No Prime Minister in the history of the country has completed his 5 year term

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No elected Prime Minister has completed his five-year term since the country came into being in 1947, and Imran Khan is the 19th person on the list.

 

Imran Khan is the 19th person in this list - Photo: Faceboo

According to the Dawn newspaper, Imran Khan is the first Prime Minister to be removed through a constitutional motion of no-confidence.

The country first prime minister, Liaquat Ali Khan, was assassinated on October 16, 1951.

 

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He was followed by seven prime ministers who resigned, five who were sacked, and four prime ministers who were ousted by military coups.

Nawaz Sharif and Yousuf Raza Gilani were the two men who were disqualified by the Supreme Court.

Shaukat Aziz, Raja Pervez Ashraf and Shahid Khaqan Abbasi are the persons who resigned after completing 5 years term of National Assembly but they took up this post only to fulfill the remaining term after the incompetence and resignation of their predecessors. ۔

Nawaz Sharif is the only person on the list who has had to step down four times in his three terms.

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However, Nawaz Sharif is credited with the longest stay in the PM office with 3,422 days.

Imran Khan ranks sixth in terms of number of days spent in office with 1,335 days, followed by Benazir Bhutto, Liaquat Ali Khan, Yousuf Raza Gilani and Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto.