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انوار الحق کاکڑ
Kakar in 2023
Caretaker Prime Minister of Pakistan
Incumbent
Assumed office 14 August 2023
President	Arif Alvi
Preceded by	Shehbaz Sharif
Member of the Senate of Pakistan
In office 12 March 2018 – 13 August 2023
Constituency	General seat from Balochistan
Spokeperson of the Government of Balochistan
In office 2015–2017
Governor	Muhammad Khan Achakzai
Personal details
Born	(1971-05-15) 15 May 1971 (age 52) Muslim Bagh, Qilla Saifullah, Balochistan, Pakistan
Political party	Independent
Other political affiliations	Pakistan Muslim League (N) (until 2002) Pakistan Muslim League (Q) (until 2018) Balochistan Awami Party (2018–2023)
Education	Cadet College Kohat
Alma mater	University of Balochistan

Anwaar-ul-Haq Kakar (Urdu: انوار الحق کاکڑ; Pashto: انوار الحق کاکړ‎; born 1971) is a Pakistani politician who is currently serving as the caretaker prime minister of Pakistan, in office since August 2023. He succeeded Shehbaz Sharif. He previously served as the spokesperson of the Government of Balochistan from 2015 to 2017.

Early life and education

Kakar was born on 15 May 1971 in Qilla Saifullah, Balochistan into a prominent middle-class Pashtun family: his grandfather Dr Noor Muhammad Kakar was the personal physician of the Khan of Kalat, his father Ihtishamul Haq Kakar was a civil servant while his maternal uncle Arbab Yousaf Kasi and other relatives have been involved in politics. The Kakar tribe to which he belongs is considered to be particularly influential in the northern parts of Balochistan.

Kakar was educated at St. Francis School, Quetta and later attended Cadet College Kohat. He holds a master's degree in political science and sociology, which he completed at the University of Balochistan in the 1990s. He further attempted to study law at Birkbeck, University of London in the United Kingdom but did not complete the program.

He returned to Pakistan in 2005.

Academic career

Kakar started his career as a teacher.

Kakar is also involved with various think tanks formulating Pakistan's foreign policy and is a keen observer of the geopolitics of South Asia, especially, Afghanistan-Pakistan relations. He is also on the visiting faculty of Command and Staff College, Quetta and National Defence University, Islamabad where Kakar delivers lecture on International Relations.

Kakar is fluent in Pashto, Urdu, Persian, English, Balochi and Brahui.

Political career

Senator, 2006–2023

Kakar began his political career when he joined PML-Q in 2006. He contested a seat in the National Assembly from Quetta in the 2008 general election but was unsuccessful.

Kakar supported military actions in Balochistan during the ethnic nationalist insurgency from 2007 to 2013, often dismissing allegations of military abuses in the province and attributing unrest to external factors. In December 2015, his stance led to his appointment as the spokesperson for the Chief Minister of Balochistan during the tenure of the Pakistan Muslim League (N) (PML-N) government, a position he held until 2018.

In 2018, Kakar left PML-N and helped found a new political party named Balochistan Awami Party (BAP). Later, he was elected to the Senate of Pakistan as an independent candidate for a general seat from Balochistan in 2018 Pakistani Senate election. He took oath as Senator on 12 March 2018. He also remained Chairperson for the Committee of Overseas Pakistanis and Human Resource Development and members of other committees including the Business Advisory Committee, Finance and Revenue, Foreign Affairs, Science and Technology.

In 2020, Kakar was briefly considered for the position of Federal Minister of Information in Imran Khan's government, but he was ultimately not appointed.

Caretaker Premiership, 2023–Present

Kakar with Azerbaijan's President Ilham Aliyev in November 2023

In 2023, Kakar was nominated to serve as Caretaker Prime Minister of Pakistan by the outgoing opposition leader and the outgoing Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif. The president Arif Alvi signed on the summary making him the

8th Caretaker Prime Minister of Pakistan. He took oath on the 76th independence day of Pakistan, 14 August 2023. He resigned from the Senate on 14 August 2023 and on the same day, his resignation was accepted by the Chairman of the Senate Sadiq Sanjrani.

In October 2023, he called for a ceasefire in the Israel–Hamas war. In November 2023, Kakar said that "We are witnessing a holocaust of Palestinian children in Gaza. This appalling and atrocious children holocaust must stop immediately."

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