15
Aug 1947
Punjab province of British India divided; West Punjab
becomes a province of Pakistan
07 Jan 1950
West Punjab renamed Punjab
14 Oct 1955
Part of West Pakistan province till 01 Jul 1970.
Governors
Sir Robert Francis Mudie..........................15
Aug 1947 - 02 Aug 1949
Sardar Abdur Rab Nishtar..........................02
Aug 1949 - 24 Nov 1951
Ibrahim Ismail Chundrigar.........................24
Nov 1951 - 02 May 1953
Mian Aminuddin....................................02
May 1953 - 24 Jun 1954
Habib Ibrahim Rehmatullah.........................26
Sep 1954 - 26 Nov 1954
Nawab Mian Mushtaq Ahmed
Gurmani..................27 Nov 1954 - 14 Oct 1955
He was a Pakistani
politician. In his role as Minister without Portfolio he signed the Karachi
Agreement of 1949 that established a ceasefire line between Pakistani and
Indian areas of Kashmir, which later become known as the Line of Control. In
1951 he served as the Chief Executive for Kashmir Affairs and Northern
Areas, between 1954 and 1955 he served as Governor of Punjab. In 1955 the
post of Punjab Governor was abolished and Gurmani went on to become Governor
of West Pakistan.
Governors of West Pakistan
Baluchistan, North-West Frontier Province,
Northern Areas, Punjab, Sind, Tribal Areas and Karachi Federal Capital
Territory (from 01 Jul 1961) form the single province of West Pakistan (the
"One Unit") with capital: Lahore from 14 Oct 1955 to 01 Jul 1970.
Nawab Mian Mustafa
Ahmad Gurmani (continued)......14
Oct 1955 - Aug 1957
Malik Amir Mohammad
Khan.............................Apr 1960 - 18 Sep 1966 (d.1967)
Also known as Nawab of
Kalabagh, a prominent feudal lord,ruler and the seventh Nawab of Kalabagh
state, in Mianwali District of north western Punjab, Pakistan. He belonged
to famous Awan tribe. He was crowned after the death of his father Nawab
Malik Ata Muhammad Khan in 1924.
Gen.
(Retd.)
Mohammad Musa Khan Hazara............18
Sep 1966 - 20 Mar 1969
He was the eldest son of
Sardar Yazdan Khan, born in a Hazara family in Quetta, he was from the
Sardar family of the Hazara tribe in Balochistan, Pakistan. He was a Naik
(Junior Officer) in the Hazara Pioneers and went to the Indian Military
Academy in Dehra Dun as a cadet and graduated with the first batch of the
Indian commissioned officers. He was posted to the 6th Royal Battalion, the
13th Frontier Force Rifles as a Platoon Commander in 1936. He took part in
the Waziristan Operations in 1936-1938 and in World War II, where he served
in North Africa. He served with distinction in the Pakistani Army and rose
to the rank of the (4th) commander in chief of Pakistan Armed Forces (27 Oct
1958 – 17 Jun 1966) from 6/13 Frontier Force Rifles, during President
Mohammad Ayub Khan’s regime (1958-1969). Author of: "My Version" –
"Jawan to General". Served as Governor of Balochistan from Dec 1985 to 12
Mar 1991. Died on 12 Mar 1991 in Quetta.
Yusuf Haroon......................................20
Mar 1969 - 25 Mar 1969
Lt. Gen.
Attiqur Rahman (1st
time)................25
Mar 1969 - 29 Aug 1969
Martial law administrator. He
was a distinguished general officer in the Pakistan Army, a noted military
historian, as well as a senior government official. He was the martial law
administrator of West Pakistan in the General Yahya Khan's military regime
as well as the last Governor of West Pakistan and implemented the
dissolution of the One Unit scheme. After that, he became the Governor of
Punjab province.
He was commissioned into the 4/12th Frontier Force Regiment and saw action
in the Waziristan Campaign. He commanded different battalions of the famous
'Piffers' including the one he had served in as a young officer. In November
1941 his regiment was sent to Burma as part of General Slim's Fourteenth
Army. His bravery in the Burma campaign resulted in being decorated with the
Military Cross.
At independence, he was appointed Chief Instructor at the Pakistan Military
Academy, Kakul. Later he served at General Head Quarters as Director of
Military Operations and then Vice Chief of General Staff. He also commanded
an infantry division. He also remained commander of the I Corps stationed at
Kharian, after the 1965 Indo-Pakistani War in 1966, after replacing Lt. Gen.
Bakhtiar Rana who proceeded on an ambassadorial position.
Lt. Gen.
Tikka Khan (martial
law administrator)...29
Aug 1969 - 01 Sep 1969
He was Pakistan's Chief of
Army Staff from 03 March 1972 to 01 March 1976 from 12 Medium Regiment
Artillery.
Air Marshal (Retd.)
Malik Nur
Khan Tamman........01 Sep 1969 - 01 Feb 1970
Commander-in-Chief (PAF) from 23 July 1965 to 31
July 1969. The hero of the 1965 air war - the man who led the Pakistan air
force achieve parity over the three times bigger Indian air force on the
very first day of the 1965 war - a man widely respected not only for his
integrity but also for his sharp intelligence and outstanding management
abilities. "He was a formidable fellow and I was glad that he was Pakistani
and not Egyptian" (Israel Air Force chief and ex-President Ezer Weizman
writing about PAF chief Nur Khan in his autobiography, On Eagles' Wings).
Lt. Gen.
Attiqur Rahman (2nd
time)................01
Feb 1970 - 01 Jul 1970
Governors of Punjab (
restored)
Lt. Gen.
Attiqur Rehman
(continued)...............01
Jul 1970 - 23 Dec 1971
Ghulam Mustafa Khar Malik (1st
time)..............23 Dec
1971 - Feb 1973
Mohammad Haneef Ramay................................Feb
1973 - Mar 1974
Nawab Sadiq Hussain Qureshi..........................Mar
1974 - 13 Mar 1975
Ghulam Mustafa Khar Malik (2nd
time)..............13 Mar
1975 - 31 Jul 1975
Nawab Mohammad Abbas Khan
Abbasi..................31 Jul 1975 - 05 Jul 1977
Lt. Gen.
Sawar Khan...............................18 Sep 1978 - 30 Apr 1980
He is an ex-four star
general of the Pakistan Army who was the Governor of the largest province,
Punjab and the vice chief of army staff during the era of General Muhammad
Zia-ul-Haq when Zia was simultaneously the chief of army staff and the
President of Pakistan. Sawar Khan was promoted to Lt. General on 24 March,
1976 by General Zia-ul-Haq after he became the Chief of Army Staff
superseding five other generals. Sawar Khan who at the time was serving as
Adjutant General (AG) at the GHQ was sent as the Commander IV Corps, Lahore.
When Zia imposed martial law, the then Lt. Gen. Sawar Khan was sent as the
governor of Punjab province, in addition to his responsibilities as
Commander IV Corps, Lahore. He was part of small coterie of generals under
General Zia ul-Haq, who determined the national security policies in the
martial regime. The other generals were Lt Gen Faiz Ali Chishti (Commander X
Corps, Rawalpindi), Lt Gen Jehanzeb Arbab (Governor of Sindh and Commander V
Corps, Karachi), Lt Gen Iqbal Khan (CJCSC), and other military governors of
NWFP and Balochistan. After two year stint, he was replaced with Lt. Gen.
Ghulam Gilani Khan and promoted to four star general. In April 1980, when
the post of the deputy chief of army staff (created by Zia-ul-Haq) was
redefined and re-designated as the vice chief or army staff, General Sawar
replaced Lt. Gen. Iqbal Khan, the first deputy chief of army staff who took
over in 1978. General Sawar was replaced by the Zia's deputy General K.M.
Arif in March 1984 after completing the four-year term. Sawar was a
professional soldier and hailed from the Potohar plateau of north Punjab,
which had been a traditional recruitment area for the British and the
Pakistani armies.
Lt. Gen.
Ghulam Gilani Khan.......................01 May 1980 - 30 Dec 1985
Makhdoom Sajjid Hussain Qureshi...................30
Dec 1985 - 07 Dec 1988
Gen.
(Retd.)
Tikka Khan...........................09 Dec 1988 - 06 Aug 1990
Mian Muhammad Azhar...............................06
Aug 1990 - 19 Apr 1993
Malik Firoz Khan
Noon.............................03 Apr 1953 - 21 May 1955
Abdul Hamid Khan
Dasti............................21 May 1955 - 14 Oct 1955
Chief Ministers of West Pakistan
Khan Abdul Jabbar
Khan [Dr. Khan Sahib]...........14 Oct 1955 - 16 Jul 1957
Became twice Chief
Minister of N.W.F.P during British rule (07 Sep
1937 to 10 Nov 1939 and then from 16 Mar 1945 to 22 Aug 1947).
Sardar Abdur
Rashid Khan..........................16 Jul 1957 - 18 Mar 1958
He was a senior police
officer from the North-West Frontier Province and cabinet minister in
Pakistan.
Nawab Muzaffar Ali Khan
Qizilbash.................18 Mar 1958 - 07 Oct 1958
He
was a politician from the Punjab and a minister in the governments of
the Punjab, West Pakistan and Pakistan.
Finance Minister of Pakistan from 04 August 1969 - 22 February 1971.
Post abolished....................................01 Jul 1970 - 01 May 1972
Chief Ministers
of Punjab (restored)
Malik Meraj Khalid................................02
May 1972 - 12 Nov 1973
Ghulam Mustafa
Khar Malik.........................12 Nov 1973 - 15 Mar 1974
Mohammad Hanif
Ramay..............................15 Mar 1974 - 15 Jul 1975
Nawab Sadiq
Hussain Qureshi.......................15 Jul 1975 - 05 Jul 1977
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