Post Partition History

. History of Pakistan

30th September 1947

Pakistan become member of UN

26th October 1947

Kashmiri Maharaja acceded to India which Lord

Mountbatten accepted on behalf of India

27th October 1947

India air-lift its troops to Srinagar and lauched a full

scale attack on Kashmir

1948 AD

First Pakistan India War

1st January 1948

India took Kashmir dispute to Security council

1st April 1948

India cut off water supply to Pakistan from two of its

headworks, causing a dispute over water

13th August 1948

Security council called for cease fire in Kashmir, and

withdrawl of all Pakistani and Indian forces from
Kashmir, and called UN for resolution which
both Pakistan and India accepted at that time

11 September 1948

Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah died

14 September 1948

Khawaja Nazimuddin became the second Governer

General of Pakistan

12th March 1949

Objective Resolution approved

1951 AD

First Census of Pakistan

12th February 1951

Chaudary Rehmat Ali founder of Pakistan National

Movement died

16th October 1951

Nawabzada Liaquat Ali Khan was murdered

17th October 1951

Khawaja Nazimuddin became second Prime Minister of

Pakistan under Quad-e-Azam's constitutional
framework, Malik Ghulam Muhammad became
Governer General

1952 AD

Sindh Tas Treaty (Indus Water Treaty)

25th November 1952

Imran Khan born at Lahore

17th April 1953

Khawaja Nazimuddin dismissed by Ghulam

Muhammad, and Muhammad Ali Bogra became the
Prime Minister of Pakistan

24th October 1954

Malik Ghulam Muhammad dissolved the Constituent

Assembly of Muhammad Ali Bogra and declared a state
of emergency in country

15th October 1955

Iskandar Mirza became the Governer General

of Pakistan after Malik Ghulam Muhammad

1955

PIA founded

11th August 1955

Chaudry Muhammad Ali was appointed Prime Minister

of Pakistan

23rd March 1956

1st constitution of Pakistan was passed under Chaudry

Muhammad Ali, Pakistan was declared as Islamic
Republic and Iskandar Mirza became the first President
of Pakistan after implementation of this constitution

12th September 1956

Huseyn Shaheed Suhrawardy becomes Prime Minister

replacing Chaudry Muhammad Ali

11th July 1957

Sir Aga Khan died in Geneva

October 1957

Huseyn Shaheed Suhrawardy resigned from

premiership and Ismail Ibrahim Chundrigar was
appointed by Iskandar Mirza as new Prime Minister of
Pakistan

16th December 1957

Malik Feroz Khan Noon took over Ismail Ibrahim

Chundrigar as Prime Minister

7th October 1958

First Martial Law imposed by Iskandar Mirza and

constitution was abrogated, General Muhammad Ayub
Khan became Chief Martial Law Administrator, after
three weeks, General Ayub Khan ousted Iskandar
Mirza and declared himself as President of Pakistan
and gave himself the rank of Field Marshal

23rd March 1960

Foundation of Minar-e-Pakistan layed

1961

Second Census of Pakistan

1st March 1962

1962 constitution was announced by President Ayub

Khan

5th December 1963

Huseyn Shaheed Suhrawardy succumbed to death

1964

Khawaja Nazimuddin died

January 1965

General Ayub Khan was elected President of Pakistan

under constitution of 1962

September 1965

Second Pakistan-India War

25th March 1969

General Ayub Khan handed over power to General

Muhammad Yahya Khan who imposed second Martial
Law

5th October 1970

General elections which were announced to be held

today were postponed upto December 1970

22nd November 1971

India launched attack on East Pakistan

16th December 1971

Bangal separated from Pakistan in 3rd Pakistan-India

War

20th December 1971

General Muhammad Yahya Khan resigned and Zulfikar

Ali Bhutto of Pakistan Peoples Party took over as Chief
Marshal Law Admistrator and President of Pakistan
after winning general elections in December 1970

2nd July 1972

Shimla Agreement was signed

1972

Third Census in Pakistan

13th August 1973

Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto became the Prime Minister of

Pakistan, and Fazal Elahi Choudary became the
President of Pakistan.

14th August 1973

1973 constitution was passed under Zulfikar Ali Bhutto,

who became Prime Minister of Pakistan, Fazal Ilahi
Chaudary became President of Pakistan

20th December 1973

Bhutto laid the foundations of Pakistan Steel Mill at

Pipri near Kharachi

22nd February 1974

Pakisatan recognized Bangladesh in Islamic

Conference at Lahore

1st July 1974

Several new carporations were created out of Pakistan

Industrial Development Carporation (PIDC), including
PMDC, State Cement Carporation

31st July 1976

Kahuta Engineering Research Laboratories (KRL) was

founded by Dr. A.Q Khan

7th March 1977

Elections were held, PPP was accused of rigging the

elections

5th July 1977

Third Martial Law imposed by Zia-ul-Haq, he

postponded the announced elections of 15th October
1977, 1973 constitution was suspended

7th August 1977

First Pakistani (Ashraf Aman) on K2

16th September 1978

General Zia-ul-Haq became the President of Pakistan

after Fazal Elahi's period was over

January 1979

Pakistan National Shiping Carporation founded.

4th April 1979

Zulfikar Ali Bhutto was hanged

1981

Fourth Census in Pakistan

6th February 1981

Movement for restoration of Democracy was

launched

23rd March 1981

Provisional constitution was enforced after 1973

constitution was suspended under Zia's Martial
Law

1st May 1981

Kahuta Research Laboratories was renamed

as Khan Research Laboratories (KRL)

December 1984

Presidential Referendum was held, and General

Zia-ul-Haq became President of Pakistan

February 1985

Election on non-party basis for National and

Provincial Assembly was held.

20th March 1985

General Zia-ul-Haq nominated Muhammad Khan

Junejo as Prime Minister of Pakistan

14th November 1985

Historic 8th Ammendment in 1973 constitution

was passed by Senate

December 1985

Martial Law was lifted

August 1986

Karakoram Highway opened for Public across

borders

17th August 1988

Zia-ul-Haq in plane crash near Bahawalpur,

Ghulam Ishaq Khan, chairman of Senate
becomes new President of Pakistan

November 1988

Pakistan Peoples Party returned to Power after

winning elections, Benazir Bhutto becomes the
Prime Minister of Pakistan

16th July 1990

Pakistan's first satellite Badar-1 was launched

from China

6th August 1990

Ghulam Ishaq Khan dismissed Benazir Bhutto

accusing her of corruption, Ghulam Mustafa Jatoi
becomes the care taker Prime Minister until
elections

24-27 October 1990

Elections were held for Provincial and National

Assembly

1st November 1990

Nawaz Sharif becomes Prime Minister of Pakistan

after winning the elections

25th March1992

Pakistan won its first cricket world cup

beating England

19th April 1993

Nawaz Sharif was dismissed by President

Ghulam Ishaq Khan, and National Assembly was
dissolved once again. Mr Balakh Sher Mizari was
appionted care taker Prime Minister by Ghulam
Ishaq Khan

26th May 1993

Supreme court quashed the Presidential order

and Nawaz Sharif was reinstated as Prime
Minister of Pakistan

8th July 1993

President Ghulam Ishaq Khan and Prime Minister

Nawaz Sharif resigned, thus dissolving all
National and Provincial assemblies, Moin Qureshi
was appointed caretaker Prime Minister and
Ghulam Ishaq Khan as caretaker President

19th October 1993

Benazir Bhutto once again gained power after

winning elections

13th November 1993

Sardar Farooq Ahmad Khan Laghari was

appointed President of Pakistan for five years

5th November 1996

Benazir goverment was dismissed by President

Farooq Laghari

6th November 1996

Malik Meraj Khalid was appointed caretaker Prime

Minister

February 1997

Elections were held in the country

17th February 1997

Nawaz Sharif was re-elected as Prime Minister

after Muslim League won with an overwhelming
majority

1st July 1997

14th Amendment of constitution was passed by

Senate

2nd December 1997

President Farooq Laghari was dismissed, and

Waseem Sijad became the care taker President of
Pakistan

1st January 1998

Raffiq Tarrar became the new President of

Pakistan

1998

Fifth Census

6th April 1998

1st 1500Km Intermediate Range Ballistic Missile,

Hatf V (Ghauri Missile) test fired by Pakistan, at
Malut, Jhelum at 07:25pst

28th May 1998

Five Nuclear Explosions conducted at Chagi

30th May 1998

Sixth Nuclear Explosion of Pakistan at Chagi

19th February 1999

UN Inspectors visited the Wah Ordinance Factory,

under the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC)
ratified by Pakistan Government

15 April 1999

Shaheen Missile test fired by Pakistan

6th May 1999

Kargil operation started by Mujahideen in Kashmir

2nd August 1999

Kohat Tunnel (1886 meters) project started

30th September 1999

Trials of Ghauri III Missile Engine were completed

at KRL

12th October 1999

Army took control of Goverment under

Gen.Pervaiz Musharaf, Nawaz Sharif along with
his collegues was arrested

23rd June 2000

Sukkur bypass opened, including 12 bridges

1st July 2000

M10 (Makran Coastel Highway) construction

began

9th December 2000

Nawaz Sharif along with his Family was exiled

from Pakistan by Chief Executive of Pakistan,
General Pervaiz Musharaf and Saudi
government's demand

24th December 2000

Bagh-e-Quid-e-Azam opened for public,

spreading over an area of 6 acres, around Quid's
Mausoleum in Karachi

31st December 2000

Local Body polls held in 18 districts of Pakistan for

the first time under Election Commision of
Pakistan

4th January 2001

Surface to surface billistic missile Hadar-1 with a

range of 300km is officialy declared

10th March 2001

Surface to surface missile SM-39, and air to

surface missile AM-39, were succesfully tested by
Pakistan Navy from Agasta-90 submarine and
Atlantic plane respectively

29th March 2001

Chashma Nuclear Power plant is being

inaugurated

19th April 2001

National University of Computer & Emerging

Science (NUCES) is being inaugurated by Cheif
Executive Gen. Pervaiz Musharaf at Lahore
Campus

14th August 2002

Ghazi Brotha Hydro Power project is scheduled to

start working according to Lef. General Zulfiqar Ali
Khan, Chairman WAPDA, dated 22th January
2001