The Malik Meraj Khalid caretaker ministry was the government and caretaker federal cabinet of Pakistan, formed under caretaker Prime Minister Malik Meraj Khalid on 5 November 1996. It succeeded the second Benazir Bhutto government and remained in office until 17 February 1997, when Nawaz Sharif took office after the 1997 Pakistani general election.
Cabinet Prime Minister Minister Portfolio Period Malik Meraj Khalid Prime Minister 5 November 1996 – 17 February 1997
Federal ministers Minister Portfolio Period Sahabzada Yaqub Khan Foreign Affairs 11 November 1996 – 17 February 1997 Shahid Hamid Defence 11 November 1996 – 17 February 1997 Omar Afridi Interior (addl.) States & Frontier Regions, Narcotics Control 5 November 1996 – 17 February 1997 Irshad Ahmed Haqqani Information & Broadcasting 5 November 1996 – 17 February 1997 Javed Jabbar Petroleum & Natural Resources 5 November 1996 – 17 February 1997 Abida Hussain Science & Technology 5 November 1996 – 15 December 1996 Shafqat Mahmood Food, Agriculture & Livestock (addl.) Environment, Urban Affairs, Forestry & Wildlife; Local Government & Rural Development 5 November 1996 – 17 February 1997 Food, Agriculture & Livestock until 15 December 1996 Shahid Javed Burki Finance (de facto) Economic Affairs 11 November 1996 – 17 February 1997
Other cabinet-level appointments Office-holder Portfolio / office Period Salman Shah Chairman, Privatisation Commission 5 November 1996 – 17 February 1997
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