List of Prime Ministers of Pakistan and Their Tenure Period

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Prime Ministers of Pakistan

According to the their constitution, Prime minister of Pakistan acts as the head of executive branch of the federal government who ensures smooth functioning of the executive branch and is also responsible for appointing the Cabinet as well as taking and authorizing executive decisions, appointments, and recommendations that require his confirmation.
His other functions include ensuring the healthy condition of state economy, acts as a leader of the National Assembly, heads the Council of Common Interests as well as the Cabinet, and also leads the National Command Authority over Pakistan’s nuclear weapons arsenal.

His leadership is required in both internal affairs and foreign policy.
Members of the National Assembly elects the Prime Minister. Hence, he is also the leader of the majority party in the parliament.
As per the constitution, PM of the nation is also the chief adviser to the president of Pakistan and he advises him on significant matters and even he has a great role in appointing various members under military leadership as well as it’s his duty to ensure civilian control of the military.

Soon after becoming an independent country, its founding father or he is better known as Qaed-e-Azam, Mohammad Ali Jinnah became the Governor-General of the newly-formed country and he was able to sustain a strong central government under his leadership. After his demise in 1948, Khawaja Nazimuddin became the Governor-General but real powers vested with Prime Minister Liaqat Ali Khan.

List of Prime Ministers of Pakistan

Now, let’s just look at the list of all the Prime Ministers of Pakistan and their tenure so far –

PRIME MINISTERS

S/No	Name	Tenure
1	Mr. Liaqat Ali Khan	15-08-1947 To 16-10-1951
2	Khawaja Nazimuddin	17-10-1951 To 17-04-1953
3	Mr. Mohammad Ali Bogra	17-04-1953 To 11-08-1955
4	Ch. Mohammed Ali	11-08-1955 To 12-09-1956
5	Mr. Hussain Shaheed Suharwardi	12-09-1956 To 18-10-1957
6	Mr. Ibrahim Ismail Chaundrigar	18-10-1957 To 16-12-1957
7	Malik Feroz Khan Noon	16-12-1957 To 07-10-1958
8	Mr. Noor-ul-Amin	07-12-1971 To 20-12-1971
9	Mr. Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto	14-08-1973 To 05-07-1977
10	Mr. Muhammad Khan Junejo	23-03-1985 To 29-05-1988
11	Mohtrama Benazir Bhutto	02-12-1988 To 06-08-1990
12	Mr. Ghulam Mustafa Khan Jatoi (Caretaker)	06-08-1990 To 06-11-1990
13	Mian Mohammed Nawaz Sharif	06-11-1990 To 18-04-1993
14	Mir Balakh Sher Mazari (Caretaker)	18-04-1993 To 26-05-1993
15	Mian Mohammed Nawaz Sharif	26-05-1993 To 08-07-1993
16	Mr. Moin Qureshi (Caretaker)	08-07-1993 To 19-10-1993
17	Mohtrama Benazir Bhutto	19-10-1993 To 05-11-1996
18	Malik Meraj Khalid (Caretaker)	06-11-1996 To 17-02-1997
19	Mian Mohammed Nawaz Sharif	17-02-1997 To 12-10-1999
20	Mir Zafarullah Khan Jamali	23-11-2002 To 26-06-2004
21	Chuadhary Shujaat Hussain	30-06-2004 To 26-08-2004
22	Mr. Shaukat Aziz	28-08-2004 To 15-11-2007
23	Mr. Muhammad Mian Soomro (Caretaker)	16-11-2007 To 24-03-2008
24	Syed Yousaf Raza Gillani	25-03-2008 To 25-04-2012
25	Raja Pervez Ashraf	22-06-2012 To 24-03-2013
26	Mir Hazar Khan Khoso (Caretaker)	25-03-2013 To 05-06-2013
27	Mr. Muhammad Nawaz Sharif	05-06-2013 To 28-07-2017
28	Mr. Shahid Khaqan Abbasi	01-08-2017 To 31-05-2018
29	Justice (Retd) Nasir-ul-Mulk (Caretaker)	01-06-2018 To 18-08-2018
30	Mr. Imran Khan	18-08-2018 To 10-04-2022
31	Mian Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif	11-04-2022 To date