Prime Minister’s post was created at the time of Pakistan’s independence. Since the post of Governor-General had not been abolished permanently at the beginning, Prime Minister initially did not have all executive powers. After the assassination of Pakistan’s first Prime Minister, Liaquat Ali Khan in 1951, there came seven different Prime Ministers within a period of six years and all of them were from Muslims League except Sir Feroz Khan Noon, who was from the Republican Party.
Then after the coup d’état from General Ayub Khan, Prime Minister’s post was abolished for a period of 13 years and 2 months up till 1971. There was a very short period of recreation of the post when Nurul Amin was appointed Prime Minister for merely 13 days and alongside him, General Yahya Khan also illegally made both Zulfikar Ali Bhutto and Mujibur Rehman Vice Prime Ministers, but they never acquired these positions.
Subsequently, the posts had been abolished four more times, all when the military take over occurred. Currently, under the 18th Amendment passed in 2010, Prime Minister is the head of the state of Pakistan and holds more power than any other government official, including the President. Here is the complete list of Prime Ministers of Pakistan since 1947.
1. Liaquat Ali Khan (1896 – 1951)
In Office: 14 August 1947 – 16 October 1951
Status: Elected democratically
Political Party: Muslim League
Total Duration: 4 Years, 2 Months, 2 Days
2. Sir Khawaja Nazimuddin (1894 – 1964)
In Office: 17 October 1951 – 17 April 1953
Status: Elected democratically
Political Party: Muslim League
Total Duration: 2 Years exactly
3. Muhammad Ali Bogra (1909 – 1963)
In Office: 17 April 1953 – 12 August 1955
Status: Elected democratically
Political Party: Muslim League
Total Duration: 2 Years, 2 Months, 26 Days
4. Chaudhry Muhammad Ali (1905 – 1980)
In Office: 12 August 1955 – 12 September 1956
Status: Elected democratically
Political Party: Muslim League
Total Duration: 1 Year, 1 Month exactly
5. Huseyn Shaheed Suhrawardy (1892 – 1963)
In Office: 12 September 1956 – 17 October 1957
Status: Elected democractically
Political Party: Awami League
Total Duration: 1 Year, 1 Month, 5 Days
6. Ibrahim Ismail Chundrigar (1898 – 1968)
In Office: 17 October 1957 – 16 December 1957
Status: Elected democratically
Political Party: Muslim League
Total Duration: 1 Month, 29 Days
7. Sir Feroz Khan Noon (1893 – 1970)
In Office: 16 December 1957 – 7 October 1958
Status: Elected democratically
Political Party: Republican Party
Total Duration: 9 Months, 21 Days
Post Abolished: 7 October 1958 – 7 December 1971
Total Duration of Abolishment: 13 Years, 2 Months exactly
8. Nurul Amin (1893 – 1974)
In Office: 7 December 1971 – 20 December 1971
Status: Elected democratically
Political Party: Pakistan Muslim League
Total Duration: 13 Days Only
Post Abolished: 20 December 1971 – 14 August 1973
Total Duration of Abolishment: 1 Year, 7 Months, 25 Days
9. Zulfikar Ali Bhutto (1928 – 1979)
In Office: 14 August 1973 – 5 July 1977
Status: Elected democratically
Political Party: Pakistan Peoples Party
Total Duration: 3 Years, 10 Months, 21 Days
Post Abolished: 5 July 1977 – 24 March 1985
Total Duration of Abolishment: 7 Years, 8 Months, 19 Days
10. Muhammad Khan Junejo (1932 – 1993)
In Office: 24 March 1985 – 29 May 1988
Status: Elected democratically
Political Party: Independent; Pakistan Muslim League
Total Duration: 3 Years, 2 Months, 5 Days
Post Abolished: 29 May 1988 – 2 December 1988
Total Duration of Abolishment: 6 Months, 3 Days
11. Benazir Bhutto (1953 – 2007)
In Office: 2 December 1988 – 6 August 1990
Status: Elected democratically
Political Party: Pakistan Peoples Party
Total Duration: 1 Year, 8 Months, 4 Days
- Ghulam Mustafa Jatoi (1931 – 2009)
In Office: 6 August 1990 – 6 November 1990
Status: Caretaker/Acting
Political Party: None
Total Duration: 3 Months exactly
12. Nawaz Sharif (Born 1949)
In Office: 6 November 1990 – 18 April 1993
Status: Elected democratically
Political Party: Pakistan Muslim League (N), Islami Jamhoori Ittehad *changed later
Total Duration: 2 Years, 5 Months, 12 Days
- Balakh Sher Mazari (Born 1928)
In Office: 18 April 1993 – 26 May 1993
Status: Caretaker/Acting
Political Party: None
Total Duration: 1 Month, 8 Days
Nawaz’s Second Term:
In Office: 26 May 1993 – 18 July 1993
Status: Elected democratically
Political Party: Pakistan Muslim League (N)
Total Duration: 1 Month, 22 Days
- Moeenuddin Ahmad Qureshi (Born 1930)
In Office: 18 July 1993 – 19 October 1993
Status: Caretaker/Acting
Political Party: None
Total Duration: 3 Months, 1 Day exactly
13. Benazir’s Second Term:
In Office: 19 October 1993 – 5 November 1996
Status: Elected democratically
Political Party: Pakistan Peoples Party
Total Duration: 3 Years, 17 Days
- Malik Meraj Khalid (1916 – 2003)
In Office: 5 November 1996 – 17 February 1997
Status: Caretaker/Acting
Political Party: None
Total Duration: 3 Months, 12 Days
14. Nawaz’s Third Term:
In Office: 17 February 1997 – 12 October 1999
Status: Elected democratically
Political Party: Pakistan Muslim League (N)
Total Duration: 2 Years, 7 Months, 23 Days
Post Abolished: 12 October 1999 – 20 November 2002
Total Duration of Abolishment: 3 Years, 1 Month, 8 Days
15. Zafarullah Khan Jamali (Born 1944)
In Office: 21 November 2002 – 26 June 2004
Status: Acting/Appointed by the President
Political Party: Pakistan Muslim League (Q)
Total Duration: 1 Year, 7 Months, 5 Days
16. Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain (Born 1946)
In Office: 30 June 2004 – 20 August 2004
Status: Elected democratically
Political Party: Pakistan Muslim League (Q)
Total Duration: 1 Month, 21 Days
17. Shaukat Aziz (Born 1949)
In Office: 20 August 2004 – 16 November 2007
Status: Elected democratically
Political Party: Pakistan Muslim League (Q)
Total Duration: 3 Years, 2 Months, 27 Days
- Muhammad Mian Soomro (Born 1950)
In Office: 16 November 2007 – 25 March 2008
Status: Caretaker/Acting
Political Party: Pakistan Muslim League (Q)
Total Duration: 4 Months, 9 Days
18. Yousaf Raza Gillani (Born 1952)
In Office: 25 March 2008 – 19 June 2012
Status: Elected democratically
Political Party: Pakistan Peoples Party
Total Duration: 4 Years, 2 Months, 25 Days
19. Raja Pervaiz Ashraf (1950)
In Office: 22 June 2012 – 25 March 2013
Status: Assumed Prime Minister’s role when his predecessor, Yousuf Raza Gilani was disqualified by the Supreme Court of Pakistan on contempt of court charges.
Political Party: Pakistan People’s Party
Total Duration: 9 Months, 3 Days
- Mir Hazar Khan Khoso (1929)
In Office: 25 March 2013 – 4 June 2013
Status: Caretaker Prime Minister.
Political Party: Independent
Total Duration: 2 Months, 10 Days
20. Mian Muhammad Nazwaz Sharif (1949)
In Office: 5 June 2013 – 28 July 2017
Status: Elected Prime Minister.
Political Party: Muslim League (N)
Total Duration: 4 years, 1 month, 23 days
21. Shahid Khaqan Abbasi (1958)
In Office: 1 August 2017 – 31 May 2018
Status: Caretaker Prime Minister.
Political Party: Muslim League (N)
Total Duration: Parliament elected as the PM and to serve a 50-day period.
- Nasirul Mulk (1950)
In Office: 1 June 2018 – 18 August 2018
Status: Caretaker/Acting
Political Party: None
Total Duration: 2 Months, 18 Days
22. Imran Khan (1952)
In Office: 18 August 2018 – continued
Status: Elected Prime Minister
Political Party: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf
Total Duration: Counting
- Longest Time Served by a Prime Minister: Yousuf Raza Gilani (4 Years, 2 Months, 25 Days). Previously, Liaquat Ali Khan served the longest time as Prime Minister (4 Years, 2 Months, 2 Days). After aggregating Nawaz Sharif’s three terms, his duration totals up to 4 years, 13 months and 57 days or 5 years, 2 month and 27 days. After aggregating Benazir Bhutto’s two terms, her duration totals up to 4 years, 8 months and 21 days. Thus both Nawaz Sharif and Benazir Bhutto are the longest non-consecutively serving prime ministers.
- Shortest Time Served by a Prime Minister: Nurul Amin (13 Days) during 1971 Bangladesh-Pakistan War
- Political Party Having the Most Number of Serving Prime Ministers: 5 from Muslim League
- Total Duration of Prime Ministers from Muslim League: 9 Years, 6 Months, 57 Days or in aggregation 9 Years, 7 Months, 27 Days
- Total Duration of Democratic Prime Ministers: 30 Years, 51 Months, 254 Days or in aggregation 34 Years, 11 Months, 14 Days
- Number of Times Prime Minister’s Post Abolished: 5 Times
- Total Duration of the Post Abolishment: 24 Years, 24 Months, 53 Days or in aggregation 26 Years, 1 Month, 23 Days
- Longest Post Abolishment Period: 13 Years, 2 Months during Zia-ul-Haq’s dictatorship
- Shortest Post Abolishment Period: 6 Months, 3 Days after the death of Zia-ul-Haq
- Number of Times Caretakers Came: 6 Times
- Longest Time Served by a Caretaker: Muhammad Mian Soomro (4 Months, 9 Days)
- Shortest Time Served by a Caretaker: Balakh Sher Mazari (1 Month, 8 Days)
- Total Duration of Caretakers’ Terms: 17 Months, 10 Days or in aggregation 1 Year, 5 Months and 10 days.
Stats updated by: PakWired.com
Mr Nawaz Shareef 4rth term of PM but still unable to analyze the problum of Pakistan while in punjab he is from long & pubjab is eestricted to lhr only.
sb lutary hain
GO NAWAZ GO
Nawaz is batter than imran..
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Imuran is only able to lead Circket team..he is distemper and he is nt able to lead the nation…plz agree roo Imuran ro raj k rooo
I like all goverment of pakistan
Muhtarima Benzir Bhutto was great leader after her no anyone good leader everyone is behind of corruptions
Pray for all of them without Go Nawaz Go…
I like all of them because they were the leaders of the Islamic country but the point is that if we want the change in the country we have keep in mind the following points in our minds due to which we will be able to brink the change other wise it will be very difficult.
The leader must be a good Muslim and having sincerity with his country as well as is a brave person.
The leader must have a clear past i mean have no record of corruption and must a well educated personality.
The one very important point and main point is that if we want that our leader must be good then we must also change our selves to be good if the public is good the leaders will be good and vice versa.
I like all of them because they were elected democratically but the one thing that i would like to say the readers that we the public of Pakistan is responsible for selecting and electing their leaders and prime ministers of the country so let us about the selection and election of the leaders and prime ministers for our country.
(1) The leader must be a Muslim but a real Muslim who obey the commandments of Allah and His Prophet as well as He is a person of good caliber.
(2) The leader must be well educated and very well qualities of leading as well as have no corruption record in his past and having some good deeds for the country.
(3) The Prime minister must sincere to his country and public as well as a brave and religious person not liberal minded and we must not select only those persons who have lots of money if a person is poor but having the qualities of leader ship and to do some thing for the country they must be elected for the post.
(4) The last one is very important point which is change in our own minds if we want to brink the change in our country then we have to change ourselves as well because if we are bad our leaders will be automatically bad and vice versa.
Musharaf was a great leader of Pakistan
And this time Molana siraj Ul haq and Imran are best of Pakistan
Who was the most educated among the prime minsters of pakistan??? From 1947 to 2015
Informative
nice ………….. they all do good works for us we are thankful of all
Its an informative website i like it
good very nice
r u like to this primeminester of pakistan
i also liked it <3
i liked wikipedia <3
i hate ppp,MQM,MUSLIM LEAGUE NOON they think about themselves only .i am in favour of “PTI”. IT is great and not cheater party
a.s.a
V.good information .great works and information for us
liaquat-ali khan Huseyn shaheed shrawardy sir khawajanazimuddin is GOOD and everyone bad BAD bad
pakistan is great country
Since Indain division have seen a lot of
Changes both side INDIAN made land
Reform very effectly were as PAKISTANI
Leader’s failed to do so. That’s why we are still in Stone Age. In these all
P. M Best was MR Husain shaheed suryourdy.
Nation needs honest, brave, boild, very wise
To deal inner problem & forgiven plocies in such
Good understanding in favor of country.
we love pakistan and pak army
I THINK THAT PAKISTAN GOT DEVELOPMENTS DURING ARMY RULERS I.E. FIELD MARTIAL MOHD. AYUB KHAN , GEN. ZIAUL HAQ AND GEN. PERVEZ MUSHARAF. AND POLITICAL RULERS AND LEADERS MADE MONEY BY CORRUPTION AND BY GETING LOANS FROM BANKS THEN NOT REFUNDED. in my opinion army should takeover govt. forever and ban political parties and all ativities LIKE FIELD MARTIAL AYUB KHAN .
iam agrred v. much with u nazeer i vote ur opinion regardind armed controller government all political parties are corrupt and just know the art of making money
i am sociologist i am neutral not belong to any party i have read all this articale welldone writter my point of view is that ppp done hard work for the sake of nation i recommend that give vote to ppp that well be very good for our homeland best of luck dont mind against ppp people bro its a just suggestion my own\
no one is good leader
All our leader only think about for them self not for nation
they give job to only thier relatives
like a The Asp give any job to his driver’s son or friend’s brother but they not think about any common man
I hate the political
Best of luck friends
We love NawazSharif
Gen Ayub Khan remained Prime minister for 3/4 days under President Iskander Mirza.
Gen. Ayub held the office of prime minister for 1 day only not for 3/4 days.
Gen Ayub also held the post of Primeminister for 3/4 days with President Iskander Mirza. Please up date your record.
Maj(R) Zafar Iqbal
we need a good leader like Quaid-AZAM please don,t blaming others think what we are doing for our country we need to stop cruption and excepting each others because we are muslims
stop blaming others.watch what we have done for our country.
Why our leaders are not the friends of the nations specially poor. the focus of all the leaders ” MALL BANAO”. Every leaders is unwanted of other opposite party. We not appointed even a one sincere leader.
INSHALLAH
MIAN NAWAZ SHARIF 2023 TAK PRI MINITER RAHY GA PAKISTAN KA.
WE MUST HAVE TO LEARN ACCORDING TO HISTORIES OF ALL PREVIOUS PRIME MINISTERS PROFILE TO MAKE BETTER OUR
PAKISTAN.
Pakistan iz th greatest country in th world . I lv Pak vry mch.
we need a sach leader …that would be change in our thinking
I have seen all the Prime Ministers of Pakistan list from top to bottom. It seems to me that the early prime minister were sincere and loyal to the country as well as the nation. Although some of them served the country for very short period but they served well and honestly. We need that kind of spirit and honesty if we want to develop and stand as a politically and socially mature nation in the whole world.
muhammad khan junejo is verv god p.m. and very honestly parsan
hmm… bad history of pakistan after Liaqat Ali Khan none of the P.M was able to take care of this power ! no one of them was able to control it or manage this !!!! i wish may Allah give us a true leader a true pakistaani who really have leadership potential and sincere with his people , country , and with his responsibilty
Ameen!!!
We can’t get a good leader until we are not sincere ourself.
We can’t get a good leader until we are not sincere ourselfs.
than x for giving such a material with knowledge
its very superb knowledge about Pakistan prime minister
but still nawaz ganja is rulling us badly he has no sense totely idiot person in the world we want IMRAN KHAN as a PRIME MINISTER OF PAKISTAN honest,loyal,having missions for nation he wants to serve his life for his nation truly love you sir we are waiting <3
V.v.bad history of pakistan political,,,!
I LIKE MUSHARIF PM AND PAK ARMY AFTER THE GREAT MY PAKISTAN IN THE WORLD.BUT THIS TIME IS NAWAZ PM I SHOW WHAT IS DOING FOR PAKISTAN,I SIED PAKISTAN ZINDABAD
ZULFIQAR ALI BHUTOO WAS AWSOME PRIME MINISTER OF PAKISTAN….. aND PLZZZXZZ GOOO NAWAZZZZZZ GOOOOOOO
Nice
THANKS for making such a list of PM’s of Pakistan. It increased my general knowledge and as being pakistani we all should know the basic history of our beloved motherland.
yes leaders are nice BUT i like Mr.Pervez Musharaf
it is over to chose the leader and like the personalty,
Dears if you don,t mind please compare all the leader , who done the best job for the nation the top one is the prevez musharaf ,
you know why on that time our currency rate was high the work was for every one ,
i did not have link any party , if prevez musharf came again in election i will do full sport that party .
Because he dose lot of Pakistan
I LOVE Pakistan
I Like Prevez musharaf
musharaf is the best leader best army staff of pakistan
Ayub khan was also remain prime minister?is there any truth
you are right, it is true
Nice information, but still we need a primememinister who serve our country with heart and soul .
they all do good works for us we are thankful of our leaders………
What good works? The country has turned into an aid dependent and notorious as a breeding ground and safe haven for Jihadists
very nice <3 :)