On 22 June 2012, the Ashraf government was sworn in as the official government and cabinet of Pakistan from 2012 to 2013 after, On 26 April 2012, The previous Gillani government head, Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gillani was convicted of being in contempt of court for refusing to bring charges against President Asif Ali Zardari. On 19 June 2012, Gillani was retroactively ruled ineligible to hold the office by the Supreme Court. Raja Pervez Ashraf was then selected as the ruling Pakistan People’s Party government’s next option. Ashraf’s selection as Prime Minister restored the country's government after several days of turmoil where officially the country was without a government.
Despite the change in the office of the Prime Minister, the cabinet relatively remained the same from Gillani’s government, including the same ruling party, the Pakistan People’s Party, as well as the same ruling 13th National assembly. Although there were minor adjustments, such as the addition of the PML(Q) to the ruling coalition, which involved including Pervaiz Elahi into the government as a high-level position holder.
The Associated Press said that the Ashraf government’s election was "unlikely to calm the tensions roiling the country" and noted that many observers expected him to eventually be ousted like his predecessor. Political analyst Raza Rumi said Ashraf was likely chosen by the PPP because they knew he would not last long. On 24 July 2012, the government informed the Supreme Court, one day before expiry of the court's deadline, that it had not taken a decision on reopening of the graft cases against President Zardari.
Cabinet members The following are the members of the Cabinet of Pakistan under Raja Pervez Ashraf’s administration from 2012-2013. IncumbentPartyOffice Federal MinistersRaja Pervez Ashraf PPP Prime MinisterChaudhry Pervaiz Elahi PML(Q) Deputy Prime Minister Industry Minister of PakistanHina Rabbani Khar PPP Foreign AffairsMir Hazar Khan Bijarani PPP Minister for Inter-Provincial CoordinationFarooque Hamid Naik PPP Law, Justice and Parliamentary AffairsSyed Naveed Qamar PPP DefenceQamar Zaman Kaira PPP Media Information and Mass BroadcastingArbab Alamgir Khan PPP Communications Mumtaz Kahloon PPP National Vocational and Technical Training Commission, NavtecAbdul Hafeez Shaikh PPP Finance, Revenue, Planning and Development, Economic Affairs and Statistics.Ahmad Mukhtar PPP Water and PowerGhulam Ahmad Bilour ANP RailwaysSyed Khurshid Ahmed Shah PPP Religious AffairsAmeen Faheem PPP Commerce and AgricultureMakhdoom Shahabuddin PPP Industry, ManpowerManzoor Wattoo PPP States, Frontiers, and Kashmir AffairsMir Changez Jamali ANP Science and TechnologyAlhaj Omar Goreij PPP TelecommunicationsSamina Khalid Ghurki PPP Environment, Minorities, and Human Rights Rehman Malik PPP Ministry of Interior Ministers of StateDr. Ishfaq Ahmad None Science Adviser, Hon. Minister of State Chaudhry Imtiaz Safdar Waraich PPP CommunicationsArbab Muhammad Zahir Khan ANP DefenceSardar Salim Haider Khan PPP Defence ProductionGhulam Farid Kathia PPP EducationMir Dost Muhammad Mazari PPP Water and PowerRafique Ahmed Jamali PPP Food and AgricultureSalman Bashir Independent Foreign policy and Geostrategic AffairsMuhammad Afzal Sandhu PPP Public HealthMuhammad Tariq Anis PPP Housing and Work ForceAyatollah Durrani PPP Industries and Machine ProductionSyed Samsam Ali Shah Bokhari PPP Information and Mass Media BroadcastingTasneem Ahmed Qureshi PPP Interior and Internal SecurityAbdul Raziq FATA Kashmir Affairs and Northern AreasMasood Abbas ANP Local Township and Rural DevelopmentMahreen Anwar Raja PPP Parliamentary AffairsNabil Gabol PPP Ports and ShippingMuhammad Jadam Mangrio PML-F RailwaysSardar Sarosh Khan PPP Water and Power generationAhsan Saddiqui PML-N Population Control Imran Khan Qamro PPP Family Planning Affairs
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