List Of Prime Ministers Of Pakistan
The Prime Minister of Pakistan is the political leader of the country and the principle head of government of the State of Pakistan. The office holder is responsible for nominating all other members of the government, chairing Cabinet meetings and deciding when to call a new general election for the National Assembly. The office of Prime Minister was created immediately after the establishment of Pakistan, according to the Indian Independence Act, in 1947.
Liaquat Ali Khan was appointed as the first Prime Minister by the Governor-General in 1947. However, his term ended when he was assassinated in 1951. Seven different Prime Ministers served between 1951 and 1957. The office was dissolved by Iskander Mirza in 1958 until Yahya Khan appointed Nurul Amin as a Prime Minister in 1971, although he held the post for only thirteen days. Under the 1973 constitution of Pakistan, the post was recreated and Zulfikar Ali Bhutto became the Prime Minister. Bhutto was overthrown by Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq during the Operation Fair Play in 1977, the position abolished and Zia became Chief Martial Law Administrator. Muhammad Khan Junejo was appointed as Prime Minister by Zia in 1985, and subsequently dismissed under the Eighth Amendment to the Constitution of Pakistan in 1988.
Benazir Bhutto and Nawaz Sharif predominantly held the position between 1988 and 1999. Both were elected for two non-consecutive terms each: Bhutto held the position during 1988–90 and 1993–96; and Sharif held the post during 1990–93 and 1997–99. With thirteenth and fourteenth amendments to the constitution, Sharif became the most powerful Prime Minister in country's history since independence in 1947. He, during his two terms, remained in the office for the longest period. Sharif was overthrown by Pervez Musharraf through a military coup d'état in 1999.
The post was empty until Zafarullah Khan Jamali took the office after the 2002 elections. The current Prime Minister of Pakistan is Raja Pervez Ashraf of the Pakistan Peoples Party, who was elected on 25 June 2012, after the disqualification of Yousaf Raza Gillani by the Supreme Court of Pakistan over contempt of court on 19 June 2012. Of twenty-two Prime Ministers who have held office since 1947, seventeen have elected by the National Assembly, and five have served as caretakers.
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