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Provinces of Pakistan
| Provinces and Terriories Balochistan - Gilgit-Baltistan (Northern Areas) - Islamabad Capital Territory - Karachi Capital Territory - Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (North-West Frontier Province) - Punjab - Sindh - Tribal Areas - West Pakistan - |
Party abbreviations: BNA = Balochistan National Alliance; BNP = Balochistan National Party (Baloch nationalist, socialist, est.1996); Ind = Independent; JUI-F = Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (Assembly of Islamic Clergy, Deobandi Muslim, part of MMA); JWP = Jamhoori Watan Party (Republican National Party, Balochistan regionalist); MMA = Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal (United Council of Action, 6 party religious-based coalition, Islamist); NAP = National Awami Party; PML-N = Pakistani Muslim League-Nawaz (conservative, Nawaz Sharif personalist, est.1988); PML-Q = Pakistan Muslim League-Quaid e Azam (PML dissident est.2001, pro-Musharraf to 2010, from 2004 formally named Pakistan Muslim League after merger of many smaller PML factions); PPP = Pakistan People's Party (social-democratic, est.1967; PPPP = Pakistan People's Party Parliamentarian (parliamentary wing of PPP, est.2002); PPP-S = Pakistan People's Party-Sherpao (est.2002); SNF = Sindh National Front (Sindh regionalist, est.1989); Mil = Military;
- Former parties: AL = Awami League (est.1949, later Bangladesh Awami League); IJI = Islami Jamhooria Ittehad (Islamic Democratic Alliance, anti-PPP coalition, 1988-93); ML = Muslim League (Dec 1947-Oct 1958, formerly All India Muslim League); PML = Pakistan Muslim League (1962-1988 est. as a successor to ML); PML-J = Pakistan Muslim League-Junejo (1986-2005); RP = Republican Party (split from ML, est.1955)
Azad Kashmir: see under main entry for Pakistan
Balochistan (Baluchistan)
![[Balochistan, Pakistan]](pk-bal.gif)
15 Aug 1947
British India Baluchistan Province and Tribal Areas
become a province of Pakistan.
14 Oct 1955 - 1 Jul 1970 Part of West Pakistan province.
1990 Spelling changed to Balochistan.
Chief commissioners
15 Aug 1947 - 3 Oct 1947 Sir Geoffrey Prior
(b. 1896 - d. 1972)
4 Oct 1947 - 8 Apr 1948 Sir Ambrose Dundas Flux
Dundas (b. 1899 - d. 1973)
9 Apr 1948 - 18 Jan 1949 Cecil Arthur Grant Savidge
19 Jan 1949 - 16 Jul 1949 Sahibzada Mohammad Kursheed (d. ....)
16 Jul 1949 - 18 Nov 1952 Mian Aminuddin
13 Feb 1953 - 8 Nov 1954 Qurban Ali Khan
8 Nov 1954 - 19 Jul 1955 Sardar Bahadur Khan
19 Jul 1955 - 25 Jul 1955 R.A.F. Hyride
26 Jul 1955 - 14 Oct 1955 R.A.M. Shaker
14 Oct 1955 - 1 Jul 1970 Post abolished
Governors
1 Jul 1970 - 29 Apr 1972 Ghous Bakhsh Raisani
(b. 19.. - d. 1987)
29 Apr 1972 - 15 Feb 1973 Ghous Bakhsh Bizenjo
(b. 1917 - d. 1989)
15 Feb 1973 - 3 Jan 1974 Sardar Mohammad Akbar Khan
Bugti (b. 1927 - d. 2006)
3 Jan 1974 - Sep 1977 Ahmad Yar Khan
(b. 1902 - d. 1979)
Sep 1977 - 1978 Khuda Bakhsh Bijarani Marri (acting)
1978 - Mar 1984
Rahimuddin Khan
(b. 1926)
Mar 1984 - Jul 1984 Sardar
Farooq Shaukat Khan Lodi (b. 1931 - d. 2004)
Jul 1984 - Dec 1985 K.K.
Afridi (acting to 9 Dec 1984)
Dec 1985 - 12 Mar 1991 Mohammad Musa Khan
(b. 1908 - d. 1991)
12 Mar 1991 - Jul 1991 Hazar Khan Khoso
(acting)
Jul 1991 - 1994
Sardar Gul Mohammad Khan Jogezai
1994 - 1996
Abdul Rahim Durrani
1996 - 8 Apr 1997
Imranullah Khan (b. 1932)
8 Apr 1997 - 22 Apr 1997 Amirul Mulk Mengal (1st time)
(b. 1945)
(acting)
22 Apr 1997 - 17 Aug 1999 Miangul Aurangzeb
(b. 1928)
17 Aug 1999 - 21 Oct 1999 Syed Fazal Agha (b. 1944)
21 Oct 1999 - 1 Feb 2003 Amirul Mulk Mengal (2nd time)
(s.a.)
1 Feb 2003 - 11 Aug 2003 Abdul Qadir
11 Aug 2003 - 5 Jan 2008 Owais Ahmed Ghani
(b. 1951)
5 Jan 2008 - 28 Feb 2008 Amanullah Khan Yasinzai (acting)
28 Feb 2008 -
Nawab Zulfiqar Ali Magsi
(b. 1954)
President of the Council of Rulers (Khan-e A`zam)
3 Oct 1952 - 14 Oct 1955 Ahmad Yar Khan
(s.a.)
Chief ministers
1 May 1972 - 13 Feb 1973 Sardar Ataullah Khan Mengal
(b. 1929)
NAP
13 Feb 1973 - 27 Apr 1973 Governor's rule
27 Apr 1973 - 31 Dec 1974 Jam Mir Ghulam Qadir Khan (b. 1920 - d. 1988) PPP
(1st time)
31 Dec 1974 - 7 Dec 1976 Governor's rule
7 Dec 1976 - 4 Apr 1977 Sardar Mohammad Khan
Barzoi (b. bf.1924-d. 2004) PPP
4 Apr 1977 - 6 Apr 1985 Martial law
6 Apr 1985 - 29 May 1988 Jam Mir Ghulam Qadir Khan (s.a.) PPP
(2nd time)
24 Jun 1988 - 24 Dec 1988 Mir Zafrullah Khan Jamali (acting)
(b. 1944) IJI
(1st time)
24 Dec 1988 - 5 Feb 1989 Khuda Bakhsh Mari (acting)
Non-party
5 Feb 1989 - 7 Aug 1990 Sardar Mohammad Akbar
Khan Bugti (b. 1927 - d. 2006) BNA
7
Aug 1990 - 17 Nov 1990 Mir Humayun Khan Mari (acting)
Non-party
17 Nov 1990 - 20 May 1993 Mir Taj Mohammad Khan Jamali (b. 1938? - d. 2009) IJI
20 May 1993 - 19 Jul 1993 Nawab Zulfiqar Ali Magsi (s.a.) Ind
(1st time)
19
Jul 1993 - 20 Oct 1993 Mir Mohammad Nasir Mengal (acting)
Ind
20 Oct 1993 - 9 Nov 1996 Nawab Zulfiqar Ali Magsi (s.a.) Ind
(2nd time)
9 Nov 1996 - 22 Feb 1997 Mir Zafrullah Khan Jamali
(acting) (s.a.) Ind
(2nd time)
22 Feb 1997 - 15 Jun 1998 Sardar Akhtar Mengal
(b. 1966?) BNP
15 Jun 1998
- 12 Oct 1999 Mir Jamal Mohammad Khan Jamali
Ind
12 Oct 1999 - 1 Dec 2002 Governor's rule
1 Dec 2002 - 19 Nov 2007 Jam Mohammad Yousaf
(b. 1951) PML-Q
19 Nov 2007 - 9 Apr 2008 Sardar
Mohammad Saleh Butani (b. 1950)
Ind
9 Apr 2008 - Nawab
Mohammed Aslam Raisani (b. 1955)
PPP
East Pakistan: see under Bangladesh
Gilgit-Baltistan (Northern Areas)
2 Nov 1947 Northern Areas administered by Pakistan as part of North-West
Frontier Province.
22 Jun 1950 Control of Northern Areas transferred from North-West Frontier
Province to Ministry of Kashmir
Affairs.
14 Oct 1955 - 1 Jul 1970 Part of West
Pakistan province.
1 Jul 1970
Federally administered Northern Areas created.
4 Jan 2008 Devolution package grants autonomy.
7 Sep 2009 Renamed Gilgit-Baltistan.
Political Agents
16 Nov 1947 - 22 Jun 1950 Sardar Mohammad Alam
Chief Executives
(federal Ministers for Kashmir Affairs and Northern Areas)
31 Oct 1949 - 13 Apr 1950
Liaquat Ali Khan
(b. 1895 - d. 1951) ML
13
Apr 1950 - 24 Oct 1951 Khwaja Shahabuddin
(b. 1898 - d. 1977)
24 Oct 1951 - 26 Nov 1951 Mushtaq Ahmad Gurmani
(b. 1905 - d. 1981)
26 Nov 1951 - 17 Apr 1953 Mahmud Husain
18 Apr 1953 - 24 Oct 1954 Shoaib Qureshi
(b. 1891 - d. 1962)
24 Oct 1954 - 6 Nov 1954 Mohammad Ali Bogra (1st time)
(b. 1909 - d. 1963) ML
6 Nov 1954 - 20 Jan 1955 Iskandar Ali Mirza
(b. 1899 - d. 1969) Mil
20 Jan 1955 - 11 Aug 1955 Sardar Mumtaz Ali Khan
11 Aug 1955 - 14 Oct 1955 Syed Abid Husain
17 Oct 1955 - 12 Sep 1956 Mohammad Ali Bogra (2nd time)
(s.a.) ML
12 Sep 1956 - 18 Oct 1957 Huseyn Shaheed Suhrawardy
(b. 1893 - d. 1963) AL
18 Oct 1957 - 16 Dec 1957 Muhammad Yusuf Abdullah Haroon (b. 1914?)
16 Dec 1957 - 7 Oct 1958 Malik Firoz Khan Nun
(b. 1893 - d. 1970) JWP
28 Oct 1958 - 23 Apr 1960 Mohammad Ayub Khan (1st time)
(b. 1907 - d. 1974) Mil
23 Apr 1960 - 1 Jun 1960 Zulfikar Ali Bhutto (1st time)
(b. 1928 - d. 1979) PPP
1 Jun 1960 - 1 Mar 1962 Akhtar
Hussain (b. 1903 - d. 1983)
2 Mar 1962 - 3 Mar 1962 W.A. Burki
Mil
3 Mar 1962 - 8 Jun 1962 Zulfikar Ali Bhutto (2nd time)
(s.a.) PPP
13
Jun 1962 - 23 Mar 1965 Khan Habibullah Khan
(b. 1901 - d. 1978)
23 Mar 1965 - 17 Aug 1965 Mohammad Ayub Khan (2nd time)
(s.a.) Mil
17 Aug 1965 - 30 Nov 1966 Chaudhry Ali Akbar Khan (b. 1911 - d. 1967)
5
Dec 1966 - 23 Mar 1969 Afzal Rahman Khan
(b. 1921) Mil
5 Apr 1969 - 3 Aug 1969 Abdul Hamid Khan
Mil
4 Aug 1969 - 22 Feb 1971 Sardar Abdul Rashid
22 Feb 1971 - 24 Dec 1971 Vacant
24 Dec 1971 - 6 Mar 1972 Zulfikar Ali Bhutto (3rd time)
(s.a.) PPP
(provincial coordinator)
13 May 1972 - 22 Oct 1974 Khan Abdul Qayyum Khan
(b. 1901 - d. 1981) PML
22 Oct 1974 - 5 Feb 1976 Jamal Dar (1st time) (b. 1908? - d. 1982)
5 Feb 1976 - 28 Mar 1977 Syed Qaim Ali Shah Jillani
30 Mar 1977 - 5 Jul 1977 Muhammad Haneef Khan
5 Jul 1977 - 14 Jan 1978 Vacant
14 Jan 1978 - 23 Aug 1978 Faiz Ali Chishti (1st time) (b. 1927)
Mil
27 Aug 1978 - 21 Apr 1979 Faqir Mohammad Khan
21 Apr 1979 - 31 Mar 1980 Faiz Ali Chishti (2nd time)
(s.a.) Mil
31 Mar 1980 - 9 Mar 1981 Mohammad Zia-ul-Haq (b. 1924 - d. 1988) Mil
9 Mar 1981 - 25 Dec 1982 Jamal Dar (2nd time) (s.a.)
5 Jan 1983 - 5 Mar 1983 Raja Sikandar Zaman
(b. 1935 - d. 2007)
5 Mar 1983 - 24 Mar 1985 Jamal Said Mian
Mil
10 Apr 1985 - 22 May 1985 Muhammad Khan Junejo
(b. 1932 - d. 1993) PML
21 May 1985 - 29 May 1988 Syed Qasim Shah (b. 1940)
9 Jun 1988 - 17 Nov 1988 Malik Nasim Ahmed Aheer
PPP
4 Dec 1988 - 23 Mar 1989 Muhammad Hanif Khan
23 Mar 1989 - 28 Jan 1990 Mir Baz Muhammad Khan Khetran
PPP
7 Oct 1990 - 6 Nov 1990 Abdul Majid Malik
17 Nov 1990 - 18 Jul 1993 Sardar Mehtab Ahmed Khan
(b. 1952) PML-N
26 Jul 1993 - 19 Oct 1993 Mohammad Shafiq (b. 1934)
21 Oct 1993 - 5 Nov 1996 Mohammad
Afzal Khan
ANP
5 Nov 1996 - 17 Feb 1997 Omar Khan Afridi
25 Feb 1997 - 11 Jul 1997 Gohar Ayub Khan
(b. 1937)
PML-N
11 Jul 1997 - 12 Oct 1999 Malik Abdul Majeed
PPP
12 Oct 1999 - 6 Nov 1999
Faisal Saleh Hayat (1st time) (b. 1952) PPPP
6
Nov 1999 - 23 Nov 2002 Abbas Sarfaraz Khan (1st time)
(b. 1960)
Non-party
28 Aug 2002 - 23 Nov 2002 Nisar Ahmad Memon
(b. 1942) PML
Dec 2002 - 30 Jun 2004 Aftab Ahmad Khan
Sherpao (b. 1944)
PPP-S
30
Jun 2004 - 25 Aug 2004 Syed Ghazi Gulab Jamal
(b. 1954) Non-party
2
Sep 2004 - 25 Apr 2006 Faisal Saleh Hayat (2nd time)
(s.a.) PPPP-P
25 Apr 2006 - 16 Nov 2007 Tahir Iqbal
(b. 1951) PML-Q
16 Nov 2007 - 4 Jan 2008 Abbas Sarfaraz
Khan (2nd time) (s.a.)
Non-party
Chairmen
4 Jan 2008 -
31 Mar 2008 Abbas Sarfaraz Khan
(s.a.)
Non-party
31 Mar 2008 - 15 Sep 2009
Qamar Zaman Kaira
(b. 1960)
MNA/PPP
Governors
15 Sep 2009 - 23 Mar 2010 Qamar Zaman Kaira (acting) (s.a.)
MNA/PPP
23 Mar 2010 - 15 Sep 2010 Shama Khalid (f)
(b. 1950? - d. 2010) PPP
15 Sep 2010 - 1 Feb 2011 Wazir Baig (acting)
PPP
1 Feb 2011 - Pir Karam
Ali Shah
PPP
Chief executive
4 Jan 2008 - 11 Dec 2009 Mir Ghazanfar Ali Khan PML-Q
Chief minister
11 Dec 2009 - Syed Mehdi Shah (b. 1954) PPP
Islamabad Capital Territory
![[Islamabad Capital Territory, Pakistan]](pk_is.jpg)
24 Feb 1960 Future capital site is named Islamabad.
14 Jun 1960 Islamabad Capital Development Authority (CDA) created.
14 Aug 1967 Islamabad becomes the capital of Pakistan.
1 Jul 1970
Islamabad a centrally administered area.
31
Dec 1980 Islamabad
Capital Territory (ICT) created from Islamabad and
parts of North-West Frontier Province and Punjab.
Chairmen of the Capital Development Authority
21 Jun 1960 - 1961 Agha Mohammad Yahya Khan
(b. 1917 - d. 1980) Mil
1 Dec 1961 - 1965 W.A. Sheikh
1 May 1965 - 1967 N.A. Farooqi
30
Dec 1967 - 1970 K.M. Sheikh
Mil
16
Mar 1970 - 1972 Bashir Ahmed
Mil
28
Aug 1972 - 1973 Riaz-ul-Haq
Mil
18 May 1973 - 1979 M.A. Kazmi
28 Jul 1979 - 31 Dec 1980 S.A.N. Gardezi
Chief Commissioners as Administrators
(also Chairmen of the Capital Development Authority to 2003)
1 Jan 1981 - 1993 S.A.N. Gardezi
2 May 1983 - 1984 Jan Nadir Khan
2 May 1984 - 1989 Mazhar Rafi
10 Jul 1989 - 1989 Syed Munir Hussain
30 Dec 1989 - 1990 Iqbal Jaffar
21 Aug 1990 - 1991 F.I. Malik
6 Jun 1991 - 1993 Fareed-ud-Din Ahmad
21 Oct 1993 - 1994 Muhammad Saeed Mehdi
22 Oct 1994 - 1995 Shafi M. Sehwani
(d. 200.)
9 Jul 1995 - 1996 Muhammad Zaffar Iqbal
6 Nov 1996 - 1998 M. Javed Masud
5 May 1998 - 1999 Ch. Qamar Zaman
27 Nov 1999 - 2001 Khalid Saeed
17 Sep 2001 - 2003 Mir Laiq Shah
2 May 2003 - 2003 Abdur Rauf Chaudhry
2003 - Nov 2003
G.M. Khan
Nov 2003 - 5 Feb 2005 Junaid Iqbal
Chaudhry
5 Feb 2005 - 2005
Tariq Mahmood Pirzada (1st time)
(acting to Apr 2005)
2005 - 25 Aug 2007 Khalid Pervez
25 Aug 2007 - 8 Oct 2008 Hamid Ali Khan
8 Oct 2008 - Feb 2009 Kamran
Lashari
(b. 1952)
26 Mar 2009 - 12 Dec 2009 Fazeel Asghar
12 Dec 2009 - 10 Mar 2010 Shahid Mehmood
11 Mar 2010 -
Tariq Mahmood Pirzada (2nd time)
Karachi Federal Capital Territory
23 Jul 1948 Federal Capital Territory created from city of Karachi
and part of Sind province.
1 Jul 1961 - 1 Jul 1970 Part of West
Pakistan province.
1 Jul 1970 Part of Sindh province.
Chief Commissioners
Jul 1948 - Apr 1951 Hashim Raza
(b. 1910 - d. 2003)
1951 - 1956 Sayed Ali Tabib Naqvi
1956 - 1958 N.M. Khan
1958 - 1 Jul 1961 Agha Abdul Hamid
Mayors (title Nazim)
9 May 1947 - 25 May 1948 Hakim Muhammad Ahsan
25
May 1948 - Jul 1948 Ghulam Ali Alana
(b. 1906 - d. 1985)
Chairmen of the Municipal Advisory Commission
1948 - 1949 Hakim Muhammad Ahsan
1949 - 1950 Ghulam Ali Alana (s.a.)
1950 - 1951 Hatim Ali Alvi
Apr
1951 - 10 Jan 1953 Allah Bakhsh Gabol
PPP
1953 - 1954 ....
19 Jan 1954 - 26 May 1955 Mahmoud Abdullah Haroon (b. 1920 - d. 2008) PPP
26 May 1955 - 29 May 1956 Al-Haj Malik Bagh Ali
29 May 1956 - 14 Dec 1956 Siddique Wahab
1956 - 1958 ....
Mayor (title Nazim)
14 Jun 1958 - 14 Oct 1958 S.M. Taufiq
Chairmen of the Municipal Advisory Commission
14 Oct 1958 - 1 Jul 1961 ....
Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (North-West Frontier Province)
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![[Northwest Frontier Province (Pakistan)]](pk-nwf.gif)
![[Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa Province (Pakistan)]](pk-kp.gif)
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 Kursheed (d. ....)
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 Khan
14 Oct 1955 - 1 Jul 1970 Post abolished
1 Jul 1970 - 25 Dec 1971 Khwaja Mohammad Azhar Khan (b. 1918 - d. 2006)
25 Dec 1971 - 30 Apr 1972 Hayat Mohammad Khan Sherpao
(b. 1943 - d. 1975)
30 Apr 1972 - 15 Feb 1973 Arbab Sikandar Khan Khalil
(b. 1913 - 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 - d. 2011)
6 Jul 1977 - 17 Sep 1978 Abdul Hakeem Khan
11 Oct 1978 - 12 Dec 1985 Fazle Haq
(b. 1933 - 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 (b. 1919 - d. 2007)
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 - 13 Mar 2005 Iftikhar Hussain Shah (b. 1949)
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 - 10 Feb 2011
Owais Ahmed Ghani
(b. 1951)
10 Feb 2011 -
Masood Kausar
(b. 1938)
Chief ministers
23 Aug 1947 - 23 Apr 1953 Khan Abdul Qayyum Khan
(b. 1901 - d. 1981) ML
23 Apr 1953 - 18 Jul 1955 Sardar Abdur Rashid Khan
(b. 1906 - d. 1995) ML
19 Jul 1955 - 14 Oct 1955 Sardar Bahadur Khan
(b. 1908 - d. ....) ML
14 Oct 1955 - 30 Jun 1970 Post abolished
1 Jul 1970 - 1 May 1972 Martial law
1
May 1972 - 21 Feb 1973 Maulana Mufti Mahmood
(b. 1919 - d. 1980) JUI-F
29 Apr 1973 - 16 Feb 1975 Sardar Inayatullah Khan Gandapur
(b. 1919 - d. 2005) PPP
16 Feb 1975 - 3 May 1975 Governor's rule
3 May 1975 - 9 Apr 1977 Nasrullah Khan Khattak
(b. 1928)
PPP
9 Apr 1977 - 5 Jul 1977 Mohammad Iqbal Khan Jadoon
(b. 1942 - d. ....) PPP
5 Jul 1977 - 7 Apr 1985 Martial law
7 Apr 1985 - 31 May 1988 Arbab Mohammad Jehangir Khan (b. 1936 - d. 2007) PPP
31 May 1988 - 2 Dec 1988 Fazale Haq (acting)
(s.a.)
Non-party
2 Dec 1988 - 7 Aug 1990 Aftab Ahmad Khan Sherpao
(b. 1944)
PPP
(1st time)
7 Aug 1990 - 20 Jul 1993 Mir Afzal Khan
(b. 1934? - d. 1997) IJI
(acting to 8 Nov 1990)
20 Jul 1993 - 20 Oct 1993 Mufti Mohammad Abbas (acting)
Non-party
20 Oct 1993 - 25 Feb 1994 Syed Mohammad Sabir Shah
(b. 1955) PML-N
(Pir Sabir Shah)
25 Feb 1994 - 24 Apr 1994 Governor's rule
24 Apr 1994 - 12 Nov 1996 Aftab Ahmad Khan Sherpao
(s.a.)
PPP-S
(2nd time)
12 Nov 1996 - 21 Feb 1997 Raja Sikandar Zaman Khan (acting)
(b. 1934 - d. 2007) Non-party
21 Feb 1997 - 12 Oct 1999 Sardar Mahtab Ahmad Khan
(b. 1954) PML-N
12 Oct 1999 - 30 Nov 2002 Governor's rule
30 Nov 2002 - 11 Oct 2007 Akram Khan Durrani
(b. 1960)
JUI-F/MMA
11 Oct 2007 - 1 Apr
2008 Shamsul Mulk
(b. 1933)
Non-party
1 Apr 2008 - Amir Haider
Khan Hoti (b. 1971)
NAP
Punjab
![[Punjab]](pk-punj.gif)
15 Aug 1947
Punjab province of British India divided; western part
becomes West Punjab province of Pakistan.
1950 Renamed Punjab province.
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 - d. 1981)
14 Oct 1955 - 1 Jul 1970 Post abolished
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
(b. 1927 - d. 2000)
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
Aslan Riaz Hussain
(b. 1924 - d. 2004)
1978 - Mar 1980
Sawar Khan
Mar 1980 - Dec 1985 Ghulam
Gilani Khan
Dec 1985 - Dec 1988 Makhdoom
Qureshi
(d. 1998)
Dec 1988 - Aug 1990 Tikka
Khan
(b. 1915 - d. 2002)
Aug 1990 - Apr 1993
Mian Mohammed Azhar
Apr 1993 - 21 May 1995
Chaudhry Altaf Hussain
(b. 1930? - d. 1995)
19 Jun 1995 - 5 Nov 1996 Raja 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 Ali Khan Khosa (b. 1935)
21 Oct 1999 - 29 Oct 2001 Mohammad Safdar
29 Oct 2001 - 16 May 2008 Khalid Maqbool
(b. 1948)
16 May 2008 - 4 Jan 2011 Salman Taseer (b. 1944 - d. 2011)
4 Jan 2011 - 13 Jan 2011 Rana Muhammad Iqbal Khan (acting) (b. 1945)
13 Jan 2011 -
Sardar Muhammad Latif Khan Khosa (b. 1946)
Chief ministers
5 Aug 1947 - 25 Jan 1949 Iftikhar Hussain
Khan
(b. 1906 - d. 1969) ML
25 Jan 1949 - 5 Apr 1951 Governor's rule
5 Apr 1951 - 3 Apr 1953 Mian Mumtaz Daultana
(b. 1915? - d. 1995) ML
3 Apr 1953 - 21 May 1955 Malik Firoz Khan Nun
(b. 1893 - d. 1970) ML
21 May 1955 - 14 Oct 1955 Abdul Hamid Khan Dasti
(b. 1895 - d. 1985) ML
14 Oct 1955 - 30 Jun 1970 Post abolished
1 Jul 1970 - 2 May 1972 Martial law
2
May 1972 - 12 Nov 1973 Miraj Khalid
(b. 1916 - d. 2003) PPP
12 Nov 1973 - 15 Mar 1974 Ghulam Mustafa Khar
(s.a.)
PPP
15 Mar 1974 - 15 Jul 1975 Mohammad Haneef Ramay
(s.a.)
PPP
15 Jul 1975 - 5 Jul 1977 Sadiq Hussain Qureshi
(s.a.)
PPP
5 Jul 1977 - 9 Apr 1985 Martial law
9
Apr 1985 - 13 Aug 1990 Nawaz Sharif
(b. 1949)
PML-N
13 Aug 1990 - 25 Apr 1993 Ghulam Haider Wyne
(d. 1993)
IJI/PML-N
25 Apr 1993 - 19 Jul 1993 Manzoor Ahmed Wattoo (1st time) PML-J
19 Jul 1993 - 20 Oct 1993 Manzoor Elahi (acting)
20 Oct 1993 - 13 Sep 1995 Manzoor Ahmed Wattoo (2nd time) PML-J
13 Sep 1995 - 3 Nov 1996 Sardar Arif Nakai
(b. 1929 - d. 2000) PML-J
3 Nov 1996 - 17 Nov 1996 Manzoor Ahmed Wattoo (3rd
time) PML-J
17 Nov 1996 - 20 Feb 1997 Mian Muhammad Afzal Hayat (acting)
20 Feb 1997 - 12 Oct 1999 Mohammad Shahbaz Sharif (1st time)
(b. 1951)
PML-N
11 Oct 1999 - 29 Nov 2002 Governor's rule
29 Nov 2002 - 19 Nov 2007 Chaudhry Pervaiz Elahi
(b. 1945)
PML-Q
19 Nov 2007 - 12 Apr 2008
Sheikh Ejaz Nisar
Non-party
12 Apr 2008 - 8 Jun 2008 Sardar Dost
Muhammad Khan Khosa (b. 1973)
PML-N
8 Jun 2008 - 25 Feb 2009 Mohammad Shahbaz Sharif (2nd time) (s.a.)
PML-N
25 Feb 2009 - 31 Mar 2009 Governor's rule
31 Mar 2009 - Mohammad
Shahbaz Sharif (3rd time) (s.a.)
PML-N
Sindh
![[Sindh]](pk-sindh.gif)
15 Aug 1947
Sind province of British India becomes Sind province of
Pakistan.
14 Oct 1955 - 1 Jul 1970 Part of West
Pakistan province.
1990 Spelling changed to Sindh.
Governors
15 Aug 1947 - 4 Oct 1948 Sir Ghulam Hussain Hidayatullah
(b. 1879 - d. 1948)
Khan Bahadur Shaykh
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)
14 Oct 1955 - 1 Jul 1970 Post abolished
1 Jul 1970 - 20 Dec 1971 Rakhman Gul
(d. 1998)
22 Dec 1971 - 20 Apr 1972 Mumtaz Ali Bhutto
(b. 1933)
29 Apr 1972 - 13 Feb 1973 Mir Rasool Bux Talpur (d. 1982?)
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
(b. 1929 -
d. 2011)
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 Ebrahim
(b. 1928)
6 Aug 1990 - 19 Jul 1993 Mahmoud Abdullah 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 Mahmoud Abdullah Haroon (2nd time) (s.a.)
22 May 1995 - 17 Mar 1997 Kamaluddin Azfar (b. 1938)
17 Mar 1997 - 17 Jun 1999 Moinuddin Haider
(b. 1942)
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 Mohammad Mian 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) ML
3 May 1948 - 4 Feb 1949 Pir Illahi Bakhsh
(b. 1890 - d. 1975) ML
18 Feb 1949 - 7 May 1950 Muhammad Yusuf Abdullah Haroon
(b. 1914?) ML
8 May 1950 - 24 Mar 1951 Qazi Fazlullah Ubaidullah
ML
25 Mar 1951 - 29 Dec 1951 Mohammad Ayub Khuhro (2nd time)
(s.a.)
ML
29 Dec 1951 - 22 May 1953 Governor's rule
22 May 1953 - 8 Nov 1954 Pirzada Abdus Sattar
ML
9 Nov 1954 - 13 Oct 1955 Mohammad Ayub Khuhro (3rd time)
(s.a.)
ML
13 Oct 1955 - 30 Jun 1970 Post abolished
1 Jul 1970 - 1 May 1972 Martial law
1 May 1972 - 20 Dec 1973 Mumtaz Ali Bhutto (1st time)
(s.a.)
PPP
25 Dec 1973 - 5 Jul 1977 Ghulam Mustafa Jatoi
(b. 1931 - d. 2009) PPP
5 Jul 1977 - 6 Apr 1985 Martial law
6 Apr 1985 - 6 Apr 1988 Syed Ghous Ali Shah
(b. 1934)
PML
11
Apr 1988 - 24 Jun 1988 Akhtar Ali Ghulam Qazi (1st time)
IJI
24 Jun 1988 - 31 Aug 1988 Governor's rule
31 Aug 1988 - 2 Dec 1988 Akhtar Ali Ghulam Qazi (2nd time) IJI
(acting)
2 Dec 1988 - 25 Feb 1990 Syed Qaim Ali Shah (1st time)
(b. 1935)
PPP
26 Feb 1990 - 6 Aug 1990 Aftab Shahban Mirani
PPP
6 Aug 1990 - 5 Mar 1992 Jam Sadiq Ali
(b. 1935 - d. 1992) Ind
(acting to 5 Nov 1990)
6 Mar 1992 - 19 Jul 1993 Syed Muzaffar Hussain Shah
(b. 1945) PPP
19
Jul 1993 - 21 Oct 1993 Syed Ali Madad Shah (acting)
(b. 19.. - d. 2009)
Non-party
21 Oct 1993 - 6 Nov 1996 Syed Abdullah Shah
(b. 1931 - d. 2007) PPP
7 Nov 1996 - 22 Feb 1997 Mumtaz Ali Bhutto (2nd time)
(s.a.) SNF
(acting)
22 Feb 1997 - 12 Oct 1999 Liaquat Ali Jatoi
(b. 1948)
PML-N
(suspended from 30 Oct 1998)
12 Oct 1999 - 17 Dec 2002 Governor's rule
17 Dec 2002 - 9 Jun 2004 Ali Mohammad Mahar
(b. 1967)
PML-Q
9 Jun 2004 - 19 Nov 2007 Arbab
Ghulam Rahim
(b. 1956)
PML-Q
19 Nov 2007 - 8 Apr 2008 Abdul Qadir
Halepota
(b. 1932) Non-party
8 Apr 2008 - Syed
Qaim Ali Shah (2nd time) (s.a.)
PPP
Tribal Areas
15 Aug 1947 Tribal Areas declared part of Pakistan, within North-West
Frontier Province.
1951
Tribal Areas of Darel and Tangir accede to Pakistan.
14 Oct 1955 - 1 Jul 1970 Part of West Pakistan.
16 Apr 1960 Faqir of Ipi (b. 1897 - d. 1960) dies resistance in Waziristan ends
1 Jul 1970
Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) formed from
the western parts of Dera Ismail Khan
and Peshawar districts.
1 Dec 1973 Bajaur and Orakzai agencies added.
Agents to the Governors-general
15 Aug 1947 - 14 Oct 1955 the governors of North-West Frontier Province
14 Oct 1955 - 23 Ma 1956 the governors of West Pakistan
Agents to the Presidents
23 Mar 1956 - Aug 1960 the governors of West Pakistan
Resident Commissioners
Nov 1959 - Aug 1960 ....
Administrators
Aug 1960 - 30 Jun 1970 the governors of West Pakistan
Agents to the Presidents
1 Jul 1970 - the governors of North-West Frontier Province;
from 15 Apr 2010, Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa
West Pakistan
14 Oct 1955 - 1 Jul 1970 Baluchistan, North-West Frontier
Province, Northern Areas,
Punjab, Sind, Tribal Areas and (from 1 Jul 1961) Karachi
Federal Capital Territory form the single province
of
West Pakistan (the "One Unit").
Governors
14 Oct 1955 - Aug 1957 Mushtaq Ahmad Gurmani
(b. 1905 - d. 1981)
Aug 1957 - Apr 1960 Akhtar
Hussain (b. 1903 - d. 1983)
Apr 1960 - 18 Sep 1966 Malik Amir Mohammad
Khan (b. 1910 - d. 1967)
18 Sep 1966 - 20 Mar 1969 Mohammad Musa Khan
(b. 1908 - d. 1991)
20 Mar 1969 - 25 Mar 1969 Mahmoud Abdullah Haroon (b. 1920 - d. 2008)
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 - d. 2011)
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) RP
16 Jul 1957 - 18 Mar 1958 Sardar Abdur Rashid Khan
(b. 1906 - d. 1995) RP
18 Mar 1958 - 7 Oct 1958 Muzaffar Ali Khan Qizilbash
(b. 1908 - d. 1982) RP
7 Oct 1958 - 1 Jul 1970 Post abolished
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