Minister of Defence (Pakistan)

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Minister of Defence

Incumbent Khawaja Asif since 11 March 2024
Ministry of Defence
Member of	Cabinet
Reports to	Prime Minister of Pakistan Parliament of Pakistan
Seat	Calcutta House, Murree Road Rawalpindi, Punjab, Pakistan. 46000
Nominator	Prime minister of Pakistan
Appointer	President of Pakistan
First holder	Liaquat Ali Khan
Website	mod.gov.pk

Politics of Pakistan


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National Assembly (Lower House)

Leader of the House: Shehbaz Sharif (PML(N))
Speaker: Ayaz Sadiq (PML(N))
Deputy speaker: Syed Ghulam Mustafa Shah (PPP)
Leader of the Opposition: Omar Ayub Khan

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Chief Election Commissioner of AJK: Abdul Rashid Sulehria
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Chief Election Commissioner of Gilgit-Baltistan: Raja Shah Baz Khan

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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 (Born–Died)	Tenure			Party	Government	Head of Government
Portrait	Name (Born–Died)	From	To	Length	Party	Government	Head of Government
Federal Minister of Defence
	Liaquat Ali Khan (1947–1951) MCA for East Bengal (Prime Minister)	15 August 1947	16 October 1951	4 years, 62 days	Muslim League	Liaquat		Self
	Sir Khawaja Nazimuddin (1894–1964) MCA for East Bengal (Prime Minister)	24 October 1951	17 April 1953	1 year, 175 days		Nazimuddin		Self
	Mohammad Ali Bogra (1909–1963) MCA for East Bengal (Prime Minister)	18 April 1953	24 October 1954	1 year, 189 days		Bogra		Mohammad Ali Bogra
	General Muhammad Ayub Khan (1907–1974) Commander-in-Chief of the Army	24 October 1954	11 August 1955	291 days		Bogra		Mohammad Ali Bogra
	Chaudhry Muhammad Ali (1905–1982) MNA for Punjab (Prime Minister)	12 August 1955	12 September 1956	1 year, 31 days		Muhammad Ali		Self
	Huseyn Shaheed Suhrawardy (1892–1963) MNA for East Bengal (Prime Minister)	13 September 1956	18 October 1957	1 year, 35 days	Awami League	Suhrawardy		Self
	Mumtaz Daultana (1916–1965) MNA for Punjab	19 October 1957	18 December 1957	60 days	Muslim League	Chundrigar		I. I. Chundrigar
Federal Minister		19 December 1957	8 April 1958	110 days	Republican Party	Noon		Sir Feroz Khan Noon
	Sir Feroz Khan Noon (1893–1970) MCA for Punjab (Prime Minister)
Minister of State
	Akbar Bugti (1926–2006)
Federal Minister of Defence
	Muhammad Ayub Khuhro (1901–1980) MNA for Sindh	9 April 1958	7 October 1958	181 days	Muslim League	Noon		Sir Feroz Khan Noon
	Field Marshal Muhammad Ayub Khan (1907–1974) (President)	28 October 1958	21 October 1966	7 years, 358 days	Muslim League	Ayub		Muhammad Ayub Khan (President)
		28 October 1958	21 October 1966	7 years, 358 days	Convention Muslim League
	Vice Admiral Afzal Rahman Khan (1921–1983)	12 October 1966	5 April 1969	2 years, 175 days	Military (Non-partisan)
	General Yahya Khan (1917–1980) (Chief Martial Law Administrator)	25 March 1969	20 December 1971	2 years, 270 days	Military (Non-partisan)	Yahya		Self (President)
	Zulfikar Ali Bhutto (1928–1979) MNA for 116 Larkana-I (President until 14 Aug 1973 Prime Minister from 14 Aug 1973)	20 December 1971	5 July 1977	5 years, 197 days	Pakistan People's Party	Bhutto		Zulfikar Ali Bhutto
	General Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq (1924–1988) (Chief Martial Law Administrator)	5 July 1977	27 Aug 1978	1 year, 53 days	Military (Non-partisan)	Haq		Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq (President)
	Ali Ahmad Talpur (1915–1987)	27 August 1978	25 February 1985	6 years, 182 days	Independent
	General Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq (1924–1988) (President)	27 February 1985	24 March 1985	25 days	Military (Non-partisan)
	Muhammad Junejo (1932–1993) (Prime Minister)	25 March 1985	29 May 1988	3 years, 65 days	Independent
	Mahmoud Haroon (1920–2008)	9 June 1988	17 August 1988	176 days
	Mahmoud Haroon (1920–2008)	17 August 1988	2 December 1988	176 days		Ishaq Khan		Ghulam Ishaq Khan (Acting President)
	Benazir Bhutto (1953–2007) MNA for 166 Larkana-III (Prime Minister)	4 December 1988	6 August 1990	1 year, 245 days	Pakistan People's Party	Bhutto I		Self
Caretaker ministry served during this interval
	Nawaz Sharif (born 1949) MNA for 12 Abbottabad-II (Prime Minister)	6 November 1990	10 September 1991	308 days	Muslim League (IJI)	Nawaz I		Nawaz Sharif
	Ghous Ali Shah (born 1934)	10 September 1991	18 April 1993	1 year, 220 days	Muslim League (IJI)	Nawaz I		Nawaz Sharif
	Hazar Khan Bijarani (1946–2018) (Caretaker)	18 April 1993	26 May 1993	38 days	Independent (Caretaker)	Mazari		Balakh Sher Mazari (Caretaker)
	Ghous Ali Shah (born 1934)	26 May 1993	18 July 1993	53 days	Pakistan Muslim League (N) (IJI)	Nawaz I		Nawaz Sharif
	Lieutenant General (Retd) Rehm Dil Bhatti (Caretaker)	23 July 1993	19 October 1993	88 days	Independent (Caretaker)	Qureshi		Moeenuddin Ahmad Qureshi (Caretaker)
	Aftab Shaban Mirani MNA for 154 Shikarpur-I	19 October 1993	5 November 1996	3 years, 17 days	Pakistan People's Party	Bhutto II		Benazir Bhutto
	Shahid Hamid (Caretaker)	11 November 1996	17 February 1997	98 days	Independent (Caretaker)	Khalid		Malik Meraj Khalid (Caretaker)
	Nawaz Sharif (born 1949) MNA for 12 Abbottabad-II (Prime Minister)	17 February 1997	12 October 1999	2 years, 237 days	Pakistan Muslim League (N)	Nawaz II		Self
	General Pervez Musharraf (1943–2023) (Chief Executive)	12 October 1999	23 November 2002	3 years, 42 days	Military (Non-partisan)	Musharraf		Self (Chief Executive)
	Rao Sikandar Iqbal (1943–2010) MNA for 144 Okara-II (Senior Minister)	23 November 2002	15 November 2007	4 years, 357 days	Pakistan Peoples Party Parliamentarians	Jamali		Zafarullah Khan Jamali
						Hussain		Shujaat Hussain
						Aziz		Shaukat Aziz
	Salim Abbas Jilani (Caretaker)	15 November 2007	24 March 2008	130 days	Independent (Caretaker)	Soomro		Muhammad Mian Soomro (Caretaker)
	Ahmad Mukhtar (1946–2020) MNA for 105 Gujrat-II	31 March 2008	3 June 2012	4 years, 64 days	Pakistan People's Party	Gillani		Yousaf Raza Gillani
	Naveed Qamar (born 1955) MNA for 222 Hyderabad-V	4 June 2012	16 March 2013	285 days	Pakistan People's Party	Ashraf		Raja Pervaiz Ashraf
	Mir Hazar Khan Khoso (1929–2021) (Prime Minister) (Caretaker)	4 April 2013	4 June 2013	61 days	Independent (Caretaker)	Khoso		Self (Caretaker)
	Nawaz Sharif (born 1949) MNA for 120 Lahore-III (Prime Minister)	7 June 2013	26 November 2013	172 days	Pakistan Muslim League (N)	Nawaz III		Nawaz Sharif
	Khawaja Asif (born 1949) MNA for 71 Sialkot	27 November 2013	28 July 2017	3 years, 243 days		Nawaz III		Nawaz Sharif
	Khurram Dastgir (born 1970) MNA for 96 Gujranwala-II	4 August 2017	31 May 2018	300 days		Abbasi		Shahid Khaqan Abbasi
	Abdullah Hussain Haroon (born 1950) (Caretaker)	5 June 2018	18 August 2018	74 days	Independent (Caretaker)	Mulk		Nasirul Mulk (Caretaker)
	Pervez Khattak (born 1950) MNA for 25 Nowshera-I	20 August 2018	10 April 2022	3 years, 233 days	Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf	Imran		Imran Khan
	Khawaja Asif (born 1949) MNA for 73 Sialkot-II	19 April 2022	10 August 2023	1 year, 113 days	Pakistan Muslim League (N)	Shehbaz I		Shehbaz Sharif
	Lieutenant General (Retd) Anwar Ali Hyder (Caretaker)	17 August 2023	4 March 2024	200 days	Independent (Caretaker)	Kakar		Anwaar ul Haq Kakar (Caretaker)
	Khawaja Asif (born 1949) MNA for 71 Sialkot-II	11 March 2024	Incumbent	285 days	Pakistan Muslim League (N)	Shehbaz II		Shehbaz Sharif