By Syed Atiq ul Hassan
This is not just a coincident, it has been an un-official law and extreme act of racism since the creation of Pakistan in 1947 that not a single time, a non-Sindhi-Speaking became the Chief Minister of Sindh.
Look at the list below of Chief Ministers of Sindh. Out of 29 Chief Ministers, 9 were from Pakistan Peoples Party, 9 from Pakistan Muslim League, 2 from Pakistan Muslim League (Q), 3 from Islami Jamhoori Ittehad, 1 from Sind National Front, 1 was declared as Independent (Jam Sadiq Ali) but actually he was Pakistan People Party and 4 Caretaker Chief Minister for an interim period. Most of the time PPP and PML had their Chief Executives (Chief Minister) in Sindh but one fact has been remained the same that the person must be a Sindhi-Speaking.
| Name of Chief Minister | Entered Office | Left Office | Political Party/Notes |
| Muhammad Ayub Khuhro (1st time) | August 16, 1947 | April 28, 1948 | Pakistan Muslim League |
| Pir Ilahi Bux | May 3, 1948 | February 4, 1949 | Pakistan Muslim League |
| Yusuf Haroon | February 18, 1949 | May 7, 1950 | Pakistan Muslim League |
| Qazi Fazlullah Ubaidullah | May 8, 1950 | March 24, 1951 | Pakistan Muslim League |
| Muhammad Ayub Khuhro (2nd time) | March 25, 1951 | December 29, 1951 | Pakistan Muslim League |
| Governor’s rule | December 29, 1951 | May 22, 1953 | – |
| Pirzada Abdul Sattar | May 22, 1953 | November 8, 1954 | Pakistan Muslim League |
| Muhammad Ayub Khuhro (3rd time) | November 9, 1954 | October 13, 1955 | Pakistan Muslim League |
| Post abolished | October 13, 1955 | June 30, 1970 | Part of West Pakistan province |
| Martial law | July 1, 1970 | May 1, 1972 | – |
| Mumtaz Ali Bhutto (1st time) | May 1, 1972 | December 20, 1973 | Pakistan Peoples Party |
| Ghulam Mustafa Jatoi | December 25, 1973 | July 5, 1977 | Pakistan Peoples Party |
| Martial law | July 5, 1977 | April 6, 1985 | – |
| Ghous Ali Shah | April 6, 1985 | April 6, 1988 | Pakistan Muslim League |
| Akhtar Ali Ghulam Qazi (1st time) | April 11, 1988 | June 24, 1988 | Islami Jamhoori Ittehad |
| Governor’s rule | June 24, 1988 | August 31, 1988 | – |
| Akhtar Ali Ghulam Qazi (2nd time; caretaker) | August 31, 1988 | December 2, 1988 | Islami Jamhoori Ittehad |
| Qaim Ali Shah | December 2, 1988 | February 25, 1990 | Pakistan Peoples Party |
| Aftab Shaban Mirani | February 25, 1990 | August 6, 1990 | Pakistan Peoples Party |
| Jam Sadiq Ali (acting till November 5, 1990) | August 6, 1990 | March 5, 1992 | Independent |
| Muzaffar Hussain Shah | March 6, 1992 | July 19, 1993 | Islami Jamhoori Ittehad |
| Syed Ali Madad Shah (caretaker) | July 19, 1993 | October 21, 1993 | Caretaker |
| Syed Abdullah Ali Shah | October 21, 1993 | November 6, 1996 | Pakistan Peoples Party |
| Mumtaz Bhutto (2nd time; caretaker) | November 7, 1996 | February 22, 1997 | Sindh National Front |
| Liaquat Ali Jatoi | February 22, 1997 | October 30, 1998 | Pakistan Muslim League |
| Governor’s rule-No Chief Minister | October 30, 1998 | December 17, 2002 | – |
| Ali Mohammad Mahar | December 17, 2002 | June 9, 2004 | Pakistan Muslim League (Q) |
| Arbab Ghulam Rahim | June 9, 2004 | November 19, 2007 | Pakistan Muslim League (Q) |
| Abdul Qadir Halepota (caretaker) | November 19, 2007 | April 6, 2008 | Caretaker |
| Qaim Ali Shah (2nd time) | April 6, 2008 | March 21, 2013 | Pakistan Peoples Party |
| Zahid Qurban Alvi (caretaker) | March 21, 2013 | May 30, 2013 | Caretaker |
| Qaim Ali Shah (3rd time) | May 30, 2013 | July 25, 2016 | Pakistan Peoples Party |
| Syed Murad Ali Shah (1st time) | July 29, 2016 | May 28, 2018 | Pakistan Peoples Party |
| Fazal-ur-Rehman (caretaker) | June 2, 2018 | August 17, 2018 | Caretaker |
| Syed Murad Ali Shah (2nd time) | August 18, 2018 | Incumbent | Pakistan Peoples Party |
