List of Prime Ministers of Pakistan


Prime Minister of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan


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Acting Prime Minister Imran Khan since August 18, 2018

Official seat	Islamabad
Term of office	5 years
Creation of office	August 14, 1947

website	http://www.pmo.gov.pk

The following list of Prime Ministers of Pakistan shows, in chronological order, all Heads of Government in Pakistan's history .

#	Surname	Taking office	Resignation	Political party	Remarks
1	Liaquat Ali Khan	August 14, 1947	October 16, 1951	PML	murdered
2	Khawaja Nazimuddin	17th October 1951	April 17, 1953	PML	refused to resign, pushed out of office by new elections
3	Muhammad Ali Bogra	April 17, 1953	August 12, 1955	PML	urged by Governor General Mirza to resign
4th	Chaudhry Muhammad Ali	August 12, 1955	September 12, 1956	PML	Resignation after loss of confidence in his party
5	Huseyn Shaheed Suhrawardy	12th September	17th October 1957	Awami League	urged to resign
6th	Ibrahim Ismail Chundrigar	October 17th	December 16, 1957	PML	urged to resign
7th	Malik Feroz Khan Noon	December 16, 1957	October 7, 1958	RP	Declaration of a state of emergency
-	Muhammed Ayub Khan	October 7, 1958	October 28, 1958	military	Military administrator
Between October 7, 1958 and August 14, 1973 there was no Prime Minister due to martial law , except for a few days in December 1971. Amin resigned from the post of military administrator in 1971 due to the loss of East Pakistan in the Bangladesh war , while President Agha Muhammad Yahya Khan resigned. East Pakistan gained independence from Pakistan on December 17, 1971 as Bangladesh . Zulfikar Ali Bhutto became president and military administrator on December 20, 1971, and in 1973 he assumed the office of prime minister.
8th	Nurul Amin	7th December 1971	20th December 1971	PML	resigned, then Vice-President
Office vacant from December 20, 1971 to August 14, 1973
9	Zulfikar Ali Bhutto	August 14, 1973	5th July 1977	PPP	deposed by military coup
The post was revoked again due to the imposition of martial law after the military coup of July 5, 1977 and remained vacant until March 24, 1985. During this time, Mohammed Zia-ul-Haq led the office as army chief and from 1978 as president.
10	Muhammad Khan Junejo	March 24, 1985	May 29, 1988	PML (non-party)	dismissed by President Zia ul-Haq
After Zia sacked Junejo, martial law came into force again. After Zia's death in August 1988, a new government was elected. In the years up to 1999, the governments of Benazir Bhutto and Nawaz Sharif alternated, but they were each removed before the end of their regular term of office.
11	Benazir Bhutto	December 9, 1988	August 6, 1990	PPP	Dismissed after allegations of corruption
-	Ghulam Mustafa Jatoi (interim)	August 6, 1990	November 1, 1990	NPP
12	Nawaz Sharif	November 1, 1990	April 18, 1993	PML-N	sacked by President Ghulam Ishaq Khan
-	Balakh Sher Mazari (interim)	April 18, 1993	May 26, 1993	PPP
(12)	Nawaz Sharif	May 26, 1993	July 18, 1993	PML-N	reinstated by the Supreme Court, resigned
-	Moin Qureshi (interim)	July 18, 1993	October 19, 1993	Non-party
(11)	Benazir Bhutto	October 19, 1993	5th November 1996	PPP	Dismissed after allegations of corruption
-	Miraj Khalid (interim)	5th November 1996	February 17, 1997	Non-party
(12)	Nawaz Sharif	February 17, 1997	October 12, 1999	PML-N	deposed by military coup
On October 12, 1999, General Pervez Musharraf overthrew the incumbent Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif in the wake of the Kargil War . Musharraf took over the office of head of government, but only carried the title of "chief executive", on June 20, 2001, appointed himself president . After the elections on October 10, 2002, the office of Prime Minister was reinstated.
13	Zafarullah Khan Jamali	November 21, 2002	June 26, 2004	PML-Q	resigned
14th	Chaudhry Shujaat Hussein	June 30, 2004	August 28, 2004	PML-Q	resigned in favor of his party post
15th	Shaukat Aziz	August 28, 2004	November 15, 2007	PML-Q
-	Muhammad Mian Soomro (interim)	November 15, 2007	March 24, 2008	PML-Q
16	Yousaf Raza Gilani	March 25, 2008	April 26, 2012	PPP	was removed from office on June 19, 2012 with effect from his criminal conviction of April 26, 2012
17th	Raja Pervez Ashraf	June 22, 2012	15 March 2013	PPP
-	Mir Hazar Khan Khoso (interim)	March 25.2013	4th June 2013	Non-party
18th	Nawaz Sharif	5th June 2013	28th July 2017	PML-N	removed from office by the Supreme Court
19th	Shahid Khaqan Abbasi	August 1, 2017	May 30, 2018	PML-N
-	Nasirul Mulk (interim)	June 1, 2018	18th August 2018	Non-party
20th	Imran Khan	18th August 2018	officiating	PTI