Abbasi ministry | |
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Cabinet of Pakistan | |
Date formed | 4 August 2017 |
Date dissolved | 31 May 2018 |
People and organisations | |
Head of state | Mamnoon Hussain |
Head of government | Shahid Khaqan Abbasi |
Member party | PML–N JUI–F PML–F NP |
Opposition party | Pakistan Peoples Party |
Opposition leader | Syed Khurshid Ahmed Shah |
History | |
Outgoing election | Senators Minority 26 / 104 (25%) National AssemblyMajority 190 / 342 (56%) |
Legislature term(s) | 14th Parliament of Pakistan |
Predecessor | Third Nawaz Sharif ministry |
Successor | Mulk caretaker ministry |
The Abbasi ministry was formed by Shahid Khaqan Abbasi on 4 August 2017 to begin a new government following the disqualification of former Prime Minister of Pakistan Nawaz Sharif until the end of May 2018 when justice Nasirul Mulk took oath as new caretaker prime minister.[1][2] The ministry, a Pakistan Muslim League (N) majority government, succeeded the third Sharif ministry, which was formed following the 2013 general election[3] and had dissolved in the July 2017 after Nawaz Sharif was disqualification by the Supreme Court of Pakistan to hold the office of Prime Minister.[4][5]