Timeline of Pakistani history

This is a timeline of Pakistani history, comprising important legal and territorial changes and political
events in today's Pakistan and its predecessor states. To read about the background of these events, see
History of Pakistan and History of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan. See also the list of Presidents of
Pakistan, the list of Prime Ministers of Pakistan and the list of years in Pakistan.

Lower Paleolithic Period ·

Paleolithic Middle Paleolithic Period ·

Period
Upper Paleolithic Period

35th · 27th · 25th · 19th · 17th · 15th · 13th · 12th · 10th · 7th · 6th · 5th · 4th · 3rd · 2nd ·
BCE
1st
Centuries
1st · 2nd · 3rd · 4th · 5th · 6th · 7th · 8th · 9th · 10th · 11th · 12th · 13th · 14th · 15th ·
CE
16th · 17th · 18th · 19th · 20th · 21st

Lower Paleolithic
Year Date Event
Tools crafted by proto-humans that have been dated back two million years have been
discovered in the North Pakistan[1][2]

The pebble stones from the archaeological site of Riwat, Murree are
2,000,000
BCE – discovered, dating back approximately 1.9 million years ago.[3]
1,000,000
BCE 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 what are now Pakistan, India and Nepal.[5][6][7]

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

Middle Paleolithic
 Year Date Event

Flake tools, microliths and other chopping tools have been found in Soan
Valley. Most of these tools were composed of the metamorphic quartzite
300,000 rocks. The stone tool artifacts in this assemblage have been identified as a
BCE –
100,000 part of the second inter-pluvial period in Pakistan.
BCE
Some of the Bhimbetka shelters were inhabited by Homo erectus more
than 100,000 years ago.[8][9]

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

43,000 Riwat 55 contains a structure that includes a low wall footing, a pit, and a
BCE
stone-lined niche, all associated with a freshly flaked stone assemblage that
included blades.[10]

35th century BCE

Year Date Event
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

3500
BCE
developed new techniques in handicraft (carnelian products and seal
– carving) and metallurgy (copper, bronze, lead, and tin) had elaborate urban
3300 planning, baked brick houses, efficient drainage systems, water supply
BCE systems, and clusters of large non-residential buildings.[11] The civilization
depended significantly on trade, was the first civilization to use wheeled
transport in form of bullock carts, and also used boats.[12]

27th century BCE

Year Date Event

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

25th century BCE

Year Date Event
The culture, artichetere, technology and educational system of Indus Valley Civilization
2500 reached at its zenith with Harappa and Kot Diji as main centres.[13]
BCE
–
These fluctuations reflect complex and dynamic political, ideological, and
2000
BCE economic processes that are an integral part of urban society.[13]

19th century BCE

Year Date Event
1900
BCE
– Late Harappan Phase (http://www.harappa.com/indus4/e6.html) (Cemetery H Culture)
1300
BCE

13th century BCE

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

10th century BCE

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

7th century BCE

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

6th century BCE

Year Date Event
600 Sixteen Maha Janapadas ("Great Realms" or "Great Kingdoms") emerge.[16]
BCE
Vedic period ends.
535
BCE Achaemenid Emperors launched Persian campaign of Indus Valley and in result Pakistan
–
became easternmost part of Achaemenid Empire[17]
518
BCE
500
Gandhara Civilization at first stage of its flourishness.[18]
BCE
5th century BCE
Year Date Event
500
BCE
– Persian rule is at its zenith.
450
BCE

500 Roruka as capital of Sauvira Kingdom become most important trading center of Indian
BCE subcontinent, also mentioned in early Buddhist literature.[19]

450 Ror Dynasty come to power and captured Sindh, Balochistan and North India with the capital
BCE of Rori, Sindh.[20]

4th century BCE

Year Date Event

333 Persian rule in the Pakistan ends after Darius III is defeated by Alexander the Great, who
BCE establishes the Macedonian Empire after inheriting the Persian Achaemenid Empire.[21]
326 Ambhi king of Takshila surrenders to Alexander.[22]
BCE
Porus who ruled parts of the Punjab, fought Alexander at the Battle of the Hydaspes River.[23]

325 During the Mallian Campaign, Alexander was seriously wounded by an arrow in the chest and
BCE this became reason of his death.[24]
321
Mauryan Empire is founded by Chandragupta Maurya.[25]
BCE
305
Chandragupta Maurya defeats Seleucus Nicator of the Seleucid Empire.[26]
BCE

304 Seleucus gives up his territories (Balochistan) to Chandragupta in exchange for 500 elephants.
BCE Seleucus offers his daughter in marriage to Chandragupta to seal their friendship.[27]

2nd century BCE

Year Date Event

200 Gandhara Civilization (present day Khyber Pakhtunkhwa) flourished in new way by
BCE combination of Hellenistic Culture and Ancient Indian Culture.
–
150 Taxila became centre of Gandhara Civilization and religion of Buddhism.
BCE

1st century BCE

Year Date Event
75
Arrival of Scythians (Sakas) from Central Asia.
BCE
58
Beginning of Vikram Era.
BCE
1st century
Year Date Event
20
AD
Indo-Parthian Kingdom was established and conquered present northern Pakistan.[28]
– 35
AD
35
Western Satraps formed.[29]
AD
68
Establishment of the Kushan empire by Kujula Kadphises.[30]
AD

2nd century
Year Date Event
100
AD
Sugar was first produced from sugarcane plants in Punjab.[31]
or
after

3rd century
Year Date Event

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

4th century
320 AD Chandragupta I ascends the throne of Gupta Empire.[34]

Kidarite Kingdom came to power in present Pakistan.[35]

335 AD Samudragupta ascends the Gupta throne and expands the empire.[36]

380 AD Chandragupta II, Samudragupta's son becomes the Gupta Emperor.[34]

5th century
Year Date Event

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

6th century
Year Date Event
524
Rai dynasty come to power in the region of Sindh.[39]
AD
554
Collapse of Gupta Empire after the death of Skandagupta.[34]
AD
565
Sassanians and Turks overthrow Huns.
AD

7th century
Year Date Event

601 Rai dynasty reached at its zenith and covered whole of Pakistan and Afghanistan with the
AD capital of Aror, Sindh.[40]
632
Brahman dynasty come into power and Chach of Aror become Maharaja of Sindh.[41]
AD

644 Islam arrived in Indian subcontinent. Rashidun Caliphate defeated Rai dynasty in the Battle of
AD Rasil and Balochistan become easternmost frontier of Rashidun Caliphate.[42]
665
Turk Shahi gain control west of Indus River, including Gandhara.[43]
AD

671 At the death of Chach of Alor, Brahmin dynasty reached at its zenith and he was succeeded
AD by his brother Chandar of Sindh.[44]

679 Chandar of Sindh died and succeeded by his nephew Raja Dahir, last Hindu Maharaja of
AD Sindh.[45]

8th century
Year Date Event
700 According to the Qissa-i Sanjan, the Parsi immigrants are granted permission to stay by the
AD local ruler Jadi Rana.

712 Muhammad Bin Qasim defeated Raja Dahir and established Ummayad Islamic rule on Sindh
AD and South Punjab (Multan) on the orders of Al-Hajjaj ibn Yusuf.[46]

Ummayad Era finished and Abbasid Era begins.[47]

747
AD Mansur ibn Jumhur al-Kalbi revolted against Ummayad Dynasty during
–
751 Abbasid Revolution and after Abbasid victory in revolution, he was confirmed
AD as Abbasid Governor of Sindh.[48]

9th century
Year Date Event
841
Dynastic rule of Habbaris over Sindh begin under suzerainty of Abbasid Caliphate.[49]
AD

870 Hindu Shahis captured Kingdom of Kabul Shahi and expanded their rule in Khyber
AD Pukhtunkhwa and Punjab.[50]

875 Habbari dynasty rule expanded over whole of Sindh, Balochistan and South Punjab
AD (Multan).[51]

10th century
Year Date Event
977
AD Sabuktigin of Ghaznavid dynasty defeated many times Hindu Shahi ruler Jayapala and
–
became ruler of domains east to Indus River.[52]
997
AD

11th century
Year Date Event
Mahmud Ghazni defeated Raja Jayapala of Hindu Shahi; afterthat Jayapala commits
1001
suicide.[53]
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
1021
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]

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

12th century
Year Date Event

1175 Muhammad of Ghurid dynasty defeats Qarmatians rulers of Multan in 1175.[59][60]

Muhammad Ghori along with Ghiyath al-Din Muhammad ends the rule of Ghaznavid dynasty
1186
after having captured Lahore.[61][62][63]
"Victory of Prithviraj Chauhan". First Battle of Tarain fought between Muhammad Ghori and
1191
Prithviraj III. Ghori is defeated by Prithivi Raj Chauhan III.[64]
"Victory of Muhammad Ghori". Second Battle of Tarain fought between Muhammad Ghori and
1192
Prithivi Raj Chauhan III. Chauhan is defeated by Muhammad Ghori.[64]

1193 Qutb al-Din Aibak becomes deputy of Ghurid Empire in Indian subcontinent.[65]

13th century
Year Date Event

1206 15 March Khukhrains kill Muhammad Ghori during a raid on his camp on the Jhelum River.[66]
1206 12 June End of Ghurid Era.
Qutb-ud-din Aibak establishes Delhi Sultanate by becoming first Sultan of the Delhi
1206 25 June
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]
Shams ud-Din Iltutmish defeats Aram Shah in the Battle of Delhi and become third Sultan of
1211 June
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]

10 Razia Sultana abolishes the rule of Rukn ud din Firuz and become fifth Sultan of the Delhi
1236
October Sultanate.[72]

1240 17 May Muiz ud din Bahram becomes sixth Sultan of the Delhi Sultanate.[73]
14
1240 Murder of Razia Sultan by nobles of Chalisa.[74]
October
Murder of Muiz ud din Bahram by army.
1242 15 May
Ala ud din Masud becomes seventh Sultan of the Delhi Sultanate.[75]

Nasiruddin Mahmud becomes eighth Sultan of the Delhi Sultanate with the support of Corps
of Forty.[71]
1246 10 June
Balban rules on the behave of Nasiruddin Mahmud as a deputy of empire.

Nasiruddin Mahmud dies without any hier.

18
1266
February Ghiyas ud din Balban becomes ninth Sultan of the Delhi Sultanate.[71]

Delhi Sultanate decisively defeats the army of Mongol Empire at the battle of Beas
1285
River.[76]
Muiz ud din Qaiqabad becomes tenth Sultan of Delhi Sultanate after the death of his
1287 March
grandfather Ghiyas ud din Balban.[77]

Murder of Muiz ud din Qaiqabad by Jalaluddin Firuz Khalji, an army commander.[78]

1
1290
February Shamsuddin Kayumars becomes eleventh Sultan of the Delhi Sultanate.

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

1290 13 June Establishment of Khalji dynasty. Jalaluddin becomes twelfth Sultan of the
Delhi Sultanate.[79]

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

14th century
Year Date Event
4
1316 Alauddin Khalji died due to severe illness.[83]
January

5 Shihabuddin Omar succeeded Alauddin Khalji with the help of Malik Kafur and becomes the
1316
January 14th Sultan of the Delhi Sultanate.[80]
After the assassination of Malik Kafur, Qutbuddin Mubarak Shah detroned his brother
1316 14 April
Shihabuddin Omar and himself becomes 15th Sultan of the Delhi Sultanate.[80]

CE
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 Ali Grah upgrade to Ali Grah 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.

Post-Independence
11 September 1948: Muhammad Ali Jinnah, the first governor general of Pakistan, passes
away.
March 12, 1949 – Objectives Resolution passes moved by Prime Minister Liaquat Ali Khan.
16 October 1951: Prime minister Liaqat Ali Khan assassinated.

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.

1955: Constitutional crisis, Bogra removed, new assembly, new cabinet.

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.
7 October 1958: After a military coup dictorial Ayub Khan takes over.
1960: Ayub Khan becomes first elected president
1 August 1960: Islamabad is declared as the principal seat of the Government of Pakistan.

In 1962 the second temporary constitution was made which didn't last long and ended soon till the final
Constitution of Pakistan was made in 1973.

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 Republic of India sign agreement 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.
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 August 1973: Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto becomes prime minister.
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 All Pakistan Muhajir Student Organization (APMSO)
in Karachi University.
16 September 1978: General Muhammad Zia ul-Haq becomes Pakistan's sixth president.
4 April 1979: Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto hanged.
1979: The military ruler Zia Ul-Haq enacts the Hudood Ordinances.
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.
1988: Army ammunition blown up in Ojheri camp, Rawalpindi; more than 100 people die.
1988: Zia dismisses Junejo's government; Zia dies in a plane crash; New elections held;
Benazir Bhutto becomes prime minister
20 January 1988: Prominent Pashtun leader Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan dies in Peshawar.
30 September 1988: 1988 Hyderabad massacre
16 November 1988: 1988 Pakistani general election
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. Islamic
Shariah law formally incorporated into legal code.
25 March – Pakistan Won cricket the 1992 Cricket World Cup Final
19 June – 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.
12 October 1999: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif overthrown in military coup led by General
Pervez Musharraf.

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 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.
17 October: Pakistani physician Dr.Muhammad Saeed Fazal Karim Beebani sets new
world record for having the smallest Holy Qur'an of the world. His claim was accepted by
Guinness world record administration.

2005
Year Date Event
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.
The 7.6 Mw Kashmir earthquake affects Azad Kashmir with a maximum Mercalli intensity
8 October
of VIII (Severe), killing more than 79,000 people and displacing several million more.
11 Renowned littérateur, linguist and poet, Shanul Haq Haqqee, passes away in Toronto. He
October was 88.
2006 Dr. Shamshad Akhtar assumes office of State Bank Governor having the first woman
2 January
Governor of SBP.
Charter of democracy (CoD) is signed by two former prime ministers of Pakistan, Nawaz
14 May
Sharif and Benazir Bhutto in London.
26 April Pervez Musharraf lays foundation-stone of Diamir-Bhasha dam.
Process to release over 1600 women prisoners from 55 jails across starts after Presidential
8 July
Ordinance.
Noted poet, writer and columnist, Ahmed Nadeem Qasmi, passes away in Lahore. He was
10 July
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.
Pakistani security forces started operation Sunrise to liberate Lal Masjid from the
3 July
fundamentalist Islamic militants
20 July Iftikhar restored as Chief Justice of Pakistan.
18
Bhutto, Benazir returned to Pakistan, after exile of about 8 years.
October
3
Pervez Musharraf imposed emergency, most of the senior judges of Supreme Court ousted.
November
16 After completion of 5 years, National Assembly dissolved, Caretaker government of
November Muhammad Mian Soomro took oath.
25
Nawaz Sharif returned Pakistan after 7 years of forced exile.
November
16
Emergency lifted, banned civil rights and suspended constitution restored
December
27
Former Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto assassinated in Rawalpindi
December
2008 2 January The Election Commission announces elections will now be held on February 18.
18 Elections are held amidst tight security. PPP, PML-N, PML-N and ANP win 124, 91, 54 and
February 13 seats respectively.
24 March Yusuf Raza Gilani is elected as the new Prime Minister.
Pervaiz Musharraf steps down as President of Pakistan. Mohammadmian Soomro takes
18 August
over as President.
6
Asif Zardari wins presidential election with 481 votes.
September
9
Asif Zardari takes oath as President of Pakistan.
September
2009 16 Pakistan government announces a truce with Taliban, accepting a system of Islamic law in
February 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 cricket
World Cup 2011.
As the result of long march Lawyers' Movement succeeded. Iftikhar Mohammed Chaudhry
16 March
was restored as Chief Justice of Pakistan and other judges dismissed by Musharraf.
Pakistan Army launched Operation Rah-e-Rast and cleared Swat Valley of all Taliban
23 May elements. It is regarded as one of the most successful counter-insurgency operations in
modern age (to 15 July)

2007

3–11 July: Siege of Lal Masjid

19 October: 2007 Karsaz bombing, 180 killed.
4 September: September 2007 bombings in Rawalpindi, 25 killed.
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.[86]
18 August: Pervez Musharraf resigns.
21 August: 2008 Wah bombing, 70 killed.

2009

27 March: 2009 Jamrud mosque bombing, 48–70 killed.

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.

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.
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.

12 June: June 2011 Peshawar bombings, more than 34 were killed.
19 August: 2011 Khyber Agency bombing, more than 48 killed.

2012

26 February: Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy won her first Academy Award for Best Documentary
Short Subject for Saving Face, becoming the very first Pakistani Oscar winner

2013

10 January: January 2013 Pakistan bombings, 130 killed.

7 May: 7 May 2013 Syed Janan election rally bombing, 18–25 killed.
11 May: 2013 Pakistani general election
15 June: June 2013 Quetta attacks, 26 killed.
18 June: 2013 Mardan funeral bombing, 28 killed.
21 June: 2013 Peshawar mosque bombing, 15 killed.
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.
2–11 February: 2014 Peshawar cinema bombings, 13 killed.
3 March: Islamabad court attack, 11 killed.
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

2017 Pakistan Super League began.

2018

25 July: 2018 Pakistani general election are held.

2019

26 February: Officially spurns Indian claims of Balakot airstrike

27 February: Pakistan Air Force shot 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.

2020

See also
Pakistan
History of Pakistan
Timeline of Karachi
Timeline of Lahore
Timeline of Peshawar

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