First Shehbaz Sharif provincial government

The First Shehbaz Sharif provincial government was formed by Shehbaz Sharif in 1997 to begin a new government following the 1997 Pakistani general election.

First Shehbaz Sharif provincial government
Cabinet of Punjab, Pakistan
Date formed	1997
Date dissolved	1999
People and organisations
Head of state	Muhammad Rafiq Tarar
Head of government	Shehbaz Sharif
Member party	Pakistan Muslim League (N)
Status in legislature	Majority

Cabinet

Ministers

Following were the members of cabinet:

• Brig (Retd) Zulfiqar Ahmed Dhilloun (PP-134 – Sheikhupura) - PML(N) - Education
• Ch Muhammad Afzal Sahi (PP-54 – Faisalabad) - PML(N) - Communication & Works (1998-1999)
• Ch Muhammad Iqbal (PP-85 – Gujranwala) - PML(N)- Irrigation & Power
• Ch Muhammad Riaz (PP-10 – Rawalpindi) - PML(N) - Cooperatives
• Ch Shaukat Dawood (PP-239 – Rahim Yar Khan) - PML(N) - Revenue
• Muhammad Iqbal Khan Khakwani (PP-160 – Multan) - PML(N) - Food
• Haji Irfan Ahmed Khan Daha (PP-177 – Khanewal) - PML(N) - Transport
• Malik Saleem Iqbal (PP-19 – Chakwal) - PML(N) - Forest, Fisheries, Wildlife and Tourism
• Mian Meraj Din (PP-120 – Lahore) - PML(N)- Excise & Taxation
• Ijaz Ahmed Sheikh (PP-102 – Sialkot) - PML(N) - Labour and Manpower
• Muhammad Arshad Khan Lodhi (PP-182 – Sahiwal) - PML(N) - Industries & Mineral Development
• Muhammad Basharat Raja (PP-4 – Rawalpindi) - PML(N) - Law & Parliamentary Affairs (Additional Charge – Information, Culture and Youth Affairs)
• Pir Syed Muhammad Binyamin Rizvi (PP-99 – Mandi Baha-ud-Din) - PML(N) - Social Welfare, Women Development and Bait-ul-Maal
• Raja Ishfaq Sarwar (PP-8 – Rawalpindi) - PML(N) - Health
• Rana Muhammad Iqbal Khan (PP-149 – Kasur) - PML(N) - Livestock & Dairy Development
• Sahibzada Haji Muhammad Fazal Karim (PP-56 – Faisalabad) - PML(N) -

Auqaf

• Sardar Zulfiqar Ali Khan Khosa (PP-201 – D.G. Khan) - PML(N)- Communication & Works
• Syed Afzaal Ali Shah Gillani (PP-158 – Okara) - PML(N) - Housing & Physical Planning