1Liaquat Ali Khan189519512047-08-14T00:00:0016 October 1951 (assassinated)4 years, 63 days15231947Pre-1971 PakistanMuslim LeagueFollowing advice given by the founding father of the nation, Governor-General Muhammad Ali Jinnah appointed and invited the Finance Minister Liaquat Ali Khan to set up and run his administration in 1947. He was assassinated in 1951, and Khawaja Nazimuddin took the office.[5][20] 2Sir Khawaja Nazimuddin189419642051-10-17T00:00:0017-Apr-531 year, 182 days5481947Pre-1971 PakistanMuslim LeagueNazimuddin became Prime Minister of Pakistan after the assassination of Liaquat Ali Khan in 1951.[20] He left the office when Governor-General Malik Ghulam Muhammad dissolved his government in 1953.[3] 3Mohammad Ali Bogra190919632053-04-17T00:00:0012-Aug-552 years, 117 days8471947Pre-1971 PakistanMuslim LeagueA diplomat and relatively unknown personality to Pakistani politics, Bogra established the Ministry of Talents but his administration was dismissed in 1955 by the Governor-General after the legislative elections in 1954.[3] 4Chaudhry Mohammad Ali190519822055-08-12T00:00:0012-Sep-561 year, 31 days3981947Pre-1971 PakistanMuslim LeagueA first appointment from the coalition of Muslim League, Awami League and the Republican Party, he was removed by his own party following the successful vote of no-confidence movement.[3] 5Huseyn Shaheed Suhrawardy189219632056-09-12T00:00:0017-Oct-571 year, 35 days4011947Pre-1971 PakistanAwami LeaguePopular for his wit in law, Suhrwardy resigned due to the loss of control over his party and support from the coalition partners in his administration.[3] 6Ibrahim Ismail Chundrigar189719602057-10-17T00:00:0016-Dec-5760 days591947Pre-1971 PakistanMuslim LeagueSecond shortest tenured Prime Minister, Chundrigar established his administration but removed in mere 55 days into his term amid a vote of no-confidence movement led by majority votes of the Republican Party and Awami League.[3] 7Sir Feroze Khan Noon189319702057-12-16T00:00:007-Oct-58295 days2951947Pre-1971 PakistanRepublican PartyA lawyer, Sir Feroze Khan's administration collapsed after his party's own President Iskander Mirza enforced martial law in 1958 in a view of extending his term of office[21][22] 8Nurul Amin189319742071-12-07T00:00:0020-Dec-7113 days131970Pre-1971 PakistanPakistan Muslim LeagueShortest tenured Prime Minister. After the general elections in 1971, Amin was invited to be appointed as Prime Minister under Yahya administration; yet he was also the first and the only Vice President of Pakistan from 1970 to 1972, leading Pakistan in the Indo-Pakistani War of 1971.[3] 9Zulfikar Ali Bhutto192819791973-08-14T00:00:005-Jul-773 years, 325 days14211977Current PakistanPakistan Peoples PartyBhutto resigned as president to become the empowered Prime Minister after the Constitution was repromulgated, which established a parliamentary system of government. He was deposed in the martial law in 1977 by his appointed army chief, General Zia, in July 1977.[9][23] 10Muhammad Khan Junejo193219931985-03-24T00:00:0029-May-883 years, 66 days11631985Current PakistanIndependentJunejo was elected as the tenth Prime Minister of Pakistan in non-party based elections in 1985, therefore he was elected on an Independent ticket but he served the Pakistan Muslim League while before entering in office and during office. He was dismissed by the president after Eighth Amendment to the Constitution.[3] 11Benazir Bhutto195320071988-12-02T00:00:006-Aug-901 year, 247 days6121988Current PakistanPakistan Peoples PartyBhutto became the first woman in Pakistan to head a major political party, in 1982. Six years later, she became the first woman elected to lead a Muslim state.[10][24] 12Nawaz Sharif19491990-11-06T00:00:0018-Jul-932 years, 254 days8941990Current PakistanPakistan Muslim League (N)Sharif was elected as the 12th Prime Minister of Pakistan on 1 November 1990.[25] President Ghulam Ishaq Khan dissolved his government in April 1993, which was later on reinstated by the Supreme Court of Pakistan.[11] Sharif survived a serious constitutional crisis when President Khan attempted to dismiss him under article 58-2b, in April 1993, but he successfully challenged the decision in the Supreme Court.[11] Sharif resigned from the post negotiating a settlement that resulted in the removal of President as well, in July 1993.[26] 13Benazir Bhutto195320071993-10-19T00:00:005-Nov-963 years, 17 days11131993Current PakistanPakistan Peoples PartyBhutto was re-elected for a second term, in 1993. She survived an attempted coup d'tat in 1995. Bhutto's government was dismissed by president Farooq Leghari in November 1996.[27][28] 14Nawaz Sharif19491997-02-17T00:00:0012-Oct-992 years, 237 days9671997Current PakistanPakistan Muslim League (N)Sharif was re-elected as Prime Minister with an exclusive mandate from all over Pakistan for a non-consecutive second term, in February 1997.[12][29] His government was deposed by General Pervez Musharraf in October 1999, and Martial law was imposed in the entire country.[16][30] 15Mir Zafarullah Khan Jamali194420202002-11-23T00:00:0026-Jun-041 year, 216 days5812002Current PakistanPakistan Muslim League (Q)Jamali was elected as the Prime Minister of Pakistan in November 2002. He continued the foreign and economic policies of Pervez Musharraf but could not complete his term and resigned from the post in June 2004.[13] 16Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain19462004-06-30T00:00:0023-Aug-0454 days572002Current PakistanPakistan Muslim League (Q)Parliament elected Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain as the Prime Minister and to serve a 50-day period before the Shaukat Aziz, permanently replaces him.[31] 17Shaukat Aziz19492004-08-28T00:00:0015-Nov-073 years, 79 days11742002Current PakistanPakistan Muslim League (Q)Aziz took the office of Prime Minister of Pakistan in August 2004. He left the office at the end of the parliamentary term, in November 2007, and became the first Prime Minister of Pakistan who left the seat after completion of parliamentary term.[32] 18Yousaf Raza Gillani19522008-03-25T00:00:0019-Jun-124 years, 86 days14922008Current PakistanPakistan Peoples PartyGillani was elected as prime minister in March 2008. He was disqualified from his seat in the parliament in April 2012 by the Supreme Court for contempt of court.[33] 19Raja Pervaiz Ashraf19502012-06-22T00:00:0024-Mar-13275 days2752008Current PakistanPakistan Peoples PartyAshraf assumed the post of Prime Minister in June 2012, after Yousaf Raza Gillani was disqualified over contempt of court charges.[14] 20Nawaz Sharif19492013-06-05T00:00:0028-Jul-174 years, 53 days15142013Current PakistanPakistan Muslim League (N)On 5 June 2013, Sharif took office for a third non-consecutive term after winning 182/342 seats with clear majority.[17][18] He was disqualified on 28 July 2017 by the Supreme Court of Pakistan as a result of the Panama Papers case.[34] 21Shahid Khaqan Abbasi19582017-08-01T00:00:0031-May-18303 days3032013Current PakistanPakistan Muslim League (N)Parliament elected Shahid Khaqan Abbasi as the Prime Minister after the impeachment of Nawaz Sharif. His term expired on 31 May 2018 alongside the dissolution of the National Assembly to facilitate a caretaker government in place until the 25 July general election.[35] 22Imran Khan19522018-08-18T00:00:0010-Apr-223 years, 235 days13312018Current PakistanPakistan Tehreek-e-InsafGeneral elections were held on 25 July 2018, which resulted in the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf winning 156/342 seats. making a coalition Government of 177 members including PTI, MQM, BAP and others. On 18 August was elected as Prime Minister of Pakistan. On 10 April 2022, a no-confidence vote was conducted and he was ousted from office. 23Mian Muhammad Shahbaz Sharif19512022-04-11T00:00:00Incumbent4 days42018Current PakistanPakistan Muslim League (N)Shahbaz Sharif was elected Prime Minister of Pakistan after the successful no-confidence motion against Imran Khan, his nomination was supported by all joint opposition parties who voted to remove the previous prime minister from office, while the recently ousted government party boycotted the elections.