The third Nawaz Sharif government was formed at noon PKT on 5 June 2013 when Pakistan Muslim League (N) (PML-N) chief

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became the

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for the third time. Sharif successfully led the

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and conservative PML-N to acquire a simple majority. in the 2013 general election against the leftist Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) and the

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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. __TOC__

Government formation

Following the 2013 general election, the Pakistan Muslim League (N) (PML-N) won a plurality of seats in the

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through a simple majority, after failing to secure an overall

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. 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).

Cabinet

Changes

* 27 November 2013 – Khawaja Muhammad Asif and Pervez Rasheed are given additional charges of the Ministry of Defence and the Ministry of Law, Justice and Human Rights respectively. * 16 January 2014 – Khurram Dastgir Khan is elevated from the Ministry of State and sworn in as designate federal minister. Khan is later assigned as the federal minister for the

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. With the induction of Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (F) into the coalition government, JUI-F ministers

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and

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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. *23 October 2013 - Nasser Janjua replaced Sartaj Aziz as the National Security Advisor.

Major initiatives and actions

Foreign Policy Actions **Responding to the 2014 Jinnah International Airport attack ***Launching the

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and

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****Enforcement and initiation of the National Action Plan against the terrorism ****Initiated policies to provide commitment to work with

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on stabilizing

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***Renewed commitment towards completing the Iran–Pakistan gas pipeline as part of the

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legislation. ***Establishing the National Intelligence Directorate ***Initiated the

China–Pakistan Economic Corridor China–Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) (; ur, چین پاکستان اقتصادی راہداری) is a collection of infrastructure projects that are under construction throughout Pakistan beginning in 2013. Originally valued at $47 billi ...

*Economic Policy Actions **Launched the privatization process in Pakistan **Launched the Pakistan Vision 2025 **Legislation to improve

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**Responding to the

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*Domestic Policy Actions **Education ***Release funds for 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 The Benazir Income Support Programme (BISP) is a federal unconditional cash transfer poverty reduction program in Pakistan. Launched in July 2008, it was the largest single social safety net program in the country with nearly Rs. 90 billion ($9 ...

**Other ***Extended the Operation Madad in responding to 2014 Pakistan floods *National Security Actions **Reconstitute the National Security Council to maintain balance in civil military relations ***Appointment of Sartaj Aziz as the

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(NSA) ***Continuation of the Nuclear power programme–2050 as part of the

legislation. ***Establishing military courts commission (Pakistan), military courts commissions for terror suspects ***Protection of Pakistan Ordinance No. 2014 ***Establishing the

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*Constitutional Actions ** XXI Amendment to the Constitution of Pakistan

References

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