Kakar caretaker government

The Kakar caretaker government was the Pakistani caretaker federal cabinet and government led by Anwaar ul Haq Kakar that was sworn into office on 17 August 2023.^[1][2][3][4]

Anwar-ul-Haq Kakar Caretaker Government
50th Cabinet of Pakistan
17 August 2023
Date formed	17 August 2023
Date dissolved	4 March 2024
People and organisations
Head of state	Arif Alvi
Head of government	Anwaar ul Haq Kakar
Status in legislature	Caretaker government
History
Predecessor	First Shehbaz Sharif government
Successor	Second Shehbaz Sharif government

Cabinet of Federal Ministers and Ministers of State ceased to hold their offices on 4 March 2024.^[5]

List

Federal Ministers

Portfolio	Minister	Term
Prime Minister	Anwaar ul Haq Kakar	14 August 2023 – 4 March 2024
Finance, Revenue and Economic Affairs	Shamshad Akhtar	17 August 2023 – 4 March 2024
Foreign Affairs	Jalil Abbas Jilani
Defence, Defence Production	Anwar Ali Hyder
Interior, Narcotics Control, Overseas Pakistanis and Human Resource Development	Sarfraz Bugti	17 August 2023 – 15 December 2023
Commerce, Industries and Production	Gohar Ejaz	17 August 2023 – 4 March 2024
Law and Justice, Climate Change, Water Resources	Ahmad Irfan Aslam
Human Rights	Khalil Francis
Planning, Development and Special Initiatives	Sami Saeed
Communications, Maritime Affairs, Railways	Shahid Ashraf Tarar
Information and Broadcasting	Murtaza Solangi
Power and Petroleum	Muhammad Ali
Federal Education and Professional Training	Madad Ali Sindhi
National Health Services, Regulations and Coordination	Nadeem Jan
Religious Affairs and Inter-faith Harmony	Aneeq Ahmad
Information Technology and Telecommunication, Science and Technology	Umar Saif
National Heritage and Culture	Jamal Shah
National Food Security & Research	Kauser Abdullah Malik	11 September 2023[6] – 4 March 2024
Privatisation, Inter Provincial Coordination	Fawad Hasan Fawad	16 September 2023[7] – 4 March 2024

Advisors

Portfolio	Minister	Term
Aviation	Farhat Hussain Khan	17 August 2023 – 4 March 2024
Establishment	Ahad Cheema 17 August 2023 to 26 December 2023
Finance	Waqar Masood Khan

Special Assistants to the Prime Minister

Portfolio	Minister	Term
Human Rights, Women Empowerment	Mushaal Hussein Mullick	17 August 2023 – 4 March 2024
Overseas	Jawad Sohrab Malik
Maritime Affairs	Iftikhar Rao
Tourism	Wasi Shah
Government Effectiveness	Jehanzeb Khan
Education, National Harmony	Arfa Sayeda Zehra

Controversies

Alleged confession of Rigging

On 4 May, during a tense confrontation between former Caretaker Prime Minister of Pakistan Anwaar ul Haq Kakar and PML-N leader Hanif Abbasi. Kakar issued a veiled warning, suggesting that if he were to disclose information about Form-47, the PML-N would find themselves in a difficult position. This exchange implied potential tampering in Form-47 during the election. However, Kakar later stated that his remarks were misrepresented by the media; he merely corrected Abbasi about the wheat scandal, implying that he never mentioned Form-47.^[8] Subsequently, PTI also demanded for an independent inquiry into the spat between Kakar and Abbasi and asserted that this verbal altercation has brought to light alleged election rigging.^[9]

Pakistan wheat import scandal

Main article: Pakistan wheat import scandal

During the tenure of the caretaker ministry led by Kakar, 3.2m tonnes of wheat was unnecessarily imported leading to a crisis for farmers.^[10]