Minister of Finance (Pakistan)

The Minister of Finance of Pakistan (Urdu: 'Wazīr-ē-Khazana') is a leading cabinet member who heads the Ministry of Finance in the Government of Pakistan. The Minister is responsible each year for presenting the federal government's budget to the Parliament of Pakistan. Muhammad Aurangzeb is currently serving as the Finance Minister since March 11, 2024.

Minister of Finance, Revenue and Economic Affairs
State Emblem of Pakistan
Incumbent Muhammad Aurangzeb since 11 March 2024
Member of	Cabinet
Seat	Islamabad, Islamabad Capital Territory
Appointer	President on the advice of the Prime Minister
Formation	August 14, 1947; 76 years ago
First holder	Malik Ghulam Muhammad

List of ministers

Legend

•   Financial Advisor

#	Name	Portrait	Entered office	Left office	Prime Minister
1	Malik Ghulam Muhammad		August 15, 1947	October 19, 1951	Liaquat Ali Khan
					Sir Khawaja Nazimuddin
2	Chaudhry Muhammad Ali		October 24, 1951	August 11, 1955	Sir Khawaja Nazimuddin
					Mohammad Ali Bogra
3	Syed Amjad Ali		October 17, 1955	October 7, 1958	Chaudhary Muhammad Ali
					H. S. Suhrawardy
					I. I. Chundrigar
					Sir Feroze Khan Noon
4	Muhammad Shoaib		November 15, 1958	June 8, 1962	-(Martial Law)
5	Abdul Qadir Sanjrani		June 9, 1962	December 15, 1962
6	Muhammad Shoaib		December 15, 1962	August 25, 1966
7	N M Uqaili		August 25, 1966	March 25, 1969
8	Vice Admiral Syed Mohammad Ahsan		April 5, 1969	August 3, 1969
9	Nawab Muzaffar Ali Khan Qizilbash		August 4, 1969	February 22, 1971
10	Mubashar Hassan		December 24, 1971	October 22, 1974	-(Martial Law)
					Zulfikar Ali Bhutto
11	Rana Mohammad Hanif Khan		October 22, 1974	March 28, 1977	Zulfikar Ali Bhutto
12	Abdul Hafiz Pirzada		March 30, 1977	July 5, 1977
13	Ghulam Ishaq Khan		July 5, 1977	March 21, 1985	-(Martial Law)
14	Mahbub ul Haq		April 10, 1985	January 28, 1986	Muhammad Khan Junejo
15	Yasin Wattoo		January 28, 1986	May 29, 1988
16	Mahbub ul Haq		June 9, 1988	December 1, 1988	-(Martial Law)
17	Ehsan-ul-Haq Piracha		December 4, 1988	August 6, 1990	Benazir Bhutto
18	Sartaj Aziz		August 6, 1990	July 18, 1993	Nawaz Sharif
19	Syed Babar Ali		July 23, 1993	October 19, 1993	Benazir Bhutto
20	Benazir Bhutto		January 26, 1994	October 10, 1996
21	Naveed Qamar		October 10, 1996	November 5, 1996
22	Shahid Javed Burki		November 11, 1996	February 17, 1997	Nawaz Sharif
23	Sartaj Aziz		February 25, 1997	August 6, 1998
24	Ishaq Dar		November 6, 1998	October 12, 1999
25	Shaukat Aziz		November 6, 1999	November 15, 2007	-(Martial Law)
					Mir Zafarullah Khan Jamali
					Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain
26	Salman Shah		November 16, 2007	March 25, 2008	Shaukat Aziz
27	Ishaq Dar		March 31, 2008	May 12, 2008	Yousaf Raza Gillani
28	Naveed Qamar		May 12, 2008	October 8, 2008
29	Shaukat Tarin		October 8, 2008	February 22, 2010
30	Naveed Qamar		February 22, 2010	March 18, 2010
31	Abdul Hafeez Shaikh		March 18, 2010	February 19, 2013	Yousaf Raza Gillani
					Raja Pervaiz Ashraf
32	Saleem Mandviwalla		February 19, 2013	June 7, 2013
33	Ishaq Dar		June 7, 2013	July 28, 2017	Nawaz Sharif
34	Rana Afzal Khan		26 December 2017	31 May 2018	Shahid Khaqan Abbasi
35	Miftah Ismail		April 27, 2018	May 31, 2018
36	Shamshad Akhtar		June 5, 2018	August 18, 2018	(Caretaker)
37	Asad Umar		August 20, 2018	April 18, 2019	Imran Khan
-	Abdul Hafeez Shaikh		April 18, 2019	December 11, 2020
38			December 11, 2020	March 29, 2021
39	Hammad Azhar		March 29, 2021	April 16, 2021
40	Shaukat Tarin		April 17, 2021	October 17, 2021
-			October 17, 2021	December 27, 2021
41			December 27, 2021	April 11, 2022
42	Miftah Ismail		April 19, 2022	September 27, 2022	Shehbaz Sharif
43	Ishaq Dar		September 28, 2022	10 August 2023
44	Shamshad Akhtar		August 17, 2023	04 March 2024	Anwar ul Haq Kakar
45	Muhammad Aurangzeb		11 March 2024	Incumbent	Shehbaz Sharif

See also

• Constitution of Pakistan
• Defence Minister of Pakistan
• Foreign Minister of Pakistan
• Interior Minister of Pakistan
• President of Pakistan
• Prime Minister of Pakistan