Heads of State
Governors-General Mohammad Ali Jinnah Khwaja Nazimaddin Malik Ghulam Mohammad Maj. General Iskander Ali Mirza Military rulers Field Marshal Mohammad Ayub Khan 27 Oct 1958 - 25 Mar 1969 General Mohammad Yahya Khan 25 Mar 1969 - 20 Dec 1971 General Mohammad Zia ul-Haq 5 Jul 1977 - 17 Aug 1988 General Pervez Musharraf 12 Oct 1999 – till today Presidents of the Republic Maj. General Iskander Ali Mirza 23 Mar 1956 - 27 Oct 1958 Field Marshal Mohammad Ayub Khan 27 Oct 1958 - 25 Mar 1969 General Mohammad Yahya Khan 25 Mar 1969 - 20 Dec 1971 Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto 20 Dec 1971 - 13 Aug 1973 Fazal Elahi Chaudhry 14 Aug 1973 - 16 Sep 1978 General Mohammad Zia ul-Haq 16 Sep 1978 - 17 Aug 1988 Ghulam Ishaq Khan 17 Aug 1988 - 18 Jul 1993 Wasim Sajjad (Acting) 18 Jul 1993 - 14 Nov 1993 Farooq Ahmed Khan Leghari 14 Nov 1993 - 2 Dec 1997 Wasim Sajjad (Acting) 2 Dec 1997 - 1 Jan 1998 Justice (Retd) Mohammad Rafiq Tarar 1 Jan 1998 - 20 Jun 2001 General Pervez Musharraf 20 Jun 2001 –till today 15 Aug 1947 - 11 Sep 1948 14 Sep 1948 - 17 Oct 1951 17 Oct 1951 - 5 Oct 1955 6 Oct 1955 - 22 Mar 1956
Prime Ministers
Nawabzada Liaquat Ali Khan 19 Jul 1947 - 16 Oct 1951 Khwaja Nazimaddin 17 Oct 1951 - 17 Apr 1953 Mohammad Ali Bogra 17 Apr 1953 - 12 Aug 1955 Chauhdry Mohammad Ali 12 Aug 1955 - 12 Sep 1956 Husain Shaheed Suhrawardy 12 Sep 1956 - 17 Oct 1957 Ismail Ibrahim Chundrigar 17 Oct 1957 - 16 Dec 1957 Malik Firooz Khan Noon 16 Dec 1957 - 27 Oct 1958 Nurul Amin 7 Dec 1971 - 20 Dec 1971 Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto 14 Aug 1973 - 5 Jul 1977 Mohammad Khan Junejo 23 Mar 1985 - 29 May 1988 Benazir Bhutto 2 Dec 1988 - 6 Aug 1990 Ghulam Mustapha Jatoi (caretaker) 6 Aug 1990 - 6 Nov 1990 Mian Mohammad Nawaz Sharif 6 Nov 1990 - 18 Apr 1993 Balakh Sher Mazari (caretaker) 18 Apr 1993 - 26 May 1993 Mian Mohammad Nawaz Sharif 26 May 1993 - 18 Jul 1993 Moeen Qureshi (caretaker) 18 Jul 1993 - 19 Oct 1993 Benazir Bhutto 19 Oct 1993 - 5 Nov 1996 Malik Miraj Khalid (caretaker) 5 Nov 1996 - 17 Feb 1997 Mian Mohammad Nawaz Sharif 17 Feb 1997 - 12 Oct 1999 Mir Zafarullah Khan Jamali 23 Nov 2002 – 26 June 2004
Ch. Shujaat Hussain Shaukat Aziz
June 2004-27 August 2004 28 August 2004- till today
Speakers/Presidents of the National Assembly
Mohammad Ali Jinnah 11 Aug 1947 - 11 Sep 1948 Moulvi Tamizaddin Khan 14 Dec 1948 - 24 Oct 1954 Abdul Wahab Khan 12 Aug 1955 - 7 Oct 1958 Moulvi Tamizaddin Khan 11 Jun 1962 - 19 Aug 1963 Fazalul Quader Chaudhry 29 Nov 1963 - 12 Jun 1965 Abdul Jabbar Khan 12 Jun 1965 - 25 Mar 1969 Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto 14 Apr 1972 – 12 Apr 1973 Fazal Elahi Chaudhry 15 Aug 1972 - 7 Aug 1973 Sahibzada Farooq Ali 9 Aug 1973 - 27 Mar 1977 Malik Miraj Khalid 27 Mar 1977 - 5 Jul 1977 Syed Fakhar Imam 22 Mar 1985 - 26 May 1986 Hamid Nasir Chattha 31 May 1986 - 3 Dec 1988 Malik Miraj Khalid 3 Dec 1988 - 4 Nov 1990 Gohar Ayub Khan 4 Nov 1990 - 17 Oct 1993 Yousaf Raza Gillani 17 Oct 1993 - 16 Feb 1997 Illahi Bukhsh Soomro 16 Feb 1997 - 15 Oct 1999 Ch. Amir Hussain 19 Nov 2002 Leaders of Opposition
The opposition in the Parliament is considered to be a government in waiting. In the first Legislative cum Constituent Assembly eleven members belonging to the Congress played this role. Progressive politicians like Mian Iftikharuddin also joined them. Hussain Shaheed Suharwardy holds the honor of being first recognized leader of the opposition in the National Assembly. During Ayub Khan era Khan Bahadur Khan (1962-1964) and Yousaf Khattak (19641969) were the leaders of the opposition. During 1970s Khan Abdul Wali Khan was leader of the opposition. After his arrest Maulana Mufti Mehmood was the acting leader of the opposition. During the 1985-1999 Haji Saifullah, Syed Fakhar Imam, Ghulam Haider Wyne, Ghulam Mustafa Jatoi, Benazir Bhutto and Mian Muhammad Nawaz Sharif played this role. Maulana Fazlur Rehman is the present Leader of Opposition in the National Assembly.