East Pakistan
15 Aug 1947 Bengal province of British India divided; eastern part
becomes Pakistani province of East Bengal
14 Oct 1955 renamed East Pakistan
16 Dec 1971 becomes independent Bangladesh
Governors
Aug 1947 - 31 Mar 1950 Sir Frederick Chalmers Bourne (b. 1891 - d. 1977)
31 Mar 1950 - 31 Mar 1953 Malik Firoz Khan Noon (b. 1893 - d. 1970)
31 Mar 1953 - 29 May 1954 Chaudhry Khaliquzzaman (b. 1889 - d. 1973)
29 May 1954 - May 1955 Iskandar Ali Mirza (b. 1899 - d. 1969)
May 1955 - Jun 1955 Mohammad Shahabuddin (acting)
Jun 1955 - Mar 1956 Amiruddin Ahmad
Mar 1956 - 13 Apr 1958 A.K. Fazlul Huq (b. 1873 - d. 1962)
13 Apr 1958 - 3 May 1958 Hamid Ali (acting)
3 May 1958 - 10 Oct 1958 Sultanuddin Ahmad
10 Oct 1958 - 11 Apr 1960 Zakir Hussain (b. 1898 - d. ...)
11 Apr 1960 - 11 May 1962 Mohammad Azam Khan (b. 1908 - d. 1996)
11 May 1962 - 25 Oct 1962 Ghulam Faruq (b. 1899)
25 Oct 1962 - 23 Mar 1969 Abdul Monem Khan (b. 1899 - d. 1971)
23 Mar 1969 - 25 Mar 1969 Mirza Nurul Huda (b. 1919 - d. 1991)
25 Mar 1969 - 23 Aug 1969 Muzaffaruddin
(martial law administrator)
23 Aug 1969 - 1 Sep 1969 Sahabzada Yaqub Khan (b. 1920)
(martial law administrator)
1 Sep 1969 - 7 Mar 1971 Saiyid Mohammad Ahsan (b. 1920)
7 Mar 1971 - 31 Aug 1971 Tikka Khan (b. 1915 - d. 2002)
(martial law administrator)
31 Aug 1971 - 14 Dec 1971 Abdul Motaleb Malik (b. 1905 - d. 1977)
31 Aug 1971 - 16 Dec 1971 Amir Abdullah Khan Niazi (b. 1915 - d. 2004)
(martial law administrator)
Chief ministers
Aug 1947 - Sep 1948 Khwaja Nazimuddin (b. 1894 - d. 1964)
Sep 1948 - 1952 Nurul Amin (b. 1893 - d. 1974)
3 Apr 1954 - 29 May 1954 A.K. Fazlul Huq (s.a.)
Aug 1955 - Sep 1956 Abu Hossain Sarkar (1st time) (b. 1894 - d. 1969)
Sep 1956 - Mar 1958 Ataur Rahman Khan (1st time) (b. 1905 - d. 1991)
Mar 1958 Abu Hossain Sarkar (2nd time) (s.a.)
Mar 1958 - 18 Jun 1958 Ataur Rahman Khan (2nd time) (s.a.)
18 Jun 1958 - 22 Jun 1958 Abu Hossain Sarkar (3rd time) (s.a.)
25 Aug 1958 - 7 Oct 1958 Ataur Rahman Khan (3rd time) (s.a.)
Gilgit-Baltistan
1970 Federally Administered Northern Areas created
4 Jan 2008 autonomy
7 Sep 2009 renamed Gilgit-Baltistan
Chairmen
4 Jan 2008 - 31 Mar 2008 Abbas Sarfraz Khan (b. 1960)
31 Mar 2008 - 15 Sep 2009 Qamar Zaman Kaira (b. 1960)
Governors
15 Sep 2009 - 23 Mar 2010 Qamar Zaman Kaira (acting) (s.a.)
23 Mar 2010 - Shama Khalid (f)
Chief executive
4 Jan 2008 - 11 Dec 2009 Mir Ghazanfar Ali Khan
Chief minister
11 Dec 2009 - Syed Mehdi Shah (b. 1954)
Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa
15 Aug 1947 North-West Frontier Province of British India becomes a
province of Pakistan
14 Oct 1955 - 1 Jul 1970 part of West Pakistan province
15 Apr 2010 renamed Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa
Governors
15 Aug 1947 - 8 Apr 1948 Sir George Cunningham (b. 1888 - d. 1964)
9 Apr 1948 - 16 Jul 1949 Sir Ambrose Dundas Flux Dundas (b. 1899 - d. 1973)
16 Jul 1949 - 14 Jan 1950 Sahibzada Mohammad Khurshid
14 Jan 1950 - 21 Feb 1950 Mohammad Ibrahim Khan (acting)
21 Feb 1950 - 23 Nov 1951 Ismail Ibrahim Chundrigar (b. 1897 - d. 1960)
24 Nov 1951 - 17 Nov 1954 Khwaja Shahabuddin (b. 1898 - d. 1977)
17 Nov 1954 - 14 Oct 1955 Qurban Ali Shah
1 Jul 1970 - 25 Dec 1971 Khwaja Mohammad Azhar Khan
25 Dec 1971 - 30 Apr 1972 Hayat Mohammad Khan Sherpao (b. 19... - d. 1975)
30 Apr 1972 - 15 Feb 1973 Arbab Sikandar Khan Khalil (b. ... - d. 1982)
15 Feb 1973 - 24 May 1974 Mohammad Aslam Khan Khattak (b. 1908 - d. 2008)
24 May 1974 - 1 Mar 1976 Syed Ghawas
1 Mar 1976 - 6 Jul 1977 Naseerullah Khan Babar (b. 1928)
6 Jul 1977 - 17 Sep 1978 Abdul Hakeem Khan
11 Oct 1978 - 12 Dec 1985 Fazle Haq (b. ... - d. 1991)
30 Dec 1985 - 13 Apr 1986 Nawabzada Abdul Ghafoor Khan Hoti (b. 1923? - d. 1998)
13 Apr 1986 - 27 Aug 1986 Syed Usman Ali Shah
27 Aug 1986 - 16 Jun 1988 Fida Mohammad Khan
16 Jun 1988 - 19 Jul 1993 Amir Gulistan Janjua
19 Jul 1993 - 5 Nov 1996 Khurshid Ali Khan
5 Nov 1996 - 11 Nov 1996 Ibne Ali
11 Nov 1996 - 17 Aug 1999 Arif Bangash
17 Aug 1999 - 21 Oct 1999 Miangul Aurangzeb (b. 1928)
21 Oct 1999 - 14 Aug 2000 Mohammad Shafiq (b. 1934)
14 Aug 2000 - 15 Mar 2005 Iftikhar Hussain Shah
15 Mar 2005 - 24 May 2006 Khalilur Rehman (b. 1934)
24 May 2006 - 7 Jan 2008 Ali Mohammad Jan Orakzai (b. 1947)
7 Jan 2008 - Owais Ahmed Ghani (b. 1951)
Chief ministers
23 Aug 1947 - 23 Apr 1953 Khan Abdul Qayyum Khan (b. 1901 - d. 1981)
23 Apr 1953 - 18 Jul 1955 Sardar Abdur Rashid Khan (b. 1906 - d. 199...)
19 Jul 1955 - 14 Oct 1955 Sardar Bahadur Khan (b. 1908)
1 May 1972 - 21 Feb 1973 Maulana Mufti Mahmood (b. 1919 - d. 1980)
29 Apr 1973 - 16 Feb 1975 Sardar Inayatullah Khan Gandapur (b. 1919 - d. 2005)
3 May 1975 - 9 Apr 1977 Nasrullah Khan Khattak (b. 1928)
9 Apr 1977 - 5 Jul 1977 Mohammad Iqbal Khan Jadoon (b. 1942 - d. ...)
7 Apr 1985 - 31 May 1988 Arbab Mohammad Jehangir Khan (b. 1935? - d. 2007)
31 May 1988 - 2 Dec 1988 Fazle Haq (acting) (s.a.)
2 Dec 1988 - 7 Aug 1990 Aftab Ahmad Khan Sherpao
(1st time) (b. 1944)
7 Aug 1990 - 20 Jul 1993 Mir Afzal Khan (b. 1934? - d. 1997)
(acting to 8 Nov 1990)
20 Jul 1993 - 20 Oct 1993 Mufti Mohammad Abbas (acting)
20 Oct 1993 - 25 Feb 1994 Syed Mohammad Sabir Shah
24 Apr 1994 - 12 Nov 1996 Aftab Ahmad Khan Sherpao
(2nd time) (s.a.)
12 Nov 1996 - 21 Feb 1997 Raja Sikandar Zaman Khan (acting) (b. 1935)
21 Feb 1997 - 12 Oct 1999 Sardar Mahtab Ahmad Khan (b. 1954)
30 Nov 2002 - 11 Oct 2007 Akram Khan Durrani (b. 1960)
11 Oct 2007 - 1 Apr 2008 Shamsul Mulk (b. 1933)
1 Apr 2008 - Amir Haider Khan Hoti (b. 1971)
Punjab
15 Aug 1947 Punjab province of British India divided; West Punjab
becomes a province of Pakistan
7 Jan 1950 West Punjab renamed Punjab
14 Oct 1955 - 1 Jul 1970 part of West Pakistan province
Governors
15 Aug 1947 - 2 Aug 1949 Sir Francis Mudie (b. 1890 - d. 1976)
2 Aug 1949 - 24 Nov 1951 Sardar Abdur Rab Nishtar (b. 1899 - d. 1958)
24 Nov 1951 - 2 May 1953 Ismail Ibrahim Chundrigar (b. 1897 - d. 1960)
2 May 1953 - 24 Jun 1954 Mian Aminuddin
26 Sep 1954 - 26 Nov 1954 Habib Ibrahim Rehmatullah (b. 1912 - d. 1991)
27 Nov 1954 - 14 Oct 1955 Mushtaq Ahmad Gurmani (b. 1905)
1 Jul 1970 - 1971 Atiqur Rahman (b. 1918 - d. 1996)
1971 - Feb 1973 Ghulam Mustafa Khar (1st time) (b. 1937)
Feb 1973 - Mar 1974 Mohammad Haneef Ramay (b. 1930 - d. 2006)
Mar 1974 - 13 Mar 1975 Saddiq Hussein Qureshi
13 Mar 1975 - 31 Jul 1975 Ghulam Mustafa Khar (2nd time) (s.a.)
31 Jul 1975 - Sep 1977 Mohammad Abbas Abbasi (b. 1924 - d. 1988)
Sep 1977 - 1978 Aslam Riaz Hussain (b. 1924 - d. 2004)
1978 - Mar 1980 Sawar Khan
Mar 1980 - Dec 1985 Ghulam Gilani Khan
Dec 1985 - Dec 1988 Makhdoom Qureshi (b. ... - d. 1998)
Dec 1988 - Aug 1990 Tikka Khan (b. 1915 - d. 2002)
Aug 1990 - Apr 1993 Mian Mohammad Azhar
Apr 1993 - 21 May 1995 Chaudhry Altaf Hussain (b. 1930? - d. 1995)
19 Jun 1995 - 5 Nov 1996 Saroop Khan
5 Nov 1996 - 10 Mar 1997 Ahmad Tariq Rahim
10 Mar 1997 - 17 Aug 1999 Shahid Hamid
17 Aug 1999 - 21 Oct 1999 Sardar Zulfikar Khan Khosa
21 Oct 1999 - 29 Oct 2001 Mohammad Safdar
29 Oct 2001 - 16 May 2008 Khalid Maqbool (b. 1948)
16 May 2008 - Salman Taseer
Chief ministers
5 Aug 1947 - 25 Jan 1949 Iftikhar Hussain Khan (b. 1906 - d. 1969)
5 Apr 1951 - 3 Apr 1953 Mian Mumtaz Daultana (b. 1915? - d. 1995)
3 Apr 1953 - 21 May 1955 Malik Firoz Khan Noon (b. 1893 - d. 1970)
21 May 1955 - 14 Oct 1955 Abdul Hamid Khan Dasti
2 May 1972 - 12 Nov 1973 Miraj Khalid (b. 1916 - d. 2003)
12 Nov 1973 - 15 Mar 1974 Ghulam Mustafa Khar (s.a.)
15 Mar 1974 - 15 Jul 1975 Mohammad Haneef Ramay (s.a.)
15 Jul 1975 - 5 Jul 1977 Sadiq Hussain Qureshi
9 Apr 1985 - 13 Aug 1990 Nawaz Sharif (b. 1949)
13 Aug 1990 - 25 Apr 1993 Ghulam Haider Wyne (b. ... - d. 1993)
25 Apr 1993 - 19 Jul 1993 Manzoor Ahmad Wattoo (1st time)
19 Jul 1993 - 20 Oct 1993 Manzoor Elahi (acting)
20 Oct 1993 - 13 Sep 1995 Manzoor Ahmad Wattoo (2nd time)
13 Sep 1995 - 3 Nov 1996 Sardar Arif Nakai (b. 1929 - d. 2000)
3 Nov 1996 - 17 Nov 1996 Manzoor Ahmad Wattoo (3rd time)
17 Nov 1996 - 20 Feb 1997 Mian Muhammad Afzal Hayat (acting)
20 Feb 1997 - 12 Oct 1999 Shahbaz Sharif (1st time) (b. 1951)
29 Nov 2002 - 19 Nov 2007 Chaudhry Pervaiz Elahi (b. 1945)
19 Nov 2007 - 12 Apr 2008 Sheikh Ejaz Nisar
12 Apr 2008 - 8 Jun 2008 Sardar Dost Muhammad Khosa (b. 1973)
8 Jun 2008 - 25 Feb 2009 Shahbaz Sharif (2nd time) (s.a.)
31 Mar 2009 - Shahbaz Sharif (3rd time) (s.a.)
Sindh
15 Aug 1947 Sind province of British India becomes a province of
Pakistan
14 Oct 1955 - 1 Jul 1970 part of West Pakistan province
Governors
15 Aug 1947 - 4 Oct 1948 Sir Ghulam Hussain Hidayatullah
Khan Bahadur Shaykh (b. 1879 - d. 1948)
7 Oct 1948 - 19 Nov 1952 Sheikh Din Muhammad
19 Nov 1952 - 1 May 1953 Mian Aminuddin
2 May 1953 - 12 Aug 1953 George Baxandall Constantine
12 Aug 1953 - 23 Jun 1954 Habib Ibrahim Rehmatullah (b. 1912 - d. 1991)
24 Jun 1954 - 14 Oct 1955 Iftikhar Hussain Khan (b. 1906 - d. 1969)
1 Jul 1970 - 21 Dec 1971 Rakhman Gul (b. ... - d. 1998)
22 Dec 1971 - 20 Apr 1972 Mumtaz Ali Bhutto (b. 1933)
29 Apr 1972 - 13 Feb 1973 Mir Rasool Bux Talpur
15 Feb 1973 - 1 Mar 1976 Rana Liaquat Ali Khan (f) (b. 1905 - d. 1990)
1 Mar 1976 - 6 Jul 1977 Dilawar Khanji (b. 1922 - d. 1989)
6 Jul 1977 - 18 Sep 1978 Abdul Qadir Shaikh
18 Sep 1978 - 7 Apr 1984 Sadiq ul Rashid Mohammad Abbasi (b. 1928 - d. 2002)
7 Apr 1984 - 5 Jan 1987 Jahandad Khan
5 Jan 1987 - 24 Jun 1988 Ashraf W. Tabani (b. 1930)
24 Jun 1988 - 12 Sep 1988 Rahimuddin Khan (b. 1926)
12 Sep 1988 - 19 Apr 1989 Qadeeruddin Ahmed (b. 1908? - d. 1995)
19 Apr 1989 - 6 Aug 1990 Fakhruddin G. Ebrahim (b. 1928)
6 Aug 1990 - 19 Jul 1993 Mahmood A. Haroon (1st time) (b. 1920 - d. 2008)
19 Jul 1993 - 23 Jan 1994 Hakim Said (b. 1920 - d. 1998)
23 Jan 1994 - 22 May 1995 Mahmood A. Haroon (2nd time) (s.a.)
22 May 1995 - 17 Mar 1997 Kamaluddin Azfar
17 Mar 1997 - 17 Jun 1999 Moinuddin Haider
17 Jun 1999 - 21 Oct 1999 Mamnoon Hussain (b. 1942)
21 Oct 1999 - 25 May 2000 Azim Daudpota (b. 1933)
25 May 2000 - 27 Dec 2002 Mohammadmian Soomro (b. 1950)
27 Dec 2002 - Ishratul Ibad (b. 1962)
Chief ministers
16 Aug 1947 - 28 Apr 1948 Mohammad Ayub Khuhro (1st time) (b. 1901 - d. 1980)
3 May 1948 - 4 Feb 1949 Pir Illahi Bakhsh (b. ... - d. 1975)
18 Feb 1949 - 7 May 1950 Yusuf Haroon (b. 1914?)
8 May 1950 - 24 Mar 1951 Qazi Fazlullah
25 Mar 1951 - 29 Dec 1951 Mohammad Ayub Khuhro (2nd time) (s.a.)
22 May 1953 - 8 Nov 1954 Pirzada Abdus Sattar
9 Nov 1954 - 13 Oct 1955 Mohammad Ayub Khuhro (3rd time) (s.a.)
1 May 1972 - 20 Dec 1973 Mumtaz Ali Bhutto (1st time) (s.a.)
25 Dec 1973 - 5 Jul 1977 Ghulam Mustafa Jatoi (b. 1931 - d. 2009)
6 Apr 1985 - 6 Apr 1988 Syed Ghous Ali Shah (b. 1934)
11 Apr 1988 - 24 Jun 1988 Akhtar Ali Kazi (1st time)
31 Aug 1988 - 2 Dec 1988 Akhtar Ali Kazi (2nd time)
(acting)
2 Dec 1988 - 25 Feb 1990 Syed Qaim Ali Shah
26 Feb 1990 - 6 Aug 1990 Aftab Shahban Mirani
6 Aug 1990 - 5 Mar 1992 Jam Sadiq Ali (b. ... - d. 1992)
(acting to 5 Nov 1990)
6 Mar 1992 - 19 Jul 1993 Syed Muzaffar Hussain Shah (b. 1945)
19 Jul 1993 - 21 Oct 1993 Syed Ali Madad Shah (acting) (b. ... - d. 2009)
21 Oct 1993 - 6 Nov 1996 Syed Abdullah Shah (b. 1931 - d. 2007)
7 Nov 1996 - 22 Feb 1997 Mumtaz Ali Bhutto (2nd time) (s.a.)
(acting)
22 Feb 1997 - 12 Oct 1999 Liaquat Ali Jatoi (b. 1948)
(suspended from 30 Oct 1998)
17 Dec 2002 - 9 Jun 2004 Ali Mohammad Mahar (b. 1967)
9 Jun 2004 - 19 Nov 2007 Arbab Ghulam Rahim (b. 1956)
19 Nov 2007 - 8 Apr 2008 Abdul Qadir Halepota (b. 1932)
8 Apr 2008 - Syed Qaim Ali Shah (b. 1935)
West Pakistan
14 Oct 1955 - 1 Jul 1970 Balochistan, North-West Frontier Province, Punjab, and
Sindh form the single province of West Pakistan
Governors
14 Oct 1955 - Aug 1957 Mushtaq Ahmad Gurmani (b. 1905)
Aug 1957 - Apr 1960 Akhtar Hussain
Apr 1960 - 18 Sep 1966 Malik Amir Mohammad Khan (b. ... - d. 1967)
18 Sep 1966 - 20 Mar 1969 Mohammad Musa Khan (b. ... - d. 1991)
20 Mar 1969 - 25 Mar 1969 Yusuf Haroon (b. 1914?)
25 Mar 1969 - 29 Aug 1969 Atiqur Rahman (1st time) (b. 1918 - d. 1996)
(martial law administrator)
29 Aug 1969 - 1 Sep 1969 Tikka Khan (b. 1915 - d. 2002)
(martial law administrator)
1 Sep 1969 - 1 Feb 1970 Nur Khan (b. 1923)
1 Feb 1970 - 1 Jul 1970 Atiqur Rahman (2nd time) (s.a.)
Chief ministers
14 Oct 1955 - 16 Jul 1957 Khan Sahib (b. 1882 - d. 1958)
16 Jul 1957 - 18 Mar 1958 Sardar Abdur Rashid Khan (b. 1906 - d. 199...)
18 Mar 1958 - 7 Oct 1958 Muzaffar Ali Khan Qizilbash (b. 1908 - d. 1982)