KARACHI: Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf nominee Imran Ismail will take the oath as Governor of Sindh in a simple ceremony to be held at Governor House at 6pm on Monday. The chief justice of the Sindh High Court will administer the oath.

With the oath-taking ceremony, Imran Ismail will assume his responsibilities as the 30th Governor of Sindh since Aug 14, 1947.

The other 29 governors are: Ghulam Hussain Hidayatullah (Aug 14 ,1947 to Oct 4, 1952), Shaikh Din Muhammad (Oct 7, 1952 to Nov 8, 1952), Mian Aminuddin (Nov 19, 1952 to May 1, 1953), George Baxnadall Constantine (May 2, 1953 to Aug 11, 1953), Habib Ibrahim Rahimtoola (Aug 12, 1953 to June 23, 1954), Nawab Iftikhar Hussain (June 24, 1954 to Oct 14, 1955), Lt Gen Rakhman Gul (July 1, 1970 to Dec 22, 1971), Mumtaz Ali Bhutto (Dec 23, 1971 to April 29, 1972), Mir Rasool Bux Talpur (June 1, 1972 to Feb 14, 1973), Begum Raana Liaquat Ali Khan (Feb 15, 1973 to Feb 28, 1976), Muhammad Dilawar Khanji (March 1, 1976 to July 5, 1977), Abdul Quadir Shaikh (July 6, 1977 to Sept 17, 1978), S.M. Abbasi (Sep 18, 1978 to April 6, 1984), Lt-Gen Jehandad Khan (April 7, 1984 to Jan 4, 1987), Ashraf W. Tabani (Jan 5, 1987 to June 23, 1988), Rahimuddin Khan (June 24, 1988 to Sept 12, 1988), Qadeeruddin Ahmad (Sept 12, 1988 to April 18, 1989), Fakhruddin G. Ebrahim (April 19, 1989 to Aug 6, 1990), Mahmoud Haroon (Aug 6, 1990 to July 18, 1993), Hakim Muhammad Said (July19, 1993 to Jan 23, 1994), Mahmoud Haroon (Jan 23, 1994 to May 21, 1995), Kamaluddin Azfar (May 22, 1995 March 16, 1997), Lt-Gen Moeenuddin Haider (March 17, 1997 to June 17, 1999), Mamnoon Hussain (June 19, 1999 to Oct 12, 1999), Azeem Daoudpota (Oct 25, 1999 to May 24, 2000), Muhammadmian Soomro (May 25, 2000 to Dec 26, 2002), Dr Ishraul Ibad (Dec 27, 2002 Nov 9, 2016), Justice Saeeduzzaman Siddiqui (Nov 11, 2016 to Jan 12, 2017), and Muhammad Zubair (Feb 2, 2017 to July 28, 2018).

Published in Dawn, August 27th, 2018