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Anwaar-ul-Haq Kakar | |
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انوار الحق کاکڑ | |
![]() Kakar in 2023 | |
Prime Minister of Pakistan | |
In office 14 August 2023 – 4 March 2024 | |
President | Arif Alvi |
Preceded by | Shehbaz Sharif |
Succeeded by | Shehbaz Sharif |
Member of the Senate of Pakistan | |
Assumed office 9 April 2024 | |
Constituency | General seat from Balochistan |
In office 12 March 2018 – 13 August 2023 | |
Constituency | General seat from Balochistan |
Spokesperson of the Government of Balochistan | |
In office 2015–2018 | |
Personal details | |
Born | Muslim Bagh, Qilla Saifullah, Balochistan, Pakistan | 15 May 1971
Political party | Independent (2024-present) |
Other political affiliations | |
Alma mater | |
Occupation | |
Anwaar-ul-Haq Kakar (Urdu: انوار الحق کاکڑ; Pashto: انوار الحق کاکړ; born 1971) is a Pakistani politician who served as the longest-serving caretaker prime minister of Pakistan between 14 August 2023 and 4 March 2024. He was succeeded by his predecessor Shehbaz Sharif.[2][3] He assumed membership in the Upper House of Pakistan in March 2018.[4] Before taking on the role of caretaker prime minister, Kakar had resigned from the upper house of parliament. Subsequently, he publicly declared his resignation from both the Senate and the Balochistan Awami Party (BAP), a political party he established in 2018.[5][6]
Kakar also served as the spokesperson of the Government of Balochistan from 2015 to 2017.