Minister of Defense

Incumbent Anwar Ali Haider since 17 August 2023
Ministry of Defense
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

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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 Defence Ministers

No.	Portrait	Minister (Born-Died)	Term			Political Party
No.	Portrait	Minister (Born-Died)	Took office	Left office	Duration	Political Party
1		Liaquat Ali Khan (1895–1951)	15 August 1947	16 October 1951	4 years, 62 days	PML
2		Khawaja Nazimuddin (1894–1964)	24 October 1951	17 April 1953	1 year, 183 days	PML
3		Muhammad Ali Bogra (1909–1963)	18 April 1953	24 October 1954	1 year, 190 days	PML
4		General Ayub Khan (1907–1974)	25 October 1954	11 August 1955	290 days	PML
5		Chaudhry Muhammad Ali (1905–1982)	12 August 1955	12 September 1956	1 year, 31 days	PML
6		Huseyn Shaheed Suhrawardy (1892–1963)	13 September 1956	18 October 1957	1 year, 35 days	All Pakistan Awami Muslim League
7		Mumtaz Daultana (1916–1995)	19 October 1957	18 December 1957	60 days	PML
8		Feroz Khan Noon (1893–1970) ^[a]	19 December 1957	8 April 1958	110 days	Republican Party
9		Muhammad Ayub Khuhro (1901–1980)	9 April 1958	7 October 1958	181 days	PML
(4)		Ayub Khan (1907–1974)	28 October 1958	21 October 1966	7 years, 358 days	PML
10		Vice Admiral Afzal Rahman Khan (1921–2005)	22 October 1966	5 April 1969	2 years, 165 days	Independent
11		Yahya Khan (1917–1980)	6 April 1969	20 December 1971	2 years, 259 days	Independent
12		Zulfikar Ali Bhutto (1928–1979)	21 December 1971	5 July 1977	5 years, 193 days	PPP
13		Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq (1924–1988)	14 January 1978	27 August 1978	225 days	Independent
14		Mir Ali Ahmed Khan Talpur (1915–1987)	28 August 1978	26 February 1985	6 years, 182 days	Independent
(13)		Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq (1924–1988)	27 February 1985	24 March 1985	25 days	Independent
15		Muhammad Khan Junejo (1932–1993)	25 March 1985	29 May 1988	3 years, 65 days	PML
16		Mahmoud Haroon (1920–2008) (Caretaker)	9 June 1988	1 December 1988	175 days	Independent
17		Benazir Bhutto (1953–2007)	4 December 1988	6 August 1990	1 year, 245 days	PPP
18		Ghous Ali Shah (born 1934)	10 September 1991	17 July 1993	1 year, 310 days	PML(N)
19		Aftab Shaban Mirani	19 October 1993	5 November 1996	3 years, 17 days	PPP
20		Shahid Hamid (Caretaker)	6 November 1996	17 February 1997	103 days	Independent
21		Nawaz Sharif (born 1949)	17 February 1997	12 October 1999	2 years, 237 days	PML(N)
22		Pervez Musharraf (1943–2023)	12 October 1999	23 November 2002	3 years, 42 days	Independent
23		Rao Sikandar Iqbal (1943–2010)	23 November 2002	15 November 2007	4 years, 357 days	PPP
24		Salim Abbas Jilani (Caretaker)	16 November 2007	25 March 2008	130 days	Independent
25		Ahmad Mukhtar (born 1946)	31 March 2008	3 June 2012	4 years, 64 days	PPP
26		Naveed Qamar (born 1955)	4 June 2012	15 March 2013	284 days	PPP
27		Mir Hazar Khan Khoso (1929–2021)	5 April 2013	4 June 2013	60 days	Independent
(21)		Nawaz Sharif (born 1949)	7 June 2013	26 November 2013	172 days	PML(N)
28		Khawaja Muhammad Asif (born 1949)	27 November 2013	28 July 2017	3 years, 243 days	PML(N)
29		Khurram Dastgir Khan (born 1970)	4 August 2017	31 May 2018	300 days	PML(N)
30		Hussain Haroon (born 1950) (Caretaker)	5 June 2018	18 August 2018	74 days	Independent
31		Pervez Khattak (born 1950)	30 August 2018	10 April 2022	3 years, 223 days	PTI
28		Khawaja Muhammad Asif (born 1949)	19 April 2022	10 August 2023	1 year, 113 days	PML(N)
32		Anwar Ali Haider (Caretaker)	17 August 2023	Incumbent	115 days	Independent

List of Defence Ministers

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