Reference
http://www.personal.kent.edu/~rmuhamma/Personal/Pakistan/PakHistory/timeLinePak.htm &
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-south-asia-12966786
1947
United State pledges military assistance following Soviet Union intervention in Afghanistan.
1983
Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto's daughter Benazir Bhotto (born: 1953) returns from exile to lead PPP in campaign for elections.
1988
November - Pakistan declares a Kashmir ceasefire; India follows suit.
December - Pakistan and India agree to resume direct air links and to allow overflights of each other's planes from beginning of 2004, after a two-year ban.
February - Leading nuclear scientist Dr Abdul Qadeer Khan admits to having leaked nuclear weapons secrets, reportedly to Libya, North Korea and Iran.
June - Pakistan mounts first military offensive against suspected Al-Qaeda militants and their supporters in tribal areas near Afghan border. US begins using drone strikes to target Al-Qaeda leaders in the area.
April - Parliament approves creation of military-led National Security Council, institutionalising role of armed forces in civilian affairs.
May - Pakistan readmitted to Commonwealth.
April - Bus services, the first in 60 years, operate between Muzaffarabad in Pakistani-administered Kashmir and Srinagar in Indian-controlled Kashmir.
August - Pakistan tests its first nuclear-capable cruise missile.
October - Earthquake kills tens of thousands of people in Pakistani-administered Kashmir.
February - Sixty-eight passengers are killed by bomb blasts and a blaze on a train travelling between the Indian capital New Delhi and the Pakistani city of Lahore.
Pakistan and India sign an agreement aimed at reducing the risk of accidental nuclear war.
March - President Musharraf suspends Chief Justice Iftikhar Mohammed Chaudhry, triggering a wave of protests across the country.
July - Security forces storm the militant-occupied Red Mosque complex in Islamabad following a week-long siege.
Supreme Court reinstates Chief Justice Chaudhry.
October - Ex-prime minister Benazir Bhutto returns from exile. Dozens of people die in a suicide bomb targeting her homecoming parade in Karachi.
Army launches offensive against militants in North Waziristan. Nearly 200 people die in the fighting.
October-November - Musharraf wins presidential election but is challenged by Supreme Court. He declares emergency rule, dismisses Chief Justice Chaudhry and appoints new Supreme Court, which confirms his re-election.
November - Former PM Nawaz Sharif returns from exile.
December - State of emergency lifted.
Benazir Bhutto assassinated at political rally at election campaign rally in Rawalpindi.
February-March - Pakistan People's Party (PPP) nominee Yusuf Raza Gilani becomes PM at head of coalition with Nawaz Sharif's Muslim League party following parliamentary elections in February.
August - President Musharraf resigns after the two main governing parties agree to launch impeachment proceedings against him.
Nawaz Sharif pulls his PML-N out of the coalition, accusing the PPP of breaking its promise to reinstate all judges sacked by Mr Musharraf.
September - MPs elect Pakistan People's Party's (PPP) Asif Ali Zardari - the widower of assassinated former PM Benazir Bhutto - president.
Suicide bombing on Marriott Hotel in Islamabad kills 53 people. Soon after, government launches major offensive in Bajaur tribal area, killing more than 1,000 militants.
November - The government borrows billions of dollars from the International Monetary Fund to overcome its spiralling debt crisis.
February - Government agrees to implement Sharia law in north-western Swat valley in effort to persuade Islamist militants there to agree to permanent ceasefire.
March - After days of protests, government yields to demands for reinstatement of judges dismissed by former President Musharraf.
April - Swat agreement breaks down after Taleban-linked militants seek to extend their control. Government launches offensive to wrest control of Swat from militants.
July - The Supreme Court acquits opposition leader Nawaz Sharif of hijacking charges dating from 1999 army coup, removing ban on his running for public office.
August - The leader of Pakistan's Taliban, Baitullah Mehsud, is killed in US drone attack in South Waziristan. He is succeeded by Hakimullah Mehsud.
Suicide bombing in northwestern city of Peshawar kills 120 people.
November - President Asif Ali Zardari hands control of Pakistan's nuclear arsenal to PM Yousuf Raza Gilani, in apparent attempt to ease political pressure.
January - Suicide attack on a volleyball match in north-west kills more than 100 people.
April - Parliament approves package of wide-ranging constitutional reforms. Measures include transferring key powers from office of president to prime minister.
August - Worst floods in 80 years kill at least 1,600 people and affect more than 20 million. Government response widely criticised.
January - A campaign to reform Pakistan's blasphemy law leads to the killing of two prominent supporters, Punjab Governor Salman Taseer in January, and Minorities Minister Shahbaz Bhatti in March.
March - The prime ministers of India and Pakistan meet to watch a cricket match, an occasion seen as an chance for the two nations to repair relations.
April - The founder of Al-Qaeda, Osama bin Laden, is killed by American special forces in Abbottabad.
November - Pakistan shuts down Nato supply routes after a Nato attack on military outposts kills 25 Pakistani soldiers.
December - Pakistan boycotts the Bonn Conference on Afghanistan in protest at the Nato attack on a border checkpoint.
The government comes under pressure over a leaked memo alleging that senior officials sought US aid against a military coup after the killing of Osama bin Ladin in April.
January - Amid growing tension between government and military over "memogate" scandal, army chief Gen Pervez Kayani warns of "unpredictable consequences" after PM Yousuf Raza Gilani criticises army leaders and sacks top defence official.
Supreme Court threatens to prosecute Prime Minister Gilani for contempt of court over government's refusal to reopen corruption cases against President Asif Ali Zardari and other political figures.
May - A US Senate panel cuts $33m in aid to Pakistan over the jailing of Pakistani doctor Shakil Afridi who helped the CIA find Osama Bin Laden.
June - Supreme Court disqualifies Prime Minister Gilani from holding office after he declines to appeal against a token sentence in President Zardari corruption row. Parliament approves Water and Power Minister Raja Pervez Ashraf as his successor.
July - Pakistan agrees to reopen Nato supply routes to Afghanistan after the US apologises for killing 24 Pakistani soldiers in November.
September - Muslim cleric Khalid Chishti is arrested on suspicion of planting burnt pages of the Koran on a Christian girl briefly detained for blasphemy. Amid widespread condemnation of the case against the girl at home and abroad, a court dropped it November.
October - Taliban gunmen seriously injure 14-year-old campaigner for girls' rights Malala Yousafzai, whom they accused of "promoting secularism". The shooting sparked a brief upsurge of anger in Pakistan against the militants.
November - Taliban suicide bomber kills at least 23 people at a Shia Muslim procession in the Rawalpindi.
January - Supreme Court orders the arrest of Prime Minister Raja Pervez Ashraf over corruption allegations dating back to his time as a minister in 2010. He denies wrongdoing.
The government sacks Balochistan chief minister over bomb blasts in the provincial capital Quetta that kill at least 92 Shia Muslims. Sunni extremist group Lashkar-e-Jhangvi claims responsibility.
Populist cleric and anti-corruption campaigner Tahirul Qadri leads a nationwide march on Islamabad. The government responds by agreeing to dissolve parliament early and to consult Mr Qadri over the formation of a caretaker government.
February - President Zardari and Afghanistan's President Karzai agree to work for an Afghan peace deal.
Bomb attack targeting Shia Muslims in Quetta kills 89 people. Police detain Lashkar-e-Jhangvi militant group founder Malik Ishaq after the group claims responsibility.
March - Caretaker government appointed to oversee parliamentary elections.
April - A court orders the arrest of Gen Pervez Musharraf over his attempt to impose house arrest on judges during his military rule in March 2007. Gen Musharraf returned from British exile in March to contest parliamentary elections.
June - Parliament approves Nawaz Sharif as prime minister after his Muslim League-N wins parliamentary elections in May. Taliban conduct systematic campaign of attacks and intimidation, but fail to deter largest turnout of voters since 1970.
July - Mamnoon Hussain elected president by parliament.
September - More than 80 people are killed in a double suicide bombing at a church in Peshawar. It is the deadliest attack so far against Christians in Pakistan. Taliban-linked Islamists claim responsibility.
November - Lt Gen Raheel Sharif takes over as head of the army on the retirement of General Ashfaq Pervez Kayani.
February - Former president Pervez Musharraf goes on trial on treason charges.
March - Government and Taliban representatives meet in North Waziristan for peace talks, with a cease-fire top of the agenda.
June - A deadly assault on Karachi's international airport leaves dozens dead. Uzbek militants fighting with the Pakistani Taliban say they carried out the attack. Peace talks with the Taliban collapse and the army launches a major offensive on Islamist hideouts in north-west Pakistan.
August - Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif orders a judicial inquiry into allegations of fraud during the 2013 elections which brought him to power. Protesters led by opposition politician Imran Khan and anti-government cleric Tahirul Qadri stage rallies demanding Mr Sharif's resignation.
September - Arrests of opposition activists amid days of violent anti-government protests on the streets of Islamabad. Government and opposition figures hold talks but fail to resolve differences.
Army carries out further air strikes in the restive North Waziristan region.
October - Teenager Malala Yousafzai from Pakistan, who was shot in the head by the Taliban but survived to become a campaigner for girls' education, becomes the youngest person ever to win the Nobel Peace Prize.
Supporters of leading anti-government cleric Tahirul Qadri end a two-month sit-in in Islamabad after failing to force PM Nawaz Sharif to resign.
December - Taliban kills nearly 150 people - mostly children - in an attack on a school in Peshawar.
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1947
June 3 -- the British Government accepted the idea of partition of India.July 18 -- The British Parliament passes the Indian Independence Act.July 19 -- Nawabzada Liaquat Ali Khan (1895-1951) of Muslim League becomes the first Prime Minister. August 14 -- Birth of Pakistan, consisting of East Bengal, a part of Assam (Sylhet), West Punjab, Sind, NWFP and Baluchistan.Some 15 million people flee religious persecution, Muslim fleeing to East and West Pakistan, while Hindus flee to India. An estimated one million people are killed in widespread communal violence and millions are made homeless.Under Section 8 of the Indian Independence Act, 1947, the Government of India Act, 1935 (with certain adaptations) becomes constitution of Pakistan.August 15 -- Quid-e-Azam Mohammad Ali Jinnah (1876-1948) of Muslim League becomes first governor-general and Liaquat Ali Khan (1895-1951) of Muslim League becomes the first Prime Minister of the new nation.September 11 -- Quid-e-Azam Dies and Kashmir Crisis Starts.September 14 -- Cheif Minister of Bengal Khwaja Nazimuddin (1894-1964) of Muslim League becomes second governor-general.The first war with India over KashmirMarch 12 -- Objectives Resolution passes moved by Prime Minister Liaquat Ali Khan.October 16 -- Liaquat Ali Khan assassinated in Rawalpindi.October 17 -- Finance Minister Ghulam Mohammad (1895-1956) of Muslim League becomes the third Governor General.Governor General Khawaja Nazimuddin of Muslim League becomes second Prime Minister.December 22 -- The second draft of the Basic Principle Committee presents to the Constituent Assembly.April 17 -- Malik Ghulam Mohammad dismisses the Khawaja Nazimuddin.(Important note: This is this act of Ghulam Mohammad that sets an unhealthy tradition and precedent in Pakistan of Presidents removing ELECTED governments. This tradition is later carried on by various Presidents creating a continuous instability in the Pakistan.)
April 17 -- A not well-known leader of East Pakistan Mohammad Ali Bogra (1909-1963 ) of Muslim League, who was then Pakistani Ambassador to United State, becomes third Prime Minister.May 1954 -- Governor General Ghulam Mohammad appointed Iskander Mirza (1899-1969) as Governor of East Pakistan. In order to established the peace in East Pakistan, the first step he took as Governor was to order the arrest of 319 persons, including Mujib al Rahman and Yusuf Ali Choudhury. By mid June, the number of persons arrested had reached 1051, including 33 assembly members and two Dhaka University Professors. So, in a wayIskander Mirza had sown a permanent seed of hatred for the Central government in the heats of East Pakistani people.October 24 -- Malik Ghulam Mohammad dissolved the Constituent Assembly of Mohammad Ali Bogra and declares a state of emergency.Pakistan signed an agreement with the U.S. saying that US will come to Pakistan's aid in a time of war.August 11 -- Bogra resigns and Chaudhary Mohammad Ali (1905-1963) of Muslim League becomes appointed forth Prime Minister.October 6 -- Governor-General Ghulam Mohammad resigns.October 6 -- Iskander Mirza (1899-1969) of Military becomes the fourth and last Governor General.March 23 -- Constitution take on and proclaims Pakistan an Islamic republic. The Constitution consisted of 234 articles, which divided into 13 parts and 6 schedules. The National Assembly (the only house of the parliament) was consists of 300 members. The 300 hundred National Assembly seats were equally divided between West Pakistan and East Pakistan (note that the concept of one unit was there in constitution.).March 23 -- Iskander Mirza of Republican Party becomes first president.September 12 -- Chaudhry Mohammad Ali resigns and after the adoption of the constitution, Huseyn Shaheed Suhrawardy (1893-1963) of Awami League becomes the fifth Prime Minister.October 17 -- Suhrawardy resigns, due to President's refusal to convene a meeting of the parliament to seek a vote of confidence.October 17 -- The Law Minister in the Federal Cabinet Ibrahim Ismail Chundrigar (1897-1960) of Muslim League becomes sixth Prime Minister.December 11 -- I. I. Chundrigar was Forced to resign since he failed to maintain the support of his coalition partners and thus becomes the only Prime Minister of Pakistan for less than two months.December 16 -- Malik Feroze Khan Noon (1893-1970) of Republican Party takes over the office of Prime Minister and becomes the seventh prime minister. October 7 -- President Iskander Mirza abrogates Constitution and with the help of Gen. Ayub Khan, the Chief Martial Law Administrator, enforces the first martial law as a response to rebellions in East Pakistan.Military coup -- Chief of the army staff takes over and declares martial law.October 24 -- Gen. Mohammad Ayub Khan (1907-1974) of Military becomes eighth Prime Minister and resign from the office of chief martial law administrator.October 27 -- Iskander Mirza's Presidency ends and sent into exile.October 27 -- Gen. (Mohammad Ayub Khan) of Military assumes presidency and becomes second president.October 28 -- Ayub Khan resigns from prime ministership.Constitution Adopted (second time).Gen. Mohammad Ayub Khan of Military becomes president.August -- Second war between India and Pakistan over KashmirJanuary 10 -- Gen Ayub Khan and Indian prime minister Lal Bahadur Shastri signed the cease-fire agreement in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, USSR.The cease-fire agreement led to the resigning of Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto, Ayub Khan's talented Minister of Foreign Affairs.March 25 -- Ayub Khan handed his place over to Agha Mohammad Yahya Khan (1907-1980), who promised return to civilian rule. He is the first chief martial law administrator (March 25, 1969 through March 31, 1969).Martial law declared by military chief Agha Mohammad Yahya Khan.March 25 -- Gen. Agha Mohammad Yahya Khan of Military takes over and becomes the third president.March 27 -- Gen Ayub Khan resigns from office of Prime Minister.First general elections.Sheikh Mujibur Rahman's Awami League acquires absolute majority in new National Assembly.West Pakistan-dominated government headed by military chief Yahya Khan Declines to assemble assembly.East Pakistan attempts to break away.Civil war begins in East Pakistan.East Pakistan declares itself independent nation and becomes Bangladesh.India intervenes on behalf of Bengali separatists.Pakistani military surrenders to Indian armed forces.December 7 -- Nurul Amin (1893-1974) of Pakistan People's Party becomes ninth prime minister.December 20 -- Nurul Amin resigns.December 20 -- President (military chief) Yahya Khan resigns.December 20 -- Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto (1928-1979) of Pakistan Peoples Party becomes fourth president of Pakistan.President Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto and India's Prime Minister Indira Gandhi sign Simla agreement that adjusts cease-fire line between Pakistan and India and creates new Line of Control.New constitution goes into effect (Third time).August 13 -- Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto resigns from presidency.August 14 -- Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto of Pakistan People's Party becomes tenth prime minister.August 14 -- Fazal Elahi Chaudhry (1904-1982) of Pakistan People's Party becomes fifth President.May - India tests its first nuclear device at nation's nuclear testing grounds near Pokhran in southeastern India.Prime Minister Z. A. Bhutto's government begins nuclear program.Diplomatic ties established between Pakistan and Bangladesh.Riots erupt over allegations of rigging of general election by Pakistan Peoples Party. Gen. Mohammad Zia ul-Haq (1924-1988) of Military declares martial law.July 5 -- Gen. Zia ul-Haq of Military becomes eleventh prime minister.September 16 -- President Fazal Elahi Chaudhry resignsSeptember 16 -- Gen. Zia ul-Haq of Military becomes sixth president.Islamic penal code introduced.Gen. and president Zia ul-Haq of Military hangs First elected Prime Minister of Pakistan Z. A. Bhutto.United State pledges military assistance following Soviet Union intervention in Afghanistan.1983
Gen. and president Zia announces that he will lift the martial law but military will retain the key role in future governments.Martial law and ban on political parties lifted.General elections held under military rule.Controversial eighth Amendment is passes.March 24 -- Military chief Zia-ul Haq resigns from prime ministership and Mohammad Khan Junejo (1932-1993) of Pakistan Muslim League become twelfth prime minister.Gen. Zia ul-Haq of Military President.Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto's daughter Benazir Bhotto (born: 1953) returns from exile to lead PPP in campaign for elections.1988
May 29 -- Military chief (president) Zia dismisses Prime Minister Mohammad Khan Junejo's government.June 9 -- Gen. and president Zia becomes thirteenth prime minister.Military chief , president and prime minister Zia orders new elections.August 17 -- Military chief ,president and prime minister Zia, the US ambassador and top Pakistan army officials die in mysterious plane crash.August 17 -- Ghulam Ishaq Khan (born: 1915) becomes seventh President. (Acting president to Dec. 12, 1988.)Benazir Bhotto's Pakistan People's Party wins November general election.Benazir Bhutto, the eldest child of Prime Minister Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto sworn in as first woman Prime Minister of a Muslim nation. She becomes fourteenth prime minister.December 14 -- Ghulam Ishaq Khan Khan becomes seventh President.May -- India test fires its Agni missile, ballistic missile that can be able to deliver a nuclear warhead to any target in Pakistan or southern China.August 6 -- Benazir Bhutto's government dismissed on charges of incompetence and corruption.August 6 -- Ghulam Mustafa Jatoi (born: 1931) of National People's Party becomes fifteenth Prime Minister (caretaker).In National election, Benazir Bhutto's PPP lost to coalition of rightist parties.November 6 -- Jotoi resigns and Mian Nawaz Sharif (born: 1949) of Pakistan Muslim League (Nawaz group) becomes sixteenth prime minister.Islamic Shariah law formally incorporated into legal code.Nawaz Sharif's government launches campaign to stamp out violence by supporter of Mohajir Quami Movement (MQM).April 19 -- President Ishaq Khan dissolves the National and Provincial Assemblies.April 18 -- Ishaq Khan selects Mir Balakh Sher Mazari of Pakistan Muslim League (Nawaz group) as the seventeenth Prime Minister (caretaker).May 26 -- Mazari’s tenure as a caretaker Prime Minister ended in May, when the Supreme Court of Pakistan invalidates the presidential order on May 26 and reinstated Mian Mohammad Nawaz Sharif as the Prime Minister. Nawaz Sharif becomes eighteenth prime minister. July 18 -- the President, Ghulam Ishaq and the Prime Minister, Mian Nawaz Sharif both resign under pressure from military, thus dissolving all the Central and provincial Assemblies.July 18 -- Wasim Sajjad (born: 1941) of Pakistan Muslim League (Nawaz Group) selected as eight President (interim).July 18 -- Moin Qureshi (born: 1930)selected as nineteenth Prime Minister (caretaker).On October 6th and 9th General Elections were held.Octorber 19 -- Benazir Bhutto (born: 1953) wins slim margin and took oath as Prime Minister. She becomes twenth prime minister.On November 13, Presidential election was held.Sardar Farooq Ahmad Khan Leghari (born: 1940) of Pakistan People's Party candidate won by 274 to 168 votes against, the then acting President Wasim Sajjad.November 14 -- Wasim Sajjad resign and Farooq Ahmed Khan Leghari of Pakistan Peoples Party elected as eighth President.November 5 -- President Farooq Leghari dismisses Benazir Bhutto accuses her government of corruption and nepotism under the Article 58(2) b of the Eighth Amendment.November 5 -- Miraj Khalid (born: 1916) becomes twenty first prime minister (caretaker).Queen Elizabeth II visits Pakistan on 50th Anniversary of its Independence. Former Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto, right, meets Britain's Queen Elizabeth II at the presidential palace in Islamabad, Pakistan.Malik Meraj Khalid selected as Caretaker Prime Minister.On February, National elections held.February 17 -- Mian Mohammad Nawaz Sharif becomes twenty second Prime Minister.February 18 -- Nawaz Sharif obtained a vote of confidence from the National Assembly on February 18.Controversial Eighth Amendment is repealed, which empowered the president to dismiss the prime ministers.Passing Thirteenth Am Amendment and the Ehtesab Act, 1997.December 2 --Because of constitutional crisis, President Farooq Leghari resigned on December 2.December 2 -- Wasim Sajjad of PML-N becomes tenth President (interim) (second time).January 1 -- Wasim Sajjad resigns and Mohammad Rafiq Tarar (born: 1929) of PML-N becomes eleventh President.May 28-29 -- Pakistan carried out its nuclear tests in response to Indian detonation of its three nuclear devices and becomes a Nuclear Power.Nawaz Sharif's government proclaims an emergency on May 28, because of this, all fundamental rights of Pakistani people were suspended and all the foreign currency accounts in Pakistani banks were frozen.A Ghauri missile (a modified SCVD ballistic missile similar to India's Agni ballistic missile).Nawaz Sharif introduces the Fifteen Amendment on October 9.The Fifteen Amendment, which is an effort by Sharif to acquire more powers, soon brought him into serious confrontation with military. This confrontation led to the resignation of General Jehangir Karamat on October 7.Mohammad Rafiq Tarar (born: 1929) becomes an eleventh President.Feburary 20 -- Indian prime Minister Vajayeee visits Pakistan.In April, Benazir Bhutto and her husband convicted of corruption and given jail sentences.April 11 -- India test an upgraded version of Agni missile on Wheeler Island in the Bay of Bengal.The Kargil Offensive.The Kargil crisis in its aftermath led to tense relationship between Nawaz Sharif and the military. It was this tense relationship, which culminated in the removal of the Nawaz government by successor of General Karamat (Musharraf ).October 12 -- Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif overthrown in military coup led by military chief Pervez Musharraf (born: 1943), thus Military Comes to Power Again.Pakistan is suspended from Commonweath due to widely condemned military coup.October 12 -- military chief Musharraf becomes the Chief Executive of Pakistan. October 14 -- military chief and chief executive becomes twenty third prime minister.In April, Nawaz Sharif sentenced to life imprisonment on hijacking and terrorism charges.In December, Nawaz Sharif goes into exile in Saudi Arabia after being pardoned by military authorities.Agra Summit.US Military invasion in Afghanistan.June 20 -- Gen. Pervez Musharraf (born: 1943) of Military dissolved the parliament as a result the figurehead president, Rafiq Tarar vacated his position. Later in the day Gen Pervez Musharraf names himself president while remaining head of the military. He becomes twelfth the President.US Military invasion in Afghanistan.July, Gen Musharraf meets Indian Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee in Agra summit. Talks fails (not even a joint statement).September - Pakistan cut its diplomatic relation with the Taliban and becomes a major ally to U.S. campaign against the Taliban and al-Qaida.US lifts some sanctions imposed after Pakistan's nuclear tests, but retains those imposed after Musharraf's coup.January - Gen. Musharraf announces that elections will be held on October 2002.April - Gen. Musharraf of Military wins another five years in office in a referendum criticized as unconstitutional and fraught with irregularities.May - Pakistani military fires three medium-range surface-to-surface missiles that can carry nuclear warheads.August - President Musharraf of Military grants himself sweeping new powers, including the right to dismiss an elected parliament. Opposition parties accuse Musharraf of perpetuating dictatorship.October - General election results in a hung parliament.November 23 - National Assembly "selects" Mir Zafarullah Khan Jamali (born: 1944) of Pakistan Muslim League (Quaid-e-Azam Group), a member of a party close to Gen Musharraf of Military, as a twenty fourth prime minister and Musharraf resigns from prime ministership.
2003
November - Pakistan declares a Kashmir ceasefire; India follows suit.December - Pakistan and India agree to resume direct air links and to allow overflights of each other's planes from beginning of 2004, after a two-year ban.
2004
February - Leading nuclear scientist Dr Abdul Qadeer Khan admits to having leaked nuclear weapons secrets, reportedly to Libya, North Korea and Iran.June - Pakistan mounts first military offensive against suspected Al-Qaeda militants and their supporters in tribal areas near Afghan border. US begins using drone strikes to target Al-Qaeda leaders in the area.
2004
April - Parliament approves creation of military-led National Security Council, institutionalising role of armed forces in civilian affairs. May - Pakistan readmitted to Commonwealth.
2005
April - Bus services, the first in 60 years, operate between Muzaffarabad in Pakistani-administered Kashmir and Srinagar in Indian-controlled Kashmir. August - Pakistan tests its first nuclear-capable cruise missile.October - Earthquake kills tens of thousands of people in Pakistani-administered Kashmir.
2006
September - Government signs peace accord to end fighting with pro-Al-Qaeda militants in Waziristan tribal areas near Afghan border.
September - Government signs peace accord to end fighting with pro-Al-Qaeda militants in Waziristan tribal areas near Afghan border.
2007
February - Sixty-eight passengers are killed by bomb blasts and a blaze on a train travelling between the Indian capital New Delhi and the Pakistani city of Lahore.Pakistan and India sign an agreement aimed at reducing the risk of accidental nuclear war.March - President Musharraf suspends Chief Justice Iftikhar Mohammed Chaudhry, triggering a wave of protests across the country.July - Security forces storm the militant-occupied Red Mosque complex in Islamabad following a week-long siege.Supreme Court reinstates Chief Justice Chaudhry. October - Ex-prime minister Benazir Bhutto returns from exile. Dozens of people die in a suicide bomb targeting her homecoming parade in Karachi.Army launches offensive against militants in North Waziristan. Nearly 200 people die in the fighting.October-November - Musharraf wins presidential election but is challenged by Supreme Court. He declares emergency rule, dismisses Chief Justice Chaudhry and appoints new Supreme Court, which confirms his re-election.November - Former PM Nawaz Sharif returns from exile. December - State of emergency lifted.Benazir Bhutto assassinated at political rally at election campaign rally in Rawalpindi.
2008
February-March - Pakistan People's Party (PPP) nominee Yusuf Raza Gilani becomes PM at head of coalition with Nawaz Sharif's Muslim League party following parliamentary elections in February.August - President Musharraf resigns after the two main governing parties agree to launch impeachment proceedings against him.Nawaz Sharif pulls his PML-N out of the coalition, accusing the PPP of breaking its promise to reinstate all judges sacked by Mr Musharraf.September - MPs elect Pakistan People's Party's (PPP) Asif Ali Zardari - the widower of assassinated former PM Benazir Bhutto - president.Suicide bombing on Marriott Hotel in Islamabad kills 53 people. Soon after, government launches major offensive in Bajaur tribal area, killing more than 1,000 militants.November - The government borrows billions of dollars from the International Monetary Fund to overcome its spiralling debt crisis.
2008
December - India blames Mumbai attacks in November on Pakistani-based militants and demands Pakistan take action. Islamabad denies involvement but promises to co-operate with the Indian investigation.
December - India blames Mumbai attacks in November on Pakistani-based militants and demands Pakistan take action. Islamabad denies involvement but promises to co-operate with the Indian investigation.
2009
February - Government agrees to implement Sharia law in north-western Swat valley in effort to persuade Islamist militants there to agree to permanent ceasefire.March - After days of protests, government yields to demands for reinstatement of judges dismissed by former President Musharraf.April - Swat agreement breaks down after Taleban-linked militants seek to extend their control. Government launches offensive to wrest control of Swat from militants.July - The Supreme Court acquits opposition leader Nawaz Sharif of hijacking charges dating from 1999 army coup, removing ban on his running for public office.August - The leader of Pakistan's Taliban, Baitullah Mehsud, is killed in US drone attack in South Waziristan. He is succeeded by Hakimullah Mehsud.Suicide bombing in northwestern city of Peshawar kills 120 people.November - President Asif Ali Zardari hands control of Pakistan's nuclear arsenal to PM Yousuf Raza Gilani, in apparent attempt to ease political pressure.
2010
January - Suicide attack on a volleyball match in north-west kills more than 100 people. April - Parliament approves package of wide-ranging constitutional reforms. Measures include transferring key powers from office of president to prime minister. August - Worst floods in 80 years kill at least 1,600 people and affect more than 20 million. Government response widely criticised.
2010 October - Rise in targeted political killings, bombings in commercial hub of Karachi.
2011
January - A campaign to reform Pakistan's blasphemy law leads to the killing of two prominent supporters, Punjab Governor Salman Taseer in January, and Minorities Minister Shahbaz Bhatti in March.March - The prime ministers of India and Pakistan meet to watch a cricket match, an occasion seen as an chance for the two nations to repair relations.April - The founder of Al-Qaeda, Osama bin Laden, is killed by American special forces in Abbottabad.November - Pakistan shuts down Nato supply routes after a Nato attack on military outposts kills 25 Pakistani soldiers.December - Pakistan boycotts the Bonn Conference on Afghanistan in protest at the Nato attack on a border checkpoint.The government comes under pressure over a leaked memo alleging that senior officials sought US aid against a military coup after the killing of Osama bin Ladin in April.
2012
January - Amid growing tension between government and military over "memogate" scandal, army chief Gen Pervez Kayani warns of "unpredictable consequences" after PM Yousuf Raza Gilani criticises army leaders and sacks top defence official.Supreme Court threatens to prosecute Prime Minister Gilani for contempt of court over government's refusal to reopen corruption cases against President Asif Ali Zardari and other political figures.May - A US Senate panel cuts $33m in aid to Pakistan over the jailing of Pakistani doctor Shakil Afridi who helped the CIA find Osama Bin Laden.June - Supreme Court disqualifies Prime Minister Gilani from holding office after he declines to appeal against a token sentence in President Zardari corruption row. Parliament approves Water and Power Minister Raja Pervez Ashraf as his successor.July - Pakistan agrees to reopen Nato supply routes to Afghanistan after the US apologises for killing 24 Pakistani soldiers in November.September - Muslim cleric Khalid Chishti is arrested on suspicion of planting burnt pages of the Koran on a Christian girl briefly detained for blasphemy. Amid widespread condemnation of the case against the girl at home and abroad, a court dropped it November.October - Taliban gunmen seriously injure 14-year-old campaigner for girls' rights Malala Yousafzai, whom they accused of "promoting secularism". The shooting sparked a brief upsurge of anger in Pakistan against the militants.November - Taliban suicide bomber kills at least 23 people at a Shia Muslim procession in the Rawalpindi.
2013
January - Supreme Court orders the arrest of Prime Minister Raja Pervez Ashraf over corruption allegations dating back to his time as a minister in 2010. He denies wrongdoing. The government sacks Balochistan chief minister over bomb blasts in the provincial capital Quetta that kill at least 92 Shia Muslims. Sunni extremist group Lashkar-e-Jhangvi claims responsibility.Populist cleric and anti-corruption campaigner Tahirul Qadri leads a nationwide march on Islamabad. The government responds by agreeing to dissolve parliament early and to consult Mr Qadri over the formation of a caretaker government.February - President Zardari and Afghanistan's President Karzai agree to work for an Afghan peace deal.Bomb attack targeting Shia Muslims in Quetta kills 89 people. Police detain Lashkar-e-Jhangvi militant group founder Malik Ishaq after the group claims responsibility.March - Caretaker government appointed to oversee parliamentary elections.April - A court orders the arrest of Gen Pervez Musharraf over his attempt to impose house arrest on judges during his military rule in March 2007. Gen Musharraf returned from British exile in March to contest parliamentary elections.June - Parliament approves Nawaz Sharif as prime minister after his Muslim League-N wins parliamentary elections in May. Taliban conduct systematic campaign of attacks and intimidation, but fail to deter largest turnout of voters since 1970.July - Mamnoon Hussain elected president by parliament.September - More than 80 people are killed in a double suicide bombing at a church in Peshawar. It is the deadliest attack so far against Christians in Pakistan. Taliban-linked Islamists claim responsibility.November - Lt Gen Raheel Sharif takes over as head of the army on the retirement of General Ashfaq Pervez Kayani.
2014
February - Former president Pervez Musharraf goes on trial on treason charges.March - Government and Taliban representatives meet in North Waziristan for peace talks, with a cease-fire top of the agenda.June - A deadly assault on Karachi's international airport leaves dozens dead. Uzbek militants fighting with the Pakistani Taliban say they carried out the attack. Peace talks with the Taliban collapse and the army launches a major offensive on Islamist hideouts in north-west Pakistan.August - Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif orders a judicial inquiry into allegations of fraud during the 2013 elections which brought him to power. Protesters led by opposition politician Imran Khan and anti-government cleric Tahirul Qadri stage rallies demanding Mr Sharif's resignation.September - Arrests of opposition activists amid days of violent anti-government protests on the streets of Islamabad. Government and opposition figures hold talks but fail to resolve differences.Army carries out further air strikes in the restive North Waziristan region.October - Teenager Malala Yousafzai from Pakistan, who was shot in the head by the Taliban but survived to become a campaigner for girls' education, becomes the youngest person ever to win the Nobel Peace Prize.Supporters of leading anti-government cleric Tahirul Qadri end a two-month sit-in in Islamabad after failing to force PM Nawaz Sharif to resign.December - Taliban kills nearly 150 people - mostly children - in an attack on a school in Peshawar.
Government responds to the massacre by lifting a moratorium on the death penalty, and resumes executions.
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