Prime Minister
On 20 July 2002, Jamali joined the splinter and rebel group of Pakistan Muslim League, the Q Group as its Senior Executive President. In 2002, Jamali participated with full force in 2002 general elections and secured his parliamentary seat with heavy margin from Balochistan Province. Initially, he contested for the Prime minister Secretariat and won the support of his party members when his supporters from the Peoples party and Muslim league defected to Q-Group to support him. In the first parliamentary session, Jamali won the bid of the Prime minister secretariat. This was the first general election to take place in Pakistan following the 1999 coup.
Since, no political party had the exclusive mandate, his election as Prime Minister came after weeks of political negotiations. On 21 November 2002, Jamali took the oath and became 13th Prime minister of Pakistan, as well as first Baloch Prime minister of that country. During the first session, Jamali secured 188 votes out of 342 seat lower house, the National Assembly. Prime minister Jamali formed a coalition government, forming with MQM, MMA, PPPP, and the Splinter Group of Pakistan Muslim League. Jamali successfully oversaw the transition of Pakistan's two-party democracy into multi-party democracy.
Soon after appointed as Prime minister, Jamali announced the new cabinet, consisting Shaukat Aziz (as Finance), Rao Iskandar (Defence, Faisal Hyatt (Interior), Khurschid Kasurie (Foreign Affairs, and Zubaida Jalal (Education). Jamali appointed Justice Sheikh Riaz Ahmad as Chief Justice of Pakistan and re-established the Supreme Court of Pakistan after deposing Justice Saeeduzzaman Siddiqui.
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