Timeline of Pakistani history

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This is a timeline of Pakistani history, comprising important legal and territorial changes and political events in the region of modern-day Pakistan. To read about the background of these events, see History of Pakistan and History of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan.

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Centuries BCE 35th · 27th · 25th · 19th · 17th · 15th · 13th · 12th · 10th · 7th · 6th · 5th · 4th · 3rd · 2nd · 1st
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Lower Paleolithic

Year Date Event
2,000,000 BCE – 1,000,000 BCE Tools crafted by proto-humans that have been dated back two million years have been discovered in the region of present-day North Pakistan[1][2]

The pebble stones from the archaeological site of Riwat, Murree are discovered, dating back approximately 1.9 million years ago.[3]

The earliest archaeological site in the subcontinent is the palaeolithic hominid site in the Soan River valley.[4] Soanian sites are found in the Sivalik region across Indian subcontinent.[5][6][7]

500,000 BCE Some of the earliest relics of Stone Age man have been found in the Soan Valley of the Potohar region near Rawalpindi, dating back to 500,000 BCE.

Middle Paleolithic

Year Date Event
300,000 BCE – 100,000 BCE

Flake tools, microliths and other chopping tools have been found in Soan Valley. Most of these tools were composed of the metamorphic quartzite rocks. The stone tool artifacts in this assemblage have been identified as a part of the second inter-pluvial period in Pakistan.

Some of the Bhimbetka shelters were inhabited by Homo erectus more than 100,000 years ago.[8][9]

Upper Paleolithic

Year Date Event
43,000 BCE The archaeological site of Riwat 55 dates back to this period. It is modern form of Early Riwat Site.[10]

Riwat 55 contains a structure that includes a low wall footing, a pit, and a stone-lined niche, all associated with a freshly flaked stone assemblage that included blades.[10]

35th century BCE

Year Date Event
3500 BCE – 3300 BCE Mature phases of the Indus Valley civilization begins. The civilization used an early form of the Indus signs, also called Indus script.

Over the course of next 1000–1500 years, inhabitants of the civilization developed new techniques in handicraft (carnelian products and seal carving) and metallurgy (copper, bronze, lead, and tin) had elaborate urban planning, baked brick houses, efficient drainage systems, water supply systems, and clusters of large non-residential buildings.[11] The civilization depended significantly on trade, was the first civilization to use wheeled transport in form of bullock carts, and also used boats.[12]

27th century BCE

Year Date Event
2700 BCE – 2600 BCE The cities of Harappa[13] and Mohenjo-daro[14] become large metropolises and the civilization expands to over 2,500 cities and settlements across the whole region of modern-day Pakistan and also some areas of Afghanistan and India,[15] covering a region of around one million square miles, which was larger than the land area of its contemporaries Egypt and Mesopotamia combined, and also had superior urban planning and sewage systems. The civilization began using the mature Indus script for its writing system.

25th century BCE

Year Date Event
2500 BCE – 2000 BCE The culture, artichetere, technology and educational system of Indus Valley civilization reached at its zenith with Harappa and Kot Diji as main centres.[13]

These fluctuations reflect complex and dynamic political, ideological, and economic processes that are an integral part of urban society.[13]

19th century BCE

Year Date Event
1900 BCE – 1300 BCE Late Harappan Phase (Cemetery H Culture)

13th century BCE

Year Date Event
1300 BCE Cemetery H culture comes to an end

10th century BCE

Year Date Event
1000 BCE Middle and Late Vedic period (to 500 BCE)
Iron Age of Indian subcontinent (including today's Pakistan)

7th century BCE

Year Date Event
700 BCE The Upanishads, a sacred text of Hinduism is written.

6th century BCE

Year Date Event
600 BCE Sixteen Maha Janapadas ("Great Realms" or "Great Kingdoms") emerge.[16]
Vedic period ends.
535 BCE – 518 BCE Achaemenid Emperors launched Persian campaign of Indus Valley and in result parts of modern-day Pakistan became easternmost part of Achaemenid Empire[17]
500 BCE Gandhara Civilization at first stage of its flourishness.[18]

5th century BCE

Year Date Event
500 BCE – 450 BCE Persian rule is at its zenith.
500 BCE Roruka as capital of Sauvira Kingdom become most important trading center of Indian subcontinent, also mentioned in early Buddhist literature.[19]
450 BCE Ror Dynasty come to power and captured Sindh, Balochistan and North India with the capital of Rori, Sindh.[20]

4th century BCE

Year Date Event
333 BCE Persian rule in the Pakistan ends after Darius III is defeated by Alexander the Great, who establishes the Macedonian Empire after inheriting the Persian Achaemenid Empire.[21]
326 BCE Ambhi king of Takshila surrenders to Alexander.[22]
Porus who ruled parts of the Punjab, fought Alexander at the Battle of the Hydaspes River.[23]
325 BCE During the Mallian Campaign, Alexander was seriously wounded by an arrow in the chest and this became reason of his death.[24]
321 BCE Mauryan Empire is founded by Chandragupta Maurya.[25]
305 BCE Chandragupta Maurya defeats Seleucus Nicator of the Seleucid Empire.[26]
304 BCE Seleucus gives up his territories (Balochistan) to Chandragupta in exchange for 500 elephants. Seleucus offers his daughter in marriage to Chandragupta to seal their friendship.[27]

2nd century BCE

Year Date Event
200 BCE – 150 BCE Gandhara Civilization (present day Khyber Pakhtunkhwa) flourished in new way by combination of Hellenistic culture and Ancient Indian culture.

Taxila became centre of Gandhara Civilization and religion of Buddhism.

1st century BCE

Year Date Event
75 BCE Arrival of Scythians (Sakas) from Central Asia.
58 BCE Beginning of Vikram Era.

1st century

Year Date Event
20 AD – 35 AD Indo-Parthian Kingdom was established and conquered present northern Pakistan.[28]
35 AD Western Satraps formed.[29]
68 AD Establishment of the Kushan empire by Kujula Kadphises.[30]

2nd century

Year Date Event
100 AD or after Sugar was first produced from sugarcane plants in Punjab.[31]

3rd century

Year Date Event
240 AD Sri Gupta starts the establishment of Gupta Empire in Indian subcontinent (including present Pakistan).[32]
260 AD Kushans decline and are dominated by Indo-Sassanians.[33]

4th century

Year Date Event
320 AD Chandragupta I ascends the throne of Gupta Empire.[34]
Kidarite Kingdom came to power in the region of modern-day Pakistan.[35]
335 AD Samudragupta ascends the Gupta throne and expands the empire.[36]
380 AD Chandragupta II, Samudragupta's son becomes the Gupta Emperor.[34]

5th century

Year Date Event
450 AD White Huns (Hephthalites) attacked Gandhara, sacked its cities and burnt down its many monasteries and centres of learning.[37]
489 AD Ror dynasty is disestablished.[38]

6th century

Year Date Event
524 AD Rai dynasty come to power in the region of Sindh.[39]
554 AD Collapse of Gupta Empire after the death of Skandagupta.[34]
565 AD Sassanians and Turks overthrow Huns.

7th century

Year Date Event
601 AD Rai dynasty reached at its zenith and covered whole of Pakistan and Afghanistan with the capital of Aror, Sindh.[40]
632 AD Brahman dynasty come into power and Chach of Aror become Maharaja of Sindh.[41]
644 AD Islam arrived in Indian subcontinent. Rashidun Caliphate defeated Rai dynasty in the Battle of Rasil and Balochistan become easternmost frontier of Rashidun Caliphate.[42]
665 AD Turk Shahi gained control west of the Indus River, including Gandhara.[43]
671 AD At the death of Chach of Alor, the Brahmin dynasty reached its zenith and he was succeeded by his brother Chandar of Sindh.[44]
679 AD Chandar of Sindh died and succeeded by his nephew Raja Dahir, last Hindu Maharaja of Sindh.[45]

8th century

Year Date Event
700 AD According to the Qissa-i Sanjan, the Parsi immigrants are granted permission to stay by the local ruler Jadi Rana.
712 AD Muhammad Bin Qasim defeated Raja Dahir and established Ummayad Islamic rule on Sindh and South Punjab (Multan) on the orders of Al-Hajjaj ibn Yusuf.[46]
747 AD – 751 AD Ummayad Era finished and Abbasid Era begins.[47]

Mansur ibn Jumhur al-Kalbi revolted against Ummayad Dynasty during Abbasid Revolution and after Abbasid victory in revolution, he was confirmed as Abbasid Governor of Sindh.[48]

9th century

Year Date Event
841 AD Dynastic rule of Habbaris over Sindh begin under suzerainty of Abbasid Caliphate.[49]
870 AD Hindu Shahis captured Kingdom of Kabul Shahi and expanded their rule in Khyber Pukhtunkhwa and Punjab.[50]
875 AD Habbari dynasty rule expanded over whole of Sindh, Balochistan and South Punjab (Multan).[51]

10th century

Year Date Event
977 AD – 997 AD Sabuktigin of Ghaznavid dynasty defeated many times Hindu Shahi ruler Jayapala and became ruler of domains east of the Indus River.[52]

11th century

Year Date Event
1001 Mahmud Ghazni defeated Raja Jayapala of Hindu Shahi; after that Jayapala commits suicide.[53]
1021 Mahmud Ghazni defeats Raja Tarnochalpal and Punjab becomes part of Ghaznavid dynasty.[54]

In this way whole of Pakistan comes under Muslim rule; Punjab and Khyber Pukhtunkhwa under Ghaznavid Empire, Sindh under Habbari dynasty while Makran (Balochistan) under Caliphate.

This Muslim rule continued for next 8 centuries under different Muslim dynasties.

1030 Alberuni arrives in Indian subcontinent; death of Mahmud Ghazni.[55]
1058 Muslim Rajput Soomra Dynasty ends the rule of Habbari dynasty and starts to rule on the behave of Abbasid Caliph.[56][57]
1092 Reign of Zainab Tari begins; first absolute female ruler in the history of South Asia as well as only female who ruled Sindh.[58]

12th century

Year Date Event
1175 Muhammad of Ghurid dynasty defeats Qarmatians rulers of Multan in 1175.[59][60]
1186 Muhammad Ghori along with Ghiyath al-Din Muhammad ends the rule of Ghaznavid dynasty after having captured Lahore.[61][62][63]
1191 "Victory of Prithviraj Chauhan". First Battle of Tarain fought between Muhammad Ghori and Prithviraj III. Ghori is defeated by Prithivi Raj Chauhan III.[64]
1192 "Victory of Muhammad Ghori". Second Battle of Tarain fought between Muhammad Ghori and Prithivi Raj Chauhan III. Chauhan is defeated by Muhammad Ghori.[64]
1193 Qutb al-Din Aibak becomes deputy of Ghurid Empire in Indian subcontinent.[65]

13th century

Year Date Event
1206 15 March Khukhrains kill Muhammad Ghori during a raid on his camp on the Jhelum River.[66]
1206 12 June End of Ghurid Era.
1206 25 June Qutb-ud-din Aibak establishes Delhi Sultanate by becoming first Sultan of the Delhi Sultanate from Mamluk dynasty.[67]
1210 November Qutb-ud-din Aibak died while playing polo.[68]
1210 December Aram Shah becomes new Sultan of the Delhi Sultanate.[69]
1211 June Shams ud-Din Iltutmish defeats Aram Shah in the Battle of Delhi and become third Sultan of the Delhi Sultanate.[70]
1221 Genghis Khan invades Punjab during rule of Iltutmish.
1236 30 April Iltutmish dies and Rukn ud din Firuz become fourth Sultan of the Delhi Sultanate.[71]
1236 10 October Razia Sultana abolishes the rule of Rukn ud din Firuz and become fifth Sultan of the Delhi Sultanate.[72]
1240 17 May Muiz ud din Bahram becomes sixth Sultan of the Delhi Sultanate.[73]
1240 14 October Murder of Razia Sultan by nobles of Chalisa.[74]
1242 15 May Murder of Muiz ud din Bahram by army.

Ala ud din Masud becomes seventh Sultan of the Delhi Sultanate.[75]

1246 10 June Nasiruddin Mahmud becomes eighth Sultan of the Delhi Sultanate with the support of Corps of Forty.[71]

Balban rules on the behave of Nasiruddin Mahmud as a deputy of empire.

1266 18 February Nasiruddin Mahmud dies without any hier.

Ghiyas ud din Balban becomes ninth Sultan of the Delhi Sultanate.[71]

1285 Delhi Sultanate decisively defeats the army of Mongol Empire at the battle of Beas River.[76]
1287 March Muiz ud din Qaiqabad becomes tenth Sultan of Delhi Sultanate after the death of his grandfather Ghiyas ud din Balban.[77]
1290 1 February Murder of Muiz ud din Qaiqabad by Jalaluddin Firuz Khalji, an army commander.[78]

Shamsuddin Kayumars becomes eleventh Sultan of the Delhi Sultanate.

1290 13 June Jalaluddin Firuz Khalji ends the Mamluk Dynasty by murdering Shamsuddin Kayumars.

Establishment of Khalji dynasty. Jalaluddin becomes twelfth Sultan of the Delhi Sultanate.[79]

1296 19 July Alauddin Khalji murders Jalaluddin Firuz Khalji and become thirteen Sultan of the Delhi Sultanate.[79]
1296 October Allauddin Khalji conquers Multan and eliminates all surviving members of his predecessor Jalaluddin Firuz Khalji.[80]
1297-1298 Mongol Army invades Punjab and Sindh but Delhi Sultanate decisively defeats them and crushes away from Pakistan.[81]
1298 Mongols once again invades Sindh and occupies fort of Sivistan but Delhi Sultanate decisively defeats them.[82]

14th century

Year Date Event
1316 4 January Alauddin Khalji died due to severe illness.[83]
1316 5 January Shihabuddin Omar succeeded Alauddin Khalji with the help of Malik Kafur and becomes the 14th Sultan of the Delhi Sultanate.[80]
1316 14 April After the assassination of Malik Kafur, Qutbuddin Mubarak Shah detroned his brother Shihabuddin Omar and himself becomes 15th Sultan of the Delhi Sultanate.[80]

CE

Post-Independence

1940s

1947

  • 3 June: British Government decides to separate British India, into two sovereign Dominions of India and Pakistan.
  • 8 July: Constituent Assembly of Pakistan approves the design of Pakistan.
  • 26 July: The Gazette of India publishes that the first Constituent Assembly of Pakistan was given shape with 69 members (later on the membership was increased to 79), including one female member.
  • 14 August: Pakistan became independent. Quaid-a-Azam took oath as the first Governor General of Pakistan. Liaqat Ali Khan took oath as the first Prime minister of Pakistan. This is followed by the migration of 10 million people, Muslims to Pakistan, Hindus and Sikhs to India .
  • 18 August: The Nawab Mohammad Mahabat Khanji III, ruler of the Princely state of Junagadh, and other small states of Bantva, Manavadar and Sardargadh, of the Kathiawar Peninsula despite an overall Hindu majority of the population all acceded to the Dominion of Pakistan, this was influenced by Shah Nawaz Bhutto the Dewan of the state. In response, the Dominion of India claimed that the accession was invalid and demanded a plebiscite . Pakistan agreed, on condition that votes also be held in Hyderabad State and Kashmir and Jammu; India rejected this proposal and also refused to allow the Government of Pakistan any role in administering a plebiscite. It was followed by Indian invasion of junagarh .
  • 30 September: Pakistan becomes a member of the UN by a unanimous vote of the Security Council.
  • October: 1947 Poonch rebellion against Maharaja of Kashmir ends with rebel victory and Azad Kashmir is formed.
  • 3 October:
  • 6 October: The Mehtar of Chitral, Muzaffar-ul-Mulk, acceded his state to Pakistan.[86]
  • 22 October: Battle of Muzaffarabad ends in a Pakistani victory and Muzaffarabad is made the capital of Azad Kashmir.
  • 27 October: Indian Air troops land in Kashmir as the Maharajah declares accession of Kashmir to India.
  • November: Operation Datta Khel is carried out. Gilgit is annexed into Pakistan.
  • 3 November:
  • 7 November: Battle of Shalateng ends in an Indian victory.
  • 18 November: Nagar, a small valley state to the north of Kashmir acceded to Pakistan.
  • 27 December: A Douglas C-48C (VT-AUG) of Air India crashed into Korangi Creek en route from Karachi to Bombay, killing all 23 onboard (4 crew and 19 passengers). The crash was found to have been the result of poor visibility during night hours and the instrument lights not working, with serious fault assigned to the captain. The crash was Pakistan's first deadly airliner crash.[87]
  • 31 December:'

1948

1949

1950s

1950

1951

1952

1953

1954

  • 2 April: Pakistan forms an alliance with Turkey which, although not including military cooperation, opens the way to the Middle-East alliance due to its allowance of the entry of other nations.
  • 19 May: Pakistan and the United States sign a Mutual Defense Assistance Agreement.
  • 7 August: Government of Pakistan approves the National Anthem, written by Abu Al-Asar Hafeez Jalandhari and composed by Ahmed G. Chagla.
  • 21 September: Constituent Assembly unanimously passes the resolution in favour of Urdu and Bengali as national languages.
  • 24 October: Malik Ghulam Muhammad dissolved first constitutional assembly.
  • 1954: Mehar Dil Khan Khattak, commander in chief of Pashtunistan armed forces, surrendered to the Pakistani authorities.[93]

1955

1956

1957

1958

  • June 9: Gen Muhammad Ayub Khan's term as the Commander-in-Chief of the Pakistan Army extended by PM Feroz Khan Noon on request of President Mirza
  • June 25: Presidential rule imposed in East Pakistan
  • August: Second Balochistan conflict begins when the palace guards of Ahmad of Kalat attack deputy commissioner. It is followed by Pakistan army's bombardment and assault on Kalat palace and arrest of Ahmad of Kalat. Protests against the government break out in Balochistan.
  • August 7: 1958 East Pakistan-India Border Clashes, Armed skirmishes between East Pakistan and India took place between troops of the East Pakistan Rifles (EPR) and the Indian Army in the small village of Lakshmipur, located in Sylhet District[96]
  • October 6: All powers of Ahmad of Kalat are stripped off and he is jailed in Lahore.
  • October 7: Iskander Mirza abrogates the constitution and enforces martial law. General Ayub Khan is named Chief Martial Law Administrator (CMLA). Political parties are banned.
  • October 27: Ayub and his Cabinet takes oaths. In a dramatic turn of events late night, President Iskander Mirza resigned, giving over his office to Gen Ayub Khan. Ayub now becomes the country's 2nd President. He remained Prime Minister for around 13 hours only, thus becoming the shortest-serving Premier in the history of the country so far.

1958

1959

1960s

1960

  • 1960: Ayub Khan becomes first elected president.
  • 1960: Nauroz Khan and his followers surrender to Pakistani authorities concluding the Second Balochistan conflict.
  • 1 May: The U-2 Incident begins when an American U-2 spy plane, piloted by Francis Gary Powers, is shot down by Soviet Air Defence Forces. The clandestine flight had taken off from the U.S. base at Badaber near Peshawar, Pakistan.
  • 1 August: Islamabad is declared as the principal seat of the Government of Pakistan.
  • 19 September: Pakistan and India sign the Indus Waters Treaty, brokered by the World Bank.
  • September: Bajaur Campaign, Afghan troops and irregulars invade Bajaur district but they are repulsed by Pakistani tribesmen and airforce.
  • September: Dir campaign, Afghan troops and irregulars enter into Dir to support Nawab of Dir against a Pakistan backed revolt. Afghan forces are repulsed and 200 soldiers of Nawab are killed.
  • 10 October: A severe cyclone hits Noakhali and Chittagong districts of East Pakistan, killing more than 5,000 people.[97]
  • 31 October: A cyclone more powerful than that which hit on 10 October sweeps across East Pakistan, killing 14,174 people.[98][99]
  • October: Dir campaign, Pakistani special forces carry out a coup against Nawab Jahan khan of Dir, he is arrested and exiled. A constitutional government is established.

1961

  • 6 May 1961: Constitution Commission, appointed by President Ayub Khan, presents its report, specifying pinpoints the failures of parliamentary government in Pakistan.

1962

  • April: Elections for the National[100] and provincial assembly were held on the basis of Basic Democracies.
  • 8 June: 1962 Constitution is promulgated. National Assembly elected. Ayub Khan takes oath of first President of Pakistan under new constitution.
  • July: the National Assembly passes the Political Parties Act,[101] legalizing the formation of political parties.

1963

1964

  • 2 January: Fatima Jinnah lost the presidential elections, Ayub completes the second term.
  • 2 January: Anti-Hindu riots begin in Khulna, East Pakistan. They and reciprocal riots in Calcutta would fuel waves of communal violence on either side of the border over the next few months killing thousands.
  • 1 June: Pakistan acquires from the United States its first submarine, the PNS Ghazi
  • 22 July: The heads of state of Iran, Pakistan and Turkey issue a joint communique from Istanbul, establishing the Regional Cooperation for Development (RCD).
  • 26 November: The country's first television station goes on air in Lahore, operated on a pilot basis by Nippon Electric Company.[102]

1965

1966

1967

1968

1969

1970s

1970

  • 6 August: A Pakistan International Airlines F27 enters a steep dive and crashes about three minutes after a night takeoff from Rawalpindi in poor weather. All four crew members and 26 passengers are killed.
  • 12 November: East Pakistan: The Bhola cyclone devastates East Pakistan and Eastern India, resulting in extreme loss of life.[106] 300,000 to 500,000 people are killed.
  • 7 December: 1970 Pakistani general election were held on 7 December 1970, although the polls in East Pakistan, originally scheduled for October, were delayed by disastrous floods and rescheduled for later in December and January 1971.
  • 30 December: A Pakistan International Airlines F27 crashes about 300 feet (91 meters) short of the Shamshernagar Airport runway. Seven of the 31 passengers are killed.

1971

1972

1973

1974

  • 1974: Pakistan recognised Bangladesh.[120]
  • 27 May: 1974 Anti-Ahmadiyya riots result in the death of 27 Ahmadiyyas and declaration of Ahmadiyyas as non Muslim.
  • September: Largest battle between Pakistani troops and Baloch insurgents.

1975

1976

  • 1976: Pakistan begins diplomatic relations with Bangladesh.[121]
  • 3-10 September: 1976 Dir rebellion is crushed, 300 people are killed.
  • 1976: Baloch insurgents, due to lack of ammunition start fleeing.

1977

1978

1979

1980s

1980

1981

1982

  • 1982: Pakistan builds its first workable nuclear device.[126]

1983

  • 12 February: 1983 women's march, Lahore, 50 women are arrested
  • August–September: Movement for the Restoration of Democracy arranges nationwide protests against Zia ul Haq.
  • 1983: The first F-16 supplied by the US to Pakistan Air Force (PAF).
  • 11 March: Kirana-I, Pakistan conduct cold test of a nuclear device, proving the state as one of recognized nuclear weapons state. The test was not announced publicly until 1998.
  • December 31: The 7.2 mb  Hindu Kush earthquake affects northern Afghanistan and Pakistan with a maximum Mercalli intensity of VII (Very strong), killing 12–26 and injuring 60–483.

1984

1985

1986

1987

1988

1989

1990s

1990

1991

  • 1991: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif begins economic liberalisation programme.
  • 16 May: Islamic Shariah law formally incorporated into legal code.
  • December: A train travelling from Karachi to Lahore hits a parked freight train at Ghotki, killing over 100 of the 800 passengers.[139]

1992

1993

1994

1995

1996

1997

1998

1999

2000s

2000

  • April: After military takeover, Former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif is sentenced to life imprisonment
  • 12 May: Supreme Court validated the October 1999 coup and granted General Pervez Musharraf executive and legislative authority for three years.[162]
  • December: Nawaz Sharif goes into exile to Saudi Arabia

2001

  • 20 June: General Pervez Musharraf dismissed the president and named himself to the post.
  • 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.
  • 15 September: The September 11 attacks in America result in Pakistan agreeing to cooperate with the campaign against Al Qaeda.[163]
  • 16 September: US Secretary of State Powell told that Pakistan's President Musharraf had agreed to support the U.S. anti-terrorist campaign.
  • 7 October: United States invasion of Afghanistan
  • 28 October: Bahawalpur church shooting, 18 Christians are killed in retaliation for United States invasion of Afghanistan
  • 10 November: US President Bush meets President Musharraf in New York and assures additional aid of one billion dollars.
  • 13 December:
  • December: Pakistan and India moved ballistic missiles closer to each other's border, and mortar and artillery fire was reported in Kashmir.[164]

2002

  • 1 January: an earthquake strikes northern Pakistan.[165]
  • 5 January: Musharraf stunned Vajpayee by a hand-shake at the last 11th SAARC summit in Kathmandu.
  • 12 January: President Musharraf declares a war on extremism.[166]
  • 14 January: India calls off Operation Pakram.
  • 22 February — The American journalist Daniel Pearl was kidnapped and murdered in Karachi.[167]
  • 26 February At least 11 Shi'a worshipers were killed by firing at the Shah-i-Najaf Mosque in Rawalpindi.[168]
  • 30 April: General Pervez Musharraf wins a referendum thus ensures 5 more years in office.
  • 2002: Operation al-Mizan is initiated by Pakistan and US against Islamist militants.
  • 17 March — A grenade attack on a Protestant church in tdiplomatic enclave in Islamabad killed five persons, including a US diplomat's wife and daughter.[169]
  • 8 May: 2002 Karachi bus bombing, 15 killed.
  • 24 August: President General Musharraf issues the Legal Framework Order 2002.
  • 25 September — Gunmen attacked the offices of a Christian welfare organisation in Karachi killing 7.[170]
  • 10 October: 2002 Pakistani general election, First general elections since the 1999 military coup held.
  • 21 November: A 6.3 Mw  earthquake strikes northern Pakistan, leaving sixteen dead, forty injured, and more than 1,000 buildings damaged.[171]
  • 23 November: Mir Zafarullah Khan Jamali sworn in as Prime Minister.
  • 26 November: The Pakistan army evacuates thousands of people following the earthquake[172]
  • 5 December: Three people were killed in an attack at the Macedonian Honorary consulate in Karachi.[173]
  • 25 December Grenade attack at a Presbyterian church in Pakistan's central Punjab province, killed three young girls.[174]

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.
  • 8 June:- 11 Pakistani police trainees were shot dead in a sectarian attack on Sariab Road, Quetta, as they all belonged to Hazara Shi'a branch of Islam.[175]
  • 24 June: President Pervez Musharraf meets US President G.W. Bush in Camp David. US announces $3-billion five-year economic assistance package for Pakistan.
  • 4 July: 2003 Quetta mosque bombing, 44 killed.
  • 11 July: Lahore-Delhi bus service resumed after suspension of 18 months.
  • August: Floods in Sindh province result in tens of thousands of people fleeing to relief camps and a food crisis.[176]
  • 14 December: General Musharraf survived an assassination attempt in Rawalpindi.
  • 25 December General Musharraf survives another assassination attempt[177]

2004

2005

  • 8 January:- At least 10 people were killed in sectarian violence in the city of Gilgit, Gilgit-Baltistan.[180]
  • 2005: Start of Fifth Balochistan conflict, Rape of a female doctor (Shazia Khalid) at the Sui gas facility and the resulting government response started the Fifth Balochistan conflict.
  • 19 March:- At least 35 people were killed by a blast at the shrine of Pir Rakhel Shah in the village of Fatehpur in Jhal Magsi District.[181]
  • 14 May: 2 killed including Haitham al-Yemeni in a strike near the Afghan border in North Waziristan.[182]
  • 25 May:- Six members of a family were killed in an explosion at the village of Bandkhel in Makin Subdivision, South Waziristan.[183]
  • 27 May: 2005 Islamabad bombing, At least 20 people were killed and 82 wounded.
  • 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.
  • 7 October:- 2005 Mong shootings Eight Ahmadiyya are killed[184]
  • 8 October: The 7.6 Mw  Kashmir earthquake affects Azad Kashmir with a maximum Mercalli intensity of VIII (Severe), killing more than 79,000 people and displacing several million more.
  • 10 October: The president of Pakistan appeals for international help following the earthquake, saying the country cannot deal with crisis on its own.[185]
  • 11 October: Renowned littérateur, linguist and poet, Shanul Haq Haqqee, passes away in Toronto. He was 88.
  • 13 October: Clashes between the Rangers and civilians in Gilgit kill 12.[186]
  • 5 November: a strike destroys the house of Abu Hamza Rabia killing his wife, three children and four others.[179][187]
  • 30 November: Al-Qaeda's 3rd in command, Abu Hamza Rabia killed in an attack by CIA drones in Asoray, near Miranshah, the capital of North Waziristan along with 4 other militants. Among the deaths are 8 year old Noor Aziz and 17-year-old Abdul Wasit.[179][188]
  • 15 December: the inspector general of the Frontier Corps, Major General Shujaat Zamir Dar, and his deputy Brigadier Salim Nawazl were wounded after shots were fired at their helicopter by Baloch separatists ."[189]
  • 22 December: Seven killed in a battle between Islamists and bandits in Jandola.[190]

2006

  • 2 January: Dr. Shamshad Akhtar assumes office of State Bank Governor having the first woman Governor of SBP.
  • 13 January: Damadola airstrike kills 18 civilians, in Bajaur area but misses Ayman al-Zawahri, five women, eight men, and five children are among the dead.[191]
  • 25 January: Landmine blast in Dera Bugti District kills 6.[192]
  • 5 February:- 13 killed in a blast on Lahore-bound bus .[193]
  • 9 February: 36 killed in violence on the Day of Ashura.[194]
  • 2 March: A power suicide car bomb attack near the US Consulate, Karachi, killed four people including a US diplomat, a day before President George W. Bush was to reach Pakistan.[195]
  • 10 March: 2006 Pakistan landmine blast, 26 people, are killed.[196]
  • 26 April: Pervez Musharraf lays foundation-stone of Diamir-Bhasha dam.
  • 11 April: 2006 Karachi Nishtar Park bombing Over 50 people are killed.
  • 14 May: Charter of democracy (CoD) is signed by two former prime ministers of Pakistan, Nawaz Sharif and Benazir Bhutto in London.
  • 12 June: Five people were killed in a bomb attack in Quetta hotel.[197]
  • 15 June Five police officers are killed by gunmen .[198]
  • 16 June: Two female teachers and two children were shot dead in Khoga Chiri village in Orakzai Agency.[199]
  • 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: Prominent Baloch leader and politician Sirdar Akbar Bugti killed by military
  • 26–31 August:- Akbar Bugti's killing sparked five days of rioting that left six people dead, dozens wounded and 700 under arrest.[200]
  • 5 September: Waziristan Accords are signed.
  • 8 September:- At least six people were killed in bomb blast in Barkhan District.[201]
  • 6 October:: 17 people were killed in secterian violence .[202]
  • 20 October: A bomb blast killed six people in Peshawar.[203]
  • 30 October: Chenagai airstrike allegedly aimed at Ayman al-Zawahri destroys a madrassa in Bajaur area and kills 70–80 people. Pakistani military officials claim there were militants while provincial minister Siraj ul-Haq and a local eyewitness said they were innocent pupils resuming studies after the Muslim Eid holidays.[204]
  • 8 November:2006 Dargai bombing, 42 Pakistani Army soldiers are killed .
  • 2006: Operation al-Mizan ends in a US-Pakistani victory.

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