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{{Short description|Cabinet of Pakistan (2013–2017)}}
{{Use Pakistani English|date=November 2014}}
{{Infobox government cabinet
| cabinet_name = Third Sharif ministry
| cabinet_number =
| jurisdiction =
| flag = Flag_of_Pakistan.svg
| image =PrimeMinisterNawazSharif.jpg
| date_formed = 7 June 2013<ref name="Cabinet">{{cite news|url=https://www.geo.tv/latest/206152-imran-decides-to-form-15-to-20-member-cabinet-in-first-phase-sources|title=PM Imran’s cabinet to include 15 ministers, five advisers|work=Geo News|date=18 August 2018}}</ref>
| date_dissolved = 28 July 2017<ref name="dailypakistan/28july2017">{{cite news|title=PM Nawaz Sharif steps down; federal cabinet stands dissolved|url=https://en.dailypakistan.com.pk/pakistan/pm-nawaz-gives-up-his-post-federal-cabinet-stands-dissolved/|accessdate=28 July 2017|work=Daily Pakistan Global|date=28 July 2017}}</ref>
| government_head = [[Nawaz Sharif]]
| government_head_history =
| deputy_government_head =
| state_head = [[Asif Ali Zardari]] {{small|(2013)}} [[Mamnoon Hussain]]
| current_number =
| former_members_number =
| total_number =
| political_party = {{Color box|{{party color|Pakistan Muslim League (N)}}|border=darkgray}} [[Pakistan Muslim League (N)]]
| legislature_status = '''Senators''' [[Minority government|Minority]] {{Composition bar|16|100|{{party color|Pakistan Muslim League (N)}}|background-color=|border border-color=darkgray|width=|per=1}}'''National Assembly''' [[Majority government|Majority]] {{Composition bar|190|342|{{party color|Pakistan Muslim League (N)}}|background-color=|border border-color=darkgray|width=|per=1}}
| election = [[2013 Pakistani general election|2013]]
| legislature_term =
| budget =
| opposition_cabinet =
| opposition_party = {{Color box|{{party color|Pakistan Peoples Party}}|border=darkgray}} [[Pakistan Peoples Party]]
| opposition_leader = Khurshid Shah
| incoming_formation = [[2013 Pakistani general election#Government formation|Government formation]]
| outgoing_formation =
| previous = [[Khoso caretaker ministry]]
| successor = [[Abbasi Ministry]]
|incumbent=2013-2017}}{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2020}}
{{Nawaz Sharif sidebar}}
The '''third Sharif ministry''' was formed at noon [[Pakistan Standard Time|PKT]] on 5 June 2013 when [[Pakistan Muslim League (N)]] (PML-N) chief [[Nawaz Sharif]] became the [[Prime Minister of Pakistan|prime minister]] of [[Pakistan]] for the third time. Sharif successfully led the [[Centre-right politics|right-of-centre]] and conservative PML-N to acquire a [[Majority|simple majority]].<ref name="near_two_third">{{cite news|first=Zahid|last=Hussain|url=http://www.chinadailyasia.com/opinion/2013-05/24/content_15074732.html|title=Pakistan’s new era under Sharif|date=24 May 2013|work=[[China Daily]]|accessdate=10 July 2014}}</ref> in the [[2013 Pakistani general election|2013 general election]] against the [[Left-wing politics|leftist]] [[Pakistan Peoples Party]] (PPP) and the [[centrism|centrist]] [[Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf]] (PTI).

The cabinet was automatically dissolved on 28 July 2017<ref name="dailypakistan/28july2017" /> after Nawaz Sharif was [[Panama Papers case|disqualified and removed]] from the office of Prime Minister when the [[Supreme Court of Pakistan|Supreme Court]] declared him guilty of not being truthful and honest.<ref name="cabinet_automatically_disqualified">{{cite news|first=SAMAA|last=News|url=https://www.samaa.tv/pakistan/2017/07/nawaz-sharif-no-longer-pml-n-chief-cabinet-dissolved/|title=Cabinet automatically dissolved following Nawaz Sharif’s disqualification|date=28 July 2017|work=[[SAMAA TV]]|accessdate=28 July 2017}}</ref>

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==Government formation==
Following the [[2013 Pakistani general election|2013 general election]], the [[Pakistan Muslim League (N)]] (PML-N) won a plurality of seats in the [[National Assembly (Pakistan)|National Assembly]] through a [[Majority|simple majority]], after failing to secure an overall [[two-thirds majority]].<ref name="near_two_third" /> In order to form a government, the PML-N joined in coalition with the [[Pakistan Muslim League (F)]] (PML-F) and the [[National Peoples Party (Pakistan)|National Peoples Party]] (NPP).<ref name="cabinet">{{cite news|author=Press Trust of India|author-link=Press Trust of India|url=http://www.indiatvnews.com/news/world/nawaz-sharif-s-cabinet-takes-oath-11980.html|title=Nawaz Sharif's cabinet takes oath|date=11 June 2013|work=[[India TV|India TV News]]|accessdate=10 July 2013}}</ref>

==Cabinet==

{|class="wikitable"
|- bgcolor="C0C0E0"
! Ministry
! Federal Minister
! Term
|-
| [[Ministry of Finance (Pakistan)|Minister of Finance]]
| [[Ishaq Dar]]
|
|-
|[[Pakistan Minister of Defence|Minister of Defence]]
| [[Khawaja Muhammad Asif]]
|
|-
| [[Ministry of Water and Power (Pakistan)|Minister of Water and Power]]
|Khawaja Muhammad Asif
|
|-
| [[Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (Pakistan)|Minister of Information, Broadcasting and National Heritage]]
| [[Pervaiz Rashid]]
| 2013–2016
|-
| [[Ministry of Industries and Production (Pakistan)|Minister of Industries and Production]]
| [[Ghulam Murtaza Khan Jatoi]]
|
|-
| [[Pakistan Ministry of Interior|Minister of Interior and Narcotics Control]]
| [[Nisar Ali Khan]]
|
|-
| [[Ministry of National Food Security & Research (Pakistan)|Minister of National Food Security and Research]]
| [[Sikandar Bosan]]
|
|-
| [[Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Resources (Pakistan)|Minister of Petroleum and Natural Resources]]
| [[Shahid Khaqan Abbasi]]
|
|-
| [[National Development and Reform Commission|Minister of Planning, Development and Reform]]
| [[Ahsan Iqbal]]
|
|-
| [[Ministry of Human Rights (Pakistan)|Minister of Human Rights]]
| [[Kamran Michael]]
|
|-
| [[Ministry of Railways (Pakistan)|Minister of Railways]]
| [[Khawaja Saad Rafique]]
|
|-
| [[Ministry of Religious Affairs (Pakistan)|Minister of Religious Affairs and Interfaith Harmony]]
| [[Sardar Muhammad Yousuf]]
|
|-
| [[Ministry of States and Frontier Regions (Pakistan)|Minister of States and Frontier Regions]]
| [[Abdul Qadir Baloch]]
|
|-
| [[Ministry of Commerce (Pakistan)|Minister of Commerce]]
| [[Khurram Dastgir Khan]]
|
|-
|[[Minister of Defence Production]]
| [[Rana Tanveer Hussain]]
|
|-
|[[Ministry of Overseas Pakistanis and Human Resource Development]]
| [[Pir Sadaruddin Shah]]
|
|-
| [[Ministry of Housing and Works (Pakistan)|Ministry of Housing and Works]]
| [[Akram Khan Durrani]]
|
|-
| [[Ministry of Kashmir Affairs & Gilgit Baltistan|Minister of Kashmir Affairs and Gilgit Baltistan]]
| [[Barjees Tahir]]
|
|-
| [[Ministry of Law, Justice and Human Rights|Minister of Law and Justice]]
| [[Zahid Hamid]] Pervaiz Rashid Zahid Hamid
|2013 2013–2016 2016–2017
|-
| [[Ministry of Inter Provincial Coordination|Minister of Parliamentary Affairs]]
| [[Sheikh Aftab Ahmed]]
| 2016–2017
|-
| [[Ministry of Maritime Affairs (Pakistan)|Minister of Ports and Shipping]]
| Kamran Michael [[Hasil Bizenjo]]
|2013–2016 2016 – 2017
|-
| [[Ministry of Inter Provincial Coordination|Minister of Inter Provincial Coordination]]
| [[Riaz Hussain Pirzada]]
|
|-
|[[Ministry of Science and Technology (Pakistan)|Minister of Science and Technology]]
| Zahid Hamid Rana Tanveer Hussain
| 2013–2014 2014 – 2017
|-
|- bgcolor="C0C0E0"
![[Minister of State]]s
! Cabinet-level Ministers
|-
| No Portfolio
| [[Usman Ibrahim]]
| 2015–2017
|-
| Minister of State for Federal Education and Professional Training and Minister of State for Interior and Narcotics Control
| [[Muhammad Baligh Ur Rehman]]
|
|-
| Minister of State for Capital Administration and Development Division
|Usman Ibrahim [[Tariq Fazal Chaudhry]]
| 2014–2015 2015–2017
|-
| [[Minister of Communications (Pakistan)|Minister of State for Information Technology and Telecommunication]]
| [[Anusha Rahman]]
|
|-
| [[Ministry of Information, Broadcasting and National Heritage (Pakistan)|Minister of State for Information and Broadcasting]]
| [[Maryam Aurangzeb]]
| 2016–2017
|-
| [[Ministry of National Health Services Regulation and Coordination|Minister of State for National Health Services Regulation and Coordination]]
|[[Saira Afzal Tarar]]
|
|-
| Minister of State for Petroleum and Natural Resources
| [[Jam Kamal Khan]]
|
|-
| Minister of State for Religious Affairs and Inter-faith Harmony
| [[Shaykh Muhammad Amin al-Hasanat Shah]]
|
|-
| Minister of State for Water and Power
|[[Abid Sher Ali]]
|
|-
| Minister of State for Science and Technology
| Khurram Dastgir Khan
|2013–2014
|-
| Minister of State for Parliamentary Affairs
| Sheikh Aftab Ahmed
|2013–2016
|-
| Minister of Climate Change
|Zahid Hamid
|2015–2017
|-
| Minister of State for Housing and Works
| Usman Ibrahim
| 2013–2014
|-
| Minister of State for Railways
| [[Abdul Hakeem Baloch]]
| 2013–2014
|-
|- bgcolor="C0C0E0"
!Cabinet-level appointments
!Appointees/Advisers
|
|-
|[[Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Pakistan)|Advisor to Prime Minister on Foregin Affairs]]
| rowspan="2" |[[Sartaj Aziz]]
|2013-2017
|-
| rowspan="2" |[[National Security Advisor (Pakistan)|Advisor to the Prime Minister on National Security]]
|2013-2015
|-
|[[Nasser Khan Janjua|Nasser Janjua]]
|2015-2017
|-
| Advisor to the Prime Minister on Aviation
| [[Shujaat Azeem]]
|
|-
| Special Assistant to the Prime Minister (Ministry)
| [[Sanaullah Zehri]]
|
|-
| [[Foreign Minister of Pakistan|Special Assistant to Prime Minister on Foreign Affairs (Minister of State)]]
| [[Tariq Fatemi]]
|
|-
|[[Pakistan Board of Investment|Special Assistant to the Prime Minister on Investment]]
|[[Miftah Ismail]]
|
|}

===Changes===

* 27 November 2013 – Khawaja Muhammad Asif and Pervez Rasheed are given additional charges of the [[Pakistan Ministry of Defense|Ministry of Defence]] and the [[Ministry of Law (Pakistan)|Ministry of Law, Justice and Human Rights]] respectively.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://pmo.gov.pk/news_details.php?news_id=117|title=PM appoints Rashid Mehmood CJCSC, Raheel Sharif COAS|date=27 November 2013|author=Prime Minister's Office|type=Press release|publisher=Government of Pakistan|accessdate=11 July 2014}}</ref>
* 16 January 2014 – Khurram Dastgir Khan is elevated from the Ministry of State and sworn in as designate federal minister.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://tribune.com.pk/story/659852/jui-f-represented-three-new-ministers-take-oath/|title=JUI-F represented: Three new ministers take oath|date=17 January 2014|work=The Express Tribune|accessdate=10 July 2014}}</ref> Khan is later assigned as the federal minister for the [[Ministry of Commerce (Pakistan)|Ministry of Commerce]]. With the induction of [[Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (F)]] into the coalition government, JUI-F ministers [[Abdul Ghafoor Haideri|Maulana Abdul Ghafoor Haideri]] and [[Akram Khan Durrani]] are made designate federal minister and designate minister of state respectively, while independent FATA legislator Abbas Afridi is also sworn in as designate federal minister.<ref>{{cite news|first=Syed Irfan|last=Raza|url=http://www.dawn.com/news/1080828|title=President swears in new ministers|date=17 January 2014|work=Dawn|accessdate=11 July 2014}}</ref>
*23 October 2013 - Nasser Janjua replaced Sartaj Aziz as the National Security Advisor.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.dnaindia.com/world/report-pakistan-nsa-sartaj-aziz-replaced-by-ex-general-nasser-khan-janjua-2137935|title=Pakistan NSA Sartaj Aziz replaced by ex-General Nasser Khan Janjua|date=2015-10-23|work=dna|access-date=2018-09-20|language=en-US}}</ref>

==Major initiatives and actions==

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'''Foreign Policy Actions'''
**Responding to the [[2014 Jinnah International Airport attack]]
***Launching the [[Operation Zarb-e-Azb]] and [[Operation Khyber-1]]
****Enforcement and initiation of the [[National Action Plan (Pakistan)|National Action Plan]] against the terrorism
****Initiated policies to provide commitment to work with [[President of Afghanistan|President]] [[Ashraf Ghani]] on stabilizing [[Afghanistan]]
***Renewed commitment towards completing the [[Iran Pakistan India gas pipeline|Iran–Pakistan gas pipeline]] as part of the [[Energy security]] legislation.
***Establishing the [[National Intelligence Directorate (Pakistan)|National Intelligence Directorate]]
***Initiated the [[China–Pakistan Economic Corridor]]
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*'''Economic Policy Actions'''
**Launched the [[Privatization in Pakistan|privatization process]] in Pakistan
**Launched the Pakistan Vision 2025
**Legislation to improve [[Taxation in Pakistan|taxation system]]
**Responding to the [[Late 2000s recession]]
*'''Domestic Policy Actions'''
**Education
***Release funds for [[Higher Education Commission (Pakistan)|Higher Education Commission]] to focus on higher education research.
**Social Policy
***[[Prime Minister’s Youth Programme]]
***Increasing the scope of the [[Benazir Income Support Programme]]
**Other
***Extended the [[Operation Madad (Pakistan Navy)|Operation Madad]] in responding to [[2014 India–Pakistan floods|2014 Pakistan floods]]
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*'''National Security Actions'''
**Reconstitute the [[Pakistan National Security Council|National Security Council]] to maintain balance in [[civil military relations]]
***Appointment of [[Sartaj Aziz]] as the [[Pakistan National Security Council#National Security Adviser|National Security Advisor]] (NSA)
***Continuation of the [[Nuclear power programme–2050]] as part of the [[Energy security]] legislation.
***Establishing military courts commission (Pakistan)|military courts commissions for terror suspects
***Protection of Pakistan Ordinance No. 2014
***Establishing the [[National Counter Terrorism Authority]]
*'''Constitutional Actions'''
**[[Twenty-first Amendment to the Constitution of Pakistan|XXI Amendment]] to the [[Constitution of Pakistan]]
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==References==
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{{Pakistani federal ministries}}
{{Conservatism in Pakistan}}
{{Nawaz Sharif}}

[[Category:2013 establishments in Pakistan]]
[[Category:Pakistan Muslim League (N)]]
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