No Pakistani prime minister has completed a full term in office

Pakistan has had 29 prime ministers since 1947 – none accomplished a full five-year time period.

A picture of deposed Prime Minister Imran Khan [Aamir Qureshi/AFP]

No prime minister has accomplished a full five-year tenure in Pakistan’s 75-year historical past – a development prolonged with the removing of Imran Khan, who misplaced a no-confidence vote on Sunday.

Pakistan, a parliamentary democracy for many of its historical past, has had a complete of 29 prime ministers since 1947 – one among whom took on the position twice in a single yr.

On 18 events, prime ministers have been eliminated beneath quite a lot of circumstances, together with corruption prices, direct navy coups and compelled resignations as a result of infighting in governing teams. There was one assassination.

The remaining prime ministers held the place for a restricted time as caretakers to supervise new elections or to see out a dismissed prime minister’s tenure. The yr 1993 was significantly fraught, with 5 modifications within the prime ministership.

The shortest tenure for a primary minister is 2 weeks, whereas the longest is 4 years and two months. Mian Muhammad Nawaz Sharif was elected prime minister 3 times: 1990, 1997 and 2013 – probably the most for a single candidate.

Here's a record of prime ministers whose tenures ended prematurely since 1947:

Liaquat Ali Khan: Pakistan’s first prime minister. Took workplace in August 1947. He was assassinated at a political rally on October 16, 1951. Tenure: 4 years and two months.

Khawaja Nazimuddin: Took workplace on October 17, 1951. He was dismissed on April 17, 1953, by the nation’s governor basic – a strong place inherited from British colonial rule – on prices of mismanaging spiritual riots. Tenure: One yr and 6 months.

Muhammad Ali Bogra: Took workplace April 17, 1953. Resigned on August 11, 1955. Tenure: Two years and three months.

Chaudhri Mohammad Ali: Took workplace in August 1955. Inside variations within the governing occasion led to his removing on September 12, 1956. Tenure: One yr and one month.

Hussain Shaheed Suhrawardy: Took workplace on September 12, 1956. Pressured from workplace after variations with different energy centres on October 18, 1957. Tenure: One yr and one month.

Ibrahim Ismail Chundrigar: Took workplace in October 1957. Resigned on December 16, 1957, confronted with a no-confidence vote in parliament. Tenure: Lower than two months.

Malik Feroz Khan Midday: Took workplace December 16, 1957. Dismissed as a result of imposition of martial regulation in Pakistan on October 7, 1958. Tenure: Lower than 10 months.

Noorul Amin: Took workplace December 7, 1971. Left workplace on December 20, 1971, shortly after the secession of Bangladesh from Pakistan. Tenure: Lower than two weeks.

Zulfikar Ali Bhutto: Took workplace on August 14, 1973. He was overthrown by a navy coup on July 5, 1977, and ultimately jailed and executed. Tenure: Three years and 11 months.

Muhammad Khan Junejo: Took workplace in March 1985. He was dismissed on Could 29, 1988, by the navy chief who was additionally the president. Tenure: Three years and two months.

Benazir Bhutto: Daughter of slain premier Zulfikar Ali Bhutto and the primary lady chief of a Muslim nation. Took workplace on December 2, 1988. Her authorities was dismissed on August 6, 1990, by the president, an in depth support of the deceased navy ruler, on prices of corruption. Tenure: One yr and eight months. It will be the primary of three governments dismissed on related prices utilizing the sweeping powers of the president.

Mian Muhammad Nawaz Sharif: Took workplace November 6, 1990. His authorities was additionally dismissed by the president on related prices to Bhutto on April 18, 1993. He was capable of get the choice overturned by the courts a number of weeks later and returned to workplace, however resigned once more after variations with the navy. Whole tenure: Two years and 7 months.

Benazir Bhutto: Returned to energy for her second tenure in October 19, 1993. Was dismissed by the president as soon as once more on prices of misgovernance on November 5, 1996. Tenure: Simply greater than three years.

Nawaz Sharif: Got here to energy a second time on February 17, 1997. Overthrown by a navy coup – the third in Pakistan’s historical past – on October 12, 1999. Tenure: Two years and eight months.

Mir Zafarullah Khan Jamali: Elected prime minister throughout navy rule in November 2002. He resigned after variations with the navy on June 26, 2004. Tenure: One yr and 7 months.

Yousaf Raza Gilani: Elected prime minister on March 25, 2008. He was disqualified by the Supreme Courtroom of Pakistan in 2012 on prices of “contempt of courtroom”. Tenure: 4 years and one month.

Nawaz Sharif: Elected prime minister for a 3rd time on June 5, 2013. He was dismissed by the Supreme Courtroom of Pakistan on prices of concealing property on July 28, 2017. Tenure: 4 years and two months.

Imran Khan: Elected as prime minister on August 18, 2018. Voted out of energy through a no-confidence movement by the opposition on April 10, 2022. Tenure: Three years and 7 months.