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Pakistani history
(1947–present)
1947–1949
1947 E…
1948 E…
1949 E…
January 1: United Nations Cease-fire Line
established between Pakistani Kashmir and
Indian-held Kashmir.
February 8: Azad Kashmir Government
shifts its capital
March 12: Objectives Resolution passed
by Liaquat Ali khan
1950–1959
1950 E…
1951 E…
1952 E…
1953 E…
1954 E…
1955 E…
1956 E…
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.
1957 E…
1958 E…
1959 E…
1960–1969
1960 E…
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.
1961 E…
1962 E…
1963 E…
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.
1964 E…
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.
1965 E…
January 2: Presidential election held. Field
Marshal Ayub Khan re-elected as
President.
January 2: Ayub Khan's son attacked on
Mohajirs neighbourhoods in Karachi
leading a procession of armed people from
NWFP, killed a number of Mohajirs,
ablazed their homes. President Ayub fully
supported the attackers
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.
1966 E…
1967 E…
1970 E…
1972 E…
1973 E…
1974 E…
1975 E…
1976 E…
1978 E…
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.
1979 E…
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.
1980–1989
1980 E…
1981 E…
1982 E…
1983 E…
1984 E…
1985 E…
1986 E…
1987 E…
1988 E…
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.
1989 E…
1990–1999
1990 E…
1991 E…
1992 E…
1993 E…
1994 E…
1995 E…
1996 E…
1997 E…
1998 E…
1999 E…
2000–2009
2000 E…
2001 E…
2002 E…
2003 E…
2004 E…
2005 E…
2006 E…
2007 E…
2009 E…
2010–present
2010 E…
2011 E…
2012 E…
2013 E…
2014 E…
2015 E…
2016 E…
2017 E…
2018 E…
2019 E…
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