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68-509: Azad Kashmir government Government of Gilgit-Baltistan Local government Constitution of Pakistan Territorial election commission Elections Provincial elections Territorial elections Political parties Provinces Autonomous region Customs Regional topics The National Finance Commission Award or NFC is a series of planned economic programs in Pakistan enacted since 1951. Constituted under
136-710: A parliamentary system of government, the Prime minister is generally the leader of a party (or coalition of parties) that has a majority in the National Assembly —the lower house of the Parliament of Pakistan . The prime minister, in common with all other ministers, has to be a member of National Assembly . The principal workplace of the prime minister is the Prime Minister's Office located in northeast Islamabad. The official residence , known as Prime Minister Enclave,
204-582: A semi-presidential system allowing the presidency to keep the interference executive and the judiciary . The general elections in 2008 resulted in the PPP coming to power and supporting the movement to oust Pervez Musharraf. A populist intellectual movement leading to the departure of Pervez Musharraf allowed Asif Zardari to become president. In 2010, the XVIII Amendment to the Constitution of Pakistan
272-597: A Muslim country. From 1988 to 1993, the power struggle between the prime minister and presidency continued with the president dismissing the National Assembly on three different occasions. At the 1997 elections , the PML(N) secured a two-thirds majority in the Parliament and drafted the XIII and XIV Amendments to reverse the eighth amendment to the Constitution; this allowed Nawaz Sharif to centralize more executive powers. After
340-505: A constitutional obligation, the NFC Award can not be announced if the four provinces have failed to develop consensus. Minor changes in NFC formulations were carried out by Finance minister Shaukat Aziz in 2001, allocating ~50% of revenue to the four provinces against the prevailing formula of 62.89% as of 1995 NFC calculations. In 2005, President Pervez Musharraf finalizes the formula and enacted
408-508: A member of the National Assembly. As well as this, one must: The candidates for the prime minister are members of the National Assembly who were chosen through direct elections by popular vote following campaigning on the party platforms . Usually, the leader of the majority party in the parliament retains the office of prime minister, and forms the government either by coalition or by simple majority . The candidate must retain
476-400: A political realignment and the constitutional stipulation regarded a unanimous political concession between four provinces, the program has fever conclusive results, and only seven awards has been enacted since its emergence in 1951. In 2010, after series of reaching the concession and public debates successfully concluded the enactment of conclusive seventh award by the program, which affected
544-424: A positive conclusive results in 1974. The NFC program is viewed a step forward towards decentralization and establishment of fiscal federalism to promote equality, accountability, cost effectiveness, and opportunities for empowering and serving the poorest people in four provinces. The NFC Award is enacted through mathematical formulation between federal government and provincial governments. The NFC generalizes
612-427: A result of constant intervention by the governor-general. Despite the first set of the Constitution giving central power in 1956, the next six prime ministers were dismissed by the governor-general from 1951 till 1957. The first set of the Constitution had evolved the governor-general into the president of Pakistan whilst declaring the country an " Islamic republic ". In 1958, President Iskandar Mirza dismissed
680-670: A scheme of affairs in which the president of Pakistan is the head of state who represents the "unity of the Republic." The system of government in Pakistan is based on codified constitution which sees the prime minister as " chief executive of the Republic." Subject to the Constitution the Federation shall be exercised in the name of the President by the Federal Government, consisting of
748-506: A total of seven awards has been reimbursed since its emergence in 1951, by Prime Minister Liaquat Ali Khan . Stipulations and directions mentioned by the Constitution, the provisional governments and federal government competes to get higher share of the program's revenues in order to stabilize their own financial status. Intergovernmental transfer of economic resources is chaired by the President of Pakistan whose constitutional purpose
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#1732844865483816-600: Is elected by the Azad Kashmir Legislative Assembly and is supported by a council of ministers. (S&GA). Ministry of Home Affairs The Azad Kashmir Legislative Assembly, also known as the AJK Legislative Assembly, is a unicameral legislature of elected representatives. The assembly consists of 41 elected members and eight co-opted members of whom five are women, one is from the Ulama community, one
884-582: Is from Jammu and Kashmir technocrats and other professionals, and one is from Jammu and Kashmir nationals residing abroad. The Supreme Court of Azad Jammu and Kashmir is the highest court of appeals in Azad Kashmir. It consists of a chief justice and two other judges. The number of judges in the supreme Court has been fixed at three by the Azad Kashmir Interim Constitution Act of 1974. The high court of Azad Kashmir , which serves as
952-580: Is near the Prime Minister's Office. The prime minister is the chief executive who heads and exercises the authority of the Government of Pakistan . After obtaining a vote of confidence , the prime minister is invited by the president to take the oath of office and form the government. In practice, the prime minister nominates the members of the Cabinet who supervise the important functions and ministries of
1020-472: Is the head of government of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan . Executive authority is vested in the prime minister and his chosen cabinet , despite the president of Pakistan serving as the nominal head of executive. The prime minister is often the leader of the party or the coalition with a majority in the lower house of the Parliament of Pakistan , the National Assembly where he serves as Leader of
1088-420: Is the state government which administers one of the territories of Pakistani-administered Kashmir territories of Azad Kashmir . The Azad Kashmir government consists of a president as head of state and a prime minister as chief executive, with the support of a council of ministers. The state assembly is the Azad Kashmir Legislative Assembly . The chief executive of the government is the prime minister, who
1156-419: Is to supervise the system of fiscal transfer to correct the vertical fiscal imbalance between provincial and federal government , and horizontal fiscal imbalances between four provinces. Government financial specialists , mathematicians , and economists studied the mathematical and statistical aspects of the program before recommending the government to enact the program. Due to the program producing
1224-545: The Article 160 of the Constitution , the program was emerged to take control of financial imbalances and equally managed the financial resources to four provinces to meet their expenditure liabilities while alleviating the horizontal fiscal imbalances. As per Constitution, the program awards the designs of financial formulas of economic distribution to provincial and federal government for five consecutive years. All together,
1292-535: The Cabinet , and is charged with leading the National Command Authority over Pakistan's nuclear weapons arsenal . This position places its holder in leadership of the nation and in control over all matters, both internal affairs and foreign policy . The prime minister is elected by the members of the National Assembly and is therefore usually the leader of the majority party in the parliament . The Constitution of Pakistan vests executive powers in
1360-515: The Panama Papers Case . This also resulted in him being permanently disqualified from membership of the parliament . The prime minister is elected by the National Assembly. The National Assembly meets on the twenty-first day after a general election (at least every five years) unless the president calls for a vote of no confidence. Whichever member of the National assembly is chosen serves as
1428-500: The Port of Karachi. Based on the formula determined in 1997, the taxation revenue collected from four provinces are: 65% of taxation revenue are collected from Sindh; the 25% taxation revenue from comes from the Punjab; 7.01% of taxation revenue collections are collected from Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa ; lastly only 3.09% of taxation are collected from the largest province, Balochistan province. Due to
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#17328448654831496-539: The military junta led by the president had the powers of the prime minister. The office of the prime minister was created on immediate effect after the partition and the establishment of Pakistan in 1947; the prime minister existed alongside the governor-general who was the representative of the British monarchy . The first prime minister, Liaquat Ali Khan , exercised central executive powers until his assassination in 1951. The powers slowly began to be reduced as
1564-419: The military leadership as well as ensuring civilian control of the military through chairman joint chiefs , although this does not necessarily happen in tandem . Prime ministerial powers have significantly grown with a delicate system of check and balance by each branch. The position was absent during the years of 1958–1973, 1977–1985, and 1999–2002 due to imposed martial law. In each of these periods,
1632-441: The seventh prime minister to impose martial law in a mere two weeks, President Mirza was ousted by army chief General Ayub Khan who had for a brief period held the post of prime minister. In 1962, the second set of the Constitution completely dissolved the office of prime minister as all powers were transferred to the president of Pakistan. Criticism over the presidency after the presidential election held in 1965 over
1700-455: The vote of confidence of the members of the parliament before being invited by the president to form the government . The prime minister can be removed before the expiry of the term through a vote of no confidence in the parliament. If the vote of no confidence is passed by the National Assembly by a simple majority, the prime minister ceases to retain the office. In the past, prime ministers (and their governments) have been dismissed by
1768-449: The war led to the collapse of the presidential system in 1971. As the comprehensive Constitution reinstated in 1973, the post was reestablished with more central powers as the constitution provided a parliamentary system with President of Pakistan as figurehead . Amid agitation instigated by the right-wing alliance invited the military intervention in 1977 which suspended the post. The general elections held in 1985 restored
1836-599: The Government of Pakistan and communicates to the president all decisions of the Cabinet relating to the administration of affairs of state and proposals for legislation. The prime minister, in consultation with the Cabinet, schedules and attends the sessions of the Parliament and is required to answer questions from members of parliament to the ministers. The prime minister makes appointments on various important positions, including: Some specific ministries are usually allocated to
1904-559: The House . Prime minister holds office by virtue of their ability to command the confidence of the National Assembly . The prime minister is designated as the "chief executive of the Islamic Republic". Pakistan's prime minister leads the executive branch of the federal government , oversees the state economy , leads the National Assembly , heads the Council of Common Interests as well as
1972-493: The PPP nomination was Makhdoom Shahbuddin , but he was forced to withdraw after the ANF issued non-bailable arrest warrants against him. Raja Pervaiz Ashraf became the prime minister and remained in office until 2013. The general election held in 2013 saw the PML(N) almost achieve a supermajority. Following this, Nawaz Sharif was elected as prime minister, returning to the post for
2040-611: The President after consultation with the Governors of the Provinces. The program's existence was emerged in 1951 when Prime Minister Liaquat Ali Khan responded remarkably for initiating a series of new economic programs. This revenue sharing program was called "Raisman Award Program" (officially declared as Raisman Award of 1951), and was notified on 1 April 1, 1952. The Raisman program had gained control of taxation and transferred to federal government with allocations of 50% of proceeds to
2108-512: The Prime Minister and the Federal Ministers, which shall act through the Prime Minister, who shall be the chief executive of the Federation." The prime minister is also the chairman of the Council of Common Interests as set by: 1 There shall be a Council of Common Interests, in this Chapter referred to as the Council, to be appointed by the President (2) The Council shall consist of- (a)
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2176-550: The Prime Minister who shall be the Chairman of the Council; (b) the Chief Ministers of the Provinces; (c) three members from the Federal Government to be nominated by the Prime Minister from time to time. As in most of the parliamentary democracies , a head of state 's duties are mostly ceremonial. The prime minister of Pakistan is the head of government and has the responsibility for executive power. With Pakistan following
2244-436: The award under the NFC program by the ratio of 52:48 among federal government and provincial governments. Due to growing economic and financial demands, the NFC formula had to be changed to modern formula to compete with economic challenges. In 2009, Finance Minister Shaukat Tarin stated that population won't be the only parametric equation used in calculating the next NFC award. For the economic and financial distribution of
2312-529: The centralizing of powers. After the general elections held in 1970, the office was established with Nurul Amin becoming the prime minister who was also the vice-president . Negotiations that fall apart between Zulfikar Ali Bhutto , Mujibur Rehman , and Yahya Khan that prompted to liberation movement in the East Pakistan . With India intervening in East Pakistan and Pakistan conceding defeat to end
2380-664: The court of appeals, has three circuit benches based in Kotli , Mirpur and Rawalakot . Chief Election Commissioner for conducting general elections in AJK; Service Tribunal for adjudicating service issues of civil servants; Zakat Council for collecting, distributing the zakat system in AJK; Supreme Judicial Council of AJK; Prime Minister of Pakistan The prime minister of Pakistan ( Urdu : وزِیرِ اعظم پاکستان , romanized : Wazīr ē Aʿẓam lit. ' Grand Vizier ' , Urdu pronunciation: [ʋəˈziːr-ˌeː ˈɑː.zəm] )
2448-418: The custom duties taxes with the award. Before 1991, the custom duties taxes revenue had been awarded to federal government while the revenue of Worker Welfare Fund (WWF) remain in the four provinces where they are collected. The principality of 1991 NFC Award specifies that 63.12% of collected revenue of taxes were directed to the federal government and 37% distributed to the four provinces. Prime Minister Sharif
2516-521: The distribution formula. In a statement released by Finance Minister Shaukat Tarin , the inverse population density , and the derivative poverty rate has become a new parametric factor in calculating the program's awards. The National Finance Commission is constitutionally established by the Constitution which laid the foundation of equal distribution of revenues between the federal and four provincial governments of Pakistan. The Constitution grants powers to President of Pakistan to constitute
2584-471: The draw down of civil-military relations in 1999, Chairman joint chiefs General Pervez Musharraf staged a coup d'état against the PML(N)'s government and held nationwide elections in 2002 . With no party gaining a majority, a coalition was formed with the PML(Q) – a breakaway of the PML(N) and a pro-Musharraf party – leading with MQM . After some political wrangling, Zafarullah Jamali became
2652-604: The election may be called earlier. On 3rd March 2024, Shehbaz Sharif was re-elected for the second time as the country's 24th Prime Minister. He won by majority in the National Assembly of Pakistan against Omar Ayub Khan in a disputed elections. Azad Kashmir government Government of Gilgit-Baltistan Local government Constitution of Pakistan Territorial election commission Elections Provincial elections Territorial elections Political parties Provinces Autonomous region Customs Regional topics The Constitution envisages
2720-409: The final release papers and enacted the 7th NFC Award under the NFC program. The seventh award under the NFC program showed the multiplication and divisional factors and the functions in respect to following listed issues: Since 1951, there had been three awards enacted during the fiscal year of 1951, 1961 and 1970 under the undisclosed circumstances and its results remained inconclusive. Before 1951,
2788-405: The first Prime Minister of Pakistan to be legitimately removed from office, through a motion of no confidence. On 11th April 2022, Shehbaz Sharif was elected as the country's 23rd Prime Minister. He won by majority 174 votes in the National Assembly of Pakistan. Sharif will serve a term, at most of almost one year to fulfill Imran Khan's term until the 2023 Pakistani General Election , though
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2856-449: The five kinds of taxation , including the income taxes , sales tax , wealth taxes , capital gains taxes , and custom duties taxes. The program is constituted under President of Pakistan who coordinated and supervise the studies and calculations conducted by financial specialists , economists , statisticians and mathematicians . In 1997, changes in NFC formulation was carried out by Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif after including
2924-674: The four provinces and the federal government, the seventh NFC award was enacted by the program and ultimately, the seventh award produced the conclusive results. The seventh NFC award has allotted 82.98% of financial grants to four provinces to weight to population, in which approximately 10.3% of financial grants shares were asked to be spent on reduction of poverty in the country. Under the new formula, approximately 51.74% of revenue shares were directed to Punjab; ~24.55% to Sindh; ~14.62% to Khyber Pakhtunkhwa ; and ~9.09% to Balochistan Province; all shares were distributed based upon their performances. Finally in 2009, President Asif Ali Zardari signed
2992-496: The government. While drafting the new Constitution in 1973, the issue of financial distributions, economic equality, and economic justice was specifically mentioned in separate chapter of the Constitution . The Article 160 of the Constitution of Pakistan, laid the foundation and philosophical existence of the National Finance Commission (NFC) and provides the logical framework of (NFC), in 1973. The Constitution
3060-415: The loss of East Pakistan. While many factors had pointed out by the commission, generally marking the political, economical, ideological and geophysical reasons but the one emphasized the "Distribution of Resources" between each contingent. Controversially, the economic distribution of financials funds, grants, and resources were based on GNP performances and tax collection. The issue of population growth
3128-449: The martial law and a year before East Pakistan seceded. Its results too remain inconclusive which became a one reason for this secession was also their resentment on the revenue distributions of the past. After the separation of East-Pakistan as a direct resulting end of war with India in 1971, Prime Minister Zulfikar Ali Bhutto 's government formed the commission under Chief Justice Hamoodur Rahman to investigate and study
3196-439: The new award under the NFC program, factors such as inverse population density and rate of change in poverty have also been added and inserted in equations calculating the NFC formula by mathematicians and government statisticians in their research. In 2009, the work on new formula begins to determine the formula for new NFC award, with political parties began meeting leaders of provincial parties. After reaching concession with
3264-585: The office due to contempt of court after retroactively disqualifying the membership of the parliament permanently. On 28 July 2017, the Supreme Court of Pakistan disqualified the prime minister Nawaz Sharif from retaining the office due to his failure in fulfilling the eligibility requirements as enshrined in Articles 62 of the Constitution. This was in the aftermath of the Supreme Court hearing regarding
3332-476: The opposition targeted the implementation of the program. All calculations and data provided by Government of Pakistan as public domain In July 2000, Finance minister Shaukat Aziz presided the convection of National Finance Commission (NFC) to finalize the sixth award, due to constitutional termination of fifth awards program. In 2001, the commission was constituted under President Pervez Musharraf to supervise
3400-490: The post, with Muhammad Junejo becoming the prime minister. Later that year, the National Assembly passed the controversial eighth amendment to the Constitution, giving the president the power to dismiss the prime minister and the National Assembly without prior consultation. The general elections in 1988 resulted in the Pakistan Peoples Party 's Benazir Bhutto becoming the first woman prime minister elected in
3468-517: The president exercising the VIII Amendment to the Constitution of Pakistan (1985), but this was repealed by the XVIII Amendment to the Constitution of Pakistan (2010). The prime minister has absolute constitutional immunity from criminal and civil proceedings, and no proceedings can be initiated or continued against him during the term of his office. In 2012, the Supreme Court of Pakistan has ceased at least one prime minister from retaining
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#17328448654833536-457: The prime minister until the next election or until he fails to maintain the confidence of the National Assembly. 91. The Cabinet: (1) There shall be a Cabinet of Ministers, with the Prime Minister at its head, to aid and advise the President in the exercise of his functions. (2) The National Assembly shall meet on the twenty-first day following the day on which a general election to the Assembly
3604-484: The prime minister, and passed the XVII amendment which partially restored the power of the president to dissolve the National Assembly, but made the dissolution subject to the Supreme Court of Pakistan 's approval. Over the authority issues, Prime Minister Jamali resigned in 2004 and Shaukat Aziz was eventually appointed as prime minister, securing 151 out of 191 votes in the National Assembly. The XVII amendment featured
3672-412: The prime minister, who is responsible for appointing the Cabinet as well as running the executive branch, taking and authorizing executive decisions, appointments, and recommendations that require prime ministerial confirmation. Constitutionally, the prime minister serves as the chief adviser to the president of Pakistan on critical matters; and plays an influential role in appointment in each branch of
3740-468: The prime minister: The prime minister is vested with command authority over the Pakistani nuclear arsenal and represents the country in various delegations, high-level meetings, and international organisations that require the attendance of the highest government office and also addresses the nation on various issues of national importance. The Constitution of Pakistan requires that the prime minister be
3808-581: The program in five consecutive years . The Constitution further stated: Within six months of the commencing day and thereafter at intervals not exceeding five (consecutive) years , the President shall constitute a National Finance Commission consisting of the Minister of Finance of the Federal Government, the Ministers of Finance of the Provincial Governments, and such other persons as may be appointed by
3876-448: The provinces were given royalty and gas development surcharge on oil and gas. The first fifth NFC Award was announced in 1995 by Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto . The first fifth award remained highly controversial and debatable at the country's news channels . Soon, the second fifth award was announced by Prime minister Nawaz Sharif in 1997 after his rival, Benazir Bhutto, was dismissed. Although it remains conclusive on many parts, but
3944-459: The provinces. Custom duties, the main revenue earner was kept out of the divisible pool and the sales tax was completely federalized. The fourth NFC award was declared in 1991 by the PML government after successfully reaching the concession with the four provinces. For the first time in the short history of Pakistan, the fourth NFC Award had recognized the rights of the provinces on natural resources and
4012-470: The provinces. Since 1951, there were only three of these awards (1961, 1964 and 1970) enacted by the Raisman program. All of these were given in unusual circumstances and their results remained inconclusive. The Raisman program enacted the awards during the promulgation of One Unit Program , and equally distributed with West-Pakistan and East-Pakistan . In 1970, the Raisman program enacted the third award during
4080-463: The sales tax was in exclusive domain of provincial governments and it was partly federalized to the extent of 50%t in 1951 under the Raisman Program of Prime Minister Liaquat Ali Khan . However, it was in 1974 when all sales tax was completely federalized and Prime minister Zulfikar Ali Bhutto declared population as the only criterion for distribution of revenue. The first official NFC award
4148-406: The third time after a fourteen-year absence, in a democratic transition. In July 2017, Nawaz Sharif was disqualified as prime minister, not on the corruption charges linked to Panama papers leak that he was questioned for in extension due to his sons, but for failing to declare as in his nomination papers, salary from a company owned by his son. His lawyer insisted that though the ousted prime minister
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#17328448654834216-784: The work on sixth award. Finally in 2002, the sixth NFC award under the NFC program was enacted by President Pervez Musharraf but failed to reach a consensus decision. Although it was enacted but the sixth award's results remained inconclusive. In 2010, the seventh NFC award was successfully enacted by President Asif Zardari after reaching a united concessions with the four provinces. Government of Azad Kashmir Government of Gilgit-Baltistan Local government Constitution of Pakistan Territorial election commission Elections Provincial elections Territorial elections Political parties Provinces Autonomous region Customs Regional topics The Government of Azad Kashmir ( Urdu : حکومتِ آزاد کشمیر )
4284-540: Was designated chairman of the company, he had never drawn any salary from the company, however, the judges consulting Black's Law Dictionary chose to disqualify Nawaz Sharif for not paying taxes on an asset he never held but could have. On 18 August 2018, Imran Khan was sworn in as the country's 22nd prime minister. On 10 April 2022, a constitutional crisis culminated in Khan losing a motion of no confidence with 174 votes cast against him, ending his premiership and making him
4352-422: Was enacted under this program in 1974 by the government of Prime minister Zulfikar Ali Bhutto , which produced a conclusive results. However, the two NFC Awards enacted during the fiscal period of 1979 and 1984 remained inconclusive as President Zia-ul-Haq failed to reach consensus and ended in a deadlock. The first award was enacted as setting the population as the only criterion for revenue distribution among
4420-534: Was never calculated and even raised by any civil servant or bureaucrat, since many had realized that if such factors determined, it would have resulted in greater share of East-Pakistan from the Federal Divisible Pool or in Federal Budget for East and West Pakistan. Efforts were applied to end the economic disparity and depression among federal government and provincial governments of Pakistan by
4488-533: Was passed to reverse the XVII amendment; it returned the country to being a parliamentary democratic republic . The XVIII Amendment removed all powers of the presidency to dissolve the Parliament unilaterally and sweep away the powers amassed by the former presidents Pervez Musharraf and Zia-ul-Haq to maintain a delicate check and balance . Following a contempt of court case, the Supreme Court permanently disqualified Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gillani . Originally,
4556-417: Was unanimously approved by the all and major political parties in the country, and successfully promulgated the constitution in 1973. During the fiscal period from 1973 to 1974, Zulfikar Ali Bhutto and his government collaborated with the provincial governments of four provinces and successfully enacted the first financial award under NFC program; the first award proved to be success after it had produced
4624-402: Was widely given credited for declaring a consensus on formulating the 7th NFC Award with some positive recommendations. Earlier in 1991, the financial resources were vertically distributed at a fixed ratio of 20:80 among federal and provincial governments. Majority of the taxation and revenues are collected from Punjab and Sindh provinces of Pakistan. Almost all custom duties are collected at
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