No.
|
Portrait
|
Name
(Birth–death)
|
Took office
|
Left office
|
Political party
(Alliance)
|
Note(s)
|
1
|
|
Liaquat Ali
Khan
(1896–1951)
|
14 August 1947
|
16 October 1951
(assassinated)
|
Pakistan Muslim League
|
PML
|
Indo-Pakistani War of 1947 and Balochistan conflict: faced a war with India on the Kashmir conflict in 1947–48 and the Balochistan
conflict. Five-year plan: initiated science and technology,
development of educational infrastructure, and economic policies.Objectives Resolution: presented a
prelude to future constitutions in the Constituent Assembly.
|
2
|
|
Khawaja Nazimuddin
(1894–1964)
|
17 October 1951
|
17 April 1953
|
Pakistan Muslim League
|
PML
|
Nazimuddin becamePrime Minister of Pakistan after
theassassination of Liaquat Ali Khan in
1951. The Bengali Language Movement, a political
movement, rose in East Bengalduring his term
|
3
|
|
Muhammad Ali Bogra
(1909–1963)
|
17 April 1953
|
12 August 1955
|
Pakistan Muslim League
|
PML
|
A relatively unknown
personality to Pakistani politics, Bogra replacedKhwaja Nazimuddin as Prime Minister. He
introduced a form of constitution, bicameral
legislature, known as "Bogra Formula".
|
4
|
—
|
Chaudhry Muhammad Ali
(1905–1980)
|
12 August 1955
|
12 September 1956
|
Pakistan Muslim League
|
PML
|
Ali merged the four provinces of West
Pakistan into One Unit.
His greatest achievement was the formation of a newconstitution for Pakistan
|
5
|
(left)
|
Huseyn Shaheed Suhrawardy
(1892–1963)
|
12 September 1956
|
17 October 1957
|
Awami
League
|
AL
|
Suhrawardy established
thePakistan Atomic Energy Commission.[23]
|
6
|
|
Ibrahim Ismail Chundrigar
(1898–1968)
|
17 October 1957
|
16 December 1957
|
Pakistan Muslim League
|
PML
|
Chundrigar was appointed
by Iskander Mirza after the resignation of
Suhrawardy.
|
7
|
—
|
Feroz Khan
Noon
(1893–1970)
|
16 December 1957
|
7 October 1958
|
Republican Party
|
RP
|
Noon was elected as the seventh Prime Minister of Pakistan. He was
dismissed during the 1958 Pakistani coup d'état.[6]
|
8
|
—
|
Nurul Amin
(1893–1974)
|
7 December 1971
|
20 December 1971
|
Pakistan Muslim League
|
PML 
|
Amin was appointed byYahya Khan as
the eighth Prime Minister of Pakistan; he was also
the first and the onlyVice President of Pakistan from
1970 to 1972, leading Pakistan in the Indo-Pakistani War of 1971.
|
9
|
|
Zulfikar Ali Bhutto
(1928–1979)
|
14 August 1973
|
5 July 1977
|
Pakistan People's Party
|
PPP 
|
The founder ofPakistan's atomic bomb programme,
and Father of nuclear deterrence programme.[24] During
his term, theconstitution of Pakistanwas made;[5] he
introduced land and agriculture reforms andsocialist economicspolicies.[25] He
was deposed in the 1977 Pakistani coup d'étatby
General Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq in July 1977.[9]
|
10
|
—
|
Muhammad Khan Junejo
(1932–1993)
|
24 March 1985
|
29 May 1988
|
Independent
(Pakistan Muslim League)
|
INDT *
|
Junejo was elected as
the tenth Prime Minister of Pakistan innon-party based elections in
1985.
|
11
|
|
Benazir
Bhutto
(1953–2007)
|
2 December 1988
|
6 August 1990
|
Pakistan People's Party
|
PPP 
|
Bhutto became the first
woman in Pakistan to head a major political party, in 1988. Six
years later, she became the first woman elected to lead
a Muslim state.[10][27]
|
A
|
—
|
Ghulam Mustafa Jatoi
(1931–2009)
|
6 August 1990
|
6 November 1990
|
National Peoples Party
|
NPP 
|
Jatoi was appointed byPresident Ghulam Ishaq Khan as acaretaker Prime Minister.
|
12
|
|
Nawaz
Sharif
(1949– )
|
6 November 1990
|
18 April 1993
|
Pakistan Muslim League (N)
|
PML (N)
|
Sharif was elected as
the 12th Prime Minister of Pakistan on 1 November 1990.[29]Sharif
launchedprivatisation andeconomic liberalisationto
elevate the national economy, and strengthened theprivate-sector of
the country.[11]
|
A
|
—
|
Balakh Sher Mazari
(1928–2011)
|
18 April 1993
|
26 May 1993
|
Pakistan People's Party
|
PPP
|
Appointed by the
President Khan as a caretaker Prime Minister, Mazari's term ended when the
Supreme Court overturned the Presidential order and restored Sharif's
government.
|
(12)
|
|
Nawaz
Sharif
(1949– )
|
26 May 1993
|
18 July 1993
|
Pakistan Muslim League (N)
|
PML (N) 
|
Sharif survived a
serious constitutional crisis when President Khan attempted to dismiss him
underarticle
58-2b, in April 1993, but he successfully challenged the decision
in the Supreme Court.[11] Sharif
resigned from the post negotiating a settlement that resulted in the removal
of President as well, in July 1993.[30]
|
A
|
—
|
Moeenuddin Ahmad Qureshi
(1930– )
|
18 July 1993
|
19 October 1993
|
Independent
|
INDT *
|
After Sharif's
resignation in July 1993, Qureshi was appointed as the caretaker Prime
Minister.
|
(11)
|
|
Benazir
Bhutto
(1953–2007)
|
19 October 1993
|
5 November 1996
|
Pakistan People's Party
|
PPP
|
Bhutto was re-elected
for a second term, in 1993. She survived an attempted coup d'état in 1995, and
stubbornness and authoritative actions earned her the nickname "Iron Lady"
of the country.[31]
|
A
|
—
|
Malik Meraj Khalid
(1916–2003)
|
5 November 1996
|
17 February 1997
|
Independent
|
INDT *
|
Khalid was appointed as
a caretaker Prime Minister after the dismissal of Bhutto's government in
November 1993.
|
(12)
|
|
Nawaz
Sharif
(1949– )
|
17 February 1997
|
12 October 1999
|
Pakistan Muslim League (N)
|
PML (N) 
|
Sharif was re-elected as
Prime Minister with an exclusive mandatefrom all over Pakistan for a non-consecutive second term, in February
1997.[12][33]He
notably ordered Pakistan's first nuclear
tests in response toIndia's second
nuclear tests, in May 1998.[34]Sharif's
government was deposed byGeneral Pervez
Musharraf in October 1999, and Martial lawwas imposed in the entire
country.[13][35]
|
13
|
|
Zafarullah Khan Jamali
(1944– )
|
21 November 2002
|
26 June 2004
|
Pakistan Muslim League (Q)
|
PML (Q) $
|
Jamali was elected as
the Prime Minister of Pakistan in
November 2002. He continued theforeign and economic
policies of Pervez
Musharraf but could not complete his term and resigned from
the post in June 2004.
|
14
|
|
Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain
(1946– )
|
30 June 2004
|
20 August 2004
|
Pakistan Muslim League (Q)
|
PML (Q) $
|
Shujaat was elected as a
Prime Minister after the resignation of Jamali in June 2004.
|
15
|
|
Shaukat
Aziz
(1949– )
|
20 August 2004
|
16 November 2007
|
Pakistan Muslim League (Q)
|
PML (Q) $
|
Aziz took the office ofPrime Minister of Pakistan in
August 2004. He survived an assassination attempt in the small town ofFateh Jang,
in the previous month.[36]Aziz
left the office at the end of the parliamentary term, in November 2007, and
became the first Prime Minister of Pakistanwho left the
seat after completion of parliamentary term.[37]
|
A
|
|
Muhammad Mian Soomro
(1950– )
|
16 November 2007
|
25 March 2008
|
Pakistan Muslim League (Q)
|
PML (Q) $
|
Soomro took the office
as caretaker Prime Minister in Novrember 2007.
|
16
|
|
Yousaf Raza Gillani
(1952– )
|
25 March 2008
|
19 June 2012
|
Pakistan People's Party
|
PPP
|
Gillani was elected in
March 2008 and during his term, Chief JusticeIftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry's position
was restored. He was disqualified from his seat in the parliament in April 2012
by the Supreme Court for contempt of court.[40]
|
17
|
|
Raja Pervaiz Ashraf
(1950– )
|
22 June 2012
|
Incumbent
|
Pakistan People's Party
|
PPP
|
Ashraf is the incumbentPrime Minister of Pakistan. He assumed
the post in June 2012, after Yousaf Raza Gillani was disqualified over
contempt of court charges.[15]
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