2007 beginning of new era

 The year 2007 brought a huge political crisis to Pakistan.

Rooted in President Musharraf's initial idea of stepping
down in 2007 and his following plans to stand in the long
proposed 2007 elections, political crisis rapidly built up.

 Perhaps the most serious stirring incident came on 9

March 2007, when Musharraf suspended Iftikhar
Chaudhry, Chief Justice of the Pakistani Supreme Court,
who had largely been expected to rule that it would be
illegal for Musharraf to stand in the upcoming elections.
Death of Benazir Bhutto
 The assassination of Benazir Bhutto took
place on 27 December 2007 in Rawalpindi,
Pakistan. Benazir Bhutto, twice Prime Minister
of Pakistan (1988–1990), (1993–1996) and
then-leader of the opposition Pakistan
Peoples Party, had been campaigning ahead
of elections scheduled for January 2008
2008 Elections

 On 06 September 2008Asif Ali Zardari won

an estimated 482 of the 702 votes from
lawmakers to become what some believe will
be Prakistan's most powerful civilian leader.
 Asif Ali Zardari won the majority of votes in

three of the country's four provincial

assemblies as well as in both houses of
parliament. Zardari's win capped a
remarkable political revival for a man who
spent 11 years in prison on corruption and
murder charges - without ever being
convicted.
Economics and GDP
 During years 2007-08 GDP was 6.81 which was reduced to
3.68 in 2008-09.
 This shows how PPP has spent these four years of her regime
GDP rate decreased abruptly and corruption was on its peak.
2009 Long March
 In March, 2009, lawyers and opposition
political parties under the leadership of Nawaz
Sharif, who was re-elected as Prime Minister of
Pakistan later in 2013, undertook a long march
from Karachi to Islamabad to demand the
reinstatement of a Supreme Court Chief Justice
and other judges ousted from office by former
President Pervez Musharraf. The long march
was successful and the reinstatement of the
judges was announced by the then-Prime
Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani on TV.
Operation Zalzala & Battle of Bajur
 On 15 and 16 January 2008, several pro-Taliban militants had
overrun Ludha and Sararogha Fort, which resulted in Taliban victory
as they had killed and kidnapped several soldiers. On January 24,
the Pakistan Army started a full-fledged operation called 'Zalzala'
(earthquake). The operation was led by Pakistan Army’s 14th
Infantry Division (normally stationed in Okara and assigned to II
Corps) as it was supported by 20th Mountaineering Brigade. Major-
General Tariq Khan, General Officer Commanding (GOC) of 14th
Infantry.
 The sporadic fighting continued in the area, and the troops were
still fighting the Taliban forces. Following the operation, the
Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) offered a truce and peace
negotiations resulting in a suspension of violence. In spite of the
victory in the operation, on May 21, 2008 Pakistan signed a peace
agreement with the Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP).
 Battle of Bajaur or Operation Sherdil was a
military offensive in the Bajaur region of
Pakistan launched by the Frontier Corps and
supported by a Combat Brigade of the
Pakistan Army. The Bajaur area had been
under Taliban control since early 2007, and
was said to be Al-Qaeda's main command
and control hub for operations in Northeast
Afghanistan,Kunar province.Bajaur is now
cleared of Taliban
 Operation Black Thunderstorm
 Operation Black Thunderstorm was an aggressive military
operation that commenced on April 26, 2009 conducted
by the Pakistan Army, with the aim of retaking Buner,
Lower Dir, Swat and Shangla districts from the Taliban
after the militants took control of them since the start of
the year.
 The troops belonging to 50th Airborne Division jumped
first on April 30 in Buner City . The Pakistan Air Force's SS
Wing's 1st SOS Squadron flown the No. 6 Squadron Globe
Trotters transport aircraft where hundreds of additional
members of 50th Airborne Division, Special Services
Group – Navy & Army SSG jumped off in the dark night of
April 31,and landed in different areas of Buner where they
had taken the strategic positions. The battle between
Airborne Forces and Taliban Forces ended when Taliban
had lost large number of their men and suffered heavy
human casualties caused by Airborne Forces of Pakistan
Armed Forces.
Operation Rahe Raast & Rahe Nijaat
 The Second Battle of Swat also known as Operation Rah-e-Rast,
began in May 2009 and involved the Pakistani Army and Taliban
militants in a fight for control of the Swat district of Pakistan. The
first Battle of Swat had ended with a peace agreement, widely
criticised in the west, that the government had signed with the
Taliban in February 2009.However, by late April 2009 government
troops and the Taliban began to clash once again, and in May the
government launched military operations throughout the district
and elsewhere to oppose the Taliban.
 A major ground-naval-air offensive was subsequently launched
on October 17. It became the integral part of the war in Western
fronts which led the encirclement and destruction of Taliban
forces in the region, although the Taliban leadership escaped to
lawless areas of neighboring Afghanistan.Operation eliminated
main commanders of TTP