Firsts in Pakistan

Liaquat Ali Khan was appointed as the first Prime Minister of Pakistan after the country's independence in 1947.

Iskander Mirza became the first President of Pakistan in 1956.

Muhammad Ali Jinnah served as the first Governor-General of Pakistan from 1947 until his death in 1948.

Benazir Bhutto became the first female Prime Minister of Pakistan in 1988.

Abdul Rashid was the first Chief Justice of Pakistan, serving from 1947 to 1954.

General Frank Messervy was the first Commander-in-Chief of the Pakistan Army, serving from 1947 to 1948.

Dr. Abdus Salam was the first Pakistani to win a Nobel Prize, awarded in Physics in 1979.

Hina Rabbani Khar was the first female Foreign Minister of Pakistan, serving from 2011 to 2013.

Khan F.M. Khan was the first Chief Election Commissioner of Pakistan.

Nazir Sabir was the first Pakistani to climb Mount Everest, achieving this feat in 2000.

Majida Rizvi was the first female judge of the High Court in Pakistan.

Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy was the first Pakistani to win an Oscar for her documentary "Saving Face" in 2012.

Ayesha Farooq became the first female pilot of Pakistan to fly a fighter jet.

Muhammad Zafarullah Khan was the first Pakistani to become President of the UN General Assembly in 1962.

Iftikhar Hussain Khan Mamdot was the first Chief Minister of Punjab, serving from 1947 to 1949.

Ayub Khuhro was the first Chief Minister of Sindh, serving from 1937 to 1938 and again in 1942.

Ataullah Mengal was the first Chief Minister of Balochistan, serving from 1972 to 1973.

Abdul Qayyum Khan was the first Chief Minister of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, serving from 1937 to 1938.

Fahmida Mirza was the first female speaker of the National Assembly of Pakistan, serving from 2008 to 2013.

Syed Sharifuddin Pirzada was the first Pakistani to become the Secretary-General of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC).

Zahid Hussain was the first Governor of the State Bank of Pakistan, serving from 1948 to 1953.

Raja Muhammad Sarwar was the first Pakistani to receive the Nishan-e-Haider, Pakistan's highest military award.

Najma Najam was the first female Vice Chancellor of a Pakistani university, serving at Fatima Jinnah Women University.

Muhammad Bashir was the first Pakistani to win a medal at the Olympics, securing a bronze in wrestling in the 1960 Rome Olympics.

Ghulam Muhammad was the first Finance Minister of Pakistan, serving from 1947 to 1951.