Mazari caretaker government explained

Cabinet Name:Mazari caretaker ministry
Cabinet Number:32nd
Jurisdiction:Pakistan
Flag:Flag_of_Pakistan.svg
Incumbent:Incumbent
Date Formed:19 April 1993
Government Head:Balakh Sher Mazari
State Head:Ghulam Ishaq Khan
Legislature Status:Caretaker government
Previous:First Sharif I
Successor:First Sharif II

The Mazari caretaker ministry under Balakh Sher Mazari as the caretaker prime minister of Pakistan was sworn into office after the Nawaz government was overthrown on 19 April 1993 by president Ghulam Ishaq Khan. Mazari's tenure as caretaker prime minister ended abruptly on 26 May 1993 when the Supreme Court revoked the presidential order and reinstated Nawaz Sharif as the prime minister.[1]

Government formation

On 18 April 1993, president Ghulam Ishaq Khan exercised his extra-constitutional presidential powers, instituted to him through the Eighth Amendment to the Constitution of Pakistan, to resolve the power struggle in Pakistan and dismissed the government of prime minister Nawaz Sharif. After dissolving both, the national and the provincial assemblies, Khan appointed Mazari as the caretaker prime minister.[2] The same day, a caretaker cabinet was also sworn into the house.

This was the second time that president Khan had invoked Article 58-2b of the Eighth Amendment to bring down an elected head of government. The charges of corruption and economic mismanagement that Khan levelled against Nawaz Sharif were almost entirely identical to those he had earlier brought against Benazir Bhutto in 1990.

Cabinet

1993

A caretaker cabinet of 22 ministers took an oath on 18 April 1993 under caretaker prime minister Balakh Sher Mazari and the president Ghulam Ishaq Khan.[3] The Mazari caretaker cabinet was "[Pakistan's] most short-lived caretaker cabinet".[4]

MinistryMinister
Caretaker Prime MinisterBalakh Sher Mazari
Ministry of Housing & Works, Environment and Urban AffairsAnwar Saifullah Khan
Ministry of DefenceHazar Khan Bijarani
Ministry of Water and PowerAsif Ali Zardari
Ministry of Local Government and Rural DevelopmentSardar Fateh Mohammad Hasni
Ministry of Defence ProductionAftab Ahmad Khan Sherpao
Ministry of Petroleum and Natural ResourcesArbab Jehangir Khan
Ministry of Manpower and Overseas PakistanisGhulam Murtaza Khan Jatoi
Ministry of Special Education and Special WelfareMir Ahmad Nawaz Bugti
Ministry of Women DevelopmentSardar Wazir Ahmed Khan Jogezai
Ministry of Political AffairsArbab Ghulam Rahim
Ministry of Parliamentary AffairsMakhdoom Tanvir ul Hassan Gilani
Ministry of LabourZahid Sarfraz
Ministry of Management ServicesManzoor Ahmed Gichki
Ministry of CommerceEhsan-ul-Haq Piracha
Ministry of Food and AgricultureJehangir Bader
Ministry of HealthMohammad Afaque Khan Shahid
Ministry of IndustryZafar Ali Laghari
Ministry of RailwaysMalik Mohammad Qasim
Ministry of Narcotics ControlSardar Aseff Ahmed Ali
KANAAmanullah Khan Jadoon
Ministry of Foreign AffairsSharifuddin Pirzada
Ministry of Production WelfareZulfiqar Ali Shah Jamote

Notes and References

  1. Book: Blood, Peter R.. Pakistan: A Country Study. 16 June 2012. 1 December 1996. DIANE Publishing. 9780788136313. 237–.
  2. Web site: Balakh Sher Mazari Becomes Caretaker Prime Minister. Story of Pakistan. 1 June 2003. 12 July 2014.
  3. Web site: Muhammad Mohsin. Iqbal. Referees of the Power Game. Blog post. 13 March 2013. 12 July 2014.
  4. News: Raja. Asghar. Musharraf offers a caretaker government with a difference. Islamabad. Rediff. 18 October 1999. 12 July 2014.