Defence_Minister_of_Pakistan
Minister of Defence (Pakistan)
List of Defence Ministers of Pakistan
The Minister of Defence (Urdu: 'وزیرِ دفاع') heads the Ministry of Defence. The minister serves in the cabinet of the Prime Minister and is required to be a member of Parliament.
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| Minister of Defense | |
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| Ministry of Defense | |
| Member of | Cabinet |
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| Seat | Calcutta House, Murree Road Rawalpindi, Punjab, Pakistan. 46000 |
| Nominator | Prime Minister of Pakistan |
| Appointer | President of Pakistan |
| First holder | Liaquat Ali Khan |
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In the history of the country, the defence portfolio has usually been headed by the head of the government, be that the President or Prime Minister of the country. The first defence minister was Liaquat Ali Khan.
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| No. | Portrait | Minister (Born-Died) |
Term | Political Party | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Took office | Left office | Duration | ||||
| 1 |  | Liaquat Ali Khan (1895–1951) | 15 August 1947 | 16 October 1951 | 4 years, 62 days | PML |
| 2 |  | Khawaja Nazimuddin (1894–1964) | 24 October 1951 | 17 April 1953 | 1 year, 183 days | PML |
| 3 | .jpg) | Muhammad Ali Bogra (1909–1963) | 18 April 1953 | 24 October 1954 | 1 year, 190 days | PML |
| 4 |  | General Ayub Khan (1907–1974) | 25 October 1954 | 11 August 1955 | 290 days | PML |
| 5 |  | Chaudhry Muhammad Ali (1905–1982) | 12 August 1955 | 12 September 1956 | 1 year, 31 days | PML |
| 6 |  | Huseyn Shaheed Suhrawardy (1892–1963) | 13 September 1956 | 18 October 1957 | 1 year, 35 days | All Pakistan Awami Muslim League |
| 7 |  | Mumtaz Daultana (1916–1995) | 19 October 1957 | 18 December 1957 | 60 days | PML |
| 8 |  | Feroz Khan Noon (1893–1970) [lower-alpha 1] | 19 December 1957 | 8 April 1958 | 110 days | Republican Party |
| 9 | | Muhammad Ayub Khuhro (1901–1980) | 9 April 1958 | 7 October 1958 | 181 days | PML |
| (4) | | Ayub Khan (1907–1974) | 28 October 1958 | 21 October 1966 | 7 years, 358 days | PML |
| 10 | | Vice Admiral Afzal Rahman Khan (1921–2005) | 22 October 1966 | 5 April 1969 | 2 years, 165 days | Independent |
| 11 | .jpg) | Yahya Khan (1917–1980) | 6 April 1969 | 20 December 1971 | 2 years, 259 days | Independent |
| 12 | .jpg) | Zulfikar Ali Bhutto (1928–1979) | 21 December 1971 | 5 July 1977 | 5 years, 193 days | PPP |
| 13 | | Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq (1924–1988) | 14 January 1978 | 27 August 1978 | 225 days | Independent |
| 14 |  | Mir Ali Ahmed Khan Talpur (1915–1987) | 28 August 1978 | 26 February 1985 | 6 years, 182 days | Independent |
| (13) | | Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq (1924–1988) | 27 February 1985 | 24 March 1985 | 25 days | Independent |
| 15 |  | Muhammad Khan Junejo (1932–1993) | 25 March 1985 | 29 May 1988 | 3 years, 65 days | PML |
| 16 | .jpg) | Mahmoud Haroon (1920–2008) (Caretaker) | 9 June 1988 | 1 December 1988 | 175 days | Independent |
| 17 |  | Benazir Bhutto (1953–2007) | 4 December 1988 | 6 August 1990 | 1 year, 245 days | PPP |
| 18 | | Ghous Ali Shah (born 1934) | 10 September 1991 | 17 July 1993 | 1 year, 310 days | PML(N) |
| 19 | | Aftab Shaban Mirani | 19 October 1993 | 5 November 1996 | 3 years, 17 days | PPP |
| 20 | | Shahid Hamid (Caretaker) | 6 November 1996 | 17 February 1997 | 103 days | Independent |
| 21 |  | Nawaz Sharif (born 1949) | 17 February 1997 | 12 October 1999 | 2 years, 237 days | PML(N) |
| 22 |  | Pervez Musharraf (1943–2023) | 12 October 1999 | 23 November 2002 | 3 years, 42 days | Independent |
| 23 | | Rao Sikandar Iqbal (1943–2010) | 23 November 2002 | 15 November 2007 | 4 years, 357 days | PPP |
| 24 | | Salim Abbas Jilani (Caretaker) | 16 November 2007 | 25 March 2008 | 130 days | Independent |
| 25 | _(cropped).jpg) | Ahmad Mukhtar (born 1946) | 31 March 2008 | 3 June 2012 | 4 years, 64 days | PPP |
| 26 | .jpg) | Naveed Qamar (born 1955) | 4 June 2012 | 15 March 2013 | 284 days | PPP |
| 27 |  | Mir Hazar Khan Khoso (1929–2021) | 5 April 2013 | 4 June 2013 | 60 days | Independent |
| (21) |  | Nawaz Sharif (born 1949) | 7 June 2013 | 26 November 2013 | 172 days | PML(N) |
| 28 | .jpg) | Khawaja Muhammad Asif (born 1949) | 27 November 2013 | 28 July 2017 | 3 years, 243 days | PML(N) |
| 29 |  | Khurram Dastgir Khan (born 1970) | 4 August 2017 | 31 May 2018 | 300 days | PML(N) |
| 30 | .jpg) | Hussain Haroon (born 1950) (Caretaker) | 5 June 2018 | 18 August 2018 | 74 days | Independent |
| 31 |  | Pervez Khattak (born 1950) | 30 August 2018 | 10 April 2022 | 3 years, 223 days | PTI |
| 28 | | Khawaja Muhammad Asif (born 1949) | 19 April 2022 | 10 August 2023 | 1 year, 113 days | PML(N) |
| 32 | | Anwar Ali Haider (Caretaker) | 17 August 2023 | 11 March 2024 | 207 days | Independent |
| 28 | | Khawaja Muhammad Asif (born 1949) | 11 March 2024 | 46 days | PML(N) | |
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- Noon was PM while Akbar Bugti was minister of state for defence in his cabinet.[1]
- "Nawab Bugti: maligned, but widely respected". DAWN.COM. 2006-08-28. Retrieved 2017-08-28.