The chief minister of Sindh (, —) is the elected head of government of Sindh and serves alongside the Chief Secretary.
The chief minister is the head of the provincial government alongside the Chief Secretary. The Chief Minister of Sindh is elected by the Provincial Assembly of Sindh and is the leader of the provincial Legislature. The office of the Chief Minister is located in Karachi, the capital of the Sindh province and is known as the CM Secretariat.Official website of CM Sindh
Eligibility
The Constitution of Pakistan sets the principle of qualifications which one must meet to be eligible to the office of the Chief Minister. A Chief Minister must be:
a citizen of Pakistan should be a member of the provincial legislature.
The Chief Minister is elected by a majority in the provincial legislative assembly. This is procedurally established by the vote of confidence in the legislative assembly, as suggested by the majority party who is the appointing authority.
List of premiers (1937–1947) No.Name of Premier (pre-partition)Entered officeLeft officePolitical party/Notes1Ghulam Hussain Hidayat Ullah 28 April 1937 23 March 1938Muslim People's Party2Allah Bux Soomro23 March 1938 18 April 1940Sind Ittehad Party3Mir Bandeh Ali Khan Talpur 18 April 1940 7 March 1941All-India Muslim League(2)Allah Bux Soomro 7 March 1941 14 October 1942Sind Ittehad Party(1)Ghulam Hussain Hidayat Ullah 14 October 1942 14 August 1947 Muslim People's Party
List of chief ministers of Sindh
Chief ministerPartyTerm of officeRef.PortraitNameTook officeLeft officeTime in office1 Muhammad Ayub KhuhroPakistan Muslim League2Pir Ilahi BuxPakistan Muslim League3 Yusuf HaroonPakistan Muslim League4 Qazi Fazlullah UbaidullahPakistan Muslim League5 Muhammad Ayub KhuhroPakistan Muslim League–Governor's rule6 Pirzada Abdul SattarPakistan Muslim League7Muhammad Ayub KhuhroPakistan Muslim League–Office abolished–Martial law administration8Mumtaz BhuttoPPP9Ghulam Mustafa JatoiPPP–Martial law administration10Ghous Ali ShahPakistan Muslim League11Akhtar Ali Ghulam QaziIJI–Governor's rule12Akhtar Ali Ghulam QaziIJI13Qaim Ali ShahPPP14Aftab Shaban MiraniPPP15Jam Sadiq AliIJI16Muzaffar Hussain ShahIJI–Syed Ali Madad ShahCaretaker17 Syed Abdullah Ali ShahPPP– Mumtaz BhuttoCaretaker18 Liaquat Ali JatoiPML(N)–No chief minister19 Ali Mohammad MaharPML(Q)20 Arbab Ghulam RahimPML(Q)– Abdul Qadir HalepotaCaretaker21Qaim Ali ShahPPP– Zahid Qurban AlviCaretaker22Qaim Ali ShahPPP23Murad Ali ShahPPP– Fazal-ur-RehmanCaretaker24Murad Ali ShahPPP– Maqbool BaqarCaretaker25Murad Ali ShahPPPIncumbent
See also Chief Secretary Sindh Provincial Assembly of Sindh Chief Minister (Pakistan) Government of Sindh Governor of Sindh Chief Minister of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister of Punjab Chief Minister of Balochistan
References
External links Chief Minister's Website