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Rule 1 – Commencement	Rule 1 – Digital application
Rule 1 – Title & source	Rule 10 – Cabinet Division
Rule 11 – Establishment Division	Rule 12 – Finance Division
Rule 14 – Law and Justice	Rule 14A – Revenue Division
Rule 15 – Reference to PM	Rule 15A – Reference to President
Rule 16 – Cabinet cases	Rule 17 – Disposal
Rule 18 – Summary	Rule 19 – Circulation
Rule 2 – Definitions	Rule 20 – Attendance
Rule 20 – Cabinet meetings	Rule 22 – ECNEC
Rule 22 – NEC	Rule 23 – Committees
Rule 24 – Action on decisions	Rule 24 – Secrecy
Rule 25 – Year Book	Rule 26 – Annual Report
Rule 27 – Official Bills	Rule 3 – Allocation
Rule 30 – Ordinances	Rule 36 – Parliament
Rule 4 – Organization	Rule 41 – Money Bill
Rule 42A – Reconsideration	Rule 46 – Budget
Rule 48 – Governors	Rule 5 – Approaching Minister
Rule 5 – Contravention	Rule 5 – Deputy PM
Rule 5 – Disagreement	Rule 5 – Interpretation
Rule 5 – Secretariat Instructions	Rule 5 – Secretary as PAO
Rule 5 – Transaction	Rule 5 – Verbal orders
Rule 50A – SCCI	Rule 51-53 – Emergency
Rule 55 – Information	Rule 56 – Communication
Rule 57 – Relaxation	Rule 58 – Repeal
Rule 6 – Responsibility	Rule 7 – Contracts
Rule 7 – Orders	Rule 8 – Inter-Division
Rule 9 – Secretaries' Committee	Schedule I – Cabinet Secretariat
Schedule II – Allocation	Schedule II – Cabinet Division
Schedule III	Schedule III – FIA
Schedule IV	Schedule V-A
Schedule V-B	Schedule VI
Schedule VII

The Rules of Business, 1973 were made by the Federal Government in exercise of powers conferred by Articles ______ of the Constitution.

48 and 90
90 and 91
90 and 99
99 and 100

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The Rules of Business, 1973 came into force on:

26th September, 1973
14th August, 1973
12th April, 1973
1st July, 1973

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Rule 1(3), added in 2026, provides that the Rules shall also apply, mutatis mutandis, when Government business is conducted through:

Provincial Governments on behalf of the Federation
Outsourced service providers
Video-link meetings of the Cabinet only
Automated or digitalized applications, platforms or systems

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Under Rule 2(1)(iv), 'Cabinet' means and consists of the:

Prime Minister and the Federal Ministers
Prime Minister, Federal Ministers and Ministers of State
Prime Minister, Ministers and Advisers
Federal Ministers, Ministers of State and Special Assistants

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Under the Rules of Business, the term 'Minister' includes:

An Adviser to the Prime Minister
A Parliamentary Secretary
A Minister without portfolio and a Minister of State
A Special Assistant to the Prime Minister

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'Business' under Rule 2(1)(iii) means:

Legislative work of Divisions
All policy work of the Cabinet
Work allocated in Schedule II only
All work done by the Federal Government

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A 'Division' is defined as:

A self-contained administrative unit responsible for conduct of business in a distinct and specified sphere, declared as such by the Federal Government
A group of Ministries constituted by the Prime Minister
A basic working unit headed by a Section Officer
A department having direct relation with a Ministry

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'Attached Department' means a Department which:

Is headed by an officer of BPS-21
Has direct relation with a Division and has been declared as such by the Federal Government
Is under the control of a Provincial Government
Is located in the Federal Secretariat

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Who is the 'Leader of the House' under Rule 2(1)(x)?

A Member of Parliament appointed by the Prime Minister to regulate official business
The Minister for Parliamentary Affairs ex officio
The senior-most Federal Minister
The Speaker of the National Assembly

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'Local administration' means the agency through which the:

Interior Division administers ICT police
Prime Minister controls attached departments
Provincial Government administers districts
President administers a territory subject to his direct administrative control

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