| Cabinet Name: | Federal Cabinet of Nawaz Sharif |
| Cabinet Number: | 45th |
| Jurisdiction: | Pakistan |
| Flag: | Flag_of_Pakistan.svg |
| Date Formed: | 7 June 2013[1] |
| Date Dissolved: | 28 July 2017[2] |
| Government Head: | Nawaz Sharif |
| State Head: | Asif Ali Zardari Mamnoon Hussain |
| Political Party: | Pakistan Muslim League (N) |
| Election: | 2013 |
| Opposition Leader: | Khurshid Shah |
| Incoming Formation: | Government formation |
| Previous: | Khoso caretaker government |
| Successor: | Abbasi Ministry |
| Incumbent: | 2013-2017 |
The third Nawaz Sharif government was formed at noon PKT on 5 June 2013 when Pakistan Muslim League (N) (PML-N) chief Nawaz Sharif became the prime minister of Pakistan for the third time. Sharif successfully led the right-of-centre and conservative PML-N to acquire a simple majority.[3] in the 2013 general election against the leftist Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) and the centrist Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI).The cabinet was automatically dissolved on 28 July 2017 after Nawaz Sharif was disqualified and removed from the office of Prime Minister when the Supreme Court declared him guilty of not being truthful and honest.[4]
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Following the 2013 general election, the Pakistan Muslim League (N) (PML-N) won a plurality of seats in the National Assembly through a simple majority, after failing to secure an overall two-thirds majority. 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 (NPP).[5]
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