List of current Pakistani governors
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A governor in Pakistan is the appointed head of state of a province , appointed by the president of Pakistan on the advice of the prime minister . Articles 101 to 105 of the Constitution of Pakistan deal with the appointment, conditions, and duties of a governor. [1]
A governor should be eligible to be elected as a member of the National Assembly of Pakistan , and should be at least 35 years old. They should also be a registered voter of the concerned province, and should not hold any office of profit . The chief justice of the concerned province's High Court administers the oath of office , after which the governor is not eligible for the election as a member of the Parliament of Pakistan and the Provincial Assemblies as long as they are in office.
In case of a governor's absence, the speaker of the Provincial Assembly becomes the acting governor of the province. [2]
Current governors in Pakistan
The table below lists the currently-serving governors of Pakistan as of January 2023.
Province | Name |
Took office
(tenure length) |
Party | Notes | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Balochistan
( list ) |
Abdul Wali Kakar [3] |
3 March 2023
( 146 days ) |
Balochistan National Party (Mengal) | ||
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
( list ) |
Haji Ghulam Ali [4] | 23 November 2022 ( 246 days ) | Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (F) | ||
Punjab
( list ) |
Muhammad Baligh Ur Rehman [5] |
30 May 2022
( 1 year, 58 days ) |
Pakistan Muslim League (N) | ||
Sindh
( list ) |
Kamran Tessori [6] |
10 October 2022
( 290 days ) |
Muttahida Qaumi Movement – Pakistan | Appointed by President Arif Alvi on 9 October 2022 [7] | |
Gilgit-Baltistan
( list ) |
Syed Mehdi Shah [8] |
15 August 2022
( 1 year, 31 days ) |
Pakistan People's Party |
Heads of administrative territories
Territory | Name |
Took office
(tenure length) |
Party | Notes | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Azad Jammu and Kashmir
( list ) |
Sultan Mehmood Chaudhry [9] (President) |
25 August 2021
( 1 year, 336 days ) |
Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf |
See also
References
- ↑ "Chapter 1: "The Governors." of Part IV: "Provinces" " . www.pakistani.org . Retrieved 28 July 2022 .
- ↑ Hamid, Shahid (16 April 2022). "President Alvi accepts Shah Farman's resignation" . The Express Tribune . Retrieved 27 July 2022 .
- ↑ "Abdul Wali Kakar named Balochistan governor" . The Express Tribune . 4 March 2023 . Retrieved 5 March 2023 .
- ↑ Sherani, Tahir (23 November 2022). "President approves Haji Ghulam Ali's appointment as KP governor" . Dawn . Retrieved 13 January 2023 .
- ↑ Yousafzai, Ayaz Akbar (31 May 2022). "Baligh Ur Rehman swears in as Punjab governor" . The News International . Retrieved 27 July 2022 .
- ↑ "Acting Governor administers oath to chairperson SPSC" . Dawn . 10 October 2022 . Retrieved 16 October 2022 .
- ↑ Tunio, Hafeez (18 April 2022). "MQM-P's Kamran Tessori appointed Sindh governor" . The Express Tribune . Retrieved 16 October 2022 .
- ↑ "Mehdi Shah appointed G-B governor" . The Express Tribune . 15 August 2022 . Retrieved 13 January 2023 .
- ↑ "Sultan Mahmood becomes AJK's 28th president" . The Express Tribune . 17 August 2021 . Retrieved 28 July 2022 .