A chief minister in Pakistan is the elected head of government of one of Pakistan's four provinces or the two non-provincial sub-national territories that have assemblies. The chief minister is elected through elections and the majority party is invited to elect a leader, whose tenure lasts for five years.
Current chief ministers in Pakistan
The table below lists the currently serving chief ministers and heads of administrative units (AUs) of Pakistan as of January 2023.
Province | Chief minister | Portrait | Took office (tenure length) |
Party | Ref | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Balochistan (list) |
Abdul Quddus Bizenjo | 29 October 2021 (1 year, 142 days) |
Balochistan Awami Party | [1][2] | ||
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (list) |
Mohammad Azam Khan (caretaker) | 21 January 2023 (58 days) |
Caretaker | [3][4] | ||
Punjab (list) |
Mohsin Naqvi(caretaker) | 22 January 2023 (57 days) |
Caretaker | [5][6] | ||
Sindh (list) |
Murad Ali Shah | 17 August 2018 (4 years, 215 days) |
Pakistan People’s Party | [7] | ||
Gilgit-Baltistan (list) |
Khalid Khurshid | 1 December 2020 (2 years, 109 days) |
Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf | [8][9] |
Current prime minister of Azad Jammu Kashmir
Province (prime ministers) |
Name | Portrait | Took office (tenure length) |
Party | Ref | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Azad Jammu and Kashmir (list) |
Sardar Tanveer Ilyas | 4 August 2021 (1 year, 228 days) |
Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf | [10][11] |
See also
References
- ^ "Chief Minister's Message – Government of Balochistan". Retrieved 2022-08-03.
- ^ Shahid, Saleem (2021-10-30). "Qudoos Bizenjo sworn in as chief minister of Balochistan". Dawn. Retrieved 2022-08-03.
- ^ "Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Official Web Portal". kp.gov.pk. Retrieved 2022-08-03.
- ^ Sirajuddin (2023-01-21). "Mahmood Khan sworn in as KP chief minister". Dawn. Retrieved 2022-08-03.
- ^ "Welcome to Office of the Chief Minister of Punjab, Government of the Punjab | Office of the Chief Minister of Punjab, Government of the Punjab". cm.punjab.gov.pk. Retrieved 2022-08-03.
- ^ "President Alvi swears in Pervaiz Elahi as new Punjab CM". The Express Tribune. 2022-07-26. Retrieved 2022-08-03.
- ^ "Murad Ali Shah takes oath as 33rd chief minister of Sindh". Dawn. 2018-08-18. Retrieved 2022-08-03.
- ^ "::Official Website for the Office of the Chief Minister of Gilgit Baltistan::". www.cmgb.gov.pk. Retrieved 2022-08-03.
- ^ Nagri, Jamil (2020-12-02). "Khursheed takes oath as GB chief minister". Dawn. Retrieved 2022-08-03.
- ^ "Azad Jammu & Kashmir : Official Portal". www.ajk.gov.pk. Retrieved 2022-08-03.
- ^ Naqash, Tariq (2022-04-19). "Tanveer Ilyas sworn in as AJK premier". Dawn. Retrieved 2022-08-03.