5 names of Caretaker Prime Minister and previous 7 Caretaker Prime Ministers

The people have started preparations for the upcoming general elections in the country, but there is still no push or fuss at the government level, nor is it seen that the government is serious about this matter. It is questionable whether the elections will be held or not because there is no law in the country, neither the decisions of the parliament nor the decisions of the judiciary are being respected because the elections to be held in 90 days, which will be held by the two provincial governments. Due to their non-existence, mischief and suspicions have arisen in the people. It has been happening in the past also in the same way that arbitrary results have been obtained in the elections by arbitrarily appointing caretaker prime ministers. It is always the so-called powerful circles that have taken the decisions and still it is seen that there is a very close coordination between the current PDM government and the establishment due to which there is hope that Elections may be held, but as the caretaker government of the Punjab government has been extended, this law has been passed in the parliament that the caretaker government at the federal level has been given unrestricted powers, which is raising doubts that the general government will continue. Elections do not seem to be held on time, the roles of caretaker governments are determined and public opinion is set on how they were elected in the first place or who held office.

After the Eighteenth and Twentieth Amendments, the caretaker Prime Minister can be nominated in three different ways, the first is that under Article 224 of the Constitution of Pakistan, the Leader of the House and the Leader of the Opposition agree on a name in mutual consultation, which is called by the President. The state will appoint a caretaker prime minister.

The second procedure according to which in case the Leader of the House and the Leader of the Opposition do not agree on a single name for the Caretaker Prime Minister, under Article 224 A of the Constitution, the matter will be referred to the Speaker of the National Assembly to form an eight-member parliamentary committee. In this committee, the leader of the opposition and the prime minister will name two each, while a total of eight members from the Senate or the National Assembly or both houses will be members of this committee. The parliamentary committee will take a final decision on the name of the caretaker prime minister in three days. However, if the parliamentary committee is unable to agree on a single name, the matter will go to the Election Commission of Pakistan under Article 224. According to Article 213 of the Constitution of Pakistan, it is necessary for the Chief Election Commissioner to be a retired judge of the Supreme Court, a civil bureaucrat or a technocrat. The Prime Minister can be appointed from any walks of life according to the principles laid down by the Constitution.

 Who will be the Caretaker Prime Minister? According to Article 213 of the Constitution of Pakistan, for the election of the Chief Election Commissioner, it is necessary that he should be a retired judge of the Supreme Court, a civil bureaucrat or a technocrat. can be appointed from any walks of life according to the rules set by the constitution. To conduct transparent elections in the country, the system of caretaker governments has been introduced since the 90s, so far 7 caretaker prime ministers have served in the country. have completed

Ghulam Mustafa Jatoi has the honor of being appointed as the first Caretaker Prime Minister of the country, he was appointed Caretaker Prime Minister of the country by the then President of Pakistan Ghulam Ishaq Khan for 3 months and 1 day, he held this position from August 6, 1990. Ghulam Mustafa Jatoi belonged to the National People’s Party, serving until 6 November 1990. He was succeeded by Balkh Sher Mazari, the caretaker prime minister, who served as caretaker prime minister from 18 April 1993 to 26 May 1993. Balkh Sher Mazari belonged to Pakistan People’s Party, according to the statistics of the National Assembly, he held the position of caretaker prime minister for the shortest period in the country’s history for 1 month and 9 days.

 Moinuddin Qureshi, who was elected as the third caretaker prime minister of the country, had no affiliation to any political party. Joined, Moinuddin Qureshi served from July 8, 1993 to October 19, 1993, thus he was the Caretaker Prime Minister of Pakistan for 3 months and 12 days.

The fourth Caretaker Prime Minister, Malik Meraj Khalid, belonged to the Pakistan People’s Party. Due to his left-wing hard-line views, differences arose from the party. Taking charge of the post, he remained the caretaker Prime Minister of Pakistan for 3 months and 12 days, his last day in this position was 17 February 1997.

The fifth caretaker prime minister in the country, Muhammad Mian Soomro, belonged to the Muslim League (Q). He also held high positions in the banking sector. The Caretaker Prime Minister continued to perform his duties. Mir Hazar Khan Khoso, who was appointed as the sixth Caretaker Prime Minister, had no political affiliation. Before that, he was the Chief Justice of the Federal Sharia Court. According to Article 224 of the Constitution, the Prime Minister And after the opposition leader, the parliamentary committee also did not agree on any name after which the Election Commission of Pakistan appointed him, he started his services as the caretaker prime minister on 25 March 2013 while 2 months and 12 days. June 5, 2013 was his last day after serving in this position. The seventh Prime Minister, Justice (R) Nasirul Mulk, who came in 2018, belonged to the Judiciary. The Chief Justice, while he was also the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court from July 6, 2014 to August 16, 2015, also held the position of Election Commissioner of Pakistan from November 30, 2013 to July 2, 2014. Served as Caretaker Prime Minister for 18 days, his first day as Caretaker Prime Minister was 1 June 2018 and his last was 18 August 2018. Roy was appointed to the post. According to the sources so far, five names have been agreed upon for the general elections. At this time, since there is no opposition, only two parties are deciding the fate of 22 million people of Pakistan, so they chose these five names in Dubai. The names have been finalized, whose name will be announced next week