Key Facts

Published

Prime Minister of Pakistan (March 25, 2008 - present)

Assumed office on March 25, 2008

Preceded by Muhammad Mian Soomro

Speaker of the National Assembly (October 17, 1993 – February 16, 1997)

Preceded by Gauhar Ayub Khan

Succeeded by Elahi Bux Soomro

Member Parliament

National Assembly 1985-88, 1988-90, 1990-93, 1993-96, 2008- present

Other positions

Federal minister for housing and works, railways, urban affairs and environment 1985-88, 1988-90

Editorial

Updated 01 Aug, 2026

Maritime alliance

AS the US-Iran war drags on, new battle lines are being drawn. The pro-US Gulf Arab monarchies and Iran have enjoyed...
01 Aug, 2026

Local governance

INTERIOR Minister Mohsin Naqvi’s speech at a business summit on Thursday has stirred a hornet’s nest. His...
01 Aug, 2026

Murders in Balochistan

GOOD news is scarce in Balochistan. Seven labourers were abducted and gunned down in Turbat city recently. Four...
31 Jul, 2026

Expanding conflict

WITH neither of the belligerents willing to back down, and the theatre of conflict expanding geographically, the...
31 Jul, 2026

Spoils and spats

A FIGHT over assembly seats in Azad Jammu and Kashmir has laid bare what seem to be some deep resentments between ...
31 Jul, 2026

Unfair tax system

THE disclosure that the FBR collected nearly Rs1.9tr in sales and income taxes through electricity bills over the...