Pakistan's Chronology Flashcards
what were the elections of 1970 results?
It gave Sheikh Mujeeb ur Rehman of East Pakistan & his party, Awami League an overwhelming majority.
Who refused to call the assembly after the elections?
General Yahya khan
sheikh mujeeb was arrested for treason but released
when did east Pakistan get declared as Bangladesh?
December 1971
When did president Yahya Khan resigned?
20 December 1971
who was Zulfikar Ali Bhutto?
leader of PPP
Who became president after Yahya?
Zulfikar Ali Bhutto first became president and then PM in 1973
when did zia ul haq seized power?
1977
in July and set up another military government.
how did Bhutto die? when
he was arrested convicted and sentenced to death for political murder. in April 1979
his death sentence was carried out.
when did Zia ul Haq become president?
1978
What did Zia ul Haq impose?
When?
He imposed sharia law. Interest-free banking was introduced and severe penalties were imposed for any offenses against Islam. He hoped to win the support of religious parties. 1978
when did Benazir come to Pakistan from exile? Where from?
in April 1986 from exile in UK
when & how was Zia killed?
in August 1988, President Zia was killed in a very suspicious airplane crash along with some other top army staff and US ambassador Arnold Raphel
who was the acting president after Zia?
Ghulam Ishaq Khan
When did Benazir become PM & after who?
elections were held in Nov 1988 & won by PPP
after Zia
Why did President Ishaq Khan dismiss the Bhutto government & when?
He dismissed the Bhutto government on the grounds of corruption in 1990.
when did President Farooq Ahmed leghari resign?
He resigned in 1997 December
when did Pakistan explode its bomb? where?
At Chaghi Balochistan on 28 May 1998
when were Bhutto and her husband found guilty of her corruption?
in 1999
how much was Bhutto fined?
till when did she remain in exile?
US dollars 8.6 million
18 October 2007
India’s PM ________ drove by bus from ______ to ______ where he signed a ________ with ________ not to use _______.
Vajpayee
New Delhi, Lahore
treaty Nawaz Sharif
nuclear weapons
Mir Zafarullah Khan resigned in?
June 2004
When was Benazir Bhutto killed?
On 27 December 2007
Benazir returned to a rousing welcome on
18 October 2007
what made Musharraf’s government unpopular?
In 2007 a series of decisions and events regarding the constitution and the judiciary made Musharraf’s government unpopular.
