In Pics: Prime Ministers of Pakistan till date

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In Pics: Prime Ministers of Pakistan till date

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Liaqat Ali Khan - 1947- 1951 (4 yrs, 2 mos)

He was the first Prime Minister of Pakistan after Mohammad Ali Jinnah’s demise in 1948.

Source: https://na.gov.pk/

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Khawaja Nazimuddin - 1951- 1953 (1 yr, 4 mos)

He took over office after Liaqat Ali Khan’s assassination and was overthrown by the Governor-General Ghulam Mohammad.

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Mohammad Ali Bogra - 1953-1955 (2 yrs, 3 mos)

He was recalled from his United Nations service for Pakistan to replace Khawaja Nazimuddin as the Prime Minister after approval by Governor-General Ghulam Muhammad.

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Chaudhry Mohammad Ali - 1955-1956 (1 yr, 1 mo)

He is famous for promulgating the first set of the Constitution of Pakistan.

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Huseyn Shaheed Suhrawardy - 1956-1957 (1 yr, 1 mo)

He is often remembered as the mentor of Bangladesh’s founding leader Sheikh Mujibur Rahman or Bangabandhu.

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Ibrahim Isamil Chaundrigar - 1957 (28 days)

He served the shortest tenure as the Prime Minister of Pakistan after Nurul Amin. Chaundrigar’s tenure lasted for 55 days.

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Malik Feroz Khan Noon - 1957-1958 (9 mos, 28 days)

He served as the seventh Prime Minister of Pakistan from December 16,1957 until being removed with the imposition of the martial law.

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Nurul Amin - 1971 (13 days)

He served the shortest term in office at 13 days as martial law was imposed doon after Dhaka’s fall in 1971.

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Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto - 1973-1977 (3 yrs, 10 mos)

He took over reigns as the Prime Minister in 1973 and is also known as the architect of the Pakistani constitution of 1973.

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Muhammad Khan Junejo - 1985-1988 (3 yrs, 2 mos)

He was the Prime Minister of Pakistan during General Zia-ul-Haq’s regime till 1988.

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Benazir Bhutto- 1988-1990 (3 yrs, 8 mos) and 1993-1996 (3 yrs, 17 days)

The first woman Prime Minister of Pakistan, she held office for two terms – 1988-1990 and 1993-1996.

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Nawaz Sharif - 1990-1993 (2 yrs, 5 mos), 1997-1999 (2yrs, 5 mos) and 2012-2017 (4 yrs, 1 mo)

Brought into political life by General Zia-ul-Haq, Sharif held office for three terms—1990-1993, 1997-1999 and 2012-17.

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Zafarullah Khan Jamali - 2002-2004 (1 yr, 7 mos)

He was the Prime Minister of Pakistan from 2002-2004, i.e., during General Pervez Musharraf’s reign.

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Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain - 2004 (1 mo, 28 days)

He is among those Prime Ministers who had a very short tenure. His term lasted 1 month and 28 days.

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Shaukat Aziz - 2004-2007 (3 yrs, 2 mos)

He was the Prime Minister of Pakistan from 2004-07 after 5 years as the country’s finance minister and 30 years of experience at Citibank.

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Syed Yousaf Raza Gilani - 2008-2012 (4 yrs, 1 mo)

He became the Prime Minister of Pakistan in 2008, which was also the year of Pervez Musharraf’s fall from the political echelons.

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Raja Pervaiz Ashraf - 2012-2013 (9 mos, 2 days)

He remained in office from 2012-14 and currently serves as the Vice President of the Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM), anti-establishment coalition of political parties.

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Shahid Khaqan Abbasi - 2017-18 (10 mos)

His tenure lasted for 10 months and he is currently the secretary-general of the PDM.

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Imran Khan - 2018-till date (3 yrs, 8 mos)

The current Prime Minister of Pakistan, he faces the challenge of a no-confidence motion and his tenure has been marred with inflation getting out of hand and many policy failures.

Source: https://na.gov.pk/