Governor of Punjab, Pakistan

The Governor of Punjab is the appointed head of state of the provincial government in Punjab, Pakistan. Although the Governor is the head of the province on paper, it is largely a ceremonial position; and the main powers lie with the Chief Minister of Punjab and Chief Secretary of Punjab.

Governor of Punjab
Incumbent Sardar Saleem Haider Khan since 10 May 2024
Style	The Honorable (formal)
Residence	Governor's House
Seat	Lahore
Nominator	Prime Minister of Pakistan
Appointer	President of Pakistan
Term length	5 years
Constituting instrument	Constitution of Pakistan
Formation	15 August 1947
First holder	Sir Francis Mudie
Website	governorhouse.punjab.gov.pk

However, throughout the history of Pakistan, the powers of the provincial governors were vastly increased, when the provincial assemblies were dissolved and the administrative role came under direct control of the governors, as in the cases of martial laws of 1958–1972 and 1977–1985, and governor rules of 1999–2002. In the case of Punjab, there was direct governor rule in 1949–1951, when the provincial chief minister of that time was removed and assemblies dissolved.

List of governors

No.	Name	Portrait	Term of office			Party Background
West Punjab
1	Sir Francis Mudie		15 August 1947	2 August 1949	1 year, 352 days
2	Abdur Rab Nishtar		2 August 1949	24 November 1951	4 years, 114 days
3	I. I. Chundrigar		24 November 1951	May 1953	1 year, 182 days
4	Mian Aminuddin		2 May 1953	24 June 1954	1 year, 53 days
5	Habib Rahimtoola		24 June 1954	26 November 1954	155 days
6	Mushtaq Ahmed Gurmani		26 November 1954	14 October 1955	322 days

Governors of West Pakistan

N	Governor of West Pakistan	Portrait	Tenure	Party Background	Form of Government
(6)	Mushtaq Ahmed Gurmani		14 October 1955 – 27 August 1957	Muslim League	Democratic government
7	Akhter Husain		September 1957 – 12 April 1960	Independent	Military government
8	Amir Mohammad Khan		12 April 1960 – 18 September 1966	Muslim League	Military government / Civilian authority
9	General (retired) Muhammad Musa		18 September 1966 – 20 March 1969	Independent	Civilian Authority
10	Yusuf Haroon		20 March 1969 – 25 March 1969	Civilian Government	Civilian Authority
N	Martial Law Administrator		Tenure Term	Type of Government	Service in effect
11	Lieutenant-General Attiqur Rahman (first term)		25 March 1969 – 29 August 1969	Military Government	Pakistan Army
12	Lieutenant-General Tikka Khan		29 August 1969 – 1 September 1969	Military Government	Pakistan Army
13	Air Marshal Nur Khan		1 September 1969 – 1 February 1970	Military Government	Pakistan Air Force
(11)	Lieutenant-General Attiqur Rahman (second term)		1 February 1970 – 1 July 1970	Military Government	Pakistan Army

Punjab Province

No.	Name	Portrait	Term of office		Duration	Party Background
14	Attiqur Rahman		1 July 1970	23 December 1971	540 Days (1 year, 5 months, 3 days)
15	Ghulam Mustafa Khar		23 December 1971	12 November 1973	690 days (1 year, 10 months, 20 days)	Pakistan Peoples Party
16	Sadiq Hussain Qureshi		12 November 1973	14 March 1975	487 days (1 year, 4 months, 2 days)	Pakistan Peoples Party
17	Ghulam Mustafa Khar		14 March 1975	31 July 1975	139 days (4 months, 17 days)	Pakistan Peoples Party
18	Mohammad Abbas Abbasi		31 July 1975	5 July 1977	705 days (1 year, 11 months, 5 days)	Pakistan Peoples Party
19	Aslam Riaz Hussain		5 July 1977	18 September 1978	440 days (1 year, 2 months, 13 days)
20	Sawar Khan		18 September 1978	1 May 1980	591 days (1 year, 7 months, 13 days)
21	Ghulam Jilani Khan		1 May 1980	30 December 1985	2069 days (5 years, 7 months, 29 days)
22	Sajjad Hussain Qureshi		30 December 1985	9 December 1988	1075 days (2 years, 11 months, 9 days)
23	Tikka Khan		9 December 1988	06 August 1990	605 days (1 year, 7 months, 28 days)	Pakistan Peoples Party
24	Mian Muhammad Azhar		6 August 1990	25 April 1993	993 days (2 years, 8 months, 19 days)	Pakistan Muslim League
25	Chaudhary Altaf Hussain		25 April 1993	19 July 1993	85 days (2 months, 24 days)	Pakistan Peoples Party
26	Iqbal Khan		19 July 1993	26 March 1994	250 days (8 months, 7 days)	Pakistan Peoples Party
27	Chaudhary Altaf Hussain		26 March 1994	22 May 1995	422 days (1 year, 1 month, 26 days)	Pakistan Peoples Party
28	Raja Saroop Khan		19 June 1995	6 November 1996	506 days 1 year, 4 months, 18 days	Pakistan Peoples Party
29	Khawaja Tariq Rahim		11 November 1996	11 March 1997	120 days 4 months
30	Shahid Hamid		11 March 1997	18 August 1999	890 days (2 years, 5 months, 7 days)	Pakistan Muslim League (N)
31	Zulfiqar Ali Khosa		12 August 1999	25 October 1999	73 days	Pakistan Muslim League (N)
32	Muhammad Safdar		25 October 1999	29 October 2001	796 days (2 years, 2 months, 4 days)
33	Khalid Maqbool		29 October 2001	16 May 2008	2391 days (6 years, 6 months, 17 days)
34	Salmaan Taseer*		17 May 2008	4 January 2011	962 days (2 years, 7 months, 18 days)	Pakistan Peoples Party
35	Latif Khosa		13 January 2011	2 January 2013	720 days (1 year, 11 months, 20 days)	Pakistan Peoples Party
36	Syed Ahmed Mahmud		3 January 2013	13 May 2013	131 days (4 months, 11 days)	Pakistan Peoples Party
37	Chaudhry Mohammad Sarwar		2 August 2013	29 January 2015	545 days (1 year, 5 months, 27 days)	Pakistan Muslim League (N)
38	Malik Muhammad Rafique Rajwana		7 May 2015	18 August 2018	1199 days (3 years, 3 months, 11 days)	Pakistan Muslim League (N)
39	Chaudhry Mohammad Sarwar		5 September 2018	3 April 2022	1306 days (3 years, 6 months, 29 days)	Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf
40	Omar Sarfraz Cheema		3 April 2022	10 May 2022	57 days (1 month, 27 days)	Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf
41	Baligh Ur Rehman		30 May 2022	10 May 2024	710 days (1 year, 11 months, 10 days)	Pakistan Muslim League (N)
42	Sardar Saleem Haider Khan		10 May 2024	Incumbent		Pakistan People's Party

See also

• Chief Minister of Punjab
• Senior Minister of Punjab (Pakistan)
• Leader of the Opposition Punjab
• Speaker of the Provincial Assembly of Punjab
• Government of Punjab
• Provincial Assembly of the Punjab
• List of current Pakistani governors
• List of current Pakistani chief ministers