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class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ast mw-list-item"><a href="https://ast.wikipedia.org/wiki/Primer_Ministru_de_Paquist%C3%A1n" title="Primer Ministru de Paquistán – Asturian" lang="ast" hreflang="ast" data-title="Primer Ministru de Paquistán" data-language-autonym="Asturianu" data-language-local-name="Asturian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Asturianu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-az mw-list-item"><a href="https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pakistan_Ba%C5%9F_naziri" title="Pakistan Baş naziri – Azerbaijani" lang="az" hreflang="az" data-title="Pakistan Baş naziri" data-language-autonym="Azərbaycanca" data-language-local-name="Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Azərbaycanca</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bn mw-list-item"><a href="https://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%AA%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%95%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%B8%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%A4%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%A8%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%B0_%E0%A6%AA%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%A7%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%A8%E0%A6%AE%E0%A6%A8%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%A4%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%B0%E0%A7%80" title="পাকিস্তানের প্রধানমন্ত্রী – Bangla" lang="bn" hreflang="bn" data-title="পাকিস্তানের প্রধানমন্ত্রী" data-language-autonym="বাংলা" data-language-local-name="Bangla" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>বাংলা</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Primer_Ministre_del_Pakistan" title="Primer Ministre del Pakistan – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Primer Ministre del Pakistan" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Primer_ministro_de_Pakist%C3%A1n" title="Primer ministro de Pakistán – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Primer ministro de Pakistán" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C4%88efministro_de_Pakistano" title="Ĉefministro de Pakistano – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="Ĉefministro de Pakistano" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%86%D8%AE%D8%B3%D8%AA%E2%80%8C%D9%88%D8%B2%DB%8C%D8%B1_%D9%BE%D8%A7%DA%A9%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%86" title="نخست‌وزیر پاکستان – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="نخست‌وزیر پاکستان" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Premier_ministre_du_Pakistan" title="Premier ministre du Pakistan – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Premier ministre du Pakistan" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%ED%8C%8C%ED%82%A4%EC%8A%A4%ED%83%84%EC%9D%98_%EC%B4%9D%EB%A6%AC" title="파키스탄의 총리 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="파키스탄의 총리" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hi mw-list-item"><a href="https://hi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%AA%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%B8%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%A4%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%A8_%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%87_%E0%A4%AA%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%A7%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%A8%E0%A4%AE%E0%A4%82%E0%A4%A4%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%80" title="पाकिस्तान के प्रधानमंत्री – Hindi" lang="hi" hreflang="hi" data-title="पाकिस्तान के प्रधानमंत्री" data-language-autonym="हिन्दी" data-language-local-name="Hindi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>हिन्दी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perdana_Menteri_Pakistan" title="Perdana Menteri Pakistan – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Perdana Menteri Pakistan" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%A8%D7%90%D7%A9_%D7%9E%D7%9E%D7%A9%D7%9C%D7%AA_%D7%A4%D7%A7%D7%99%D7%A1%D7%98%D7%9F" title="ראש ממשלת פקיסטן – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="ראש ממשלת פקיסטן" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>עברית</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kn mw-list-item"><a href="https://kn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B2%AA%E0%B2%BE%E0%B2%95%E0%B2%BF%E0%B2%B8%E0%B3%8D%E0%B2%A4%E0%B2%BE%E0%B2%A8%E0%B2%A6_%E0%B2%AA%E0%B3%8D%E0%B2%B0%E0%B2%A7%E0%B2%BE%E0%B2%A8_%E0%B2%AE%E0%B2%82%E0%B2%A4%E0%B3%8D%E0%B2%B0%E0%B2%BF%E0%B2%97%E0%B2%B3%E0%B3%81" title="ಪಾಕಿಸ್ತಾನದ ಪ್ರಧಾನ ಮಂತ್ರಿಗಳು – Kannada" lang="kn" hreflang="kn" data-title="ಪಾಕಿಸ್ತಾನದ ಪ್ರಧಾನ ಮಂತ್ರಿಗಳು" data-language-autonym="ಕನ್ನಡ" data-language-local-name="Kannada" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ಕನ್ನಡ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ks mw-list-item"><a href="https://ks.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%BE%D9%B2%DA%A9%D9%90%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%8F%DA%A9_%D8%A4%D8%B2%DB%8C%D9%96%D8%B1%D9%90_%D8%A7%D9%8E%D8%B9%D8%B8%D9%8E%D9%85" title="پٲکِستانُک ؤزیٖرِ اَعظَم – Kashmiri" lang="ks" hreflang="ks" data-title="پٲکِستانُک ؤزیٖرِ اَعظَم" data-language-autonym="कॉशुर / کٲشُر" data-language-local-name="Kashmiri" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>कॉशुर / کٲشُر</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mr mw-list-item"><a href="https://mr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%AA%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%B8%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%A4%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%A8%E0%A4%9A%E0%A5%87_%E0%A4%AA%E0%A4%82%E0%A4%A4%E0%A4%AA%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%A7%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%A8" title="पाकिस्तानचे पंतप्रधान – Marathi" lang="mr" hreflang="mr" data-title="पाकिस्तानचे पंतप्रधान" data-language-autonym="मराठी" data-language-local-name="Marathi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>मराठी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-arz mw-list-item"><a href="https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%D8%A6%D9%8A%D8%B3_%D9%88%D8%B2%D8%B1%D8%A7_%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%83%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%86" title="رئيس وزرا باكستان – Egyptian Arabic" lang="arz" hreflang="arz" data-title="رئيس وزرا باكستان" data-language-autonym="مصرى" data-language-local-name="Egyptian Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>مصرى</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ms mw-list-item"><a href="https://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perdana_Menteri_Pakistan" title="Perdana Menteri Pakistan – Malay" lang="ms" hreflang="ms" data-title="Perdana Menteri Pakistan" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Melayu" data-language-local-name="Malay" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Melayu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ne mw-list-item"><a href="https://ne.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%AA%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%B8%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%A4%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%A8%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%8B_%E0%A4%AA%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%A7%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%A8%E0%A4%AE%E0%A4%A8%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%A4%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%80" title="पाकिस्तानको प्रधानमन्त्री – Nepali" lang="ne" hreflang="ne" data-title="पाकिस्तानको प्रधानमन्त्री" data-language-autonym="नेपाली" data-language-local-name="Nepali" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>नेपाली</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%91%E3%82%AD%E3%82%B9%E3%82%BF%E3%83%B3%E3%81%AE%E9%A6%96%E7%9B%B8" title="パキスタンの首相 – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="パキスタンの首相" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pa mw-list-item"><a href="https://pa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A8%AA%E0%A8%BE%E0%A8%95%E0%A8%BF%E0%A8%B8%E0%A8%A4%E0%A8%BE%E0%A8%A8_%E0%A8%A6%E0%A8%BE_%E0%A8%AA%E0%A9%8D%E0%A8%B0%E0%A8%A7%E0%A8%BE%E0%A8%A8_%E0%A8%AE%E0%A9%B0%E0%A8%A4%E0%A8%B0%E0%A9%80" title="ਪਾਕਿਸਤਾਨ ਦਾ ਪ੍ਰਧਾਨ ਮੰਤਰੀ – Punjabi" lang="pa" hreflang="pa" data-title="ਪਾਕਿਸਤਾਨ ਦਾ ਪ੍ਰਧਾਨ ਮੰਤਰੀ" data-language-autonym="ਪੰਜਾਬੀ" data-language-local-name="Punjabi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ਪੰਜਾਬੀ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pnb mw-list-item"><a href="https://pnb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%BE%D8%A7%DA%A9%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%86_%D8%AF%DB%92_%D9%88%D8%B2%DB%8C%D8%B1_%D8%A7%D8%B9%D8%B8%D9%85" title="پاکستان دے وزیر اعظم – Western Punjabi" lang="pnb" hreflang="pnb" data-title="پاکستان دے وزیر اعظم" data-language-autonym="پنجابی" data-language-local-name="Western Punjabi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>پنجابی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Premierzy_Pakistanu" title="Premierzy Pakistanu – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="Premierzy Pakistanu" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Polski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9F%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%BC%D1%8C%D0%B5%D1%80-%D0%BC%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%B8%D1%81%D1%82%D1%80_%D0%9F%D0%B0%D0%BA%D0%B8%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B0" title="Премьер-министр Пакистана – Russian" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" data-title="Премьер-министр Пакистана" data-language-autonym="Русский" data-language-local-name="Russian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Русский</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-simple mw-list-item"><a href="https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prime_Minister_of_Pakistan" title="Prime Minister of Pakistan – Simple English" lang="en-simple" hreflang="en-simple" data-title="Prime Minister of Pakistan" data-language-autonym="Simple English" data-language-local-name="Simple English" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Simple English</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sd mw-list-item"><a href="https://sd.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%BE%D8%A7%DA%AA%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%86_%D8%AC%D9%88_%D9%88%D8%B2%D9%8A%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%B9%D8%B8%D9%85" title="پاڪستان جو وزيراعظم – Sindhi" lang="sd" hreflang="sd" data-title="پاڪستان جو وزيراعظم" data-language-autonym="سنڌي" data-language-local-name="Sindhi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>سنڌي</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ckb mw-list-item"><a href="https://ckb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%DB%95%D8%B1%DB%86%DA%A9_%D9%88%DB%95%D8%B2%DB%8C%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86%DB%8C_%D9%BE%D8%A7%DA%A9%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%86" title="سەرۆک وەزیرانی پاکستان – Central Kurdish" lang="ckb" hreflang="ckb" data-title="سەرۆک وەزیرانی پاکستان" data-language-autonym="کوردی" data-language-local-name="Central Kurdish" 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style="font-size: 125%;">Prime Minister of Pakistan</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-subheader" style="font-size: 125%; font-weight: normal;"><span class="Nastaliq" dir="rtl" title="Nastaliq" style="font-family: 'Jameel Noori Nastaleeq', 'Urdu Typesetting', 'Noto Nastaliq Urdu', 'Noto Nastaliq Urdu Draft', 'Hussaini Nastaleeq', 'AlQalam Taj Nastaleeq', IranNastaliq, 'Awami Nastaliq', 'Awami Nastaliq Beta3', 'Awami Nastaliq Beta2', 'Awami Nastaliq Beta1', 'Nafees Nastaleeq', 'Nafees Nastaleeq v1.01', 'Pak Nastaleeq', 'PDMS_Jauhar', 'Alvi Lahori Nastaleeq'; font-size: 110%; font-style: normal;">وزِیرِ اعظم پاکستان</span></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image" style="padding-bottom:0.4em; border-bottom:solid 1px #ccd2d9;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:State_emblem_of_Pakistan.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ef/State_emblem_of_Pakistan.svg/100px-State_emblem_of_Pakistan.svg.png" decoding="async" 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srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fd/Flag_of_the_Prime_Minister_of_Pakistan.svg/225px-Flag_of_the_Prime_Minister_of_Pakistan.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fd/Flag_of_the_Prime_Minister_of_Pakistan.svg/300px-Flag_of_the_Prime_Minister_of_Pakistan.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption"><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Flags_of_Pakistan" class="mw-redirect" title="Flags of Pakistan">Prime Ministerial Standard</a></span></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><div style="padding-bottom:0.4em; border-bottom:solid 1px #ccd2d9; line-height:1.4em;"><div style="padding-bottom:0.4em;"><span class="mw-default-size mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Shehbaz_Sharif_(34929982354).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6f/Shehbaz_Sharif_%2834929982354%29.jpg/220px-Shehbaz_Sharif_%2834929982354%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="312" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6f/Shehbaz_Sharif_%2834929982354%29.jpg/330px-Shehbaz_Sharif_%2834929982354%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6f/Shehbaz_Sharif_%2834929982354%29.jpg/440px-Shehbaz_Sharif_%2834929982354%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="853" data-file-height="1210" /></a></span></div><div style="display:inline;font-weight:bold;">Incumbent<br /><a href="/wiki/Shehbaz_Sharif" title="Shehbaz Sharif">Shehbaz Sharif</a><br /></div>since 4 March 2024</div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><a href="/wiki/Politics_of_Pakistan#Executive_branch" title="Politics of Pakistan">Executive branch of the<br />Government of Pakistan</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Style_(form_of_address)" title="Style (form of address)">Style</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/The_Honourable" title="The Honourable">The Honourable</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prime_Minister" class="mw-redirect" title="Prime Minister">Mr. Prime Minister</a> (informal)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Excellency" title="Excellency">His Excellency</a> (diplomatic)<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Type</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Head_of_government" title="Head of government">Head of government</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Status</th><td class="infobox-data">Leader of the House</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Abbreviation</th><td class="infobox-data">PM</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Member of</th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1129693374">.mw-parser-output .hlist dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul{margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt,.mw-parser-output .hlist li{margin:0;display:inline}.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline ul,.mw-parser-output .hlist dl dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist dl ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist dl ul,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol ul,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul ul{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .hlist .mw-empty-li{display:none}.mw-parser-output .hlist dt::after{content:": "}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li::after{content:" · ";font-weight:bold}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li:last-child::after{content:none}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd dd:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dd dt:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dd li:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt dd:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt dt:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt li:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist li dd:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist li dt:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist li li:first-child::before{content:" (";font-weight:normal}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd dd:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dd dt:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dd li:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt dd:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt dt:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt li:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li dd:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li dt:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li li:last-child::after{content:")";font-weight:normal}.mw-parser-output .hlist ol{counter-reset:listitem}.mw-parser-output .hlist ol>li{counter-increment:listitem}.mw-parser-output .hlist ol>li::before{content:" "counter(listitem)"\a0 "}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd ol>li:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt ol>li:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist li ol>li:first-child::before{content:" ("counter(listitem)"\a0 "}</style><div class="hlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Cabinet_of_Pakistan" title="Cabinet of Pakistan">Cabinet</a><br /> <a href="/wiki/National_Assembly_of_Pakistan" title="National Assembly of Pakistan">National Assembly</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Council_of_Common_Interests" title="Council of Common Interests">Common Interests Council</a></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Reports to</th><td class="infobox-data"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/President_of_Pakistan" title="President of Pakistan">President of Pakistan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Parliament_of_Pakistan" title="Parliament of Pakistan">Parliament of Pakistan</a></li></ul> </td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Official_residence" title="Official residence">Residence</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Prime_Minister_of_Pakistan_House" title="Prime Minister of Pakistan House">Prime Minister House</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Seat_(legal_entity)" title="Seat (legal entity)">Seat</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Prime_Minister%27s_Office_(Pakistan)" title="Prime Minister's Office (Pakistan)">Prime Minister's Office</a>, <a href="/wiki/Islamabad_Capital_Territory" title="Islamabad Capital Territory">Islamabad Capital Territory</a>-44010</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Nominator</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/National_Assembly_of_Pakistan" title="National Assembly of Pakistan">National Assembly of Pakistan</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Appointer</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/President_of_Pakistan" title="President of Pakistan">President of Pakistan</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Term_of_office" title="Term of office">Term length</a></th><td class="infobox-data">At the pleasure of the President subject to Article 91(7) of the <a href="/wiki/Constitution_of_Pakistan" title="Constitution of Pakistan">Constitution</a>.</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Constituting instrument</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Constitution_of_Pakistan" title="Constitution of Pakistan">Constitution of Pakistan</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Inaugural holder</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Liaquat_Ali_Khan" title="Liaquat Ali Khan">Liaquat Ali Khan</a><br />(1947–1951)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Formation</th><td class="infobox-data">14 August 1947<span class="noprint">; 77 years ago</span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated">1947-08-14</span>)</span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Deputy</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Deputy_Prime_Minister_of_Pakistan" title="Deputy Prime Minister of Pakistan">Deputy Prime Minister of Pakistan</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Salary</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="nowrap"><span style="white-space: nowrap">Rs. </span>24.12 <a href="/wiki/Lakh" title="Lakh">lakh</a></span> (US$8,400), annual<sup id="cite_ref-PMSalary_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PMSalary-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>n 1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://pmo.gov.pk">pmo<wbr />.gov<wbr />.pk</a></span></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The <b>prime minister of Pakistan</b> (<a href="/wiki/Urdu_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Urdu language">Urdu</a>: <span lang="ur" dir="rtl"><span class="Nastaliq" dir="rtl" title="Nastaliq" style="font-family: 'Jameel Noori Nastaleeq', 'Urdu Typesetting', 'Noto Nastaliq Urdu', 'Noto Nastaliq Urdu Draft', 'Hussaini Nastaleeq', 'AlQalam Taj Nastaleeq', IranNastaliq, 'Awami Nastaliq', 'Awami Nastaliq Beta3', 'Awami Nastaliq Beta2', 'Awami Nastaliq Beta1', 'Nafees Nastaleeq', 'Nafees Nastaleeq v1.01', 'Pak Nastaleeq', 'PDMS_Jauhar', 'Alvi Lahori Nastaleeq'; font-size: 110%; font-style: normal;">وزِیرِ اعظم پاکستان </span></span>, <a href="/wiki/Roman_Urdu" title="Roman Urdu">romanized</a>: Wazīr ē Aʿẓam <abbr style="font-size:85%" title="literal translation">lit.</abbr><span style="white-space: nowrap;"> </span><span class="gloss-quot">'</span><span class="gloss-text"><a href="/wiki/Grand_vizier" title="Grand vizier">Grand Vizier</a></span><span class="gloss-quot">'</span>, <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1177148991">.mw-parser-output .IPA-label-small{font-size:85%}.mw-parser-output .references .IPA-label-small,.mw-parser-output .infobox .IPA-label-small,.mw-parser-output .navbox .IPA-label-small{font-size:100%}</style><span class="IPA-label IPA-label-small">Urdu pronunciation:</span> <span class="IPA nowrap" lang="ur-Latn-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Help:IPA/Hindi_and_Urdu" title="Help:IPA/Hindi and Urdu">[ʋəˈziːr-ˌeː<span class="wrap"> </span>ˈɑː.zəm]</a></span>) is the <a href="/wiki/Head_of_government" title="Head of government">head of government</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Islamic_Republic_of_Pakistan" class="mw-redirect" title="Islamic Republic of Pakistan">Islamic Republic of Pakistan</a>. Executive authority is vested in the prime minister and his chosen <a href="/wiki/Cabinet_of_Pakistan" title="Cabinet of Pakistan">cabinet</a>, despite the <a href="/wiki/President_of_Pakistan" title="President of Pakistan">president of Pakistan</a> serving as the nominal head of executive. The prime minister is often the leader of the party or the coalition with a majority in the lower house of the <a href="/wiki/Parliament_of_Pakistan" title="Parliament of Pakistan">Parliament of Pakistan</a>, the <a href="/wiki/National_Assembly_of_Pakistan" title="National Assembly of Pakistan">National Assembly</a> where he serves as <i> Leader of the House</i>. Prime minister holds office by virtue of their ability to <a href="/wiki/Motion_of_no-confidence" class="mw-redirect" title="Motion of no-confidence">command the confidence</a> of the <a href="/wiki/National_Assembly_of_Pakistan" title="National Assembly of Pakistan">National Assembly</a>. The prime minister is designated as the "chief executive of the Islamic Republic". </p><p>Pakistan's prime minister leads the <a href="/wiki/Executive_(government)" title="Executive (government)">executive branch</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Government_of_Pakistan" title="Government of Pakistan">federal government</a>, oversees the <a href="/wiki/Economy_of_Pakistan" title="Economy of Pakistan">state economy</a>, leads the <a href="/wiki/National_Assembly_of_Pakistan" title="National Assembly of Pakistan">National Assembly</a>, heads the <a href="/wiki/Council_of_Common_Interests" title="Council of Common Interests">Council of Common Interests</a> as well as the <a href="/wiki/Cabinet_of_Pakistan" title="Cabinet of Pakistan">Cabinet</a>, and is charged with leading the <a href="/wiki/National_Command_Authority_(Pakistan)" title="National Command Authority (Pakistan)">National Command Authority</a> over <a href="/wiki/Pakistan_and_weapons_of_mass_destruction" title="Pakistan and weapons of mass destruction">Pakistan's nuclear weapons arsenal</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-National_Assembly_press_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-National_Assembly_press-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This position places its holder in leadership of the nation and in control over all matters, both <a href="/wiki/Politics_of_Pakistan" title="Politics of Pakistan">internal affairs</a> and <a href="/wiki/Foreign_relations_of_Pakistan" title="Foreign relations of Pakistan">foreign policy</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Intl_Business_Pubns_USA_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Intl_Business_Pubns_USA-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The prime minister is elected by the members of the National Assembly and is therefore usually the leader of the majority party in the <a href="/wiki/Parliament_of_Pakistan" title="Parliament of Pakistan">parliament</a>. The <a href="/wiki/Constitution_of_Pakistan" title="Constitution of Pakistan">Constitution of Pakistan</a> vests executive powers in the prime minister, who is responsible for appointing the Cabinet as well as running the executive branch, taking and authorizing executive decisions, appointments, and recommendations that require prime ministerial confirmation.<sup id="cite_ref-BBC_PM_role_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BBC_PM_role-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Constitutionally, the prime minister serves as the chief adviser to the <a href="/wiki/President_of_Pakistan" title="President of Pakistan">president of Pakistan</a> on critical matters; and plays an influential role in appointment in each branch of the <a href="/wiki/Joint_Chiefs_of_Staff_Committee" title="Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee">military leadership</a> as well as ensuring <a href="/wiki/Civilian_control_of_the_military" class="mw-redirect" title="Civilian control of the military">civilian control</a> of the military through <a href="/wiki/Chairman_Joint_Chiefs_of_Staff_Committee" title="Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee">chairman joint chiefs</a>, although this <a href="/wiki/Military_coups_in_Pakistan" title="Military coups in Pakistan">does not necessarily happen in tandem</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Prime ministerial powers have <a href="/wiki/Eighteenth_Amendment_to_the_Constitution_of_Pakistan" title="Eighteenth Amendment to the Constitution of Pakistan">significantly grown</a> with a delicate system of <a href="/wiki/Checks_and_balances" class="mw-redirect" title="Checks and balances">check and balance</a> by each branch.<sup id="cite_ref-auto_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The position was absent during the years of 1958–1973, 1977–1985, and 1999–2002 due to imposed martial law. In each of these periods, the <a href="/wiki/Pakistan_Army" title="Pakistan Army">military junta</a> led by the president had the powers of the prime minister.<sup id="cite_ref-Frankfort,_IL_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Frankfort,_IL-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Further information: <a href="/wiki/List_of_prime_ministers_of_Pakistan" title="List of prime ministers of Pakistan">List of prime ministers of Pakistan</a></div><figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Liaquat_Ali_Khan_1945.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Liaquat_Ali_Khan_1945.jpg/220px-Liaquat_Ali_Khan_1945.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="303" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Liaquat_Ali_Khan_1945.jpg/330px-Liaquat_Ali_Khan_1945.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Liaquat_Ali_Khan_1945.jpg/440px-Liaquat_Ali_Khan_1945.jpg 2x" data-file-width="655" data-file-height="903" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Liaquat_Ali_Khan" title="Liaquat Ali Khan">Liaquat Ali Khan</a>, served as the first prime minister of Pakistan after independence (1947–1951).</figcaption></figure> <p>The office of the prime minister was created on immediate effect after the <a href="/wiki/Partition_of_India" title="Partition of India">partition</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Independence_of_Pakistan" class="mw-redirect" title="Independence of Pakistan">establishment</a> of Pakistan in 1947; the prime minister existed alongside the <a href="/wiki/Governor-General_of_Pakistan" title="Governor-General of Pakistan">governor-general</a> who was the representative of the <a href="/wiki/British_monarchy" class="mw-redirect" title="British monarchy">British monarchy</a>. The <a href="/wiki/List_of_Prime_Ministers_of_Pakistan" class="mw-redirect" title="List of Prime Ministers of Pakistan">first</a> prime minister, <a href="/wiki/Liaquat_Ali_Khan" title="Liaquat Ali Khan">Liaquat Ali Khan</a>, exercised central executive powers until his <a href="/wiki/Assassination_of_liaqat_ali_khan" class="mw-redirect" title="Assassination of liaqat ali khan">assassination</a> in 1951.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/Political_power" class="mw-redirect" title="Political power">powers</a> slowly began to be reduced as a result of constant intervention by the governor-general. Despite the <a href="/wiki/Constitution_of_Pakistan_of_1956" title="Constitution of Pakistan of 1956">first set</a> of the Constitution giving central power in 1956, the <a href="/wiki/List_of_Prime_Ministers_of_Pakistan" class="mw-redirect" title="List of Prime Ministers of Pakistan">next six prime ministers</a> were dismissed by the governor-general from 1951 till 1957. The first set of the Constitution had evolved the governor-general into the <a href="/wiki/President_of_Pakistan" title="President of Pakistan">president of Pakistan</a> whilst declaring the country an "<a href="/wiki/Islamic_republic" title="Islamic republic">Islamic republic</a>".<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Nagendra_17-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Nagendra-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1958, <a href="/wiki/President_of_Pakistan" title="President of Pakistan">President</a> <a href="/wiki/Iskandar_Mirza" class="mw-redirect" title="Iskandar Mirza">Iskandar Mirza</a> dismissed the <a href="/wiki/Feroz_Khan_Noon" title="Feroz Khan Noon">seventh prime minister</a> to <a href="/wiki/1958_Pakistani_coup_d%27%C3%A9tat" class="mw-redirect" title="1958 Pakistani coup d'état">impose martial law</a> in a mere two weeks, President Mirza was ousted by <a href="/wiki/Chief_of_Army_Staff_(Pakistan)" class="mw-redirect" title="Chief of Army Staff (Pakistan)">army chief</a> General <a href="/wiki/Field_Marshal_Ayub_Khan" class="mw-redirect" title="Field Marshal Ayub Khan">Ayub Khan</a> who had for a brief period held the post of prime minister. </p><p>In 1962, the <a href="/wiki/Constitution_of_Pakistan_of_1962" title="Constitution of Pakistan of 1962">second set</a> of the Constitution completely dissolved the office of prime minister as all powers were transferred to the president of Pakistan.<sup id="cite_ref-Nagendra_17-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Nagendra-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Criticism over the <a href="/wiki/President_of_Pakistan" title="President of Pakistan">presidency</a> after the <a href="/wiki/1965_Pakistani_presidential_election" title="1965 Pakistani presidential election">presidential election</a> held in 1965 over the centralizing of powers. After the <a href="/wiki/1970_Pakistani_general_elections" class="mw-redirect" title="1970 Pakistani general elections">general elections</a> held in 1970, the office was established with <a href="/wiki/Nurul_Amin" title="Nurul Amin">Nurul Amin</a> becoming the prime minister who was also the <a href="/wiki/Vice_President_of_Pakistan" title="Vice President of Pakistan">vice-president</a>. Negotiations that fall apart between <a href="/wiki/Zulfikar_Ali_Bhutto" title="Zulfikar Ali Bhutto">Zulfikar Ali Bhutto</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sheikh_Mujibur_Rahman" title="Sheikh Mujibur Rahman">Mujibur Rehman</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Yahya_Khan" title="Yahya Khan">Yahya Khan</a> that prompted to <a href="/wiki/Bangladesh_Liberation_War" title="Bangladesh Liberation War">liberation movement</a> in the <a href="/wiki/East_Pakistan" title="East Pakistan">East Pakistan</a>. With <a href="/wiki/India" title="India">India</a> intervening in East Pakistan and Pakistan conceding <a href="/wiki/Instrument_of_Surrender_(1971)" class="mw-redirect" title="Instrument of Surrender (1971)">defeat</a> to end the <a href="/wiki/Indo-Pakistani_War_of_1971" class="mw-redirect" title="Indo-Pakistani War of 1971">war</a> led to the collapse of the <a href="/wiki/Presidential_system" title="Presidential system">presidential system</a> in 1971. </p><p>As the comprehensive <a href="/wiki/Constitution_of_pakistan" class="mw-redirect" title="Constitution of pakistan">Constitution</a> reinstated in 1973, the post was reestablished with more central powers as the constitution provided a <a href="/wiki/Parliamentary_system" title="Parliamentary system">parliamentary system</a> with President of Pakistan as <a href="/wiki/Figurehead" title="Figurehead">figurehead</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Amid agitation instigated by the <a href="/wiki/Pakistan_National_Alliance" title="Pakistan National Alliance">right-wing alliance</a> invited the <a href="/wiki/Operation_Fair_Play" class="mw-redirect" title="Operation Fair Play">military intervention</a> in 1977 which suspended the post. </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/1985_Pakistani_general_election" title="1985 Pakistani general election">general elections</a> held in 1985 restored the post, with <a href="/wiki/Muhammad_Khan_Junejo" title="Muhammad Khan Junejo">Muhammad Junejo</a> becoming the prime minister. Later that year, the National Assembly passed the controversial <a href="/wiki/Eighth_Amendment_to_the_Constitution_of_Pakistan" title="Eighth Amendment to the Constitution of Pakistan">eighth amendment</a> to the Constitution, giving the president the power to dismiss the prime minister and the National Assembly without prior consultation.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/1988_Pakistani_general_elections" class="mw-redirect" title="1988 Pakistani general elections">general elections</a> in 1988 resulted in the <a href="/wiki/Pakistan_Peoples_Party" class="mw-redirect" title="Pakistan Peoples Party">Pakistan Peoples Party</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Benazir_Bhutto" title="Benazir Bhutto">Benazir Bhutto</a> becoming the <a href="/wiki/Women_in_Muslim_societies" class="mw-redirect" title="Women in Muslim societies">first woman</a> prime minister elected in a Muslim country.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>From 1988 to 1993, the power struggle between the prime minister and presidency continued with the president dismissing the <a href="/wiki/National_Assembly_(Pakistan)" class="mw-redirect" title="National Assembly (Pakistan)">National Assembly</a> on three different occasions. At the <a href="/wiki/1997_Pakistani_general_elections" class="mw-redirect" title="1997 Pakistani general elections">1997 elections</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Pakistan_Muslim_League_(N)" title="Pakistan Muslim League (N)">PML(N)</a> secured a <a href="/wiki/Two-thirds_majority" class="mw-redirect" title="Two-thirds majority">two-thirds majority</a> in the Parliament and drafted the <a href="/wiki/Thirteenth_Amendment_to_the_Constitution_of_Pakistan" title="Thirteenth Amendment to the Constitution of Pakistan">XIII</a> and <a href="/wiki/Fourteenth_Amendment_to_the_Constitution_of_Pakistan" title="Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution of Pakistan">XIV Amendments</a> to reverse the eighth amendment to the Constitution; this allowed <a href="/wiki/Nawaz_Sharif" title="Nawaz Sharif">Nawaz Sharif</a> to centralize more executive powers.<sup id="cite_ref-Mittal_22-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Mittal-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> After the draw down of <a href="/wiki/Civil-Military_Relations" class="mw-redirect" title="Civil-Military Relations">civil-military relations</a> in 1999, <a href="/wiki/Chairman_Joint_Chiefs_of_Staff_Committee" title="Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee">Chairman joint chiefs</a> General <a href="/wiki/Pervez_Musharraf" title="Pervez Musharraf">Pervez Musharraf</a> staged <a href="/wiki/1999_Pakistani_coup_d%27%C3%A9tat" title="1999 Pakistani coup d'état">a coup d'état</a> against the PML(N)'s government and held nationwide elections in <a href="/wiki/2002_Pakistani_general_elections" class="mw-redirect" title="2002 Pakistani general elections">2002</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>With no party gaining a majority, a <a href="/wiki/Coalition_government" title="Coalition government">coalition</a> was formed with the <a href="/wiki/Pakistan_Muslim_League_(Q)" title="Pakistan Muslim League (Q)">PML(Q)</a> – a breakaway of the PML(N) and a pro-Musharraf party – leading with <a href="/wiki/Muttahida_Qaumi_Movement_%E2%80%93_Pakistan" title="Muttahida Qaumi Movement – Pakistan">MQM</a>. After some political wrangling, <a href="/wiki/Zafarullah_Khan_Jamali" title="Zafarullah Khan Jamali">Zafarullah Jamali</a> became the prime minister, and passed the <a href="/wiki/Seventeenth_Amendment_to_the_Constitution_of_Pakistan" title="Seventeenth Amendment to the Constitution of Pakistan">XVII amendment</a> which partially restored the power of the president to dissolve the National Assembly, but made the dissolution subject to the <a href="/wiki/Supreme_Court_of_Pakistan" title="Supreme Court of Pakistan">Supreme Court of Pakistan</a>'s approval.<sup id="cite_ref-17thA_24-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17thA-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Over the authority issues,<sup class="noprint Inline-Template" style="margin-left:0.1em; white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Please_clarify" title="Wikipedia:Please clarify"><span title="The text near this tag may need clarification or removal of jargon. (July 2017)">clarification needed</span></a></i>]</sup> Prime Minister <a href="/wiki/Zafarullah_Khan_Jamali" title="Zafarullah Khan Jamali">Jamali</a> resigned in 2004 and <a href="/wiki/Shaukat_Aziz" title="Shaukat Aziz">Shaukat Aziz</a> was eventually appointed as prime minister, securing 151 out of 191 votes in the National Assembly.<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The XVII amendment featured a <a href="/wiki/Semi-presidential_system" class="mw-redirect" title="Semi-presidential system">semi-presidential system</a> allowing the presidency to keep the interference<sup class="noprint Inline-Template" style="margin-left:0.1em; white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Please_clarify" title="Wikipedia:Please clarify"><span title="The text near this tag may need clarification or removal of jargon. (July 2017)">clarification needed</span></a></i>]</sup> <a href="/wiki/Government_of_Pakistan" title="Government of Pakistan">executive</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Judiciary_of_Pakistan" title="Judiciary of Pakistan">judiciary</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-17thA_24-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17thA-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/2008_Pakistani_general_elections" class="mw-redirect" title="2008 Pakistani general elections">general elections in 2008</a> resulted in the PPP coming to power and supporting the <a href="/wiki/Movement_to_impeach_Pervez_Musharraf" class="mw-redirect" title="Movement to impeach Pervez Musharraf">movement</a> to oust Pervez Musharraf.<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A populist <a href="/wiki/Lawyer%27s_movement" class="mw-redirect" title="Lawyer's movement">intellectual movement</a> leading to the departure of Pervez Musharraf allowed <a href="/wiki/Asif_Ali_Zardari" title="Asif Ali Zardari">Asif Zardari</a> to become president. In 2010, the <a href="/wiki/Eighteenth_Amendment_to_the_Constitution_of_Pakistan" title="Eighteenth Amendment to the Constitution of Pakistan">XVIII Amendment</a> to the Constitution of Pakistan was passed to reverse the XVII amendment; it returned the country to being a <a href="/wiki/Parliamentary_democracy" class="mw-redirect" title="Parliamentary democracy">parliamentary democratic</a> <a href="/wiki/Parliamentary_republic" title="Parliamentary republic">republic</a>. The XVIII Amendment removed all powers of the presidency to dissolve the Parliament unilaterally and sweep away the powers amassed by the former presidents Pervez Musharraf and <a href="/wiki/Muhammad_Zia-ul-Haq" class="mw-redirect" title="Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq">Zia-ul-Haq</a> to maintain a delicate <a href="/wiki/Check_and_balance" class="mw-redirect" title="Check and balance">check and balance</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-18thA_27-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18thA-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Following a <a href="/wiki/Contempt_of_court" title="Contempt of court">contempt of court</a> case, the <a href="/wiki/Supreme_Court_of_Pakistan" title="Supreme Court of Pakistan">Supreme Court</a> permanently disqualified Prime Minister <a href="/wiki/Yousuf_Raza_Gillani" class="mw-redirect" title="Yousuf Raza Gillani">Yousuf Raza Gillani</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Originally, the PPP nomination was <a href="/wiki/Makhdoom_Shahbuddin" class="mw-redirect" title="Makhdoom Shahbuddin">Makhdoom Shahbuddin</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> but he was forced to withdraw after the <a href="/wiki/Anti-Narcotics_Force" title="Anti-Narcotics Force">ANF</a> issued non-bailable <a href="/wiki/Arrest_warrant" title="Arrest warrant">arrest warrants</a> against him.<sup id="cite_ref-Raja_Pervez_Ashraf_for_PM_30-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Raja_Pervez_Ashraf_for_PM-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Raja_Pervaiz_Ashraf" title="Raja Pervaiz Ashraf">Raja Pervaiz Ashraf</a> became the prime minister and remained in office until 2013.<sup id="cite_ref-auto_13-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Raja_Pervez_Ashraf_for_PM_30-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Raja_Pervez_Ashraf_for_PM-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Raja_pervez_Ashraf_new_PM_31-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Raja_pervez_Ashraf_new_PM-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/2013_Pakistani_general_elections" class="mw-redirect" title="2013 Pakistani general elections">general election held in 2013</a> saw the PML(N) almost achieve a supermajority. Following this, Nawaz Sharif was elected as prime minister, returning to the post for the third time after a fourteen-year absence, in a democratic transition. In July 2017, Nawaz Sharif was disqualified as prime minister, not on the corruption charges linked to Panama papers leak that he was questioned for in extension due to his sons, but for failing to declare as in his nomination papers, salary from a company owned by his son. His lawyer insisted that though the ousted prime minister <i>was</i> designated chairman of the company, he had never drawn any salary from the company, however, the judges consulting Black's Law Dictionary chose to disqualify Nawaz Sharif for not paying taxes on an asset he never held but could have.<sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On 18 August 2018, Imran Khan was sworn in as the country's 22nd prime minister.<sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On 10 April 2022, a <a href="/wiki/2022_Pakistani_constitutional_crisis" title="2022 Pakistani constitutional crisis">constitutional crisis</a> culminated in Khan losing a <a href="/wiki/Motion_of_no_confidence" title="Motion of no confidence">motion of no confidence</a> with 174 votes cast against him, ending his premiership and making him the first Prime Minister of Pakistan to be legitimately removed from office, through a motion of no confidence.<sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On 11th April 2022, <a href="/wiki/Shehbaz_Sharif" title="Shehbaz Sharif">Shehbaz Sharif</a> was elected as the country's 23rd Prime Minister. He won by majority 174 votes in the National Assembly of Pakistan. <sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-38" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Sharif will serve a term, at most of almost one year to fulfill Imran Khan's term until the <a href="/wiki/Next_Pakistani_general_election" title="Next Pakistani general election">2023 Pakistani General Election</a>, though the election may be called earlier. </p><p>On 3rd March 2024, <a href="/wiki/Shehbaz_Sharif" title="Shehbaz Sharif">Shehbaz Sharif</a> was re-elected for the second time as the country's 24th Prime Minister.<sup id="cite_ref-39" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-40" class="reference"><a 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rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><table class="sidebar sidebar-collapse nomobile vcard" style="width:20em;"><tbody><tr><th class="sidebar-title"><div class="adr"><a href="/wiki/Politics_of_Pakistan" title="Politics of Pakistan">Politics of Pakistan</a></div></th></tr><tr><th><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:State_emblem_of_Pakistan.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img 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href="/wiki/Government_of_Pakistan" title="Government of Pakistan">Federal government</a></b></li></ul> <hr /> <ul><li><div class="hlist"><ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/List_of_provincial_governments_of_Pakistan" class="mw-redirect" title="List of provincial governments of Pakistan">Provincial governments</a></b>: <a href="/wiki/Government_of_Punjab,_Pakistan" title="Government of Punjab, Pakistan">Punjab</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Government_of_Sindh" title="Government of Sindh">Sindh</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Government_of_Khyber_Pakhtunkhwa" title="Government of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa">KPK</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Government_of_Balochistan,_Pakistan" title="Government of Balochistan, Pakistan">Balochistan</a></li></ul></div></li> <li><div class="hlist"><ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/List_of_current_Pakistani_governors" class="mw-redirect" title="List of current Pakistani governors">Governors</a></b>: <a href="/wiki/Sardar_Saleem_Haider_Khan" title="Sardar Saleem Haider Khan"> Sardar Saleem Haider</a><sup>(<a href="/wiki/Governor_of_Punjab,_Pakistan" title="Governor of Punjab, Pakistan">Punjab</a>)</sup></li><li><a href="/wiki/Kamran_Tessori" title="Kamran Tessori">Kamran Tessori</a><sup>(<a href="/wiki/Governor_of_Sindh" title="Governor of Sindh">Sindh</a>)</sup></li><li><a href="/wiki/Faisal_Karim_Kundi" title="Faisal Karim Kundi">Faisal Karim Kundi</a><sup>(<a href="/wiki/Governor_of_Khyber_Pakhtunkhwa" title="Governor of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa">KPK</a>)</sup></li><li><a href="/wiki/Sheikh_Jaffar_Khan_Mandokhail" title="Sheikh Jaffar Khan Mandokhail"> Sheikh Jaffar Khan</a><sup>(<a href="/wiki/Governor_of_Balochistan,_Pakistan" title="Governor of Balochistan, Pakistan">Balochistan</a>)</sup></li><li><a href="/wiki/Syed_Mehdi_Shah" title="Syed Mehdi Shah">Syed Mehdi Shah</a><sup>(<a href="/wiki/Governor_of_Gilgit-Baltistan" title="Governor of Gilgit-Baltistan">Gilgit-Baltistan</a>)</sup></li></ul></div></li> <li><div class="hlist"><ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/Chief_Minister_(Pakistan)" class="mw-redirect" title="Chief Minister (Pakistan)">Chief Ministers</a></b>: <a href="/wiki/Maryam_Nawaz" title="Maryam Nawaz">Maryam Nawaz</a><sup>(<a href="/wiki/Chief_Minister_of_Punjab_(Pakistan)" title="Chief Minister of Punjab (Pakistan)">Punjab</a>)</sup></li><li><a href="/wiki/Murad_Ali_Shah" title="Murad Ali Shah">Murad Ali Shah</a><sup>(<a href="/wiki/Chief_Minister_of_Sindh" title="Chief Minister of Sindh">Sindh</a>)</sup></li><li><a href="/wiki/Ali_Amin_Gandapur" title="Ali Amin Gandapur">Ali Amin Gandapur</a><sup>(<a href="/wiki/Chief_Minister_of_Khyber_Pakhtunkhwa" title="Chief Minister of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa">KPK</a>)</sup></li><li><a href="/wiki/Sarfraz_Bugti" title="Sarfraz Bugti">Sarfraz Bugti</a><sup>(<a href="/wiki/Chief_Minister_of_Balochistan" title="Chief Minister of Balochistan">Balochistan</a>)</sup></li><li><a href="/wiki/Gulbar_Khan" title="Gulbar Khan">Gulbar Khan</a><sup>(<a href="/wiki/Chief_Minister_of_Gilgit-Baltistan" title="Chief Minister of Gilgit-Baltistan">Gilgit-Baltistan</a>)</sup></li></ul></div></li> <li><div class="hlist"><ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/List_of_constituencies_of_Pakistan" title="List of constituencies of Pakistan">Provincial assemblies of Pakistan</a></b>: <a href="/wiki/Provincial_Assembly_of_the_Punjab" title="Provincial Assembly of the Punjab">Punjab</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Provincial_Assembly_of_Sindh" title="Provincial Assembly of Sindh">Sindh</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Provincial_Assembly_of_Khyber_Pakhtunkhwa" title="Provincial Assembly of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa">KPK</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Provincial_Assembly_of_Balochistan" title="Provincial Assembly of Balochistan">Balochistan</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Gilgit-Baltistan_Assembly" title="Gilgit-Baltistan Assembly">Gilgi-Baltistan</a></li></ul></div></li></ul> <hr /> <p><b><a href="/wiki/Government_of_Azad_Kashmir" title="Government of Azad Kashmir">Azad Kashmir government</a></b> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/President_of_Azad_Kashmir" title="President of Azad Kashmir">President</a>: <a href="/wiki/Sultan_Mehmood_Chaudhry" title="Sultan Mehmood Chaudhry">Sultan Mehmood Chaudhry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prime_Minister_of_Azad_Kashmir" title="Prime Minister of Azad Kashmir">Prime Minister</a>: <a href="/wiki/Chaudhry_Anwarul_Haq" title="Chaudhry Anwarul Haq">Chaudhry Anwarul Haq</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Azad_Jammu_and_Kashmir_Legislative_Assembly" class="mw-redirect" title="Azad Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly">Legislative Assembly</a></li></ul> <hr /> <p><b><a href="/wiki/Government_of_Gilgit-Baltistan" title="Government of Gilgit-Baltistan">Government of Gilgit-Baltistan</a></b> </p> <hr /> <p><b><a href="/wiki/Local_government_in_Pakistan" title="Local government in Pakistan">Local government</a></b> </p> <div class="hlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Divisions_of_Pakistan" title="Divisions of Pakistan">Divisions</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Districts_of_Pakistan" title="Districts of Pakistan">Districts</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_tehsils_in_Pakistan" class="mw-redirect" title="List of tehsils in Pakistan">Tehsil</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Union_councils_of_Pakistan" title="Union councils of Pakistan">UCs</a></li></ul></div></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="background:rgb(220,245,220);padding-left:0.4em;text-align:left;;color: var(--color-base)"><a href="/wiki/Parliament_of_Pakistan" title="Parliament of Pakistan">Parliament legislature</a></div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content" style="padding-top:0;text-align:left;"> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/Senate_of_Pakistan" title="Senate of Pakistan">Senate (Upper House)</a></b></li></ul> <figure class="mw-halign-center" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Senate_of_Pakistan,_2024.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/47/Senate_of_Pakistan%2C_2024.png/130px-Senate_of_Pakistan%2C_2024.png" decoding="async" width="130" height="67" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/47/Senate_of_Pakistan%2C_2024.png/195px-Senate_of_Pakistan%2C_2024.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/47/Senate_of_Pakistan%2C_2024.png/260px-Senate_of_Pakistan%2C_2024.png 2x" data-file-width="2560" data-file-height="1316" /></a><figcaption></figcaption></figure> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Chairman_of_the_Senate_of_Pakistan" title="Chairman of the Senate of Pakistan">Chairman</a>: <a href="/wiki/Yousaf_Raza_Gillani" class="mw-redirect" title="Yousaf Raza Gillani">Yousaf Raza Gillani</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Deputy_Chairman_of_the_Senate_of_Pakistan" title="Deputy Chairman of the Senate of Pakistan">Deputy Chairman</a>: <a href="/wiki/Syedaal_Khan_Nasar" title="Syedaal Khan Nasar">Syedaal Khan Nasar</a> (<a href="/wiki/Pakistan_Muslim_League_(N)" title="Pakistan Muslim League (N)">PML(N)</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Leader_of_the_House_of_Federation_(Pakistan)" class="mw-redirect" title="Leader of the House of Federation (Pakistan)">Leader of the House</a>: <a href="/wiki/Ishaq_Dar" title="Ishaq Dar">Ishaq Dar</a> (<a href="/wiki/Pakistan_Muslim_League_(N)" title="Pakistan Muslim League (N)">PML(N)</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Leader_of_the_Opposition" title="Leader of the Opposition">Opposition leader</a>: <a href="/wiki/Shibli_Faraz" title="Shibli Faraz">Shibli Faraz</a> (<a href="/wiki/Pakistan_Tehreek-e-Insaf" title="Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf">PTI</a>)</li></ul> <hr /> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/National_Assembly_(Pakistan)" class="mw-redirect" title="National Assembly (Pakistan)">National Assembly (Lower House)</a></b></li></ul> <figure class="mw-halign-center" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:National_Assembly_of_Pakistan,_after_SIC_reserve_seats_case_(2024).svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9d/National_Assembly_of_Pakistan%2C_after_SIC_reserve_seats_case_%282024%29.svg/130px-National_Assembly_of_Pakistan%2C_after_SIC_reserve_seats_case_%282024%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="130" height="67" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9d/National_Assembly_of_Pakistan%2C_after_SIC_reserve_seats_case_%282024%29.svg/195px-National_Assembly_of_Pakistan%2C_after_SIC_reserve_seats_case_%282024%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9d/National_Assembly_of_Pakistan%2C_after_SIC_reserve_seats_case_%282024%29.svg/260px-National_Assembly_of_Pakistan%2C_after_SIC_reserve_seats_case_%282024%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="2560" data-file-height="1316" /></a><figcaption></figcaption></figure> <ul><li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Leader of the House</a>: <a href="/wiki/Shehbaz_Sharif" title="Shehbaz Sharif">Shehbaz Sharif</a> (<a href="/wiki/Pakistan_Muslim_League_(N)" title="Pakistan Muslim League (N)">PML(N)</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Speaker_of_the_National_Assembly_of_Pakistan" title="Speaker of the National Assembly of Pakistan">Speaker</a>: <a href="/wiki/Ayaz_Sadiq" title="Ayaz Sadiq">Ayaz Sadiq</a> (<a href="/wiki/Pakistan_Muslim_League_(N)" title="Pakistan Muslim League (N)">PML(N)</a>)</li> <li>Deputy speaker: <a href="/wiki/Syed_Ghulam_Mustafa_Shah_(Pakistani_politician)" title="Syed Ghulam Mustafa Shah (Pakistani politician)">Syed Ghulam Mustafa Shah</a> (<a href="/wiki/Pakistan_People%27s_Party" title="Pakistan People's Party">PPP</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Leader_of_the_Opposition_(Pakistan)" title="Leader of the Opposition (Pakistan)">Leader of the Opposition</a>: <a href="/wiki/Omar_Ayub_Khan" title="Omar Ayub Khan">Omar Ayub Khan</a></li></ul> <hr /> <p><b><a href="/wiki/Constitution_of_Pakistan" title="Constitution of Pakistan">Constitution of Pakistan</a></b> </p> <ul><li><div class="hlist"><ul><li>Previous constitutions:<a href="/wiki/Constitution_of_Pakistan_of_1956" title="Constitution of Pakistan of 1956">1956</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Constitution_of_Pakistan_of_1962" title="Constitution of Pakistan of 1962">1962</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Constitution_of_Pakistan" title="Constitution of Pakistan">1973</a></li></ul></div></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Annex_to_the_Constitution_of_Pakistan" class="mw-redirect" title="Annex to the Constitution of Pakistan">Annex</a> (written 1949, incorporated 1985)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Amendments_to_the_Constitution_of_Pakistan" title="Amendments to the Constitution of Pakistan">Amendments</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Law_of_Pakistan" title="Law of Pakistan">Law</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pakistan_Penal_Code" title="Pakistan Penal Code">Pakistan Penal Code</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Human_rights_in_Pakistan" title="Human rights in Pakistan">Human rights</a></li></ul></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="background:rgb(220,245,220);padding-left:0.4em;text-align:left;;color: var(--color-base)"><a href="/wiki/Executive_(government)" title="Executive (government)">Executive</a></div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content" style="padding-top:0;text-align:left;"> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/President_of_Pakistan" title="President of Pakistan">President of Pakistan</a></b>: <a href="/wiki/Asif_Ali_Zardari" title="Asif Ali Zardari">Asif Ali Zardari</a> (<a href="/wiki/Pakistan_People%27s_Party" title="Pakistan People's Party">PPP</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_presidents_of_Pakistan" title="List of presidents of Pakistan">List of presidents of Pakistan</a></li></ul> <hr /> <ul><li><b><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Prime Minister of Pakistan</a></b>: <a href="/wiki/Shahbaz_Sharif" class="mw-redirect" title="Shahbaz Sharif">Shahbaz Sharif</a> (<a href="/wiki/Pakistan_Muslim_League_(N)" title="Pakistan Muslim League (N)">PML-N</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_prime_ministers_of_Pakistan" title="List of prime ministers of Pakistan">List of prime ministers of Pakistan</a></li></ul> <hr /> <div class="hlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Cabinet_of_Pakistan" title="Cabinet of Pakistan">Cabinet of Pakistan</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Cabinet_Secretary_(Pakistan)" title="Cabinet Secretary (Pakistan)">Cabinet Secretary</a></li></ul></div></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="background:rgb(220,245,220);padding-left:0.4em;text-align:left;;color: var(--color-base)"><a href="/wiki/Judiciary_of_Pakistan" title="Judiciary of Pakistan">Judiciary</a></div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content" style="padding-top:0;text-align:left;"> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/Supreme_Court_of_Pakistan" title="Supreme Court of Pakistan">Supreme Court of Pakistan</a></b></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chief_Justice_of_Pakistan" title="Chief Justice of Pakistan">Chief Justice</a>: <a href="/wiki/Qazi_Faez_Isa" title="Qazi Faez Isa">Qazi Faez Isa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_justices_of_the_Supreme_Court_of_Pakistan" title="List of justices of the Supreme Court of Pakistan">List of justices</a></li> <li>Judges appointment body: <a href="/wiki/Supreme_Judicial_Council_of_Pakistan" title="Supreme Judicial Council of Pakistan">Supreme Judicial Council</a></li></ul> <hr /> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/High_courts_of_Pakistan" title="High courts of Pakistan">High courts</a></b>: <a href="/wiki/Islamabad_High_Court" title="Islamabad High Court">Islamabad</a>, <a href="/wiki/Lahore_High_Court" title="Lahore High Court">Punjab</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sindh_High_Court" title="Sindh High Court">Sindh</a>, <a href="/wiki/Peshawar_High_Court" title="Peshawar High Court">KPK</a>, <a href="/wiki/Balochistan_High_Court" title="Balochistan High Court">Balochistan</a>, <a href="/wiki/Federal_Shariat_Court" title="Federal Shariat Court">Shariat Court</a></li></ul> <hr /> <ul><li><b>Territorial courts</b>: <a href="/wiki/Supreme_Court_of_Azad_Jammu_and_Kashmir" title="Supreme Court of Azad Jammu and Kashmir">AJK supreme court</a>, <a href="/wiki/High_Court_of_Azad_Jammu_and_Kashmir" title="High Court of Azad Jammu and Kashmir">AJK High court</a>, <a href="/wiki/Supreme_Appellate_Court_Gilgit-Baltistan" title="Supreme Appellate Court Gilgit-Baltistan">Gilgit-Baltistan supreme court</a>, <a href="/wiki/Gilgit-Baltistan_Chief_Court" title="Gilgit-Baltistan Chief Court">Gilgit-Baltistan High Court</a></li></ul> <hr /> <ul><li><b>Special courts</b>: <a href="/wiki/Anti_Terrorism_Court_of_Pakistan" title="Anti Terrorism Court of Pakistan">Anti Terrorism Courts</a>, <a href="/wiki/National_Accountability_Bureau" title="National Accountability Bureau">Accountability Courts</a></li></ul> <hr /> <ul><li><div class="hlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/District_courts_of_Pakistan" title="District courts of Pakistan">District Courts</a></li></ul></div></li></ul></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="background:rgb(220,245,220);padding-left:0.4em;text-align:left;;color: var(--color-base)"><a href="/wiki/Elections_in_Pakistan" title="Elections in Pakistan">Elections</a></div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content" style="padding-top:0;text-align:left;"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Election_Commission_of_Pakistan" title="Election Commission of Pakistan">Election Commission of Pakistan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chief_Election_Commissioner_of_Pakistan" title="Chief Election Commissioner of Pakistan">Chief Election Commissioner</a>: <a href="/wiki/Sikandar_Sultan_Raja" title="Sikandar Sultan Raja">Sikandar Sultan Raja</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Electoral_College_of_Pakistan" class="mw-redirect" title="Electoral College of Pakistan">Electoral College</a></li></ul> <hr /> <p><b>Territorial election commission</b> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Azad_Jammu_%26_Kashmir_Election_Commission" class="mw-redirect" title="Azad Jammu & Kashmir Election Commission">AJK Election Commission</a></li> <li>Chief Election Commissioner of AJK: Abdul Rashid Sulehria</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Election_Commission_Gilgit-Baltistan" title="Election Commission Gilgit-Baltistan">Gilgit-Baltistan Election Commission</a></li> <li>Chief Election Commissioner of Gilgit-Baltistan: Raja Shah Baz Khan</li></ul> <hr /> <p><b>Elections</b> </p> <ul><li><div class="hlist"><ul><li>Presidential: <a href="/wiki/2008_Pakistani_presidential_election" title="2008 Pakistani presidential election">2008</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/2013_Pakistani_presidential_election" title="2013 Pakistani presidential election">2013</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/2018_Pakistani_presidential_election" title="2018 Pakistani presidential election">2018</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/2024_Pakistani_presidential_election" title="2024 Pakistani presidential election">2024</a></li></ul></div></li> <li><div class="hlist"><ul><li>General: <a href="/wiki/1970_Pakistani_general_election" title="1970 Pakistani general election">1970</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/1977_Pakistani_general_election" title="1977 Pakistani general election">1977</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/1985_Pakistani_general_election" title="1985 Pakistani general election">1985</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/1988_Pakistani_general_election" title="1988 Pakistani general election">1988</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/1990_Pakistani_general_election" title="1990 Pakistani general election">1990</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/1993_Pakistani_general_election" title="1993 Pakistani general election">1993</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/1997_Pakistani_general_election" title="1997 Pakistani general election">1997</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/2002_Pakistani_general_election" title="2002 Pakistani general election">2002</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/2008_Pakistani_general_election" title="2008 Pakistani general election">2008</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/2013_Pakistani_general_election" title="2013 Pakistani general election">2013</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/2018_Pakistani_general_election" title="2018 Pakistani general election">2018</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/2024_Pakistani_general_election" title="2024 Pakistani general election">2024</a></li></ul></div></li></ul> <hr /> <p><b>Provincial elections</b> </p> <ul><li><div class="hlist"><ul><li>Punjab: <a href="/wiki/2002_Punjab_provincial_election" title="2002 Punjab provincial election">2002</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/2008_Punjab_provincial_election" title="2008 Punjab provincial election">2008</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/2013_Punjab_provincial_election" title="2013 Punjab provincial election">2013</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/2018_Punjab_provincial_election" title="2018 Punjab provincial election">2018</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/2024_Punjab_provincial_election" title="2024 Punjab provincial election">2024</a></li></ul></div></li> <li><div class="hlist"><ul><li>Sindh: <a href="/wiki/2002_Sindh_provincial_election" title="2002 Sindh provincial election">2002</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/2008_Sindh_provincial_election" title="2008 Sindh provincial election">2008</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/2013_Sindh_provincial_election" title="2013 Sindh provincial election">2013</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/2018_Sindh_provincial_election" title="2018 Sindh provincial election">2018</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/2024_Sindh_provincial_election" title="2024 Sindh provincial election">2024</a></li></ul></div></li> <li><div class="hlist"><ul><li>KPK: <a href="/wiki/2002_North-West_Frontier_Province_provincial_election" title="2002 North-West Frontier Province provincial election">2002</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/2008_North-West_Frontier_Province_provincial_election" title="2008 North-West Frontier Province provincial election">2008</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/2013_Khyber_Pakhtunkhwa_provincial_election" title="2013 Khyber Pakhtunkhwa provincial election">2013</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/2018_Khyber_Pakhtunkhwa_provincial_election" title="2018 Khyber Pakhtunkhwa provincial election">2018</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/2024_Khyber_Pakhtunkhwa_provincial_election" title="2024 Khyber Pakhtunkhwa provincial election">2024</a></li></ul></div></li> <li><div class="hlist"><ul><li>Balochistan: <a href="/wiki/2013_Balochistan_provincial_election" title="2013 Balochistan provincial election">2013</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/2018_Balochistan_provincial_election" title="2018 Balochistan provincial election">2018</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/2024_Balochistan_provincial_election" title="2024 Balochistan provincial election">2024</a></li></ul></div></li></ul> <hr /> <p><b>Territorial elections</b> </p> <ul><li><div class="hlist"><ul><li>Azad Kashmir: <a href="/wiki/1970_Azad_Kashmiri_general_election" title="1970 Azad Kashmiri general election">1970</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/1975_Azad_Kashmiri_general_election" title="1975 Azad Kashmiri general election">1975</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/1985_Azad_Kashmiri_general_election" title="1985 Azad Kashmiri general election">1985</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/1990_Azad_Kashmiri_general_election" title="1990 Azad Kashmiri general election">1990</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/1991_Azad_Kashmiri_general_election" title="1991 Azad Kashmiri general election">1991</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/1996_Azad_Kashmiri_general_election" title="1996 Azad Kashmiri general election">1996</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/2001_Azad_Kashmiri_general_election" title="2001 Azad Kashmiri general election">2001</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/2006_Azad_Kashmiri_general_election" title="2006 Azad Kashmiri general election">2006</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/2011_Azad_Kashmiri_general_election" title="2011 Azad Kashmiri general election">2011</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/2016_Azad_Kashmiri_general_election" title="2016 Azad Kashmiri general election">2016</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/2021_Azad_Kashmiri_general_election" title="2021 Azad Kashmiri general election">2021</a></li></ul></div></li> <li><div class="hlist"><ul><li>Gilgit-Baltistan: <a href="/wiki/2009_Gilgit-Baltistan_Assembly_election" title="2009 Gilgit-Baltistan Assembly election">2009</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/2015_Gilgit-Baltistan_Assembly_election" title="2015 Gilgit-Baltistan Assembly election">2015</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/2020_Gilgit-Baltistan_Assembly_election" title="2020 Gilgit-Baltistan Assembly election">2020</a></li></ul></div></li></ul> <hr /> <p><b><a href="/wiki/List_of_political_parties_in_Pakistan" title="List of political parties in Pakistan">Political parties</a></b> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Pakistan_Muslim_League_(N)" title="Pakistan Muslim League (N)">Pakistan Muslim League (N)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pakistan_Tehreek-e-Insaf" title="Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf">Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pakistan_Peoples_Party" class="mw-redirect" title="Pakistan Peoples Party">Pakistan Peoples Party</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_political_parties_in_Pakistan" title="List of political parties in Pakistan">Complete list</a></li></ul></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="background:rgb(220,245,220);padding-left:0.4em;text-align:left;;color: var(--color-base)"><a href="/wiki/Administrative_units_of_Pakistan" title="Administrative units of Pakistan">Administrative units</a></div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content" style="padding-top:0;text-align:left;"><b>Capital territory</b> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Islamabad_Capital_Territory" title="Islamabad Capital Territory">Islamabad</a></li></ul> <p><b>Provinces</b> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Government_of_Balochistan,_Pakistan" title="Government of Balochistan, Pakistan">Balochistan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Government_of_Khyber_Pakhtunkhwa" title="Government of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa">Khyber Pakhtunkhwa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Government_of_Punjab,_Pakistan" title="Government of Punjab, Pakistan">Punjab</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Government_of_Sindh" title="Government of Sindh">Sindh</a></li></ul> <hr /> <p><b>Autonomous region</b> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Azad_Kashmir" title="Azad Kashmir">Azad Kashmir</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gilgit-Baltistan" title="Gilgit-Baltistan">Gilgit-Baltistan</a></li></ul></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="background:rgb(220,245,220);padding-left:0.4em;text-align:left;;color: var(--color-base)"><a href="/wiki/Foreign_relations_of_Pakistan" title="Foreign relations of Pakistan">Foreign relations</a></div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content" style="padding-top:0;text-align:left;"><b>Diplomacy</b> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Foreign_Affairs_(Pakistan)" title="Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Pakistan)">Ministry of Foreign Affairs</a> <dl><dd><a href="/wiki/Minister_of_Foreign_Affairs_(Pakistan)" class="mw-redirect" title="Minister of Foreign Affairs (Pakistan)">Minister of Foreign Affairs</a></dd></dl></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_diplomatic_missions_of_Pakistan" title="List of diplomatic missions of Pakistan">Diplomatic missions of</a> / <a href="/wiki/List_of_diplomatic_missions_in_Pakistan" title="List of diplomatic missions in Pakistan">in Pakistan</a></li></ul> <hr /> <p><b>Customs</b> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Pakistani_passport" title="Pakistani passport">Passport</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Visa_requirements_for_Pakistani_citizens" title="Visa requirements for Pakistani citizens">Visa requirements</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Visa_policy_of_Pakistan" title="Visa policy of Pakistan">Visa policy</a></li></ul> <hr /> <p><b>Regional topics</b> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Kashmir_conflict" title="Kashmir conflict">Kashmir conflict</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/India%E2%80%93Pakistan_relations" title="India–Pakistan relations">India</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/China_-_Pakistan_relations" class="mw-redirect" title="China - Pakistan relations">China</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pakistan_United_States_relations" class="mw-redirect" title="Pakistan United States relations">United States</a></li></ul></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-below"> <span class="nowrap"><span class="mw-image-border noviewer" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="flag" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/32/Flag_of_Pakistan.svg/32px-Flag_of_Pakistan.svg.png" decoding="async" width="32" height="21" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/32/Flag_of_Pakistan.svg/48px-Flag_of_Pakistan.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/32/Flag_of_Pakistan.svg/64px-Flag_of_Pakistan.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Portal:Pakistan" title="Portal:Pakistan">Pakistan portal</a></td></tr><tr><td class="sidebar-navbar"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239400231">.mw-parser-output .navbar{display:inline;font-size:88%;font-weight:normal}.mw-parser-output .navbar-collapse{float:left;text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .navbar-boxtext{word-spacing:0}.mw-parser-output .navbar ul{display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;line-height:inherit}.mw-parser-output .navbar-brackets::before{margin-right:-0.125em;content:"[ "}.mw-parser-output .navbar-brackets::after{margin-left:-0.125em;content:" ]"}.mw-parser-output .navbar li{word-spacing:-0.125em}.mw-parser-output .navbar a>span,.mw-parser-output .navbar a>abbr{text-decoration:inherit}.mw-parser-output .navbar-mini abbr{font-variant:small-caps;border-bottom:none;text-decoration:none;cursor:inherit}.mw-parser-output .navbar-ct-full{font-size:114%;margin:0 7em}.mw-parser-output .navbar-ct-mini{font-size:114%;margin:0 4em}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .navbar li a abbr{color:var(--color-base)!important}@media(prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .navbar li a abbr{color:var(--color-base)!important}}@media print{.mw-parser-output .navbar{display:none!important}}</style><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist navbar-mini"><ul><li class="nv-view"><a href="/wiki/Template:Politics_of_Pakistan" title="Template:Politics of Pakistan"><abbr title="View this template">v</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-talk"><a href="/wiki/Template_talk:Politics_of_Pakistan" title="Template talk:Politics of Pakistan"><abbr title="Discuss this template">t</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-edit"><a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:Politics_of_Pakistan" title="Special:EditPage/Template:Politics of Pakistan"><abbr title="Edit this template">e</abbr></a></li></ul></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Constitution_of_Pakistan" title="Constitution of Pakistan">Constitution</a> envisages a scheme of affairs in which the <a href="/wiki/President_of_Pakistan" title="President of Pakistan">president of Pakistan</a> is the <a href="/wiki/Head_of_state" title="Head of state">head of state</a> who represents the "unity of the Republic." The <a href="/wiki/System_of_government" class="mw-redirect" title="System of government">system of government</a> in Pakistan is based on <a href="/wiki/Constitution_of_Pakistan" title="Constitution of Pakistan">codified constitution</a> which sees the prime minister as "<a href="/wiki/Chief_executive" class="mw-redirect" title="Chief executive">chief executive</a> of the Republic." </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1244412712">.mw-parser-output .templatequote{overflow:hidden;margin:1em 0;padding:0 32px}.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{line-height:1.5em;text-align:left;margin-top:0}@media(min-width:500px){.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{padding-left:1.6em}}</style><blockquote class="templatequote"><p>Subject to the Constitution the Federation shall be exercised in the name of the President by the Federal Government, consisting of the Prime Minister and the Federal Ministers, which shall act through the Prime Minister, who shall be the chief executive of the Federation."</p><div class="templatequotecite">— <cite><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.pakistani.org/pakistan/constitution/part3.ch3.html">Article 90(1)</a> in Chapter 3: The Federal Government of Part III: The Federation of Pakistan in the <a href="/wiki/Constitution_of_Pakistan" title="Constitution of Pakistan">Constitution of Pakistan</a>, source<sup id="cite_ref-pakistani.org_42-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-pakistani.org-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></cite></div></blockquote> <p>The prime minister is also the chairman of the <a href="/wiki/Council_of_Common_Interests" title="Council of Common Interests">Council of Common Interests</a> as set by: </p> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1244412712"><blockquote class="templatequote"><p>1 There shall be a Council of Common Interests, in this Chapter referred to as the Council, to be appointed by the President<br /> </p><p>(2) The Council shall consist of-<br /> (a) the Prime Minister who shall be the Chairman of the Council;<br /> (b) the Chief Ministers of the Provinces;<br /> </p><p> (c) three members from the Federal Government to be nominated by the Prime Minister from time to time.</p><div class="templatequotecite">— <cite><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://pakistani.org/pakistan/constitution/part5.ch3.html">Article 153</a> in Chapter 3: Special Provisions of Part V: Relations between Federation and Provinces in the <a href="/wiki/Constitution_of_Pakistan" title="Constitution of Pakistan">Constitution of Pakistan</a>, source<sup id="cite_ref-43" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></cite></div></blockquote> <p>As in most of the <a href="/wiki/Parliamentary_democracies" class="mw-redirect" title="Parliamentary democracies">parliamentary democracies</a>, a <a href="/wiki/Head_of_state" title="Head of state">head of state</a>'s duties are mostly ceremonial. The prime minister of Pakistan is the <a href="/wiki/Head_of_government" title="Head of government">head of government</a> and has the responsibility for executive power. With Pakistan following a <a href="/wiki/Parliamentary_system" title="Parliamentary system">parliamentary system</a> of government, the Prime minister is generally the leader of a party (or coalition of parties) that has a majority in the <a href="/wiki/National_Assembly_(Pakistan)" class="mw-redirect" title="National Assembly (Pakistan)">National Assembly</a> —the <a href="/wiki/Lower_house" title="Lower house">lower house</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Parliament_of_Pakistan" title="Parliament of Pakistan">Parliament of Pakistan</a>. The prime minister, in common with all other ministers, has to be a member of <a href="/wiki/National_Assembly_(Pakistan)" class="mw-redirect" title="National Assembly (Pakistan)">National Assembly</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-pakistani.org_42-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-pakistani.org-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Role_and_powers">Role and powers</h3></div> <figure class="mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:House_of_the_Prime_Minister_of_Pakistan_in_Islamabad.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a1/House_of_the_Prime_Minister_of_Pakistan_in_Islamabad.jpg/280px-House_of_the_Prime_Minister_of_Pakistan_in_Islamabad.jpg" decoding="async" width="280" height="190" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a1/House_of_the_Prime_Minister_of_Pakistan_in_Islamabad.jpg/420px-House_of_the_Prime_Minister_of_Pakistan_in_Islamabad.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a1/House_of_the_Prime_Minister_of_Pakistan_in_Islamabad.jpg/560px-House_of_the_Prime_Minister_of_Pakistan_in_Islamabad.jpg 2x" data-file-width="950" data-file-height="643" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Prime_Minister%27s_Office_(Pakistan)" title="Prime Minister's Office (Pakistan)">Prime Minister's Office</a> in Islamabad, the principal workplace of the prime minister.</figcaption></figure> <p>The principal workplace of the prime minister is the <a href="/wiki/Prime_Minister%27s_Office_(Pakistan)" title="Prime Minister's Office (Pakistan)">Prime Minister's Office</a> located in northeast Islamabad. The <a href="/wiki/Official_residence" title="Official residence">official residence</a>, known as Prime Minister Enclave, is near the Prime Minister's Office. The prime minister is the <a href="/wiki/Chief_executive_officer" title="Chief executive officer">chief executive</a> who <a href="/wiki/Head_of_government" title="Head of government">heads and exercises the authority</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Government_of_Pakistan" title="Government of Pakistan">Government of Pakistan</a>. After obtaining a <a href="/wiki/Vote_of_confidence" class="mw-redirect" title="Vote of confidence">vote of confidence</a>, the prime minister is invited by the president to take the <a href="/wiki/Oath_of_office" title="Oath of office">oath of office</a> and form the government.<sup id="cite_ref-pakistani.org_42-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-pakistani.org-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In practice, the prime minister nominates the members of the <a href="/wiki/Cabinet_of_Pakistan" title="Cabinet of Pakistan">Cabinet</a> who supervise the important functions and ministries of the Government of Pakistan<sup id="cite_ref-pakistani.org_42-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-pakistani.org-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and communicates to the president all decisions of the Cabinet relating to the administration of affairs of state and proposals for legislation.<sup id="cite_ref-44" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The prime minister, in consultation with the Cabinet, schedules and attends the sessions of the Parliament and is required to answer questions from members of parliament to the ministers. The prime minister makes appointments on various important positions, including: </p> <ul><li>The <a href="/wiki/Federal_Secretary" title="Federal Secretary">federal secretaries</a> as head of cabinet-level ministries</li> <li>The <a href="/wiki/Chief_Secretary_(Pakistan)" class="mw-redirect" title="Chief Secretary (Pakistan)">chief secretaries</a> of the provinces</li> <li>Key administrative and military personnel in the <a href="/wiki/Pakistan_Armed_Forces" title="Pakistan Armed Forces">Pakistan Armed Forces</a></li> <li>The chairmen of large public sector organisations and corporations such as <a href="/wiki/National_Highway_Authority" class="mw-redirect" title="National Highway Authority">NHA</a>, <a href="/wiki/Pakistan_International_Airlines" title="Pakistan International Airlines">PIA</a>, <a href="/wiki/Pakistan_National_Shipping_Corporation" title="Pakistan National Shipping Corporation">PNSC</a> etc.</li> <li>The chairmen and other members of the federal commissions and public institutions</li> <li>Ambassadors and High Commissioners to other countries</li></ul> <p>Some specific ministries are usually allocated to the prime minister: </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Planning_Commission_(Pakistan)" title="Planning Commission (Pakistan)">Planning Commission</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Command_Authority_(Pakistan)" title="National Command Authority (Pakistan)">National Command Authority</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Security_Council_(Pakistan)" title="National Security Council (Pakistan)">National Security Council</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Economic_Coordination_Committee" class="mw-redirect" title="Economic Coordination Committee">Economic Coordination Committee</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cabinet_Committee_on_National_Security" class="mw-redirect" title="Cabinet Committee on National Security">Cabinet Committee on National Security</a></li></ul> <p>The prime minister is vested with command authority over the <a href="/wiki/Pakistan_and_weapons_of_mass_destruction" title="Pakistan and weapons of mass destruction">Pakistani nuclear arsenal</a> and represents the country in various delegations, high-level meetings, and international organisations that require the attendance of the highest government office and also addresses the nation on various issues of national importance.<sup id="cite_ref-National_Assembly_press_8-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-National_Assembly_press-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Eligibility">Eligibility</h3></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Constitution_of_Pakistan" title="Constitution of Pakistan">Constitution of Pakistan</a> requires that the prime minister be a member of the National Assembly.<sup id="cite_ref-45" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> As well as this, one must: </p> <ul><li>be a <a href="/wiki/Citizenship_of_Pakistan" class="mw-redirect" title="Citizenship of Pakistan">citizen</a> of Pakistan.</li> <li>be a <a href="/wiki/Muslim" class="mw-redirect" title="Muslim">Muslim</a></li> <li>be above 25 years of age</li> <li>be able to prove good conduct of character and be not commonly known to violate Islamic injunctions</li> <li>have adequate knowledge of Islamic teachings and practice obligatory duties prescribed by Islam, as well as abstaining from major sins</li> <li>have not, after the establishment of Pakistan, worked against the integrity of the country or opposed the <a href="/wiki/Ideology_of_Pakistan" class="mw-redirect" title="Ideology of Pakistan">ideology of Pakistan</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-46" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Selection_and_removal">Selection and removal</h3></div> <p>The candidates for the prime minister are members of the National Assembly who were chosen through <a href="/wiki/Elections_in_Pakistan" title="Elections in Pakistan">direct elections</a> by <a href="/wiki/Direct_election" title="Direct election">popular vote</a> following campaigning on the <a href="/wiki/Pakistani_political_parties" class="mw-redirect" title="Pakistani political parties">party platforms</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-The_Guardians,_Pakistan_Bureau_47-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-The_Guardians,_Pakistan_Bureau-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Usually, the leader of the majority party in the <a href="/wiki/Pakistani_parliament" class="mw-redirect" title="Pakistani parliament">parliament</a> retains the office of prime minister, and forms the government either by <a href="/wiki/Coalition_government" title="Coalition government">coalition</a> or by <a href="/wiki/Simple_majority_voting" class="mw-redirect" title="Simple majority voting">simple majority</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-The_Guardians_48-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-The_Guardians-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The candidate must retain the <a href="/wiki/Vote_of_confidence" class="mw-redirect" title="Vote of confidence">vote of confidence</a> of the members of the parliament before being invited by the president to form the <a href="/wiki/Government_of_Pakistan" title="Government of Pakistan">government</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-pakistani.org_42-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-pakistani.org-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The prime minister can be removed before the expiry of the term through a <a href="/wiki/Vote_of_no_confidence" class="mw-redirect" title="Vote of no confidence">vote of no confidence</a> in the parliament.<sup id="cite_ref-pakistani.org_42-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-pakistani.org-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> If the vote of no confidence is passed by the <a href="/wiki/National_Assembly_(Pakistan)" class="mw-redirect" title="National Assembly (Pakistan)">National Assembly</a> by a simple majority, the prime minister ceases to retain the office.<sup id="cite_ref-pakistani.org_42-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-pakistani.org-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In the past, prime ministers (and their governments) have been dismissed by the president exercising the <a href="/wiki/Eighth_Amendment_to_the_Constitution_of_Pakistan" title="Eighth Amendment to the Constitution of Pakistan">VIII Amendment</a> to the <a href="/wiki/Constitution_of_Pakistan" title="Constitution of Pakistan">Constitution of Pakistan</a> (1985), but this was repealed by the <a href="/wiki/Eighteenth_Amendment_to_the_Constitution_of_Pakistan" title="Eighteenth Amendment to the Constitution of Pakistan">XVIII Amendment</a> to the Constitution of Pakistan (2010).<sup id="cite_ref-Routledge_49-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Routledge-49"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-50" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-50"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The prime minister has absolute constitutional immunity from criminal and civil proceedings, and no proceedings can be initiated or continued against him during the term of his office.<sup id="cite_ref-51" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-51"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>50<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2012, the <a href="/wiki/Supreme_Court_of_Pakistan" title="Supreme Court of Pakistan">Supreme Court of Pakistan</a> has ceased at least <a href="/wiki/Yousaf_Raza_Gillani" class="mw-redirect" title="Yousaf Raza Gillani">one prime minister</a> from retaining the office due to <a href="/wiki/Contempt_of_court" title="Contempt of court">contempt of court</a> after retroactively disqualifying the <a href="/wiki/Member_of_parliament" title="Member of parliament">membership</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Pakistani_parliament" class="mw-redirect" title="Pakistani parliament">parliament</a> permanently.<sup id="cite_ref-New_York_Times,_Pakistan_Bureau_52-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-New_York_Times,_Pakistan_Bureau-52"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>51<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Reuters,_Pakistan_Bureau_53-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Reuters,_Pakistan_Bureau-53"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>52<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On 28 July 2017, the <a href="/wiki/Supreme_Court_of_Pakistan" title="Supreme Court of Pakistan">Supreme Court of Pakistan</a> disqualified the prime minister <a href="/wiki/Nawaz_Sharif" title="Nawaz Sharif">Nawaz Sharif</a> from retaining the office due to his failure in fulfilling the eligibility requirements as enshrined in Articles 62 of the Constitution. This was in the aftermath of the Supreme Court hearing regarding the <a href="/wiki/Panama_Papers_case_(Pakistan)" class="mw-redirect" title="Panama Papers case (Pakistan)">Panama Papers Case</a>. This also resulted in him being permanently disqualified from <a href="/wiki/Member_of_parliament" title="Member of parliament">membership</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Pakistani_parliament" class="mw-redirect" title="Pakistani parliament">parliament</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Dawn_News_54-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Dawn_News-54"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>53<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The prime minister is elected by the National Assembly.<sup id="cite_ref-55" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-55"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>54<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The National Assembly meets on the twenty-first day after a general election (at least every five years) unless the president calls for a vote of no confidence. Whichever member of the National assembly is chosen serves as the prime minister until the next election or until he fails to maintain the confidence of the National Assembly. </p> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1244412712"><blockquote class="templatequote"><p>91. The Cabinet: </p><p>(1) There shall be a Cabinet of Ministers, with the Prime Minister at its head, to aid and advise the President in the exercise of his functions. </p><p>(2) The National Assembly shall meet on the twenty-first day following the day on which a general election to the Assembly is held unless sooner summoned by the President. </p><p>(3) After the election of the Speaker and the Deputy Speaker, the National Assembly shall, to the exclusion of any other business, proceed to elect without debate one of its Muslim members to be the Prime Minister. </p><p>(4) The Prime Minister shall be elected by the votes of the majority of the total membership of the National Assembly: </p><p>Provided that, if no member secures such majority in the first poll, a second poll shall be held between the members who secure the two highest numbers of votes in the first poll and the member who secures a majority of votes of the members present and voting shall be declared to have been elected as Prime Minister: </p><p>Provided further that, if the number of votes secured by two or more members securing the highest number of votes is equal, further poll shall be held between them until one of them secures a majority of votes of the members present and voting. </p><p>(5) The member elected under clause (4) shall be called upon by the President to assume the office of Prime Minister and he shall, before entering upon the office, make before the President oath in the form set out in the Third Schedule: </p><p> Provided that there shall be no restriction on the number of terms for the office of the Prime Minister. </p></blockquote> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Oath_of_office">Oath of office</h3></div> <p>The prime minister is required to make and subscribe to, in the presence of the <a href="/wiki/President_of_Pakistan" title="President of Pakistan">president</a>, an oath or affirmation that they shall protect, preserve and defend the Constitution as follows: </p> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1244412712"><blockquote class="templatequote"><p>I, ____________, do swear solemnly that l am a <a href="/wiki/Muslim" class="mw-redirect" title="Muslim">Muslim</a> and believe in the <a href="/wiki/Monotheism_in_Islam" class="mw-redirect" title="Monotheism in Islam">Unity and Oneness</a> of Almighty <a href="/wiki/Allah" title="Allah">Allah</a>, the <a href="/wiki/People_of_the_Book" title="People of the Book">Books of Allah</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Holy_Quran" class="mw-redirect" title="Holy Quran"><i>Holy Qura'an</i></a> being the last of them, the <a href="/wiki/Prophet_of_Islam" class="mw-redirect" title="Prophet of Islam">Prophethood</a> of <a href="/wiki/Muhammad" title="Muhammad">Muhammad</a> (<a href="/wiki/Peace_be_upon_him_(Islam)" class="mw-redirect" title="Peace be upon him (Islam)">peace be upon him</a>) as the last of the Prophets and that there can be no Prophet after him, the <a href="/wiki/Day_of_Judgment" class="mw-redirect" title="Day of Judgment">Day of Judgment</a>, and all the requirements and teachings of the <a href="/wiki/Holy_Quran" class="mw-redirect" title="Holy Quran">Holy Quran</a> and <i><a href="/wiki/Sunnah" title="Sunnah">Sunnah</a></i>: </p><p>That I will bear true faith and allegiance to Pakistan: </p><p>That, as Prime Minister of Pakistan, I will discharge my duties, and perform my functions, honestly, to the best of my ability, faithfully in accordance with the Constitution of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan and the law, and always in the interest of the sovereignty, integrity, solidarity, well- being and prosperity of Pakistan: </p><p>That I will strive to preserve the Islamic Ideology which is the basis for the creation of Pakistan: </p><p>That I will not allow my personal interest to influence my official conduct or my official decisions: </p><p>That I will preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan: </p><p>That, in all circumstances, I will do right to all manner of people, according to law, without fear or favor, affection or ill- will: </p><p>And that I will not directly or indirectly communicate or reveal to any person any matter which shall be brought under my consideration or shall become known to me as Prime Minister except as may be required for the due discharge of my duties as Prime Minister. </p><p> May Allah Almighty help and guide me (<a href="/wiki/Amen" title="Amen"><i>A'meen</i></a>).<sup id="cite_ref-56" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-56"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>55<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></p></blockquote> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Principal_Secretary_to_the_Prime_Minister_of_Pakistan" title="Principal Secretary to the Prime Minister of Pakistan">Principal Secretary to the Prime Minister of Pakistan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Air_transports_of_heads_of_state_and_government#Pakistan" title="Air transports of heads of state and government">Air transports of heads of state and government</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Federal_Secretary" title="Federal Secretary">Federal Secretary</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grade_22" title="Grade 22">Grade 22</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Deputy_Prime_Minister_of_Pakistan" title="Deputy Prime Minister of Pakistan">Deputy Prime Minister of Pakistan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_prime_ministers_of_Pakistan" title="List of prime ministers of Pakistan">List of prime ministers of Pakistan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prime_Minister_House,_Pakistan" class="mw-redirect" title="Prime Minister House, Pakistan">Prime Minister House, Pakistan</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notes">Notes</h2></div> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-PMSalary-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-PMSalary_5-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">The salary of Prime Minister of Pakistan is 2 Lakhs 1 thousand per month (9,50,574/month equivalent US$1,323) inclusive of all allowances and exclusive of the taxes, He is not receiving any payment from government. The salaries of federal ministers, state ministers, senators, high court judges, and president is more than the prime minister of Pakistan.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></span> </li> </ol></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap mw-references-columns"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.un.int/protocol/sites/www.un.int/files/Protocol%20and%20Liaison%20Service/hspmfm.pdf">"Heads of State, Government and Ministers for Foreign Affairs"</a> <span class="cs1-format">(PDF)</span>. <i>UN</i>. 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England: Kluwer Law International. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-9041117755" title="Special:BookSources/978-9041117755"><bdi>978-9041117755</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Emergency+powers+and+the+courts+in+India+and+Pakistan&rft.place=England&rft.pub=Kluwer+Law+International&rft.date=2002&rft.isbn=978-9041117755&rft.aulast=Omar&rft.aufirst=Imtiaz&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3APrime+Minister+of+Pakistan" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-51"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-51">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://pakistani.org/pakistan/constitution/part12.ch4.html">Article 248(1)</a> in Chapter 4: constitutionGeneral of Part XII: Miscellaneous in the Constitution of Pakistan.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-New_York_Times,_Pakistan_Bureau-52"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-New_York_Times,_Pakistan_Bureau_52-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFWalsh2012" class="citation news cs1">Walsh, declan (19 June 2012). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.nytimes.com/2012/06/20/world/asia/political-instability-rises-as-pakistani-court-dismisses-prime-minister.html">"Political Instability Rises as Pakistani Court Ousts Premier"</a>. <i>The New York Times</i><span class="reference-accessdate">. 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Retrieved <span class="nowrap">28 July</span> 2017</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Dawn&rft.atitle=Pakistan+Supreme+Court+disqualifies+prime+minister&rft.date=2017-07-28&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.dawn.com%2Fnews%2F1348191%2Fpanamagate-strict-security-around-sc-ahead-of-verdict&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3APrime+Minister+of+Pakistan" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-55"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-55">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://pakistani.org/pakistan/constitution/part3.ch3.html">Article 91</a> in Chapter 3: of the <a href="/wiki/Constitution_of_Pakistan" title="Constitution of Pakistan">Constitution of Pakistan</a>.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-56"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-56">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Article 91 in Chapter 3: The Federal Government in Part III: The Federation of Pakistan in the <a href="/wiki/Constitution_of_Pakistan" title="Constitution of Pakistan">Constitution of Pakistan</a></span> </li> </ol></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Further_reading">Further reading</h2></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239549316">.mw-parser-output .refbegin{margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .refbegin-hanging-indents>ul{margin-left:0}.mw-parser-output .refbegin-hanging-indents>ul>li{margin-left:0;padding-left:3.2em;text-indent:-3.2em}.mw-parser-output .refbegin-hanging-indents ul,.mw-parser-output .refbegin-hanging-indents ul li{list-style:none}@media(max-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .refbegin-hanging-indents>ul>li{padding-left:1.6em;text-indent:-1.6em}}.mw-parser-output .refbegin-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .refbegin-columns ul{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .refbegin-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .refbegin{font-size:90%}}</style><div class="refbegin" style=""> <ul><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFSingh2008" class="citation book cs1">Singh, R.S.N. (2008). <i>The military factor in Pakistan</i>. New Delhi: Frankfort, IL. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0981537894" title="Special:BookSources/978-0981537894"><bdi>978-0981537894</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+military+factor+in+Pakistan&rft.place=New+Delhi&rft.pub=Frankfort%2C+IL&rft.date=2008&rft.isbn=978-0981537894&rft.aulast=Singh&rft.aufirst=R.S.N.&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3APrime+Minister+of+Pakistan" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFHasanie2013" class="citation book cs1">Hasanie, Ali Abbas (2013). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=Wcxh_ZIwK-MC&q=Prime+Minister+of+Pakistan&pg=PA4"><i>Democracy in pakistan : crises, conflicts and hope for a change</i></a>. [S.l.]: Authorhouse. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1481790680" title="Special:BookSources/978-1481790680"><bdi>978-1481790680</bdi></a><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">6 May</span> 2015</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Democracy+in+pakistan+%3A+crises%2C+conflicts+and+hope+for+a+change.&rft.place=%5BS.l.%5D&rft.pub=Authorhouse&rft.date=2013&rft.isbn=978-1481790680&rft.aulast=Hasanie&rft.aufirst=Ali+Abbas&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DWcxh_ZIwK-MC%26q%3DPrime%2BMinister%2Bof%2BPakistan%26pg%3DPA4&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3APrime+Minister+of+Pakistan" class="Z3988"></span></li></ul> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="External_links">External links</h2></div> <ul><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://pmo.gov.pk/pm_profile.php">Profile</a> on the website of the government of Pakistan</li></ul> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><style 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class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Chief_Minister_of_Gilgit-Baltistan" title="Chief Minister of Gilgit-Baltistan">Gilgit-Baltistan</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/ICT_Administration" title="ICT Administration">Islamabad Capital Territory</a></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><i>Defunct</i></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Chief_Minister_of_West_Pakistan" class="mw-redirect" title="Chief Minister of West Pakistan">West-Pakistan</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Chief_Minister_of_East_Pakistan" class="mw-redirect" title="Chief Minister of East Pakistan">East-Pakistan</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Chief_Minister_of_East_Bengal" class="mw-redirect" title="Chief Minister of East Bengal">East-Bengal</a></span></li> <li><span 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Minister</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Acting_Prime_Minister_of_Pakistan" class="mw-redirect" title="Acting Prime Minister of Pakistan">Acting</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Deputy_Prime_Minister_of_Pakistan" title="Deputy Prime Minister of Pakistan">Deputy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Caretaker_Prime_Minister_of_Pakistan" title="Caretaker Prime Minister of Pakistan">Caretaker</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cabinet_of_Pakistan" title="Cabinet of Pakistan">Cabinet</a></li></ul> </div></td><td class="noviewer navbox-image" rowspan="5" style="width:1px;padding:0 0 0 2px"><div><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:State_emblem_of_Pakistan.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="State emblem of Pakistan"><img alt="State emblem of Pakistan" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ef/State_emblem_of_Pakistan.svg/68px-State_emblem_of_Pakistan.svg.png" decoding="async" width="68" height="78" class="mw-file-element" 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class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">Services</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Pakistan_Army" title="Pakistan Army">Army</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pakistan_Navy" title="Pakistan Navy">Navy</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Pakistan_Marines" title="Pakistan Marines">Marines</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pakistan_Air_Force" title="Pakistan Air Force">Air Force</a></li></ul> </div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th id="Inter-Services" scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Inter-Services</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Inter-Services_Intelligence" title="Inter-Services Intelligence">Intelligence</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Inter-Services_Public_Relations" title="Inter-Services Public Relations">Public Relations</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Inter_Services_Selection_Board_(Pakistan)" title="Inter Services Selection Board (Pakistan)">Selection Board</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Command_Authority_(Pakistan)" title="National Command Authority (Pakistan)">National Command Authority</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pakistan_Armed_Forces_Nursing_Service" title="Pakistan Armed Forces Nursing Service">Nursing Service</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pakistan_Armed_Forces_Band" title="Pakistan Armed Forces Band">Armed Forces Band</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">Paramilitary</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Civil_Armed_Forces" title="Civil Armed Forces">Civil Armed Forces</a></li> <li><a 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class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><div id="History" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"><a href="/wiki/History_of_Pakistan" title="History of Pakistan">History</a></div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Ancient</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/South_Asian_Stone_Age" title="South Asian Stone Age">Stone age</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Soanian" title="Soanian">Soanian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mehrgarh" title="Mehrgarh">Mehrgarh</a></li> 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dynasty">Ghurid</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mamluk_dynasty_(Delhi)" title="Mamluk dynasty (Delhi)">Mamluk</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Khalji_dynasty" title="Khalji dynasty">Khalji</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tughlaq_dynasty" title="Tughlaq dynasty">Tughlaq</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sayyid_dynasty" title="Sayyid dynasty">Sayyid</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lodi_dynasty" title="Lodi dynasty">Lodi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Timurid_Empire" title="Timurid Empire">Timurid</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Modern</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;font-weight:normal;">Pre-colonial</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a 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href="/wiki/Fourteen_Points_of_Jinnah" title="Fourteen Points of Jinnah">Jinnah's 14 Points</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lahore_Resolution" title="Lahore Resolution">Lahore Resolution</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Direct_Action_Day" title="Direct Action Day">Direct Action Day</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Partition_of_India" title="Partition of India">Partition</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Indian_Independence_Act_1947" title="Indian Independence Act 1947">Independence</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;font-weight:normal;">Dominion</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Dominion_of_Pakistan" title="Dominion of Pakistan">Dominion of Pakistan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Monarchy_of_Pakistan" title="Monarchy of Pakistan">Monarchy of Pakistan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Governor-General_of_Pakistan" title="Governor-General of 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title="Indo-Pakistani War of 1965">1965 War</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Non-cooperation_movement_(1971)" title="Non-cooperation movement (1971)">1971 Movement</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bangladesh_Liberation_War" title="Bangladesh Liberation War">1971 War</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Project-706" title="Project-706">Project-706</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Islamization_in_Pakistan" title="Islamization in Pakistan">Islamisation</a></li> <li>Insurgencies <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Insurgency_in_Balochistan" title="Insurgency in Balochistan">Balochistan insurgency</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Insurgency_in_Khyber_Pakhtunkhwa" title="Insurgency in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa">KPK insurgency</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kargil_War" title="Kargil War">Kargil War</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1999_Pakistani_coup_d%27%C3%A9tat" title="1999 Pakistani coup d'état">Liberalization</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><div id="Geography" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"><a href="/wiki/Geography_of_Pakistan" title="Geography of Pakistan">Geography</a></div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Features</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_beaches_in_Pakistan" title="List of beaches in Pakistan">Beaches</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_deserts_of_Pakistan" title="List of deserts of Pakistan">Deserts</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_glaciers_of_Pakistan" class="mw-redirect" title="List of glaciers of Pakistan">Glaciers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_islands_of_Pakistan" title="List of islands of Pakistan">Islands</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_lakes_of_Pakistan" title="List of lakes of Pakistan">Lakes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_mountain_ranges_of_Pakistan" title="List of mountain ranges of Pakistan">Mountains</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_mountain_passes#Pakistan" title="List of mountain passes">Passes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_rivers_of_Pakistan" title="List of rivers of Pakistan">Rivers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Topography_of_Pakistan" title="Topography of Pakistan">Topography</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_valleys_in_Pakistan" title="List of valleys in Pakistan">Valleys</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_waterfalls_of_Pakistan" class="mw-redirect" title="List of waterfalls of Pakistan">Waterfalls</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Ramsar_wetland_sites_in_Pakistan" title="List of Ramsar wetland sites in Pakistan">Wetlands</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Areas</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Arabian_Sea" title="Arabian Sea">Arabian Sea</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gwatar_Bay" title="Gwatar Bay">Gwatar Bay</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Indo-Gangetic_Plain" title="Indo-Gangetic Plain">Indus Plain</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pothohar_Plateau" title="Pothohar Plateau">Pothohar Plateau</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Salt_Range" title="Salt Range">Salt Range</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sistan_Basin" title="Sistan Basin">Sistan Basin</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Geology_of_Pakistan" title="Geology of Pakistan">Geology</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Coal_mines_in_Pakistan" title="Category:Coal mines in Pakistan">Coal fields</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:Natural_gas_fields_in_Pakistan" title="Category:Natural gas fields in Pakistan">Gas fields</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_minerals_of_Pakistan" title="List of minerals of Pakistan">Minerals</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:Oil_fields_of_Pakistan" title="Category:Oil fields of Pakistan">Oil fields</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_volcanoes_in_Pakistan" title="List of volcanoes in Pakistan">Volcanoes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_floods_in_Pakistan" title="List of floods in Pakistan">Floods</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Environment</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_botanical_gardens_in_Pakistan" title="List of botanical gardens in Pakistan">Botanical gardens</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_ecoregions_in_Pakistan" title="List of ecoregions in Pakistan">Ecoregions</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Climate_change_in_Pakistan" title="Climate change in Pakistan">Climate change</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Environmental_issues_in_Pakistan" title="Environmental issues in Pakistan">Environmental issues</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Forestry_in_Pakistan" title="Forestry in Pakistan">Forests</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Protected_areas_of_Pakistan" title="Protected areas of Pakistan">Protected areas</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_national_parks_of_Pakistan" title="List of national parks of Pakistan">national parks</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_game_reserves_of_Pakistan" title="List of game reserves of Pakistan">game reserves</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_wildlife_sanctuaries_in_Pakistan" title="List of wildlife sanctuaries in Pakistan">sanctuaries</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wildlife_of_Pakistan" title="Wildlife of Pakistan">Wildlife</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Flora_of_Pakistan" title="Flora of Pakistan">flora</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fauna_of_Pakistan" title="Fauna of Pakistan">fauna</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_zoos_in_Pakistan" title="List of zoos in Pakistan">Zoos</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Other topics</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Archaeological_sites_in_Pakistan" class="mw-redirect" title="Archaeological sites in Pakistan">Archaeological sites</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Template:Borders_of_Pakistan" title="Template:Borders of Pakistan">Borders</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Climate_of_Pakistan" title="Climate of Pakistan">Climate</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_extreme_weather_records_in_Pakistan" title="List of extreme weather records in Pakistan">weather records</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:Borders_of_Pakistan" title="Category:Borders of Pakistan">Borders</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_natural_disasters_in_Pakistan" title="List of natural disasters in Pakistan">Natural disasters</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_earthquakes_in_Pakistan" title="List of earthquakes in Pakistan">earthquakes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_floods#Pakistan" title="List of floods">floods</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Administrative_units_of_Pakistan" title="Administrative units of Pakistan">Subdivisions</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Administrative_units_of_Pakistan" title="Administrative units of Pakistan">provinces</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Districts_of_Pakistan" title="Districts of Pakistan">districts</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_cities_in_Pakistan" class="mw-redirect" title="List of cities in Pakistan">cities</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_World_Heritage_Sites_in_Pakistan" title="List of World Heritage Sites in Pakistan">World Heritage Sites</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><div id="Governance" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"><a href="/wiki/Government_of_Pakistan" title="Government of Pakistan">Governance</a></div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">State</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/President_of_Pakistan" title="President of Pakistan">President</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Security_Council_(Pakistan)" title="National Security Council (Pakistan)">National Security Council</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Cabinet_Committee_on_National_Security_(Pakistan)" title="Cabinet Committee on National Security (Pakistan)">C<sup>2</sup>NS</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Command_Authority_(Pakistan)" title="National Command Authority (Pakistan)">NCA</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Government</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Government_of_Pakistan" title="Government of Pakistan">National government</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Cabinet_of_Pakistan" title="Cabinet of Pakistan">Cabinet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Government_of_Pakistan" title="Government of Pakistan">Ministries</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Prime Minister</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_provincial_governments_of_Pakistan" class="mw-redirect" title="List of provincial governments of Pakistan">Provincial governments</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_current_Pakistani_governors" class="mw-redirect" title="List of current Pakistani governors">Governors</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_current_Pakistani_chief_ministers" class="mw-redirect" title="List of current Pakistani chief ministers">Chief Ministers</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Local_government_in_Pakistan" title="Local government in Pakistan">Local government</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Union_councils_of_Pakistan" title="Union councils of Pakistan">Union councils</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Legislative</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Parliament_of_Pakistan" title="Parliament of Pakistan">Parliament <span style="font-size:85%;">(<i>Majlis-e-Shoora</i>)</span></a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Senate_of_Pakistan" title="Senate of Pakistan">Senate <span style="font-size:85%;">(upper house)</span></a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Chairman_of_the_Senate_of_Pakistan" title="Chairman of the Senate of Pakistan">Chairman</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Assembly_of_Pakistan" title="National Assembly of Pakistan">National Assembly <span style="font-size:85%;">(lower house)</span></a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Speaker_of_the_National_Assembly_of_Pakistan" title="Speaker of the National Assembly of Pakistan">Speaker</a></li></ul></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:Provincial_Assemblies_of_Pakistan" title="Category:Provincial Assemblies of Pakistan">Provincial assemblies</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Judiciary_of_Pakistan" title="Judiciary of Pakistan">Judicial</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Supreme_Judicial_Council_of_Pakistan" title="Supreme Judicial Council of Pakistan">Supreme Council</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Supreme_Court_of_Pakistan" title="Supreme Court of Pakistan">Supreme Court</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Chief_Justice_of_Pakistan" title="Chief Justice of Pakistan">Chief Justice</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Federal_Shariat_Court" title="Federal Shariat Court">Federal Shariat Court</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/High_Courts_of_Pakistan" class="mw-redirect" title="High Courts of Pakistan">High Courts</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/District_Courts_of_Pakistan" class="mw-redirect" title="District Courts of Pakistan">District Courts</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Politics_of_Pakistan" title="Politics of Pakistan">Politics</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Elections_in_Pakistan" title="Elections in Pakistan">Elections</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Foreign_relations_of_Pakistan" title="Foreign relations of Pakistan">Foreign relations</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Feudalism_in_Pakistan" title="Feudalism in Pakistan">Feudalism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_political_parties_in_Pakistan" title="List of political parties in Pakistan">Political parties</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Military_coups_in_Pakistan" title="Military coups in Pakistan">Martial law</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Law_of_Pakistan" title="Law of Pakistan">Law</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Constitution_of_Pakistan" title="Constitution of Pakistan">Constitution</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Legal_Framework_Order,_2002" title="Legal Framework Order, 2002">LFO</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pakistan_Penal_Code" title="Pakistan Penal Code">PPC</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Women%27s_Protection_Bill" title="Women's Protection Bill">WPB</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Provisional_Constitutional_Order" title="Provisional Constitutional Order">PCO</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Human_rights_in_Pakistan" title="Human rights in Pakistan">Human rights</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Enforced_disappearances_in_Pakistan" title="Enforced disappearances in Pakistan">Enforced disappearance</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/LGBT_rights_in_Pakistan" class="mw-redirect" title="LGBT rights in Pakistan">LGBT</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Law_enforcement_in_Pakistan" title="Law enforcement in Pakistan">Law enforcement</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Law_enforcement_in_Pakistan" title="Law enforcement in Pakistan">Police</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Counter_Terrorism_Department_(Pakistan)" title="Counter Terrorism Department (Pakistan)">Counter Terrorism Department (CTD)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pakistani_Intelligence_community" title="Pakistani Intelligence community">Pakistani Intelligence community</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Capital_punishment_in_Pakistan" title="Capital punishment in Pakistan">Capital punishment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Terrorism_in_Pakistan" title="Terrorism in Pakistan">Terrorism</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Pakistan_Armed_Forces" title="Pakistan Armed Forces">Military</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Military_history_of_Pakistan" title="Military history of Pakistan">History</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pakistan_Army" title="Pakistan Army">Army</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pakistan_Navy" title="Pakistan Navy">Navy</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Pakistan_Marines" title="Pakistan Marines">Marines</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pakistan_Air_Force" title="Pakistan Air Force">Air force</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Civil_Armed_Forces" title="Civil Armed Forces">Civil Armed Forces</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><div id="Economy" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"><a href="/wiki/Economy_of_Pakistan" title="Economy of Pakistan">Economy</a></div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Infrastructure</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Electricity_sector_in_Pakistan" title="Electricity sector in Pakistan">Electricity</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_power_stations_in_Pakistan#Thermal" title="List of power stations in Pakistan">Thermal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_power_stations_in_Pakistan#Hydroelectricity" title="List of power stations in Pakistan">Hydro</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nuclear_power_in_Pakistan" title="Nuclear power in Pakistan">Nuclear</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Solar_power_in_Pakistan" title="Solar power in Pakistan">Solar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wind_power_in_Pakistan" title="Wind power in Pakistan">Wind</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Foreign_aid_to_Pakistan" title="Foreign aid to Pakistan">Foreign aid</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Petroleum_industry_in_Pakistan" title="Petroleum industry in Pakistan">Fuel extraction</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Housing_in_Pakistan" title="Housing in Pakistan">Housing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Planning_Commission_(Pakistan)" title="Planning Commission (Pakistan)">Planning Commission</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pakistan_Post" title="Pakistan Post">Post</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Poverty_in_Pakistan" title="Poverty in Pakistan">Poverty</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_tallest_buildings_in_Pakistan" title="List of tallest buildings in Pakistan">Tallest buildings</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Telecommunications_in_Pakistan" title="Telecommunications in Pakistan">Telecommunications</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Transport_in_Pakistan" title="Transport in Pakistan">Transportation</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_bridges_in_Pakistan" title="List of bridges in Pakistan">Bridges</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Water_resources_management_in_Pakistan" title="Water resources management in Pakistan">Water management</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Water_supply_and_sanitation_in_Pakistan" title="Water supply and sanitation in Pakistan">Water supply and sanitation</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Industry_of_Pakistan" title="Industry of Pakistan">Industry</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Pakistan_Aeronautical_Complex" title="Pakistan Aeronautical Complex">Aerospace</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Agriculture_in_Pakistan" title="Agriculture in Pakistan">Agriculture</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Defence_industry_of_Pakistan" title="Defence industry of Pakistan">Defence</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Automotive_industry_in_Pakistan" title="Automotive industry in Pakistan">Automotive</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fishing_in_Pakistan" class="mw-redirect" title="Fishing in Pakistan">Fishery</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Forestry_in_Pakistan" title="Forestry in Pakistan">Forestry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Animal_husbandry_in_Pakistan" title="Animal husbandry in Pakistan">Husbandry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Labour_in_Pakistan" title="Labour in Pakistan">Labour</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Child_labour_in_Pakistan" title="Child labour in Pakistan">Child</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mass_media_in_Pakistan" title="Mass media in Pakistan">Media</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mining_in_Pakistan" title="Mining in Pakistan">Mining</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pharmaceutical_industry_in_Pakistan" title="Pharmaceutical industry in Pakistan">Pharmaceuticals</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Textile_industry_in_Pakistan" title="Textile industry in Pakistan">Textiles</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Silk_in_the_Indian_subcontinent" title="Silk in the Indian subcontinent">Silk</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tourism_in_Pakistan" title="Tourism in Pakistan">Tourism</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Commerce</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Banking_in_Pakistan" title="Banking in Pakistan">Banking</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_banks_in_Pakistan" title="List of banks in Pakistan">Banks</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_companies_of_Pakistan" title="List of companies of Pakistan">Companies</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Board_of_Investment_(Pakistan)" title="Board of Investment (Pakistan)">Investment board</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pakistani_rupee" title="Pakistani rupee">Rupee <span style="font-size:85%;">(currency)</span></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Securities_%26_Exchange_Commission_of_Pakistan" class="mw-redirect" title="Securities & Exchange Commission of Pakistan">Securities & Exchange Commission</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_stock_exchanges#Pakistan" class="mw-redirect" title="List of stock exchanges">Stock markets</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Trading_Corporation_of_Pakistan" title="Trading Corporation of Pakistan">Trading Corporation</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Policy programmes</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Corporate_sector_of_Pakistan" title="Corporate sector of Pakistan">Corporatisation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Economy_of_Pakistan" title="Economy of Pakistan">Directive investment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pakistan#Economy" title="Pakistan">Industrialisation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fauji_Foundation" title="Fauji Foundation">Military economisation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nationalisation_in_Pakistan" title="Nationalisation in Pakistan">Nationalisation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Privatisation_in_Pakistan" title="Privatisation in Pakistan">Privatisation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yousaf_Raza_Gillani#Financial_and_economic_policy" class="mw-redirect" title="Yousaf Raza Gillani">Public-private partnering</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Islamic_economics_in_the_world#Contemporary_economics" class="mw-redirect" title="Islamic economics in the world">Redundant Islamic economisation</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><div id="Society_and_Culture" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"><a href="/wiki/Society_of_Pakistan" class="mw-redirect" title="Society of Pakistan">Society and Culture</a></div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Category:Society_of_Pakistan" title="Category:Society of Pakistan">Society</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Aurat_March" title="Aurat March">Aurat March</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/British_heritage_of_Pakistan" class="mw-redirect" title="British heritage of Pakistan">British heritage</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Crime_in_Pakistan" title="Crime in Pakistan">Crime</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Culture_of_Pakistan" title="Culture of Pakistan">Culture</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Divorce_in_Pakistan" title="Divorce in Pakistan">Divorce</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Education_in_Pakistan" title="Education in Pakistan">Education</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Lists_of_educational_institutions_in_Pakistan" title="Lists of educational institutions in Pakistan">Institutions</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Feudalism_in_Pakistan" title="Feudalism in Pakistan">Feudalism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Feminism_in_Pakistan" title="Feminism in Pakistan">Feminism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Women_in_Pakistan" title="Women in Pakistan">Gender discrimination</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Healthcare_in_Pakistan" title="Healthcare in Pakistan">Healthcare</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_hospitals_in_Pakistan" title="List of hospitals in Pakistan">Hospitals</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Human_rights_in_Pakistan" title="Human rights in Pakistan">Human rights</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/LGBT_rights_in_Pakistan" class="mw-redirect" title="LGBT rights in Pakistan">LGBT</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marriage_in_Pakistan" title="Marriage in Pakistan">Marriage</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mass_media_in_Pakistan" title="Mass media in Pakistan">Media</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Me_Too_movement_(Pakistan)" class="mw-redirect" title="Me Too movement (Pakistan)">Me Too</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pakistani_name" title="Pakistani name">Naming</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pakistanis" title="Pakistanis">Pakistanis</a> (<a href="/wiki/List_of_Pakistanis" title="List of Pakistanis">list</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prostitution_in_Pakistan" title="Prostitution in Pakistan">Prostitution</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Religion_in_Pakistan" title="Religion in Pakistan">Religion</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Time_in_Pakistan" title="Time in Pakistan">Time</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Urbanisation_in_Pakistan" title="Urbanisation in Pakistan">Urbanisation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Women_in_Pakistan" title="Women in Pakistan">Women</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Demographics_of_Pakistan" title="Demographics of Pakistan">Demographics</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Overseas_Pakistani" class="mw-redirect" title="Overseas Pakistani">Diaspora</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ethnic_groups_in_Pakistan" title="Ethnic groups in Pakistan">Ethnicity</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Immigration_to_Pakistan" title="Immigration to Pakistan">Immigration</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Languages_of_Pakistan" title="Languages of Pakistan">Languages</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Urdu" title="Urdu">Urdu</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Youth_in_Pakistan" title="Youth in Pakistan">Youth</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Arts</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Pakistani_architecture" title="Pakistani architecture">Architecture</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cinema_of_Pakistan" title="Cinema of Pakistan">Cinema</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Lists_of_Pakistani_films" title="Lists of Pakistani films">Films</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:Dance_in_Pakistan" title="Category:Dance in Pakistan">Dance</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_festivals_in_Pakistan" title="List of festivals in Pakistan">Festivals</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pakistani_folklore" title="Pakistani folklore">Folklore</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pakistani_literature" title="Pakistani literature">Literature</a> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Mushaira" title="Mushaira">Mushaira</a></i></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Music_of_Pakistan" title="Music of Pakistan">Music</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pakistani_philosophy" title="Pakistani philosophy">Philosophy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Textiles_of_Pakistan" class="mw-redirect" title="Textiles of Pakistan">Textiles</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Theatre_of_Pakistan" title="Theatre of Pakistan">Theatre</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Lifestyle</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Pakistani_clothing" title="Pakistani clothing">Clothing</a> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Shalwar_kameez" title="Shalwar kameez">Shalwar kameez</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Mehndi" title="Mehndi">Mehndi</a></i></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pakistani_cuisine" title="Pakistani cuisine">Cuisine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Etiquette_in_Pakistan" title="Etiquette in Pakistan">Etiquette</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gun_law_in_Pakistan" title="Gun law in Pakistan">Gun culture</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pakistani_nationalism" title="Pakistani nationalism">Nationalism</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Pakistani_flags" title="List of Pakistani flags">Flags</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Public_holidays_in_Pakistan" title="Public holidays in Pakistan">Public holidays</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_songs_about_Pakistan" title="List of songs about Pakistan">Songs</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_symbols_of_Pakistan" title="National symbols of Pakistan">Symbols</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Sport_in_Pakistan" title="Sport in Pakistan">Sports</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Athletics_in_Pakistan" title="Category:Athletics in Pakistan">Athletics</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:Baseball_in_Pakistan" title="Category:Baseball in Pakistan">Baseball</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:Boxing_in_Pakistan" title="Category:Boxing in Pakistan">Boxing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cricket_in_Pakistan" title="Cricket in Pakistan">Cricket</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:Cycle_racing_in_Pakistan" title="Category:Cycle racing in Pakistan">Cycling</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pakistan_Hockey_Federation" title="Pakistan Hockey Federation">Field hockey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Football_in_Pakistan" title="Football in Pakistan">Football</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gillidanda" title="Gillidanda">Gillidanda</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:Golf_in_Pakistan" title="Category:Golf in Pakistan">Golf</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kabaddi" title="Kabaddi">Kabaddi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:Motorsport_in_Pakistan" title="Category:Motorsport in Pakistan">Motorsport</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lahore_Marathon" title="Lahore Marathon">Marathon (Lahore)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pakistan_at_the_Olympics" title="Pakistan at the Olympics">Olympics</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pakistan_at_the_Paralympics" title="Pakistan at the Paralympics">Paralympics</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:Polo_in_Pakistan" title="Category:Polo in Pakistan">Polo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:Rugby_union_in_Pakistan" title="Category:Rugby union in Pakistan">Rugby</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Squash_in_Pakistan" title="Squash in Pakistan">Squash</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:Swimming_in_Pakistan" title="Category:Swimming in Pakistan">Swimming</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:Tennis_in_Pakistan" title="Category:Tennis in Pakistan">Tennis</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Places</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_botanical_gardens_in_Pakistan" title="List of botanical gardens in Pakistan">Botanical gardens</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_cemeteries_in_Pakistan" title="List of cemeteries in Pakistan">Cemeteries</a></li> <li><a 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href="/wiki/List_of_stadiums#Pakistan" class="mw-redirect" title="List of stadiums">Stadiums</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_World_Heritage_Sites_in_Pakistan" title="List of World Heritage Sites in Pakistan">World Heritage Sites</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_zoos_in_Pakistan" title="List of zoos in Pakistan">Zoos</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2"><div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Outline_of_Pakistan" title="Outline of Pakistan">Basic topics</a></li> <li><span class="noviewer" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Category"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/96/Symbol_category_class.svg/16px-Symbol_category_class.svg.png" decoding="async" width="16" height="16" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/96/Symbol_category_class.svg/23px-Symbol_category_class.svg.png 1.5x, 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