Here’s a list of all important first office-holders of Pakistan including the first President, Prime Minister, Chief Minister, Governor, Speaker, Chief Justice, Ambassador, and more.
List of All Important First Office-Holders of Pakistan
- First Governor General: Jinnah
- First Prime Minister: Liaqat Ali Khan (also first Defence Minister)
- First Senate Chairman: Khan Habibullah Khan
- First President and last Governor-General: Sikandar Mirza.
- First Elected President: General Ayub Khan
- First Elected Prime Minister: A Bhutto
- First Prime Minister who visited China: Hussain Shaheed Suharwardi
- First President of Pakistan Muslim League? Ch. Khaleeq-uz-Zaman
- First Governor of Punjab: Sir Francis Moody
- First CM of Punjab: Iftikhar Hussain Mamdot
- First Governor of NWFP? Sir George Cunningham
- First Muslim Governor of NWFP? Sahibzada Khursheed
- First CM of NWFP: Khan Abdul Qayyum Khan
- First Governor of Sindh=Ghulam Hussain Hidayatullah
- First CM of Sindh=Ayub Khoro
- First Governor of Baluchistan=Lt: General Riaz Hussain
- First CM of Baluchistan=Attaullah Mengal
- First Governor of West Pakistan: Mushtaq Gormani
- First CM of West Pakistan: Dr Khan Sahib (Khan Abdul Jabbar Khan)
- First Non-Muslim Minister: Joginder Nath Mandal (Law)
- First Female Governor? Begum Rana Liaquat Ali
- First Woman governor of GB: Dr Shama Khalid
- First Woman federal minister: Begum Kulsum Saifullah Khan
- First CM of Gilgit Baltistan: Syed Mehdi Shah (2009)
- First President of AJK: Sardar Ibrahim Khan
- First PM of AJK: Abdul Hamid Khan
- First Muslim Woman Governor: Begum Ra’ana Liaquat Ali Khan (of Sindh)
- First Chief Justice of Pakistan? Justice Abdul Rashid
- First Woman High Court Judge: Majida Rizvi
- First Woman General: Shahida Milk
- First Foreign Minister: Sir Zafarullah Khan
- First Pakistani UNGA President: Sir Zafarullah Khan (17th session in 1962)
- First Pakistani Judge of ICJ: Sir Zafarullah Khan
- First Ambassador to Burma? Muhammad Ali Bogra
- First Permanent representative to UN: Pitras Bukhari
- First Ambassador to the People’s Republic of China? N.A.M. Raza
- First Foreign head of state who visited Pakistan? Ameer e Kuwait
- Last Nawab of Bahawalpur: Sir Sadiq Muhammad Khan Abbasi V
- First Secretary General: Muhammad Ali
- First Chief Election Commissioner: M. Khan
- First Governor of State Bank? Zahid Hussain
- First Captain of Cricket Team: Hafeez Kardar
- First Century: Nazar Mohammd against India in 1954 in Lacknow
- First Asian to get literature Nobel Prize: Rebindra Nath Tagor in 1913
- First Lady pilot was Shukriya Khanum
Longest and Shortest Tenure of President & Prime Minister in Pakistan
- Longest tenure of Prime Minister: Liaqat Ali Khan (4 years 63 days)
- Shortest tenure of Prime Minister: Ayub Khan (3 days), then Shujaat Hussain (47 days)
- Longest period of rule overall? Gen Zia-ul-Haq
- Longest tenure of President? Ayub Khan
- Shortest tenure of President? Z.A. Bhutto
- Longest tenure as Governor-General: Ghulam Muhammad
- Shortest tenure as Governor-General: Iskandar Mirza
- Longest Serving CJP: Justice Alvin Robert Cornelius (4th CJP: 1960-68)
List of First & First-Muslim Army, Navy, Airforce Chiefs in Pakistan
Army
- First Commander-in-Chief (C-in-C) of Army = Lt. Gen Sir Frank Messeri
- First Muslim Commander-in-Chief (C-in-C) of Army = Ayub Khan
- First Chief of Army Staff = Tikka Khan (1972-76)
Air Force
- First Commander-in-Chief (C-in-C) of Royal PAF = Allan Perry Keene
- First Commander-in-Chief (C-in-C) of Pakistan Air Force (PAF) = Arthur McDonald
- First Muslim Commander-in-Chief (C-in-C) of Army = M Asghar Khan
- First Chief of Air Staff: Zafar Ahmad Chaudhry
Navy
- First Commander-in-Chief (C-in-C) of Navy = V.A. James Wilfred Jefford
- First Muslim Commander-in-Chief (C-in-C) of Navy = Haji M Siddiq Ch
- First Chief of Naval Staff: Hasan Hafeez Ahmed
Misc
- First Joint Chief of Staff Committee of Pakistan = G. M. Sharif
- First Director General ISI = Robert Cawthorne, 1948