Timeline of history of Pakistan

This is a timeline of Pakistani history, comprising important legal and territorial changes and political events in Pakistan and its predecessor states. To read about the background to these events, see History of Pakistan. See also the list of Presidents of Pakistan and list of Prime Ministers of Pakistan and the list of years in Pakistan.

35th century BC

Year	Date	Event
3500 BC		[The Wonder That Was India. AL Basham] (to 2800 BC)

28th century BC

Year	Date	Event
2800 BC		[The Wonder That Was India. AL Basham] (to 2000 BC)
		Early Harappan / Kot Diji Phase (to 2500 BC)

25th century BC

Year	Date	Event
2500 BC		Harappan Phase; Flourishment of Indus Valley Civilization at urban centres, Mohenjo-Daro & Harappa (to 1900 BC)

19th century BC

Year	Date	Event
1900 BC		Late Harappan Phase (Cemetery H Culture) (to 1300 BC)

17th century BC

Year	Date	Event
1700 BC		Start of the Aryan civilization in Sapta Sindhu, Punjab and of Indus culture, Rigvedic civilization (to 600 BC)

15th century BC

Year	Date	Event
1500 BC		The Aryans came in the Punjab region, they had a rough cattle breeding system and also they followed strict caste system, it later became Hinduism when they started writing books e. g (Rig Varda)

6th century BC

Year	Date	Event
600 BC		People start getting frustrated by caste system, as every human feels to be equally important, so the teachings of the Great Buddha Son of King Kashatriya became famous as it preached equality and foundations of soon to be greatest civilizations The Ghandhara were laid.
516 BC		Persians conquer Punjab and make it part of Achaemenid Empire.

5th century BC

Year	Date	Event
500 BC		Gandhara civilization (500 BC to 500 AD)

4th century BC

Year	Date	Event
327 BC		Alexander of Macedonia invades India and captures Taxila (to 325 BC)
326 BC		Porus, the king of Punjab, fought the battle of the Hydaspes River against the Macedonian king Alexander.
325 BC		During the siege of the capital of the Mallians (modern Multan), Alexander was seriously wounded by an arrow in the chest.

3rd century BC

Year	Date	Event
300 BC		Mauryan empire, Ashoka promotes Buddhism

2nd century BC

Year	Date	Event
185 BC		Bactrian Greeks conquer NW India which is in modern day North-West Pakistan

1st century BC

Year	Date	Event
75 BC		Arrival of Scythians (Sakas) from central Asia

1st century

Year	Date	Event
20		Parthians conquer Northern India (present day Pakistan).
60		Kushans from central Asia overthrow Parthians

3rd century

Year	Date	Event
300		Kushans decline and are dominated by Sassanian empire of Persia

4th century

Year	Date	Event
400		Kidar (little) Kushans come to power

5th century

Year	Date	Event
450		White Huns (Hephthalites) attacked Gandhara, sacked its cities and burnt down its many monasteries and centres of learning

6th century

Year	Date	Event
565		Sassanians and Turks overthrow Huns
600		Turki Shahi control area West of Indus, including Gandhara (to 700)

8th century

Year	Date	Event
711		Muhammad bin Qasim conquers Sindh and Southern Punjab (to 712)

9th century

Year	Date	Event
870		Hindu Shahi ruled from Multan to Kabul. (to 1026)

11th century

Year	Date	Event
1001		Mahmud Ghazni defeats the Hindu Shahi king Jayapala (A Janjua Rajput) near Peshawar
1005		Mahmud of Ghazna invaded Multan in 1005 CE, conducting a series of campaigns during which the Ismailis of Multan were massacred.
1021		Mahmud Ghazni defeats Tarnochalpal and annexes Punjab
1058		Soomra Dynasty, Soomro period from 1058 to 1351 ends the Arab domination and establishes its own rule over Sindh.

12th century

Year	Date	Event
1148		Ghaurids Period (to 1206)
1175		Ghauri attacks Muslim rulers of Multan
1178		First of two attacks by Ghauri on Lahore (ad 1178, ah 574) ruled by Khusrau Malik , the last of the Ghaznavids.
1186		Ghauri again attacks Lahore defeats Ghaznavids
1192		Khusro Malik executed by Ghurids

13th century

Year	Date	Event
1206		A body of Gakhars assassinated Muhammad Ghori during a raid on his camp on the Jhelum River
1221		Mongol Genghis Khan invades Punjab

14th century

Year	Date	Event
1351		Samma Dynasty assumed rule over Sindh
1398		Tamerlane plunders Lahore

15th century

Year	Date	Event
1472		Sher Shah Suri (original name Farid Khan] born in Multan

16th century

Year	Date	Event
1526		Mughal ascendancy (1526–1707), nominal rule by Mughals (1707–1857) (to 1857)
1541		Sher Shah Suri built the Rohtas Fort (to 1543)
1586		Yusufzais defeat Akbar in the Karakar pass

18th century

Year	Date	Event
1701		Kalhoro Dynasty of India establishes its rule over Sindh
1739		Nadir Shah of Persia invades subcontinent
1751		Ahmed Shah Abdali annexes Punjab, India to his kingdom (to 1752)
1782		The Baloch tribe of Talpur defeats the last Kalhora ruler Mian Abdul Nabi in the battle of Halani

19th century

Year	Date	Event
1801		Sikhs become dominant force in Punjab, Ranjit Singh rules (1799–1839), (to 1849)
1843		British defeat Talpurs in the battle of Miani and annex Sindh
1849		British defeat Sikhs and annex Punjab
1857	1 November	The British Crown subjugates India after the failure of the sepoys under the titular Mughal emperor Bahadur Shah Jaffar.

20th century

Year	Date	Event
1935		A strong earthquake with a magnitude of 7.7 jolted Quetta, India killing over 50,000 people
1947		[INDIA] gains independence and Jinnah starts Direct action Day with the claim that Muslims can never coexist with nonMuslims esp. Hindus and creates Pakistan for "INDIAN Muslims." Millions of Migrating Hindus, Sikhs & Muslims are massacred, torchered, Burned, savaged.
		Still India and Pakistan are neighbors but Kashmir Remains a disputed territory. (to 2011)
	3 June	British Government decides to bifurcates British India, into two sovereign states – India and Pakistan.
	14 August	Pakistan comes into being as an independent sovereign state.
	18 August	Pakistan becomes member of UN by a unanimous vote of the Security Council.
	27 October	Indian Air troops land in Kashmir as the Maharaja declares accession of Kashmir to India.
	11 November	Dir and Chitral States accede to Pakistan
1948	25 February	Urdu is declared the national language of Pakistan.
	27 March	State of Kalat accedes to Pakistan.
	9 July	Pakistan's first postage stamp is issued.
	11 September	Quaid-e-Azam passes away in Karachi.
	13 November	Khwaja Nazimuddin becomes Governor-General of Pakistan.
1949	1 January	United cease-fire orders to operate in Kashmir. War stops accordingly.
	8 February	Azad Kashmir Government shifts its capital to Muzaffarabad.
	12 March	Constituent Assembly of Pakistan adopts Objectives Resolution, as a guide to future constitution modeled on the ideology of Islam.
	26 July	Pakistan and India agree on a Cease-fire Line in Jammu and Kashmir.
	25 November	First International Islamic Economic Conference opens in Karachi
1950	4 January	Government of Pakistan recognizes the Peoples Republic of China.
	8 April	Liaquat-Nehru agreement is signed in New Delhi on measures to deal with major Inter-Dominion problems.
	18 May	The Peshawar University comes into being.
	11 July	Pakistan joins the International Monetary Fund and World Bank.
	6 September	General_Mohammad Ayub Khan, the first Pakistani, is appointed C-in-C of Pakistan Army.
1951	9 February	First census begins in Pakistan.
	11 May	University of Karachi is established.
	14 June	Hearing of Pindi Conspiracy Case begins in Hyderabad Jail.
	16 October	Prime Minister Liaquat Ali Khan is assassinated at Rawalpindi.
	17 October	Malik Ghulam Muhammad becomes Governor-General, Khwaja Nazimuddin assumes charge of Prime Minister.
1952	12 January	Pakistan Industrial Development Corporation (PIDC),Headed my Founder Chairman Ghulam Faruque
	12 March	Kalat, Makran, Las Bela and Kharan agree, with the concurrence of the Central Government, to integrate their territories into Baluchistan.
	21 August	Pakistan and India agree on the boundary pact between East Bengal and West Bengal.
	22 August	A 24-hour telegraph telephone service is established between East Pakistan and West Pakistan.
	24 December	UN Security Council adopts the Anglo-American Resolution on Kashmir urging immediate demilitarization talks between India, Pakistan.
	31 December	Pakistan National Scouts instituted.
1953	6 March	Martial Law promulgated in Lahore to control disturbances against Ahmadis.
	17 April	Muhammad Ali Bogra is sworn is as Prime Minister.
	14 July	Wazir Mansion Karachi, the birth place of Quad-i-Azam, is declared protected national monument.
	16 August	Kashmir Martyrs' Day observed throughout Pakistan.
	17 September	Founder of MQM Altaf Hussain was born.
	22 November	Allama Sayed Sulaiman Nadvi, well-known scholar and historian, passes away in Karachi.
1954	31 July	K2, the world's second highest mountain, is conquered by an Italian expedition led by Professor Desio.
	7 August	Government of Pakistan approves the National Anthem, written by Abul Asar Hafeez Jullundhri and composed by Ahmed G. Chagla.
	17 August	Pakistan defeats England by 24 runs at Oval during its maiden tour of England.
	21 September	Constituent Assembly unanimously passes the resolution in favour of Urdu and Bengali as national languages.
	7 October	Foreign Minister Ch.Zafarullah Khan becomes a member of the International Court of Justice.
1955	1 January	Pakistan International Airlines comes into being.
	17 January	Noted short story writer, Saadat Hasan Manto passes away in Lahore.
	15 March	The biggest post-independence irrigation project, Kotri Barrage is inaugurated.
	7 August	PM Mohammad Ali Bogra resigns after the election of Chaudhri Mohammad Ali.
	6 October	Governor-General Ghulam Mohammad's resignation is succeeded by Iskander Mirza.
1956	21 February	Constituent Assembly decides the country shall be a Federal Republic known as Islamic Republic of Pakistan.
	23 March	1956 Constitution is promulgates on Pakistan Day. Major-General Iskander Mirza sworn in as first President of Pakistan.
	14 May	PM Ch. Muhammad Ali presents the first five-year plan.
	12 September	Huseyn Shaheed Suharwardy assumes office of appointed Prime Minister.
	1 October	The Electorate Bill is introduced in the National Assembly providing for Joint Electorate in East Pakistan and Separate Electorate in West Pakistan.
1957		Governor-Raj is lifted in West Pakistan after four months.
	8 March	President Iskander Mirza lays the foundation-stone of the State Bank of Pakistan building in Karachi.
	11 July	Spiritual leader of Ismailis and one of the founders of Muslim League, Aga Khan, passes away.
	24 July	Maulana Bhashani forms National Awami Party.
	16 December	Malik Feroz Khan Noon is sworn in as seventh Prime Minister of Pakistan.
1958	14 February	Sardar Abdur Rab Nishtar, vetern leader of Pakistan Movement passes away in Karachi.
	25 June	President Rule is proclaimed in East Pakistan.
	17 July	First Nigar Film Awards held.
	7 October	Martial Law is declared throughout the country. General Ayub Khan is chief Martial Law Administrator.
	2 November	Iskander Mirza is exiled.
1959	21 March	Martial law authorities enforce PRODA to disqualify politicians.
	18 April	Government takes over dailies The Pakistan Times, and Imroze and weekly Lail-o-Nihar.
	12 July	Shukriya Niaz Ali becomes first woman pilot of Pakistan.
	16 September	Government establishes Islamic Research Institute.
	27 October	President General Ayub Khan becomes Field Marshal.
1960	24 February	Presidential Cabinet decides to name the new Capital as Islamabad.
	23 March	Foundation of Minar-i-Pakistan is laid.
	31 July	Foundation stone of Mazar-i-Quaid (Mausoleum of M.A. Jinnah) is laid.
	1 August	Islamabad is declared as the principal seat of the Government of Pakistan.
	9 September	Pakistan achieved its first Gold Medal in Olympics, defeating India in hockey by 1-0 at Rome.
1961	1 January	Decimal coinage introduced in Pakistan.
	22 April	Government institutes Film Awards.
	14 June	Government takes over news agency, Associated Press of Pakistan (APP).
	15 July	Jasmine is chosen as the national flower of Pakistan.
	16 August	Maulvi Abdul Haq passes away in Karachi.
1962	3 February	Prominent poet and Pakistan's Guinness world record holder Dr. Muhammad Saeed Fazal Karim Beebani born in Rawalpindi. He wrote Ghair Munqoot Naatia poetry book 'Mumdooh-e-Kirdigar' and Ghair Munqoot Hamdia poetry book 'Alhumdolillah'.
	23 March	1962 Constitution is promulgated.
	27 April	Vetern statesman of Pakistan, A. K. Fazlul Haq passes away in Dhaka at age 89.
	1 June	Soviet Union awards Lenin Prize to Faiz Ahmed Faiz for his literary contribution.
	7 June	SUPARCO launches Pakistan's first weather rocket, Rehbar-I from Somniani.
	8 June	National Assembly elected and begins its first session. Ayub Khan takes oath of first President of Pakistan under new constitution.
1963	5 January	First trade agreement is signed between Pakistan and China.
	24 January	Z. A. Bhutto becomes Foreign Minister.
	2 March	Pakistan and China sing a border agreement in Peking (Beijing).
	21 April	The Council of Pakistan Newspaper Editors adopts code of Press Ethics.
	29 October	Sir Zafrullah Khan is replaced by Syed Amjad Ali as Pakistan's permanent representative to United Nations.
1964	31 July	Pakistan, Iran and Turkey agree to establish, RCD (Regional Cooperation for Development).
	17 September	Fatima Jinnah filed her paper as candidate for the Presidential election.
	22 October	Khwaja Nazimuddin passes away in Dhaka.
	28 October	Pakistan's hockey team wins Silver Medal in Tokyo Olympic games.
	26 November	President Ayub Khan inaugurates Pakistan Television Lahore Station.
1965	2 January	Presidential election held. Field Marshal Ayub Khan re-elected as President.
	21 March	National Assembly elections held. Out of 150, Pakistan Muslim League wins 120 seats.
	30 June	Pakistan and India sign accord on Rann of Kutch.
	6 September	Second war between India and Pakistan over Kashmir.
	23 September	A cease-fire between India and Pakistan comes into force.
1966	10 January	Tashkent Declaration signed between India and Pakistan.
	12 February	Sheikh Mujeeb, chief of Awami League, announces his six points in Karachi.
	17 June	Z. A. Bhutto then foreign minister, resigns.
	17 September	General Yahya Khan becomes C-in-C of Pakistan Army. General Musa Khan appointed Governor General of West Pakistan.
	13 November	Punjab city of Montgomery renamed Sahiwal.
1967	9 July	Mohtarma Fatima Jinnah passes away in Karachi.
	24 August	Pakistan's first steel mill is inaugurated at Chittagong.
	18 November	Pakistan awards Sitar-i-Imtiaz to Egyptian vocalist Umm-i-Kulsoom for singing the poetry of Allama Iqbal.
	26 November	Malik Amir Muhammad, Nawab of Kalabagh is shot dead.
	1 December	Pakistan Peoples Party comes into being.
1968	6 January	Agartala conspiracy case for secession of East Pakistan, unearthed. 28 involved persons arrested.
	25 September	Pakistan Television Dhaka Station is inaugurated.
	26 October	Pakistan becomes Olympic Hockey Champion, winning over Australia 2-1.
	7 November	Students' demonstrations start throughout the country that later led to resignation of General Auyb Khan.
	7 December	Mir Waiz Yousaf Shah, Grand Mufti of Kashmir, passes away in Rawalpindi.
1969	6 March	All court cases against students withdrawn in West Pakistan.
	25 March	Ayub Khan resigns and hands over power to Army Chief General Yahya Khan. Martial law proclaimed and assemblies dissolved.
	4 July	Pakistan and India sign the final maps of the Rann of Kutch in Islamabad.
	24 September	Indian official delegation excluded from Islamic Summit Conference following Pakistan's demand.
	1 December	Three-hundred class-I gazetted officers, allegedly involved in corruption, are suspended.
1970	1 March	Air Marshal Asghar Khan forms new political party, Tehrik-i-Istaqlal.
	6 April	First ordnance factory is inaugurated at Ghazipur.
	1 July	One-unit of West Pakistan abolished, provinces restored.
	7 December	First General elections held. Awami League and Pakistan People Party emerge as leading parties in East and West Pakistan.
	19 December	Pakistan wins gold medal in Asian Games hockey, beating India 1-0.
1971	30 January	An Indian Airlines aeroplane, hijacked by two Kashmiri separatists, lands at Lahore airport.
	16 February	Korakaram Highway, linking China and Pakistan, opened.
	26 March	Pakistan Army launched Operation Searchlight in East Pakistan.
	29 August	Rashid Minhas awarded Nishan-i-Haider, Pakistan's highest gallantry award.
	24 October	Pakistan wins World Hockey Cup defeating Spain 1-0 at Barcelona.
	22 November	India launches full-scale attack on East Pakistan.
	16 December	Dhaka falls and Bangladesh comes into being.
	20 December	General Yahya Khan hands over power to Z. A. Bhutto, who takes over as President and Chief Martial Law Administrator.
1972		Karachi labour unrest of 1972
	8 January	Sheikh Mujibur Rehman is released unconditionally.
	20 January	Zulfikar Ali Bhutto called a secret meeting at Multan, and launches the programme on nuclear weapons development.
	30 January	Pakistan snaps ties with Commonwealth on recognizing Bangladesh.
	14 March	New education policy enforced. Free education in all private and public schools.
	14 April	First session of National Assembly. Bhutto elected President.
	21 April	Martial Law lifted; constitutional rule is restored in the country. Hamoodu-ur-Rehman is sworn in as Chief Justice of Pakistan.
	1 May	Labour Day is celebrated for the first time in Pakistan.
	2 July	Simla Agreement is signed between President Bhutto and Prime Minister Indra Gandhi.
	28 October	President Bhutto inaugurates Karachi Nuclear Power Plant (KANUPP).
1973	13 February	Begum Rana Liaquat Ali becomes first woman to assume office of Sindh Governor.
	10 April	1973 Constitution of Pakistan enacted by the National Assembly.
	11 August	Chaudhry Fazal Ilahi is elected as President.
	28 August	Return of Pakistan POWs (prisoners of war) Accord signed in New Delhi.
	30 December	Z. A. Bhutto lays foundation stone of Pakistan Steel Mills.
1974	21 February	Pakistan recognizes Bangladesh.
	22 February	Islamic Summit Conference starts in Lahore; 22 heads of state participate.
	15 September	Pakistan retains Asian Games Hockey title defeating India 2-0 in Tehran.
	5 December	Peshawar Television Station opens.
	27 December	Severe earthquake kills over 500 in Swat.
1975	10 April	Noted scholar and VC of Karachi University, Dr. Mehmood Hussain passes away.
	27 July	Council of Islamic Ideology recommends to abolish Riba and introduce Zakat.
	5 October	Pakistan and Bangladesh agree to established diplomatic ties.
	25 October	Renowned journalist, Agha Sorish Kashmiri passes away in Lahore.
	27 December	1976 is declared Quaid's Century year.
1976	1 March	General Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq becomes Chief of Army Staff.
	8 April	Sardari system is abolished in Balochistan.
	24 July	Lahore-Amritsar train service, Samjhota Express starts.
	31 July	A.Q. Khan research laboratories established.
	6 August	Z. A. Bhutto lays the foundation-stone of Port Qasim.
1977	10 January	Nine opposition parties form joint election forum, Pakistan National Alliance (PNA).
	7 March	General elections are held in the country. PPP wins 155, PNA 35 seats out of 200.
	1 July	Friday is announced weekly holiday, replacing Sunday.
	5 July	General Zia-ul-Haq enforces Martial Law. Constitution suspended; political activities banned.
	17 September	Z. A. Bhutto arrested under Martial Law orders.
1978	1 February	Allama Iqbal's Lahore house is declared national monument.
	18 March	Lahore High Court awards death sentence to Bhutto along with four others.
	6 April	First of the 13-volume exhaustive Urdu Dictionary is published by Taraqqi-i-Urdu Board.
	11 June	Altaf Hussain forms APMSO (All Pakistan Muhajir Students Organization).
	16 September	General Zia-ul-Haq is sworn in as President.
	24 November	Pakistan wins Hockey Champion Trophy at Lahore, defeating Australia.
1979		Hudood Ordinance enacted
	6 February	Supreme Court upholds Bhutto's conviction in Mohd Ahmad Khan murder case.
	4 April	Z. A. Bhutto hanged in Rawalpindi jail.
	1 September	Pakistan is admitted to Non-Aligned Movement (NAM).
	15 October	Dr. Abdus Salam, eminent Pakistani scientist, is awarded Physics Nobel Prize.
	16 October	General Zia-ul-Haq putt of polls indefinitely, political parties dissolved, press censorship imposed.
1980	10 May	Pakistan boycotts Moscow Olympics.
	26 May	Establishment of Federal Shariat Court is announced.
	21 June	Government starts collecting Zakat.
	2 December	Former PM, Chaudhry Muhammad Ali, passes away in Karachi.
	3 December	Shirin Bai, sister of Quaid-i-Azam, passes away in Karachi.
1981	1 January	Interest-free banking introduced.
	3 January	International Islamic University starts functioning.
	1 March	National population census starts throughout the country.
	2 March	A PIA Boeing 720 with 148 passengers hijacked to Kabul.
	31 August	Pakistan Steel Mills starts functioning.
1982	3 January	Pakistan defeats Argentina 12-3 in World Cup Hockey in Bombay.
	11 January	General Zia-ul-Haq inaugurates first session of Federal Council (Shoora) in Islamabad.
	22 February	Noted Urdu poet, Josh Malehabadi, passes away in Islamabad.
	8 April	Jahangir Khan wins British Open Squash Championship.
	21 December	Writer of Pakistan's national anthem, Hafeez Jullundhry passes away.
1983	15 January	First three F-16 jets reach Pakistan.
	25 January	Wifaqi Mohtasib (Ombudsman) Order is promulgated. Justice Sardar Iqbal is named, WM.
	11 March	Nuclear tests: Kirana-I is carried out. The tests are not announced until 2000.
	28 March	Government lifts censorship from periodicals.
	29 March	Foundation-stone of Satellite Earth Station is laid near Rawalpindi.
	29 September	First phase of local bodies election starts.
1984	9 February	Government imposes ban on all students unions.
	18 March	Altaf Hussain forms MQM.
	27 April	Ban imposed on use of Islamic nomenclature by Ahmadis.
	20 November	Renowned poet Faiz Ahmed Faiz passes away.
	19 December	General Zia-ul-Haq holds presidential referendum.
1985	25 February	Party-less national elections held.
	23 March	Muhammad Khan Junejo sworn in as Prime Minister and General Zia as President.
	15 April	Death of Bushra Zaidi, a university student, engenders a series of riots.
	16 October	National Assembly adopts Eighth Amendment Bill.
	31 December	Martial Law is lifted, amended 1973 Constitution revived.
1986	10 April	Benezir Bhutto returns to homeland.
	6 June	President Zia lays foundation stone of Al-Shifa Trust Eye Hospital in Rawalpindi.
	8 July	Peshawar Dry Port is inaugurated.
	5 September	Hijacked Pan Am jet is freed after commando action in Karachi.
	12 October	England beats World Champions Pakistan 3-1 in semi-final of World Cup Hockey.
1987	21 February	President Zia makes a surprise to India, met Premier Rajiv Gandhi.
	15 October	Qazi Hussain Ahmed becomes Amir of Jamat-i-Islami.
	21 October	Jan Sher Khan wins World Open Squash Championship for the first time.
	30 November	Local bodies election held throughout the country.
	18 December	Benezir Bhutto marries Asif Ali Zardari.
1988	10 April	Army ammunition blown up in Ojheri camp, Rawalpindi; more than 100 people die.
	20 April	Jahangir Khan wins seventh Squash title in a row.
	29 May	President General Zia dissolves National Assembly and Junejo cabinet.
	15 June	President General Zia promulgates Shariat Ordinance making Sharia supreme law of the land.
	17 August	General Zia-ul-Haq is killed in a plane crash near Bahawalpur.
	6 October	Eight political parties form Islamic Jamhori Itehad (IJI).
	16 November	General elections held. PPP wins 92, IJI secures 54.
	2 December	Benazir Bhutto is sworn in as first woman Prime Minister of Pakistan.
1989	19 January	Students unions are restored in Punjab.
	26 May	ISI Chief Lt. Gen. Hameed Gul is replaced by Shamsur Rahman Kallu.
	1 October	Pakistan rejoins Commonwealth.
	20 October	SAF Games open in Islamabad.
	1 November	No-Confidence move against Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto failed.
1990	5 February	Kashmir Solidarity Day observed for the first time
	6 August	President Ghulam Ishaq Khan dissolves National Assembly and dismisses Benazir Government. Ghulam Mustafa Jatoi becomes care-taker prime minister.
	23 September	Sandak project signed between Pakistan and China at Beijing.
	24 October	General elections held. IJI gets 104 and PDA wins 45 seats.
	6 November	Nawaz Sharif elected Prime Minister, securing 153 votes.
	12 December	Pakistan becomes 37th country to send expedition to Antarctica.
1991	22 April	Jahangir Khan creates history by winning British Open Squash title for the record tenth consecutive time.
	16 May	National Assembly adopts Shariat Bill.
	17 July	Pakistan unveils first battle tank Al-Khalid manufactured jointly by Pakistan and China.
	14 August	Nawaz Sharif lays foundation-stone of Bab-i-Pakistan at Walton Lahore.
	16 August	Chief of Army Staff General Mirza Aslam Baig retires. General Asif Nawaz assumes command.
1992	12 January	Lahore-Islamabad Motorway project launched.
	22 February	Nawaz Sharif introduces yellow-cab taxi scheme.
	25 March	Pakistan wins Cricket World Cup, defeating England by 22 runs in Melbourne.
	26 April	Pakistan's Alam Channa enters Guinness Book of World Records as the tallest man in the world.
	19 June	Military operation starts in Sindh.
1993	8 January	General Asif Nawaz dies of heart attack in Rawalpindi.
	5 February	Kashmir Solidarity Day observed for the first time on Feb.05, 1990.
	18 April	President Ghulam Ishaq Khan dissolves National Assembly, dismisses Nawaz Sharif government. Balkh Sher Mazari becomes care-take prime minister.
	26 May	Supreme Court restores National Assembly and Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif.
	18 July	President Ghulam Ishaq Khan and Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif quit their offices.
	6 October	General elections held. PPP wins 86; PML (N) secures 72 seats.
	19 October	Benazir Bhutto is elected Prime Minister by 121 votes.
	13 November	Farooq Laghari elected eighth President of Pakistan.
1994	15 January	Pakistan Television transmission gets access to 38 countries via satellite.
	25 January	Benazir Bhutto inaugurates country's first women police station in Islamabad.
	14 April	Pakistan's celebrated scientist Dr. Salimuzzaman Siddiqui passes away in Karachi.
	4 December	Pakistan regains World Hockey Championship title after 12 years, beating Holand 4-3.
	26 December	Renowned poetess Perven Shakir killed in a road accident in Islamabad.
1995	25 April	Veteran politician, G. M. Syed dies in Karachi.
	4 July	Sindh Government lifts ban on six Karachi evening newspapers.
	8 July	WAPDA announces record increase of 14.5 percent in electricity rates.
	6 December	Lahore High Court dismisses appeal against arrest of Maj. Gen. Zaheerul Islam Abbasi in Khilafat Conspiracy Case.
1996	13 January	General Jahangir Karamat becomes chief of army staff.
	11 February	Cricket World Cup jointely hosted by Pakistan, India and Sri Lanka.
	25 April	Imran Khan launches new political party, Tehrik-i-Insaf.
	20 September	Mir Murtaza Bhutto assassinated in Karachi.
	5 November	Farooq Ahmed Leghari dissolves National Assembly sacking Premier Benazir Bhutto. Malik Mairaj Khalid becomes care-taker prime minister.
1997	29 January	Supreme Court upholds President's proclamation dissolving the National Assembly and dismissing Benazir Government.
	3 February	Nation goes to the polls. PML secures 135 seats.
	17 February	Nawaz Sharif sworn in as 19th Prime Minister.
	23 February	Nawaz Sharif launches "Qarz utaro Mulk sanwaro" scheme. Declares Sunday, instead of Friday as weekly holiday.
	21 May	Saeed Anwar slams world record score of 194 runs against India.
	16 August	Noted Pakistani singer, Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, 48, passes away.
1998	1 January	Rafiq Tarrar is sworn in as President of Pakistan.
	8 March	Population census begins in the courntry.
	28 May	Pakistan conducts nuclear tests in Chagai hills in Balochistan.
	29 May	State Bank bans opening of new foreign currency accounts and suspends withdrawals.
	4 June	UN Security Council deny nuclear power status to Pakistan and India.
1999	31 January	A classic Test match as Pakistan defeat India by twelve runs.
	20 February	Pakistan Crushed India by 46 runs in inaugural Asian test championship
	21 February	Lahore Declaration is signed by Nawaz Sharif and A. B. Vajpayee.
	15 March	Pakistan beats Srilanka in the final of the inaugural Asian test championship.
	15 April	Pakistan conducts test of a nuclear-capable short-range ballistic missile, Shaheen.
	16 April	Pakistan won Coca-Cola Cup final at Sharjah crushing India by 8 wickets
	20 June	Australia defeats Pakistan in World Cup Cricket by 8 wickets.
	26 July	Kargil War ends between Pakistan and India.
	12 October	Nawaz Sharif is ousted from power and placed under house arrest after attempting to sack General Pervez Musharraf.
2000	6 April	Nawaz Sharif sentenced to life imprisonment on charges of hijacking and terrorism.
	12 May	Supreme Court validated the October 1999 coup and granted General Pervez Musharraf executive and legislative authority for three years.
	14 August	President Musharraf introduces Local Government Ordinance.
	10 December	Nawaz Sharif along with family, went into exile in Saudi Arabia.
	23 December	Famous singer, Noor Jahan passes away in Karachi.

21st century

Year	Date	Event
2001	20 June	General Pervez Musharraf assumes office of president while remaining Chief of Army Staff.
	15 July	Agra Summit starts. President Pervez Musharraf and Indian Prime Minister Vajpayee holds talks over long-standing issues.
	14 August	New Local Government system installed, after holding of elections in three phases.
	16 September	US Secretary of State Powell told that Pakistan's President Musharraf had agreed to support the U.S. anti-terrorist campaign.
	10 November	US President Bush meets President Musharraf in New York and assures additional aid of one billion dollar.
2002	5 January	Musharraf stunned Vajpayee by a hand-shake at the last 11th SAARC summit in Kathmandu.
	1 February	Wall Street Journal reporter, Daniel Pearl killed in Karachi.
	30 April	Musharraf wins in a referendum.
	24 August	President General Musharraf issues the Legal Framework Order 2002.
	10 October	General election held in the country.
	23 November	Mir Zafarullah Khan Jamali sworn in as Prime Minister.
2003	24 February	Senate elections: Ruling party wins most seats in voting to the upper house.
	23 March	AAJ TV, Pakistan's premier channel inaugurated.
	24 June	President Pervez Musharraf meets G.W. Bush in Camp David. US announces $3-billion five-year economic assistance package for Pakistan.
	11 July	Lahore-Delhi bus service resumed after suspension of 18 months.
	14 December	General Musharraf survived an assassination attempt in Rawalpindi.
2004	1 January	General Musharraf won a vote of confidence in the Senate, National Assembly, and provincial assemblies.
	5 January	Musharraf meets Vajpayee in Islamabad, discusses Kashmir dispute.
	22 May	Pakistan readmitted to Commonwealth.
	26 June	Prime Minister Zafarullah Khan Jamali steps down and nominates Ch. Shujaat Hussain as his interim successor.
	28 August	Shaukat Aziz becomes Prime Minister.
	17 October	Pakistani physician Dr.Muhammad Saeed Fazal Karim Beebani sets new world record for having the smallest Holy Qur'an of the world. His claim was accepted by Guinness world record administration.
2005	13 July	136 people killed and about 170 injured in a collision of three passenger trains near Ghotki.
	14 July	NWFP Assembly passes the Hasba bill with a majority vote.
	19 July	Government of Pakistan launches country-wide crackdown against extremist elements.
	8 October	A devastating earthquake in Kashmir and NWFP kills over 80 thousands people.
	11 October	Renowned littérateur, linguist and poet, Shanul Haq Haqqee, passes away in Toronto. He was 88.
2006	2 January	Dr. Shamshad Akhtar assumes office of State Bank Governor having the first woman Governor of SBP.
	14 May	Charter of democracy (CoD) is signed by two former prime ministers of Pakistan, Nawaz Sharif and Benazir Bhutto in London.
	26 April	Pervez Musharraf lays foundation-stone of Diamir-Bhasha dam.
	8 July	Process to release over 1600 women prisoners from 55 jails across starts after Presidential Ordinance.
	10 July	Noted poet, writer and columnist, Ahmed Nadeem Qasmi, passes away in Lahore. He was 89.
	26 August	Akbar Bugti killed by military
2007	9 March	President Musharraf dismissed Chief Justice of Pakistan, Iftikhar.
	20 July	Iftikhar restored as Chief Justice of Pakistan.
	18 October	Bhutto, Benazir returned to Pakistan, after exile of about 8 years.
	3 November	Pervez Musharraf imposed emergency, most of the senior judges of Supreme Court ousted.
	16 November	After completion of 5 years, National Assembly dissolved, Catetaker government of Muhammad Mian Soomro took oath.
	25 November	Nawaz Sharif returned Pakistan after 7 years of forced exile.
	16 December	Emergency lifted, banned civil rights and suspended constitution restored.
	27 December	Bhutto, Benazir assassinated in a blast/bullet attack in Rawalpindi.
2008	2 January	The Election Commission announces elections will now be held on February 18.
	18 February	Elections are held amidst tight security. PPP, PML-N, PML-N and ANP win 124, 91, 54 and 13 seats respectively.
	24 March	Yusuf Raza Gilani is elected as the new Prime Minister.
	18 August	Pervaiz Musharraf steps down as President of Pakistan. Mohammadmian Soomro takes over as President.
	6 September	Asif Zardari wins presidential election with 481 votes.
	9 September	Asif Zardari takes oath as President of Pakistan.
2009	16 February	Pakistan government announces a truce with Taliban, acceptting a system of Islamic law in the Swat valley, conceding the area as a Taliban sanctuary.
	9 March	Militants attack bus with the touring Sri Lankan cricket team. All international cricket matches in Pakistan are suspended. Pakistan also loses its status as hosts for the cricket World Cup 2011.
	23 May	Pakistan Army launched Operation Rah-e-Rast and cleared Swat Valley of all Taliban elements. It is regarded as one of the most successful counter-insurgency operation in modern age (to 15 July)

References

• Gregory Possehl: The Indus Civilization. A Contemporary Perspective. Lanham 2002
• National Fund For Cultural Heritage
• History Of Pakistan
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