History of unrest in Pakistan

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Pak-India war of independence,
Huge number of killing and looting of masses.
6 September 1965
the Second Kashmir War fought by India and Pakistan. The five-week war caused thousands of casualties on both sides. It ended in a United Nations (UN) mandated ceasefire and the subsequent issuance of the Tashkent Declaration.
Feb 14, 1969 - After a decade of relative calm, Pakistan has erupted in violent demands for political change, as opposition politicians and students demand the resignation of President Ayub Khan.
Mar 1971 - In March 1971, unrest reigned in East Pakistan because Mujibur Rahman was not invited to form teh government. Talks between the political leader of West Pakistan Zulfikar Ali Bhutto and Pakistani military leader and President Yahya Khan failed.as a result civil war started and a new country emerged on the world map i.e Bangladesh.
Jun 1, 1977 - Unrest in Pakistan and the potential downfall of Prime Minister Zulfikar Ali Bhutto have complicated US efforts to prevent the flow of illegal narcotics from South Asia, a White House staffer has warned in an official memorandum..
80s
Sectarian violence bedevilled Karachi in 80s, but has become less commonplace.
Feb 9, 1990 - Thurs. Violence which killed more than 40 people in Karachi has damaged rare unity forged by Pakistan's cai parties in a row with In dia over disputed Kashmir. Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto chlded opposition parties..
Oct 29, 2001 - ISLAMABAD, Pakistan -- As US attacks on Afghanistan entered a fourth week Sunday, there were new signs of unrest in Pakistan -- one of Washington's most crucial allies in the campaign against the Taliban regime and the al-Qa'eda terrorist network.
Sep 9, 2006 - ISLAMABAD: At least five persons were killed and several injured in a bomb explosion on Friday in Pakistan's Balochistan .
Nov 12, 2007 - PARIS To find who is — sible for the crisis, and even the threat of eventual breakdown, in Pakistan, one must look much farther than Gen. Pervez Musharraf and President Bush.The latter has demanded from Musharraf what Musharraf cannot deliver, which is to capture and deliver Osama bin Ladin..
Jan 9, 2008 - In the weeks prior to the assassination of Benazir Bhutto, the low boil of political unrest in Pakistan was overwhelmed by a US news cycle ... The short history of Pakistan has been marked with blood.
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Timeline of the events of 2009

March
3 March, The Sri Lankan cricket team are attacked in the city of Lahore.
6 March, Investigators in Pakistan are tracking down members of Lashkar-e-Taiba in the search for the perpetrators of the Lahore attack.[1]
16 March, Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gillani addressed the nation, restoring the deposed Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry and other judges.[2]
27 March, a bomb attack in the FATA kills at least 48.
July
On July 3, 2009, Taliban militants Saturday claimed responsibility for a military helicopter crash that killed 41 people in the rugged tribal area in the country's north. However, a military spokesman rejected the claim, reiterating that the helicopter had crashed due to a 'technical fault.' 41 security personnel, including 19 personnel of the paramilitary Frontier Crops, 18 regulars from the army and four crew members, on board a military transport helicopter were killed when it crashed in Chapri Ferozkhel area on the border of Khyber and Orakzai tribal regions on Friday afternoon.[3]

August
August 1, The 2009 Gojra riots began. Militant Islamists attacked Pakistan's Christian minority in a massive anti-Christian pogrom.
October
October 5, five people were killed when a suicide bomber dressed in military fatigues walked through the security cordon at the World Food Program offices of the United Nations in Islamabad.[4]
October 9, in the busiest bazaar in Peshawar, the capital of the North-West Frontier Province, militants set off a car bomb that killed 48 people.[5]
October 11, 10 militants dressed in army fatigues and armed with automatic weapons, mines, grenades and suicide jackets breached the perimeter of the army headquarters in Rawalpindi in a raid that left 23 people dead and set off a 20-hour siege.[6]
October 12, militants launched their fourth assault in a week on strategic targets across Pakistan, this time with a suicide car bombing against a military vehicle in a crowded market in the northwest, killing 41 people and wounding dozens more.[7]
December
December 29 – A bombing occurs during the main Jaloos in Karachi in which the Shias were mourning over the Day of Ashura. 43 persons were martyred while almost 60 persons wee injured.
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Timeline 2010

January 1: Two missiles fired by a drone kill 3 people in Ghundikala, North Waziristan.

At least 88 people are killed and over 37 people injured in a suicide bomb blast at a volleyball match in Lakki Marwat.

January 3: At least four people including former minister Ghani-ur-Rehman are killed in a bomb blast near Hangu.

Two people are killed in a drone strike near Mir Ali, North Waziristan.

January 6: Three people are killed and at least 11 injured in a bomb blast in Azad Kashmir.

Nine people are killed in two drone strikes in Sanzali, North Waziristan.

January 8: At least eight suspected militants are killed in an accidental explosion in Baldia, Karachi.

Five people are killed in a drone strike in Tappi, North Waziristan.

January 14: Reports emerge that Hakimullah Mehsud has been injured in a drone strike in Shaktoi, South Waziristan. The TTP deny the story.

January 16: The Government of Pakistan files a review petition against the SC verdict declaring the NRO as unconstitutional.

January 19: Six people are killed and two are injured in a US drone strike in Deegan, North Waziristan

January 24: The Taliban claim that they have shot down a US drone in Hamzoni, North Waziristan.

January 25: LHC restores ban on A.Q. Khan’s movements until February 3.

January 29: Five people are killed in a drone strike in North Waziristan.

Three people are killed in Quetta when armed men attack a bus carrying Shia pilgrims to Iran.

January 30: At least 16 people are killed and 26 injured in a suicide bombing in Bajaur.

Eight people are killed in Karachi in incidents of target killing.

January 31: OGRA increases prices of petroleum products by 5-9%

February 2: 17 people are killed by 18 missiles fired by US drone planes in Dattakhel Tehsil, North Waziristan.

11 people are killed in incidents of target killings in Karachi.

February 3: At least seven people are killed in a suicide bomb blast on a military convoy in Dir.

A US jury declares Dr. Afia Siddiqui as guilty on seven counts.

February 6: At least 25 people are killed and over a 100 injured in two bomb blasts in Karachi.

February 7: Death toll from Karachi bomb blasts rises to 33.

February 10: 19 people including 11 members of the Khasadar force are killed in a car bomb blast in Wazirdand, Khyber Agency.

February 11: 13 people, including nine police officers are killed and 21 injured in two suicide bomb blasts in Bannu.

February 12: Pakistan and India are to hold foreign-secretary level talks in New Delhi on February 25.

February 13: President Zardari appoints LHC CJ Khwaja Sharif as a Supreme Court judge and Justice Saquib Nisar as the new LHC CJ.

SC CJ Iftikhar Chaudhry takes suo moto action of the notification, forms 3-member bench to hear the case and suspends the notification, saying the appointment of judges is in violation of Article 177 of the Constitution.

February 16: NYT reports that top Taliban commander Mulla Abdul Ghani Baradar has been arrested in a joint operation with US and Pak intelligence services in Karachi.

PM Gilani meets CJ Iftikhar Chaudhry at a farewell dinner held for Justice Ramday.

February 17: PM Gilani and CJ Iftikhar Chaudhry meet in Islamabad, Gilani announces that the earlier notification of the judges has been cancelled, Justice Saqib Nisar and Justice Asif Saeed Khosa of the LHC will be elevated as SC judges. Justice (r) Khalilur Rehman Ramday is to be appointed as an ad hoc judge. LHC CJ Khawaja Muhammad Sharif will continue in his current position.

February 18: 35 people are killed and at least 80 injured in a bomb blast in Tirah Valley, Khyber Agency

A drone strike in Danday Darpakhel, North Waziristan kills four people.

February 22: 13 people are killed and at least 42 injured in a suicide bombing in Mingora, Swat.

February 23: Finance Minister Shaukat Tareen resigns from his office.

February 24: PML-N candidate Shakeel Awan defeats AML leader Sheikh Rashid in the NA-55 by-election in Rawalpindi.

Former local government secretary Lala Fazlur Rehman is appointed as the new administrator of Karachi.

Nine people are killed in a drone strike in Peerano Killay near Miramshah, North Waziristan.

February 25: India’s and Pakistan’s foreign secretaries meet in New Delhi for talks.

February 28: Seven people are killed in DI Khan in clashes with the police during an Eid Milad un Nabi rallly.

Gunmen attack an Eid Milad un Nabi rally in Faislabad leaving four people injured, protesting participants of the rally burn over a 100 vehicles.

Four people are killed in a suicide bombing in Karak, NWFP

March 2: Frontier Corps tells the press that it has regained control of Bajaur.

March 4: Rehman Malik acquitted of corruption charges by a NAB court.

March 8: 13 people are killed and at least 90 injured in a bomb blast at the FIA office in Lahore.

At least five people are killed in a drone strike in Miramshah, North Waziristan.

March 9: ISI head Lt. Gen Shuja Pasha gets a one year extension as a three star general.

March 10: Six people are killed and at least seven injured when militants attack an NGO’s office in Oghi, Mansehra.

15 people are killed in a drone strike in North Waziristan.

March 11: Four people are killed and at least 21 injured in a bomb blast in Peshawar.

March 12: 57 people are killed and at least 136 people are injured in two suicide bombings in Lahore’s Cantonment area.

Seven low-intensity bombs go off in Allama Iqbal Town and Samanabad in Lahore.

March 13: 14 people are killed and at least 53 injured in a suicide bombing in Swat.

March 14:Punjab CM Shahbaz Sharif asks the Taliban to not attack Punjab, since they both were against General Musharraf.

March 16: Seven people are killed and at least three people injured in a drone strike in the Dattakhel district of North Waziristan.

March 17: 10 people are killed and at least two people are injured in two drone strikes in North Waziristan.

March 18: Protests break out in Bara Kahu against fares in transport hikes.

March 19: Bara Kahu protests continue, protestors damage property in the area.

March 21: Three people are killed in a bomb blast in Quetta.

Four people are killed in a drone strike in North Waziristan.

March 22: Government of Pakistan files a review petition against the NRO verdict in the Supreme Court.

March 23: At least six people are killed in a drone strike in North Waziristan.

March 25: PML-N leader Nawaz Sharif raises concerns about the procedure of appointment of judges outlined in 18th Amendment draft, says it will not sign bill until the matter is settled.

March 27: Four people are killed in a drone strike in North Waziristan.

March 29: SC issues notices to NAB, Interior Ministry and the Establishment Division for non-implementation of NRO verdict.

March 30: SC asks NAB to implement NRO verdict within 24 hours.

FIA official and NRO beneficiary Ahmed Riaz Sheikh is sentenced to jail after his review petition against his conviction is dismissed.

The United Nations says it has delayed the release of the Benazir Bhutto murder report prepared by the Commission for 2 weeks on President Zardari’s request.

At least six people are killed in a drone strike in North Waziristan.

March 31: NAB says it has sent a letter to the Swiss authorities asking them to reopen cases against Zardari.

Swiss Prosecutor General Daniel Zappelli says the cases cannot be reopened as President Zardari enjoys immunity under the Constitution.

All political parties in the NA Constitutional Reforms Committee reach a consensus on the draft of the 18th Amendment bill.

April 1: 18th Amendment bill handed over to the National Assembly speaker.

April 2: 18th Amendment bill tabled in the National Assembly.

April 5: President Zardari addresses joint session of the Parliament.

45 people are killed and over a 100 injured in a suicide bombing at an ANP rally in Timargarah, NWFP

Eight people are killed in multiple suicide bombings near the US Consulare in Peshawar.

April 6: 18th Amendment bill introduced in the NA.

April 7: A low-intensity bomb goes off in F7, Islamabad.

April 8: 18th Amendment passed in the National Assembly, 292 members vote in favour of the bill.

April 10: At least 60 civilians are killed in Khyber Agency in a Pakistan Air Force bombing.

April 12: Protests break out in Abbotabad against the renaming of NWFP as Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa, at least 7 people are killed and over a 100 injured in the riots.

18th Amendment bill introduced in the Senate, PML-Q opposes the bill.

Five people are killed in a drone strike in Boya, near Miramshah in North Waziristan.

April 14: Four people are killed in a drone strike near Miramshah, North Waziristan.

April 15: Senate passes the 18th Amendment

April 16: UN Commission releases its report on the Benazir Bhutto murder investigation.

At least ten people are killed in a bomb blast in Quetta’s Civil Hospital.

Six people are killed in a drone strike near Miramshah, North Waziristan.

April 17: Two suicide bombings kill at least 40 people and injure over 65 at a IDPs registration centre at Kacha Pakka Camp, Kohat.

April 18: Eight government officials named in the UN Commission report on Benazir Bhutto’s murder are suspended and placed on the Exit Control List.

April 19: President Zardari signs the 18th Amendment bill into law.

One schoolboy is killed and at least 10 people are injured in a bomb blast near a school in Peshawar.

At least 23 people are killed and over 20 injured in a suicide bombing near a Jamaat-e-Islami rally in Qissa Khwani Bazar, Peshawar.