The Executive branch of the Pakistani government is responsible for the daily management and administration of the country. It is headed by the Prime Minister, who is elected by the National Assembly and appoints the cabinet and senior government officials. The President is the ceremonial head of state and is elected by an Electoral College for a five-year term. Key roles of the Executive branch include overseeing provinces and institutions through governors and appointments, commanding the armed forces, and enacting policies through the Cabinet and departments.

1. The Functions of Government-
Executive Branch
By: Nitasha Maqsood www.pakvoter.org
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2. • The government is divided into three categories named
as Legislative branch, Executive branch and Judicial
branch. In earlier session, we've discussed Legislative
branch. Now this session is dedicated to the Executive
branch.
• The Executive branch role is to monitor the daily
management of the state bureaucracy. The distribution
of powers into different branches of government is
essential to the republican idea of the division of powers.
The division of power system is intended to dissect the
power away from the executive branch, an endeavor to
conserve entity liberty in rejoinder to dictatorial
leadership all through history.
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3. Prime Minister (PM)
The PM, who in Urdu is also known as Wazir-e-Azam is the executive head of the state, who is
constitutionally assigned as the chief executive of Pakistan. Prevalently voted by people in
direct elections in the parliament, the PM is accountable for selecting a cabinet as well as
organizing the government operations.
The PM accordingly assigned the directors, executives, chairmen in nearly all state institutions
and firms, agreement to constitution, including:
• Chief Ministers of Four Provinces
• Key managerial and military engagements 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.
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4. President
• The President of Pakistan is an element of the parliament. The
official residence is situated in contiguous to the parliament.
• The President of Pakistan is a ceremonial figurehead, a
ceremonial head of state representing the unity of the country.
• Elected for a five-year time period by indirect elections,
the Electoral College consisting of affiliates of the Senate of
Pakistan and National Assembly and affiliates of the four
provincial assemblies, the president is entitled for
reelection. But no person may hold the office for more than
two successive terms. The president may quit or be put on
trial and may be aloof from office for inability or disgusting
delinquency by a two-thirds vote of the parts of the
parliament.
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5. The President get pleasure from all constitutional controls and
workout them unswervingly or through officers inferior to him.
The President is accountable for building an extensive diversity
of actions. These include:
• Governors of Four Provinces
• The Chief Justice, after finishing the discussion with the PM
• The Chief Election Commissioner, meeting required from the
PM
• The Attorney General and Comptroller and Auditor General
The President, as Head of State also receives the testimonial of
Ambassadors from other countries, whilst the PM, as Head of
Government, receives testimonial of High Commissioners from
other affiliates of the Commonwealth, in turn with historical
tradition.
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6. • The President is the national Commander in Chief of
the Pakistan Armed Forces. The President of
Pakistan can endow a pardon to or lessen the
verdict, pardon and reprieve, and to pay, postpone
or exchange any verdict passed by any court,
committee or other authority, mainly in cases
concerning sentence of death. The pronouncement
relating forgiving and added privileges by the
President are sovereign of the view of the PM or the
Parliamentary mass. In most other cases, though,
the President workout his or her executive power on
the recommendation of the PM.
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7. Cabinet, Executive Department and
Institutions
• The Cabinet can have utmost number of 11 percent of whole
power of Parliament members, there can be utmost 49
associates of cabinet not including PM. All Cabinet officials
must be a part of parliament (MP) who is selected in
undeviating elections. The Cabinet ministers chaired the
Cabinet and added assisted by the Cabinet Secretary, whose
prior arrangement comes from the Civil Services of Pakistan.
Other Ministers are either Ministers of State, who are junior
affiliates who account directly to one of the Cabinet Ministers,
frequently managing a specific portion of government.
• Previously agreed all cabinet ministers are officially
incorrigible to their prior arrangement offices by the
President in a exceptional oath of ceremony.
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