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{{Short description|List of Defence Ministers of Pakistan}}
{{Infobox Political Post
| post = Minister of Defence
| body = 
| image = Khawaja Muhammad Asif - December 2015 (cropped).jpg
| imagesize = 230px
| incumbent = [[Khawaja Asif]]
| insignia = State emblem of Pakistan.svg
| nominator = [[Prime minister of Pakistan]]
| appointer = [[President of Pakistan]]
| incumbentsince = 11 March 2024
| seat = Calcutta House, Murree Road
[[Rawalpindi]], [[Punjab, Pakistan]]. 46000
| reports_to = *[[Prime Minister of Pakistan]]
*[[Parliament of Pakistan]]
| member_of = [[Cabinet of Pakistan|Cabinet]]
| department = [[Ministry of Defence (Pakistan)|Ministry of Defence]]
| first = [[Liaquat Ali Khan]]
| website = {{URL|mod.gov.pk}}
}}{{Politics of Pakistan}}

The '''Minister of Defence''' (Urdu: 'وزیرِ دفاع') heads the [[Ministry of Defence (Pakistan)|Ministry of Defence]]. The minister serves in the cabinet of the [[Prime Minister of Pakistan|Prime Minister]] and is required to be a member of [[Parliament of Pakistan|Parliament]].

In the history of the country, the defence portfolio has usually been headed by the head of the government, be that the President or Prime Minister of the country. The first defence minister was [[Liaquat Ali Khan]].

== List of ministers ==
;Legend
* {{colorbox|wheat}} Caretaker minister
* {{note label|†|†|†}} Died in office

{|class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
! colspan="2" rowspan="2"| Portrait
! rowspan="2" style="width:16em"| Name<br/>{{small|(Born{{ndash}}Died)}}
! colspan="3"| Tenure
! rowspan="2" style="width:9em"| Party
! rowspan="2" style="width:8em"| Government
! rowspan="2" colspan="2" style="width:10em"| Head of Government
|-
! style="width:8em"| From
! style="width:8em"| To
! style="width:6em"| Length
|-
! colspan="10"| Federal Minister of Defence
|-
| bgcolor="{{party color|Muslim League (Pakistan)}}"|
| [[File:Liaquat Ali Khan 1945.jpg|70px]]
| '''[[Liaquat Ali Khan]]'''<br/>{{small|(1947{{ndash}}1951)<br/>[[Constituent Assembly of Pakistan|MCA]] for [[East Bengal]]}}<br/>(Prime Minister)
| 15 August<br/>1947
| 16 October<br/>1951{{ref label|†|†|†}}
| '''{{ayd|15 Aug 1947|16 Oct 1951}}'''
| rowspan="5"| [[Muslim League (Pakistan)|Muslim League]]
| Liaquat
| style="width:0.01em" bgcolor="{{party color|Muslim League (Pakistan)}}"|
| '''Self'''
|-
| bgcolor="{{party color|Muslim League (Pakistan)}}"|
| [[File:Khawaja Nazimuddin of Pakistan.JPG|70px]]
| [[Khawaja Nazimuddin|Sir '''Khawaja Nazimuddin''']]<br/>{{small|(1894{{ndash}}1964)<br/>[[Constituent Assembly of Pakistan|MCA]] for [[East Bengal]]}}<br/>(Prime Minister)
| 24 October<br/>1951
| 17 April<br/>1953
| '''{{ayd|24 Oct 1951|17 Apr 1953}}'''
| Nazimuddin
| bgcolor="{{party color|Muslim League (Pakistan)}}"|
| '''Self'''
|-
| bgcolor="{{party color|Muslim League (Pakistan)}}"|
| [[File:Mohammad Ali Bogra portrait (cropped).jpg|70px]]
| '''[[Mohammad Ali Bogra]]'''<br/>{{small|(1909–1963)<br/>MCA for [[East Bengal]]}}<br/>(Prime Minister)
| 18 April<br/>1953
| 24 October<br/>1954
| '''{{ayd|18 Apr 1953|24 Oct 1954}}'''
| rowspan="2"| Bogra
| rowspan="2" bgcolor="{{party color|Muslim League (Pakistan)}}"|
| rowspan="2"| '''[[Mohammad Ali Bogra]]'''
|-
| bgcolor="{{party color|Muslim League (Pakistan)}}"|
| [[File:Muhammed Ayub Khan.JPG|70px]]
| {{small|General}}<br/>'''[[Ayub Khan|Muhammad Ayub Khan]]'''<br/>{{small|(1907{{ndash}}1974)}}<br/>{{small|Commander-in-Chief of the Army}}
| 24 October<br/>1954
| 11 August<br/>1955
| '''{{ayd|24 Oct 1954|11 Aug 1955}}'''
|-
| bgcolor="{{party color|Muslim League (Pakistan)}}"|
| [[File:Mohamad Ali, primeiro-ministro do Paquistão, sem data.tif|70px]]
| '''[[Chaudhry Muhammad Ali]]'''<br/>{{small|(1905{{ndash}}1982)<br/>MNA for [[Punjab, Pakistan|Punjab]]}}<br/>(Prime Minister)
| 12 August<br/>1955
| 12 September<br/>1956
| '''{{ayd|12 Aug 1955|12 Sep 1956}}'''
| Muhammad Ali
| bgcolor="{{party color|Muslim League (Pakistan)}}"|
| '''Self'''
|-
| bgcolor="{{party color|Awami League}}"|
| [[File:H S Suhrawardy PM.jpg|70px]]
| '''[[Huseyn Shaheed Suhrawardy]]'''<br/>{{small|(1892{{ndash}}1963)<br/>MNA for [[East Bengal]]}}<br/>(Prime Minister)
| 13 September<br/>1956
| 18 October<br/>1957
| '''{{ayd|13 Sep 1956|18 Oct 1957}}'''
| [[Awami League (Pakistan)|Awami League]]
| Suhrawardy
| bgcolor="{{party color|Awami League}}"|
| '''Self'''
|-
| bgcolor="{{party color|Muslim League (Pakistan)}}"|
| [[File:State emblem of Pakistan.svg|70px]]
| '''[[Mumtaz Daultana]]'''<br/>{{small|(1916{{ndash}}1965)<br/>MNA for [[Punjab, Pakistan|Punjab]]}}
| 19 October<br/>1957
| 18 December<br/>1957
| '''{{ayd|19 Oct 1957|18 Dec 1957}}'''
| [[Muslim League (Pakistan)|Muslim League]]
| Chundrigar
| bgcolor="{{party color|Muslim League (Pakistan)}}"|
| '''[[I. I. Chundrigar]]'''
|-
! colspan="3"| Federal Minister
| rowspan="4"| 19 December<br/>1957
| rowspan="4"| 8 April<br/>1958
| rowspan="4"| '''{{ayd|19 Dec 1957|8 Apr 1958}}'''
| rowspan="4"| [[Republican Party (Pakistan)|Republican Party]]
| rowspan="4"| Noon
| rowspan="4" bgcolor="{{party color|Republican Party (Pakistan)}}"|
| rowspan="4"| '''[[Feroz Khan Noon|Sir Feroz Khan Noon]]'''
|-
| bgcolor="{{party color|Republican Party (Pakistan)}}"|
| [[File:Feroz Khan Noon.jpg|70px]]
| [[Feroz Khan Noon|Sir '''Feroz Khan Noon''']]<br/>{{small|(1893–1970)<br/>MCA for [[Punjab, Pakistan|Punjab]]}}<br/>(Prime Minister)
|-
! colspan="3"| Minister of State
|-
| bgcolor="{{party color|Republican Party (Pakistan)}}"|
| [[File:Nawab Akbar Bugti, (cropped).jpg|70px]]
| '''[[Akbar Bugti]]'''<br/>{{small|(1926{{ndash}}2006)}}
|-
! colspan="10"| Federal Minister of Defence
|-
| bgcolor="{{party color|Muslim League (Pakistan)}}"|
| [[File:State emblem of Pakistan.svg|70px]]
| '''[[Muhammad Ayub Khuhro]]'''<br/>{{small|(1901{{ndash}}1980)<br/>MNA for [[Sindh]]}}
| 9 April<br/>1958
| 7 October<br/>1958
| '''{{ayd|9 Apr 1958|7 Oct 1958}}'''
| rowspan="2"| [[Muslim League (Pakistan)|Muslim League]]
| Noon
| bgcolor="{{party color|Republican Party (Pakistan)}}"|
| '''[[Feroz Khan Noon|Sir Feroz Khan Noon]]'''
|-
| bgcolor="{{party color|Muslim League (Pakistan)}}"|
| rowspan="2"| [[File:Muhammed Ayub Khan.JPG|70px]]
| rowspan="2"| {{small|Field Marshal}}<br/>'''[[Ayub Khan|Muhammad Ayub Khan]]'''<br/>{{small|(1907{{ndash}}1974)}}<br/>(President)
| rowspan="2"| 28 October<br/>1958
| rowspan="2"| 21 October<br/>1966
| rowspan="2"| '''{{ayd|28 Oct 1958|21 Oct 1966}}'''
| rowspan="3"| Ayub
| bgcolor="{{party color|Muslim League (Pakistan)}}"|
| rowspan="3"| '''[[Ayub Khan|Muhammad Ayub Khan]]'''<br/>{{small|(President)}}
|-
| bgcolor="{{party color|Convention Muslim League}}"|
| [[Convention Muslim League]]
| rowspan="2" bgcolor="{{party color|Convention Muslim League}}"|
|-
| bgcolor="{{party color|Military}}"|
| [[File:State emblem of Pakistan.svg|70px]]
| {{small|Vice Admiral}}<br/>'''[[Afzal Rahman Khan]]'''<br/>{{small|(1921{{ndash}}1983)}}
| 12 October<br/>1966
| 5 April<br/>1969
| '''{{ayd|12 Oct 1966|5 Apr 1969}}'''
| [[Pakistan Navy|Military]]<br/>{{small|(Non-partisan)}}
|-
| bgcolor="{{party color|Military}}"| 
| [[File:Yahya Khan (cropped version).jpg|70px]]
| {{small|General}}<br/>'''[[Yahya Khan]]'''<br/>{{small|(1917{{ndash}}1980)}}<br/>(Chief Martial Law Administrator)
| 25 March<br/>1969
| 20 December<br/>1971
| '''{{ayd|25 Mar 1969|20 Dec 1971}}'''
| [[Pakistan Army|Military]]<br/>{{small|(Non-partisan)}}
| Yahya
| bgcolor="{{party color|Military}}"| 
| '''Self'''<br/>{{small|(President)}}
|-
| bgcolor="{{party color|Pakistan People's Party}}"|
| [[File:Z A Bhutto (President of Pakistan).jpg|70px]]
| '''[[Zulfikar Ali Bhutto]]'''<br/>{{small|(1928{{ndash}}1979)<br/>MNA for 116 Larkana-I}}<br/>(President until 14 Aug 1973<br/>Prime Minister from 14 Aug 1973)
| 20 December<br/>1971
| 5 July<br/>1977
| '''{{ayd|20 Dec 1971|5 Jul 1977}}'''
| [[Pakistan People's Party]]
| Bhutto
| bgcolor="{{party color|Pakistan People's Party}}"|
| '''[[Zulfikar Ali Bhutto]]'''
|-
| bgcolor="{{party color|Military}}"| 
| [[File:General Muhammad Zia-Ul-Haq.jpg|70px]]
| {{small|General}}<br/>'''[[Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq]]'''<br/>{{small|(1924{{ndash}}1988)}}<br/>(Chief Martial Law Administrator)
| 5 July<br/>1977
| 27 Aug<br/>1978
| '''{{ayd|5 Jul 1977|27 Aug 1978}}'''
| [[Pakistan Army|Military]]<br/>{{small|(Non-partisan)}}
| rowspan="5"| Haq
| rowspan="5" bgcolor="{{party color|Military}}"| 
| rowspan="5"| '''[[Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq]]'''<br/>{{small|(President)}}
|-
| bgcolor="{{party color|Independent}}"|
| [[File:Mir-AA-Talpur.jpg|70px]]
| '''[[Ali Ahmad Talpur]]'''<br/>{{small|(1915–1987)}}
| 27 August<br/>1978
| 25 February<br/>1985
| '''{{ayd|27 Aug 1978|25 Feb 1985}}'''
| [[Independent politician|Independent]]
|-
| bgcolor="{{party color|Military}}"| 
| [[File:General Muhammad Zia-Ul-Haq.jpg|70px]]
| {{small|General}}<br/>'''[[Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq]]'''<br/>{{small|(1924{{ndash}}1988)}}<br/>(President)
| 27 February<br/>1985
| 24 March<br/>1985
| '''{{ayd|27 Feb 1985|24 Mar 1985}}'''
| [[Pakistan Army|Military]]<br/>{{small|(Non-partisan)}}
|-
| bgcolor="{{party color|Independent}}"|
| [[File:Muhammad Khan Junejo.jpg|70px]]
| '''[[Muhammad Junejo]]'''<br/>{{small|(1932{{ndash}}1993)}}<br/>(Prime Minister)
| 25 March<br/>1985
| 29 May<br/>1988
| '''{{ayd|25 Mar 1985|29 May 1988}}'''
| rowspan="3"| [[Independent politician|Independent]]
|-
| rowspan="2" bgcolor="{{party color|Independent}}"|
| rowspan="2"| [[File:Mahmoud A.Haroon (cropped).jpg|70px]]
| rowspan="2"| '''[[Mahmoud Haroon]]'''<br/>{{small|(1920{{ndash}}2008)}}
| 9 June<br/>1988
| 17 August<br/>1988
| rowspan="2"| '''{{ayd|9 Jun 1988|2 Dec 1988}}'''
|-
| 17 August<br/>1988
| 2 December<br/>1988
| Ishaq Khan
| bgcolor="{{party color|Independent}}"|
| '''[[Ghulam Ishaq Khan]]'''<br/>{{small|(Acting President)}}
|-
| bgcolor="{{party color|Pakistan People's Party}}"|
| [[File:Oliver Mark - Benazir Bhutto, Dubai 2006 (cropped).jpg|70px]]
| '''[[Benazir Bhutto]]'''<br/>{{small|(1953{{ndash}}2007)<br/>MNA for 166 Larkana-III}}<br/>(Prime Minister)
| 4 December<br/>1988
| 6 August<br/>1990
| '''{{ayd|4 Dec 1988|6 Aug 1990}}'''
| [[Pakistan People's Party]]
| [[First Benazir Bhutto government|Bhutto I]]
| bgcolor="{{party color|Pakistan People's Party}}"|
| '''Self'''
|-
! colspan="10"| {{nobold|''Caretaker ministry served during this interval''}}
|-
| bgcolor="{{party color|Muslim League (Pakistan)}}"|
| [[File:PrimeMinisterNawazSharif.jpg|70px]]
| '''[[Nawaz Sharif]]'''<br/>{{small|(born 1949)<br/>MNA for 12 Abbottabad-II}}<br/>(Prime Minister)
| 6 November<br/>1990
| 10 September<br/>1991
| '''{{ayd|6 Nov 1990|10 Sep 1991}}'''
| rowspan="2"| [[Muslim League (Pakistan)|Muslim League]]<br/>{{small|([[Islami Jamhoori Ittehad|IJI]])}}
| rowspan="2"| [[First Nawaz Sharif government|Nawaz I]]
| rowspan="2" bgcolor="{{party color|Muslim League (Pakistan)}}"|
| rowspan="2"| '''[[Nawaz Sharif]]'''
|-
| bgcolor="{{party color|Muslim League (Pakistan)}}"|
| [[File:State emblem of Pakistan.svg|70px]]
| '''[[Ghous Ali Shah]]'''<br/>{{small|(born 1934)}}
| 10 September<br/>1991
| 18 April<br/>1993
| '''{{ayd|10 Sep 1991|18 Apr 1993}}'''
|-
| bgcolor="{{party color|Independent}}"|
| [[File:State emblem of Pakistan.svg|70px]]
| bgcolor="wheat"| '''[[Hazar Khan Bijarani]]'''<br/>{{small|(1946{{ndash}}2018)}}<br/>{{small|(Caretaker)}}
| bgcolor="wheat"| 18 April<br/>1993
| bgcolor="wheat"| 26 May<br/>1993
| bgcolor="wheat"| '''{{ayd|18 Apr 1993|26 May 1993}}'''
| [[Independent politician|Independent]]<br/>{{small|(Caretaker)}}
| [[Mazari caretaker ministry|Mazari]]
| bgcolor="{{party color|Independent}}"|
| '''[[Balakh Sher Mazari]]'''<br/>{{small|(Caretaker)}}
|-
| bgcolor="{{party color|Pakistan Muslim League (N)}}"|
| [[File:State emblem of Pakistan.svg|70px]]
| '''[[Ghous Ali Shah]]'''<br/>{{small|(born 1934)}}
| 26 May<br/>1993
| 18 July<br/>1993
| '''{{ayd|26 May 1993|18 Jul 1993}}'''
| [[Pakistan Muslim League (N)]]<br/>{{small|([[Islami Jamhoori Ittehad|IJI]])}}
| [[First Nawaz Sharif government|Nawaz I]]
| bgcolor="{{party color|Pakistan Muslim League (N)}}"|
| '''[[Nawaz Sharif]]'''
|-
| bgcolor="{{party color|Independent}}"|
| [[File:State emblem of Pakistan.svg|70px]]
| bgcolor="wheat"| {{small|Lieutenant General (Retd)}}<br/>'''Rehm Dil Bhatti'''<br/>{{small|(Caretaker)}}
| bgcolor="wheat"| 23 July<br/>1993
| bgcolor="wheat"| 19 October<br/>1993
| bgcolor="wheat"| '''{{ayd|23 Jul 1993|19 Oct 1993}}'''
| [[Independent politician|Independent]]<br/>{{small|(Caretaker)}}
| [[Qureshi caretaker ministry|Qureshi]]
| bgcolor="{{party color|Independent}}"|
| '''[[Moeenuddin Ahmad Qureshi]]'''<br/>{{small|(Caretaker)}}
|-
| bgcolor="{{party color|Pakistan People's Party}}"| 
| [[File:State emblem of Pakistan.svg|70px]]
| '''[[Aftab Shaban Mirani]]'''<br/>{{small|MNA for 154 Shikarpur-I}}
| 19 October<br/>1993
| 5 November<br/>1996
| '''{{ayd|19 Oct 1993|5 Nov 1996}}'''
| [[Pakistan People's Party]]
| Bhutto II
| bgcolor="{{party color|Pakistan People's Party}}"| 
| '''[[Benazir Bhutto]]'''
|-
| bgcolor="{{party color|Independent}}"|
| [[File:State emblem of Pakistan.svg|70px]]
| bgcolor="wheat"| '''[[Shahid Hamid]]'''<br/>{{small|(Caretaker)}}
| bgcolor="wheat"| 11 November<br/>1996
| bgcolor="wheat"| 17 February<br/>1997
| bgcolor="wheat"| '''{{ayd|11 Nov 1996|17 Feb 1997}}'''
| [[Independent politician|Independent]]<br/>{{small|(Caretaker)}}
| Khalid
| bgcolor="{{party color|Independent}}"|
| '''[[Malik Meraj Khalid]]'''<br/>{{small|(Caretaker)}}
|-
| bgcolor="{{party color|Pakistan Muslim League (N)}}"|
| [[File:PrimeMinisterNawazSharif.jpg|70px]]
| '''[[Nawaz Sharif]]'''<br/>{{small|(born 1949)<br/>MNA for 12 Abbottabad-II}}<br/>(Prime Minister)
| 17 February<br/>1997
| 12 October<br/>1999
| '''{{ayd|17 Feb 1997|12 Oct 1999}}'''
| [[Pakistan Muslim League (N)]]
| [[Second Nawaz Sharif government|Nawaz II]]
| bgcolor="{{party color|Pakistan Muslim League (N)}}"|
| '''Self'''
|-
| bgcolor="{{party color|Military}}"|
| [[File:Pervez Musharraf - World Economic Forum Annual Meeting Davos - 2008 (cropped).jpg|70px]]
| {{small|General}}<br/>'''[[Pervez Musharraf]]'''<br/>{{small|(1943{{ndash}}2023)}}<br/>(Chief Executive)
| 12 October<br/>1999
| 23 November<br/>2002
| '''{{ayd|12 Oct 1999|23 Nov 2002}}'''
| [[Pakistan Army|Military]]<br/>{{small|(Non-partisan)}}
| Musharraf
| bgcolor="{{party color|Military}}"|
| '''Self'''<br/>{{small|(Chief Executive)}}
|-
| rowspan="3" bgcolor="{{party color|Pakistan Peoples Party Parliamentarians}}"|
| rowspan="3"| [[File:State emblem of Pakistan.svg|70px]]
| rowspan="3"| '''[[Rao Sikandar Iqbal]]'''<br/>{{small|(1943{{ndash}}2010)<br/>MNA for [[NA-136 Okara-II|144 Okara-II]]}}<br/>(Senior Minister)
| rowspan="3"| 23 November<br/>2002
| rowspan="3"| 15 November<br/>2007
| rowspan="3"| '''{{ayd|23 Nov 2002|15 Nov 2007}}'''
| rowspan="3"| [[Pakistan Peoples Party Parliamentarians]]
| Jamali
| bgcolor="{{party color|Pakistan Muslim League (Q)}}"|
| '''[[Zafarullah Khan Jamali]]'''
|-
| Hussain
| bgcolor="{{party color|Pakistan Muslim League (Q)}}"|
| '''[[Shujaat Hussain]]'''
|-
| Aziz
| bgcolor="{{party color|Pakistan Muslim League (Q)}}"|
| '''[[Shaukat Aziz]]'''
|-
| bgcolor="{{party color|Independent}}"|
| [[File:State emblem of Pakistan.svg|70px]]
| bgcolor="wheat"| '''Salim Abbas Jilani'''<br/>{{small|(Caretaker)}}
| bgcolor="wheat"| 15 November<br/>2007
| bgcolor="wheat"| 24 March<br/>2008
| bgcolor="wheat"| '''{{ayd|15 Nov 2007|24 Mar 2008}}'''
| [[Independent politician|Independent]]<br/>{{small|(Caretaker)}}
| Soomro
| bgcolor="{{party color|Independent}}"|
| '''[[Muhammad Mian Soomro]]'''<br/>{{small|(Caretaker)}}
|-
| bgcolor="{{party color|Pakistan Peoples Party}}"|
| [[File:Defense.gov photo essay 100121-F-6655M-101 (cropped) (cropped).jpg|70px]]
| '''[[Ahmad Mukhtar]]'''<br/>{{small|(1946{{ndash}}2020)<br/>MNA for 105 Gujrat-II}}
| 31 March<br/>2008
| 3 June<br/>2012
| '''{{Ayd|31 Mar 2008|3 Jun 2012}}'''
| rowspan="2"| [[Pakistan People's Party]]
| [[Gillani government|Gillani]]
| bgcolor="{{party color|Pakistan People's Party}}"|
| '''[[Yousaf Raza Gillani]]'''
|-
| bgcolor="{{party color|Pakistan Peoples Party}}"|
| [[File:International Defence Exhibition and Seminar, IDEAS 2012, Karachi (cropped).jpg|70px]]
| '''[[Naveed Qamar]]'''<br/>{{small|(born 1955)<br/>MNA for [[NA-221 Tando Muhammad Khan|222 Hyderabad-V]]}}
| 4 June<br/>2012
| 16 March<br/>2013
| '''{{ayd|4 Jun 2012|16 Mar 2013}}'''
| [[Ashraf government|Ashraf]]
| bgcolor="{{party color|Pakistan People's Party}}"|
| '''[[Raja Pervaiz Ashraf]]'''
|-
| bgcolor="{{party color|Independent}}"|
| 
| bgcolor="wheat"| '''[[Mir Hazar Khan Khoso]]'''<br/>{{small|(1929{{ndash}}2021)}}<br/>(Prime Minister)<br/>{{small|(Caretaker)}}
| bgcolor="wheat"| 4 April<br/>2013
| bgcolor="wheat"| 4 June<br/>2013
| bgcolor="wheat"| '''{{ayd|4 Apr 2013|4 Jun 2013}}'''
| [[Independent politician|Independent]]<br/>{{small|(Caretaker)}}
| [[Khoso caretaker government|Khoso]]
| bgcolor="{{party color|Independent}}"|
| '''Self'''<br/>{{small|(Caretaker)}}
|-
| bgcolor="{{party color|Pakistan Muslim League (N)}}"|
| [[File:PrimeMinisterNawazSharif.jpg|70px]]
| '''[[Nawaz Sharif]]'''<br/>{{small|(born 1949)<br/>MNA for [[NA-130 Lahore-XIV|120 Lahore-III]]}}<br/>(Prime Minister)
| 7 June<br/>2013
| 26 November<br/>2013
| '''{{ayd|7 Jun 2013|26 Nov 2013}}'''
| rowspan="3"| [[Pakistan Muslim League (N)]]
| rowspan="2"| [[Third Nawaz Sharif government|Nawaz III]]
| rowspan="2" bgcolor="{{party color|Pakistan Muslim League (N)}}"|
| rowspan="2"| '''[[Nawaz Sharif]]'''
|-
| bgcolor="{{party color|Pakistan Muslim League (N)}}"|
| [[File:Khawaja Muhammad Asif - December 2015 (cropped).jpg|70px]]
| '''[[Khawaja Asif]]'''<br/>{{small|(born 1949)<br/>MNA for 71 Sialkot}}
| 27 November<br/>2013
| 28 July<br/>2017
| '''{{ayd|27 Nov 2013|28 Jul 2017}}'''
|-
| bgcolor="{{party color|Pakistan Muslim League (N)}}"|
| [[File:Khurram Dastgir Khan Senate of Poland.JPG|70px]]
| '''[[Khurram Dastgir]]'''<br/>{{small|(born 1970)<br/>MNA for [[NA-80 Gujranwala-IV|96 Gujranwala-II]]}}
| 4 August<br/>2017
| 31 May<br/>2018
| '''{{ayd|4 Aug 2017|31 May 2018}}'''
| [[Abbasi government|Abbasi]]
| bgcolor="{{party color|Pakistan Muslim League (N)}}"|
| '''[[Shahid Khaqan Abbasi]]'''
|-
| bgcolor="{{party color|Independent}}"|
| [[File:Abdullah Hussain Haroon (cropped).jpg|70px]]
| bgcolor="wheat"| '''[[Abdullah Hussain Haroon]]'''<br/>{{small|(born 1950)<br/>(Caretaker)}}
| bgcolor="wheat"| 5 June<br/>2018
| bgcolor="wheat"| 18 August<br/>2018
| bgcolor="wheat"| '''{{ayd|5 Jun 2018|18 Aug 2018}}'''
| [[Independent politician|Independent]]<br/>{{small|(Caretaker)}}
| [[Mulk caretaker government|Mulk]]
| bgcolor="{{party color|Independent}}"|
| '''[[Nasirul Mulk]]'''<br/>{{small|(Caretaker)}}
|-
| bgcolor="{{party color|Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf}}"|
| [[File:Pervez Khattak portrait.jpg|70px]]
| '''[[Pervez Khattak]]'''<br/>{{small|(born 1950)<br/>MNA for [[NA-33 Nowshera-I|25 Nowshera-I]]}}
| 20 August<br/>2018
| 10 April<br/>2022
| '''{{ayd|20 Aug 2018|10 Apr 2022}}'''
| [[Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf]]
| [[Imran Khan government|Imran]]
| bgcolor="{{party color|Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf}}"|
| '''[[Imran Khan]]'''
|-
| bgcolor="{{party color|Pakistan Muslim League (N)}}"|
| [[File:Khawaja Muhammad Asif - December 2015 (cropped).jpg|70px]]
| '''[[Khawaja Asif]]'''<br/>{{small|(born 1949)<br/>MNA for 73 Sialkot-II}}
| 19 April<br/>2022
| 10 August<br/>2023
| '''{{ayd|19 Apr 2022|10 Aug 2023}}'''
| [[Pakistan Muslim League (N)]]
| [[First Shehbaz Sharif ministry|Shehbaz I]]
| bgcolor="{{party color|Pakistan Muslim League (N)}}"|
| '''[[Shehbaz Sharif]]'''
|-
| bgcolor="{{party color|Independent}}"|
| [[File:State emblem of Pakistan.svg|70px]]
| bgcolor="wheat"| {{small|Lieutenant General (Retd)}}<br/>'''[[Anwar Ali Hyder]]'''<br/>{{small|(Caretaker)}}
| bgcolor="wheat"| 17 August<br/>2023
| bgcolor="wheat"| 4 March<br/>2024
| bgcolor="wheat"| '''{{ayd|17 Aug 2023|4 Mar 2024}}'''
| [[Independent politician|Independent]]<br/>{{small|(Caretaker)}}
| [[Kakar caretaker ministry|Kakar]]
| bgcolor="{{party color|Independent}}"|
| '''[[Anwaar ul Haq Kakar]]'''<br/>{{small|(Caretaker)}}
|-
| bgcolor="{{party color|Pakistan Muslim League (N)}}"|
| [[File:Khawaja Muhammad Asif - December 2015 (cropped).jpg|70px]]
| '''[[Khawaja Asif]]'''<br/>{{small|(born 1949)<br/>MNA for 71 Sialkot-II}}
| 11 March<br/>2024
| Incumbent
| '''{{ayd|11 Mar 2024}}'''
| [[Pakistan Muslim League (N)]]
| [[Second Shehbaz Sharif ministry|Shehbaz II]]
| bgcolor="{{party color|Pakistan Muslim League (N)}}"|
| '''[[Shehbaz Sharif]]'''
|-
|}

==See also==
*[[Constitution of Pakistan]]
*[[President of Pakistan]]
*[[Prime Minister of Pakistan]]
*[[Ministry of Defence Pakistan]]
*[[Foreign Minister of Pakistan]]
*[[Finance Minister of Pakistan]]
*[[Interior Minister of Pakistan]]
*[[Ministry of Defence Production]]

==Notes==
{{notelist}}

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20080209123029/http://202.83.164.26/wps/portal/Mod Ministry of Defence, Government of Pakistan]
* [http://www.cabinet.gov.pk/ Parliamentary Cabinet of Pakistan]

{{Pakistan Armed Forces}}

[[Category:Ministers of defence of Pakistan| ]]