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

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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

, 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

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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

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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 Ministry of Commerce. 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 On 8 June 2014, 10 militants armed with automatic weapons, a rocket launcher, suicide vests, and grenades attacked Jinnah International Airport in Karachi, Pakistan. 36 people were killed, including all 10 attackers, and 18 others were wounded ...

***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 Prime Minister's Youth Programme (named Kamyab Jawan Program from 2019 to 2022) is an initiative by the former prime minister of Pakistan Nawaz Sharif established in 2013. The purpose of the programme is to ensure the provision of quality educat ...

***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 ...

**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

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(NSA) ***Continuation of the

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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

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References

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