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 |Top left: [[Liaquat Ali Khan]] was the first prime minister of Pakistan since its inception.
 |Top center: [[Zulfikar Ali Bhutto]] was the first prime minister to have been democratically elected as he was in 1977.
 |Top right: [[Benazir Bhutto]] was Pakistan's first and only female prime minister.
 |Bottom left: [[Nawaz Sharif]] is the longest serving non-consecutive prime minister, having served a total of 9 years in his 3 incomplete terms.
 |Bottom center: [[Imran Khan]] was the country's 22nd{{efn|Excluding caretaker Prime Minister's, Khan was the 19th Prime Minister.}} prime minister and is recognized as a popular global figure.
 |Bottom right: [[Shehbaz Sharif]] is the incumbent prime minister of Pakistan.}}
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{{Politics of Pakistan}}
The [[prime minister of Pakistan]]{{efn|{{langx|ur|{{Nastaliq|وزير اعظم}}|lit=[[Grand Vizier]]|translit=Wazīr ē Aʿẓam}}, {{IPA|ur|ʋəˈziːɾˌeː ˈɑː.zəm}}}} is the head of the [[Government of Pakistan]].<ref>[http://pakistani.org/pakistan/constitution/part5.ch3.html Article 153(2a)-153(2c)] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150427043852/http://www.pakistani.org/pakistan/constitution/part5.ch3.html |date=27 April 2015}} in Chapter 3: Special Provisions, Part V: Relations between Federation and Provinces in the [[Constitution of Pakistan]].</ref> The prime minister is vested with the [[Moral responsibility|responsibility]] of running the [[Administration (government)|administration]] through his appointed [[Cabinet of Pakistan|federal cabinet]], formulating national and foreign policies to ensure the safeguard of the [[National interest|interests]] of the nation and its people through the [[Council of Common Interests]] as well as making the decision to call nationwide [[Elections in Pakistan|general elections]] for the [[bicameral]] [[Parliament of Pakistan]].<ref name="BBC_PM_role">{{cite news | url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/82559.stm | title=Prime minister | date=16 October 2008 | publisher=[[BBC News]] | access-date=8 September 2012 }}</ref><ref name="List">{{cite web |last=Tasleem |first=Nauman |date=27 June 2004 |title=20 prime ministers since independence |url=http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=story_27-6-2004_pg7_43 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130416163359/http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=story_27-6-2004_pg7_43 |archive-date=2013-04-16 |access-date=9 September 2012 |work=[[Daily Times (Pakistan)|Daily Times]] |df=dmy-all}}</ref><ref name="Staesmen">{{cite web | url=http://worldstatesmen.org/Pakistan.htm | title=Prime ministers | publisher=World Statesmen | access-date=9 September 2012 | archive-date=4 March 2012 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120304114011/http://www.worldstatesmen.org/Pakistan.htm | url-status=live }}</ref>

Since 1947, Pakistan has had 20 prime ministers, aside from the appointed [[Caretaker Prime Minister of Pakistan|caretaker prime minister]]s who were only mandated to oversee the system until the election process was finished. In Pakistan's [[parliamentary system]], the prime minister is [[Oath of Office|sworn in]] by the [[President of Pakistan|president]] and usually is the [[Party chair|chairman]] or the [[President (corporate title)|president]] of the [[Pakistani political parties|party]] or [[Coalition government|coalition]] that has a [[majority]] in the [[National Assembly of Pakistan|National Assembly]]– the [[lower house]] of [[Pakistan Parliament]].

After the [[partition of British India]] on the midnight of 14/15 August 1947, Pakistan followed the [[British parliamentary system|British system]] by creating the post of prime minister based at the [[Prime Minister's Secretariat (Pakistan)|Prime Minister's Secretariat]].<ref name="List"/><ref name="Staesmen"/> The then [[governor-general of Pakistan]], [[Muhammad Ali Jinnah]], took advice from the [[Founding Fathers of Pakistan|Founding Fathers of the nation]] and appointed [[Liaquat Ali Khan]] to establish and lead his [[Ali Khan administration|administration]] on 15 August 1947.<ref name="LAK">{{cite web |url=http://jang.com.pk/thenews/spedition/liaqat_ali_khan/page4.htm.html | title=Special Edition (Liaqat Ali Khan) | work=[[The News International]] | publisher=[[Daily Jang]] | first=M Yakub | last=Mughal | access-date=8 September 2012 | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120121225534/http://jang.com.pk/thenews/spedition/liaqat_ali_khan/page4.htm.html | archive-date=21 January 2012 | df=dmy-all }}</ref> Before the [[Constitution of Pakistan of 1962|presidential system]] in 1960, seven prime ministers had served between 1947 until [[1958 Pakistani coup d'état|martial law in 1958]]. In 1971, the office was again revived but ceased to exist shortly.<ref name="NA">{{cite web |url=http://www.na.gov.pk/en/content.php?id=75 |title=Parliamentary history |publisher=[[National Assembly of Pakistan]] |access-date=20 October 2012 |archive-date=26 December 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181226123324/http://www.na.gov.pk/en/content.php?id=75%20 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="Nagendra">{{cite book|title=Encyclopaedia of Bangladesh|author=Nagendra Kr. Singh|publisher=Anmol Publications Pvt. Ltd|pages=9–10|year=2003|isbn=978-81-261-1390-3}}</ref> Executive powers and authority was given to the prime minister when the full set of the [[Constitution of Pakistan]] was promulgated in 1973 but the post was ceased from its effective operations after another [[1977 Pakistani coup d'état|martial law in 1977]].<ref name="ConsofPak">{{cite web | url=http://www.na.gov.pk/publications/constitution.pdf | title=The constitution of the islamic republic of pakistan | publisher=National Assembly of Pakistan | access-date=4 July 2012 | archive-date=20 September 2018 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180920095310/http://www.na.gov.pk/publications/constitution.pdf | url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="1977ML">{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=cjPgESaC-7sC|title=Pakistan: Zia and After|publisher=Abhinav Publications|year=1989|pages=20–35|isbn=978-81-7017-253-6|access-date=28 October 2012|archive-date=26 October 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211026065911/https://books.google.com/books?id=cjPgESaC-7sC|url-status=live}}</ref> After the [[1985 Pakistani general election|general elections]] held in 1985, the office came to its existence.<ref name="NA"/> During 1985 to 1997 executive powers were share between presidents and prime ministers due to 8th amendment to Constitution. In 1997, 13th amendment were passed and prime minister again got executive powers. Between 1988 and 1999, the office was held by [[Benazir Bhutto]] of the [[Pakistan People's Party]] and [[Nawaz Sharif]] of [[Pakistan Muslim League (N)]], each holding the office for two non-consecutive terms between 1988 and 1999: Bhutto during 1988–90 and 1993–96;<ref name="Benazir">{{cite web|date=27 December 2007|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/2228796.stm|title=Obituary: Benazir Bhutto|publisher=BBC News|access-date=20 October 2012|archive-date=26 December 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181226123359/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/2228796.stm|url-status=live}}</ref> and Sharif during 1990–93 and 1997–99.<ref name="Nawaz">{{cite web|date=11 December 2000|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/472836.stm|title=Profile: Nawaz Sharif|publisher=BBC News|access-date=20 October 2012|archive-date=26 December 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181226123434/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/472836.stm|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=Mittal>{{Cite book | last =Akbar | first =M.K | title =Pakistan Today | place =New Delhi, India | publisher =Mittal Publications | chapter =Pakistan under Nawaz Sharif | date =January 1998 | page =230 | url =https://books.google.com/books?id=g6D8xkFgTwEC&pg=PA1 | isbn =81-7099-700-3 | access-date =8 September 2012 | archive-date =26 May 2013 | archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20130526202003/http://books.google.com/books?id=g6D8xkFgTwEC&pg=PA1 | url-status =live }}</ref>

After the [[2002 Pakistani general election|general elections]] held in 2002, [[Zafarullah Khan Jamali]] was invited to form his [[Jamali administration|administration]] as its prime minister.<ref name="Jamali">{{cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/2498275.stm|title=Profile: Zafarullah Khan Jamali|publisher=BBC News|date=26 June 2004|access-date=21 October 2012|archive-date=26 December 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181226123340/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/2498275.stm|url-status=live}}</ref> After the [[Supreme Court of Pakistan]]'s ruling to disqualify Prime Minister [[Yusuf Raza Gilani]] in 2012, the business of his [[Gillani ministry|administration]] was looked after by [[Raja Pervez Ashraf]] until the [[Khoso caretaker ministry|caretaker administration]] was setup under [[Mir Hazar Khan Khoso]].<ref name="Ashraf">{{cite news|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/06/22/raja-pervaiz-ashraf-pakistan-prime-minister_n_1618675.html|title=Raja Pervaiz Ashraf Is Pakistan's New Prime Minister|author1=Rebecca Santana |author2=Chris Brummitt |author3=Zarar Khan |date=22 June 2012|work=[[The Huffington Post]]|access-date=8 September 2012|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120803061417/http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/06/22/raja-pervaiz-ashraf-pakistan-prime-minister_n_1618675.html|archive-date=3 August 2012|df=dmy-all}}</ref><ref name="Gillani disqualified">{{cite news |title=Yousuf Raza Gilani is sent packing |url=http://dawn.com/2012/06/19/speaker-ruling-case-sc-resumes-hearing-2/ |work=[[Dawn (newspaper)|Dawn]] |publisher=[[Herald (Pakistan)|Herald]] |date=19 June 2012 |access-date=8 September 2012 |archive-date=17 May 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130517234700/http://dawn.com/2012/06/19/speaker-ruling-case-sc-resumes-hearing-2/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="List"/><ref name="Staesmen"/>

[[Nurul Amin]] of the [[Muslim League (Pakistan)|Muslim League]] had the shortest term, at 13 days. [[Yusuf Raza Gilani]] of the [[Pakistan Peoples Party]] had the longest consecutive term of 4 years and 86 days. At approximately 9 years and 179 days in total, [[Nawaz Sharif]] of [[Pakistan Muslim League (N)]] has been the longest-serving prime minister for a non-consecutive term.<ref name="List"/><ref name="BBC-1999_coup">{{cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/472511.stm|title=World: South Asia: Pakistan army seizes power|date=12 October 1999|publisher=BBC News|access-date=7 October 2012|archive-date=26 December 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181226123309/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/472511.stm|url-status=live}}</ref> Sharif was re-elected for a third non-consecutive term on 5 June 2013, which is a record in the [[History of Pakistan#State and Constitution: Pakistan|history of Pakistan]].<ref name="BBC-3rd_term">{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/world-asia-22788570|title=Nawaz Sharif calls for an end to US drone strikes|date=5 June 2013|publisher=BBC News|access-date=6 June 2013|archive-date=24 December 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131224050122/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-22788570|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="Tribune">{{cite web|url=http://tribune.com.pk/story/559599/unprecedented-return-he-is-back/|title=Unprecedented return: He is back|first=Umer|last=Nangiana|date=6 June 2013|work=[[The Express Tribune]]|agency=[[Agence France-Presse]] (AFP)|access-date=6 June 2013|archive-date=26 December 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181226123424/https://tribune.com.pk/story/559599/unprecedented-return-he-is-back/|url-status=live}}</ref> No prime minister of Pakistan has yet served their full five-year term.<ref>{{Cite web |title=No Pakistani prime minister has completed a full term in office |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022/4/9/factbox-no-pakistani-prime-minister-has-completed-a-full-tenure |access-date=2022-04-10 |website=www.aljazeera.com |language=en |archive-date=10 April 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220410112036/https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022/4/9/factbox-no-pakistani-prime-minister-has-completed-a-full-tenure |url-status=live }}</ref>

==Key==
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" border="2"
|+Key for prime ministers list
! scope="col" style="width:20px" | 
! scope="col" | Party name
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| style="background-color:{{party color|Pakistan Muslim League}}" | 
| [[Muslim League (Pakistan)|Muslim League]] / [[Pakistan Muslim League]]
|-
| style="background-color:{{party color|Bangladesh Awami League}}" |
| [[Bangladesh Awami League|Awami League]]
|-
| style="background-color:{{party color|Republican Party (Pakistan)}}" |
| [[Republican Party (Pakistan)|Republican Party]]
|-
| style="background-color:{{party color|Pakistan Peoples Party}}" | 
| [[Pakistan Peoples Party|Peoples Party]]
|-
| style="background-color:{{party color|National Peoples Party (Pakistan)}}" |
| [[National Peoples Party (Pakistan)|National Peoples Party]]
|-
| style="background-color:{{party color|Pakistan Muslim League (N)}}" |
| [[Pakistan Muslim League (N)|Muslim League (N)]]
|-
| style="background-color:{{party color|Pakistan Muslim League (Q)}}" |
| [[Pakistan Muslim League (Q)|Muslim League (Q)]]
|-
|style="background-color:{{party color|Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf}}" |
| [[Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf|Tehreek-e-Insaf]]
|-
| style="background-color:{{party color|Independent politician}}" |
| [[Independent politician|Independent]]
|}

==List==
{| class="wikitable sortable plain row headers collapsible"
|+List of prime ministers of Pakistan
! rowspan=2 width=1%  | {{abbr|No.| Number}} 
! rowspan=2 style="width:100px;"| Portrait
! rowspan=2 width=20% | Name
! rowspan=2 width=10% | Took office
! rowspan=2 width=10% | Left office
! rowspan=2 width=10% | Tenure 
! rowspan=2 width=10% | Elections
! rowspan=2 colspan="2" width=20% | Political party<br />{{small|(''Alliance'')}}
! rowspan=2 width=40% | Note(s)
! colspan=2 | Government
|-
! [[National Assembly of Pakistan|National Assembly]] 
! Coalition{{efn|This includes both Members of Government as well as [[Confidence and supply]]}}
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! align="center" | [[Liaquat Ali Khan government|1]]
| align="center" | [[File:Liaquat Ali Khan 1945.jpg|100px]]
| align="center" | '''[[Liaquat Ali Khan]]'''
'''نوابزادہ لیاقت علی خان <br />{{small|(1895–1951)}}'''
| align="center" | 14 August 1947
| align="center" | 16 October 1951{{Assassinated}}
| align="center" | {{ayd|1947|08|14|1951|10|16}} 
| align="center" | –
| style="background-color:{{party color|Muslim League (Pakistan)}}" | 
| align="center" | [[Muslim League (Pakistan)|Muslim League]]
| Following advice given by the [[Founding Fathers of Pakistan|Founding Fathers of the nation]], Governor-General [[Muhammad Ali Jinnah]] appointed and invited the Finance Minister [[Liaquat Ali Khan]] to set up and run his [[Ali Khan administration|administration]] in 1947. He was assassinated in 1951, and [[Khawaja Nazimuddin]] took the office.<ref name="LAK" /><ref name="Khawaja">{{cite web |url=http://www.radio.gov.pk/newsdetail-30192 |title=Death anniversary of Khawaja Nazimuddin |publisher=[[Pakistan Broadcasting Corporation|Radio Pakistan]] |date=22 October 2012 |access-date=4 July 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121029182018/http://www.radio.gov.pk/newsdetail-30192 |archive-date=29 October 2012 |df=dmy-all }}</ref>
| rowspan="2" align="center" | [[List of members of the 1st National Assembly of Pakistan|1st]]
| {{n/a}}
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! align="center" | 2
| align="center" | [[File:Khawaja Nazimuddin of Pakistan.JPG|100px]]
| align="center" | '''[[Khawaja Nazimuddin|Sir Khawaja Nazimuddin]]''' 
'''خواجہ ناظم الدین<br />{{small|(1894–1964)}}'''
| align="center" | 17 October 1951
| align="center" | 17 April 1953
| align="center" | {{ayd|1951|10|17|1953|04|17}}
| align="center" | –
| style="background-color:{{party color|Muslim League (Pakistan)}}" | 
| align="center" | [[Muslim League (Pakistan)|Muslim League]]
| Nazimuddin became [[Prime Minister of Pakistan]] after the [[Liaquat Ali Khan#Assassination|assassination of Liaquat Ali Khan]] in 1951.<ref name="Khawaja" /> He left the office when Governor-General [[Malik Ghulam Muhammad]] dissolved his government in 1953.<ref name="List" />
| align="center" {{n/a}}
|-
! align="center" | 3
| align="center" | [[File:Mohammad Ali Bogra portrait (cropped).jpg|100px]]
| align="center" | '''[[Mohammad Ali Bogra]]''' 
'''محمد علی بوگرہ<br />{{small|(1909–1963)}}'''
| align="center" | 17 April 1953
| align="center" | 12 August 1955
| align="center" | {{ayd|1953|04|17|1955|08|12}}
| align="center" | —
| style="background-color:{{party color|Muslim League (Pakistan)}}" | 
| align="center" | [[Muslim League (Pakistan)|Muslim League]]
| A diplomat and relatively unknown personality to Pakistani politics, Bogra established the [[Ministry of Talents]] but his administration was dismissed in 1955 by the Governor-General after the [[1954 East Pakistani legislative election|legislative elections]] in 1954.<ref name="List" />
| rowspan="5" align="center" | [[List of members of the 2nd National Assembly of Pakistan|2nd]]
| align="center" {{n/a}}
|-
! align="center" | 4
| align="center" | [[File:Mohamad Ali, primeiro-ministro do Paquistão, sem data.tif |100px]]
| align="center" | '''[[Chaudhry Mohammad Ali]]''' 
'''چوہدری محمد علی<br />{{small|(1905–1982)}}'''
| align="center" | 12 August 1955
| align="center" | 12 September 1956
| align="center" | {{ayd|1955|08|12|1956|09|12}} 
| align="center" | —
| style="background-color:{{party color|Muslim League (Pakistan)}}" | 
| align="center" | [[Muslim League (Pakistan)|Muslim League]]
| Prior to becoming prime minister, Ali was a prominent bureaucrat. He resigned due to internal conflict in his party.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Masood |first=Sadaf |year=2014 |title=Mohsin-e-Milat: Chaudhry Muhammad Ali |url=https://www.proquest.com/docview/1669734718?sourcetype=Scholarly%20Journals |journal=Pakistan Perspectives |volume=19 |issue=1 |pages=195-198}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Lyon |first=Peter |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vLwOck15eboC&pg=PA9 |title=Conflict Between India and Pakistan: An Encyclopedia |date=2008 |publisher=Bloomsbury Academic |isbn=978-1-57607-712-2 |pages=9 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last= |date=2003-06-01 |title=Chaudhry Muhammad Ali Becomes Prime Minister |url=https://storyofpakistan.com/staging/1903/chaudhry-muhammad-ali-becomes-prime-minister/ |access-date=2025-06-06 |website=Story Of Pakistan |language=en-US}}</ref>
| align="center" {{Party shading/None}} |{{small|[[Muslim League (Pakistan)|''ML'']] • [[Awami League|AL]] • [[Republican Party (Pakistan)|RP]]}}
|-
! align="center" | [[Suhrawardy government|5]]
| align="center" | [[File:Huseyn Shaheed Suhrawardy.png|100px]]
| align="center" | '''[[Huseyn Shaheed Suhrawardy]]''' 
'''حسین شہید سہروردی<br />{{small|(1892–1963)}}'''
| align="center" | 12 September 1956
| align="center" | 17 October 1957
| align="center" | {{ayd|1956|09|12|1957|10|17}} 
| align="center" | —
| style="background-color:{{party color|Bangladesh Awami League}}" |
| align="center" | [[Bangladesh Awami League|Awami League]]
| Popular for his wit in law, Suhrwardy resigned due to the loss of control over his [[Bangladesh Awami League|party]] and support from the coalition partners in his [[Suhrawardy administration|administration]].<ref name="List" />
| {{n/a}}
|-
! align="center" | [[Chundrigar government|6]]
| align="center" | [[File:Ibrahim Ismail Chundrigar.jpg|100px]]
| align="center" | '''[[I. I. Chundrigar|Ibrahim Ismail Chundrigar]]''' 
'''ابراہیم اسماعیل چندریگر<br />{{small|(1897–1960)}}'''
| align="center" | 17 October 1957
| align="center" | 11 December 1957
| align="center" | {{ayd|1957|10|17|1957|12|11}} 
| align="center" | —
| style="background-color:{{party color|Muslim League (Pakistan)}}" | 
| align="center" | [[Muslim League (Pakistan)|Muslim League]]
| Third shortest-tenured Prime Minister, Chundrigar established his [[Chundrigar administration|administration]] but was removed a mere 55 days into his term amid a [[vote of no-confidence]] movement led by majority votes of the [[Republican Party (Pakistan)|Republican Party]] and Awami League.<ref name="List" />
| align="center" {{Party shading/None}} |{{small|[[Muslim League (Pakistan)|''ML'']] • [[Krishak Sramik Party|KSP]] • [[Nizam-e-Islam Party|NIP]]}}
|-
! align="center" | 7
| align="center" | [[File:Feroz Khan Noon.jpg|100px]]
| align="center" | '''[[Feroz Khan Noon|Sir Feroze Khan Noon]]''' 
'''فیروز خان نون<br />{{small|(1893–1970)}}'''
| align="center" | 16 December 1957
| align="center" | 7 October 1958
| align="center" | {{ayd|1957|12|16|1958|10|07}} 
| align="center" | —
| style="background-color:{{party color|Republican Party (Pakistan)}}" | 
| align="center" | [[Republican Party (Pakistan)|Republican Party]]
| A lawyer, Sir Feroze Khan's [[Feroze Khan administration|administration]] collapsed after his party's own President [[Iskander Mirza]] enforced [[1958 Pakistani coup d'état|martial law in 1958]] in a view of extending his term of office<ref name="Nagendra1">{{cite book|title=Encyclopaedia of Bangladesh|author=Nagendra Kr. Singh|publisher=Anmol Publications Pvt. Ltd.|pages=9–10|year=2003|isbn=978-81-261-1390-3}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://storyofpakistan.com/ouster-of-president-iskander-mirza?artid=a117 |title=Ouster of President Iskander Mirza |publisher=Story of Pakistan |date=1 June 2003 |access-date=1 August 2017 |archive-date=9 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220109203659/http://storyofpakistan.com/ouster-of-president-iskander-mirza/?artid=a117 |url-status=live }}</ref>
|{{n/a}}
|-
| data-sort-value="7.5" {{CNone| }}
| colspan=11 data-sort-value="Zz, C" {{CNone|''Office vacant 8 October 1958 – 6 December 1971''{{Efn|In early October 1958, [[President Iskandar Ali Mirza]] imposed martial law, which vacated the seat of the prime minister. Three weeks later, [[General Ayub Khan]] took over as military president, ousting President Mirza through his [[1958 Pakistani military coup|coup d'état]]. He ruled as an authoritarian president until the [[1968–69 Pakistan revolution]]. [[Field Marshal Ayub Khan]] handed over powerto [[General Yahya Khan]] in 1969, who once more imposed martial law and became an authoritarian military president, though near the end of his reign, he finally re-established the prime minister's seat by appointing [[Nurul Amin]].}}}}
|-
! align="center" | 8
| align="center" | [[File:Nurul amin.jpg|100px]]
| align="center" | '''[[Nurul Amin]]''' 
'''نور الامین'''<br />'''{{small|(1893–1974)}}'''
| align="center" | 7 December 1971
| align="center" | 20 December 1971
| align="center" | {{ayd|1971|12|07|1971|12|20}}
| align="center" | [[1970 Pakistani general election|1970]]
| style="background-color:{{party color|Pakistan Muslim League}}" | 
| align="center" | [[Pakistan Muslim League]]
|Shortest-tenured prime minister. After the [[1970 Pakistani general elections|general elections]] in 1971, Amin was invited to be appointed as prime minister under [[President Yahya Khan|Yahya administration]]; he was also the first and the only [[Vice President of Pakistan|vice president of Pakistan]] from 1970 to 1972, leading Pakistan in the [[Indo-Pakistani War of 1971]].<ref name="List"/>
| align="center" | [[List of members of the 5th National Assembly of Pakistan|5th]]
|{{n/a}}
|-
| data-sort-value="12.5" {{CNone| }}
| colspan=11 data-sort-value="Zz, E" {{CNone|''Office vacant 21 December 1971 – 13 August 1973''{{Efn|Following the 1971 Secession of Bangladesh, Military President Yahya Khan resigned and handed over power to [[Zulfikar Ali Bhutto]]. Despite being a civilian, he ruled as [[chief martial law administrator]] and declared himself Emergency President rather than prime minister, continuing the presidential system before re-establishing the parliamentary system in 1973.}}}}
|-
! align="center" | 9
| align="center" | [[File:Z A Bhutto (President of Pakistan).jpg|100px]]
| align="center" | '''[[Zulfikar Ali Bhutto]]'''
'''ذولفقار علی بھٹو <br />{{small|(1928–1979)}}'''
| align="center" | 14 August 1973
| align="center" | 5 July 1977
| align="center" | {{ayd|1973|08|14|1977|07|05}}
| align="center" | [[1977 Pakistani general election|1977]]
| style="background-color:{{party color|Pakistan Peoples Party}}" | 
| align="center" | [[Pakistan Peoples Party]]
| Bhutto resigned as president to become the empowered [[Prime Minister of Pakistan|prime minister]] after the [[Constitution of Pakistan|Constitution]] was repromulgated, which established a [[parliamentary system]] of government. He was deposed in the [[Operation Fair Play|martial law in 1977]] by his appointed [[Chief of Army Staff (Pakistan)|army chief]], [[Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq|General Zia]], in July 1977.<ref name="1977ML" /><ref name="4military">{{cite web |url=http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2012%5C08%5C11%5Cstory_11-8-2012_pg3_2 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130416071320/http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2012%5C08%5C11%5Cstory_11-8-2012_pg3_2 |url-status=dead |archive-date=16 April 2013 |title=4 military dictators among 14 heads of state under Officers' Club of Revolutionary Armed Forces |work=Daily Times |first=Hasan |last=Ali |date=19 August 2008 |access-date=16 January 2013 }}</ref>
| align="center" | [[List of members of the 6th National Assembly of Pakistan|6th]]
|{{n/a}}
|-
| data-sort-value="12.5" {{CNone| }}
| colspan=11 data-sort-value="Zz, E" {{CNone|''Office vacant 6 July 1977 – 23 March 1985''{{Efn|Martial law was imposed once more following the [[1977 Pakistani military coup]], in which [[General Zia-ul-Haq]] declared himself as military ruler and president. The post of prime minister was therefore abolished for 8 years in his [[Presidency of Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq|Zia's presidency]] until he appointed Junejo in 1985.}}}}
|-
! align="center" | [[Junejo government|10]]
| align="center" | [[File:Muhammad Khan Junejo.jpg|100px]]
| align="center" | '''[[Muhammad Khan Junejo]]''' 
'''محمد خان جنیجو<br />{{small|(1932–1993)}}'''
| align="center" | 24 March 1985
| align="center" | 29 May 1988
| align="center" | {{ayd|1985|03|24|1988|05|29}}
| align="center" | [[1985 Pakistani general election|1985]]
| style="background-color:{{party color|Independent politician}}" | 
| align="center" | [[Independent politician|Independent]]
| Junejo was elected as the tenth [[Prime Minister of Pakistan]] in [[1985 Pakistani general election|non-party based elections]] in 1985, therefore he was elected on an Independent ticket but he served the Pakistan Muslim League while before entering in office and during office. He was dismissed by the president as per the Eighth Amendment to the Constitution.<ref name="List" />
| align="center" | [[1985 Pakistani general election#Results|7th]]
|{{n/a}}
|-
| data-sort-value="12.5" {{CNone| }}
| colspan=11 data-sort-value="Zz, E" {{CNone|''Office vacant 30 May 1988 – 1 December 1988''{{Efn|Following Junejo's dismissal by Zia-ul-Haq, Zia did not appoint a replacement prime minister. Zia died in August 1988, after which [[Ghulam Ishaq Khan]] became President. The office was left vacant until Benazir's election.}}}}
|-
! align="center" | [[First Benazir Bhutto government|11]]
| align="center" | [[File:Benazir bhutto 1989 cropped.jpg |100px]]
| align="center" | '''[[Benazir Bhutto]]''' 
'''بے نظیر بھٹو<br />{{small|(1953–2007)}}'''
| align="center" | 2 December 1988
| align="center" | 6 August 1990
| align="center" | {{ayd|1988|12|02|1990|08|06}}
| align="center" | [[1988 Pakistani general election|1988]]
| style="background-color:{{party color|Pakistan Peoples Party}}" | 
| align="center" | [[Pakistan Peoples Party]]
| Bhutto became the first woman in Pakistan to head a major political party, in 1982. Six years later, she became [[Women in Muslim societies|the first woman elected]] to lead a [[Muslim world|Muslim state]].<ref name="Benazir" /><ref>{{cite web | url=http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/Daughter+of+tragedy/1/2944.html | title=Benazir Bhutto: Daughter of Tragedy | author=Muhammad Najeeb in Rawalpindi & Hasan Zaidi in Karachi | work=[[India Today]] | date=28 December 2007 | access-date=20 October 2012 | archive-date=26 December 2018 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181226123328/https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/international/story/20080107-daughter-of-tragedy-734930-2007-12-28 | url-status=live }}</ref> President [[Ghulam Ishaq Khan]] dissolved her government using article 58-2b of Constitution.
| align="center" | [[1988 Pakistani general election#Results|8th]]
|{{n/a}}
|-
| data-sort-value="12.5" {{CNone| }}
| colspan=11 data-sort-value="Zz, E" {{CNone|''Office vacant 6 August 1990 – 6 November 1990''{{Efn|[[Ghulam Mustafa Jatoi]] was appointed as the first [[Caretaker Prime Minister of Pakistan]] to oversee elections in 1990. He formed a [[Jatoi caretaker government|caretaker administration]] and served the required interim period of exactly 3 months.}}}}
|-
! align="center" | [[First Nawaz Sharif government|12]]
| align="center" | [[File:Nawaz Sharif detail, 981203-D-9880W-117.jpg|100px]]
| align="center" | '''[[Nawaz Sharif]]''' 
'''میاں محمد نواز شریف<br />{{small|(born 1949)}}'''
| align="center" | 6 November 1990
| align="center" | 18 July 1993
| align="center" | {{ayd|1990|11|06|1993|07|18}}
| align="center" | [[1990 Pakistani general election|1990]]
| style="background-color:{{party color|Islami Jamhoori Ittehad}}" |
| align="center" | [[Islami Jamhoori Ittehad]]
| Sharif was elected as the 12th prime minister of Pakistan on 1 November 1990.<ref>{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=XfI-hEI8a9wC | title=Pakistan's economy in historical perspective: The Growth, Power and Poverty | author=John, Wilson; Vikram Sood and Akmal Hussain | isbn=978-81-317-2504-7 | page=220 | year=2009 | location=[[New Delhi]] and [[Washington, D.C.]]: Dorling Kindersly (Pvt) limited, India and the Library of Congress | access-date=27 October 2012 | archive-date=26 October 2021 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211026061706/https://books.google.com/books?id=XfI-hEI8a9wC | url-status=live }}</ref> President Ghulam Ishaq Khan dissolved his government in April 1993, which was later on reinstated by the [[Supreme Court of Pakistan]].<ref name="Nawaz" /> Sharif survived a serious constitutional crisis when President Khan attempted to dismiss him under [[Eighth Amendment to the Constitution of Pakistan|article 58-2b]], in April 1993, but he successfully challenged the decision in the [[Supreme Court of Pakistan|Supreme Court]].<ref name="Nawaz" /> Sharif resigned from the post negotiating a settlement that resulted in the removal of President as well, in July 1993.<ref name="APH">{{cite book | last =Dutt | first =Sanjay | title =Inside Pakistan: 52 years oulook | publisher =A.P.H. Publishing Corporation | year =2009 | location =[[New Delhi]] | chapter =1993 Elections | chapter-url =https://books.google.com/books?id=QGzRA-3zxfsC&pg=PA267 | page =267 | isbn =978-81-7648-157-1 | access-date =27 October 2012 | archive-date =26 December 2018 | archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20181226123437/https://books.google.com/books?id=QGzRA-3zxfsC&pg=PA267%20 | url-status =live }}</ref>
| align="center" | [[1990 Pakistani general election#Results|9th]]
| align="center" {{Party shading/None}} |{{small|[[Pakistan Muslim League (N)|''PML-N'']] • [[Jamaat-e-Islami (Pakistan)|JI]] • [[National Peoples Party (Pakistan)|NPP]] • [[Nizam-e-Mustafa|NeM]] • [[Jamiat Ahle Hadith|MJAH]]}}
|-
| data-sort-value="12.5" {{CNone| }}
| colspan=11 data-sort-value="Zz, E" {{CNone|''Office vacant 18 July 1993 – 19 October 1993''{{Efn|[[Moeenuddin Ahmad Qureshi]] was appointed as the [[Caretaker Prime Minister of Pakistan]] to oversee elections in 1993. He formed a [[Qureshi caretaker government|caretaker administration]] and served the required interim period of around 3 months.}}}}
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! align="center" | (11)
| align="center" | [[File:(Benazir Buttho) Rueda de prensa de Felipe González y la primera ministra de Paquistán. Pool Moncloa. 14 de septiembre de 1994 (cropped).jpeg |100px]]
| align="center" | '''[[Benazir Bhutto]]'''
'''بے نظیر بھٹو <br />{{small|(1953–2007)}}'''
| align="center" | 19 October 1993
| align="center" | 5 November 1996
| align="center" | {{ayd|1993|10|19|1996|11|05}}
| align="center" | [[1993 Pakistani general election|1993]]
| style="background-color:{{party color|Pakistan Peoples Party}}" | 
| align="center" | [[Pakistan Peoples Party]]
| Bhutto was re-elected for a second term, in 1993. She survived an attempted [[1995 Pakistani coup d'état attempt|coup d'état in 1995]]. Bhutto's government was dismissed by president [[Farooq Leghari]] in November 1996.<ref name="DawnWireService, 1 June 1995">{{cite web|last=Ranjha|first=Khalid|title=Altaf accuses Benazir of 'racism'|url=http://www.lib.virginia.edu/area-studies/SouthAsia/SAserials/Dawn/1995/01Je95.html#raci|date=1 June 1995|publisher=DawnWireService|access-date=20 October 2012|archive-date=26 December 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181226123411/https://asianstudies.github.io/area-studies/SouthAsia/SAserials/Dawn/1995/01Je95.html#raci|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="nyarrest">{{cite news | author =Burns, John F | title =Pakistan's Premier Bhutto is put under house arrest | newspaper =The New York Times | date =5 November 1996 | access-date =5 March 2011 | url =https://www.nytimes.com/1996/11/05/world/pakistan-s-premier-bhutto-is-put-under-house-arrest.html | archive-date =18 February 2011 | archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20110218203009/http://www.nytimes.com/1996/11/05/world/pakistan-s-premier-bhutto-is-put-under-house-arrest.html | url-status =live }}</ref>
| align="center" | [[List of members of the 10th National Assembly of Pakistan|10th]]
| {{n/a}}
|-
| data-sort-value="12.5" {{CNone| }}
| colspan=11 data-sort-value="Zz, E" {{CNone|''Office vacant 5 November 1996 – 17 February 1997''{{Efn|[[Malik Meraj Khalid]] was appointed as the [[Caretaker Prime Minister of Pakistan]] to oversee elections in early 1997. He served the required interim period of around 3 months.}}}}
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| align="center" | [[File:Nawaz Sharif detail, 981203-D-9880W-117.jpg|100px]]
| align="center" | '''[[Nawaz Sharif]]''' 
'''میاں محمد نواز شریف<br />{{small|(born 1949)}}'''
| align="center" | 17 February 1997
| align="center" | 12 October 1999
| align="center" | {{ayd|1997|02|17|1999|10|12}}
| align="center" | [[1997 Pakistani general election|1997]]
| style="background-color:{{party color|Pakistan Muslim League (N)}}" |
| align="center" |[[Pakistan Muslim League (N)]]
| Sharif was re-elected as prime minister, with an [[exclusive mandate]] from all over Pakistan for a non-consecutive second term, in February 1997.<ref name="Mittal" /><ref name="bbc profile">{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/6959782.stm|title=Profile: Nawaz Sharif|date=12 March 2009|first=Syed Shoaib|last=Hassan|access-date=27 October 2012|publisher=BBC News|archive-date=6 January 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190106182503/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/6959782.stm|url-status=live}}</ref> His government [[1999 Pakistani coup d'état|was deposed]] by General [[Pervez Musharraf]] in October 1999, and [[martial law]] was imposed in the entire country.<ref name="BBC-1999_coup" /><ref name="Dugger">{{cite web|last=Dugger|first=Celia W.|title=Pakistan Calm After Coup; Leading General Gives No Clue About How He Will Rule|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1999/10/14/world/pakistan-calm-after-coup-leading-general-gives-no-clue-about-how-he-will-rule.html|work=The New York Times|date=14 October 1999|access-date=27 October 2012|archive-date=11 May 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130511140135/http://www.nytimes.com/1999/10/14/world/pakistan-calm-after-coup-leading-general-gives-no-clue-about-how-he-will-rule.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
| align="center" | [[List of members of the 11th National Assembly of Pakistan|11th]]
| {{n/a}}
|-
| data-sort-value="12.5" {{CNone| }}
| colspan=11 data-sort-value="Zz, E" {{CNone|''Office vacant 13 October 1999 – 22 November 2002''{{Efn|Military [[General Pervez Musharraf]] overthrew Sharif’s government in the [[1999 Pakistani coup d'état]] and declared himself [[Chief Executive]] before declaring himself [[President of Pakistan]] in 2001. Despite general elections in 2002, Musharraf still remained in power, with [[Zafarullah Khan Jamali]], [[Shujaat Hussain]] and [[Shaukat Aziz]]’s tenures being heavily influenced by Musharraf who remained President until 2008.}}}}
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! align="center" | 13
| align="center" | [[File:Zafarullah Khan Jamali (cropped).jpg|100px]]
| align="center" | '''[[Mir Zafarullah Khan Jamali]]''' 
'''میر ظفر اللہ خان جمالی<br />{{small|(1944–2020)}}'''
| align="center" | 23 November 2002
| align="center" | 26 June 2004
| align="center" | {{ayd|2002|11|23|2004|06|26}} 
| align="center" | [[2002 Pakistani general election|2002]]
| style="background-color:{{party color|Pakistan Muslim League (Q)}}" |
| align="center" | [[Pakistan Muslim League (Q)]]
| Jamali was elected as the [[Prime Minister of Pakistan]] in November 2002. He continued the [[Foreign policy|foreign]] and [[Economic policy|economic policies]] of [[Pervez Musharraf]] but could not complete his term and resigned from the post in June 2004.<ref name="Jamali"/>
| rowspan="3" align="center" | [[List of members of the 12th National Assembly of Pakistan|12th]]
| rowspan=3 align="center" {{Party shading/None}} |{{small|[[Pakistan Muslim League (Q)|''PML-Q'']] • [[Pakistan Peoples Party Parliamentarians|PPPP]] •  [[Muttahida Qaumi Movement - London|MQM]] • [[Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal|MMA]]}}<ref>{{Cite web |date=2014-03-05 |title=Pakistan Prime Minister Wins Parliamentary Vote of Confidence - New York Times |website=[[The New York Times]] |url=http://www.nytimes.com/2002/12/31/world/pakistan-prime-minister-wins-parliamentary-vote-of-confidence.html?ref=zafarullahkhanjamali |access-date=2024-04-03 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140305074756/http://www.nytimes.com/2002/12/31/world/pakistan-prime-minister-wins-parliamentary-vote-of-confidence.html?ref=zafarullahkhanjamali |archive-date=5 March 2014 }}</ref>
|-
! align="center" | 14
| align="center" | [[File:Pakistan delegation (cropped).jpg|100px]] 
| align="center" | '''[[Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain]]''' 
'''چوہدری شجاعت حسین<br />{{small|(born 1946)}}'''
| align="center" | 30 June 2004
| align="center" | 23 August 2004
| align="center" | {{ayd|2004|06|30|2004|08|23}} 
| align="center" | —
| style="background-color:{{party color|Pakistan Muslim League (Q)}}" |
| align="center" |[[Pakistan Muslim League (Q)]]
| Second shortest-tenured Prime Minister. He was elected by the [[Parliament of Pakistan|Parliament]] and served a 54-day period before [[Shaukat Aziz]] replaced him.<ref name="Shujaat">{{cite web|url=http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=story_29-6-2004_pg1_8|title=Chaudhry Shujaat set to become 19th PM|last=Qaisar|first=Rana|date=29 June 2004|work=Daily Times|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050521023136/http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=story_29-6-2004_pg1_8|archive-date=21 May 2005|url-status=dead|access-date=21 October 2012|df=dmy-all}}</ref>
|-
! align="center" | 15
| align="center" | [[File:Shaukat Aziz.jpg|100px]]
| align="center" | '''[[Shaukat Aziz]]''' 
'''شوکت عزیز<br />{{small|(born 1949)}}'''
| align="center" | 28 August 2004
| align="center" | 15 November 2007
| align="center" | {{ayd|2004|08|28|2007|11|15}} 
| align="center" | —
| style="background-color:{{party color|Pakistan Muslim League (Q)}}" |
| align="center" | [[Pakistan Muslim League (Q)]]
| Aziz took the office of [[Prime Minister of Pakistan]] in August 2004. He left the office at the end of the parliamentary term, in November 2007, and became the first [[Prime Minister of Pakistan]] who left the seat after completion of parliamentary term.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/world/2007-11/16/content_6260363.htm|title=Soomro takes oath as Pakistan's caretaker PM|publisher=[[Xinhua News Agency]]|date=16 November 2007|access-date=21 October 2012|archive-date=6 January 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190106182505/http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/world/2007-11/16/content_6260363.htm|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
|-style="background:#e6e6aa;"
| align="center" | '''(C)'''
| colspan="12" align="center" |Office vacant: [[Muhammad Mian Soomro]] served as caretaker prime minister in the interim period. 
|-
! align="center" | 16
| align="center" | [[File:Yousaf Raza Gilani 2010 (cropped).jpg|100px]]
| align="center" | '''[[Yusuf Raza Gilani]]''' 
'''سید یوسف رضا گیلانی<br />{{small|(born 1952)}}'''
| align="center" | 25 March 2008
| align="center" | 19 June 2012
| align="center" | {{ayd|2008|03|25|2012|06|19}}
| align="center" | [[2008 Pakistani general election|2008]]
| style="background-color:{{party color|Pakistan Peoples Party}}" | 
| align="center" | [[Pakistan Peoples Party]]
| Gillani was elected as prime minister in March 2008. He was disqualified from his seat in the parliament in April 2012 by the Supreme Court for contempt of court.<ref>{{cite web|first=Iftikhar A.|last=Khan|date=19 June 2012|url=http://dawn.com/2012/06/19/speaker-ruling-case-sc-resumes-hearing-2/|title=Yousuf Raza Gilani is sent packing|publisher=Xinhua News Agency|access-date=21 October 2012|archive-date=17 May 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130517234700/http://dawn.com/2012/06/19/speaker-ruling-case-sc-resumes-hearing-2/|url-status=live}}</ref>
| rowspan="2" align="center" | [[List of members of the 13th National Assembly of Pakistan|13th]]
| align="center" {{Party shading/None}} |{{small|[[Pakistan Peoples Party|''PPP'']] • [[Pakistan Muslim League (N)|PML-N]]   • [[Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (F)|JUI(F)]] •  [[Muttahida Qaumi Movement - London|MQM]] • [[Awami National Party|ANP]] • [[Pakistan Muslim League (F)|PML-F]]}}{{efn|The PML-N was part of the coalition at first but almost immediately left.}}
|-
! align="center" | 17
| align="center" | [[File:Raja Pervez Ashraf.png|100px]]
| align="center" | '''[[Raja Pervaiz Ashraf]]''' 
'''راجا پرویز اشرف<br />{{small|(born 1950)}}'''
| align="center" | 22 June 2012
| align="center" | 24 March 2013
| align="center" | {{ayd|2012|06|22|2013|03|24}}
| align="center" | –
| style="background-color:{{party color|Pakistan Peoples Party}}" | 
| align="center" | [[Pakistan Peoples Party]]
| Ashraf assumed the post of prime minister in June 2012, after Yousaf Raza Gillani was disqualified over contempt of court charges.<ref name="Ashraf" />
| align="center" {{Party shading/None}} |{{small|[[Pakistan Peoples Party|''PPP'']] • [[Pakistan Muslim League (Q)|PML-Q]]   • [[Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (F)|JUI(F)]] •  [[Muttahida Qaumi Movement - London|MQM]] • [[Awami National Party|ANP]] • [[Pakistan Muslim League (F)|PML-F]]}}
|-
|-style="background:#e6e6aa;"
| align="center" | '''[[Khoso caretaker ministry|(C)]]'''
| colspan="12" align="center" |Office vacant: [[Mir Hazar Khan Khoso]] served as caretaker prime minister in the interim period. 
|-
! align="center" | (12)
| align="center" | [[File:PrimeMinisterNawazSharif.jpg|100px]]
| align="center" | '''[[Nawaz Sharif]]''' 
'''میاں محمد نواز شریف<br />{{small|(born 1949)}}'''
| align="center" | 5 June 2013
| align="center" | 28 July 2017
| align="center" | {{ayd|2013|06|05|2017|07|28}} 
| align="center" | [[2013 Pakistani general election|2013]]
| style="background-color:{{party color|Pakistan Muslim League (N)}}" |
| align="center" | [[Pakistan Muslim League (N)]]
| On 5 June 2013, Sharif took office for a third non-consecutive term after winning 182/342 seats with clear majority.<ref name="BBC-3rd_term"/><ref name="Tribune"/> He was disqualified on 28 July 2017 by the Supreme Court of Pakistan as a result of the [[Panama Papers case]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1348191 |title=Nawaz Sharif steps down as PM after SC's disqualification verdict |work=[[Dawn (newspaper)|Dawn]] |first=Haseeb |last=Bhatti |date=28 July 2017 |access-date=27 October 2017 |archive-date=26 December 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181226144748/https://www.dawn.com/news/1348191 |url-status=live }}</ref>
| rowspan="2" align="center" | [[List of members of the 14th National Assembly of Pakistan|14th]]
| rowspan=2 align="center" {{Party shading/None}} |{{small|[[Pakistan Muslim League (N)|''PML-N'']] • [[National Peoples Party (Pakistan)|NPP]] • [[Pakistan Muslim League (F)|PML-F]]}}
|-
! align="center" | 18
| align="center" | [[File:Shahid Khaqan Abbasi (cropped).jpg|100px]]
| align="center" | '''[[Shahid Khaqan Abbasi]]''' 
'''شاہد خاقان عباسی<br />{{small|(born 1958)}}'''
| align="center" | 1 August 2017
| align="center" | 31 May 2018
| align="center" | {{ayd|2017|08|01|2018|05|31}}
| align="center" | —
| style="background-color:{{party color|Pakistan Muslim League (N)}}" |
| align="center" | [[Pakistan Muslim League (N)]]
| [[Parliament of Pakistan|Parliament]] elected [[Shahid Khaqan Abbasi]] as the Prime Minister after the impeachment of Nawaz Sharif. His term expired on 31 May 2018 alongside the dissolution of the National Assembly to facilitate a caretaker government in place until the 25 July general election.<ref name="Shahid_Shehbaz">{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/29/world/asia/shehbaz-sharif-pakistan-prime-minister.html|title=Ousted Pakistan Leader Passes Baton to Brother, Shehbaz Sharif|place=[[Asia-Pacific]]|work=The New York Times|first=Mehreen|last=Zahra-Malik|access-date=1 August 2017|date=29 July 2017|archive-date=28 October 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211028053809/https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/29/world/asia/shehbaz-sharif-pakistan-prime-minister.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
|-style="background:#e6e6aa;"
| align="center" | '''[[Mulk caretaker ministry|(C)]]'''
| colspan="12" align="center" |Office vacant: [[Nasirul Mulk]] served as caretaker prime minister in the interim period. 
|-
! align="center" | 19
| align="center" | [[File:Imran Khan 2019.jpg|100px]]
| align="center" | '''[[Imran Khan]]''' 
'''عمران خان<br />{{small|(born 1952)}}'''
| align="center" | 18 August 2018
| align="center" | 10 April 2022
| align="center" | {{ayd|2018|08|18|2022|04|10}}
| align="center" | [[2018 Pakistani general election|2018]]
| style="background-color:{{party color|Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf}}" |
| align="center" | [[Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf]]
| [[2018 Pakistani general election|General elections]] were held on 25 July 2018, which resulted in the [[Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf]] winning 156 out of 342 seats, forming a coalition government of 177 members including the [[Muttahida Qaumi Movement – Pakistan|MQM]], [[Balochistan Awami Party|BAP]] and others. On 18 August, he was elected as Prime Minister of Pakistan. On 10 April 2022, a [[No-confidence motion against Imran Khan|no-confidence vote]] was conducted and he was ousted from office.
| rowspan="2" align="center" | [[List of members of the 15th National Assembly of Pakistan|15th]]
| align="center" {{Party shading/None}} |{{small|[[Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf|''PTI'']] • [[Pakistan Muslim League (Q)|PML-Q]]   • [[Grand Democratic Alliance|GDA]] •  [[Muttahida Qaumi Movement - Pakistan|MQM-P]] • [[Balochistan Awami Party|BAP]] • [[Awami Muslim League (Pakistan)|AML]] • [[Jamhoori Watan Party|JWP]]}}
|-
! align="center" | 20
| align="center" | [[File:Shehbaz Sharif (34929982354) (cropped).jpg|100px]]
| align="center" | '''[[Shehbaz Sharif]]'''
'''میاں محمد شہباز شریف<br />{{small|(born 1951)}}'''
| align="center" | 11 April 2022
| align="center" | 14 August 2023
| align="center" | {{ayd|2022|04|11|2023|08|14}}
| align="center" | —
| style="background-color:{{party color|Pakistan Muslim League (N)}}" |
| align="center" | [[Pakistan Muslim League (N)]]
| [[Shahbaz Sharif]] was elected Prime Minister of Pakistan after the successful no-confidence motion against [[Imran Khan]]. His nomination was supported by all joint opposition parties who voted to remove the previous prime minister from office.
| align="center" {{Party shading/None}} |{{small|[[Pakistan Muslim League (N)|''PML-N'']] • [[Pakistan Peoples Party|PPP]]   • [[Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal|MMA]] •  [[Muttahida Qaumi Movement - Pakistan|MQM-P]] • [[Balochistan National Party (Mengal)|BNP-M]] • [[Balochistan Awami Party|BAP]] • [[Pakistan Muslim League (Q)|PML-Q]] • [[Awami National Party|ANP]] • [[Jamhoori Watan Party|JWP]]}}
|-
|-style="background:#e6e6aa;"
| align="center" | '''[[Kakar caretaker ministry|(C)]]'''
| colspan="12" align="center" |Office vacant: [[Anwar-ul-Haq Kakar]] served as caretaker prime minister in the interim period. 
|-
! align="center" | (20)
| align="center" | [[File:Shehbaz Sharif 2023 (cropped).jpg|100px]]
| align="center" | '''[[Shehbaz Sharif]]'''
'''میاں محمد شہباز شریف<br />{{small|(born 1951)}}'''
| align="center" | 4 March 2024
| align="center" | Incumbent
| align="center" | {{ayd|2024|03|04}}
| align="center" | [[2024 Pakistani general election|2024]]
| style="background-color:{{party color|Pakistan Muslim League (N)}}" |
| align="center" | [[Pakistan Muslim League (N)]]
| Highly controversial [[2024 Pakistani general election|general elections]] were held on 8 February 2024. The elections were contested for rigging, and Shehbaz Sharif was again elected as prime minister with the support of the MQM-P, BAP, PMLQ, IPP, NP and PMLZ, as well as confidence and supply from Pakistan Peoples Party.
| align="center" | [[List of members of the 16th National Assembly of Pakistan|16th]]
| align="center" {{Party shading/None}} |{{small|[[Pakistan Muslim League (N)|''PML-N'']]   •  [[Istehkam-e-Pakistan Party|IPP]] •  [[Muttahida Qaumi Movement - Pakistan|MQM-P]] •   [[National Party (Pakistan)|NP]] • [[Pakistan Muslim League (Q)|PML-Q]] • [[Balochistan Awami Party|BAP]] • [[Pakistan Muslim League (Z)|PML-Z]] • [[Pakistan Peoples Party|PPP]]}}
|}

==List of prime ministers by length of term==

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{|class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center"
|-
! rowspan = "2" | Name
! rowspan = "2" | Party
! colspan = "3" | Length of term
|-
! Longest continuous term
! Total years of premiership
|-
| [[Nawaz Sharif]]
| [[Islami Jamhuri Ittihad]] / [[Pakistan Muslim League (N)|Muslim League (N)]]
| 4 years, 53 days
| 9 years, 179 days
|-
| [[Benazir Bhutto]]
| [[Pakistan Peoples Party|Peoples Party]]
| 3 years, 17 days
| 4 years, 264 days
|-
| [[Yusuf Raza Gilani]]
| [[Pakistan Peoples Party|Peoples Party]]
| 4 years, 86 days
| 4 years, 86 days
|-
| [[Liaquat Ali Khan]]
| [[Muslim League (Pakistan)|Muslim League]]
| 4 years, 63 days
| 4 years, 63 days
|-
| [[Zulfikar Ali Bhutto]]
| [[Pakistan Peoples Party|Peoples Party]]
| 3 years, 325 days
| 3 years, 325 days
|-
| [[Imran Khan]]
| [[Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf|Tehreek-e-Insaf]]
| 3 years, 235 days
| 3 years, 235 days
|-
| [[Shaukat Aziz]]
| [[Pakistan Muslim League (Q)|Muslim League (Q)]]
| 3 years, 79 days
| 3 years, 79 days
|-
| [[Muhammad Khan Junejo]]
| [[Independent politician|Independent]]
| 3 years, 66 days
| 3 years, 66 days
|-
| '''[[Shehbaz Sharif]]'''
| '''[[Pakistan Muslim League (N)|Muslim League (N)]]'''
| '''{{age in years and days|2024|03|04}}'''
| '''{{age in years and days|2022|10|30}}'''
|-
| [[Mohammad Ali Bogra]]
| [[Muslim League (Pakistan)|Muslim League]]
| 2 years, 117 days
| 2 years, 117 days
|-
| [[Mir Zafarullah Khan Jamali]]
| [[Pakistan Muslim League (Q)|Muslim League (Q)]]
| 1 year, 216 days
| 1 year, 216 days
|-
| [[Sir Khawaja Nazimuddin]]
| [[Muslim League (Pakistan)|Muslim League]]
| 1 year, 182 days
| 1 year, 182 days
|-
| [[Huseyn Shaheed Suhrawardy]]
| [[Bangladesh Awami League|Awami League]]
| 1 year, 35 days
| 1 year, 35 days
|-
| [[Chaudhry Mohammad Ali]]
| [[Muslim League (Pakistan)|Muslim League]]
| 1 year, 31 days
| 1 year, 31 days
|-
| [[Shahid Khaqan Abbasi]]
| [[Pakistan Muslim League (N)|Muslim League (N)]]
| 303 days
| 303 days
|-
| [[Sir Feroz Khan Noon]]
| [[Republican Party (Pakistan)|Republican Party]]
| 295 days
| 295 days
|-
| [[Raja Pervaiz Ashraf]]
| [[Pakistan Peoples Party|Peoples Party]]
| 275 days
| 275 days
|-
|style="background-color: #e6e6aa"| [[Anwaar ul Haq Kakar]]
|style="background-color: #e6e6aa"| [[Balochistan Awami Party]]
|style="background-color: #e6e6aa"| 203 days
|style="background-color: #e6e6aa"| 203 days
|-
|style="background-color: #e6e6aa"| [[Muhammad Mian Soomro]]
|style="background-color: #e6e6aa"| [[Pakistan Muslim League (Q)|Muslim League (Q)]]
|style="background-color: #e6e6aa"| 131 days
|style="background-color: #e6e6aa"| 131 days
|-
|style="background-color: #e6e6aa"| [[Moeenuddin Ahmad Qureshi]]
|style="background-color: #e6e6aa"| [[Independent politician|Independent]]
|style="background-color: #e6e6aa"| 124 days
|style="background-color: #e6e6aa"| 124 days
|-
|style="background-color: #e6e6aa"| [[Malik Meraj Khalid]]
|style="background-color: #e6e6aa"| [[Independent politician|Independent]]
|style="background-color: #e6e6aa"| 104 days
|style="background-color: #e6e6aa"| 104 days
|-
|style="background-color: #e6e6aa"| [[Ghulam Mustafa Jatoi]]
|style="background-color: #e6e6aa"| [[National Peoples Party (Pakistan)|National Peoples Party]]
|style="background-color: #e6e6aa"| 92 days
|style="background-color: #e6e6aa"| 92 days
|-
|style="background-color: #e6e6aa"| [[Nasirul Mulk]]
|style="background-color: #e6e6aa"| [[Independent politician|Independent]]
|style="background-color: #e6e6aa"| 79 days
|style="background-color: #e6e6aa"| 79 days
|-
|style="background-color: #e6e6aa"| [[Mir Hazar Khan Khoso]]
|style="background-color: #e6e6aa"| [[Independent politician|Independent]]
|style="background-color: #e6e6aa"| 73 days
|style="background-color: #e6e6aa"| 73 days
|-
| [[Ibrahim Ismail Chundrigar]]
| [[Muslim League (Pakistan)|Muslim League]]
| 55 days
| 55 days
|-
| [[Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain]]
| [[Pakistan Muslim League (Q)|Muslim League (Q)]]
| 54 days
| 54 days
|-
|style="background-color: #e6e6aa"| [[Balakh Sher Mazari]]
|style="background-color: #e6e6aa"| [[Pakistan Peoples Party|Peoples Party]]
|style="background-color: #e6e6aa"| 38 days
|style="background-color: #e6e6aa"| 38 days
|-
| [[Nurul Amin]]
| [[Pakistan Muslim League]]
| 13 days
| 13 days
|-
|}
;Key
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===Caretakers===
{{Further|Caretaker Prime Minister of Pakistan}}

==Notes==
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==External links==
*{{cite web |url=http://www.na.gov.pk/en/primeministers.php | title=Prime Ministers |publisher=[[National Assembly of Pakistan]]| access-date=1 July 2012 }}
*{{cite web |url=https://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/438805/Pakistan | title=Pakistan |publisher=[[Encyclopædia Britannica]]| access-date=1 July 2012 }}
==References ==
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