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It has been suggested that List of Federal Government Ministries of Pakistan be merged into this article. (Discuss) Proposed since February 2013.
of Pakistan as a constituted governing authority of the four provinces of a proclaimed and established parliamentary democratic republic, constitutionally called the State of Pakistan.[1]
Effecting the Westminster system for governing the state, the government is composed of the three branches: executive, legislative, and judicial, which all powers are vested by the Constitution in theParliament, the Prime Minister and the Supreme Court.[2] The powers and duties of these branches are further defined by acts and amendments of the Parliament, including the creation of executive institutions, departments and courts inferior to the Supreme Court.[2] Granting constitutional powers toPresident to promulgate the ordinances and passing bills, the president acted as the ceremonialfigurehead and the people-elected Prime Minister acting as the chief executive (of executive branch) and responsible for running the federal government. Consisting a bicameral Parliament with the National Assembly as a lower house and the Senate as an upper house. Judicial branch systematically contains its apex Supreme Court, high courts of four provinces, numbers of district, anti-terrorism, Sharia, and thegreen courts; all inferior to Supreme Court.[2] The full name of the nation-state is the "Islamic Republic of Pakistan". No other name appears in the Constitution, and this is the name that appears on money, in treaties, and in legal cases. The "Pakistan Government" or "Government of Pakistan" are often used in official documents representing the federal government collectively.[2] Also, the terms "Federal" and "National" in government institution or program names generally indicates affiliation with the federal government. Because the seat of government is inIslamabad, "Islamabad" is commonly used as a metonym for the federal government.[2]
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3.1 Prime Minister 3.2 President 3.3 Cabinet, executive departments and institutions
4 Judicature Branch
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5 Civil Service
8 Finance
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9 Issues
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9.1 Corruption 9.2 Circular debt and Spending priorities 9.3 Debts and Deficit
Legislative Branch[edit]
Main article: Parliament of Pakistan The legislative branch is known as the "Parliament', a term for legislature inherited from the United Kingdom. The legislative branch is bicameral, consisting of two houses:
The National Assembly: The National Assembly is a lower house and directlypeople-elected 342member National Assembly.
The Senate: The Senate is a upper house and the ~100-senators are indirectlyelected for six-year terms. The Parliament enjoys parliamentary supremacy. All the Cabinet ministers as well as the Prime Minister must also be members of Parliament (MPs), accordance to the constitution. The Prime Minister and the Cabinet officials are responsible to the Parliament collectively. The Prime Minister and the Cabinet Ministers are jointly accountable to the Parliament. If there is a policy failure or lapse on the part of the government, all the members of the cabinet are jointly responsible. If a vote of no confidence is passed against the government, then the government collapses and a new one must be formed.
Executive Branch[edit]
By general definition, the executive branch of government is the one that has sole authority and responsibility for the daily administration of the state bureaucracy. The division of power into separate branches of government is central to the republican idea of the separation of powers. The separation of powers system is designed to distribute authority away from the executive branch an attempt to preserve individual liberty in response to tyrannical leadership throughout history.
Prime Minister[edit]
The Prime Minister of Pakistan (Urdu: :til ; Wazir-e- Azam), is the executive head of government of Pakistan, constitutionally designated as the Chief Executive (CE).[7] Popularly elected by people in direct elections in the parliament, the Prime minister is responsible for appointing a cabinet as well as running the government operations.[7] The Prime Minister duly appoints the directors, executives, chairmen in almost all state institutions and corporations, accordance to constitution, including:
Chief Ministers of Four Provinces Key administrative and military appointments in the Pakistan Armed Forces. The Chairmen and other Members of the federal commissions and public institutions. Ambassadors and High Commissioners to other countries. The cabinet secretaries and directors in the administrative positions of the government.
President[edit]
Main article: Pakistani presidency
The President of Pakistan is part of the parliament. The official residence is located in adjacent to the parliament.
The President of Pakistan is a ceremonial figurehead, a ceremonial head of staterepresenting the unity of the country. Elected for a five-year term by an indirect elections, the electoral college consisting of members of the Senate and National Assembly and members of the four provincial assemblies, the president is eligible for reelection.[8] But no individual may hold the office for more than two consecutive terms. The president may resign or be impeached and may be removed from office for incapacity or gross misconduct by a two-thirds vote of the members of the parliament.[8] The President enjoys all constitutional powers and exercises them directly or through officers subordinate to him as per the aforesaid Article 41-Article 47.[9] The President is responsible for making a wide variety of appointments.[9]
These include:
Governors of Four Provinces The Chief Justice (after concluding the consultation with the Prime Minister) The Chief Election Commissioner (Consultation required from the Prime Minister) The Attorney General and Comptroller and Auditor General
The President, as Head of State also receives the credentials of Ambassadors from other countries, whilst the Prime Minister, as Head of Government, receives credentials of High Commissioners from other members of the Commonwealth, in line with historical tradition. The President is de jure the civilian Commander in Chief of the Pakistan Armed Forces.[10] The President of Pakistan can grant a pardon to or reduce the sentence, reprieve and respite, and to remit, suspend or commute any sentence passed by any court, tribunal or other authority, particularly in cases involving punishment of death.[9] The decisions involving pardoning and other rights by the President are independent of the opinion of the Prime Minister or the Parliamentary majority. In most other cases, however, the President exercises his or her executive powers on the advice of the Prime Minister. [9]
Judicature Branch[edit]
Main article: Supreme Court of Pakistan
Pakistan's independent judicial system begins under the British Raj, and its concepts and procedures resemble those of Anglo-Saxon countries. Institutional changes and judicial procedures were later changed under the influence by American legal and court system in 1950s to remove the fundamental rights problems.[4] The Supreme Court of Pakistan consisted of Chief Justice and Senior justices; all appointed by the President after concluding the consultation with the Chief Justice of Pakistan. The Constitution does not fixed the number of justices of the Supreme Court, though it can be fixed by Parliament through an act signed by the President.[11] The judiciary consists of the Supreme Court of Pakistan, High Courts of Pakistan provincial level; District Courts in each district; anti-terrorism courts; Sharia courts;, and the environmental courts in all over the country; all courts inferior to Supreme Court.[2]
Judicature transfer[edit]
The Constitution grants powers to the Supreme Court to consider expedient to do so in the interest of justice.[11] Although the proceedings in the Supreme Court arise out of the judgement or orders made by the subordinate courts, the Supreme Court reserves the right to transfer any case, appeal or other proceedings pending before any High Court to any other High Court.[11]
Civil Service[edit]
Main articles: Pakistan Administrative Service and Central Superior Services of Pakistan The civil service of Pakistan is a permanent bureaucracy of the Government of Pakistan. The civil servants are the permanents officials of the government, occupying a respected image in the civil society. Civil servants comes from different departments (e.g. District Management Group, Civil servant domain, and FPSC) are awarded commission contracts by the ministers based on their experience, capability, and resourcefulness. Not all the employees of the Government of Pakistan are civil servants; other employees of the Government of Pakistan comes from the scientific institutions, state-owned corporations and commissioned military science circles. In the parliamentary democracy, the ultimate responsibility for running the administration rests with the elected representatives of the people which are the ministers. These ministers are accountable to the legislatures which are also elected by the people on the basis of universal adult suffrage. But the handful of ministers are
not expected to deal personally with the various problems of modern administration. Thus the ministers lay down the policy and it is for the civil servants to enforce it.
Cabinet Secretaries[edit]
The Cabinet secretaries are the most senior, experienced, and capable officials in the country, having studied and trained first at the Civil Service Academy then pursuing further education at the specific academies (e.g. Foreign Service Academy and Police Academy). Each ministry (or minister) consisted of their secretaries to oversee and enforce the public policy matters. Arguably, the secretaries are the most powerful statesmen in the country, especially the Establishment secretary who works in close coordination with the Prime Minister. Management of major crisis situations in the country and coordinating activities of the various Ministries in such a situation is also one of the functions of the Cabinet Secretariat. Appointment for the chairman of civil services, the FPSC, is made by the President on the required consultation of the Prime Minister, according to Article 242 of the Constitution.[10]
Finance[edit]
Main articles: State Bank of Pakistan, National Bank of Pakistan, Pakistan Remittance Initiative, and Tax on cash withdrawal
The NFC Program horizontally distributes the tax finances and revenues between the four provinces of nation-state, Pakistan.
Main articles: Taxation in Pakistan, 2014 Pakistan federal budget, and Foreign trade of Pakistan Pakistan has a complex taxation system of more than 70 unique taxes administered by at least 37 tax collection institutions of the Government of Pakistan.[15] Taxation is a debated and controversial issue in public and political science circle of the country, and according to the International Development Committee, Pakistan
had a lower-than-average tax take.[16] Only 0.57% of Pakistanis, or 768,000 people out of a population of 190 million pay income tax.[16] The Finance Minister of Pakistan presents the annual federal budget in the Parliament in the midst of the year, and it has to be passed by the both houses of theParliament.[17] The budget is preceded by an economic survey which outlines the broad direction of the budget and the economic performance of the country for the outgoing financial fiscal year.[18]
Issues[edit]
Corruption[edit]
Main article: Corruption in Pakistan
The corruption is on-going issue in the government, claiming to take initiatives against it,[20] particularly in the government and lower levels of police forces.[21] In 2011, the country has had a consistently poor ranking at the Transparency International'sCorruption Perceptions Index with scores of 2.5,[22] 2.3 in 2010,[23] and 2.5 in 2009[24]out of 10.[25] In 2011, Pakistan ranked 134 on the index with 42 countries ranking worse.[26] In 2012, Pakistan's ranking dropped even further from 134 to 139, making Pakistan the 34th most corrupt country in the world, tied with Azerbaijan, Kenya,Nepal, and Nigeria.[27]
In 1947-51, the literacy rate was ~16.40% but literacy rate is now ~69.0% (out of 80.00%). Still, Pakistan has one of the highest illiteracy rates in the world.
Since before the collapse of the USSR in 1991, progressive economic liberalization has been carried out by the government both at the provincial and the national level. Pakistan has achieved FDI of almost $8.4 billion in the financial fiscal year of 2006-07, surpassing the government target of $4 billion.[28] Despite this milestone achievement, the Foreign investment had significantly declined by 2010, dropping by ~54.6% due to Pakistan's military operations, financial crises, law and order situation in Karachi, according to the Bank of Pakistan.[29] From the 2006 estimate, the Government expenditures were ~$25 billion.[30] Funding in science and education has been a primary policy of the Government of Pakistan, since 1947. Moreover, English is fast spreading in Pakistan, with 18 million Pakistanis [31] (11% of the population)[31] having a command over the English language, which makes it the 3rd Largest English Speaking Nation[32] in the world and the 2nd largest in Asia.[31] On top of that, Pakistan produces about 445,000 university graduates and 10,000 computer science graduates per year.[33] Despite these statistics, Pakistan still has one of the highest illiteracy rates in the world[34] and the second largest out of school population (5.1 million children) after Nigeria.[35]
As per the CIA World Factbook, in 2010, Pakistan ranks 63rd in the world, with respect to the public external debt to various international monetary authorities (owning ~$55.98 billion in 2010), with a total of 60.1% of GDP.[36] Since 2009, Pakistan has been trying to negotiate debt cancellation currently Pakistan spends $3 billion on debt servicing annually to largely western nations and the International Monetary Fund.[37]
Ministry of Law, Justice & Human Rights Law & Justice Division Human Rights Division
Ministry of Local Government and Rural Development Local Government and Rural Development Division
Ministry of Economic
Resources Division Ministry of Population Welfare Population Welfare Division Population Welfare Department, N-
Ministry of Finance & Revenue Finance Division Revenue Division(Federal Board of Revenue)
Ministry of Food, Agriculture & Livestock Food, Agriculture & Livestock Division
Ministry of Religious Affairs & Zakat & Ushr Religious Affairs & Zakat & Ushr Division
Ministry of Social Welfare and Special Education Social Welfare and Special Education
Division Ministry of Industries, Production & Special Initiatives Industries, Production & Special Initiatives Division Ministry of Information & Broadcasting Information & Media Division Ministry of Information Technology IT & Telecom Division Ministry of Interior Interior Division Ministry of Women Development Women Development Division Ministry of Youth Affairs Youth Affairs Division Ministry of Tourism Tourism Division Ministry of Textile Industry Textile Industry Division Ministry of States and Frontier Regions States and Frontier Regions Division
Ministry of Kashmir Affairs and Northern Areas Kashmir Affairs and Northern Areas Division
Ministry of Labour, Manpower & Overseas Pakistanis Labour& Manpower Division Overseas Pakistanis
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Accountability Courts Administration Wing Advanced Education Wing Agricultural & Livestock Products Marketing & Grading Dept. Agricultural Census Organization Airport Security Force Attached Dept. Azad Jammu & Kashmir Council Board Of Investment Bureau of Emigration & Overseas Employment Cadet College, Razmak Capital Development Authority Carrier Telephone National Institute of Oceanography National Institute of Population Studies National Institute of Public Administration National Insurance Company National Language Authority National Physical and Standards Laboratory National Police Academy National Police Foundation National Power Construction Company National Productivity Organization National Radio
Industries Centre For Applied & Molecular Biology Central Cotton Research Institute Central Drugs Laboratory, Defence Housing Authority, Karachi Central Inspectorate of Mines Central Jail Staff Training Institute Chief Commissioner for Afghan Refugees, Islamabad Chief Engineering Adviser/Chairma n, Federal Flood Commission Civil Armed Forces Civil Aviation Authority Civil Services Reforms Unit College of
Telecommunica tion Corporation National Savings Organization National Talent Pool National Tariff commission National Telecommunica tion Corporation National Training Bureau National Transport Research Centre National Tubewell Construction Corporation National University of Science and Technology Oil and Gas Regulatory Authority Overseas Employment Corporation Overseas Pakistani
Physicians and Surgeons of Pakistan Commercial Courts Commissioner for Afghan Refugees, Quetta Commissioner for Afghan Refugees, Pesha war Commissioner for Afghan Refugees, Lahore Committee on violence against women Construction Machinery & Training Institute Council for Works and Housing Research Council of Islamic Ideology Crisis Centre, Islamabad Culture Wing Curriculum Wing Customs, Excise and Sales Tax Appellate Tribunal
Women's Network Pakistan Medical & Research Council, Islamabad Pakistan Academy of Rural Developments Pakistan Administrative Staff College, Lahore Pakistan Agriculture Research Council Pakistan Automobile Corporation Pakistan Central Cotton Committee Pakistan Commission on Indus Waters Pakistan Computer Bureau Pakistan Council for Renewable Energy
Technologies Pakistan Council for Science and Technology Pakistan Council of Research in Water Resources Pakistan Council of Scientific and Industrial Research Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority Pakistan Environmental Protection Agency Pakistan Forest Institute, Peshawar Pakistan Housing Authority Pakistan Industrial Technical Assistance Centre
Department of Explosives
Employees Old-
Age Benefits Institution Engineering Development Board Environmental Protection Tribunal Estate Office Management Export Processing Zones Authority Export Promotion Bureau Federal Board of Revenue Federal Bureau of Statistics Federal Government Employees Housing Foundation Federal Investigation Agency Federal Land Commission Federal Seed Certification and Registration Dept. Federal Service
Pakistan
Tribunal FGSH Islamabad Field Organization List Foreign Exchange Regulation Appellate Board Foreign Trade Institute of Pakistan Gwadar Port Authority Government Shipping Office Immigration & Passport Implementation Tribunal for Newspaper Employee IMHSC Income Tax Appellate Tribunal Indus River System Authority Islamabad Capital Territory Jammu & Kashmir Estate property, Lahore Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre,
Nursing Council, Islamabad Pakistan Post Office Pakistan Railways Pakistan Railways Academy, Walton (Lahore) Pakistan Railways Carriage Factory Pakistan Reinsurance Company Ltd Pakistan Science Foundation Pakistan Software Export Board Pakistan Standards And Quality Control Authority Pakistan Steel Mills Pakistan Telecommunica tion Authority Pakistan
Karachi Karachi Port Trust Livestock Wing Management Services Wing Marine Fisheries Dept. Mercantile Marine Dept. Military Lands and Cantonments Dept. Minorities Affairs Wing National Aids Control Programme (NACP) National Alien Registration Authority National Archives of Pakistan National Bank of Pakistan National Commission for Human Development(N CHD) National Construction Ltd National Council
Telecommunica tions Company Pakistan Telecommunica tions Mobile Pakistan Tobacco Board Pakistan International Airlines Corpor ation Paknet Public Works Dept. Pak-Swiss Precision Mechanics & Instrument Centre Petroman Pharmacy Council of Pakistan, Islamabad Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences, Islamabad Planning Wing Population Census Organization Population Welfare
for Conservation of Wildlife National Council for Homeopathy, Rawalpindi National Council for Tibbi, Islamabad National Database and Registration Authority National Document Centre National Electric Power Regulatory Authority National Energy Conservation Centre National Fertilizer Corporation National Film Development Council National Highway and Motorway Police National Highway Authority National Housing Authority
Enterprises Development Authority Special Communication Organization Special Court (Customs, Taxation and Anti Smuggling) Special Courts (Central) Special Courts (Control of Narcotics Substances Special Courts (Offences in Banks) Sports Wing State Bank of Pakistan State Engineering Corporation State Life Insurance Corporation Technology Commercialisat ion Corporation of Pakistan (Private) Ltd Sui Southern
Gas Company Sui Northern Gas Pipelines Surveyor General of Pakistan Technology UpGradation and Skill Development Company Telecom Foundation Telephone Industries of Pakistan Threadline Gallery of Pakistan Tourism Wing Trade Development Authority of Pakistan Trade Marks Registry Trading Corporation of Pakistan Utility Stores Corporation Virtual University of Pakistan WAPDA
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