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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 Governor-General was appointed for an indefinite term, serving at the pleasure of the monarch. After the passage of the Statute of Westminster 1931, the Governor-General was appointed solely on the advice of the Cabinet of Pakistan without the involvement of the British government.
The governor is the nominal head of the provincial executive and the representative of the federal in their province. Articles 101 to 105 of the Constitution of Pakistan deal with the appointment, conditions, and duties of a governor.
Sir Malik Ghulam Muhammad [a] (20 April 1895 – 29 August 1956) was a Pakistani politician and economist who served as the third governor-general of Pakistan from 1951 to 1955. Educated at the Aligarh Muslim University (AMU), he joined the Indian Civil Service as a chartered accountant at the Indian Railway Accounts Service before being ...
These are lists of Pakistani provincial governors. List of current Pakistani governors; Governor of Balochistan, Pakistan; Governor of Gilgit-Baltistan; Governor of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa; Governor of Punjab, Pakistan; Governor of Sindh
In a journal article on Pakistan's first governor-general, historian R. J. Moore wrote that Jinnah is universally recognised as central to the creation of Pakistan. [246] Stanley Wolpert summarises the profound effect that Jinnah had on the world: Few individuals significantly alter the course of history. Fewer still modify the map of the world.
On 14 August 1947, The Partition of India began as Pakistan was declared as an independent state and Jinnah was placed as Pakistan's first Governor-General. [1] Following this on 15 August 1947, Muhammad Ali Jinnah and Liaquat Ali Khan formed an administration, Liaquat Ali Khan was sworn in as first prime minister of Pakistan.
The monarch's constitutional roles in Pakistan were mostly delegated to a vice-regal representative, the governor-general of Pakistan. The dominion was created by the Indian Independence Act 1947 , which divided British India into two independent sovereign states of India and Pakistan.