Governor-General of Pakistan

Governor-General of Pakistan
گورنر جنرل پاکستان
Coat of arms of Pakistan
Longest serving
Sir Ghulam Muhammad

17 October 1951 – 7 August 1955
StyleHis Excellency
StatusAbolished
ResidenceGovernor-General's House
AppointerMonarch of Pakistan
Formation14 August 1947
First holderMuhammad Ali Jinnah
Final holderIskander Mirza
Abolished23 March 1956

The governor-general of Pakistan (Urdu: گورنر جنرل پاکستان) was the representative of the Pakistani monarch in the Dominion of Pakistan, established by the Indian Independence Act 1947. The office of governor-general was abolished when Pakistan became an Islamic republic in 1956.[1][2]

  1. ^ "List Showing the Governors-General and Presidents of Pakistan Since Independence" (PDF). cabinet.gov.pk. Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 April 2021. Retrieved 11 January 2022.
  2. ^ Chief Justice Muhammad Munir: His Life, Writings, and Judgements, Research Society of Pakistan, 1973, p. 341

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