Governor of Punjab, Pakistan

The Governor of Punjab is the appointed head of state of the provincial government in Punjab, Pakistan. The governor is designated by the Prime Minister and is normally regarded a ceremonial post. 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.

The current Governor is Salmaan Taseer, a business tycoon who is the Chairman and CEO of the First Capital and Worldcall Group.

List of governors of Punjab

Following is the list of Punjab governors after independence of Pakistan from British Raj.

Name of Governor	Entered Office	Left Office
Sir Francis Mudie	15 August, 1947	2 August, 1949
Sardar Abdur Rab Nishtar	2 August, 1949	24 Nov 1951
Ibrahim Ismail Chundrigar	24 November, 1951	2 May, 1953
Mian Aminuddin	2 May, 1953	24 June, 1954
Habib Ibrahim Rahimtoola	26 September, 1954	26 November, 1954
Mushtaq Ahmed Gurmani	27 November, 1954	14 October, 1955
Part of West Pakistan province	14 October, 1955	1 July, 1970
Lt Gen Attiqur Rahman	1 July, 1970	December 1971
Ghulam Mustafa Khar (1st time)	December 1971	February, 1973
Hanif Ramay	February, 1973	March, 1974
Sadiq Hussain Qureshi	March 1974	13 March, 1975
Ghulam Mustafa Khar (2nd time)	13 March, 1975	31 July, 1975
Mohammad Abbas Abbasi	31 July, 1975	September 1977
Aslam Riaz Hussain	September 1977	September 1978
Lt Gen Sawar Khan	September 1978	March 1980
Lt Gen (r) Ghulam Jilani Khan	March 1980	December 1985
Makhdoom Sajjad Hussain Qureshi	December 1985	December 1988
General (r) Tikka Khan	December 1988	August 1990
Mian Mohammad Azhar	August 1990	1992
Chaudhry Altaf Hussain	1992	21 May, 1995
Lt Gen (r) Raja Saroop Khan	19 June, 1995	5 November, 1996
Khawaja Tariq Rahim	5 November, 1996	10 March, 1997
Shahid Hamid	10 March, 1997	17 August, 1999
Zulfiqar Ali Khosa	17 August, 1999	21 October, 1999
Lt Gen (r) Muhammad Safdar	21 October, 1999	29 October, 2001
Lt Gen (r) Khalid Maqbool	29 October, 2001	16 May, 2008
Salmaan Taseer	17 May, 2008	Incumbent

See also

• Chief Minister of Punjab
• Government of Punjab
• Provincial Assembly of the Punjab
• List of Governors of Pakistan
• List of Chief Ministers in Pakistan