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Pakistan is witnessing political turmoil again in connection with an arrest order against its former Prime Minister Imran Khan.
Over 10,000 armed Punjab police personnel launched a major operation at Imran Khan’s residence in Lahore to attend the hearing in the Toshakhana case and arrested dozens of workers of his party after the former Pakistan prime minister left for Islamabad to appear before a court hearing a corruption case against him.
The drama in Pakistan leaves many wondering why no Prime Minister in Pakistan since its birth in 1947 has completed their full term. The underlining part of the story is that 18 of them was been ousted due to a variety of reasons that include corruption charges, military interferences and infighting within the ruling groups.
Also, one Prime Minister was assassinated. The 10 others have served either as caretakers to oversee elections or managing the government following the dismissal of a government.
Interestingly, Pakistan had five PMs in 1993.
Who was the longest-serving PM in Pakistan?
Yousaf Raza Gilani of PPP had the longest consecutive term of 4 years and 86 days.
Yousaf Raza Gilani of PPP had the longest consecutive term of 4 years and 86 days. At approximately 9 years and 215 days in total, Nawaz Sharif of PML (N) has been the longest-serving PM for a non-consecutive term. Whereas the shortest term was 13 days by Nurul Amin. And Mian Muhammad Nawaz Sharif occupied the PM post three times: 1990, 1997 and 2013 and it is the most for a single candidate.
List of Prime Ministers of Pakistan
| Term | Name | Took office | Left office | Tenure |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Liaquat Ali Khan (1895-1951) |
14 August 1947 | 16 October 1951 (assassinated) |
4 years, 63 days |
| 2 | Sir Khawaja Nazimuddin (1894-1964) |
17 October 1951 | 17 April 1953 | 1 year, 182 days |
| 3 | Mohammad Ali Bogra (1909-1963) |
17 April 1953 | 12 August 1955 | 2 years, 117 days |
| 4 | 12 August 1955 | 12 September 1956 | 1 year, 31 days | – |
| 5 | 12 September 1956 | 17 October 1957 | 1 year, 35 days | – |
| 6 | 17 October 1957 | 11 December 1957 | 55 days | – |
| 7 | Sir Feroze Khan Noon (1893-1970) |
16 December 1957 | 7 October 1958 | 295 days |
| 8 | Nurul Amin (1893-1974) |
7 December 1971 | 20 December 1971 | 13 days |
| 9 | Zulfikar Ali Bhutto (1928-1979) |
14 August 1973 | 5 July 1977 | 3 years, 325 days |
| 10 | Muhammad Khan Junejo (1932-1993) |
24 March 1985 | 29 May 1988 | 3 years, 66 days |
| 11 | Benazir Bhutto (1953-2007) |
2 December 1988 | 6 August 1990 | 1 year, 247 days |
| 12 | Nawaz Sharif (born 1949) |
6 November 1990 | 18 July 1993 | 2 years, 254 days |
| 13 | Benazir Bhutto (1953-2007) |
19 October 1993 | 5 November 1996 | 3 years, 17 days |
| 14 | Nawaz Sharif (born 1949) |
17 February 1997 | 12 October 1999 | 2 years, 237 days |
| 15 | Mir Zafarullah Khan Jamali (1944-2020) |
23 November 2002 | 26 June 2004 | 1 year, 216 days |
| 16 | Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain (born 1946) |
30 June 2004 | 23 August 2004 | 54 days |
| 17 | Shaukat Aziz (born 1949) |
28 August 2004 | 15 November 2007 | 3 years, 79 days |
| 18 | Yousaf Raza Gillani (born 1952) |
25 March 2008 | 19 June 2012 | 4 years, 86 days |
| 19 | Raja Pervaiz Ashraf (born 1950) |
22 June 2012 | 24 March 2013 | 275 days |
| 20 | Nawaz Sharif (born 1949) |
5 June 2013 | 28 July 2017 | 4 years, 53 days |
| 21 | Shahid Khaqan Abbasi (born 1958) |
1 August 2017 | 31 May 2018 | 303 days |
| 22 | Imran Khan (born 1952) |
18 August 2018 | 10 April 2022 | 3 years, 235 days |
| 23 | Shehbaz Sharif (born 1951) |
11 April 2022 | Incumbent | 339 days |
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