Minister for Law and Justice (Pakistan)
Political ministry
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The Law Minister of Pakistan heads the Ministry of Law and Justice. They serve in the cabinet of the Prime Minister.
Member ofCabinet of Pakistan
Reports toPrime Minister
AppointerPresident of Pakistan on advice of Prime Minister
| Minister for Law and Justice of Pakistan | |
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since 11 March 2024 | |
| Ministry of Law and Justice | |
| Member of | Cabinet of Pakistan |
| Reports to | Prime Minister |
| Seat | Islamabad |
| Appointer | President of Pakistan on advice of Prime Minister |
| Formation | 1947 |
| First holder | Jogendra Nath Mandal |
| Website | Ministry of Law and Justice |
List of ministers
- Jogendra Nath Mandal (1947–1951)
- Pirzada Abdus Sattar Abdur Rahman[1][2] (1951–1953)
- A.K. Brohi[3] (1953–1954)
- Huseyn Shaheed Suhrawardy[4] (1954–1955)
- I. I. Chundrigar (1955–1957)
- Muhammad Ibrahim (1958–1962)
- Muhammad Munir[5] (1962–1963)
- Khurshid Ahmad[6][7] (1963–1965)
- Syed Muhammed Zafar[8][9] (1965–1969)
- Alvin Robert Cornelius[10] (1969–1971)
- Mahmud Ali Kasuri (1971–1972)
- Abdul Hafeez Pirzada[11] (1972–1974)
- Malik Meraj Khalid (1974–1976)
- Malik Muhammad Akhtar (1976–1977)
- S.M Masood (1977)
- A.K Brohi (1977-1979)
- Syed Sharifuddin Pirzada[12][13] (1979–1984)
- Iqbal Ahmad Khan[14] (1985–1986)
- Wasim Sajjad[15] (1987–1988)
- Aitzaz Ahsan[16] (1988)
- Iftikhar Gilani[17] (1988–1990)
- Syed Fakhr Imam[18] (1990–1991)
- Chaudhry Abdul Gafoor[19] (1991–1993)
- Abdul Shakoor-ul Salam[20] (1993–1994)
- Iqbar Haider[21] (1994–1995)
- N.D. Khan[22] (1995–1997)
- Khalid Anwer (1997–1999)
- Aziz A. Munshi[23] (2000–2001)
- Shahida Jamil[24] (2001–2002) [1st female]
- Mohammad Raza Hayat Harraj[25] (2003–2004)
- Khalid Ranjha[26][27] (2004–2005)
- Wasi Zafar[28] (2006–2007)
- Zahid Hamid[29] (2007)
- Chaudhry Shahid Akram Bhinder[30][31] (2007–2008)
- Babar Awan (2008–2011) gf
- Mola Baksh Chandio (Senator) (2011–2012)
- Farooq Naek (2012–2013)
- Zahid Hamid[32] (2013)
- Ahmer Bilal Soofi (2013)
- Pervaiz Rashid[33] (2013–2016)
- Zahid Hamid (2016–2017)
- Usman Ibrahim (2017)
- Zafarullah Khan (2017–2018)
- Chaudhry Mehmood Bashir Virk[34] (2018)
- Syed Ali Zafar[35] (2018)
- Farogh Naseem (2018–2022)
- Fawad Chaudhry (2022)[36]
- Azam Nazeer Tarar (April 2022–October 2022)[37]
- Ayaz Sadiq (October 2022 - 30 November 2022)[38]
- Azam Nazeer Tarar (30 November 2022 - 10 August 2023)
- Ahmed Irfan Aslam (17 August 2023 - 4 March 2024)
- Azam Nazeer Tarar (11 March 2024 – present)
