History 1981-1990 Flashcards
1981
January 1: Interest-free banking introduced.
January 3: International Islamic University started functioning.
March 1: National population census started throughout the country.
March 2: A PIA Boeing 720 with 148 passengers hijacked to Kabul.
August 31: Pakistan Steel Mills started functioning
1982
January 3: Pakistan defeated Argentina 12-3 in World Cup Hockey in Bombay.
January 11: General Zia-ul-Haq inaugurated first session of Federal Council (Shoora) in Islamabad.
February 22: Noted Urdu poet, Josh Malehabadi, passed away in Islamabad.
April 8: Jahangir Khan won British Open Squash Championship.
December 21: Writer of Pakistan’s national anthem, Hafeez Jullundhry passed away.
1983
January 15: First three F-16 jets reached Pakistan.
January 25: Wifaqi Mohtasib (Ombudsman) Order was promulgated. Justice Sardar Iqbal was named, WM.
March 11: Nuclear tests: Kirana-I was carried out. The tests were not announced until 2000.
March 28: Government lifted censorship from periodicals.
March 29: Foundation-stone of Satellite Earth Station was laid near Rawalpindi.
September 29: First phase of local bodies election started.
1984
February 9: Government imposesd ban on all students unions.
March 18: Altaf Hussain formed MQM.
April 27: Ban imposed on use of Islamic nomenclature by Ahmadis.
November 20: Renowned poet Faiz Ahmed Faiz passed away.
December 19: General Zia-ul-Haq hold 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 was lifted, amended 1973 Constitution revived.
1986
April 10: Benezir Bhutto returned to homeland.
June 6: President Zia laid foundation stone of Al-Shifa Trust Eye Hospital in Rawalpindi.
July 8: Peshawar Dry Port was inaugurated.
September 5: Hijacked Pan Am jet was freed after commando action in Karachi.
October 12: England beat World Champions Pakistan 3-1 in semi-final of World Cup Hockey.
1987
February 21: President Zia maked a surprise to India, met Premier Rajiv Gandhi.
October 15: Qazi Hussain Ahmed became Amir of Jamat-i-Islami.
October 21: Jan Sher Khan won World Open Squash Championship for the first time.
November 30: Local bodies election was held throughout the country.
December 18: Benezir Bhutto married Asif Ali Zardari.
1988
April 10: Army ammunition blown up in Ojheri camp, Rawalpindi; more than 100 people die.
April 20: Jahangir Khan won seventh Squash title in a row.
May 29: President General Zia dissolved National Assembly and Junejo cabinet.
June 15: President General Zia promulgated Shariat Ordinance making Sharia supreme law of the land.
August 17: General Zia-ul-Haq was killed in a plane crash near Bahawalpur.
October 6: Eight political parties form Islamic Jamhori Itehad (IJI).
November 16: General elections were held. PPP wins 92, IJI secures 54.
December 2: Benazir Bhutto sworn in as first woman Prime Minister of Pakistan.
1989
January 19: Students unions were restored in Punjab.
May 26: ISI Chief Lt. Gen. Hameed Gul was replaced by Shamsur Rahman Kallu.
October 1: Pakistan rejoined Commonwealth.
October 20: SAF Games opened in Islamabad.
November 1: No-Confidence moved against Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto failed
1990
Feb 5: Kashmir Solidarity Day observed for the first time
August 6: President Ghulam Ishaq Khan dissolved National Assembly and dismisses Benazir Government.
Ghulam Mustafa Jatoi became care-taker prime minister.
September 23: Sandak project was signed between Pakistan and China at Beijing.
October 24: General elections were held. IJI gets 104 and PDA wins 45 seats.
November 6: Nawaz Sharif elected Prime Minister, securing 153 votes.
December 12: Pakistan became 37th country to send expedition to Antarctica.
