Anwaar ul Haq Kakar

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Anwaar-ul-Haq Kakar
انوار الحق کاکڑ
Kakar in 2023
Caretaker 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
Incumbent
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	(1971-05-15) 15 May 1971 (age 53) Muslim Bagh, Qilla Saifullah, Balochistan, Pakistan
Political party	Independent (2024-present)
Other political affiliations	BAP (2018–2023)[1] PML(N) (2013–2018) PML(Q) (2006–2013)
Alma mater	Cadet College Kohat University of Balochistan
Occupation	Politician teacher

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.