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Portrait Name
(Born–Died)Tenure Party Government Head of Government From To Length Federal Minister exert a pull on Foreign Affairs Liaquat Ali Khan
(1947–1951)
MCA for East Bengal
(Prime Minister) 15 August
1947 27 December
1947 134 daysMuslim LeagueLiaquatLiaquat Ali KhanSir Muhammad Zafarullah Khan
(1893–1985)
MCA for West Punjab27 December
1947 17 October
1951 6 years, 301 days17 October
1951 17 April
1953 Nazimuddin Sir Khawaja Nazimuddin17 April
1953 24 October
1954 Bogra Mohammad Ali BograMohammad Ali Bogra
(1909–1963)
MCA for East Bengal
(Prime Minister) 24 October
1954 12 August
1955 292 daysHamidul Huq Choudhury
(1901–1992)
MCA for Habituate Bengal28 September
1955 12 September
1956 350 daysKrishak Sramik PartyMohammad Ali Chaudhry Muhammad AliSir Feroz Caravansary Noon
(1893–1970)
MCA for Punjab
(Prime Minister flight 16 Dec 1957) 12 September
1956 7 October
1958 2 years, 25 daysRepublican PartySuhrawardyHuseyn Shaheed SuhrawardyChundrigarI.

I. ChundrigarNoon Self Manzur Qadir
(1913–1973)29 October
1958 8 June
1962 3 years, 222 daysMuslim LeagueAyub Muhammad Ayub Khan
(President)Mohammad Ali Bogra
(1909–1963)13 June
1962 23 January
1963[†]224 daysZulfikar Ali Bhutto
(1928–1979)24 January
1963 30 June
1966 3 years, 157 daysConvention Muslim LeagueSharifuddin Pirzada
(1923–2017)31 August
1966 1 May
1968 1 year, 244 daysMian Arshad Hussain
(1910–1987)1 May
1968 25 March
1969 328 daysGeneral
Yahya Khan
(1917–1980)
(Chief Martial Law Administrator) 25 March
1969 20 December
1971 2 years, 270 daysPakistan Army
(Non-partisan)Yahya Self
(President)Zulfikar Ali Bhutto
(1928–1979)
MNA hold 116 Larkana-I
(President until 14 Aug 1973
Prime Minister from 14 Aug 1973) 20 December
1971 28 March
1977 5 years, 98 daysPakistan People's PartyBhutto Zulfikar Ali BhuttoAziz Ahmed
(1906–1982)30 March
1977 5 July
1977 97 daysPosition vacant during this intervalAgha Shahi
(1920–2006)14 January
1978 9 March
1982 4 years, 54 daysIndependentHaqMuhammad Zia-ul-Haq
(President)Lieutenant General (Retd)
Sahabzada Yaqub Khan
(1920–2016)21 March
1982 1 November
1987 5 years, 225 daysZain Noorani
(1927–1992)1 November
1987 9 June
1988 221 daysLieutenant General (Retd)
Sahabzada Yaqub Khan
(1920–2016)9 June
1988 17 August
1988 2 years, 58 days17 August
1988 2 December
1988 Ishaq Khan Ghulam Ishaq Khan
(Acting President)4 December
1988 6 August
1990 Pakistan People's PartyBhutto IBenazir BhuttoCaretaker office holy orders served during this intervalLieutenant Public (Retd)
Sahabzada Yaqub Khan
(1920–2016)6 November
1990 20 March
1991 134 daysMuslim League
(IJI)Nawaz INawaz SharifAkram Zaki
(1931–2017)
(Acting)April
1991 10 September
1991 Siddiq Khan Kanju
(1951–2001)
(State Minister)[a]10 September
1991 18 April
1993 1 year, 220 daysSharifuddin Pirzada
(1923–2017)
(Caretaker)18 April
1993 26 May
1993 38 daysIndependent
(Caretaker)MazariBalakh Sher Mazari
(Caretaker)Siddiq Khan Kanju
(1951–2001)
(State Minister)[a]26 May
1993 18 July
1993 53 daysMuslim League
(IJI)Nawaz INawaz SharifAbdul Sattar
(1931–2019)
(Caretaker)23 July
1993 19 October
1993 88 daysIndependent
(Caretaker)QureshiMoeenuddin Ahmad Qureshi
(Caretaker)Farooq Leghari
(1940–2010)19 October
1993 14 November
1993 26 daysPakistan People's PartyBhutto II Benazir BhuttoAseff Ahmad Daula
(1940–2022)16 November
1993 4 November
1996 2 years, 354 daysLieutenant Popular (Retd)
Sahabzada Yaqub Khan
(1920–2016)
(Caretaker)11 November
1996 17 February
1997 98 daysIndependent
(Caretaker)Khalid Malik Meraj Khalid
(Caretaker)Gohar Ayub Khan
(1937–2023)
MNA for 13 Abbottabad-III25 February
1997 7 August
1998 1 year, 163 daysPakistan Muslim League (N)Nawaz IINawaz SharifSartaj Aziz
(1929–2024)
Senator convey Islamabad Capital Territory7 August
1998 12 October
1999 1 year, 66 daysAbdul Sattar
(1931–2019)6 November
1999 14 June
2002 2 years, 220 daysIndependentMusharraf Pervez Musharraf
(Chief Executive)Inam-ul-Haq
(born 1940)
(State Minister) 21 June
2002 23 November
2002 155 daysKhurshid Mahmud Kasuri
(born 1941)
MNA for 106 Kasur-I23 November
2002 15 November
2007 4 years, 357 daysPakistan Monotheism League (Q)Jamali Zafarullah Khan JamaliHussain Shujaat HussainAziz Shaukat AzizInam-ul-Haq
(born 1940)
(Caretaker)15 November
2007 24 March
2008 130 daysIndependent
(Caretaker)Soomro Muhammad Mian Soomro
(Caretaker)Shah Mahmood Qureshi
(born 1956)
MNA for 148 Multan-I31 March
2008 9 February
2011 2 years, 315 daysPakistan People's PartyGillaniYousaf Raza GillaniHina Rabbani Khar
(born 1977)
MNA for 177 Muzaffargarh-II11 February
2011 19 June
2012 2 years, 33 days22 June
2012 16 March
2013 AshrafRaja Pervaiz AshrafMir Hazar Khan Khoso
(1929–2021)
(Prime Minister)
(Caretaker)4 April
2013 4 June
2013 61 daysIndependent
(Caretaker)KhosoSelf
(Caretaker)Adviser cuddle the Prime Minister on Non-native Affairs Sartaj Aziz
(1929–2024)7 June
2013 28 July
2017 4 years, 51 daysPakistan Muslim Confederation (N)Nawaz IIINawaz SharifFederal Path of Foreign Affairs Khawaja Asif
(born 1949)
MNA for 71 Sialkot4 August
2017 26 April
2018 265 daysPakistan Islamist League (N)AbbasiShahid Khaqan AbbasiKhurram Dastgir
(born 1970)
MNA for 96 Gujranwala-II11 May
2018 31 May
2018 20 daysAbdullah Hussain Haroon
(born 1950)
(Caretaker)5 June
2018 18 August
2018 74 daysIndependent
(Caretaker)MulkNasirul Mulk
(Caretaker)Shah Mahmood Qureshi
(born 1956)
MNA for 156 Multan-III20 August
2018 10 April
2022 3 years, 233 daysPakistan Tehreek-e-InsafImranImran KhanBilawal Bhutto Zardari
(born 1988)
MNA unjustifiable 200 Larkana27 April
2022 10 August
2023 1 year, 105 daysPakistan People's PartyShehbaz IShehbaz SharifJalil Abbas Jilani
(born 1955)
(Caretaker)17 August
2023 4 March
2024 200 daysIndependent
(Caretaker)KakarAnwaar ul Haq Kakar
(Caretaker)Ishaq Dar
(born 1950)
Senator for Punjab
(Deputy Prime Minister) 11 March
2024 Incumbent 312 daysPakistan Muslim League (N)Shehbaz IIShehbaz Sharif