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.
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.
List of ministers Legend Caretaker minister Died in office
Portrait Name Tenure Party Government Head of Government From To Length Federal Minister of Defence Liaquat Ali Khan(Prime Minister) 15 August1947 16 October1951 Muslim League Liaquat Self Sir Khawaja Nazimuddin(Prime Minister) 24 October1951 17 April1953 Nazimuddin Self Mohammad Ali Bogra(Prime Minister) 18 April1953 24 October1954 Bogra Mohammad Ali Bogra Ayub Khan 24 October1954 11 August1955 Chaudhry Muhammad Ali 12 August1955 12 September1956 Muhammad Ali Self Huseyn Shaheed Suhrawardy 13 September1956 18 October1957 Awami League Suhrawardy Self Mumtaz Daultana 19 October1957 18 December1957 Muslim League Chundrigar I. I. Chundrigar Federal Minister 19 December1957 8 April1958 Republican Party Noon Sir Feroz Khan Noon Sir Feroz Khan Noon(Prime Minister) Minister of State Akbar Bugti Federal Minister of Defence Muhammad Ayub Khuhro 9 April1958 7 October1958 Muslim League Noon Sir Feroz Khan Noon Ayub Khan(President) 28 October1958 21 October1966 Ayub Ayub Khan Convention Muslim League A. R. Khan 12 October1966 5 April1969 Military Yahya Khan(Chief Martial Law Administrator) 25 March1969 20 December1971 Military Yahya Self Zulfikar Ali Bhutto 20 December1971 5 July1977 Pakistan People's Party Bhutto Self Zia-ul-Haq 5 July1977 27 Aug1978 Military Haq Zia-ul-Haq Ali Ahmad Talpur 27 August1978 25 February1985 Independent Zia-ul-Haq 27 February1985 24 March1985 Military Muhammad Junejo(Prime Minister) 25 March1985 29 May1988 Independent Mahmoud Haroon 9 June1988 17 August1988 17 August1988 2 December1988 Ishaq Khan Ghulam Ishaq Khan Benazir Bhutto 4 December1988 6 August1990 Pakistan People's Party Bhutto I Self Nawaz Sharif 6 November1990 10 September1991 Muslim League Nawaz I Self Ghous Ali Shah 10 September1991 18 April1993 Hazar Khan Bijarani 18 April1993 26 May1993 Independent Mazari Balakh Sher Mazari Ghous Ali Shah 26 May1993 18 July1993 Pakistan Muslim League (N) Nawaz I Nawaz Sharif Rehm Dil Bhatti 23 July1993 19 October1993 Independent Qureshi Moeenuddin Ahmad Qureshi Aftab Shaban Mirani 19 October1993 5 November1996 Pakistan People's Party Bhutto II Benazir Bhutto Shahid Hamid 11 November1996 17 February1997 Independent Khalid Malik Meraj Khalid Nawaz Sharif 17 February1997 12 October1999 Pakistan Muslim League (N) Nawaz II Self Pervez Musharraf(Chief Executive) 12 October1999 23 November2002 Military Musharraf Self Rao Sikandar Iqbal 23 November2002 15 November2007 Pakistan Peoples Party Parliamentarians Jamali Zafarullah Khan Jamali Hussain Shujaat Hussain Aziz Shaukat Aziz Salim Abbas Jilani 15 November2007 24 March2008 Independent Soomro Muhammad Mian Soomro Ahmad Mukhtar 31 March2008 3 June2012 Pakistan People's Party Gillani Yousaf Raza Gillani Naveed Qamar 4 June2012 16 March2013 Ashraf Raja Pervaiz Ashraf Mir Hazar Khan Khosa 4 April2013 4 June2013 Independent Khoso Self Nawaz Sharif 7 June2013 26 November2013 Pakistan Muslim League (N) Nawaz III Nawaz Sharif Khawaja Asif 27 November2013 28 July2017 Khurram Dastgir 4 August2017 31 May2018 Abbasi Shahid Khaqan Abbasi Abdullah Hussain Haroon 5 June2018 18 August2018 Independent Mulk Nasirul MulkImran Khan18 August 201820 August 20183 daysPakistan Tehreek-e-InsafImran Khan governmentSelf Pervez Khattak 20 August2018 10 April2022 Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf Imran Imran Khan Khawaja Asif 19 April2022 10 August2023 Pakistan Muslim League (N) Shehbaz I Shehbaz Sharif Anwar Ali Hyder 17 August2023 4 March2024 Independent Kakar Anwaar ul Haq Kakar Khawaja Asif 11 March2024 Incumbent Pakistan Muslim League (N) Shehbaz II Shehbaz Sharif
See also Constitution of Pakistan President of Pakistan Prime Minister of Pakistan Ministry of Defence Pakistan Foreign Minister of Pakistan Finance Minister of Pakistan Interior Minister of Pakistan Ministry of Defence Production
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References
External links Ministry of Defence, Government of Pakistan Parliamentary Cabinet of Pakistan