PAKISTAN AFFAIRS


27 Oct, 1947: India launched a full-scale attack on Kashmir.
1 Jan, 1948: India took Kashmir dispute to UN Security Council.
1 Apr, 1948: India cut off water supply to Pakistan from two of its headworks, causing a dispute over water.
13 Aug, 1948: UN Security Council called for ceasefire in Kashmir and withdrawal of all Pakistani and Indian forces
11 Sept, 1948: Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah passed away.
12 Mar, 1949: Objectives Resolution was passed.
1951: First Census of Pakistan was conducted.
12 Feb, 1951: Chaudhry Rehmat Ali, founder of Pakistan National Movement, passed away.
16 Oct, 1951: Nawabzada Liaquat Ali Khan was assassinated at Company Bagh (now Liaquat Bagh) Rawalpindi.
17 Oct, 1951: Khawaja Nazimuddin became second Prime Minister of Pakistan and Malik Ghulam Muhammad became the Governor General.
17 Apr, 1953: Khawaja Nazimuddin was dismissed by Governor General Malik Ghulam Muhammad; Muhammad Ali Bogra became the Prime Minister of Pakistan.
1954: Malik Ghulam Muhammad dissolved the Constituent Assembly and declared a state of emergency.
11 Aug, 1955: Chaudhary Muhammad Ali was appointed Prime Minister of Pakistan
15 Oct, 1955: Iskander Mirza became the Governor General of Pakistan after Malik Ghulam Muhammad.


1955: PIA was founded.
23 Mar 1956: First Constitution of Pakistan was promulgated whereby Pakistan was declared as Islamic Republic and Iskander Mirza became the first President of Pakistan after implementation of this constitution.
12 Sept 1956: Hussain Shaheed Suhrawardy became the Prime Minister replacing Chaudhary Muhammad Ali.
11 July 1957: Sir Agha Khan died in Geneva.
Oct 1957: H.S. Suhrawardy resigned from the premiership and Ismail Ibrahim Chundrigar was appointed as the new PM.
16 Dec, 1957: Malik Feroz Khan Noon replaced I.I. Chundrigar as Prime Minister.
7 Oct, 1958: First Martial Law was imposed by Iskander Mirza and 1956 Constitution was abrogated. General Muhammad Ayub Khan became the Chief Martial Law Administrator. After three weeks, General Ayub Khan ousted Iskander Mirza and declared himself as the President of Pakistan and also gave himself the rank of Field Marshal.


23 Mar, 1960: Foundation stone of Minar-e-Pakistan was laid down.
1960: Indus Waters Treaty was signed with India.
1961: Second census was held across Pakistan.
Mar, 1962: 1962 Constitution was announced by President Ayub Khan.
Jan, 1965: General Ayub Khan was elected as the President of Pakistan under the Constitution of 1962.
Sept, 1965: Second Pakistan-India War, which lasted for 17 days, was fought.
1966: Tashkent Declaration was signed between President Ayub Khan and Indian Premier Lal Bahadur Shastri.
25 Mar, 1969: Gen. Ayub Khan handed over power to Gen. Muhammad Yahya Khan who imposed second martial law.
5 Oct, 1970: General elections were postponed up to January 1971.
1971: Two Indian agents in the guise of Kashmiri mujahideen hijacked an Indian plane, Ganga, to Lahore.
2 Mar, 1971: Sheikh Mujib launched Civil Disobedience Movement.
Oct, 1971: KANUPP started operation in Karachi.
22 Nov, 1971: India launched attack on East Pakistan.

16 Dec, 1971: Bangladesh was separated from Pakistan at the end of 3rd Indo-Pak War.
20 Dec, 1971: Yahya Khan resigned and Zulfikar Ali Bhutto took over as CMLA and President of Pakistan after December 1970 Elections.
1972: The PPP regime announced land reforms.
2 July, 1972: Simla Agreement was signed.
1972: Third census in Pakistan was conducted.
13 Aug, 1973: Bhutto became the Prime Minister while Fazal Elahi Chaudhary became the President of Pakistan.
14 Aug, 1973: 1973 constitution was promulgated.
20 Dec, 1973: Bhutto laid the foundations of Pakistan Steel Mill at Pipri near Karachi.
22 Feb, 1974: Pakistan recognised Bangladesh in OIC Summit held at Lahore.
1 July, 1974: Several new corporations were created out of Pakistan Industrial Development Corporation (PIDC), including PMDC, State Cement Corporation.
1976: Qadianis were declared non-Muslims.
31 July, 1976: Kahuta Engineering Research Laboratories (KRL) was founded by Dr A.Q. Khan.
5 July, 1977: Third martial law was imposed by Gen Zia-ul-Haq. He postponed the announced elections of 15th October 1977.
7 Aug, 1977: First Pakistani, namely Ashraf Aman, summited the K2.


16 Sept, 1978: General Zia-ul-Haq took over as the President after Fazal Elahi's tenure was over.
Jan, 1979: Pakistan National Shipping Corporation was founded.
4 Apr, 1979: Zulfikar Ali Bhutto was hanged.
1981: Fourth census in Pakistan was held.
6 Feb, 1981: Movement for restoration of Democracy was launched.
23 Mar, 1981: Provisional constitution was enforced after 1973 Constitution was suspended under Zia's Martial Law.
1 May, 1981: Kahuta Research Laboratories was renamed as Khan Research Laboratories (KRL).
Dec, 1984: Presidential referendum was held and General Zia-ul-Haq became the President of Pakistan.
Feb, 1985: General elections were held on non-party basis.
20 Mar, 1985: General Zia-ul-Haq nominated Muhammad Khan Junejo as the Prime Minister of Pakistan.
14 Nov, 1985: 8th Amendment in the 1973 Constitution was passed by the Senate.
Dec, 1985: Martial Law was lifted and political parties were banned.
Aug, 1986: Karakoram Highway was opened for public.


17 Aug, 1988: Zia-ul-Haq died in a plane crash near Bahawalpur. Ghulam Ishaq Khan, Chairman Senate, assumed the office of the President of Pakistan.
Nov, 1988: Pakistan Peoples Party won elections. Benazir Bhutto became the Prime Minister.
16 July, 1990: Pakistan's first satellite Badr-1 was launched from China.
6 Aug, 1990: Ghulam Ishaq Khan dismissed Benazir Bhutto accusing her of corruption. Ghulam Mustafa Jatoi became the caretaker PM.
24-27 Oct, 1990: Elections for provincial and national assemblies were held.
1 Nov, 1990: Nawaz Sharif became the Prime Minister of Pakistan.
25 Mar, 1992: Pakistan won its first cricket world cup beating England.
19 Apr, 1993: Nawaz Sharif was dismissed by President Ghulam Ishaq Khan and National Assembly was dissolved once again. Mr Balakh Sher Mizari was appointed caretaker PM.


26 May, 1993: Supreme Court reinstated Nawaz Sharif as the Prime Minister.
8 July, 1993 President Ghulam Ishaq Khan and Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif both resigned dissolving National and Provincial Assemblies. Moin Qureshi was appointed as a caretaker PM and Ghulam Ishaq Khan as the caretaker President.
19 Oct, 1993: Benazir Bhutto once again gained power after winning elections.
13 Nov, 1993: Sardar Farooq Ahmad Khan Laghari was elected President.
5 Nov, 1996: Benazir government was dismissed by President Farooq Laghari.
6 Nov, 1996: Malik Meraj Khalid was appointed as caretaker PM.
Feb, 1997: Elections were held.
17 Feb, 1997: Nawaz Sharif was re-elected as Prime Minister after Muslim League won with an overwhelming majority.


28 Oct, 1997: Government of Pakistan submitted its instrument of ratification to the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC).
1997: Thirteenth and Fourteenth amendments were passed.
1 Jan, 1998: Rafiq Tarar became the new President of Pakistan.
1998: Fifth census was held.
28 May, 1998: Five nuclear explosions were conducted at Chaghai, Balochistan.
30 May, 1998: Sixth nuclear explosion was conducted.
6 May, 1999: Kargil operation was started by Mujahideen in Kashmir.
12 Oct, 1999: Army took control of Government under Gen. Pervez Musharraf. Nawaz Sharif, along with his colleagues, was arrested.
• National Security Council was formed on Oct. 17, 1999.
• Commonwealth's membership of Pakistan was suspended on Oct. 18, 1999.
• Supreme Court of Pakistan declared interest unlawful on Dec. 23, 1999.


12 May, 2000: Supreme Court unanimously decided to validate the Oct. 12, 1999 military takeover.
14 -17 Nov, 2000: World's first and the largest Defence Exhibition “Ideas 2000” held at Expo Centre in Karachi.
9 Dec, 2000: Nawaz Sharif, along with his family, was exiled to Saudi Arabia.
29 Mar, 2001: Chashma Nuclear Power Plant was inaugurated.
20 June 2001: President Rafiq Tarar resigned and Pervez Musharraf became the President.
Dec 10, 2001: Pakistan launched BADR-2.
2001-2: Govt. of Pakistan declared 2001 as Quaid-e-Azam Year and 2002 as Iqbal year.
Dec 2003: The parliament approved the 17th Constitutional Amendment, which ratified most of the powers Musharraf sought.

18 Oct 2007: Benazir Bhutto returned Pakistan on October 18, 2007 after an eight year exile in Dubai and London.
3 Nov 2007: General Pervez Musharraf proclaimed a state of emergency and sacked the Chief Justice of Pakistan, Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhary along with other 14 judges of the Supreme Court.
28 Nov 2007: General Pervez Musharraf retired from the Army and the following day, he was sworn in for a second presidential term.
27 Dec 2007: Benazir Bhutto was assassinated when she was leaving an election rally in Rawalpindi.
18 Feb 2008: General elections were held in Pakistan.
18 Aug 2008: President Pervez Musharraf announced his resignation.
9 Sept 2008: Asif Ali Zardari became the president of Pakistan


19 April 2010: President Asif Ali Zardari signed historic 18th amendment.
01 May 2011: US Special Forces killed Al-Qaida's Chief Osama bin Laden in a shootout at Abbottabad in an operation named Geronimo.
19 July 2011: Hina Rabbani Khar took oath as 26th minister for foreign affairs.
20 Oct, 2011: Muammar Gaddafi died from wounds he suffered in an attack by rebels.
11 Dec, 2011: The United States evacuated the Shamsi Airbase.
8 April 2012: An avalanche smashed into a Pakistan Army camp burying at least 135 soldiers and civilians near Siachen glacier.
19 June 2012: The Supreme Court of Pakistan disqualified Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gillani citing the earlier conviction on 26 April 2012.
22 June 2012: Raja Pervez Ashraf was elected as the country's new prime minister.