Pakistan · Government / Government of Pakistan. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.
22Records
1947–2022Date range
18Named people
2Places
Chronological records
1947
Liaquat Ali Khan15 August 1947
Karachi · Government / Government of Pakistan
Liaquat Ali Khan begins service as Pakistan's first Prime Minister.
1951
Khwaja Nazimuddin17 October 1951
Karachi · Government / Government of Pakistan
Nazimuddin begins his premiership after leaving the Governor-General's office.
1953
Muhammad Ali Bogra17 April 1953
Karachi · Government / Government of Pakistan
Muhammad Ali Bogra becomes Prime Minister.
1955
Chaudhry Muhammad Ali11 August 1955
Karachi · Government / Government of Pakistan
Chaudhry Muhammad Ali succeeds Muhammad Ali Bogra as Prime Minister.
1956
Huseyn Shaheed Suhrawardy12 September 1956
Karachi · Government / Government of Pakistan
Huseyn Shaheed Suhrawardy becomes Prime Minister.
1957
Ibrahim Ismail Chundrigar18 October 1957
Karachi · Government / Government of Pakistan
Ibrahim Ismail Chundrigar begins a brief premiership.
Feroz Khan Noon16 December 1957
Karachi · Government / Government of Pakistan
Feroz Khan Noon becomes Prime Minister of Pakistan.
1973
Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto14 August 1973
Islamabad · Government / Government of Pakistan
Bhutto transfers from the presidency to the restored office of Prime Minister.
Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto14 August 1973
Islamabad · Government / Government of Pakistan
Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto becomes Prime Minister when the Constitution takes effect.
1985
Muhammad Khan Junejo23 March 1985
Islamabad · Government / Government of Pakistan
Muhammad Khan Junejo becomes Prime Minister after non-party elections.
1988
Benazir Bhutto2 December 1988
Islamabad · Government / Government of Pakistan
Benazir Bhutto begins her first term as Prime Minister.
1990
Nawaz Sharif6 November 1990
Islamabad · Government / Government of Pakistan
Nawaz Sharif begins his first term as Prime Minister.
1993
Benazir Bhutto19 October 1993
Islamabad · Government / Government of Pakistan
Benazir Bhutto begins her second term as Prime Minister.
1997
Nawaz Sharif17 February 1997
Islamabad · Government / Government of Pakistan
Nawaz Sharif begins his second term as Prime Minister.
2002
Zafarullah Khan Jamali23 November 2002
Islamabad · Government / Government of Pakistan
Zafarullah Khan Jamali becomes Prime Minister after the general election.
2004
Shaukat Aziz28 August 2004
Islamabad · Government / Government of Pakistan
Shaukat Aziz becomes Prime Minister after winning a National Assembly vote.
2008
Yousaf Raza Gillani25 March 2008
Islamabad · Government / Government of Pakistan
Yousaf Raza Gillani becomes Prime Minister after the Pakistan Peoples Party's election victory.
2012
Raja Pervez Ashraf22 June 2012
Islamabad · Government / Government of Pakistan
Raja Pervez Ashraf succeeds Gillani as Prime Minister.
2013
Nawaz Sharif5 June 2013
Islamabad · Government / Government of Pakistan
Nawaz Sharif begins his third term as Prime Minister.
2017
Shahid Khaqan Abbasi1 August 2017
Islamabad · Government / Government of Pakistan
Shahid Khaqan Abbasi succeeds Nawaz Sharif as Prime Minister.
2018
Imran Khan18 August 2018
Islamabad · Government / Government of Pakistan
Imran Khan becomes Prime Minister after the general election.
2022
Shehbaz Sharif11 April 2022
Islamabad · Government / Government of Pakistan
Shehbaz Sharif begins his first term as Prime Minister.
Names involved
Benazir BhuttoChaudhry Muhammad AliFeroz Khan NoonHuseyn Shaheed SuhrawardyIbrahim Ismail ChundrigarImran KhanKhwaja NazimuddinLiaquat Ali KhanMuhammad Ali BograMuhammad Khan JunejoNawaz SharifRaja Pervez AshrafShahid Khaqan AbbasiShaukat AzizShehbaz SharifYousaf Raza GillaniZafarullah Khan JamaliZulfiqar Ali Bhutto
Provenance
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