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The third Nawaz Sharif government was formed at noon PKT on 5 June 2013 when
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(PML-N) chief
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became the
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of
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for the third time. Sharif successfully led the
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and conservative PML-N to acquire a
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. in the 2013 general election against the
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(PPP) and the
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(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
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declared him guilty of not being truthful and honest. __TOC__


Government formation

Following the 2013 general election, the
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(PML-N) won a plurality of seats in the
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through a
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, after failing to secure an overall
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. In order to form a government, the PML-N joined in coalition with the
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(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
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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
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into the coalition government, JUI-F ministers Maulana Abdul Ghafoor Haideri 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
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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; zh, c=中巴经济走廊, p=Zhōng bā jīngjì zǒuláng; ) is a 3,000 km Chinese infrastructure network project currently under construction in Pakistan. This sea-and-land-based corridor aims to ...
*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 The Prime Minister's Youth Programme or ''Kamyab Jawan Program'' (), initiative launched by former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif in 2013, and it ran from 2019 to 2022. The program aimed to provide quality education and meaningful employment opport ...
***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
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to maintain balance in
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***Appointment of
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as the National Security Advisor (NSA) ***Continuation of the Nuclear power programme–2050 as part of the
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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
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References

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