Parliament
Parliament is bicameral and is located in Islamabad.
The National Assembly has 237 members. 217 members are elected by popular vote. 210 members are Muslim. 10 members are non-Muslim. 20 seats are reserved for women, who are chosen by the elected members. The members serve five-year terms. The Senate has 87 members, who are chosen by provincial assemblies. They serve six-year terms.
Governors-General
1947-1948 Mohammad Ali Jinnah
1948-1951 Hwaja Nazim ad-Din
1951-1955 Ghulam Mohammad
1955-1956 Iskandar Ali Mirza
Presidents
1956-1958 Iskandar Ali Mirza
1958-1969 Mohammad Ayub Khan
1969-1971 Agha Mohammad Yahya Khan
1971-1973 Zulfikar Ali Bhutto
1973-1978 Fazal Elahi Chaudhri
1978-1988 Mohammad Zia-ul-Haq
1988-1993 Ghulam Ishaq Khan
1993-1993 Wasim Sajjad
1993-1997 Farooq Ahmed Khan Leghari
1997-1998 Wasim Sajjad
1998-2001 Mohammad Rafiq Tarar
2001-2008 Pervez Musharraf
2008-2008 Mohammadmian Soomro (acting)
2008 now Asif Ali Zardari
Prime Ministers
1947-1951 Liaquat Ali Khan
1951-1953 Hwaja Nazim ad-Din
1953-1955 Mohammad Ali Bogra
1955-1956 Chaudhri Mohammad Ali
1956-1957 Husayn Sahid Suhrawardi
1957-1957 Ismail Ibrahim Chundrigar
1957-1958 Malik Firuz Khan Nun
1958-1969 Mohammad Ayub Khan
1969-1971 Agha Mohammad Yahya Khan
1971-1971 Nurul Amin
1971-1977 Zulfikar Ali Bhutto
1977-1985 Mohammad Zia ul-Haq
1985-1988 Mohammad Khan Junejo
1988-1988 Mohammad Zia-ul-Haq
1988-1990 Benazir Bhutto
1990-1990 Ghulam Mustafa Jatoi
1990-1993 Nawaz Sharif
1993-1993 Balakh Sher Mazari
1993-1993 Nawaz Sharif
1993-1993 Moeen Qureshi
1993-1996 Benazir Bhutto
1996-1997 Miraj Khalid
1997-1999 Mian Mohammad Nawaz Sharif
1999-2002 Pervez Musharraf
2002-2004 Mir Zafarullah Khan Jamali
2004-2004 Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain
2004-2007 Shaukat Aziz
2007-2008 Mohammadmian Soomro
2008 now Yousaf Raza Gilani
