Ever since the Independence Of Pakistan in 1947 until now in 2018, All 30 Prime Ministers of Pakistan which includes (8 Caretakers Prime Minister) served as the leader of the house. Also sharing some Interesting facts about Prime Ministers and the tenure duration.
The Original lyrics to Pak Sarr Zameen. Pakistani National Anthem By Hafeez Jullundhri in 1952
The List of Prime Ministers Of Pakistan ( 1947-2018)
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. Mohammad 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 Mohammad 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. Husain 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. Ibraheem Ismaeel 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. Noor ul Ameen (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. Zulfiqar 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 – Martial Law declared.
☆Total Duration of Abolishment: 7 Years, 8 Months, 19 Days
10. Mohammad 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. Benazeer 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
12. Ghulam Mustafa Jatoi (1931 – 2009)
☆In Office: 6 August 1990 – 6 November 1990
☆Status: Caretaker/Acting
☆Political Party: None
☆Total Duration: 3 Months Exactly
13. Mohammad Nawaz Shareef (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
14. 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
15. Mohammad Nawaz Shareef
☆In Office: 26 May 1993 – 18 July 1993
☆Status: Elected Democratically
☆Political Party: Pakistan Muslim League (N)
☆Total Duration: 1 Month, 22 Days
16. 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
17. Benazeer Bhutto
☆In Office: 19 October 1993 – 5 November 1996
☆Status: Elected Democratically
☆Political Party: Pakistan Peoples Party
☆Total Duration: 3 Years, 17 Days
18. 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
19. Mohammad Nawaz Shareef
☆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
20. 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
21. Chaudhry Shujaat Husain (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
22. 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
23. Mohammad 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
24. Yousaf Raza Geelani (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
25. Raja Pervaiz Ashraf (1950)
▪In Office: 22 June 2012 – 25 March 2013
▪Status: Assumed Prime Minister’s Role When His Predecessor, Yousuf Raza Geelani 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
26. Meer Hazaar Khan Khoso (1929)
☆In Office: 25 March 2013 – 4 June 2013
☆Status: Caretaker Prime Minister.
☆Political Party: Independent
☆Total Duration: 2 Months, 10 Days
27. Mohammad Nawaz Shareef (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
28. Shahid Khaqan Abbasi (1958)
☆In Office: 1 August 2017 – Continued
☆Status: Caretaker Prime Minister.
☆Political Party: Muslim League (N)
☆Total Duration: Parliament Elected As The PM And To Serve a 50-Day Period.
29. Nasirul Mulk (1950)
- Status : Care Taker Prime Minister
- Political Party : Independent
- Total Duration : 1st June 2018 – till dated.
In Office 18th August 2018
Status: Elected Prime Minister
Political Party: Tehreek e Insaf
SOME INTERESTING FACTS about Prime Ministers Of Pakistan
- Longest Time Served By a Prime Minister: Yousuf Raza Geelani (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 Mohammad Nawaz Shareef’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 Benazeer Bhutto’s Two Terms, Her Duration Totals Up To 4 Years, 8 Months And 21 Days. Thus Both Mohammad Nawaz Shareef And Benazeer Bhutto Are The Longest Non-Consecutively Serving Prime Ministers.
- Shortest Time Served By a Prime Minister: Noor ul Ameen (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: 7 Times
- Longest Time Served By a Caretaker: Mohammad Meean Soomro (4 Months, 9 Days)
- Shortest Time Served by a Caretaker: Balakh Sher Mazari (1 Month, 8 Days)
- Total Duration Of Caretakers’ Terms: 18 Months, 10 Days Or In Aggregation 1 Year, 6 Months And 10 days.
Pakistan had seen 4 Military coup (Martial Law) era and current on-going democratic governments has completed 10 years (2 Tenures) since 2008 till 2018 – after the upcoming General Elections in Pakistan 30th Prime Minister will take the charge of Prime Minister Office.
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