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Timeline Pakistan
 
[COLOR=navy][B]Timeline Pakistan[/B][/COLOR]

[B][U][FONT=Verdana]1947[/FONT][/U][/B]
[FONT=Verdana]June 3: British Government decides to bifurcates India, into two sovereign states – India and Pakistan. [/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana]August 14: Pakistan comes into being as an independent sovereign State. [/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana]August 18: Pakistan becomes member of UN by a unanimous vote of the Security Council. [/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana]October 27: Indian Air troops land in Kashmir as the Maharaja declares accession of Kashmir to India. [/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana]November 11: Dir and Chitral States accede to Pakistan. [/FONT]
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[B][U][FONT=Verdana]1948[/FONT][/U][/B]
[FONT=Verdana]February 25: Urdu is declared the national language of Pakistan. [/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana]March 27: State of Kalat accedes to Pakistan. [/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana]July 9: Pakistan's first postage stamp is issued. [/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana]September 11: Quaid-i-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah passes away at Karachi. [/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana]November 13: Khwaja Nazimuddin becomes Governor-General of Pakistan. [/FONT]
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[B][U][FONT=Verdana]1949[/FONT][/U][/B]
[FONT=Verdana]January 1: United Nations cease-fire orders to operate in Kashmir. War stops accordingly. [/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana]February 8: Azad Kashmir Government shifts its capital to Muzaffarabad. [/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana]March 12: Constituent Assembly of Pakistan adopts Objectives Resolution, as a guide to future constitution modeled on the ideology of Islam. [/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana]July 26: Pakistan and India agree on a Cease-fire Line in Jammu and Kashmir. [/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana]November 25: First International Islamic Economic Conference opens in Karachi. [/FONT]
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[B][U][FONT=Verdana]1950[/FONT][/U][/B]
[FONT=Verdana]January 4: Government of Pakistan recognizes the Peoples Republic of China. [/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana]April 8: Liaquat-Nehru agreement is signed in New Delhi on measures to deal with major Inter-Dominion problems. [/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana]May 18: The Peshawar University comes into being. [/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana]July 11: Pakistan joins the IMF and World Bank. [/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana]September 6: General Muhammad Ayub Khan, the first Pakistani, is appointed C-in-C of Pakistan Army. [/FONT]
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[B][U][FONT=Verdana]1951[/FONT][/U][/B]
[FONT=Verdana]February 9: First census begins in Pakistan. [/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana]May 11: University of Karachi is established. [/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana]June 14: Hearing of Pindi Conspiracy Case begins in Hyderabad Jail. [/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana]October 16: Prime Minister Liaquat Ali Khan is assassinated at Rawalpindi. [/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana]October 17: Malik Ghulam Muhammad becomes Governor-General, Khwaja Nazimuddin assumes charge of Prime Minister. [/FONT]
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[B][U][FONT=Verdana]1952[/FONT][/U][/B]
[FONT=Verdana]March 12: Kalat, Makran, Las Bela and Kharan agree, with the concurrence of the Central Government, to integrate their territories into Balochistan. [/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana]August 21: Pakistan and India agree on the boundary pact between East and West Bengal. [/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana]August 22: A 24-hour telegraph telephone service is established between East and West Pakistan. [/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana]December 24: UN Security Council adopts the Anglo-American Resolution on Kashmir urging immediate demilitarization talks between India, Pakistan. [/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana]December 31: Pakistan National Scouts instituted. [/FONT]
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[B][U][FONT=Verdana]1953[/FONT][/U][/B]
[FONT=Verdana]March 6: Martial Law promulgated in Lahore to control disturbances against Ahmadis. [/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana]April 17: Muhammad Ali Bogra is sworn is as Prime Minister. [/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana]July 14: Wazir Mansion Karachi, the birth place of Quad-i-Azam, is declared protected national monument. [/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana]August 16: Kashmir Martyrs' Day observed throughout Pakistan. [/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana]November 22: Allama Sayed Sulaiman Nadvi, well-known scholar and historian, passes away in Karachi. [/FONT]
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[B][U][FONT=Verdana]1954[/FONT][/U][/B]
[FONT=Verdana]July 31: K-2, the world's second highest mountain is conquered by an Italian expedition led by Professor Desio. [/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana]August 7: Government of Pakistan approves the National Anthem, written by Abul Asar Hafeez Jullundhri and composed by Ahmed G. Chagla. [/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana]August 17: Pakistan defeats England by 24 runs at Oval during its maiden tour of England. [/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana]September 21: Constituent Assembly unanimously passes the resolution in favour of Urdu and Bengali as national languages. [/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana]October 7: Foreign Minister Ch. Zafarullah Khan becomes a member of the International Court of Justice. [/FONT]
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[B][U][FONT=Verdana]1955[/FONT][/U][/B]
[FONT=Verdana]January 1: Pakistan International Airlines comes into being. [/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana]January 17: Noted short story writer, Saadat Hasan Manto passes away in Lahore. [/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana]March 15: The biggest post-independence irrigation project, Kotri Barrage is inaugurated. [/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana]August 7: PM Mohammad Ali Bogra resigns after the election of Chaudhri Mohammad Ali. [/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana]October 6: Governor-General Ghulam Mohammad's resignation is succeeded by Iskander Mirza. [/FONT]
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[B][U][FONT=Verdana]1956[/FONT][/U][/B]
[FONT=Verdana]February 21: Constituent Assembly decides the country shall be a Federal Republic known as Islamic Republic of Pakistan. [/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana]May 14: PM Ch. Muhammad Ali presents the first five-year plan. [/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana]March 23: 1956 Constitution is promulgates on Pakistan Day. Major-General Iskander Mirza sworn in as first President of Pakistan. [/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana]September 12: Huseyn Shaheed Suharwardy assumes office of appointed Prime Minister. [/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana]October 1: The Electorate Bill is introduced in the National Assembly providing for Joint Electrote in East Pakistan and Separate Electorate in West Pakistan. [/FONT]
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[B][U][FONT=Verdana]1957[/FONT][/U][/B]
[FONT=Verdana]March 8: President Iskander Mirza lays the foundation-stone of the State Bank of Pakistan building in Karachi. [/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana]July 11: Spiritual leader of Ismailis and one of the founders of Muslim League, Aga Khan, passes away. [/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana]Governor-Raj is lifted in West Pakistan after four months. [/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana]July 24: Maulana Bhashani forms National Awami Party. [/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana]December 16: Malik Feroz Khan Noon is sworn in as seventh Prime Minister of Pakistan. [/FONT]
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[B][U][FONT=Verdana]1958[/FONT][/U][/B]
[FONT=Verdana]February 14: Sardar Abdur Rab Nishtar, vetern leader of Pakistan Movement passes away in Karachi. [/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana]June 25: President Rule is proclaimed in East Pakistan. [/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana]July 17: First Nigar Film Awards held. [/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana]October 7: Martial Law is declared throughout the country. General Ayub Khan is chief Martial Law Administrator. [/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana]November 2: Iskander Mirza is exiled. [/FONT]
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[B][U][FONT=Verdana]1959[/FONT][/U][/B]
[FONT=Verdana]March 21: Martial law authorities enforce PRODA to disqualify politicians. [/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana]April 18: Government takes over dailies The Pakistan Times, and Imroze and weekly Lail-o-Nihar. [/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana]July 12: Shukriya Niaz Ali becomes first woman pilot of Pakistan. [/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana]September 16: Government establishes Islamic Research Institute. [/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana]October 27: President General Ayub Khan becomes Field Marshal. [/FONT]
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[B][U][FONT=Verdana]1960[/FONT][/U][/B]
[FONT=Verdana]February 24: Presidential Cabinet decides to name the new Capital as Islamabad. [/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana]March 23: Foundation of Minar-i-Pakistan is laid. [/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana]July 31: Foundation of Mazar-i-Quaid (Mausoleum of M.A. Jinnah) is laid. [/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana]August 1: Rawalpindi is declared as the principal seat of the Government of Pakistan. [/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana]September 9: Pakistan achieved its first Gold Medal in Olympics, defeating India in hockey by 1-0 at Rome. [/FONT]
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[B][U][FONT=Verdana]1961[/FONT][/U][/B]
[FONT=Verdana]January 1: Decimal coinage introduced in Pakistan. [/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana]April 22: Government institutes Film Awards. [/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana]June 14: Government takes over news agency, Associated Press of Pakistan (APP). [/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana]July 15: Jasmine is chosen as the national flower of Pakistan. [/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana]August 16: Maulvi Abdul Haq passes away in Karachi. [/FONT]
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[B][U][FONT=Verdana]1962[/FONT][/U][/B]
[FONT=Verdana]March 23: 1962 Constitution is promulgated. [/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana]April 27: Vetern statesman of Pakistan, A. K. Fazlul Haq passes away in Dhaka at age 89. [/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana]June 1: Soviet Union awards Lenin Prize to Faiz Ahmed Faiz for his literary contribution. [/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana]June 7: SUPARCO launches Pakistan's first weather rocket, Rehbar-I from Somniani. [/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana]June 8: National Assembly elected and begins its first session. Ayub Khan takes oath of first President of Pakistan under new constitution. [/FONT]
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[B][U][FONT=Verdana]1963[/FONT][/U][/B]
[FONT=Verdana]January 5: First trade agreement is signed between Pakistan and China. [/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana]January 24: Z. A. Bhutto becomes Foreign Minister. [/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana]March 2: Pakistan and China sing a border agreement in Peking (Beijing). [/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana]April 21: The Council of Pakistan Newspaper Editors adopts code of Press Ethics. [/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana]October 29: Sir Zafrullah Khan is replaced by Syed Amjad Ali as Pakistan's permanent representative to United Nations. [/FONT]
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[B][U][FONT=Verdana]1964[/FONT][/U][/B]
[FONT=Verdana]July 31: Pakistan, Iran and Turkey agree to establish, RCD (Regional Cooperation for Development). [/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana]September 17: Fatima Jinnah filed her paper as candidate for the Presidential election. [/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana]October 22: Khwaja Nazimuddin passes away in Dhaka. [/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana]October 28: Pakistan's hockey team wins Silver Medal in Tokyo Olympic games. [/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana]November 26: President Ayub Khan inaugurates Pakistan Television Lahore Station. [/FONT]
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[B][U][FONT=Verdana]1965[/FONT][/U][/B]
[FONT=Verdana]January 2: Presidential election held. Field Marshal Ayub Khan re-elected as President. [/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana]March 21: National Assembly elections held. Out of 150, PML bags 120 seats. [/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana]June 30: Pakistan and India sign accord on Rann of Kutch. [/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana]September 6: Second war between India and Pakistan over Kashmir. [/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana]September 23: A cease-fire between India and Pakistan comes into force. [/FONT]
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[B][U][FONT=Verdana]1966[/FONT][/U][/B]
[FONT=Verdana]January 10: Tashkent Declaration signed between India and Pakistan. [/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana]February 12: Sheikh Mujeeb, chief of Awami League, announces his 6-points in Karachi. [/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana]June 17: Z. A. Bhutto then foreign minster, resigns. [/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana]September 17: General Yahya Khan becomes C-in-C of Pakistan Army. General Musa Khan appointed Governor General of West Pakistan. [/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana]November 13: Punjab city of Montgomery renamed Sahiwal. [/FONT]
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[B][U][FONT=Verdana]1967[/FONT][/U][/B]
[FONT=Verdana]July 9: Mohtarma Fatima Jinnah passes away in Karachi. [/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana]August 24: Pakistan's first steel mill is inaugurated at Chittagong. [/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana]November 18: Pakistan awards Sitar-i-Imtiaz to Egyptian vocalist Umm-i-Kulsoom for singing the poetry of Allama Iqbal. [/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana]November 26: Malik Amir Muhammad, Nawab of Kalabagh is shot dead. [/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana]December 1: Peoples Party comes into being. [/FONT]
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[B][U][FONT=Verdana]1968[/FONT][/U][/B]
[FONT=Verdana]January 6: Agartala conspiracy case for secession of East Pakistan, unearthed. 28 involved persons arrested. [/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana]September 25: Pakistan Television Dhaka Station is inaugurated. [/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana]October 26: Pakistan becomes Olympic Hockey Champion, winning over Australia 2-1. [/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana]November 7: Students' demonstrations start throughout the country that later led to resignation of General Auyb Khan. [/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana]December 7: Mir Waiz Yousaf Shah, Grand Mufti of Kashmir, passes away in Rawalpindi. [/FONT]
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[B][U][FONT=Verdana]1969[/FONT][/U][/B]
[FONT=Verdana]March 6: All court cases against students withdrawn in West Pakistan. [/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana]March 25: Ayub Khan resigns and hands over power to Army Chief General Yahya Khan. Martial law proclaimed and assemblies dissolved. [/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana]July 4: Pakistan and India sign the final maps of the Rann of Kutch in Islamabad. [/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana]September 24: Indian official delegation excluded from Islamic Summit Conference following Pakistan's demand. [/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana]December 1: Three-hundred class-I gazetted officers, allegedly involved in corruption, are suspended. [/FONT]
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[B][U][FONT=Verdana]1970[/FONT][/U][/B]
[FONT=Verdana]March 1: Air Marshal Asghar Khan forms new political party, Tehrik-i-Istaqlal. [/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana]April 6: First ordnance factory is inaugurated at Ghazipur. [/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana]July 1: One-unit of West Pakistan abolished, provinces restored. [/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana]December 7: First General elections held. Awami League and Pakistan People Party emerge as leading parties in East and West Pakistan. [/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana]December 19: Pakistan wins gold medal in Asian Games hockey, beating India 1-0. [/FONT]
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[B][U][FONT=Verdana]1971[/FONT][/U][/B]
[FONT=Verdana]January 30: An Indian Airlines aeroplane, hijacked by two Kashmiri separatists, lands at Lahore airport. [/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana]February 16: Korakaram Highway, linking China and Pakistan, opened. [/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana]August 29: Rashid Minhas awarded Nishan-i-Haider, Pakistan's highest gallantry award. [/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana]October 24: Pakistan wins World Hocky Cup defeating Spain 1-0 at Barcelona. [/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana]November 22: India launches full-scale attack on East Pakistan. [/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana]December 16: Dhaka falls and Bangladesh comes into being. [/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana]December 20: General Yahya Khan hands over power to Z. A. Bhutto, who takes over as President and Chief Martial Law Administrator. [/FONT]
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[B][U][FONT=Verdana]1972[/FONT][/U][/B]
[FONT=Verdana]January 8: Sheikh Mujibur Rehman is released unconditionally. [/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana]January 30: Pakistan snaps ties with Commonwealth on recognizing Bangladesh. [/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana]March 14: New education policy enforced. Free education in all private and public schools. [/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana]April 14: First session of National Assembly. Bhutto elected President. April 21: Martial Law lifted; constitutional rule is restored in the country. Hamoodu-ur-Rehman is sworn in as Chief Justice of Pakistan.[/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana]May 1: Labour Day is celebrated for the first time in Pakistan. [/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana]July 2: Simla Agreement is signed between President Bhutto and Prime Minister Indra Ghandi. [/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana]October 28: President Bhutto inaugurates Karachi Nuclear Power Project (KANUP). [/FONT]
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[B][U][FONT=Verdana]1973[/FONT][/U][/B]
[FONT=Verdana]February 13: Begum Rana Liaquat Ali becomes first woman to assume office of Sindh Governor. [/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana]April 10: 1973 Constitution of Pakistan enacted by the National Assembly. [/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana]August 11: Chaudhry Fazal Ilahi is elected as President. [/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana]August 28: Return of Pakistan POWs (prisoners of war) Accord signed in New Delhi. [/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana]December 30: Z. A. Bhutto lays foundation stone of Pakistan Steel Mills. [/FONT]
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[B][U][FONT=Verdana]1974[/FONT][/U][/B]
[FONT=Verdana]February 21: Pakistan recognizes Bangladesh. [/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana]February 22: Islamic Summit Conference starts in Lahore; 22 heads of state participate. [/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana]September 15: Pakistan retains Asian Games Hockey title defeating India 2-0 in Tehran. [/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana]December 5: Peshawar Television Station opens. [/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana]December 27: Severe earthquake kills over 500 in Swat. [/FONT]
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[B][U][FONT=Verdana]1975[/FONT][/U][/B]
[FONT=Verdana]April 10: Noted scholar and VC of Karachi University, Dr. Mehmood Hussain passes away. [/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana]July 27: Council of Islamic Ideology recommends to abolish Riba and introduce Zakat. [/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana]October 5: Pakistan and Bangladesh agree to established diplomatic ties. [/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana]October 25: Renowned journalist, Agha Sorish Kashmiri passes away in Lahore. [/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana]December 27: 1976 is declared Quaid's Century year. [/FONT]
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[B][U][FONT=Verdana]1976[/FONT][/U][/B]
[FONT=Verdana]March 1: General Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq becomes Chief of Army Staff. [/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana]April 8: Sardari system is abolished in Balochistan. [/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana]July 24: Lahore-Amritsar train service, Samjhota Express starts. [/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana]July 31: A.Q. Khan research laboratories established. [/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana]August 6: Z. A. Bhutto lays the foundation-stone of Port Qasim. [/FONT]
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[B][U][FONT=Verdana]1977[/FONT][/U][/B]
[FONT=Verdana]January 10: Nine opposition parties form joint election forum, Pakistan National Alliance (PNA). [/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana]March 7: General elections are held in the country. PPP wins 155, PNA 35 seats out of 200. [/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana]July 1: Friday is announced weekly holiday, replacing Sunday. [/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana]July 5: General Zia-ul-Haq enforces Martial Law. Constitution suspended; political activities banned. [/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana]September 17: Z. A. Bhutto arrested under Martial Law orders. [/FONT]
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[B][U][FONT=Verdana]1978[/FONT][/U][/B]
[FONT=Verdana]February 1: Allama Iqbal's Lahore house is declared national monument. [/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana]March 18: Lahore High Court awards death sentence to Bhutto along with four others. [/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana]April 6: First of the 13-volume exhaustive Urdu Dictionary is published by Taraqqi-i-Urdu Board. [/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana]June 11: Altaf Hussain forms APMSO (All Pakistan Muhajir Students Organization). [/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana]September 16: General Zia-ul-Haq is sworn in as President. [/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana]November 24: Pakistan wins Hockey Champion Trophy at Lahore, defeating Australia. [/FONT]
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[B][U][FONT=Verdana]1979[/FONT][/U][/B]
[FONT=Verdana]February 6: Supreme Court upholds Bhutto's conviction in Mohd Ahmad Khan murder case. [/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana]April 4: Z. A. Bhutto hanged in Rawalpindi jail. [/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana]September 1: Pakistan is admitted to Non-Aligned Movement (NAM). [/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana]October 15: Dr. Abdus Salam, eminent Pakistani scientist, is awarded Physics Nobel Prize. [/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana]October 16: General Zia-ul-Haq putt of polls indefinitely, political parties dissolved, press censorship imposed. [/FONT]
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[B][U][FONT=Verdana]1980[/FONT][/U][/B]
[FONT=Verdana]May 10: Pakistan boycotts Moscow Olympics. [/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana]May 26: Establishment of Federal Shariat Court is announced. [/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana]June 21: Government starts collecting Zakat. [/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana]December 2: Former PM, Chaudhry Muhammad Ali, passes away in Karachi. [/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana]December 3: Shirin Bai, sister of Quaid-i-Azam, passes away in Karachi. [/FONT]
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[B][U][FONT=Verdana]1981[/FONT][/U][/B]
[FONT=Verdana]January 1: Interest-free banking introduced. [/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana]January 3: International Islamic University starts functioning. [/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana]March 1: National population census starts throughout the country. [/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana]March 2: A PIA Boeing 720 with 148 passengers hijacked to Kabul. [/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana]August 31: Pakistan Steel Mills starts functioning. [/FONT]
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[B][U][FONT=Verdana]1982[/FONT][/U][/B]
[FONT=Verdana]January 3: Pakistan defeats Argentina 12-3 in World Cup Hocky in Bombay. [/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana]January 11: General Zia-ul-Haq inaugurates first session of Federal Council (Shoora) in Islamabad. [/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana]February 22: Noted Urdu poet, Josh Malehabadi, passes away in Islamabad. [/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana]April 8: Jahangir Khan wins British Open Squash Championship. [/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana]December 21: Writer of Pakistan's national anthem, Hafeez Jullundhry passes away. [/FONT]
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[B][U][FONT=Verdana]1983[/FONT][/U][/B]
[FONT=Verdana]January 15: First three F-16 jets reach Pakistan. [/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana]January 25: Wifaqi Mohtasib (Ombudsman) Order is promulgated. Justice Sardar Iqbal is named, WM. [/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana]March 28: Government lifts censorship from periodicals. [/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana]March 29: Foundation-stone of Satellite Earth Station is laid near Rawalpindi. [/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana]September 29: First phase of local bodies election starts. [/FONT]
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[B][U][FONT=Verdana]1984[/FONT][/U][/B]
[FONT=Verdana]February 9: Government imposes ban on all students unions. [/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana]March 18: Altaf Hussain forms MQM. [/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana]April 27: Ban imposed on use of Islamic nomenclature by Ahmadis. [/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana]November 20: Renowned poet Faiz Ahmed Faiz passes away. [/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana]December 19: General Zia-ul-Haq holds presidential referendum. [/FONT]
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[B][U][FONT=Verdana]1985[/FONT][/U][/B]
[FONT=Verdana]February 25: Party-less national elections held. [/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana]March 23: Muhammad Khan Junejo sworn in as Prime Minister and General Zia as President. [/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana]April 15: Death of Bushra Zaidi, a university student, engenders a series of riots. [/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana]October 16: National Assembly adopts Eighth Amendment Bill. [/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana]December 31: Martial Law is lifted, amended 1973 Constitution revived. [/FONT]
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[B][U][FONT=Verdana]1986[/FONT][/U][/B]
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[FONT=Verdana]April 10: Benezir Bhutto returns to homeland. [/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana]June 6: President Zia lays foundation stone of Al-Shifa Trust Eye Hospital in Rawalpindi. [/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana]July 8: Peshawar Dry Port is inaugurated. [/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana]September 5: Hijacked Pan Am jet is freed after commando action in Karachi. [/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana]October 12: England beats World Champions Pakistan 3-1 in semi-final of World Cup Hockey. [/FONT]
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[B][U][FONT=Verdana]1987[/FONT][/U][/B]
[FONT=Verdana]February 21: President Zia makes a surprise to India, met Premier Rajiv Gandhi. [/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana]October 15: Qazi Hussain Ahmed becomes Amir of Jamat-i-Islami. [/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana]October 21: Jan Sher Khan wins World Open Squash Championship for the first time. [/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana]November 30: Local bodies election held throughout the country. [/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana]December 18: Benezir Bhutto marries Asif Ali Zardari. [/FONT]
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[B][U][FONT=Verdana]1988[/FONT][/U][/B]
[FONT=Verdana]April 10: Army ammunition blown up in Ojheri camp, Rawalpindi; more than 100 people die. [/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana]April 20: Jahangir Khan wins seventh Squash title in a row. [/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana]May 29: President General Zia dissolves National Assembly and Junejo cabinet. [/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana]June 15: President General Zia promulgates Shariat Ordinance making Sharia supreme law of the land. [/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana]August 17: General Zia-ul-Haq is killed in a plane crash near Bahawalpur. [/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana]October 6: Eight political parties form Islamic Jamhori Itehad (IJI). [/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana]November 16: General elections held. PPP wins 92, IJI secures 54. [/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana]December 2: Benazir Bhutto is sworn in as first woman Prime Minister of Pakistan. [/FONT]
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[B][U][FONT=Verdana]1989[/FONT][/U][/B]
[FONT=Verdana]January 19: Students unions are restored in Punjab. [/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana]May 26: ISI Chief Lt. Gen. Hameed Gul is replaced by Shamsur Rahman Kallu. [/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana]October 1: Pakistan rejoins Commonwealth. [/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana]October 20: SAF Games open in Islamabad. [/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana]November 1: No-Confidence move against Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto failed. [/FONT]
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[B][U][FONT=Verdana]1990[/FONT][/U][/B]
[FONT=Verdana]August 6: President Ghulam Ishaq Khan dissolves National Assembly and dismisses Benazir Government. Ghulam Mustafa Jatoi becomes care-taker prime minister. [/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana]September 23: Sandak project signed between Pakistan and China at Beijing. [/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana]October 24: General elections held. IJI gets 104 and PDA wins 45 seats. [/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana]November 6: Nawaz Sharif elected Prime Minister, securing 153 votes. [/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana]December 12: Pakistan becomes 37th country to send expedition to Antarctica. [/FONT]
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[B][U][FONT=Verdana]1991[/FONT][/U][/B]
[FONT=Verdana]April 22: Jahangir Khan creates history by winning British Open Squash title for the record tenth consecutive time. [/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana]May 16: National Assembly adopts Shariat Bill. [/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana]July 17: Pakistan unveils first battle tank Al-Khalid manufactured jointly by Pakistan and China. [/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana]August 14: Nawaz Sharif lays foundation-stone of Bab-i-Pakistan at Walton Lahore. [/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana]August 16: Chief of Army Staff General Mirza Aslam Baig retires. General Asif Nawaz assumes command. [/FONT]
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[B][U][FONT=Verdana]1992[/FONT][/U][/B]
[FONT=Verdana]January 12: Lahore-Islamabad Motorway project launched. [/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana]February 22: Nawaz Sharif introduces yellow-cab taxi scheme. [/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana]March 25: Pakistan wins Crick World Cup, defeating England by 22 runs in Melbourne. [/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana]April 26: Pakistan's Alam Channa enters Guinness Book of World Records as the tallest man in the world. [/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana]June 19: Military operation starts in Sindh. [/FONT]
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[B][U][FONT=Verdana]1993[/FONT][/U][/B]
[FONT=Verdana]January 8: General Asif Nawaz dies of heart attack in Rawalpindi. [/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana]February 5: Kashmir Solidarity Day observed for the first time. [/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana]April 18: President Ghulam Ishaq Khan dissolves National Assembly, dismisses Nawaz Sharif government. Balkh Sher Mazari becomes care-take prime minister. [/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana]May 26: Supreme Court restores National Assembly and Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif. [/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana]July 18: President Ghulam Ishaq Khan and Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif quit their offices. [/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana]October 6: General elections held. PPP wins 86; PML (N) secures 72 seats. [/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana]October 19: Benazir Bhutto is elected Prime Minister by 121 votes. [/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana]November 13: Farooq Laghari elected eighth President of Pakistan. [/FONT]
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[B][U][FONT=Verdana]1994[/FONT][/U][/B]
[FONT=Verdana]January 15: Pakistan Television transmission gets access to 38 countries via satellite. [/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana]January 25: Benazir Bhutto inaugurates country's first women police station in Islamabad. [/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana]April 14: Pakistan's celebrated scientist Dr. Salimuzzaman Siddiqui passes away in Karachi. [/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana]December 4: Pakistan regains World Hockey Championship title after 12 years, beating Holand 4-3. [/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana]December 26: Renowned poetess Perven Shakir killed in a road accident in Islamabad. [/FONT]
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[B][U][FONT=Verdana]1995[/FONT][/U][/B]
[FONT=Verdana]April 25: Veteran politician, G. M. Syed dies in Karachi. [/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana]July 4: Sindh Government lifts ban on six Karachi evening newspapers. [/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana]July 8: WAPDA announces record increase of 14.5 percent in electricity rates. [/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana]May 11: Indian troops destroy Charar Sharif Shrine in Occupied Kashmir. [/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana]December 6: Lahore High Court dismisses appeal against arrest of Maj. Gen. Zaheerul Islam Abbasi in Khilafat Conspiracy Case. [/FONT]
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[B][U][FONT=Verdana]1996[/FONT][/U][/B]
[FONT=Verdana]January 13: General Jahangir Karamat becomes chief of army staff. [/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana]February 11: Cricket World Cup jointely hosted by Pakistan, India and Sri Lanka. [/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana]April 25: Imran Khan launches new political pary, Tehrik-i-Insaf. [/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana]September 20: Mir Murtaza Bhutto assassinated in Karachi. [/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana]November 5: Farooq Ahmed Leghari dissolves National Assembly sacking Premier Benazir Bhutto. Malik Mairaj Khalid becomes care-taker prime minister. [/FONT]
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[B][U][FONT=Verdana]1997[/FONT][/U][/B]
[FONT=Verdana]January 29: Supreme Court upholds President's proclamation dissolving the National Assembly and dismissing Benazir Government. [/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana]February 3: Nation goes to the polls. PML secures 135 seats. [/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana]February 17: Nawaz Sharif sworn in as 19th Prime Minister. [/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana]February 23: Nawaz Sharif launches “Qarz utaro Mulk sanwaro” scheme. Declares Sunday, instead of Friday as weekly holiday. [/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana]May 21: Saeed Anwar slams world record score of 194 runs against India. [/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana]August 16: Noted Pakistani singer, Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, 48, passes away. [/FONT]
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[B][U][FONT=Verdana]1998[/FONT][/U][/B]
[FONT=Verdana]January 1: Rafiq Tarrar is sworn in as President of Pakistan. [/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana]March 8: Population census begins in the courntry. [/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana]May 28: Pakistan conducts nuclear tests in Chagai hills in Balochistan. [/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana]May 29: State Bank bans opening of new foreign currency accounts and suspends withdrawals. [/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana]June 4: UN Security Council deny nuclear power status to Pakistan and India. [/FONT]
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[B][U][FONT=Verdana]1999[/FONT][/U][/B]
[FONT=Verdana]February 21: Lahore Declaration is signed by Nawaz Sharif and A. B. Vajpayee. [/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana]April 15: Pakistan conducts test of a nuclear-capable short-range ballistic missile, Shaheen. [/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana]June 20: Australia defeats Pakistan in World Cup Cricket by 8 wickets. [/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana]July 26: Kargil War ends between Pakistan and India. [/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana]October 12: Nawaz Sharif is ousted from power and placed under house arrest after attempting to sack General Pervez Musharraf. [/FONT]
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[B][U][FONT=Verdana]2000[/FONT][/U][/B]
[FONT=Verdana]April 6: Nawaz Sharif sentenced to life imprisonment on charged hijacking and terrorism. [/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana]May 12: Supreme Court validated the October 1999 coup and granted General Pervez Musharraf executive and legislative authority for three years. [/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana]August 14: President Musharraf introduces Local Government Ordinance. [/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana]December 10: Nawaz Sharif along with family, went into exile in Saudi Arabia. [/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana]December 23: Famous singer, Noor Jahan passes away in Karachi. [/FONT]
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[B][U][FONT=Verdana]2001[/FONT][/U][/B]
[FONT=Verdana]June 20: General Pervez Musharraf assumes office of president while remaining Chief of Army Staff. [/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana]July 15: Agra Summit starts. President Pervez Musharraf and Indian Prime Minister Vajpayee holds talks over long-standing issues. [/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana]August 14: New Local Government system installed, after holding of elections in three phases. [/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana]September 16: US Secretary of State Powell told that Pakistan’s President Musharraf had agreed to support the U.S. anti-terrorist campaign. [/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana]November 10: US President Bush meets President Musharraf in New York and assures additional aid of one billion dollar. [/FONT]
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[B][U][FONT=Verdana]2002[/FONT][/U][/B]
[FONT=Verdana]January 5: Musharraf stunned Vajpayee by a hand-shake at the last 11th SAARC summit in Katmandu. [/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana]February 1: Wall Street Journal reporter, Daniel Pearl killed in Karachi. [/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana]April 30: Musharraf wins in a referendum. [/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana]August 24: President General Musharraf issues the Legal Framework Order 2002. [/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana]October 10: General election held in the country. [/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana]November 23: Mir Zafarullah Khan Jamali sworn in as Prime Minister. [/FONT]
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[B][U][FONT=Verdana]2003[/FONT][/U][/B]
[FONT=Verdana]February 24: Senate elections: Ruling party wins most seats in voting to the upper house. [/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana]March 23: AAJ TV, Pakistan's premier channel inaugurated. [/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana]June 24: President Pervez Musharraf meets G.W. Bush in Camp David. US announces $3-billion five-year economic assistance package for Pakistan. [/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana]July 11: Lahore-Delhi bus service resumed after suspension of 18 months. [/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana]December 14: General Musharraf survived an assassination attempt in Rawalpindi. [/FONT]
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[B][U][FONT=Verdana]2004[/FONT][/U][/B]
[FONT=Verdana]January 1: General Musharraf won a vote of confidence in the Senate, National Assembly, and provincial assemblies. [/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana]January 5: Musharraf meets Vajpayee in Islamabad, discusses Kashmir dispute. [/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana]May 22: Pakistan readmitted to Commonwealth. [/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana]June 26: Prime Minister Zafarullah Khan Jamali steps down and nominates Ch. Shujaat Hussain as his interim successor. [/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana]August 28: Shaukat Aziz becomes Prime Minister. [/FONT]
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[B][U][FONT=Verdana]2005[/FONT][/U][/B]
[FONT=Verdana]July 13: 136 people killed and about 170 injured in a collision of three passenger trains near Ghotki. [/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana]July 14: NWFP Assembly passes the Hasba bill with a majority vote. [/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana]July 19: Government of Pakistan launches country-wide crackdown against extremist elements. [/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana]October 8: A devastating earthquake in Kashmir and NWFP kills over 80 thousands people. [/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana]October 11: Renowned littérateur, linguist and poet, Shanul Haq Haqqee, passes away in Toronto. He was 88. [/FONT]
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[B][U][FONT=Verdana]2006[/FONT][/U][/B]
[FONT=Verdana]January 2: Dr. Shamshad Akhtar assumes office of State Bank Governor having the first woman Governor of SBP. [/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana]May 14: Charter of democracy (CoD) is singed by two former prime ministers of Pakistan, Nawaz Sharif and Benazir Bhutto in London. [/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana]April 26: Pervez Musharraf lays foundation-stone of Diamir-Bhasha dam. [/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana]July 8: Process to release over 1600 women prisoners from 55 jails across starts after Presidential Ordinance. [/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana]July 10: Noted poet, writer and columnist, Ahmed Nadeem Qasmi, passes away in Lahore. He was 89. [/FONT]
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[B][U][FONT=Verdana]2007[/FONT][/U][/B]
[FONT=Verdana]March 9: President Musharraf dismissed Chief Justice of Pakistan, Iftikhar Muhammad Chuadhry. [/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana]July 20: Iftikhar Chaudhry restored as Chief Justice of Pakistan. [/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana]October 18: Benzair Bhutto returned to Pakistan, after exile of about 8 years. [/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana]November 3: Pervez Musharraf imposed emergency, most of the senior judges of Supreme Court ousted. [/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana]November 16: After completition of 5 years, National Assembly dissolved, Catetaker government of Muhammad Mian Soomro took oath. [/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana]November 25: Nawaz Sharif returned Pakistan after 7 years of forced exile. [/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana]December 16: Emergency lifted, banned civil rights and suspended constitution restored. [/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana]December 27: Benazir Bhutto assassinated in a blast/bullet attack in Rawalpindi.[/FONT]

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