20th Prime Minister steps down

27 Jun, 2004

Zafarullah Khan Jamali, country's 20th Prime Minister, failed to complete his term of office. From the first Prime Minister, Liaquat Ali Khan (assassinated in 1951), to Zafarullah Khan Jamali, barring Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto, either military governments overthrew all the prime ministers, or were sacked by Presidents.
Following is the list of Prime Ministers from 1947 to date.

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Prime Ministers
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Nawabzada Liaquat Ali Khan 15 Aug 1947 16 Oct 1951
Khwaja Nazimuddin 17 Oct 1951 17 Apr 1953
Mohammad Ali Bogra 17 Apr 1953 12 Aug 1955
Chaudhry Mohammad Ali 12 Aug 1955 12 Sep 1956
Husain Shaheed Suhrawardy 12 Sep 1956 17 Oct 1957
Ismail Ibrahim Chundrigar 17 Oct 1957 16 Dec 1957
Malik Firooz Khan Noon 16 Dec 1957 27 Oct 1958
Nurul Amin 7 Dec 1971 20 Dec 1971
Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto 14 Aug 1973 5 Jul 1977
Mohammad Khan Junejo 23 Mar 1985 29 May 1988
Benazir Bhutto 2 Dec 1988 6 Aug 1990
Ghulam Mustafa Jatoi (Caretaker PM) 6 Aug 1990 6 Nov 1990
Mian Mohammad Nawaz Sharif 6 Nov 1990 18 Apr 1993
Balakh Sher Mazari (Caretaker PM) 18 Apr 1993 26 May 1993
Mian Mohammad Nawaz Sharif 26 May 1993 18 Jul 1993
Moeen Qureshi (Caretaker PM) 18 Jul 1993 19 Oct 1993
Benazir Bhutto 19 Oct 1993 5 Nov 1996
Malik Miraj Khalid (Caretaker PM) 5 Nov 1996 17 Feb 1997
Mian Mohammad Nawaz Sharif 17 Feb 1997 12 Oct 1999
Mir Zafarullah Khan Jamali 21 Nov 2002 26 Jun 2004
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