Maryam Nawaz becomes 30th CM of Punjab

After taking oath of office on Monday, PML-N’s Maryam Nawaz has become the 30th chief minister of Punjab and the first woman to rule the largest province of the country, reported 24NewsHD TV channel.

Before Maryam, Iftikhar Hussain Mamdoot was the chief minister when Pakistan came into being in 1947, followed by Mian Mumtaz Daultana, Feroze Khan Noon and Sardar Abdul Hameed Dasti. Dr Abdul Jabbar Khan, Sardar Abdul Rashid, Nawab Muzaffar Ali Qazilbash, Sheikh Masood Sadiq, Khan Habibullah Khan, Malik Khuda Bakhsh Bucha, Malik Meraj Khalid and Ghulam Mustafa Khar also ruled Punjab.

Muhammad Hanif Ramey, Nawab Sadiq Hussain Qureshi, Nawaz Sharif, Ghulam Haider Wyne, Mian Manzoor Watto, Sheikh Manzoor Elahi, Sardar Arif Nakai, Mian Afzal Hayat, Shehbaz Sharif, Chaudhry Parvez Elahi, Ejaz Nisar, Dost Mohammad Khosa, Najam Sethi, Hasan Askari Rizvi, Usman Buzdar, Hamza Shehbaz and Mohsin Naqvi also served as full time or caretaker chief ministers of the province.

It may be mentioned here that before Maryam Nawaz, her fater Mian Nawaz Sharif and uncle Shehbaz Sharif had served as Punjab chief minister for a number of tenures.