Constitution 1973 § Article 91 — The Cabinet

Statutory text (English)

(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 is held, unless sooner summoned by the President.

(3) After the election of the Speaker and the Deputy Speaker, the National Assembly shall, to
the exclusion of any other business, proceed to elect without debate one of its Muslim members to be
the Prime Minister.

(4) The Prime Minister shall be elected by the votes of the majority of the total membership of
the National Assembly:

Provided that, if no member secures such majority in the first poll, a second poll shall be held
between the members who secure the two highest numbers of votes in the first poll and the member
who secures a majority of votes of the members present and voting shall be declared to have been
elected as Prime Minister:

Provided further that, if the number of votes secured by two or more members securing the
highest number of votes is equal, further poll shall be held between them until one of them secures a
majority of votes of the members present and voting.

(5) The member elected under clause

(4) shall be called upon by the President to assume the
office of Prime Minister and he shall, before entering upon the office, make before the President oath
in the form set out in the Third Schedule:

Provided that there shall be no restriction on the number of terms for the office of the Prime
Minister.

(6) The Cabinet, together with the Ministers of State, shall be collectively responsible to the
Senate and the National Assembly.

(7) The Prime Minister shall hold office during the pleasure of the President, but the President
shall not exercise his powers under this clause unless he is satisfied that the Prime Minister does not
command the confidence of the majority of the members of the National Assembly, in which case he
shall summon the National Assembly and require the Prime Minister to obtain a vote of confidence
from the Assembly.

(8) The Prime Minister may, by writing under his hand addressed to the President, resign his
office.

(9) A Minister who for any period of six consecutive months is not a member of the National
Assembly shall, at the expiration of that period, cease to be a Minister and shall not before the
dissolution of that Assembly be again appointed a Minister unless he is elected a member of that
Assembly:

Provided that nothing contained in this clause shall apply to a Minister who is member of the
Senate.

(10) Nothing contained in this Article shall be construed as disqualifying the Prime Minister
or any other Minister or a Minister of State for continuing in office during any period during which
the National Assembly stands dissolved, or as preventing the appointment of any person as Prime
Minister or other Minister or a Minister of State during any such period.]

Source and verification

Source citation: Constitution of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, 1973, Art. 91: Pakistan Code portal consolidated official PDF 'THE CONSTITUTION OF THE ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF PAKISTAN' (incl. 26th Amdt Act 2024 & 27th Amdt Act 2025), p. 52, 53, ingested 2026-09-15. Automated transcription from official source (pypdf extraction, audited artifact repair); human admin re-check required before production.

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