1947:

 3 June 1947: British Government decides to divide British India, into India and Pakistan.

 06 July 1947: First Constituent Assembly of Pakistan was shaped with 79 , including 1 female Member.
 08 July 1947: Constituent Assembly of Pakistan approves the design of Pakistan.
 14 August 1947: Pakistan came into existence.Quaid-e-Azam become 1st Governer general while Liaquet ali khan 1st
prime minister of Pakistan. Rob Lockhart and  Frank Messervy were the chief of army staff of India and Pakistan while
Claude Auchinleck was the joint Supreme commander of both India and Pakistan
 30 September 1947: Pakistan becomes member of UN by favor of Security Council.
 27 October 1947: Indian Air troops land in Kashmir by the permission of Maharajah Hari Singh.
1948:
 02 February 1948: Urdu is declared the national language of Pakistan.
 01 May 1948: Indo-Pakistani War starts due to Kashmir while Roy Bucher and Douglas Gracey be the new chief of
army staff of India and Pakistan.
 09 July in1948: Pakistan's first postage stamp is issued.
 11 September1948: Quaid-e-Azam dies in Karachi due to T.B and Khwaja Nazimuddin becomes  2nd Governor-
General of Pakistan..
1949:
 01 January 1949: UN formed Cease-fire Line between Pakistani and Indian Kashmir.
 12 March 1949: Objectives Resolution passed
1950:
 04 January 1950: President of Pakistan recognizes the Peoples Republic of China
 08 April 1950: Liaquat-Nehru agreement is signed in New Delhi to solve Inter- problems.
 11 July 1950: Pakistan joins the International Monetary Fund and World Bank.
 06 September 1950:  Ayub Khan, be 1st Pakistan Army chief.
1951:
 16 October 1951: Prime Minister Liaquat Ali Khan (Shaheed-e-Millat)was Killed at Rawalpindi.
 17 October 1951: Ghulam Muhammad becomes 3rd Governor-General, while Khwaja Nazimuddin 2nd Prime Minister.
1952:
 21 August 1952: Pakistan and India agree on the boundary pact between East Bengal and West Bengal..
 24 December 1952: UN adopted the Anglo-American Resolution on Kashmir
1953:
 17 April 1953: Muhammad Ali Bogra was appointed as 3rd Prime Minister by Ghulam Muhammad
 16 August 1953: Kashmir Martyrs' Day observed throughout Pakistan.
1954 :
 31 July 1954: K2, the world's 2nd highest mountain was conquered by an Italian expedition led by Desio.
 7 August 1954: Government approves the National Anthem, written by Abul Asar Hafeez Jullundhri and composed by
Ahmed G. Chagla.
 17 August 1954: Pakistan defeats England by 24 runs at Oval during its maiden tour of England.
 21 September 1954: Constituent Assembly passes the resolution in favor of Urdu and Bengali as national languages.
1955:
 01 January 1955: PIA comes into being.
 18–24 April 1955: Pakistan participates in Bandung Conference(Africa-Asia) at Bandung in Indonesia
 7 August 1955: PM Mohammad Ali Bogra resigns after election of 4th PM Chaudhri Mohammad Ali.
 6 October 1955:  Iskandar Mirza (1st Army)be the 4th Governor-General after Ghulam Muhammad resign
1956
 21 February 1956: Constituent Assembly decides the country shall be a Federal Republic known as Islamic Republic of
Pakistan.
 14 May 1956: PM Abiha Abdul Majeed presents the first five-year plan.
 23 March 1956: 1st Constitution was proposed and Iskander Mirza be first President of Pakistan.
 12 September 1956: Huseyn Shaheed Suharwardy  appointed Prime Minister.
1957
 02 February 1957: President Iskandar Mirza laid down the foundation-stone of Guddu Barrage.
 08 March 1957: President Iskandar Mirza lays the foundation-stone of the State Bank of Pakistan
 Governor-Raj is lifted in West Pakistan after four months.
 24 July 1957: Maulana Bhashani forms National Awami Party(NAP) in Dhakka that was against Army.
 22 December 1957 : Malik Feroz Khan Noon be 7th  PM of Pakistan.
1958

 07 October 1958: Martial Law is declared throughout the country by Ayub Khan and on 02 November
Iskander Mirza is removed.
1959
 21 March 1959: Ayub Khan form EBDO law for 08 years to disqualify Awami League
 18 April 1959: Government start The Pakistan Times and Imroze daily while Lail-o-Nihar weekly.
 12 July 1959: Shukriya Niaz Ali becomes first woman pilot of Pakistan.
 16 September 1959: Government establishes Islamic Research Institute.
1960
 24 February 1960: Presidential Cabinet decides to name the new Capital as Islamabad.
 23 March 1960: Foundation of Minar-i-Pakistan is laid.
 31 July 1960: Foundation stone of Mazar-i-Quaid (Mausoleum of M.A. Jinnah) is laid.
 01 August 1960: Islamabad was declared Capital of Pakistan.
 09 September 1960: Pakistan win 1st t Gold Medal in Olympics, defeating India in hockey in Rome.
1961
 14 June 1961: Government start news agency, Associated Press of Pakistan (APP).
 15 July 1961: Jasmine is chosen as the national flower of Pakistan.
1962
 23 March 1962: 2nd Constitution was declared .
 01 June 1962: Soviet Union awards Lenin Prize given to Faiz Ahmed Faiz 
 07 June 1962: SUPARCO launches Pakistan's first weather rocket, Rehbar-I from Sonmiani.
 08 June 1962: Ayub Khan be the 2nd President of Pakistan
1963
 05 January 1963: First trade agreement is signed between Pakistan and China..
 02 March 1963: Pakistan and China sign a border agreement in Peking (Beijing).
1964
 31 July 1964: Pakistan, Iran and Turkey agree to establish RCD (Regional Cooperation for Development) start.
 28 October 1964 : Pakistan's hockey team wins Silver Medal in Tokyo Olympic games.
 26 November 1964: President Ayub Khan  start Pakistan Television Lahore Station.
1965
 02 January 1965: Ayub Khan re-elected as President by defeating Fatimah Jinnah by taking 64% Votes
 30 June 1965: Pakistan and India sign on Rann of Kutch (Biggest Salt desert)agreement
 06 September: 2nd war between India and Pakistan over Kashmir.
 23 September 1965: A cease-fire between India and Pakistan comes into force.
1966
 10 January 1966 : Tashkent Declaration signed between India(Lal bhadar) and Pakistan(Ayub Khan) to go back to 1949
Cease Fire line in Kashmirs.
 12 February 1966: Sheikh Mujeeb, of Awami League, announces his six points in Karachi.
 17 September 1966: General Yahya Khan becomes C-in-C of Pakistan Army.
1967
 09 July 1967: Fatima Jinnah dies in Karachi and buried near Quaid-e-Azam
 24 August 1967: Pakistan's first steel mill started at Chittagong.
 18 November 1967: Pakistan awards Sitar-i-Imtiaz to Egyptian vocalist Umm-i-Kulsoom for singing the poetry of
Allama Iqbal.
 01 December 1967: Pakistan Peoples Party formed.
1968
 06 January 1968: Agartala conspiracy case was started against Mujeeb ur rehman (Awami League ) due to try to dis-
stable Pakistan by combining with India
 25 September 1968: Pakistan Television Dhaka Station was started.
 26 October 1968: Pakistan becomes Olympic Hockey Champion, winning over Australia 2-1.
 07 November 1968: Students' demonstrations( Auyb kutta) start
1969
 March 6: All court cases against students withdrawn in West Pakistan.
 25 March 1969: Ayub Khan resigns and Chief General Yahya Khan put 2nd Martial law
 04 July 1969: Pakistan and India sign the final maps of the Rann of Kutch in Islamabad.
 01 December 1969: 300 class-I gazetted officers suspended due to corruption
1970
 01 March 1970: Air Marshal Asghar Khan forms new political party, Tehrik-i-Istaqlal.
 01 July 1970: One-unit of West Pakistan abolished, provinces restored.
 07 December 1970: First General elections held. Awami League and Pakistan People Party win.
 19 December 1970 : Pakistan wins gold medal in Asian Games hockey, beating India 1-0.
1971
 30 January 1971: An Indian Airlines aeroplane, hijacked by two Kashmiri and lands at Lahore airport.
 16 February 1971: Korakaram Highway, linking China and Pakistan, opened.
 26 March 1971: Pakistan Army start  Operation Searchlight to decrease the Bengali nationalist movement
 29 August 1971: Rashid Minhas awarded Nishan-i-Haider, Pakistan's highest gallantry award.
 24 October 1971: Pakistan wins 1st World Hockey Cup defeating Spain 1-0 at Barcelona.
 22 November 1971: India attack on East Pakistan.
 06 December 1971: Major Shabbir Sharif Shaheed was killed by a direct hit in the afternoon.
 16 December 1971: Dhaka falls and Bangladesh become.
 20 December 1971: General Yahya Khan hands over power to Z. A. Bhutto
1972
 Karachi labour unrest where several labours were Killed by Karachi landi Police
 20 January 1972: Zulfikar Ali Bhutto called a secret meeting at Multan, to launches nuclear weapons
 30 January 1972: Pakistan snaps ties with Commonwealth on recognizing Bangladesh.
 14 March 1972: New education policy of Free education in all private and public schools.
 14 April 1972: National Assembly select Bhutto as a President.
 21 April 1972: 2nd Martial Law lifted
 01 May 1972: Labour Day is celebrated for the first time in Pakistan.
 02 July 1972: Simla Agreement is signed between President Bhutto and Prime Minister Indra Gandhi.
 08 July 1972 : Riots in Karachi over Sindhi Language bill. Dozens of Muhajirs killed by forces.
 28 October 1972: President Bhutto start Karachi Nuclear Power Plant (KANUPP).
1973
 10 April 1973: 3rd Constitution of Pakistan fomred by the National Assembly.
 28 August 1973: Pakistan prisoners of 1971 come back accord signed in New Delhi.
 30 December 1973: Z. A. Bhutto lays foundation stone of Pakistan Steel Mills.
1974
 21 February 1974: Pakistan recognizes Bangladesh.
 22 February 1974: Islamic Summit Conference starts in Lahore 22 heads of state participate.
 07 September 1974: Qadyani all groups of Qadyani are Non-Muslim Resolution made by Jamiat -e- Ulma Pakistan
(JUP) leader Imam Shah Ahmed Noorani .
1975
 27 July 1975: Council of Islamic Ideology abolish Riba(sood) and introduce Zakat
 05 October 1975: Pakistan and Bangladesh agree to establish diplomatic ties.
 27 December 1976: It is declared Quaid's Century year.
1976
 01 March 1976: Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq becomes Chief of Army Staff.
 18 April 1976:  Sardari system is abolished in Balochistan.
 24 July 1976: Lahore-Amritsar train service, Samjhota Express starts.
 31 July 1976: A.Q. Khan research laboratories start
 06 August 1976: Z. A. Bhutto lays the foundation-stone of Port Qasim(Bandargah at Karachi 2nd big)
1977
 10 January 1977: 09 opposition parties form joint election forum, Pakistan National Alliance (PNA).
 07 March 1977: General elections are held in the country. PPP wins 155, PNA 35 seats out of 200.
 01 July 1977: Friday is announced weekly holiday, replacing Sunday.
 05 July 1977: General Zia-ul-Haq enforces 3rd Martial Law and banned political activities.
 17 September 1977: Z. A. Bhutto arrested under Martial Law orders.
1978
 01 February 1978: Allama Iqbal's Lahore house is declared national monument.
 18 March 1978: Lahore High Court awards death sentence to Bhutto along with four others.
 11 June 1978: Altaf Hussain forms All Pakistan Muhajir Students Organization (APMSO).
 16 September 1978: General Zia-ul-Haq be President.
 24 November 1978: Pakistan wins Hockey Champion Trophy at Lahore, defeating Australia.
1979
 Hudood Ordinance (shariat ka nafiz jarna) was put forward by Zia ul Haq
 06 February 1979: Supreme Court upholds Bhutto's conviction in M.Ahmad Khan murder case.
 04 April 1979: Z. A. Bhutto hanged in Rawalpindi jail.
 01 September 1979: Pakistan is admitted to Non-Aligned Movement (NAM=International organization started in 1961
whose countries not be friend or against any Power as America,Russia)
 15 October 1979: Dr. Abdus Salam, was awarded Physics Nobel Prize.
1980
 10 May 1980: Pakistan boycotts Moscow Olympics.
 26 May 1980: Zia ul Haq form of Federal Shariat Court
 21 June 1980: Government starts collecting Zakat.
 03 December 1980: Shirin Bai, sister of Quaid-i-Azam, dies in Karachi.
1981
 01 January 1981: Zia introduce Interest-free banking
 01 March 1981: 2nd National population census starts throughout the country.
 02 March 1981: PIA Boeing 720 with 148 passengers hijacked to Kabul.
 31 August 1981: Pakistan Steel Mills starts functioning.
1982
 03 January 1982: Pakistan defeats Argentina 12-3 in 2nd World Cup Hockey in Bombay.
 11 January 1982: Zia-ul-Haq start first session of Federal Council (Shoora) in Islamabad.
 08 April 1982: Jahangir Khan wins British Open Squash Championship.
 21 December 1982: Writer of Pakistan's national anthem, Hafeez Jullundhry dies.
1983
 15 January 1983: First three F-16 jets reach Pakistan.
 11 March 1983: Nuclear tests: Kirana-I is carried out. The tests are not announced until 2000.
 29 March 1983: Foundation-stone of Satellite Earth Station is laid near Rawalpindi.
 29 September 1983: First phase of local bodies election starts.
1984
 09 February 1984: Government put ban on all students unions.
 18 March 1984: Altaf Hussain forms MQM.
 27 April 1984: Ban imposed on use of Islamic nomenclature by Ahmadis.
 20 November 1984: Renowned poet Faiz Ahmed Faiz dies.
 19 December 1984: General Zia-ul-Haq holds presidential referendum.
1985
 25 February 1985: Party less national elections held.
 23 March 1985: Muhammad Khan Junejo  be Prime Minister and General Zia as President.
 April 15: Death of Bushra Zaidi, a university student, engenders a series of riots.
 16 October 1985: National Assembly adopts 8th Amendment Bill.
 31 December 1985: Martial Law is lifted, amended 1973 Constitution revived.
1986
 10 April 1986: Benezir Bhutto returns to Pakistan
 06 June 1986: President Zia lays foundation stone of Al-Shifa Trust Eye Hospital in Rawalpindi.
 08 July 1986: Peshawar Dry Port was started.
 05 September 1985: Hijacked Pan Am jet is freed after commando action in Karachi.
 12 October 1986: England beats World Champions Pakistan 3-1 in semi-final of World Cup Hockey.
1987
 21 February 1987: President Zia met with Indian Premier Rajiv Gandhi.
 15 October 1987: Qazi Hussain Ahmed becomes Amir of Jamat-i-Islami.
 21 October 1987: Jan Sher Khan wins World Open Squash Championship for the first time.
 30 November 1987: Local bodies election held throughout the country.
 18 December 1987: Benezir Bhutto marries Asif Ali Zardari.
1988
 10April 1988 : Army ammunition blown up in Ojheri camp, in Rawalpindi about 100 people died.
 20 April 1988: Jahangir Khan wins seventh Squash title in a row.
 29 May 1988: General Zia remove junego
 17 August 1988: General Zia-ul-Haq is killed in a plane crash near Bahawalpur.
 06 October 1988: Eight political parties form Islamic Jamhori Itehad (IJI).
 16 November 1988: General elections held. PPP wins 92, IJI secures 54.
 02 December 1988: Benazir Bhutto be first woman Prime Minister of Pakistan.
1989
 19 January 1989: Students unions are restored in Punjab & won by ATI
 01 October 1989: Pakistan rejoins Commonwealth.
 20 October 1989: SAF Games open in Islamabad.
 01 November1989: No-Confidence move against Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto failed.
1990
 05 Feb 1990: Kashmir Solidarity Day(yakjahti) observed for the first time
 06 August 1990:7th President Ghulam Ishaq dismisses Benazir Government Jatoi becomes acing PM
 23 September 1990: Sandak project(Cu-Au in Balochistan) signed between Pakistan and China at Beijing.
 24 October 1990: General elections held. IJI gets 104 and PDA wins 45 seats.
 06 November 1990: Nawaz Sharif elected Prime Minister, securing 153 votes.
 12 December 1990: Pakistan becomes 37th country to send expedition to Antarctica.
1991
 25 April 1991: Jahangir Khan creates history by winning British Open Squash title for 10th consective
 16 May 1991: National Assembly adopts Shariat Bill.
 17 July 1991: Pakistan show first battle tank Al-Khalid manufactured jointly by Pakistan and China.
 14 August 1991: Nawaz Sharif lays foundation-stone of Bab-i-Pakistan at Walton Lahore.
1992
 12 January 1992: Lahore-Islamabad Motorway project launched.
 22 February 1992: Nawaz Sharif introduces yellow-cab taxi scheme.
 25 March 1992: Pakistan wins Cricket World Cup, defeating England by 22 runs in Melbourne,
 26 April 1992: Pakistan's Alam Channa enters Guinness Book of World Records as the tallest man
 19 June 1992 : Military operation against MQM starts in Sindh.
1993
 18 April 1993: Ghulam Ishaq Khan dismisses Nawaz Sharif government.Balkh Sher Mazari becomes care-take prime
minister.
 26 May 1993: Supreme Court restores Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif.
 06 October 1993: General elections held. PPP wins 86; PML (N) secures 72 seats.
 09 October 1993: Benazir Bhutto is elected Prime Minister by 121 votes.
 13 November 1993: Farooq Laghari elected 8th President of Pakistan.
1994
 15 January 1994: Pakistan Television transmission gets access to 38 countries via satellite.
 25 January 1994: Benazir Bhutto start first women police station in Islamabad.
 04 December 1994: Pakistan regains World Hockey Championship after 12 years beating Holand 4-3.
 26 December 1994: Perven Shakir killed in a road accident in Islamabad.
1995
 08 July 1995: WAPDA increase of 14.5 percent in electricity rates.
1996
 11 February 1996: Cricket World Cup jointely hosted by Pakistan, India and Sri Lanka.
 25 April 1996: Imran Khan launches new political party, Pakistan Tehrek-e-Insaf (PTI).
 20 September 1996: Mir Murtaza Bhutto assassinated in Karachi by MQM
 05 November 1996: Farooq Ahmed Leghari remove Benazir Bhutto,Malik Mairaj Khalid becomes care-taker prime
minister.
1997
 17 February 1997: Nawaz Sharif 19th Prime Minister
 23 February 1997: Nawaz Sharif launches "Qarz utaro Mulk sanwaro" scheme. Declares Sunday, instead of Friday as
weekly holiday.
 21 May 1997: Saeed Anwar form world record score of 194 runs against India.
 16 August 1997: Pakistani singer, Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, 48, dies.
1998
 01January 1998: Rafiq Tarrar be 9th President of Pakistan
 08 March 1998: Population census begins in the country.
 28 May 1998: Pakistan conducts nuclear tests in Chagai hills in Balochistan.
1999
 31 January 1999: A classic Test match as Pakistan defeat India by twelve runs.
 20 February 1999: Pakistan Crushed India by 46 runs in Asian test championship
 21 February 1999: Lahore Declaration is signed by Nawaz Sharif and A. B. Vajpayee.
 15 March 1999: Pakistan beats Sri Lanka in the final of the inaugural Asian test championship.
 15 April 1999: Pakistan test Shaheen.
 16 April 1999: Pakistan won Coca-Cola Cup final at Sharjah crushing India by 8 wickets
 20 June 1999: Australia defeats Pakistan in World Cup Cricket by 8 wickets.
 26 July 1999: Kargil War ends between Pakistan and India.
 12 October 1999: Nawaz Sharif replaced by General Pervez Musharraf.
2000
 12 May 2000: Supreme Court granted Musharraf executive and legislative authority for three years.
 10 December 2000: Nawaz Sharif along with family, sent into exile in Saudi Arabia.
 22 December 2000: Famous singer, Noor Jahan dies in Karachi.
2001
 June 21: General Pervez Musharraf assumes office of president while remaining Chief of Army Staff.
 15 July 2001 : Agra Summit starts. Musharraf and Indian Vajpayee holds talks on main issues.
 14 August 2001: New Local Government system installed, after holding of elections in three phases.
 10 November 2001: Bush meets Musharraf in New York and assures additional aid of one billion dollar.
2002
 01February 2002: Wall Street Journal reporter, Daniel Pearl killed in Karachi.
 30 April 2002: Musharraf wins in a referendum.
 24 August 2002: Musharraf issues the Legal Framework Order 2002.
 10 October 2002: General election held in the country.
 23 November 2002: Mir Zafarullah Khan Jamali be Prime Minister.
2003
 23March 2003: AAJ TVstart.
 24 June 2003 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.
 November 15: Hassan Jalil s/o Qadir ul Jalil Ex Secretary Audit And Taxation filled case against investigation Cell Ichra,
LAhore for illegal harassment and registration of a case against respondents in the District Session Court, Lahore.
 December 14: General Musharraf survived an assassination attempt in Rawalpindi.
2004[edit]
 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.
 October 17: Pakistani physician Dr.Muhammad Saeed Fazal Karim Beebani sets new world record for having the smallest
Qur'an of the world. His claim was accepted by Guinness world record administration.
2005[edit]
 May 14: NAB Inquiry against Mr Qadir ul JAlil Ex-Secretary Audit And Taxation and his son Mr Hassan Jalil finally closed
due to lack of evidence.
 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.
2006[edit]
 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
2007[edit]
 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
2008[edit]
 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-N 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.
2009[edit]
 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.
2010-present[edit]
2010[edit]
 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.