Third Sharif ministry

Third Sharif ministry
cabinet of Pakistan
Incumbent
Date formed	7 June 2013
People and organisations
Head of government	Nawaz Sharif
Head of state	Mamnoon Hussain
Member party	Pakistan Muslim League (N)
Status in legislature	Simple majority
Opposition party	Pakistan Peoples Party
Opposition leader	Khurshid Shah
History
Election(s)	2013
Incoming formation	Government formation
Predecessor	Khoso caretaker ministry

The third Sharif ministry was formed at noon PST 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, after failing to acquire an overall two-thirds majority, in the 2013 general election against the leftist Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) and the centrist Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI).

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).

On 7 June 2013, Sharif's cabinet of 25 ministers was sworn into office which included 16 federal ministers and nine ministers of state. Most of the ministers in Sharif's cabinet were from Punjab which is a political stronghold of the PML-N with one member each from the PML-F and NPP also included in the cabinet. The cabinet included 19 ministers from Punjab, three from Sindh, two from Balochistan and one from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa – only two of which were women.

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