Timeline_of_Pakistani_history_(1947–present)
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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| 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. |
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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] | |
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| 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] |
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| 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] | |
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| 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. | |
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| 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] | |
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| 1900 BCE – 1300 BCE | Late Harappan Phase (Cemetery H Culture) | |
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| 1000 BCE | Middle and Late Vedic period (to 500 BCE) | |
| Iron Age of Indian subcontinent (including today's Pakistan) | ||
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| 700 BCE | The Upanishads, a sacred text of Hinduism is written. |
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| 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] |
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| 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] |
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| 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] | |
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| 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. | |
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| 75 BCE | Arrival of Scythians (Sakas) from Central Asia. | |
| 58 BCE | Beginning of Vikram Era. |
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| 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] |
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| 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] |
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| 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] |
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| 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] |
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| 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. |
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| 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] |
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| 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] |
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| 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] |
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| 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] |
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| 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] |
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| 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] |
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| 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] | |
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| 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] |
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- 1351: Samma Dynasty assumed rule over Sindh
- 1398: Tamerlane plunders Lahore
- 1472: Sher Shah Suri (original name Farid Khan born in Multan)
- 1526 – 1857: Mughal ascendancy (1526–1707), nominal rule by Mughals (1707–1857)
- 1541 – 1545: Sher Shah Suri built the Rohtas Fort
- 1586: Yusufzais defeat Akbar in the Karakar pass[84]
- 1701: Kalhoro Dynasty establishes its rule over Sindh
- 1739: Nadir Shah of Persia invades Mughal Empire
- 1751–52: Ahmed Shah Abdali annexes Punjab to his kingdom
- 1758–59: Maratha conquest of North-west India
- 1782: The Baloch tribe of Talpur defeats the last Kalhora ruler Mian Abdul Nabi in the battle of Halani
- 12 April 1801— 27 June 1839: Sikhs become dominant force in Punjab, Ranjit Singh rules (1799–1839),
- 1843: British defeat Talpurs in the battle of Miani and annex Sindh[85]
- 29 March 1849: British defeat Sikhs and annex Punjab
- 1 November 1857 The British control most present-day Pakistan region and incorporate it as part of the British Indian Empire.
- 30 December 1906: A new political party All-India Muslim League formed to protect rights of Muslims in British Indian Empire.
- 1909: Muhammad Ali Jinnah was elected to the Legislative Council in 1909
- 1913: Prominent Muslim leader Muhammad Ali Jinnah, acknowledging that Hindu dominant Indian Congress failing to protect Indian Muslim rights, joined the All India Muslim League (AIML). Now he was member of both the political parties, later became leader of the All-India Muslim League and instrumental in the creation of Pakistan.
- 1920: Having disagreement with Gandhi on the issue of Swaraj (self-rule), complete freedom from the British and on using extra-constitutional means, Jinnah resigned from the Congress in 1920
- 1921:
- MAO College Aligarh upgraded to Aligrah Muslim University
- 29 December 1930: Dr. Muhammad Allama Iqbal, a great Muslim philosopher and poet suggested creation of separate Muslim state in Indian sub-continent to protect Muslim population dominated by Hindu majority.
- 31 May 1935: A strong earthquake with a magnitude of 7.7 jolted Quetta killing over 50,000 people
- 14 August 1947: Pakistan is created.
1940s
- 3 June 1947: 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.
- 30 September: Pakistan becomes a member of the UN by an unanimous vote of the Security Council.
- 27 October: Indian Air troops land in Kashmir as the Maharajah declares accession of Kashmir to India.
- 1 January: UNO cease-fire orders to operate in Kashmir. War stops accordingly.
- 1 May: Indo-Pakistani War of 1947, Pakistan enters war on behalf of Kashmir against India.
- 1 July: Quaid-e-Azam inaugurated the State Bank of Pakistan.
- 11 September 1948: Muhammad Ali Jinnah, the first governor general of Pakistan, passes away.
- 1 January: United Nations Cease-fire Line established between Pakistan Administered Kashmir (GB & AJ&K) and Indian Administered Kashmir
- 8 February: Azad Kashmir Government shifts its capital to Muzaffarabad.
- 12 March 1949 : Objectives Resolution passed by Liaquat Ali Khan.
- 14 September: Khwaja Nazimuddin becomes 2nd Governor-General of Pakistan.
1950s
- 11 July 1950 Pakistan joins the International Monetary Fund and World Bank.
- 16 October 1951: First Prime Minister Liaqat Ali Khan assassinated in Liaqat National Bagh, Rawalpindi.
- 17 October 1951: Finance Minister Malik Ghulam Mohammad (1895–1956) of Muslim League becomes the third Governor General. Governor-General Khawaja Nazimuddin of Muslim League becomes the second Prime Minister.
- 21 August 1951: Pakistan and India agree on the boundary pact between East Bengal and West Bengal.
- 22 August 1951: A 24-hour telegraph telephone service is established between East Pakistan and West Pakistan.
- 24 December 1951: UN Security Council adopts the Anglo-American Resolution on Kashmir urging immediate demilitarization talks between India, Pakistan.
- 17 April 1953: Muhammad Ali Bogra is sworn as prime minister.
- 7 August 1954: Government of Pakistan approves the National Anthem, written by Abu Al-Asar Hafeez Jalandhari and composed by Ahmed G. Chagla.
- 21 September 1954: Constituent Assembly unanimously passes the resolution in favour of Urdu and Bengali as national languages.
- 24 October: 1954 Malik Ghulam Muhammad dissolved first constitutional assembly.
- 1955: Constitutional crisis, Mohammad Ali Bogra removed, new assembly, new cabinet.
- 7 August 1955: PM Mohammad Ali Bogra resigns after the election of Chaudhri Mohammad Ali.
- 6 October 1955: Governor-General Ghulam Mohammad's resignation is succeeded by Iskander Mirza.
- 1956: The Constituent Assembly promulgates first indigenous constitution
- 1956: Constituent Assembly decides the country shall be a Federal Republic known as Islamic Republic of Pakistan
- 16 December 1957: Malik Firoz Khan Noon is sworn in as seventh Prime Minister of Pakistan.
- 7 October 1958: After a military coup dictorial Ayub Khan takes over.
- 18 April 1959: The government takes over dailies The Pakistan Times, Imroze and weekly Lail-o-Nihar.
1960s
- 1960: Ayub Khan becomes first elected president
- 1 August 1960: Islamabad is declared as the principal seat of the Government of Pakistan.
- 8 June 1962: 1962 Constitution is promulgated. National Assembly elected. Ayub Khan takes oath of first President of Pakistan under new constitution.
- 2 January 1964: Fatima Jinnah lost the presidential elections, Ayub completes the second term.
- 6 September 1965: Second war between Pakistan and India over Kashmir.
- 10 January 1966: Pakistan and India sign the Tashkent Declaration to end hostilities.
- 30 November 1967: Pakistan Peoples Party founded by Zulfikar Ali Bhutto in Lahore.
- 25 March 1969: Ayub Khan resigns; Yahya Khan declares martial law and assumes presidency.
1970s
- 7 December 1970: 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.
- 1971: East Pakistan attempts to secede, leading to civil war; India intervenes in support of East Pakistanis; Pakistan fights another war with India; East Pakistan breaks away to become Bangladesh;
- 20 December 1971: Yahya Khan resigns.
- 1972: Karachi labour unrest of 1972 and Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto becomes president.
- 14 March 1972: New education policy enforced. Free education in all private and public schools.
- 21 April 1972: Martial Law lifted; constitutional rule is restored in the country. Hamoodur Rahman is sworn in as Chief Justice of Pakistan.
- 10 April 1973: 1973 Constitution of Pakistan enacted by the National Assembly.
- 11 August 1973: Chaudhry Fazal Ilahi is elected as president.
- 14 August 1973: Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto becomes prime minister. Constitution of Pakistan 1973 promulgated.
- 7 March 1977: 1977 Pakistani general election
- 5 July 1977: General Muhammad Zia ul-Haq overthrows prime minister Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto and declares martial law.
- 11 June 1978: Altaf Hussain founded the All Pakistan Muhajir Student Organization (APMSO) in Karachi University.
- 16 September 1978: General Muhammad Zia ul-Haq becomes Pakistan's sixth president.
- 1979: The military ruler Zia Ul-Haq enacts the Hudood Ordinances.
- 4 April 1979: Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto hanged.
1980s
- 26 May 1980: Establishment of Federal Shariat Court is announced.
- 23 March 1981: Provisional constitutional order enforced, replacing the 1973 constitution.
- 18 March 1984: Azeem Ahmed Tariq & Altaf Hussain founded the MQM (Muhajir Qaumi Movement) in Karachi and Hyderabad.
- 28 February 1985: General elections held; Muhammad Khan Junejo becomes prime minister.
- 31 December 1985: Martial Law is lifted, amended 1973 Constitution revived.
- 20 January 1988: Prominent Pashtun leader Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan dies in Peshawar.
- 10 April 1988: Army ammunition blown up in Ojheri camp, Rawalpindi; more than 100 people die.
- 29 May 1988: Zia dismisses Junejo's government;
- 17 August 1988: General Zia-ul-Haq is killed in a plane crash near Bahawalpur.
- 16 November 1988: New elections held; Benazir Bhutto becomes prime minister
- 30 September 1988: 1988 Hyderabad massacre
- 16 November 1988: 1988 Pakistani general election
1990s
- 6 August 1990: President Ghulam Ishaq Khan dismisses Benazir Bhutto government; Mian Nawaz Sharif becomes the next prime minister
- 24 October 1990: 1990 Pakistani general election
- 1991: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif begins economic liberalisation programme.
- 16 May 1991: Islamic Shariah law formally incorporated into legal code.
- 19 June 1992: Pakistan Army started Operation Clean-up
- 18 July 1993: President Ghulam Ishaq Khan and Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif both resign under pressure from military. Benazir Bhutto becomes prime minister for the second time.
- 5 November 1996: President Farooq Leghari dismisses Bhutto government.
- 3 February 1997: 1997 Pakistani general election, Nawaz Sharif becomes prime minister for the second time.
- 28 May 1998: Pakistan conducts nuclear tests.
- 26 July 1999: Kargil War ends between Pakistan and India.
- 12 October 1999: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif overthrown in military coup led by General Pervez Musharraf.
2000s
- 12 May 2000: Supreme Court validated the October 1999 coup and granted General Pervez Musharraf executive and legislative authority for three years.[86]
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.
- 16 September: US Secretary of State Powell told that Pakistan's President Musharraf had agreed to support the U.S. anti-terrorist campaign.
- 10 November: US President Bush meets President Musharraf in New York and assures additional aid of one billion dollars.
2002
- 5 January: Musharraf stunned Vajpayee by a hand-shake at the last 11th SAARC summit in Kathmandu.
- 1 February: Wall Street Journal reporter, Daniel Pearl killed in Karachi.
- 16 March: War in North-West Pakistan begins.
- 30 April: General Pervez Musharraf wins a referendum thus ensures 5 more years in office.
- 8 May: 2002 Karachi bus bombing, 15 killed.
- 24 August: President General Musharraf issues the Legal Framework Order 2002.
- 10 October: 2002 Pakistani general election, First general elections since the 1999 military coup held.
- 23 November: Mir Zafarullah Khan Jamali sworn in as Prime Minister.
2003
- 24 February: Senate elections: Ruling party wins most seats in voting to the upper house.
- 23 March: AAJ TV, Pakistan's premier channel inaugurated.
- 24 June: President Pervez Musharraf meets 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.
- 14 December: General Musharraf survived an assassination attempt in Rawalpindi.
2004
- 1 January: General Musharraf won a vote of confidence in the Senate, National Assembly, and provincial assemblies.
- 5 January: Musharraf meets Vajpayee in Islamabad, discusses Kashmir dispute.
- 22 May: Pakistan readmitted to Commonwealth.
- 26 June: Prime Minister Zafarullah Khan Jamali steps down and nominates Ch. Shujaat Hussain as his interim successor.
- 28 August: Shaukat Aziz becomes Prime Minister.
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| 2005 | 13 July | 136 people killed and about 170 injured in a collision of three passenger trains near Ghotki. |
| 14 July | NWFP Assembly passes the Hasba bill with a majority vote. | |
| 19 July | Government of Pakistan launches country-wide crackdown against extremist elements. | |
| 8 October | 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. | |
| 11 October | Renowned littérateur, linguist and poet, Shanul Haq Haqqee, passes away in Toronto. He was 88. | |
| 2006 | 2 January | Dr. Shamshad Akhtar assumes office of State Bank Governor having the first woman Governor of SBP. |
| 14 May | Charter of democracy (CoD) is signed by two former prime ministers of Pakistan, Nawaz Sharif and Benazir Bhutto in London. | |
| 26 April | Pervez Musharraf lays foundation-stone of Diamir-Bhasha dam. | |
| 8 July | Process to release over 1600 women prisoners from 55 jails across starts after Presidential Ordinance. | |
| 10 July | Noted poet, writer and columnist, Ahmed Nadeem Qasmi, passes away in Lahore. He was 89. | |
| 26 August | Prominent Baloch leader and politician Sirdar Akbar Bugti killed by military | |
| 2007 | 9 March | President Musharraf dismissed Chief Justice of Pakistan, Iftikhar. |
| 3 July | Pakistani security forces started operation Sunrise to liberate Lal Masjid from the fundamentalist Islamic militants | |
| 20 July | Iftikhar restored as Chief Justice of Pakistan. | |
| 18 October | Bhutto, Benazir returned to Pakistan, after exile of about 8 years. | |
| 3 November | Pervez Musharraf imposed emergency, most of the senior judges of Supreme Court ousted. | |
| 16 November | After completion of 5 years, National Assembly dissolved, Caretaker government of Muhammad Mian Soomro took oath. | |
| 25 November | Nawaz Sharif returned Pakistan after 7 years of forced exile. | |
| 15 December | Emergency lifted, civil rights and suspended constitution restored | |
| 27 December | Former Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto assassinated in Rawalpindi | |
| 2008 | 2 January | The Election Commission announces elections will now be held on February 18. |
| 18 February | Elections are held amidst tight security. PPP, PML-N, PML-N and ANP win 124, 91, 54 and 13 seats respectively. | |
| 24 March | Yusuf Raza Gilani is elected as the new Prime Minister. | |
| 18 August | Pervaiz Musharraf steps down as President of Pakistan. Mohammadmian Soomro takes over as president. | |
| 6 September | Asif Zardari wins presidential election with 481 votes. | |
| 9 September | Asif Zardari takes oath as President of Pakistan. |
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2007
- 11 July: Siege of Lal Masjid ends, which started on 3 July.
- 19 October: 2007 Karsaz bombing, 180 killed.
- 4 September: September 2007 bombings in Rawalpindi, 25 killed.
- 3 November: Pervez Musharraf imposed emergency, most of the senior judges of Supreme Court ousted.
- 27 December: Benazir Bhutto assassinated, aged 54. (b. 1953)
2008
- 9 February: 2008 Charsadda bombing, 27 killed.
- 6 July: 2008 Lal Masjid bombing, 18 policeman killed and 1 civilian.[87]
- 18 August: Pervez Musharraf resigns.
- 21 August: 2008 Wah bombing, 70 killed.
2009
- 16 February: Pakistan government announces a truce with Taliban, accepting a system of Islamic law in the Swat valley, conceding the area as a Taliban sanctuary.
- 9 March: Militants attack bus with the touring Sri Lankan cricket team. All international cricket matches in Pakistan are suspended. Pakistan also loses its status as hosts for the 2011 Cricket World Cup.
- 16 March: As the result of long march Lawyers' Movement succeeded. Iftikhar Mohammed Chaudhry was restored as Chief Justice of Pakistan and other judges dismissed by Musharraf.
- 27 March: 2009 Jamrud mosque bombing, 48–70 killed.
- 23 May: Pakistan Army launched Operation Rah-e-Rast and cleared Swat valley of all Taliban elements. It is regarded as one of the most successful counter-insurgency operations in modern age (to 15 July)
- 4 April: 2009 Islamabad Frontier Corps post bombing, 5 killed.
- 5 April: 2009 Chakwal mosque bombing, more than 30 killed.
- 9 June: Pearl Continental hotel bombing, 17 killed.
- 20 October: 2009 International Islamic University bombing, 4 killed.
- 2 November: November 2009 Rawalpindi bombing, 35 killed.
- 4 December: December 2009 Rawalpindi attack, 40 killed.
2010s
2010
- 10 January: January 2010 Bajaur bombing, 16 killed.
- 3 February: February 2010 Lower Dir bombing, 8 killed.
- 5 February: February 2010 Karachi bombings, 25 killed.
- 18 February: February 2010 Khyber mosque bombing, 30 killed.
- 12 March: Lahore church bombings, more than 72 killed.
- 5 April: April 2010 U.S consulate and ANP attack, 50 killed.
- 5 April: 2010 Timergarah bombings, 46 killed.
- 10 April: Pakistan adopts the 18th amendment to the Constitution, stripping President Asif Ali Zardari of key powers.
- 17 April: April 2010 Kohat bombings, 58 killed.
- 19 April: 19 April 2010 Peshawar bombing. 25 killed.
- 28 May: 2010 Ahmadiyya mosques massacre, 87 killed.
- 1 July: July 2010 Lahore bombings, 50 killed.
- 9 July: Mohmand Agency bombing, 104 killed.
- 1 September: September 2010 Lahore bombings, 38 killed.
- 3 September: September 2010 Quetta bombing, 73 killed.
- 5 November: 2010 Darra Adam Khel mosque bombing, 66 killed.
- 25 December: December 2010 Bajaur bombing, 47 killed.
2011
- 3 April: 2011 Dera Ghazi Khan bombings, more than 50 killed.
- 2 May: The US Navy Seals killed Osama bin Laden in the city of Abbottabad.[88]
- 12 June: June 2011 Peshawar bombings, more than 34 were killed.
- July – August: Mass target killing occurred killing ~344 people throughout Karachi.[89]
- 19 August: 2011 Khyber Agency bombing, more than 48 killed.
2012
- 22 June: Raja Pervaiz Ashraf is elected as Prime Minister of Pakistan, following the disqualification of Yousaf Raza Gillani over a contempt of court conviction by the Supreme Court of Pakistan.[90]
2013
- 10 January: January 2013 Quetta bombings, 130 killed.
- 7 May: 7 May 2013 Syed Janan election rally bombing, 18–25 killed.
- 11 May: 2013 Pakistani general election held
- 5 June: Nawaz Sharif is elected Prime Minister of Pakistan, following the Pakistan Muslim League (N)'s victory in the 2013 general elections for the 3rd time.
- 15 June: June 2013 Quetta attacks, 26 killed.
- 18 June: 2013 Mardan funeral bombing, 28 killed.
- 21 June: 2013 Peshawar mosque bombing, 15 killed.
- 30 July: Mamnoon Hussain is elected as the 12th President of Pakistan in 2013 Presidential elections.
- 8 August: August 2013 Quetta bombing, 31 killed.
- 22 September: Peshawar church bombing, 127 killed.
- 29 September: Qissa Khawani Bazaar bombing, 41 killed.
2014
- 7 January: Aitzaz Hasan died between Preventing suicide bomber attack at his school in Hangu District, sacrificed his own life to save the lives of hundreds of his mates.
- 19 January: 2014 Bannu bombing, 26 killed.
- 19 January: 2014 Rawalpindi suicide bombing, 14 killed.
- 11 February: Second occurrence in Peshawar cinema bombings, 13 killed. First occurrence was on 2 February, which killed 5.
- 3 March: Islamabad court attack, 11 killed.
- 10 October: Activist Malala Yousafzai becomes the first Pakistani to win the Nobel Peace Prize for her struggle to voice girls' right to education.[91]
- 2 November: 2014 Wagah border suicide attack, 60 killed.
- 16 December: 2014 Peshawar school massacre, 148 killed.
2015
- 13 February: 2015 Peshawar mosque attack, 19 killed.
- 15 March: Lahore church bombings, 19 killed.
- 23 October: 2015 Jacobabad bombing, 22 killed.
2016
- 20 January: Bacha Khan University attack, 20 killed.
- 28 February: Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy won her second Academy Award for Best Documentary Short Subject for A Girl in the River: The Price of Forgiveness
- 16 March: 2016 Peshawar bus bombing, 15 killed
- 27 March: 2016 Lahore suicide bombing, 75 killed.
- 16 September: 2016 September Pakistan mosque bombing, 36 killed.
- 24 October: 2016 Peshawar bus bombing, 62 killed.
- 12 November: 2016 Khuzdar bombing, 47 killed.
2017
- 21 January: A bombing at a vegetable market in Parachinar, Pakistan leads to the death of 25 people.
- 9 February: 2017 Pakistan Super League began.
2018
- 27 May: The twenty-fifth amendment to the Constitution of Pakistan was approved by the Parliament of Pakistan and the Provincial Assembly of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP), giving way to the merger of the Federally Administered Tribal Areas into the province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
- 25 July: 2018 Pakistani general election are held and Imran khan became Prime Minister of Pakistan with majority .
2019
- 26 February: Officially spurns Indian claims of Balakot airstrike
- 27 February: Pakistan Air Force shoots down two Indian warplanes in a skirmish and captured Indian pilot wing commander Abhinandan Varthaman
- 2 March: Pakistan released Abhinandan Varthaman and returned him to India in a simple ceremony via Wagha border.
- 5 August: India revoked article 370 of the constitution and partitioned the state of Jammu and Kashmir.
- 14 December: Named the top holiday destination for travelers for the year 2020 by the United States-based luxury and lifestyle publication Conde Nast Traveler.[92]
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