Timeline of Pakistani history (1947–present)

1. History of Pakistan:

1. 1. Post Independence Events:

1947

• June 3: British Government decides to bifurcates India, into two sovereign states - India and Pakistan.
• August 14: Pakistan comes into being as an independent sovereign State.
• August 18: Pakistan becomes member of UN by a unanimous vote of the Security Council.
• October 27: Indian Air troops land in Kashmir as the Maharaja declares accession of Kashmir to India.
• November 11: Dir and Chitral States accede to Pakistan.

1948

• February 25: Urdu is declared the national language of Pakistan.
• March 27: State of Kalat accedes to Pakistan.
• July 9: Pakistan's first postage stamp is issued.
• September 11: Quaid-i-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah passes away at Karachi.
• November 13: Khwaja Nazimuddin becomes Governor-General of Pakistan.

1949

• January 1: United Nations cease-fire orders to operate in Kashmir. War stops accordingly.
• February 8: Azad Kashmir Government shifts its capital to Muzaffarabad.
• March 12: Constituent Assembly of Pakistan adopts Objectives Resolution, as a guide to future constitution modeled on the ideology of Islam.
• July 26: Pakistan and India agree on a Cease-fire Line in Jammu and Kashmir.
• November 25: First International Islamic Economic Conference opens in Karachi.
• Soviet Union invites Liaquat Ali Khan to USSR

1950

• January 4: Government of Pakistan recognizes the Peoples Republic of China.
• April 8: Liaquat-Nehru agreement is signed in New Delhi on measures to deal with major Inter-Dominion problems.
• May 18: The Peshawar University comes into being.
• July 11: Pakistan joins the IMF and World Bank.
• September 6: General Muhammad Ayub Khan, the first Pakistani, is appointed C-in-C of Pakistan Army.

1951

• February 9: First census begins in Pakistan.
• May 11: University of Karachi is established.
• June 14: Hearing of Pindi Conspiracy Case begins in Hyderabad Jail.
• October 16: Prime Minister Liaquat Ali Khan is assassinated at Rawalpindi.
• October 17: Malik Ghulam Muhammad becomes Governor-General, Khwaja Nazimuddin assumes charge of Prime Minister.

1952

• March 12: Kalat, Makran, Las Bela and Kharan agree, with the concurrence of the Central Government, to integrate their territories into Balochistan.
• August 21: Pakistan and India agree on the boundary pact between East and West Bengal.
• August 22: A 24-hour telegraph telephone service is established between East and West Pakistan.
• December 24: UN Security Council adopts the Anglo-American Resolution on Kashmir urging immediate demilitarization talks between India, Pakistan.
• December 31: Pakistan National Scouts instituted.

1953

• March 6: Martial Law promulgated in Lahore to control disturbances against Ahmadis.
• April 17: Muhammad Ali Bogra is sworn is as Prime Minister.
• July 14: Wazir Mansion Karachi, the birth place of Quad-i-Azam, is declared protected national monument.
• August 16: Kashmir Martyrs' Day observed throughout Pakistan.
• September 17: Founder of MQM Mr.Altaf Hussain was born.
• November 22: Allama Sayed Sulaiman Nadvi, well-known scholar and historian, passes away in Karachi.

1954

• July 31: K-2, the world's second highest mountain is conquered by an Italian expedition led by Professor Desio.
• August 7: Government of Pakistan approves the National Anthem, written by Abul Asar Hafeez Jullundhri and composed by Ahmed G. Chagla.
• August 17: Pakistan defeats England by 24 runs at Oval during its maiden tour of England.
• September 21: Constituent Assembly unanimously passes the resolution in favour of Urdu and Bengali as national languages.
• October 7: Foreign Minister Ch. Zafarullah Khan becomes a member of the International Court of Justice.

1955

• January 1: Pakistan International Airlines comes into being.
• January 17: Noted short story writer, Saadat Hasan Manto passes away in Lahore.
• March 15: The biggest post-independence irrigation project, Kotri Barrage is inaugurated.
• August 7: PM Mohammad Ali Bogra resigns after the election of Chaudhri Mohammad Ali.
• October 6: Governor-General Ghulam Mohammad's resignation is succeeded by Iskander Mirza.

1956

• February 21: Constituent Assembly decides the country shall be a Federal Republic known as Islamic Republic of Pakistan.
• May 14: PM Ch. Muhammad Ali presents the first five-year plan.
• March 23: 1956 Constitution is promulgates on Pakistan Day. Major-General Iskander Mirza sworn in as first President of Pakistan.
• September 12: Huseyn Shaheed Suharwardy assumes office of appointed Prime Minister.
• October 1: The Electorate Bill is introduced in the National Assembly providing for Joint Electrote in East Pakistan and Separate Electorate in West Pakistan.

1957

• March 8: President Iskander Mirza lays the foundation-stone of the State Bank of Pakistan building in Karachi.
• July 11: Spiritual leader of Ismailis and one of the founders of Muslim League, Aga Khan, passes away.
• Governor-Raj is lifted in West Pakistan after four months.
• July 24: Maulana Bhashani forms National Awami Party.
• December 16: Malik Feroz Khan Noon is sworn in as seventh Prime Minister of Pakistan.

1958

• February 14: Sardar Abdur Rab Nishtar, vetern leader of Pakistan Movement passes away in Karachi.
• June 25: President Rule is proclaimed in East Pakistan.
• July 17: First Nigar Film Awards held.
• October 7: Martial Law is declared throughout the country. General Ayub Khan is chief Martial Law Administrator.
• November 2: Iskander Mirza is exiled.

1959

• March 21: Martial law authorities enforce PRODA to disqualify politicians.
• April 18: Government takes over dailies The Pakistan Times, and Imroze and weekly Lail-o-Nihar.
• July 12: Shukriya Niaz Ali becomes first woman pilot of Pakistan.
• September 16: Government establishes Islamic Research Institute.
• October 27: President General Ayub Khan becomes Field Marshal.

1960

• February 24: Presidential Cabinet decides to name the new Capital as Islamabad.
• March 23: Foundation of Minar-i-Pakistan is laid.
• July 31: Foundation of Mazar-i-Quaid (Mausoleum of M.A. Jinnah) is laid.
• August 1: Rawalpindi is declared as the principal seat of the Government of Pakistan.
• September 9: Pakistan achieved its first Gold Medal in Olympics, defeating India in hockey by 1-0 at Rome.

1961

• January 1: Decimal coinage introduced in Pakistan.
• April 22: Government institutes Film Awards.
• June 14: Government takes over news agency, Associated Press of Pakistan (APP).
• July 15: Jasmine is chosen as the national flower of Pakistan.
• August 16: Maulvi Abdul Haq passes away in Karachi.

1962

• March 23: 1962 Constitution is promulgated.
• April 27: Vetern statesman of Pakistan, A. K. Fazlul Haq passes away in Dhaka at age 89.
• June 1: Soviet Union awards Lenin Prize to Faiz Ahmed Faiz for his literary contribution.
• June 7: SUPARCO launches Pakistan's first weather rocket, Rehbar-I from Somniani.
• June 8: National Assembly elected and begins its first session. Ayub Khan takes oath of first President of Pakistan under new constitution.

1963

• January 5: First trade agreement is signed between Pakistan and China.
• January 24: Z. A. Bhutto becomes Foreign Minister.
• March 2: Pakistan and China sing a border agreement in Peking (Beijing).
• April 21: The Council of Pakistan Newspaper Editors adopts code of Press Ethics.
• October 29: Sir Zafrullah Khan is replaced by Syed Amjad Ali as Pakistan's permanent representative to United Nations.

1964

• July 31: Pakistan, Iran and Turkey agree to establish, RCD (Regional Cooperation for Development).
• September 17: Fatima Jinnah filed her paper as candidate for the Presidential election.
• October 22: Khwaja Nazimuddin passes away in Dhaka.
• October 28: Pakistan's hockey team wins Silver Medal in Tokyo Olympic games.
• November 26: President Ayub Khan inaugurates Pakistan Television Lahore Station.

1965

• January 2: Presidential election held. Field Marshal Ayub Khan re-elected as President.
• March 21: National Assembly elections held. Out of 150, PML bags 120 seats.
• June 30: Pakistan and India sign accord on Rann of Kutch.
• September 6: Second war between India and Pakistan over Kashmir.
• September 23: A cease-fire between India and Pakistan comes into force.

1966

• January 10: Tashkent Declaration signed between India and Pakistan.
• February 12: Sheikh Mujeeb, chief of Awami League, announces his 6-points in Karachi.
• June 17: Z. A. Bhutto then foreign minister, resigns.
• September 17: General Yahya Khan becomes C-in-C of Pakistan Army. General Musa Khan appointed Governor General of West Pakistan.
• November 13: Punjab city of Montgomery renamed Sahiwal.

1967

• July 9: Mohtarma Fatima Jinnah passes away in Karachi.
• August 24: Pakistan's first steel mill is inaugurated at Chittagong.
• November 18: Pakistan awards Sitar-i-Imtiaz to Egyptian vocalist Umm-i-Kulsoom for singing the poetry of Allama Iqbal.
• November 26: Malik Amir Muhammad, Nawab of Kalabagh is shot dead.
• December 1: Peoples Party comes into being.

1968

• January 6: Agartala conspiracy case for secession of East Pakistan, unearthed. 28 involved persons arrested.
• September 25: Pakistan Television Dhaka Station is inaugurated.
• October 26: Pakistan becomes Olympic Hockey Champion, winning over Australia 2-1.
• November 7: Students' demonstrations start throughout the country that later led to resignation of General Auyb Khan.
• December 7: Mir Waiz Yousaf Shah, Grand Mufti of Kashmir, passes away in Rawalpindi.

1969

• March 6: All court cases against students withdrawn in West Pakistan.
• March 25: Ayub Khan resigns and hands over power to Army Chief General Yahya Khan. Martial law proclaimed and assemblies dissolved.
• July 4: Pakistan and India sign the final maps of the Rann of Kutch in Islamabad.
• September 24: Indian official delegation excluded from Islamic Summit Conference following Pakistan's demand.
• December 1: Three-hundred class-I gazetted officers, allegedly involved in corruption, are suspended.

1970

• March 1: Air Marshal Asghar Khan forms new political party, Tehrik-i-Istaqlal.
• April 6: First ordnance factory is inaugurated at Ghazipur.
• July 1: One-unit of West Pakistan abolished, provinces restored.
• December 7: First General elections held. Awami League and Pakistan People Party emerge as leading parties in East and West Pakistan.
• December 19: Pakistan wins gold medal in Asian Games hockey, beating India 1-0.

1971

• January 30: An Indian Airlines aeroplane, hijacked by two Kashmiri separatists, lands at Lahore airport.
• February 16: Korakaram Highway, linking China and Pakistan, opened.
• March 26: Pakistan Army launched Operation Searchlight in East Pakistan.
• August 29: Rashid Minhas awarded Nishan-i-Haider, Pakistan's highest gallantry award.
• October 24: Pakistan wins World Hocky Cup defeating Spain 1-0 at Barcelona.
• November 22: India launches full-scale attack on East Pakistan.
• December 16: Dhaka falls and Bangladesh comes into being.
• December 20: General Yahya Khan hands over power to Z. A. Bhutto, who takes over as President and Chief Martial Law Administrator.

1972

• January 8: Sheikh Mujibur Rehman is released unconditionally.
• January 30: Pakistan snaps ties with Commonwealth on recognizing Bangladesh.
• March 14: New education policy enforced. Free education in all private and public schools.
• 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.
• May 1: Labour Day is celebrated for the first time in Pakistan.
• July 2: Simla Agreement is signed between President Bhutto and Prime Minister Indra Gandhi.
• October 28: President Bhutto inaugurates Karachi Nuclear Power Plant (KANUPP).

1973

• February 13: Begum Rana Liaquat Ali becomes first woman to assume office of Sindh Governor.
• April 10: 1973 Constitution of Pakistan enacted by the National Assembly.
• August 11: Chaudhry Fazal Ilahi is elected as President.
• August 28: Return of Pakistan POWs (prisoners of war) Accord signed in New Delhi.
• December 30: Z. A. Bhutto lays foundation stone of Pakistan Steel Mills.

1974

• February 21: Pakistan recognizes Bangladesh.
• February 22: Islamic Summit Conference starts in Lahore; 22 heads of state participate.
• September 15: Pakistan retains Asian Games Hockey title defeating India 2-0 in Tehran.
• December 5: Peshawar Television Station opens.
• December 27: Severe earthquake kills over 500 in Swat.

1975

• April 10: Noted scholar and VC of Karachi University, Dr. Mehmood Hussain passes away.
• July 27: Council of Islamic Ideology recommends to abolish Riba and introduce Zakat.
• October 5: Pakistan and Bangladesh agree to established diplomatic ties.
• October 25: Renowned journalist, Agha Sorish Kashmiri passes away in Lahore.
• December 27: 1976 is declared Quaid's Century year.

1976

• March 1: General Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq becomes Chief of Army Staff.
• April 8: Sardari system is abolished in Balochistan.
• July 24: Lahore-Amritsar train service, Samjhota Express starts.
• July 31: A.Q. Khan research laboratories established.
• August 6: Z. A. Bhutto lays the foundation-stone of Port Qasim.

1977

• January 10: Nine opposition parties form joint election forum, Pakistan National Alliance (PNA).
• March 7: General elections are held in the country. PPP wins 155, PNA 35 seats out of 200.
• July 1: Friday is announced weekly holiday, replacing Sunday.
• July 5: General Zia-ul-Haq enforces Martial Law. Constitution suspended; political activities banned.
• September 17: Z. A. Bhutto arrested under Martial Law orders.

1978

• February 1: Allama Iqbal's Lahore house is declared national monument.
• March 18: Lahore High Court awards death sentence to Bhutto along with four others.
• April 6: First of the 13-volume exhaustive Urdu Dictionary is published by Taraqqi-i-Urdu Board.
• June 11: Altaf Hussain forms APMSO (All Pakistan Muhajir Students Organization).
• September 16: General Zia-ul-Haq is sworn in as President.
• November 24: Pakistan wins Hockey Champion Trophy at Lahore, defeating Australia.

1979

• February 6: Supreme Court upholds Bhutto's conviction in Mohd Ahmad Khan murder case.
• April 4: Z. A. Bhutto hanged in Rawalpindi jail.
• September 1: Pakistan is admitted to Non-Aligned Movement (NAM).
• October 15: Dr. Abdus Salam, eminent Pakistani scientist, is awarded Physics Nobel Prize.
• October 16: General Zia-ul-Haq putt of polls indefinitely, political parties dissolved, press censorship imposed.

1980

• May 10: Pakistan boycotts Moscow Olympics.
• May 26: Establishment of Federal Shariat Court is announced.
• June 21: Government starts collecting Zakat.
• December 2: Former PM, Chaudhry Muhammad Ali, passes away in Karachi.
• December 3: Shirin Bai, sister of Quaid-i-Azam, passes away in Karachi.

1981

• January 1: Interest-free banking introduced.
• January 3: International Islamic University starts functioning.
• March 1: National population census starts throughout the country.
• March 2: A PIA Boeing 720 with 148 passengers hijacked to Kabul.
• August 31: Pakistan Steel Mills starts functioning.

1982

• January 3: Pakistan defeats Argentina 12-3 in World Cup Hocky in Bombay.
• January 11: General Zia-ul-Haq inaugurates first session of Federal Council (Shoora) in Islamabad.
• February 22: Noted Urdu poet, Josh Malehabadi, passes away in Islamabad.
• April 8: Jahangir Khan wins British Open Squash Championship.
• December 21: Writer of Pakistan's national anthem, Hafeez Jullundhry passes away.

1983

• January 15: First three F-16 jets reach Pakistan.
• January 25: Wifaqi Mohtasib (Ombudsman) Order is promulgated. Justice Sardar Iqbal is named, WM.
• March 28: Government lifts censorship from periodicals.
• March 29: Foundation-stone of Satellite Earth Station is laid near Rawalpindi.
• September 29: First phase of local bodies election starts.

1984

• February 9: Government imposes ban on all students unions.
• March 18: Altaf Hussain forms MQM.
• April 27: Ban imposed on use of Islamic nomenclature by Ahmadis.
• November 20: Renowned poet Faiz Ahmed Faiz passes away.
• December 19: General Zia-ul-Haq holds presidential referendum.

1985

• February 25: Party-less national elections held.
• March 23: Muhammad Khan Junejo sworn in as Prime Minister and General Zia as President.
• April 15: Death of Bushra Zaidi, a university student, engenders a series of riots.
• October 16: National Assembly adopts Eighth Amendment Bill.
• December 31: Martial Law is lifted, amended 1973 Constitution revived.

1986

• April 10: Benezir Bhutto returns to homeland.
• June 6: President Zia lays foundation stone of Al-Shifa Trust Eye Hospital in Rawalpindi.
• July 8: Peshawar Dry Port is inaugurated.
• September 5: Hijacked Pan Am jet is freed after commando action in Karachi.
• October 12: England beats World Champions Pakistan 3-1 in semi-final of World Cup Hockey.

1987

• February 21: President Zia makes a surprise to India, met Premier Rajiv Gandhi.
• October 15: Qazi Hussain Ahmed becomes Amir of Jamat-i-Islami.
• October 21: Jan Sher Khan wins World Open Squash Championship for the first time.
• November 30: Local bodies election held throughout the country.
• December 18: Benezir Bhutto marries Asif Ali Zardari.

1988

• April 10: Army ammunition blown up in Ojheri camp, Rawalpindi; more than 100 people die.
• April 20: Jahangir Khan wins seventh Squash title in a row.
• May 29: President General Zia dissolves National Assembly and Junejo cabinet.
• June 15: President General Zia promulgates Shariat Ordinance making Sharia supreme law of the land.
• August 17: General Zia-ul-Haq is killed in a plane crash near Bahawalpur.
• October 6: Eight political parties form Islamic Jamhori Itehad (IJI).
• November 16: General elections held. PPP wins 92, IJI secures 54.
• December 2: Benazir Bhutto is sworn in as first woman Prime Minister of Pakistan.

1989

• January 19: Students unions are restored in Punjab.
• May 26: ISI Chief Lt. Gen. Hameed Gul is replaced by Shamsur Rahman Kallu.
• October 1: Pakistan rejoins Commonwealth.
• October 20: SAF Games open in Islamabad.
• November 1: No-Confidence move against Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto failed.

1990

• August 6: President Ghulam Ishaq Khan dissolves National Assembly and dismisses Benazir Government. Ghulam Mustafa Jatoi becomes care-taker prime minister.
• September 23: Sandak project signed between Pakistan and China at Beijing.
• October 24: General elections held. IJI gets 104 and PDA wins 45 seats.
• November 6: Nawaz Sharif elected Prime Minister, securing 153 votes.
• December 12: Pakistan becomes 37th country to send expedition to Antarctica.

1991

• April 22: Jahangir Khan creates history by winning British Open Squash title for the record tenth consecutive time.
• May 16: National Assembly adopts Shariat Bill.
• July 17: Pakistan unveils first battle tank Al-Khalid manufactured jointly by Pakistan and China.
• August 14: Nawaz Sharif lays foundation-stone of Bab-i-Pakistan at Walton Lahore.
• August 16: Chief of Army Staff General Mirza Aslam Baig retires. General Asif Nawaz assumes command.
• August 24: Future Microsoft owner Muhammad Junaid Gill born

1992

• January 12: Lahore-Islamabad Motorway project launched.
• February 22: Nawaz Sharif introduces yellow-cab taxi scheme.
• March 25: Pakistan wins Crick World Cup, defeating England by 22 runs in Melbourne.
• April 26: Pakistan's Alam Channa enters Guinness Book of World Records as the tallest man in the world.
• June 19: Military operation starts in Sindh.
• August 3: Zunair was born

1993

• January 8: General Asif Nawaz dies of heart attack in Rawalpindi.
• February 5: Kashmir Solidarity Day observed for the first time.
• April 18: President Ghulam Ishaq Khan dissolves National Assembly, dismisses Nawaz Sharif government. Balkh Sher Mazari becomes care-take prime minister.
• May 26: Supreme Court restores National Assembly and Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif.
• July 18: President Ghulam Ishaq Khan and Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif quit their offices.
• October 6: General elections held. PPP wins 86; PML (N) secures 72 seats.
• October 19: Benazir Bhutto is elected Prime Minister by 121 votes.
• November 13: Farooq Laghari elected eighth President of Pakistan.

1994

• January 15: Pakistan Television transmission gets access to 38 countries via satellite.
• January 25: Benazir Bhutto inaugurates country's first women police station in Islamabad.
• April 14: Pakistan's celebrated scientist Dr. Salimuzzaman Siddiqui passes away in Karachi.
• December 4: Pakistan regains World Hockey Championship title after 12 years, beating Holand 4-3.
• December 26: Renowned poetess Perven Shakir killed in a road accident in Islamabad.

1995

• April 25: Veteran politician, G. M. Syed dies in Karachi.
• July 4: Sindh Government lifts ban on six Karachi evening newspapers.
• July 8: WAPDA announces record increase of 14.5 percent in electricity rates.
• May 11: Indian troops destroy Charar Sharif Shrine in Occupied Kashmir.
• December 6: Lahore High Court dismisses appeal against arrest of Maj. Gen. Zaheerul Islam Abbasi in Khilafat Conspiracy Case.

1996

• January 13: General Jahangir Karamat becomes chief of army staff.
• February 11: Cricket World Cup jointely hosted by Pakistan, India and Sri Lanka.
• April 25: Imran Khan launches new political party, Tehrik-i-Insaf.
• September 20: Mir Murtaza Bhutto assassinated in Karachi.
• November 5: Farooq Ahmed Leghari dissolves National Assembly sacking Premier Benazir Bhutto. Malik Mairaj Khalid becomes care-taker prime minister.

1997

• January 29: Supreme Court upholds President's proclamation dissolving the National Assembly and dismissing Benazir Government.
• February 3: Nation goes to the polls. PML secures 135 seats.
• February 17: Nawaz Sharif sworn in as 19th Prime Minister.
• February 23: Nawaz Sharif launches "Qarz utaro Mulk sanwaro" scheme. Declares Sunday, instead of Friday as weekly holiday.
• May 21: Saeed Anwar slams world record score of 194 runs against India.
• August 16: Noted Pakistani singer, Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, 48, passes away.

1998

• January 1: Rafiq Tarrar is sworn in as President of Pakistan.
• March 8: Population census begins in the courntry.
• May 28: Pakistan conducts nuclear tests in Chagai hills in Balochistan.
• May 29: State Bank bans opening of new foreign currency accounts and suspends withdrawals.
• June 4: UN Security Council deny nuclear power status to Pakistan and India.

1999

• February 21: Lahore Declaration is signed by Nawaz Sharif and A. B. Vajpayee.
• April 15: Pakistan conducts test of a nuclear-capable short-range ballistic missile, Shaheen.
• June 20: Australia defeats Pakistan in World Cup Cricket by 8 wickets.
• July 26: Kargil War ends between Pakistan and India.
• October 12: Nawaz Sharif is ousted from power and placed under house arrest after attempting to sack General Pervez Musharraf.

2000

• April 6: Nawaz Sharif sentenced to life imprisonment on charged hijacking and terrorism.
• May 12: Supreme Court validated the October 1999 coup and granted General Pervez Musharraf executive and legislative authority for three years.
• August 14: President Musharraf introduces Local Government Ordinance.
• December 10: Nawaz Sharif along with family, went into exile in Saudi Arabia.
• December 23: Famous singer, Noor Jahan passes away in Karachi.

2001

• June 20: General Pervez Musharraf assumes office of president while remaining Chief of Army Staff.
• July 15: Agra Summit starts. President Pervez Musharraf and Indian Prime Minister Vajpayee holds talks over long-standing issues.
• August 14: New Local Government system installed, after holding of elections in three phases.
• September 16: US Secretary of State Powell told that Pakistan's President Musharraf had agreed to support the U.S. anti-terrorist campaign.
• November 10: US President Bush meets President Musharraf in New York and assures additional aid of one billion dollar.

2002

• January 5: Musharraf stunned Vajpayee by a hand-shake at the last 11th SAARC summit in Katmandu.
• February 1: Wall Street Journal reporter, Daniel Pearl killed in Karachi.
• April 30: Musharraf wins in a referendum.
• August 24: President General Musharraf issues the Legal Framework Order 2002.
• October 10: General election held in the country.
• November 23: Mir Zafarullah Khan Jamali sworn in as Prime Minister.

2003

• February 24: Senate elections: Ruling party wins most seats in voting to the upper house.
• March 23: AAJ TV, Pakistan's premier channel inaugurated.
• June 24: President Pervez Musharraf meets G.W. Bush in Camp David. US announces $3-billion five-year economic assistance package for Pakistan.
• July 11: Lahore-Delhi bus service resumed after suspension of 18 months.
• December 14: General Musharraf survived an assassination attempt in Rawalpindi.

2004

• January 1: General Musharraf won a vote of confidence in the Senate, National Assembly, and provincial assemblies.
• January 5: Musharraf meets Vajpayee in Islamabad, discusses Kashmir dispute.
• May 22: Pakistan readmitted to Commonwealth.
• June 26: Prime Minister Zafarullah Khan Jamali steps down and nominates Ch. Shujaat Hussain as his interim successor.
• August 28: Shaukat Aziz becomes Prime Minister.

2005

• July 13: 136 people killed and about 170 injured in a collision of three passenger trains near Ghotki.
• July 14: NWFP Assembly passes the Hasba bill with a majority vote.
• July 19: Government of Pakistan launches country-wide crackdown against extremist elements.
• October 8: A devastating earthquake in Kashmir and NWFP kills over 80 thousands people.
• October 11: Renowned littérateur, linguist and poet, Shanul Haq Haqqee, passes away in Toronto. He was 88.

2006

• January 2: Dr. Shamshad Akhtar assumes office of State Bank Governor having the first woman Governor of SBP.
• May 14: Charter of democracy (CoD) is signed by two former prime ministers of Pakistan, Nawaz Sharif and Benazir Bhutto in London.
• April 26: Pervez Musharraf lays foundation-stone of Diamir-Bhasha dam.
• July 8: Process to release over 1600 women prisoners from 55 jails across starts after Presidential Ordinance.
• July 10: Noted poet, writer and columnist, Ahmed Nadeem Qasmi, passes away in Lahore. He was 89.

2007

• March 9: President Musharraf dismissed Chief Justice of Pakistan, Iftikhar Muhammad Chuadhry.
• July 20: Iftikhar Chaudhry restored as Chief Justice of Pakistan.
• October 18: Benzair Bhutto returned to Pakistan, after exile of about 8 years.
• November 3: Pervez Musharraf imposed emergency, most of the senior judges of Supreme Court ousted.
• November 16: After completition of 5 years, National Assembly dissolved, Catetaker government of Muhammad Mian Soomro took oath.
• November 25: Nawaz Sharif returned Pakistan after 7 years of forced exile.
• December 16: Emergency lifted, banned civil rights and suspended constitution restored.
• December 27: Benazir Bhutto assassinated in a blast/bullet attack in Rawalpindi.

2008

• January 2: The Election Commission announces elections will now be held on February 18.
• February 18: Elections are held amidst tight security. PPP, PML-N, PML-N and ANP win 124, 91, 54 and 13 seats respectively.
• March 24: Yusuf Raza Gilani is elected as the new Prime Minister.
• August 18: Pervez Musharraf steps down as President of Pakistan. Mohammadmian Soomro takes over as President.
• September 6: Asif Zardari wins presidential election with 481 votes.
• September 9: Asif Zardari takes oath as President of Pakistan.

2009

• February 16: Pakistan government announces a truce with Taliban, acceptting a system of Islamic law in the Swat valley, conceding the area as a Taliban sanctuary.