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{{Short description|Cabinet of Pakistan (2017–2018)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2016}}
{{Use British English|date=July 2016}}
{{Infobox government cabinet
| jurisdiction = Pakistan
| flag = Flag_of_Pakistan.svg
|cabinet_name = Abbasi ministry
|image = Khawaja Muhammad Asif and Shahid Khaqan Abbasi in Islamabad, Pakistan - 2017 (37852998846).jpg
|caption = Prime Minister Abbasi with his three federal ministers
|date_formed = 4 August 2017
|date_dissolved = 31 May 2018
|government_head = [[Shahid Khaqan Abbasi]]
|government_head_history =
|state_head = [[Mamnoon Hussain]]
|total_number =
|political_party = {{Color box|{{party color|Pakistan Muslim League (N)}}|border=darkgray}} [[Pakistan Muslim League (N)|PML–N]] {{Color box|{{party color|Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (F)}}|border=darkgray}} [[Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (F)|JUI–F]] {{Color box|{{party color|Pakistan Muslim League (F)}}|border=darkgray}} [[Pakistan Muslim League (F)|PML–F]] {{Color box|{{party color|National Party (Pakistan)}}|border=darkgray}} [[National Party (Pakistan)|NP]]
|legislature_status =
|legislature_term = [[List of members of the 14th National Assembly of Pakistan|14th Parliament of Pakistan]]
|budget =
|opposition_cabinet =
|opposition_party = {{Color box|{{party color|Pakistan Peoples Party}}|border=darkgray}} [[Pakistan Peoples Party]]
|opposition_leader = [[Syed Khurshid Ahmed Shah]]
|incoming_formation =
|outgoing_formation =
|last_election ='''Senators''' [[Minority government|Minority]] {{Composition bar|26|104|{{party color|Pakistan Muslim League (N)}}|background-color=|border border-color=darkgray|width=|per=1}}'''National Assembly''' [[Majority government|Majority]] {{Composition bar|190|342|{{party color|Pakistan Muslim League (N)}}|background-color=|border border-color=darkgray|width=|per=1}}
|previous = [[Third Sharif ministry]]
|successor = [[Mulk caretaker ministry]]
}}

The '''Abbasi ministry''' 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.<ref name="dawn/4aug2017">{{cite news|title=New cabinet takes oath: Khawaja Asif foreign minister, Ahsan Iqbal interior minister|url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1349562/new-cabinet-takes-oath-khawaja-asif-foreign-minister-ahsan-iqbal-interior-minister|accessdate=4 August 2017|work=[[Dawn (newspaper)|Dawn]]|date=4 August 2017|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Pakistan Swears In New Federal Cabinet|url=http://newsweekpakistan.com/pakistan-swears-in-new-federal-cabinet/|accessdate=4 August 2017|work=[[Newsweek Pakistan]]|date=4 August 2017}}</ref> The ministry, a [[Pakistan Muslim League (N)]] majority government, succeeded the [[third Sharif ministry]], which was formed following the [[2013 Pakistani general election|2013 general election]]<ref>{{cite news|title=Nawaz Sharif's cabinet takes oath|url=http://www.indiatvnews.com/news/world/nawaz-sharif-s-cabinet-takes-oath-11980.html|accessdate=5 August 2017| work=[[India TV]]}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite news|title=Pakistan's ruling party vows smooth transition ahead of vote on interim PM|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-pakistan-politics-idUSKBN1AE0GK|accessdate=5 August 2017|work=[[Reuters]]|date=2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=PM Nawaz Sharif steps down; federal cabinet stands dissolved|url=https://en.dailypakistan.com.pk/pakistan/pm-nawaz-gives-up-his-post-federal-cabinet-stands-dissolved/|accessdate=5 August 2017|work=[[Daily Pakistan]]}}</ref>

==Cabinet==

{|class="wikitable"
|-
| style="text-align: center; background:#cccccc;" colspan="5" | '''Federal ministers'''
|-
!
! Portfolio
! Minister
! Term
! Ref
|-
| align=center style="background-color: #9999FF" |
| [[Prime Minister of Pakistan|Prime Minister]] Federal [[Minister of Energy]]
| [[Shahid Khaqan Abbasi]]
| August 2017 — May 2018
|
|-
|rowspan=2 align=center style="background-color: #9999FF" |
|rowspan=2|[[Ministry of Finance (Pakistan)|Federal Minister of Finance, Revenue and Economic Affairs]]
|[[Ishaq Dar]]
| August 2017 — November 2017
|<ref name="dawn/5aug2017">{{cite news|last1=Raza|first1=Syed Irfan|title=PM Abbasi’s bloated cabinet sworn in|url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1349710/pm-abbasis-bloated-cabinet-sworn-in|accessdate=5 August 2017|work=[[Dawn (newspaper)|Dawn]]|date=5 August 2017|language=en}}</ref>
|-
| [[Miftah Ismail]]
| December 2017 — May 2018
|
|-
| align=center style="background-color: #9999FF" |
|[[Ministry of Defence (Pakistan)|Federal Minister of Defence]] [[Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Pakistan)|Federal Minister of Foreign Affairs]]
| [[Khurram Dastgir Khan]]
| August 2017 — May 2018 May 2018
|<ref name="dawn/5aug2017" />
|-
| align=center style="background-color: #9999FF" |
|[[Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Pakistan)|Federal Minister of Foreign Affairs]]
|[[Khawaja Muhammad Asif]]
| August 2017 — April 2018
|<ref name="dawn/5aug2017" />
|-
| align=center style="background-color: #9999FF" |
|[[Ministry of Interior (Pakistan)|Federal Minister of Interior]] [[Ministry of Planning and Development (Pakistan)|Federal Minister of Planning and Development]]
|[[Ahsan Iqbal]]
|August 2017 — May 2018 September 2017 — May 2018
|<ref name="dawn/5aug2017" />
|-
| align=center style="background-color: #9999FF" |
|[[Ministry of Commerce (Pakistan)|Federal Minister of Commerce and Textile]]
|[[Muhammad Pervaiz Malik]]
| August 2017 — May 2018
|<ref name="dawn/5aug2017" />
|-
| align=center style="background-color: #9999FF" |
|[[Ministry of Railways (Pakistan)|Federal Minister of Railways]]
|[[Khawaja Saad Rafique]]
| August 2017 — May 2018
|<ref name="dawn/5aug2017" />
|-
| align=center style="background-color: #9999FF" |
|[[Ministry of Religious Affairs (Pakistan)|Federal Minister of Religious Affairs and Inter-faith Harmony]]
|[[Sardar Muhammad Yousuf]]
| August 2017 — May 2018
| <ref name="dawn/5aug2017" />
|-
| align=center style="background-color: #9999FF" |
| [[Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs (Pakistan)|Federal Minister of Parliamentary Affairs]]
|[[Sheikh Aftab Ahmed]]
| August 2017 — May 2018
|<ref name="dawn/5aug2017" />
|-
| align=center style="background-color: #9999FF" |
|[[Ministry of States and Frontier Regions (Pakistan)|Federal Minister of States and Frontier Regions]]
|[[Abdul Qadir Baloch]]
| August 2017 — May 2018
|<ref name="dawn/5aug2017" />
|-
| align=center style="background-color: #9999FF" |
|[[Ministry of Communications (Pakistan)|Federal Minister of Communications]]
|[[Hafiz Abdul Kareem]]
| August 2017 — May 2018
|<ref name="dawn/5aug2017" />
|-
| align=center style="background-color: #FF9900" |
|[[Ministry of Housing and Works (Pakistan)|Federal Minister of Housing and Works]]
|[[Akram Khan Durrani]]
| August 2017 — May 2018
|<ref name="dawn/5aug2017" />
|-
| align=center style="background-color: #FF9900" |
| [[Ministry of Postal Services (Pakistan)|Federal Minister of Postal Services]]
|[[Maulana Ameer Zaman]]
| August 2017 — May 2018
|<ref name="dawn/5aug2017" />
|-
| align=center style="background-color: #9999FF" |
| [[Ministry of Energy (Pakistan)|Federal Minister for Power]]
|[[Awais Leghari]]
| October 2017 — May 2018
|<ref name="tribune/25sept2017" />
|-
| align=center style="background-color: #9999FF" |
|[[Ministry of Industries and Production (Pakistan)|Federal Minister of Industries and Production]]
|[[Ghulam Murtaza Jatoi]]
| August 2017 — May 2018
|<ref name="dawn/5aug2017" />
|-
| align=center style="background-color: Yellow" |
|[[Ministry of Maritime Affairs (Pakistan)|Federal Minister of Maritime Affairs]]
|[[Hasil Bizenjo]]
| August 2017 — May 2018
|<ref name="dawn/5aug2017" />
|-
| align=center style="background-color: #9999FF" |
| [[Ministry of Water Resources (Pakistan)|Federal Minister of Water Resources]]
|[[Syed Javed Ali Shah]]
| August 2017 — May 2018
|<ref name="thenews/5aug2017">{{cite news|title=Portfolios of federal, state ministers|url=https://www.thenews.com.pk/print/221526-Portfolios-of-federal-state-ministers|accessdate=5 August 2017|work=www.thenews.com.pk|date=5 August 2017|language=en}}</ref>
|-
| align=center style="background-color: #9999FF" |
|[[Ministry of Statistics (Pakistan)|Federal Minister of Statistics]]
|[[Kamran Michael]]
| August 2017 — May 2018
| <ref name="thenews/5aug2017" />
|-
| align=center style="background-color: #9999FF" |
|[[Ministry of Federal Education and Professional Training (Pakistan)|Federal Minister of Federal Education and Professional Training]]
|[[Muhammad Baligh Ur Rehman]]
| August 2017 — May 2018
| <ref name="dawn/5aug2017" />
|-
| align=center style="background-color: #9999FF" |
| [[Ministry of Kashmir Affairs and Gilgit-Baltistan|Federal Minister of Kashmir Affairs and Gilgit-Baltistan]]
|[[Barjees Tahir]]
| August 2017 — May 2018
|<ref name="thenews/5aug2017" />
|-
| align=center style="background-color: #9999FF" |
| [[Ministry of Climate Change (Pakistan)|Federal Minister of Climate Change]]
|[[Mushahid Ullah Khan]]
| August 2017 — May 2018
| <ref name="dawn/5aug2017" />
|-
| align=center style="background-color: #9999FF" |
| [[Ministry of Inter Provincial Coordination|Federal Minister of Inter-Provincial Coordination]]
|[[Riaz Hussain Pirzada]]
| August 2017 — May 2018
| <ref name="dawn/5aug2017" />
|-
| align=center style="background-color: Violet" |
| [[Ministry of Overseas Pakistanis and Human Resource Development|Federal Minister of Overseas Pakistanis and Human Resource Development]]
|[[Pir Sadaruddin Shah]]
| August 2017 — May 2018
|<ref name="thenews/5aug2017" />
|-
| align=center style="background-color: #9999FF" |
|[[Ministry of National Health Services Regulation and Coordination (Pakistan)|Federal Minister of National Health Services, Regulation and Coordination]]
|[[Saira Afzal Tarar]]
| August 2017 — May 2018
|<ref name="dawn/5aug2017" />
|-
| align=center style="background-color: #9999FF" |
| [[Ministry of Narcotics Control (Pakistan)|Federal Minister of Narcotics Control]]
|[[Salahuddin Tirmizi]]
| August 2017 — May 2018
|<ref name="thenews/5aug2017" />
|-
| align=center style="background-color: #9999FF" |
|[[Ministry of National Food Security & Research (Pakistan)|Federal Minister of National Food Security and Research]]
|[[Sikandar Hayat Khan Bosan]]
| August 2017 — May 2018
|<ref name="thenews/5aug2017" />
|-
| align=center style="background-color: #9999FF" |
|[[Ministry of Defence Production (Pakistan)|Federal Minister of Defence Production]] [[Ministry of Science and Technology (Pakistan)|Federal Minister of Science and Technology]]
|[[Rana Tanveer Hussain]]
| August 2017 — May 2018 November 2017 — May 2018
|<ref name="dawn/5aug2017" />
|-
|rowspan=2 align=center style="background-color: #9999FF" |
|rowspan=2|[[Ministry of Law and Justice (Pakistan)|Federal Minister of Law and Justice]]
|[[Zahid Hamid]]
| August 2017 — November 2017
|<ref name="dawn/5aug2017" />
|-
|[[Zafarullah Khan (lawyer)|Zafarullah Khan]]
| November 2017 — May 2018
|
|-
|align=center style="background-color: #9999FF" |
| [[Ministry of Privatisation (Pakistan)|Federal Minister for Privatisation]]
| [[Daniyal Aziz]]
| August 2017 — May 2018
| <ref name="dawn/11aug2017" />
|-
| align=center style="background-color: #9999FF" |
| [[Ministry of Human Rights (Pakistan)|Federal Minister for Human Rights]]
| [[Mumtaz Ahmed Tarar]]
| August 2017 — May 2018
| <ref name="dawn/11aug2017">{{cite news|last1=Reporter|first1=The Newspaper's Staff|title=Four more inducted into federal cabinet|url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1350898/four-more-inducted-into-federal-cabinet|accessdate=6 September 2017|work=DAWN.COM|date=11 August 2017|language=en}}</ref>
|-
|- bgcolor="C0C0E0"
|-
| style="text-align: center; background:#cccccc;" colspan="5" | '''Ministers of State'''
|-
!
! Portfolio
! Minister
! Term
! Ref
|-
| align=center style="background-color: #9999FF" |
| [[Ministry of Overseas Pakistanis and Human Resource Development|Minister of State for Overseas Pakistanis and Human Resource Development]]
|[[Abdul Rehman Khan Kanju]]
| August 2017 — May 2018
|<ref name="thenews/5aug2017" />
|-
| align=center style="background-color: #9999FF" |
| [[Ministry of Energy (Pakistan)|Minister of State for Power]]
|[[Abid Sher Ali]]
| August 2017 — May 2018
|<ref name="thenews/5aug2017" />
|-
| align=center style="background-color: #9999FF" |
|[[Ministry of Information Technology and Telecommunication (Pakistan)|Minister of State for Information Technology and Telecommunication]]
|[[Anusha Rahman]]
| August 2017 — May 2018
|<ref name="thenews/5aug2017" />
|-
| align=center style="background-color: #9999FF" |
| [[Ministry of Inter Provincial Coordination|Minister of State for Inter-Provincial Coordination]]
|[[Darshan Punshi]]
| August 2017 — May 2018
|<ref name="thenews/5aug2017" />
|-
| align=center style="background-color: #9999FF" |
|[[Ministry of States and Frontier Regions (Pakistan)|Minister of State for States and Frontier Regions]]
|[[Ghalib Khan]]
| August 2017 — May 2018
|<ref name="thenews/5aug2017" />
|-
| align=center style="background-color: #9999FF" |
|[[Ministry of Maritime Affairs (Pakistan)|Minister of State for Maritime Affairs]]
|[[Chaudhry Jaffar Iqbal]]
| August 2017 — May 2018
|<ref name="thenews/5aug2017" />
|-
| align=center style="background-color: #9999FF" |
| [[Ministry of Energy (Pakistan)|Minister of State for Petroleum]]
|[[Jam Kamal Khan]]
| August 2017 — May 2018
|<ref name="thenews/5aug2017" />
|-
| align=center style="background-color: #9999FF" |
|[[Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (Pakistan)|Minister of State for Information, Broadcasting, National History and Literary Heritage]]
|[[Marriyum Aurangzeb]]
| August 2017 — May 2018
|<ref name="dawn/5aug2017" />
|-
| align=center style="background-color: #9999FF" |
| [[Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs (Pakistan)|Minister of State for Parliamentary Affairs]]
|[[Mohsin Shahnawaz Ranjha]]
| October 2017- May 2018
|<ref name="tribune/25sept2017" />
|-
| align=center style="background-color: #9999FF" |
|[[Ministry of Commerce (Pakistan)|Minister of State for Commerce and Textile]]
|[[Akram Ansari]]
| August 2017 — May 2018
|<ref name="thenews/5aug2017" />
|-
| align=center style="background-color: #9999FF" |
|[[Ministry of Religious Affairs (Pakistan)|Minister of State for Religious Affairs and Inter-faith Harmony]]
|[[Muhammad Amin Ul Hasnat Shah]]
| August 2017 — May 2018
|<ref name="thenews/5aug2017" />
|-
| align=center style="background-color: #9999FF" |
|[[Ministry of Industries and Production (Pakistan)|Minister of State for Industries and Production]]
|[[Arshad Khan Leghari]]
| August 2017 — May 2018
|<ref name="thenews/5aug2017" />
|-
| align=center style="background-color: #9999FF" |
|[[Ministry of Communications (Pakistan)|Minister of State for Communications]]
|[[Muhammad Junaid Anwar Chaudhry]]
| August 2017 — May 2018
|<ref name="thenews/5aug2017" />
|-
| align=center style="background-color: #9999FF" |
| [[Ministry of Interior (Pakistan)|Minister of State for Interior Affairs]]
|[[Muhammad Tallal Chaudry]]
| August 2017 — May 2018
| <ref name="tribune/25sept2017">{{cite news|title=Bloated cabinet: Influential ministers with powerless underlings - The Express Tribune|url=https://tribune.com.pk/story/1515317/bloated-cabinet-influential-ministers-powerless-underlings/|accessdate=26 September 2017|work=The Express Tribune|date=25 September 2017}}</ref>
|-
| align=center style="background-color: #9999FF" |
| [[Capital Administration and Development|Minister of State for Capital Administration and Development]]
|[[Tariq Fazal Chaudhry]]
| August 2017 — May 2018
|<ref name="dawn/5aug2017" />
|-
| align=center style="background-color: #9999FF" |
| [[Ministry of Human Rights (Pakistan)|Minister of State for Human Rights]]
|[[Usman Ibrahim]]
| August 2017 — May 2018
|<ref name="tribune/25sept2017" />
|-
| align=center style="background-color: #9999FF" |
| [[Ministry of National Food Security and Research|Minister of State for National Food Security and Research]]
| [[Syed Ayaz Ali Shah Sheerazi]]
| August 2017 — May 2018
| <ref name="tribune/25sept2017" />
|-
| align=center style="background-color: #9999FF" |
| [[Ministry of Science and Technology (Pakistan)|Minister of State for Science and Technology]]
| [[Mir Dostain Khan Domki]]
| August 2017 — May 2018
|
|-
| align=center style="background-color: #9999FF" |
| [[Ministry of Finance (Pakistan)|Minister of State for Finance]]
| [[Rana Afzal Khan]]
| December 2017 — May 2018
|
|}

==References==
{{reflist|30em}}

{{Pakistani federal ministries}}
{{Abbasi Cabinet}}

[[Category:2017 establishments in Pakistan]]
[[Category:Pakistan Muslim League (N)]]
[[Category:Cabinets established in 2017]]
[[Category:2010s in Pakistan]]
[[Category:2010s in politics]]

Abbasi ministry - Revision history

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