Rulers: Pakistan
Ministries, etc.
Key ministries
Foreign Affairs
Ministers
- Foreign Affairs and Commonwealth Relations -
15 Aug 1947 - 27 Dec 1947 Liaquat Ali Khan (b. 1895 - d. 1951)
27 Dec 1947 - 24 Oct 1954 Sir Muhammad Zafrulla Khan (b. 1893 - d. 1985)
24 Oct 1954 - 11 Aug 1955 Mohammad Ali Bogra (b. 1909 - d. 1963)
11 Aug 1955 - 26 Sep 1955 Chaudhry Mohammad Ali (b. 1905 - d. 1980)
26 Sep 1955 - 12 Sep 1956 Hamidul Huq Chowdhury (b. 1901 - d. 1992)
12 Sep 1956 - 7 Oct 1958 Malik Firoz Khan Noon (b. 1893 - d. 1970)
29 Oct 1958 - 24 Feb 1961 Manzoor Qadir (b. 1913 - d. 1974)
- External Affairs -
24 Feb 1961 - 8 Jun 1962 Manzoor Qadir (s.a.)
13 Jun 1962 - 23 Jan 1963 Mohammad Ali Bogra (s.a.)
24 Jan 1963 - 30 Jan 1964 Zulfikar Ali Bhutto (b. 1928 - d. 1979)
- Foreign Affairs -
30 Jan 1964 - 31 Aug 1966 Zulfikar Ali Bhutto (1st time) (s.a.)
31 Aug 1966 - 1 May 1968 Syed Sharifuddin Pirzada (b. 1923)
7 May 1968 - 4 Apr 1969 M. Arshad Hussain (b. 1910)
5 Apr 1969 - 20 Dec 1971 Agha Mohammad Yahya Khan (b. 1917 - d. 1980)
24 Dec 1971 - 30 Mar 1977 Zulfikar Ali Bhutto (2nd time) (s.a.)
30 Mar 1977 - 5 Jul 1977 Aziz Ahmad
14 Jan 1978 - 23 Aug 1978 Agha Shahi (1st time) (b. 1920 - d. 2006)
(minister of state from 5 Jul 1978)
23 Aug 1978 - 9 Mar 1981 Mohammad Zia-ul-Haq (b. 1924 - d. 1988)
9 Mar 1981 - 9 Mar 1982 Agha Shahi (2nd time) (s.a.)
21 Mar 1982 - 1 Nov 1987 Sahabzada Yaqub Khan (1st time) (b. 1920)
1 Nov 1987 - 29 May 1988 Zain Noorani (minister of state) (b. 19... - d. 1992)
9 Jun 1988 - 20 Mar 1991 Sahabzada Yaqub Khan (2nd time) (s.a.)
Apr 1991 - 10 Sep 1991 Akram Zaki (acting) (b. 1931)
10 Sep 1991 - 18 Jul 1993 Siddique Khan Kanju (b. 1946? - d. 2001)
(minister of state)
23 Jul 1993 - 19 Oct 1993 Abdul Sattar (1st time) (b. 1931)
19 Oct 1993 - 14 Nov 1993 Farooq Ahmed Leghari (b. 1940)
16 Nov 1993 - 5 Nov 1996 Sardar Assef Ahmed Ali (b. 1940)
5 Nov 1996 - 17 Feb 1997 Sahabzada Yaqub Khan (3rd time) (s.a.)
25 Feb 1997 - 6 Aug 1998 Gohar Ayub Khan (b. 1937)
6 Aug 1998 - 12 Oct 1999 Sartaj Aziz (b. 1929)
6 Nov 1999 - 14 Jun 2002 Abdul Sattar (2nd time) (s.a.)
22 Jun 2002 - 23 Nov 2002 Inam ul-Haq (1st time) (b. 1940)
(minister of state)
23 Nov 2002 - 16 Nov 2007 Khurshid Mehmood Kasuri (b. 1941)
16 Nov 2007 - 31 Mar 2008 Inam ul-Haq (2nd time) (s.a.)
31 Mar 2008 - Shah Mehmood Qureshi (b. 1956)
Defense
Ministers
15 Aug 1947 - 16 Oct 1951 Liaquat Ali Khan (b. 1895 - d. 1951)
24 Oct 1951 - 17 Apr 1953 Khwaja Nazimuddin (b. 1894 - d. 1964)
17 Apr 1953 - 24 Oct 1954 Mohammad Ali Bogra (b. 1909 - d. 1963)
24 Oct 1954 - 11 Aug 1955 Mohammad Ayub Khan (1st time) (b. 1907 - d. 1974)
11 Aug 1955 - 12 Sep 1956 Chaudhry Mohammad Ali (b. 1905 - d. 1980)
12 Sep 1956 - 18 Oct 1957 Huseyn Shaheed Suhrawardy (b. 1893 - d. 1963)
18 Oct 1957 - 16 Dec 1957 Mian Mumtaz Daultana (b. 1915? - d. 1995)
16 Dec 1957 - 8 Apr 1958 Malik Firoz Khan Noon (b. 1893 - d. 1970)
8 Apr 1958 - 7 Oct 1958 Mohammad Ayub Khuhro (b. 1901 - d. 1980)
28 Oct 1958 - 21 Oct 1966 Mohammad Ayub Khan (2nd time) (s.a.)
21 Oct 1966 - 5 Apr 1969 Afzal Rahman Khan (b. 1921)
5 Apr 1969 - 20 Dec 1971 Agha Mohammad Yahya Khan (b. 1917 - d. 1980)
24 Dec 1971 - 5 Jul 1977 Zulfikar Ali Bhutto (b. 1928 - d. 1979)
14 Jan 1978 - 27 Aug 1978 Mohammad Zia-ul-Haq (1st time) (b. 1924 - d. 1988)
27 Aug 1978 - 26 Feb 1985 Ali Ahmed Talpur
26 Feb 1985 - 24 Mar 1985 Mohammad Zia-ul-Haq (2nd time) (s.a.)
10 Apr 1985 - 20 Dec 1986 Mohammad Khan Junejo (b. 1932 - d. 1993)
29 Mar 1987 - 29 May 1988 Rana Naeem Mahmood Khan
(minister of state)
9 Jun 1988 - 1 Dec 1988 Mahmood A. Haroon
4 Dec 1988 - 6 Aug 1990 Ghulam Sarwar Cheema
(minister of state)
10 Sep 1991 - 17 Jul 1993 Syed Ghous Ali Shah (b. 1934)
19 Oct 1993 - 5 Nov 1996 Aftab Shahban Mirani
5 Nov 1996 - 17 Feb 1997 Shahid Hamid
12 Oct 1999 - 23 Nov 2002 Pervez Musharraf (b. 1943)
23 Nov 2002 - 16 Nov 2007 Rao Sikandar Iqbal (b. 1943)
16 Nov 2007 - 31 Mar 2008 Salim Abbas Jilani
31 Mar 2008 - Chaudhry Ahmed Mukhtar
Finance
Ministers
15 Aug 1947 - 24 Oct 1951 Ghulam Mohammad (b. 1895 - d. 1956)
24 Oct 1951 - 17 Oct 1955 Chaudhry Mohammad Ali (b. 1905 - d. 1980)
17 Oct 1955 - 7 Oct 1958 Syed Amjad Ali (b. 1907 - d. 1997)
15 Nov 1958 - 30 Jan 1962 Mohammad Shoaib (1st time)
30 Jan 1962 - 15 Dec 1962 Abdul Qadir
15 Dec 1962 - 25 Aug 1966 Mohammad Shoaib (2nd time)
25 Aug 1966 - 25 Mar 1969 N.M. Uquaili
5 Apr 1969 - 3 Aug 1969 S.M. Ahsan
4 Aug 1969 - 22 Feb 1971 Muzaffar Ali Khan Qizilbash (b. 1908 - d. 1982)
24 Dec 1971 - 22 Oct 1974 Mubashir Hasan
22 Oct 1974 - 30 Mar 1977 Rana Mohammad Hanif Khan
30 Mar 1977 - 5 Jul 1977 Abdul Hafeez Pirzada
14 Jan 1978 - 5 Jul 1978 A.G.N. Kazi
5 Jul 1978 - 24 Mar 1985 Ghulam Ishaq Khan (b. 1915 - d. 2006)
24 Mar 1985 - 28 Jan 1986 Mahbubul Haq (1st time)
28 Jan 1986 - 29 May 1988 Mian Mohammad Yasin Khan Wattoo (b. 19... - d. 2002)
9 Jun 1988 - 1 Dec 1988 Mahbubul Haq (2nd time)
4 Dec 1988 - 6 Aug 1990 Ehsan-ul-Haq Piracha
(minister of state)
7 Aug 1990 - 18 Jul 1993 Sartaj Aziz (1st time) (b. 1929)
23 Jul 1993 - 19 Oct 1993 Syed Babar Ali
26 Jan 1994 - 28 Oct 1996 Makhdoom Shahabuddin
(minister of state)
28 Oct 1996 - 5 Nov 1996 Syed Naveed Qamar (b. 1955)
11 Nov 1996 - 17 Feb 1997 Shahid Javed Burki (advisor) (b. 1938)
25 Feb 1997 - 6 Aug 1998 Sartaj Aziz (2nd time) (s.a.)
6 Aug 1998 - 7 Nov 1998 Nawaz Sharif (b. 1949)
7 Nov 1998 - 12 Oct 1999 Ishaq Dar (1st time)
6 Nov 1999 - 5 Sep 2004 Shaukat Aziz (b. 1949)
(advisor 23 Nov 2002 - 8 Apr 2003)
5 Sep 2004 - 31 Mar 2008 Salman Shah (b. 1950)
(advisor to 16 Nov 2007)
31 Mar 2008 - Ishaq Dar (2nd time)
Interior
Ministers
15 Aug 1947 - 8 May 1948 Fazlur Rehman
8 May 1948 - 26 Nov 1951 Khwaja Shahabuddin (b. 1898 - d. 1977)
26 Nov 1951 - 24 Oct 1954 Mushtaq Ahmad Gurmani (b. 1905)
24 Oct 1954 - 11 Aug 1955 Iskander Mirza (b. 1899 - d. 1969)
11 Aug 1955 - 9 Mar 1956 A.K. Fazlul Huq (b. 1873 - d. 1962)
17 Mar 1956 - 12 Sep 1956 Abdus Sattar (b. 1906 - d. 1985)
12 Sep 1956 - 18 Mar 1958 Ghulam Ali Talpur (b. 1909 - d. 1963)
5 Apr 1958 - 20 Sep 1958 Khan Mohammad Jalaluddin Khan
(minister of state)
20 Sep 1958 - 7 Oct 1958 Sardar Akbar Khan Bugti (b. 1927 - d. 2006)
(minister of state)
28 Oct 1958 - 14 Jun 1960 K.M. Sheikh
14 Jun 1960 - 24 Feb 1961 Zakir Hussain (b. 1898 - d. ...)
- Home Affairs -
24 Feb 1961 - 8 Jun 1962 Zakir Hussain (s.a.)
13 Jun 1962 - 23 Mar 1965 Khan Habibullah Khan (b. 1901 - d. ...)
23 Mar 1965 - 17 Aug 1965 Mohammad Ayub Khan (b. 1907 - d. 1974)
17 Aug 1965 - 30 Nov 1966 Chaudhry Ali Akbar Khan
5 Dec 1966 - 25 Mar 1969 Afzal Rahman Khan (b. 1921)
5 Apr 1969 - 3 Aug 1969 Abdul Hamid Khan
4 Aug 1969 - 22 Feb 1971 Sardar Abdul Rashid
- Interior -
24 Dec 1971 - 13 May 1972 Zulfikar Ali Bhutto (1st time) (b. 1928 - d. 1979)
13 May 1972 - 13 Jan 1977 Khan Abdul Qayyum Khan (b. 1901 - d. 1981)
13 Jan 1977 - 30 Mar 1977 Zulfikar Ali Bhutto (2nd time) (s.a.)
14 Jan 1978 - 5 Jul 1978 Inamul Haq Khan
5 Jul 1978 - 18 Nov 1984 Mahmood A. Haroon
22 Jan 1985 - 24 Mar 1985 Sardar F.S. Lodi (b. 1931 - d. 2004)
10 Apr 1985 - 21 May 1985 Mohammad Khan Junejo (b. 1932 - d. 1993)
21 May 1985 - 29 Mar 1987 Mohammad Aslam Khan Khattak (b. 1908 - d. 2008)
29 Mar 1987 - 28 Jul 1987 Wasim Sajjad (b. 1941)
28 Jul 1987 - 17 Nov 1988 Malik Nasim Ahmed Aheer
4 Dec 1988 - 6 Aug 1990 Aitzaz Ahsan (b. 1945)
7 Oct 1990 - 6 Nov 1990 Mian Zahid Sarfraz
9 Nov 1990 - 18 Jul 1993 Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain
(1st time) (b. 1946)
23 Jul 1993 - 19 Oct 1993 Fateh Khan Bandial
21 Oct 1993 - 5 Nov 1996 Nasirullah Khan Babar
5 Nov 1996 - 17 Feb 1997 Omar Khan Afridi
25 Feb 1997 - 12 Oct 1999 Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain
(2nd time) (s.a.)
6 Nov 1999 - 23 Nov 2002 Moinuddin Haider
23 Nov 2002 - 2 Sep 2004 Faisal Saleh Hayat (b. 1952)
2 Sep 2004 - 16 Nov 2007 Aftab Ahmad Khan Sherpao (b. 1944)
16 Nov 2007 - 31 Mar 2008 Hamid Nawaz Khan
31 Mar 2008 - Rehman Malik (advisor)
Justice
Ministers
10 Apr 1985 - 28 Sep 1986 Iqbal Ahmad Khan
28 Sep 1986 - 1 Dec 1988 Wasim Sajjad (b. 1941)
28 Dec 1988 - 6 Aug 1990 Syed Iftikhar Hussain Gilani (b. 1940)
28 Aug 1990 - 6 Nov 1990 Chaudhry Amir Hussain (1st time) (b. 1942)
9 Nov 1990 - 9 Mar 1991 Syed Fakhar Imam
9 Mar 1991 - 10 Sep 1991 Chaudhry Amir Hussain (2nd time) (s.a.)
(minister of state)
10 Sep 1991 - 18 Jul 1993 Chaudhry Abdul Ghafoor
1 Aug 1993 - 19 Oct 1993 Abdul Shakurul Salam
16 Nov 1993 - 20 Dec 1994 Syed Iqbal Haider
20 Dec 1994 - 5 Nov 1996 N.D. Khan
6 Nov 1996 - 19 Dec 1996 Fakhruddin G. Ebrahim (b. 1928)
19 Dec 1996 - 17 Feb 1997 Shahid Hamid
11 Aug 1997 - 12 Oct 1999 Khalid Anwar
29 Nov 1999 - 28 Nov 2000 Aziz A. Munshi
28 Nov 2000 - 13 Mar 2002 Shahida Jamil (f) (b. 1944)
13 Mar 2002 - 23 Nov 2002 Khalid Ranjha
23 Nov 2002 - 2 Sep 2004 Khurshid Mehmood Kasuri (b. 1941)
2 Sep 2004 - 27 Aug 2007 Muhammad Wasi Zafar (b. 1949)
27 Aug 2007 - 16 Nov 2007 Zahid Hamid (b. 1947)
16 Nov 2007 - 31 Mar 2008 Syed Afzal Haider (b. 1931)
31 Mar 2008 - Farooq Naek
Parliament
National Assembly
Presidents
11 Aug 1947 - 11 Sep 1948 Mohammad Ali Jinnah (b. 1876 - d. 1948)
14 Dec 1948 - 24 Oct 1954 Moulvi Tamizuddin Khan (b. 1889 - d. 1963)
Speakers
12 Aug 1955 - 7 Oct 1958 Abdul Wahab Khan
11 Jun 1962 - 19 Aug 1963 Moulvi Tamizuddin Khan (s.a.)
29 Nov 1963 - 12 Jun 1965 A.K.M. Fazlul Quader Chowdhury
12 Jun 1965 - 25 Mar 1969 Abdul Jabbar Khan (b. 1902 - d. 1984)
President
14 Apr 1972 - 12 Apr 1973 Zulfikar Ali Bhutto (b. 1928 - d. 1979)
Speakers
15 Aug 1972 - 7 Aug 1973 Fazal Elahi Chaudhry (b. 1904 - d. 1982)
9 Aug 1973 - 27 Mar 1977 Sahibzada Farooq Ali
27 Mar 1977 - 5 Jul 1977 Miraj Khalid (1st time) (b. 1916 - d. 2003)
22 Mar 1985 - 26 May 1986 Syed Fakhar Imam
31 May 1986 - 3 Dec 1988 Hamid Nasir Chattha (b. 1944)
3 Dec 1988 - 4 Nov 1990 Miraj Khalid (2nd time) (s.a.)
4 Nov 1990 - 17 Oct 1993 Gohar Ayub Khan (b. 1937)
17 Oct 1993 - 16 Feb 1997 Yousaf Raza Gilani (b. 1952)
16 Feb 1997 - 20 Aug 2001 Illahi Bukhsh Soomro
19 Nov 2002 - 19 Mar 2008 Chaudhry Amir Hussain (b. 1942)
19 Mar 2008 - Fahmida Mirza (f) (b. 1956)
Senate
Chairmen
6 Aug 1973 - 4 Jul 1977 Khan Habibullah Khan (b. 1901 - d. ...)
21 Mar 1985 - 12 Dec 1988 Ghulam Ishaq Khan (b. 1915 - d. 2006)
24 Dec 1988 - 12 Oct 1999 Wasim Sajjad (b. 1941)
12 Mar 2003 - Mohammadmian Soomro (b. 1950)
16 Nov 2007 - 25 Mar 2008 Jan Muhammad Jamali
(acting for Soomro)