YEARS PRIME MINISTER GOVERNOR GENERAL EVENTS

1947-1948 Liaqaut Ali Khan Quaid-e-Azam M. Ali Jinnah

1948-1951 Liaqaut Ali Khan Sir Khawaja Nazimuddin  Objective Resolution
 Karachi Agreement (1949): It was signed by the military
representatives of India and Pakistan, supervised by the
UN Commission for India and Pakistan, establishing a
cease-fire line in Kashmir following Indo-Pak War of 1947.
 Delhi Pact/Nehru-Liaquat Pact (1950): It was a bilateral
treaty between India and Pakistan, whereby refugees were
allowed to return unmolested to dispose of their property,
abducted women and looted property were to be returned,
forced conversions were unrecognized, and minority rights
were confirmed.
 Peshawar University Established.
 IMF & World Bank: It joins IMF and World Bank.
 Ayub Khan: He became the Chief in Command.
 Pakistan First Census (1951): Pakistan's first recorded
census after gaining its independence.
 The Rawalpindi Conspiracy (1951): It was an attempted
coup d'état against the govt. of Liaquat Ali Khan in 1951.
The coup was planned by Major-General Akbar Khan, a
senior commander in the Pakistani army, in conjunction
with military officers and left-wing Pakistani politicians. Faiz
Ahmad Faiz was also arrested in this case. The cause was
their discontent with Liaqat regime's handling of the
Kashmir war with India (1948).
 Assassination: Liaquat Ali Khan assassinated in Rwp.
 Foreign Policy: His achievements include securing of UN
resolutions calling for a plebiscite in Kashmir; championing
the Palestinian and Arab cause at the UN; recognition of
Communist China and establishing diplomatic relations with
it; an overture to the Soviet Union and sending of an
ambassador to Moscow; establishing close ties with USA;
lobbying for an Islamic bloc; and opposing colonialism.
1951-1953 Sir Khawaja Nazimuddin Malik Ghulam Muhammad  Nazimuddin declares Urdu the national language.
1953-1955 Muhammad Ali Bogra Malik Ghulam Muhammad  Governor General, Ghulam Muhammad, sacked PM
Nazimuddin, although he enjoyed the confidence of the
parliament, and appointed Mohammad Ali Bogra to form a
government on April 17.
  Martial law was imposed in Lahore to control the sectarian
riots against the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community.
 Pakistan and the United States sign a Mutual Defense
Assistance Agreement.
 The Governor-General of Pakistan, Ghulam Mohammad
declared a state of emergency, dissolved the Constituent
Assembly and appointed a new Council of Ministers on the
grounds that the existing one no longer represented the
people of Pakistan.
 Baghdad Pact: Military treaty among Iraq, Turkey, the
U.K., Pakistan, and Iran is ratified by Pakistan.
1955-1956 Chaudhry Mohammad Ali Major-General Iskander Ali Mirza  It was during his term when the first set of the Constitution
of Pakistan was promulgated on 23 March 1956 where the
nation-state was declared as Islamic Republic with a
parliamentary form. His premiership was endorsed by
President Iskandar Mirza and the three-party coalition
government composing of Awami League, Muslim League
and the Republican Party at the National Assembly. In
1955, Prime Minister Ali took over the party presidency.
YEARS PRIME MINISTER PRESIDENT
1956–1957 Huseyn Shaheed Suhrawardy Major-General Iskander Ali Mirza  Constitution 1956
Oct 1957-Dec 1957 Ibrahim Ismail Chundrigar Major-General Iskander Ali Mirza 
1957–1958 Feroz Khan Noon Major-General Iskander Ali Mirza  Ibrahim Ismail Chundrigar, having served as Prime
Minister for only 56 days, is forced to resign. Feroz
Khan Noon succeeds Chundrigar as Prime Minister. He
is the seventh Prime Minister in 10 years.
1958-1969 - Field Marshal Ayub Khan  Constitution 1962
1969-1971 - General Yahya Khan
7Dec’71 – 20Dec’71 Nurul Amin General Yahya Khan
1971–1973 Nurul Amin (1971–72) VP Zulfikar Ali Bhutto  Constitution 1973
1973–1977 Zulfikar Ali Bhutto Fazal Elahi Chaudhry  1st Amendment: Redefined boundaries of Pakistan;
removed East Pakistan.
 2nd Amendment: Defined a Muslim and declared the
status of Ahmadi’s as minority and 'non-Muslim'.
 3rd Amendment: Extended the period of preventive
detention.
 4th Amendment: Decreed additional seats for
minorities, it also deprived courts of the power to grant
bail to any person detained under any preventive
detention.
 5th Amendment: Widened the scope of restriction on
the High Courts.
 6th Amendment: Provided that CJ of SC will be retired
at 65 and High Court judges at 62.
 7th Amendment: Enables the PM to obtain a vote of
confidence of the people of Pakistan.
1977-1978 Muhammad Khan Junejo Fazal Elahi Chaudhry
1978–1988 Muhammad Khan Junejo Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq  8th Amendment: Changed Pakistan's government from
a Parliamentary system to a Semi-presidential system
by giving the President a number of additional powers.
 9th Amendment (NOT PASSED): Bill to impose Shariah
law as the supreme law of land. The bill was passed by
Senate but could never be passed by NA owing to the
latter's dissolution.
 10th Amendment: Fixed the interval period between
sessions of the National Assembly to not exceed 130
days.
1988–1990 Benazir Bhutto Ghulam Ishaq Khan  11th Amendment (NOT PASSED): Revision of the
reserved seats for women in the National and the
provincial assemblies. The bill was withdrawn in 1992.
1990–1993 Nawaz Sharif Ghulam Ishaq Khan  12th Amendment: Created Speedy Trial Court for 3
years.
1993–1996 Benazir Bhutto Farooq Leghari
1996–1997 Malik Meraj Khalid (Care Taker) Farooq Leghari
1997–1998 Nawaz Sharif Farooq Leghari  13th Amendment: Stripped the President of Pakistan of
his reserve power to dissolve the NA of Pakistan, and
thereby triggering new elections and dismissing the
Prime Minister.
 14th Amendment: Allowed members of parliament to be
dismissed if they defect.
1998-1999 Nawaz Sharif M. Rafiq Tarar  15th Amendment (NOT PASSED): Bill to impose Shariah
law as supreme law of land. Was never passed.
 16th Amendment: Increased the term appointed for
quota system as per 1973 Constitution from 20 to 40
years.
1999–2001 Pervez Musharraf (Chief Executive) M. Rafiq Tarar
2001–2002 Pervez Musharraf (Chief Executive) Pervez Musharraf
2002-2004 Zafarullah Khan Jamali Pervez Musharraf  17th Amendment: Made changes dealing with the office
of the President and the reversal of the effects of the
Thirteenth Amendment.
June2004–26Aug2004 Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain Pervez Musharraf
2004–2007 Shaukat Aziz Pervez Musharraf
2007–2008 M. Mian Soomro (Care Taker) Pervez Musharraf
Aug2008-Sept 2008 Yousaf Raza Gillani M. Mian Soomro (Acting)
2008–2012 Yousaf Raza Gillani Asif Ali Zardari  18th Amendment: Removed the power of President of
Pakistan to dissolve the Parliament unilaterally.
 19th Amendment: Provided for the appointment of the
Judges of the SCP and made amendments in the
number of members of the parliamentary committee for
the appointment of Chief Electoral Officers at ECP
 20th Amendment: For Free and Fair Elections.
2012-2013 Raja Pervaiz Ashraf Asif Ali Zardari
2013–2017 Nawaz Sharif Mamnoon Hussain  21st Amendment: For Speedy Trial Military Courts to
deal with terrorism.
 22nd Amendment: ECP powers deputed to Chief
Election Commissioner.
  23rd Amendment: It was passed to re-establish the
military courts for further two. At the end of this period
all the amendments will be expired/removed
automatically.
2017-2018 Shahid Khaqan Abbasi Mamnoon Hussain  24th Amendment: Reallocation of NA seats among
federating units and allowing election authorities to
update boundaries of constituencies based on
provisional results of 2017 Census of Pakistan.
 25th Amendment: Merges FATA with KPK.
2018-Present Imran Khan Arif Alvi