Timeline: Prime ministers of Pakistan

Pakistan’s National Assembly will elect its 17th prime minister today. PHOTO: APP/ FILE

Pakistan’s National Assembly meets to vote for the 17th prime minister after Yousaf Raza Gilani was declared ineligible to hold office by the Supreme Court. Below is a list of previous prime ministers of Pakistan with the dates of their tenure and the political party they belonged to.

Timeline:

Liaquat Ali Khan – Pakistan Muslim League (14 August 1947 – 16 October 1951)

Sir Khawaja Nazimuddin – Pakistan Muslim League (17 October 1951 – 17 April 1953)

Muhammad Ali Bogra – Pakistan Muslim League (17 April 1953 – 12 August 1955)

Chaudhry Muhammad Ali – Pakistan Muslim League (12 August 1955 – 12 September 1956)

Huseyn Shaheed Suhrawardy – All Pakistan Awami Muslim League (12 September 1956 – 17 October 1957)

Ibrahim Ismail Chundrigar – Pakistan Muslim League (17 October 1957 – 16 December 1957)

Sir Feroz Khan Noon – Republican Party (16 December 1957 – 7 October 1958)

Nurul Amin – Pakistan Muslim League (7 December 1971 – 20 December 1971)

Zulfikar Ali Bhutto – Pakistan Peoples Party (14 August 1973 – 5 July 1977)

Muhammad Khan Junejo – Independent (24 March 1985 – 29 May 1988)

Benazir Bhutto – Pakistan Peoples Party (2 December 1988 – 6 August 1990)

Ghulam Mustafa Jatoi -National Peoples Party (6 August 1990 to 6 November 1990) (Interim)

Nawaz Sharif – Pakistan Muslim League – Nawaz (6 November 1990 – 18 April 1993)

Balakh Sher Mazari – Pakistan Peoples Party (18 April 1993 – 26 May 1993) (Interim)

Nawaz Sharif – Pakistan Muslim League – Nawaz (26 May 1993 – 18 July 1993)

Moeenuddin Ahmad Qureshi – Independent (18 July 1993 – 19 October 1993) (Interim)

Benazir Bhutto – Pakistan Peoples Party (19 October 1993 – 5 November 1996)

Malik Meraj Khalid – Pakistan Peoples Party (5 November 1996 – 17 February 1997) (Interim)

Nawaz Sharif – Pakistan Muslim League – Nawaz (17 February 1997 – 12 October 1999)

Zafarullah Khan Jamali – Pakistan Muslim League – Quaid (21 November 2002 to 26 June 2004)

Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain – Pakistan Muslim League – Quaid ( 30 June 2004 – 20 August 2004)

Shaukat Aziz – Pakistan Muslim League – Quaid (20 August 2004 – 16 November 2007)

Muhammad Mian Soomro – Pakistan Muslim League – Quaid (16 November 2007 – 25 March 2008) (Interim)

Yousaf Raza Gillani – Pakistan Peoples Party (25 March 2008 – 19 June 2012)

(Source: Wikipedia)