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Appointed head of the province of Sindh, Pakistan

The governor of Sindh is the appointed head of the province of Sindh, Pakistan. The office of the governor as the head of the province is largely a ceremonial position; the executive powers lie with the Chief Secretary and the Chief Minister of Sindh.

However, there were instances throughout the history of Pakistan, the powers of the provincial governors were vastly increased, when the provincial assemblies were dissolved and the administrative role came under direct control of the governors, as in the cases of martial laws of 1958–1972 and 1977–1985, and governor rules of 1999–2002. In the case of Sindh, there were three direct instances of governor’s rule under Mian Aminuddin, Rahimuddin Khan and Moinuddin Haider respectively, in 1951–1953, 1988, and 1998 when the provincial chief ministers of those times were removed and assemblies dissolved.

The governor is appointed by the president on the advice of the prime minister. The Governor House in Karachi is the official residence of the governor of Sindh. Kamran Tessori is the current governor of Sindh.

The Muslim province of Sind was under the reign of Umayyad and Abbasid caliphates. The governor of Sind was an official of Umayyad and Abbasid caliphates.^[1]

Following its annexation of Sindh’s independent sultanates, the Mughal Empire administered southern Sindh as the Thatta Subah or Sarkar from 28 Mar. 1593 until the early 18th century. Northern Sindh was ruled separately by the Kalhora dynasty until around 1739, when Persian assistance allowed them to annex Thatta Subah as well. Following the 1783 Battle of Halani, Kalhora control was replaced by the Talpur dynasty.^{[citation needed]}

Sir Charles Napier (1843-1847) became the first ever Chief Commissioner and Governor of Sind.^[2]

Following is the list of Sindh governors after the independence of Pakistan in 1947.

No.[a]	Portrait	Name of governor	Term of office			Political affiliation
			From	To	Days in office
1.		Shaikh G.H. Hidayatullah	15 August 1947	4 October 1948	1 year, 48 days	Muslim League
2.		Shaikh Din Muhammad	7 October 1948	19 November 1949	1 year, 43 days	–
3.		Mian Aminuddin	19 November 1949	1 May 1953	3 years, 163 days	–
4.		George Baxandall Constantine	2 May 1953	12 August 1953	102 days	Civil Administration
5.		Habib Ibrahim Rahimtoola	12 August 1953	23 June 1954	315 days	Muslim League
6.		Iftikhar Hussain Khan Mamdot	24 June 1954	14 October 1955	1 year, 112 days
Sindh province was abolished and became part of West Pakistan unit 14 October 1955 — 1 July 1970
7.		Lieutenant-General Rakhman Gul	1 July 1970	20 December 1971	1 year, 172 days	Military Administration Pakistan Army
8.		Mumtaz Bhutto	24 December 1971	20 April 1972	118 days	Pakistan Peoples Party
9.		Mir Rasool Bux Talpur	29 April 1972	14 February 1973	291 days
10.		Begum Ra’ana Liaquat Ali Khan	15 February 1973	28 February 1976	3 years, 13 days	Independent
11.		Muhammad Dilawar Khanji	1 March 1976	5 July 1977	1 year, 126 days	Pakistan Peoples Party
12.		Abdul Kadir Shaikh	6 July 1977	17 September 1978	1 year, 73 days	Civil Administration
13.		Lieutenant-General S.M. Abbasi	18 September 1978	6 April 1984	5 years, 201 days	Military Administration Pakistan Army
14.		Lieutenant-General (retd.) Jahan Dad Khan	7 April 1984	4 January 1987	2 years, 272 days
15.		Ashraf W. Tabani	5 January 1987	23 June 1988	1 year, 170 days	Independent
16.		General (retd.) Rahimuddin Khan	24 June 1988	12 September 1988	80 days	Military Administration Pakistan Army
17.		Justice Qadeeruddin Ahmed	12 September 1988	18 April 1989	218 days	Supreme Court of Pakistan
18.		Justice Fakhruddin G. Ebrahim	19 April 1989	6 August 1990	1 year, 109 days
19.		Mahmoud Haroon	6 August 1990	18 July 1993	2 years, 346 days	Independent
20.		Hakim Saeed	19 July 1993	23 January 1994	188 days
(19)		Mahmoud Haroon	23 January 1994	21 May 1995	1 year, 118 days
21.		Kamaluddin Azfar	22 May 1995	16 March 1997	1 year, 298 days	Pakistan People’s Party
22.		Lieutenant General (retd.) Moinuddin Haider	17 March 1997	17 June 1999	2 years, 92 days	Military Administration Pakistan Army
23.		Mamnoon Hussain	19 June 1999	12 October 1999	115 days	Pakistan Muslim League (N)
24.		Air Marshal Azim Daudpota	25 October 1999	24 May 2000	212 days	Military Administration Pakistan Air Force
25.		Muhammad Mian Soomro	25 May 2000	26 December 2002	2 years, 215 days	Pakistan Muslim League (Q)
26.		Ishrat-ul-Ibad Khan	27 December 2002	9 November 2016	13 years, 318 days	Muttahida Qaumi Movement
27.		Chief Justice (Ret.) Saeeduzzaman Siddiqui	11 November 2016	11 January 2017	61 days	Independent
28.		Mohammad Zubair	2 February 2017	3 August 2018	1 year, 182 days	Pakistan Muslim League (N)
29.		Imran Ismail	27 August 2018	18 April 2022	3 years, 234 days	Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf
–		Agha Siraj Durrani (acting)	20 April 2022	9 October 2022	172 days	Pakistan People’s Party
30.		Kamran Tessori	10 October 2022	Incumbent	3 years, 17 days	Muttahida Qaumi Movement – Pakistan