A
Finance and Revenue 11 December 2020 29 March 2021
32 Khalid Maqbool Siddiqui Information Technology and Telecommunication 20 August 2018 7 April 2020 MQM
33 Ali Muhammad Mahar Narcotics Control 4 October 2018 21 May 2019 PTI

Minister of State
# Name Portfolio Assumed office Left office Party
1 Shabbir Ali Qureshi Housing and Works 11 September 2018 10 April 2022 PTI
2 Ali Muhammad Khan Parliamentary Affairs 17 September 2018 10 April 2022 PTI
3 Zartaj Gul Climate Change 5 October 2018 10 April 2022 PTI
4 Farrukh Habib Information and Broadcasting 29 April 2021 10 April 2022 PTI
5 Shehryar Khan Afridi Interior 31 August 2018 17 April 2019 PTI
State and Frontier Regions 18 April 2019 25 September 2020
Narcotics Control 10 June 2019 25 September 2020

Advisors
Advisors to the Prime Minister
Name Party Portfolio Status Assumed office Left office
1 Ishrat Hussain Tehnocrat Institutional Reforms and Austerity Federal Minister 20 August 2018 10 April 2022
2 Musaddiq Abbasi PTI Interior and Accountability Federal Minister 26 January 2022 10 April 2022
3 Abdul Razak Dawood PTI Commerce, Textile, Industry & Production and Investmen Federal Minister 20 August 2018 6 April 2020
Commerce and Investment Federal Minister 7 April 2020 10 April 2022
4 Babar Awan PTI Parliamentary Affairs Federal Minister 6 April 2020 10 April 2022
5 Ayub Afridi PTI Overseas Pakistanis & Human Resource Development Federal Minister 23 November 2021 10 April 2022
6 Malik Amin Aslam Khan PTI Climate Change Federal Minister 20 August 2018 22 July 2020
7 Zaheer-ur-din Babar Awan Parliamentary Affairs Federal Minister 20 August 2018 3 September 2018
Parliamentary Affairs Federal Minister 7 April 2020 10 April 2022
8 Shahzad Akbar Accountability & Interior Federal Minister 22 July 2020 24 January 2022
9 Shaukat Fayaz Ahned Tarin Finance and Revenue Federal Minister 17 October 2021 26 December 2021

Special Assistants to the Prime Minister
# Name Party Portfolio Status Assumed office Left office
1 Malik Amin Aslam PTI Climate Change Federal Minister 20 August 2018 10 April 2022
2 Dr. Faisal Sultan Technocrat National Health Services, Regulation and Coordination Federal Minister 3 August 2020 10 April 2022
3 Sania Nishtar (Senator) PTI Ministry of Poverty Alleviation and Social Safety Federal Minister 10 June 2019 10 April 2022
4 Shehzad Arbab PTI Establishment Division Federal Minister 11 April 2020 10 April 2022
5 Dr. Moeed W. Yusuf Technocrat National Security Adviser Federal Minister 24 December 2019 10 April 2022
6 Ayub Afridi PTI Overseas Pakistanis & Human Resource Development Minister of State 29 November 2021 10 April 2022
7 Malik Aamir Dogar (MNA) PTI Political Affairs Minister of State 15 November 2020 10 April 2022
8 Dr Waqar Masood Khan Technocrat Finance and Revenue Minister of State 6 October 2020 24 August 2021
9 Ali Nawaz Awan (MNA) PTI Capital Development Authority Affairs Minister of State 6 November 2018 10 April 2022
10 Usman Dar PTI Youth Affairs Honorary 3 Dec 2018 10 April 2022
11 Jamshed Iqbal Cheema PTI Food Security Honorary 19 April 2021 10 April 2022
12 Raoof Hasan Technocrat Information and Broadcasting Honorary 24 October 2020 10 April 2022
13 Tabish Gohar Technocrat Energy Honorary 30 March 2021 21 September 2021
14 Yar Muhammad Rind (MPA) PTI Water Resources, Power and Petroleum in Balochistan Honorary 20 March 2019 10 April 2022
15 Shahbaz Gill PTI Political Communication Honorary 13 May 2020 10 April 2022
16 Khalid Mansoor Technocrat CPEC affairs Honorary 3 August 2021 10 April 2022
17 Shahzad Nawaz Technocrat Culture, Arts and Related Communications Honorary 16 November 2021 10 April 2022
18 Arbab Ghulam Rahim PTI Sindh Affairs Honorary 28 July 2021 10 April 2022
19 Makhdoom Syed Tariq Mahmood-Ul-Hassan PTI Overseas Pakistanis and Human Development 20 January 2022[42] 10 April 2022
20 Nawab Shahzain Bugti (MNA) JWP Reconciliation and Harmony in Balochistan Honorary 7 July 2021 29 March 2022

See also

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