Chief Minister of Punjab (Pakistan) explained

Post:Chief Minister
Body:Punjab
Insignia:Coat of arms of Punjab.svg
Insigniasize:110px
Insigniacaption:Seal of Punjab
Flag:Flag of Punjab.svg
Flagsize:120px
Flagcaption:Provincial Flag of Punjab
Department:Government of Punjab
Style:Her Excellency
Appointer:Provincial Assembly of Punjab
Inaugural:Nawab Iftikhar Hussain Khan Mamdot
Abbreviation:CM
Residence:Chief Minister House, Lahore
Seat:Lahore
Termlength:5 years
Constituting Instrument:Constitution of Pakistan
Deputy:Senior Minister of Punjab
Incumbent:Maryam Nawaz Sharif
Incumbentsince:26 February 2024

The chief minister of Punjab (Urdu: وزیر اعلیٰ پنجاب;) is the head of government of the Pakistani province of Punjab. The chief minister leads the legislative branch of the provincial government, and is elected by the provincial assembly for Provincial Assembly. Given that they have the confidence of the assembly, the chief minister's term is for five years and is subject to no term limits. Maryam Nawaz Sharif is the current elected chief minister of Punjab who won her seat in the 2024 general elections.

The office of Chief Minister is located in Lahore, the capital of the Punjab province and is known as the CM Secretariat.[1]

List of chief ministers of Punjab

Muslim League
Pakistan Peoples Party
Pakistan Muslim League (N)/Islami Jamhoori Ittehad
Pakistan Muslim League (J)
Pakistan Muslim League (Q)
Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf
Caretaker

NNamePortraitPartyTerm of officeRef
1Iftikhar Hussain KhanMLP
1947

1949
[2]
Governor's rule
25 January 1949 — 5 April 1951
2MLP
1951

1953
[3]
3Feroz Khan Noon
1953

1955
[4] [5]
4Abdul Hamid Dasti
1955

1955
[6]
Post Abolished(14 October 1955 — 30 June 1970)
Martial Law
1 July 1970 — 2 May 1972
5Malik Meraj KhalidPPP
1972

1973
[7]
6Ghulam Mustafa Khar
1973

1974
[8]
7Muhammad Hanif Ramay
1974

1975
[9]
8Sadiq Hussain Qureshi
1975

1977
[10]
Martial law
5 July 1977 — 9 April 1985
9Muhammad Nawaz SharifIJI
1985

1990
[11]
10Ghulam Haider Wyne
1990

1993
[12] [13]
11Manzoor Ahmad WattooPML(J)
1993

1993
[14] [15]
C—| style="background-color: #66B9C8;" ||
1993|
1993| |[16] |-!(11)| Manzoor Ahmad Wattoo| | rowspan="2" | PML(J)| rowspan="2" style="background-color: #2eb82e;" ||
1993|
1995| |[17] |-!12| Muhammad Arif Nakai
| |
1995|
1996| |[18] |-! C| Muhammad Afzal Hayat | | —| style="background-color: #66B9C8;" ||
1996|
1997| |[19] |-!13| Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif
| | PML(N)| style="background-color: #1a7647;" ||
1997|
1999| |[20] |- bgcolor=Gold| colspan="9" |Governor's rule
12 October 1999 — 23 November 2002
|-!14| Chaudhry Pervaiz Elahi
| | PML(Q)| style="background-color: #00FF00;" ||
2002|
2007| |[21] [22] |-! C| Sheikh Ijaz Nisar | —|| style="background-color: #66B9C8;" ||
2007|
2008| |[23] [24] |-! C| Dost Muhammad Khosa
||PML(N)| style="background-color: #66B9C8;" ||
2008|
2008| |[25] [26] |-!15| Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif
| |PML(N)|style="background-color: #1a7647;" ||
2008|
2009| |[27] |- bgcolor=Gold| colspan="9" |Governor's rule
25 February 2009 — 30 March 2009
|-!(15)| Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif
| | PML(N)| style="background-color: #1a7647;" ||
2009|
2013| |[28] |-! C| Najam Aziz Sethi | ||style="background-color: #66B9C8;" ||
2013|
2013| |[29] [30] |-!(15)| Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif
| | PML(N)| style="background-color: #1a7647;" ||
2013|
2018| |[31] [32] |-! C|Hasan Askari Rizvi|||style="background-color: #66B9C8;" ||
2018|
2018| 72 days|[33] [34] |-!16|Usman Khan Buzdar| |PTI| align="center" style="background-color:Red" ||
2018|
2022| |[35] |-!17| Muhammad Hamza Shahbaz| | PML(N)| style="background-color: #1a7647;" ||
2022|
2022| |[36] |-!18|Chaudhry Pervaiz Elahi| |PML(Q)| style="background-color: #00FF00;" || 2022| 2023||[37] |-!C|Mohsin Raza Naqvi|||style="background-color: #66B9C8;" || 2023|| 2024| |[38] |-!19|Maryam Nawaz Sharif||PML(N)| style="background-color: #1a7647;" ||26 February 2024|Incumbent||}

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Notes and References

  1. http://www.cm.punjab.gov.pk/ Official website of CM Punjab
  2. Web site: 2012-03-18 . Associated Press Of Pakistan (Pakistan's Premier NEWS Agency) - Punjab's 20th CM to seek trust vote on Friday . 2023-01-21 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120318114856/http://www.app.com.pk/en_/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=35771&Itemid=1 . 18 March 2012 .
  3. Web site: 2012-03-18 . Associated Press Of Pakistan (Pakistan's Premier NEWS Agency) - Punjab's 20th CM to seek trust vote on Friday . 2023-01-21 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120318114856/http://www.app.com.pk/en_/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=35771&Itemid=1 . 18 March 2012 .
  4. Web site: 2012-03-18 . Associated Press Of Pakistan (Pakistan's Premier NEWS Agency) - Punjab's 20th CM to seek trust vote on Friday . 2023-01-21 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120318114856/http://www.app.com.pk/en_/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=35771&Itemid=1 . 18 March 2012 .
  5. Web site: Noon, Malik Firoz Khan - Banglapedia . 2023-01-21 . en.banglapedia.org . en.
  6. Web site: 2012-03-18 . Associated Press Of Pakistan (Pakistan's Premier NEWS Agency) - Punjab's 20th CM to seek trust vote on Friday . 2023-01-21 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120318114856/http://www.app.com.pk/en_/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=35771&Itemid=1 . 18 March 2012 .
  7. Web site: 2012-03-18 . Associated Press Of Pakistan (Pakistan's Premier NEWS Agency) - Punjab's 20th CM to seek trust vote on Friday . 2023-01-21 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120318114856/http://www.app.com.pk/en_/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=35771&Itemid=1 . 18 March 2012 .
  8. Web site: 2012-03-18 . Associated Press Of Pakistan (Pakistan's Premier NEWS Agency) - Punjab's 20th CM to seek trust vote on Friday . 2023-01-21 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120318114856/http://www.app.com.pk/en_/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=35771&Itemid=1 . 18 March 2012 .
  9. Web site: 2012-03-18 . Associated Press Of Pakistan (Pakistan's Premier NEWS Agency) - Punjab's 20th CM to seek trust vote on Friday . 2023-01-21 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120318114856/http://www.app.com.pk/en_/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=35771&Itemid=1 . 18 March 2012 .
  10. Web site: 2012-03-18 . Associated Press Of Pakistan (Pakistan's Premier NEWS Agency) - Punjab's 20th CM to seek trust vote on Friday . 2023-01-21 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120318114856/http://www.app.com.pk/en_/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=35771&Itemid=1 . 18 March 2012 .
  11. Web site: 2012-03-18 . Associated Press Of Pakistan (Pakistan's Premier NEWS Agency) - Punjab's 20th CM to seek trust vote on Friday . 2023-01-21 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120318114856/http://www.app.com.pk/en_/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=35771&Itemid=1 . 18 March 2012 .
  12. Web site: 2012-03-18 . Associated Press Of Pakistan (Pakistan's Premier NEWS Agency) - Punjab's 20th CM to seek trust vote on Friday . 2023-01-21 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120318114856/http://www.app.com.pk/en_/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=35771&Itemid=1 . 18 March 2012 .
  13. Web site: 2018-06-13 . Mian Manzoor Ahmed Wattoo - DAWN.COM . 2023-01-21 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180613115106/https://www.dawn.com/news/1024472 . 13 June 2018 .
  14. Web site: 2012-03-18 . Associated Press Of Pakistan (Pakistan's Premier NEWS Agency) - Punjab's 20th CM to seek trust vote on Friday . 2023-01-21 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120318114856/http://www.app.com.pk/en_/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=35771&Itemid=1 . 18 March 2012 .
  15. Web site: 2018-06-13 . Mian Manzoor Ahmed Wattoo - DAWN.COM . 2023-01-21 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180613115106/https://www.dawn.com/news/1024472 . 13 June 2018 .
  16. Web site: 2012-03-18 . Associated Press Of Pakistan (Pakistan's Premier NEWS Agency) - Punjab's 20th CM to seek trust vote on Friday . 2023-01-21 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120318114856/http://www.app.com.pk/en_/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=35771&Itemid=1 . 18 March 2012 .
  17. Web site: 2012-03-18 . Associated Press Of Pakistan (Pakistan's Premier NEWS Agency) - Punjab's 20th CM to seek trust vote on Friday . 2023-01-21 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120318114856/http://www.app.com.pk/en_/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=35771&Itemid=1 . 18 March 2012 .
  18. Web site: 2012-03-18 . Associated Press Of Pakistan (Pakistan's Premier NEWS Agency) - Punjab's 20th CM to seek trust vote on Friday . 2023-01-21 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120318114856/http://www.app.com.pk/en_/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=35771&Itemid=1 . 18 March 2012 .
  19. Web site: 2012-03-18 . Associated Press Of Pakistan (Pakistan's Premier NEWS Agency) - Punjab's 20th CM to seek trust vote on Friday . 2023-01-21 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120318114856/http://www.app.com.pk/en_/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=35771&Itemid=1 . 18 March 2012 .
  20. Web site: 2012-03-18 . Associated Press Of Pakistan (Pakistan's Premier NEWS Agency) - Punjab's 20th CM to seek trust vote on Friday . 2023-01-21 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120318114856/http://www.app.com.pk/en_/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=35771&Itemid=1 . 18 March 2012 .
  21. Web site: 2012-03-18 . Associated Press Of Pakistan (Pakistan's Premier NEWS Agency) - Punjab's 20th CM to seek trust vote on Friday . 2023-01-21 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120318114856/http://www.app.com.pk/en_/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=35771&Itemid=1 . 18 March 2012 .
  22. Web site: Dawn.com . 2013-04-30 . Chaudhry Pervaiz Elahi . 2023-01-21 . DAWN.COM . en.
  23. Web site: 2007-11-20 . Caretaker CM, 17 ministers take oath in Lahore . 2023-01-21 . DAWN.COM . en.
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  27. Web site: Shahbaz's 30-year political journey: highs and lows . 2023-01-21 . www.thenews.com.pk . en.
  28. Web site: Shahbaz's 30-year political journey: highs and lows . 2023-01-21 . www.thenews.com.pk . en.
  29. Web site: Dawn.com . 2013-03-27 . Najam Sethi takes oath as caretaker Punjab CM . 2023-01-21 . DAWN.COM . en.
  30. Web site: Big Punjab cabinet unnecessary: Najam Sethi . 2023-01-21 . www.geo.tv . en.
  31. Web site: 2013-06-06 . Shahbaz Sharif takes oath as Punjab chief minister . 2023-01-21 . The Express Tribune . en.
  32. Web site: Shahbaz Sharif takes oath as Punjab chief minister . 2023-01-21 . www.geo.tv . en.
  33. Web site: 2018-06-22 . ECP selects Hassan Askari as caretaker Punjab CM The Express Tribune . 2023-01-21 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180622233103/https://tribune.com.pk/story/1729782/1-ecp-selects-hassan-askari-caretaker-punjab-cm/ . 22 June 2018 .
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  35. Web site: 2018-08-17 . Imran names Sardar Usman Buzdar for Punjab CM . 2023-01-21 . Daily Times . en-US.
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  37. News: Pervaiz Elahi sworn in as Punjab chief minister . 27 July 2022 . 21 January 2023. Daily Pakistan (newspaper). en.
  38. Web site: Sadozai . Irfan . 2023-01-22 . ECP picks Mohsin Naqvi as caretaker CM for Punjab . 2023-01-22 . DAWN.COM . en.