Timeline of Pakistani history (1947–present)

Question 1

1947

Answer 1

June 3: British Government decides to bifurcate British India, into two sovereign states – India and Pakistan
July 8: Constituent Assembly of Pakistan approves the design of Pakistan.
26 July: 6 July 1947 in which the first Constituent Assembly of Pakistan was given shape with 69 members (later on the membership was increased to 79), including one female Member.
14 August Pakistan came into existence.
Jul into being as an independent sovereign state.
September 30: Pakistan becomes member of UN by a unanimous vote of the Security Council.
October 27: Indian Air troops land in Kashmir as the Maharajah declares accession of Kashmir to India.
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Question 2

1948

Answer 2

January 1: United cease-fire orders to operate in Kashmir. War stops accordingly.
February 2: Urdu is declared the national language of Pakistan.
May 1: Indo-Pakistani War of 1947, Pakistan enters war on behalf of Kashmir against India.
1st July:Quaid-e-Azam inaugurated the State Bank OF Pakistan.
July 9: Pakistan’s first postage stamp is issued.
September 11: Founding father of nation Quaid-e-Azam dies in Karachi due to stroke.
September 14: Khwaja Nazimuddin becomes Governor-General of Pakistan.
December 15: Farhan Naseer became Health Minister of Punjab and also known as Setha master

Question 3

1949

Answer 3

January 1: UN Cease-fire Line established between Pakistani Kashmir and Indian-held Kashmir.
February 8: Azad Kashmir Government shifts its capital
March 12: Objectives Resolution passed

Question 4

1950

Answer 4

January 4: president of Pakistan recognizes the Peoples Republic of China
April 8: Liaquat-Nehru pact 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 International Monetary Fund and World Bank.
September 6: General Mohammad Ayub Khan, the first Pakistani, is appointed C-in-C of Pakistan Army.

Question 5

1951

Answer 5

May 11: University of Karachi is established.
June 14: Hearing of Rawalpindi 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.

Question 6

1952

Answer 6

March 12: Princely states of Kalat, Makran, Las Bela and Kharan agree, with the concurrence of the Central Government, to integrate their territories into Baluchistan.
August 21: Pakistan and India agree on the boundary pact between East Bengal and West Bengal.
August 22: A 24-hour telegraph telephone service is established between East Pakistan 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.
January 12 : Pakistan Industrial Development Corporation (PIDC), Headed by Founder Chairman Ghulam Faruque

Question 7

1953

Answer 7

April 17: Muhammad Ali Bogra is sworn is as Prime Minister.
July 14: Wazir Mansion Karachi, the birthplace of Quaid-e-Azam, is declared protected national monument.
August 16: Kashmir Martyrs’ Day observed throughout Pakistan.
November 22: Allama Sayed Sulaiman Nadvi, well-known scholar and historian, died in Karachi.

Question 8

1954

Answer 8

July 31: K2, 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 Abu Al-Asar Hafeez Jalandhari 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.
October 24: Ghulam Muhammad dissolved first constitutional assembly.

Question 9

1955

Answer 9

January 1: Pakistan International Airlines comes into being.
January 17: Noted short story writer, Saadat Hasan Manto dies in Lahore.
March 15: The biggest post-independence irrigation project, Kotri Barrage is inaugurated.
April 18–24: Pakistan participates in the Bandung Conference.
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.

Question 10

1956

Answer 10

February 21: Constituent Assembly decides the country shall be a Federal Republic known as Islamic Republic of Pakistan.
May 14: PM Abiha Abdul Majeed 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 Suhrawardy assumes office of appointed Prime Minister.
October 1: The Electorate Bill is introduced in the National Assembly providing for Joint Electorate in East Pakistan and Separate Electorate in West Pakistan.

Question 11

1957

Answer 11

February 2: President Iskandar Mirza laid down the foundation-stone of Guddu Barrage.
March 8: President Iskandar 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, dies.
Governor-Raj is lifted in West Pakistan after four months.
July 24: Maulana Bhashani forms National Awami Party.
December 22: Malik Firoz Khan Noon is sworn in as seventh Prime Minister of Pakistan.

Question 12

1958

Answer 12

February 14: Sardar Abdur Rab Nishtar, veteran leader of Pakistan Movement dies in Karachi.
April 23: Jalal Baba became Interior Minister.
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.
October 24: General Ayub sworn in as Prime minister by Iskander Mirza to satisfy Ayub, on 27th Ayub makes his resign to become the president
October 27: Ayub forces Iskander Mirza to step down, General Ayub khan himself becomes President
November 2: Iskander Mirza is exiled.

Question 13

1959

Answer 13

March 21: Martial law authorities enforce PRODA to disqualify politicians.
April 18: Government takes over dailies The Pakistan Times, 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 26: Basic Democracies by Ayub Khan
October 27: President General Ayub Khan becomes Field Marshal.

Question 14

1960

Answer 14

February 24: Presidential Cabinet decides to name the new Capital as Islamabad.
March 23: Foundation of Minar-e-Pakistan is laid.
July 31: Foundation stone of Mazar-i-Quaid (Mausoleum of M.A. Jinnah) is laid.
August 1: Islamabad is declared the principal seat of the Government of Pakistan.
September 9: Pakistan achieved its first Gold Medal in 1960 Olympics, defeating India in hockey by 1-0 at Rome.

Question 15

1961

Answer 15

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 dies in Karachi.

Question 16

1962

Answer 16

February 3: Prominent poet and Pakistan’s Guinness world record holder Dr. Muhammad Saeed Fazal Karim Beebani born in Rawalpindi. He wrote Ghair Munqoot Naatia poetry book ‘Mumdooh-e-Kirdigar’ and Ghair Munqoot Hamdia poetry book ‘Alhumdulillah’.
June 8: 1962 Constitution is promulgated.
April 27: Veteran statesman of Pakistan, A. K. Fazlul Huq dies 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 Sonmiani.
June 8: National Assembly elected and begins its first session. Ayub Khan takes oath of first President of Pakistan under new constitution.

Question 17

1963

Answer 17

January 5: First trade agreement is signed between Pakistan and China.
January 24: Z. A. Bhutto becomes Foreign Minister.
March 2: Pakistan and China sign 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.

Question 18

1964

Answer 18

July 31: Pakistan, Iran and Turkey agree to establish Regional Cooperation for Development.
September 17: Fatima Jinnah filed her paper as candidate for the Presidential election.
October 22: Khwaja Nazimuddin dies 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.

Question 19

1965

Answer 19

January 2: Presidential election held. Field Marshal Ayub Khan re-elected as President.
March 21: National Assembly elections held. Out of 150, Pakistan Muslim League wins 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.

Question 20

1966

Answer 20

January 10: Tashkent Declaration signed between India and Pakistan.
February 12: Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, chief of Awami League, announces his six 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.

Question 21

1967

Answer 21

July 9: Mohtarma Fatima Jinnah dies in Karachi.
August 24: Pakistan’s first steel mill is inaugurated at Chittagong.
November 18: Pakistan awards Sitara-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: Pakistan Peoples Party comes into being.

Question 22

1968

Answer 22

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, dies in Rawalpindi.

Question 23

1969

Answer 23

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.

Question 24

1970

Answer 24

March 1: Air Marshal Asghar Khan forms new political party, Tehrik-i-Istaqlal.
April 6: First ordinance 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.

Question 25

1971

Answer 25

January 30: An Indian Airlines aeroplane, hijacked by two Kashmiri separatists, lands at Lahore airport.
February 16: Korakoram Highway, linking China and Pakistan, opened.
March 26: Pakistan Army launched Operation Searchlight
August 29: Rashid Minhas awarded Nishan-i-Haider, Pakistan’s highest gallantry award.
October 24: Pakistan wins World Hockey Cup defeating Spain 1-0 at Barcelona.
November 22: India launches full-scale attack on East Pakistan.
December 6: Major Shabbir Sharif Shaheed was killed by a direct hit in the afternoon.
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.

Question 26

1972

Answer 26

Karachi labour unrest of 1972
January 8: Sheikh Mujibur Rehman is released unconditionally.
January 20: Zulfikar Ali Bhutto called a secret meeting at Multan, and launches the programme on nuclear weapons development.
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. Hamoodur Rahman 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 Indira Gandhi.
July 8: Riots in Karachi over Sindhi language bill. Dozens of Muhajirs killed by forces.
October 28: President Bhutto inaugurates Karachi Nuclear Power Plant (KANUPP).

Question 27

1973

Answer 27

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 14: Constitution of Pakistan 1973 promulgated
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.

Question 28

1974

Answer 28

February 21: Pakistan recognizes Bangladesh.
February 22: Islamic Summit Conference starts in Lahore; 22 heads of state participate.
September 7: Resolution passed about Qadyani that Qadyani and all groups of Qadyani are Non-Muslim. Resolution made by Jamiat Ulema-e-Pakistan (JUP) leader Imam Shah Ahmed Noorani.

Question 29

1975

Answer 29

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

Question 30

1976

Answer 30

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.

Question 31

1977

Answer 31

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.

Question 32

1978

Answer 32

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 All Pakistan Muhajir Students Organization (APMSO).
September 16: General Zia-ul-Haq is sworn in as President.
November 24: Pakistan wins Hockey Champion Trophy at Lahore, defeating Australia.

Question 33

1979

Answer 33

Hudood Ordinance enacted
February 6: Supreme Court upholds Bhutto’s conviction in Muhammad 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.

Question 34

1980

Answer 34

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, dies in Karachi.
December 3: Shirin Bai, sister of Quaid-i-Azam, dies in Karachi.

Question 35

1981

Answer 35

January 1: Interest-free banking introduced.
January 3: International Islamic University starts functioning.
January 3: Jalal Babab, veteran Muslim leader died.
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.

Question 36

1982

Answer 36

January 3: Pakistan defeats Germany 3-1 in World Cup Hockey in Bombay.
January 11: General Zia-ul-Haq inaugurates first session of Federal Council (Shoora) in Islamabad.
February 22: Noted Urdu poet, Josh Malihabadi, dies in Islamabad.
April 8: Jahangir Khan wins British Open Squash Championship.
December 21: Writer of Pakistan’s national anthem, Hafeez Jalandhari dies.

Question 37

1983

Answer 37

January 15: First three F-16 jets reach Pakistan.
January 25: Wifaqi Mohtasib (Ombudsman) Order is promulgated. Justice Sardar Iqbal is named, WM.
March 11: Nuclear tests: Kirana-I is carried out. The tests are not announced until 2000.
March 28: Government lifts censorship from periodicals.
March 29: Foundation-stone of Satellite Earth Station is laid near Rawalpindi.
April 2: Weather Report: Pleasant rainfall bloomed up the city of Karachi.
September 29: First phase of local bodies election starts.
July 5 Established Dera Bugti

Question 38

1984

Answer 38

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 dies.
December 10: Ammad Hassan born
December 19: General Zia-ul-Haq holds presidential referendum.

Question 39

1985

Answer 39

February 25: Partyless 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.

Question 40

1986

Answer 40

April 10: Benazir 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 Flight 73 is freed after commando action in Karachi.
October 12: England beats World Champions Pakistan 3-1 in semi-final of World Cup Hockey.

Question 41

1987

Answer 41

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.

Question 42

1988

Answer 42

April 10: Army ammunition blown up in Ojheri camp, Rawalpindi; more than 100 people died.
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.

Question 43

1989

Answer 43

January 19: Students unions are restored in Punjab & won by ATI (Anjuman-e Talba-Islam).
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.

Question 44

1990

Answer 44

Feb 5: Kashmir Solidarity Day observed for the first time
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.

Question 45

1991

Answer 45

April 25: 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.
Local bodies election held in Pakistan.
December 27: Pride of Pakistan Air Force Farooq Ahmad born in Farooqabad.

Question 46

1992

Answer 46

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

Question 47

1993

Answer 47

January 8: General Asif Nawaz dies of heart attack in Rawalpindi.
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.

Question 48

1994

Answer 48

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 dies in Karachi.
December 4: Pakistan regains World Hockey Championship title after 12 years, beating Holand 4-3.
December 26: Renowned poet Perven Shakir killed in a road accident in Islamabad.

Question 49

1995

Answer 49

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.
December 6: Lahore High Court dismisses appeal against arrest of Maj. Gen. Zaheerul Islam Abbasi in Khilafat Conspiracy Case.

Question 50

1996

Answer 50

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, Pakistan Tehrek-e-Insaf (PTI).
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.

Question 51

1997

Answer 51

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, dies.

Question 52

1998

Answer 52

January 1: Rafiq Tarrar is sworn in as President of Pakistan
March 8: Population census begins in the country.
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.

Question 53

1999

Answer 53

January 31: A classic Test match as Pakistan defeat India by twelve runs.
February 20: Pakistan Crushed India by 46 runs in inaugural Asian test championship
February 21: Lahore Declaration is signed by Nawaz Sharif and A. B. Vajpayee.
15 March: Pakistan beats Sri Lanka in the final of the inaugural Asian test championship.
April 15: Pakistan conducts test of a nuclear-capable short-range ballistic missile, Shaheen.
16 April: Pakistan won Coca-Cola Cup final at Sharjah crushing India by 8 wickets
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.

Question 54

2000

Answer 54

April 6: Nawaz Sharif sentenced to life imprisonment on charges of 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, sent into exile in Saudi Arabia.
December 22: Famous singer, Noor Jahan dies in Karachi.

Question 55

2001

Answer 55

May 2: Maulana Abdul Sattar Khan niazy a veteran Politician and torch bearier of Nizam-e-Mustafa Tehrik died on Wednesday. He was born on October 5, 1915
June 21: 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.

Question 56

2002

Answer 56

January 5: Musharraf stunned Vajpayee by a hand-shake at the last 11th SAARC summit in Kathmandu.
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.

Question 57

2003

Answer 57

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.

Question 58

2004

Answer 58

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.

Question 59

2005

Answer 59

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, dies in Toronto. He was 88.
26 August 2006 (aged 79) Nawab Akbar Bugti Deid

Question 60

2006

Answer 60

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, dies in Lahore. He was 89.
August 26: Akbar Bugti killed by military
26 August 2006 (aged 79) Nawab Akbar Bugti Deid

Question 61

2007

Answer 61

March 9: President Musharraf dismissed Chief Justice of Pakistan, Iftikhar.
July 20: Iftikhar restored as Chief Justice of Pakistan.
October 18: Bhutto, Benazir 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 completion 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: Bhutto, Benazir assassinated in a blast/bullet attack in Rawalpindi.
December 30: The arrival of a new “bhutto” in politics
14 agust 1974

Question 62

2008

Answer 62

January 2: The Election Commission announces elections will now be held on February 18.
February 13: Mian Mansoor ul Jalil (X) Counselor s/o Haji Abdul Rasheed Shot dead in his office at okey Sports, Abbot road, Sialkot by
M Asif Chemma and ran away. Police is investigating the matter and searching for the accused.

February 18: Elections are held amidst tight security. PPP, PML-N, PML-Q and ANP win 124, 91, 54 and 13 seats respectively.
March 24: Yusuf Raza Gilani is elected as the new Prime Minister.
August 18: Pervaiz 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.

Question 63

2009

Answer 63

February 16: Pakistan government announces a truce with Taliban, accepting a system of Islamic law in the Swat valley, conceding the area as a Taliban sanctuary.
March 9: 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.
23 May-15 July 2009: Pakistan Army launched Operation Rah-e-Rast and cleared Swat Valley of all Taliban elements. It is regarded as one of the most successful counter-insurgency operation in modern age
21 June 2009: Pakistan vs Sri Lanka in Final. Pakistan won the ICC T20 Cricket World Cup in Lord’s London England. Pakistan won by 8 wickets.
17 May 2009 . Captain Bilal zafar Abbasi got shahadat during Operation .Rah-e-Rast and awarded Sitar-e-Basalat.the hero of Ghazanosar.

Question 64

2010

Answer 64

April 10: Pakistan adopts the 18th amendment to the Constitution, stripping President Asif Ali Zardari of key powers.
June: Extensive flooding after monsoon rains. At least 1,600 people were killed
July 28: Crash of Airblue Flight 202, killed all 152 people on board.
3–6 August – Riots in Karachi after the assassination of MP Raza Haider.[1]
14 August: 12 suspected militants in North Waziristan are killed by a suspected American drone attack.[2]
1 September: At least 35 people are killed and more than 250 others injured, following a series of bomb attacks on a Shia Islamic procession in Lahore. The attacks, two of which were said to be from suicide bombers took place at a commemoration of the death of Ali bin Abi Talib.[3]
7 September: American actress Angelina Jolie visits flood-hit areas of the country as the UN launches a renewed appeal for aid.[4]
16 September: Exiled politician Imran Farooq is found murdered near his home in exile in north London having been stabbed several times.[5][6] Violence erupted in his hometown Karachi following his murder. Several shops and vehicles were set on fire however no casualties were reported. MQM called for a 10-day strike to mourn Farooq’s death.[7]
1 October: Pervez Musharraf launches his new political party, the All Pakistan Muslim League, at a club in London.[8]
22 October: US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton announces that the American government is to give US$2 billion in military aid.[9]
5 November: A bomb explodes in a mosque in Darra Adam Khel in North-West Pakistan, killing at least 55 people and injuring over 100. Later that same day a grenade attack on another mosque in the village of Sulemankhel near Peshawar claimed at least two lives. Both attacks occurred during daily prayer sessions.[10]
28 November: Sun Way Flight 4412 crashes.
25 December: A female suicide bomber kills at least 43 people in Khar near the border with Afghanistan.[11]

Question 65

2011

Answer 65

January 4: Salmaan Taseer, the governor of Punjab, is shot by one of his bodyguards near his home for opposing Blasphemy law in Pakistan.[12]
January 11: Internationally acclaimed Pakistani painter and Pride of Performance winner Prof. A. R. Nagori passes away.[13]
January 27: A US diplomat, Raymond Davis, kills two men on a motorbike in Lahore allegedly in self-defense while a companion of the diplomat, who is also an American citizen, crushed to death a bike rider in a hit-and-run incident.[14]
March 1: The Minister for Minority Affairs, Shahbaz Bhatti, was assassinated in Islamabad
March 30: Pakistan plays ICC 2011 Cricket World Cup against India.[15]
April 22: Internationally renowned Pakistani actor, Moin Akhtar, dies at the age of 60 years in Karachi after suffering from a heart attack.
May 2: The US Navy Seals killed Osama bin Laden in the city of Abbotabad.[16]
July - August: Mass target killing occurred killing ~344 people throughout Karachi.[17]
November 26: A NATO attack on two Pakistani border checkposts in Salala in the Baizai subdivision of Mohmand Agency in FATA kill 24 soldiers of the Pakistan Army.[18]

Question 66

2012

Answer 66

2 January: India-Pakistan exchange a list of their nuclear installations.[19]
26 February: Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy becomes the first Pakistani to ever win an Oscar at the 84th Academy Awards for the reconstructive surgery of acid attack victims, Saving Face wins for Best Documentary (Short Subject).[20]
22 June: Raja Pervaiz Ashraf is elected as Prime Minister of Pakistan, following the disqualification of Yousaf Raza Gillaniover a contempt of court conviction by the Supreme Court of Pakistan.[21]
July 9: A Gunmen attacked a military camp near Wazirabad in Punjab, killing seven security personnel soon after reopening for NATO supply lines to Afghanistan.
August 14: The nation celebrated its 65th Independence Day.
11 September: Over 314 people die in factory fires in Karachi and Lahore.[22]
October 9: 14-year-old blogger Malala Yousafzai was shot in the head by the Pakistani Taliban.[23]
6 November: US polls event organised in US embassy in Pakistan.
9 November: 135th Iqbal day celebrated with full zeal across the nation.

Question 67

2013

Answer 67

January 10: A series of terrorist attacks killed more than 100 people in Quetta.[24]
March 9: A Christian, Sawan Masih, 28 is accused of blasphemy against the Islamic prophet Muhammad in a Christian neighborhood in Badami Bagh area.
March 18: Sibte Jaffar Hassan Zaidi, a Pakistani professor and social worker was killed by two people who were on a motorcycle.
March 25: Mir Hazar Khan Khoso is appointed as caretaker Prime Minister of Pakistan, following the completion of the PPP-led government’s term in office.[25]
May 11: General Elections 2013 held across Pakistan.
May 25: A school bus explosion kills 17 children and injures seven more in Gujrat.[26]
June 5: Nawaz Sharif is elected Prime Minister of Pakistan, following the Pakistan Muslim League (N)’s victory in the 2013 general elections for the 3rd time.
July 30: Mamnoon Hussain is elected as the 12th President of Pakistan in 2013 Presidential elections.
August 14: People of Pakistan celebrated 66th Independence day.
September 9: Mamnoon Hussain is sworn in as the 12th President of Pakistan.
September 24: A 7.7 magnitude earthquake hits BalOchistan, at least 825 people are killed and hundreds injured.[27][28]
November 1: Hakimullah Mehsud, leader of (TTP) killed by a US drone attack.
November 29: Pakistan Chief of Army Staff, General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani retires. General Raheel Sharif becomes the next COAS.
December 11: Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry retired from his position, he remained in the Supreme Court from 2005 to 2013, Justice Tassaduq Hussain Jillani becomes the next Supreme Court Chief Justice.

Question 68

2014

Answer 68

January 9: 14-year-old boy Aitizaz Hassan in Hangu, KPK, is killed stopping a suicide bomber from entering the school.[29]
January 11: A ten-year-old servant girl is tortured to death in Punjab raising concerns about human rights in Pakistan.
January 20: War starts in North-West Pakistan.[30]
February 9: Gunmen attack an Islamic religious gathering in Karachi, killing 8 people.
February 17: Former president Pervez Musharraf appeared in front of a civil court for the first time.
February 21: Pakistan vs India match for ICC World T20.[31]
March 3: Young men with guns open fire at a local court in Islamabad, resulting in at least 11 deaths and 22 injuries.
March 31: A Pakistani court charges former President Pervez Musharraf with high treason in relation to the imposition of the emergency rule in 2007.
April 9: A bomb blast in a market kills 26 people in the outskirts of Islamabad.
May 7: An alleged American FBI agent is arrested for carrying ammunition while trying to board a flight, which is in violation of their anti-terror laws.
May 9: Geo TV transmission banned by the government.[32]
May 21: Pakistan Air Force fighter jets bomb suspected militant hideouts in North Waziristan, killing approximately 60 militants and injuring another 30.
June 5: Pakistani police arrest multiple people involved in the stoning of Farzana Parveen, bringing the total number of people in custody to 12.[33]
August 13: The process of Long March and Sit-In started by PTI and PAT.
August 14: Pakistan’s 67th dependence day was celebrated during Long March from Lahore to Islamabad.
September 1: The Pakistan Television Corporation goes off air after protesters storm its headquarters.
September 11: A ban is imposed on Saeed Ajmal by ICC.[34]
October 10: Activist Malala Yousafzai becomes the second Pakistani to win the Nobel Peace Prize for her struggle to voice girls’ right to education.[35]
November 2: More than 60 people were killed and more than 110 people were injured in a suicide attack on the Pakistan side of the Wagah border.[36]
December 16: Taliban gunmen storm a military-run Army Public Schools massacre in Peshawar, killing at least 141, including 132 children and nine employees, with most of five hundred students evacuated. The shooting ends with all seven gunmen dead.

Question 69

2015

Answer 69

January 25: A massive blackout strikes Pakistan, leaving as much as 80 percent of the country without electricity at its height as officials rush to restore power.[38]
February 13: Pakistan announces the arrest of twelve Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan in relation to their alleged involvement in last year’s school massacre.[39]
March 15: A bombing of a church in Lahore kills at least eleven people with 48 more injured.
May 19: Zimbabwe cricket team toured Pakistan to play International Cricket Series for the first time since 2009 attack on the Sri Lanka national cricket team.

Question 70

2016

Answer 70

1 January: The Pakistan and India governments provided one another with a full list of nuclear sites, military and civilian, in accordance with the 1988 Non-Nuclear Aggression Agreement.[40]
18 January: Former president Pervez Musharraf was acquitted in the murder trial of Akbar Bugti, the Baloch tribal leader who died in a military operation in 2006.[41]
4 February: First season Pakistan Super League
19 March: Pakistan plays against India in 2016 T20 World Cup.[42]
25 March: Pakistan cricket star Shahid Afridi played his last international T20 match for Pakistan against Australia.[43]
17 April: In Punjab, 33 people died after eating sweets, accidentally tainted with insecticide.[44]
22 June: Musician Amjad Sabri is killed in a targeted shooting.[45]
1 November: At least 14 people are killed and 59 burned when a gas cylinder explosion aboard an oil tanker causes a major fire at the Gadani ship-breaking yard.[46][47][48]
7 December: PIA plane PK-661 crashed during flight killing 47 people including acclaimed former singer and religious Junaid Jumshed and his wife.[49]

Question 71

2017

Answer 71

January 21: A bombing at a vegetable market in Parachinar, Pakistan leads to the death of 25 people.
February 9: The second season of the Pakistan Super League began.[50]
February 16: A suicide bombing at the Shrine of Lal Shahbaz Qalander in Sehwan, Pakistan resulted in the deaths of over 90 people.[51]
March 14: Pakistan’s sixth census begins.[52]
April 19: 16th Lux Style Awards’s ceremony was held in Karachi and was hosted by Atif Aslam.
June 18: Pakistan wins 2017 ICC Champions Trophy defeating India in the finals.[53]
July 28: A unanimous verdict by the Supreme Court of Pakistan disqualifies Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif from office, over the controversy of him and some of his family members names being in the Panama Papers, thus leading to his disqualification for lifetime.[54]
August 1: Shahid Khaqan Abbasi is sworn in as Prime Minister, succeeding Nawaz Sharif.[55]
August 31: Benazir Bhutto assassination case is completed.[56]