Timeline of Pakistani history

This is a timeline of Pakistani history, comprising important legal and territorial changes and political events in today's Pakistan and its predecessor states. To read about the background of these events, see History of Pakistan and History of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan. See also the list of Presidents of Pakistan, the list of Prime Ministers of Pakistan and the list of years in Pakistan.

Paleolithic Period	Lower Paleolithic Period · Middle Paleolithic Period · Upper Paleolithic Period
Centuries	BCE	35th · 27th · 25th · 19th · 17th · 15th · 13th · 12th · 10th · 7th · 6th · 5th · 4th · 3rd · 2nd · 1st
	CE	1st · 2nd · 3rd · 4th · 5th · 6th · 7th · 8th · 9th · 10th · 11th · 12th · 13th · 14th · 15th · 16th · 17th · 18th · 19th · 20th · 21st

Lower Paleolithic

Year	Date	Event
2,000,000 BCE – 1,000,000 BCE		Tools crafted by proto-humans that have been dated back two million years have been discovered in the North Pakistan[1][2] The pebble stones from the archaeological site of Riwat, Murree are discovered, dating back approximately 1.9 million years ago.[3] The earliest archaeological site in the subcontinent is the palaeolithic hominid site in the Soan River valley.[4] Soanian sites are found in the Sivalik region across what are now Pakistan, India and Nepal.[5][6][7]
500,000 BCE		Some of the earliest relics of Stone Age man have been found in the Soan Valley of the Potohar region near Rawalpindi, dating back to 500,000 BCE.

Middle Paleolithic

Year	Date	Event
300,000 BCE – 100,000 BCE		Flake tools, microliths and other chopping tools have been found in Soan Valley. Most of these tools were composed of the metamorphic quartzite rocks. The stone tool artifacts in this assemblage have been identified as a part of the second inter-pluvial period in Pakistan. Some of the Bhimbetka shelters were inhabited by Homo erectus more than 100,000 years ago.[8][9]

Upper Paleolithic

Year	Date	Event
43,000 BCE		The archaeological site of Riwat 55 dates back to this period. It is modern form of Early Riwat Site.[10] Riwat 55 contains a structure that includes a low wall footing, a pit, and a stone-lined niche, all associated with a freshly flaked stone assemblage that included blades.[10]

35th century BCE

Year	Date	Event
3500 BCE – 3300 BCE		Mature phases of the Indus Valley Civilization begins. The civilization used an early form of the Indus signs, also called Indus script. Over the course of next 1000–1500 years, inhabitants of the Civilization developed new techniques in handicraft (carnelian products and seal carving) and metallurgy (copper, bronze, lead, and tin) had elaborate urban planning, baked brick houses, efficient drainage systems, water supply systems, and clusters of large non-residential buildings.[11] The civilization depended significantly on trade, was the first civilization to use wheeled transport in form of bullock carts, and also used boats.[12]

27th century BCE

Year	Date	Event
2700 BCE – 2600 BCE		The cities of Harappa[13] and Mohenjo-daro[14] become large metropolises and the civilization expands to over 2,500 cities and settlements across the whole of Pakistan and also some areas of Afghanistan and India,[15] covering a region of around one million square miles, which was larger than the land area of its contemporaries Egypt and Mesopotamia combined, and also had superior urban planning and sewage systems. The civilization began using the mature Indus script for its writing system.

25th century BCE

Year	Date	Event
2500 BCE – 2000 BCE		The culture, artichetere, technology and educational system of Indus Valley Civilization reached at its zenith with Harappa and Kot Diji as main centres.[13] These fluctuations reflect complex and dynamic political, ideological, and economic processes that are an integral part of urban society.[13]

19th century BCE

Year	Date	Event
1900 BCE – 1300 BCE		Late Harappan Phase (Cemetery H Culture)

13th century BCE

Year	Date	Event
1300 BCE		Cemetery H culture comes to an end

10th century BCE

1000 BCE		Middle and Late Vedic period (to 500 BCE)
		Iron Age of Indian subcontinent (including today's Pakistan)

7th century BCE

Year	Date	Event
700 BCE		The Upanishads, a sacred text of Hinduism is written.

6th century BCE

Year	Date	Event
600 BCE		Sixteen Maha Janapadas ("Great Realms" or "Great Kingdoms") emerge.[16]
		Vedic period ends.
535 BCE – 518 BCE		Achaemenid Emperors launched Persian campaign of Indus Valley and in result Pakistan became easternmost part of Achaemenid Empire[17]
500 BCE		Gandhara Civilization at first stage of its flourishness.[18]

5th century BCE

Year	Date	Event
500 BCE – 450 BCE		Persian rule is at its zenith.
500 BCE		Roruka as capital of Sauvira Kingdom become most important trading center of Indian subcontinent, also mentioned in early Buddhist literature.[19]
450 BCE		Ror Dynasty come to power and captured Sindh, Balochistan and North India with the capital of Rori, Sindh.[20]

4th century BCE

Year	Date	Event
333 BCE		Persian rule in the Pakistan ends after Darius III is defeated by Alexander the Great, who establishes the Macedonian Empire after inheriting the Persian Achaemenid Empire.[21]
326 BCE		Ambhi king of Takshila surrenders to Alexander.[22]
		Porus who ruled parts of the Punjab, fought Alexander at the Battle of the Hydaspes River.[23]
325 BCE		During the Mallian Campaign, Alexander was seriously wounded by an arrow in the chest and this became reason of his death.[24]
321 BCE		Mauryan Empire is founded by Chandragupta Maurya.[25]
305 BCE		Chandragupta Maurya defeats Seleucus Nicator of the Seleucid Empire.[26]
304 BCE		Seleucus gives up his territories (Balochistan) to Chandragupta in exchange for 500 elephants. Seleucus offers his daughter in marriage to Chandragupta to seal their friendship.[27]

2nd century BCE

Year	Date	Event
200 BCE – 150 BCE		Gandhara Civilization (present day Khyber Pakhtunkhwa) flourished in new way by combination of Hellenistic Culture and Ancient Indian Culture. Taxila became centre of Gandhara Civilization and religion of Buddhism.

1st century BCE

Year	Date	Event
75 BCE		Arrival of Scythians (Sakas) from Central Asia.
58 BCE		Beginning of Vikram Era.

1st century

Year	Date	Event
20 AD – 35 AD		Indo-Parthian Kingdom was established and conquered present northern Pakistan.[28]
35 AD		Western Satraps formed.[29]
68 AD		Establishment of the Kushan empire by Kujula Kadphises.[30]

2nd century

Year	Date	Event
100 AD or after		Sugar was first produced from sugarcane plants in Punjab.[31]

3rd century

Year	Date	Event
240 AD		Sri Gupta starts the establishment of Gupta Empire in Indian subcontinent (including present Pakistan).[32]
260 AD		Kushans decline and are dominated by Indo-Sassanians.[33]

4th century

320 AD		Chandragupta I ascends the throne of Gupta Empire.[34]
		Kidarite Kingdom came to power in present Pakistan.[35]
335 AD		Samudragupta ascends the Gupta throne and expands the empire.[36]
380 AD		Chandragupta II, Samudragupta's son becomes the Gupta Emperor.[34]

5th century

Year	Date	Event
450 AD		White Huns (Hephthalites) attacked Gandhara, sacked its cities and burnt down its many monasteries and centres of learning.[37]
489 AD		Ror dynasty is disestablished.[38]

6th century

Year	Date	Event
524 AD		Rai dynasty come to power in the region of Sindh.[39]
554 AD		Collapse of Gupta Empire after the death of Skandagupta.[34]
565 AD		Sassanians and Turks overthrow Huns.

7th century

Year	Date	Event
601 AD		Rai dynasty reached at its zenith and covered whole of Pakistan and Afghanistan with the capital of Aror, Sindh.[40]
632 AD		Brahman dynasty come into power and Chach of Aror become Maharaja of Sindh.[41]
644 AD		Islam arrived in Indian subcontinent. Rashidun Caliphate defeated Rai dynasty in the Battle of Rasil and Balochistan become easternmost frontier of Rashidun Caliphate.[42]
665 AD		Turk Shahi gain control west of Indus River, including Gandhara.[43]
671 AD		At the death of Chach of Alor, Brahmin dynasty reached at its zenith and he was succeeded by his brother Chandar of Sindh.[44]
679 AD		Chandar of Sindh died and succeeded by his nephew Raja Dahir, last Hindu Maharaja of Sindh.[45]

8th century

Year	Date	Event
700 AD		According to the Qissa-i Sanjan, the Parsi immigrants are granted permission to stay by the local ruler Jadi Rana.
712 AD		Muhammad Bin Qasim defeated Raja Dahir and established Ummayad Islamic rule on Sindh and South Punjab (Multan) on the orders of Al-Hajjaj ibn Yusuf.[46]
747 AD – 751 AD		Ummayad Era finished and Abbasid Era begins.[47] Mansur ibn Jumhur al-Kalbi revolted against Ummayad Dynasty during Abbasid Revolution and after Abbasid victory in revolution, he was confirmed as Abbasid Governor of Sindh.[48]

9th century

Year	Date	Event
841 AD		Dynastic rule of Habbaris over Sindh begin under suzerainty of Abbasid Caliphate.[49]
870 AD		Hindu Shahis captured Kingdom of Kabul Shahi and expanded their rule in Khyber Pukhtunkhwa and Punjab.[50]
875 AD		Habbari dynasty rule expanded over whole of Sindh, Balochistan and South Punjab (Multan).[51]

10th century

Year	Date	Event
977 AD – 997 AD		Sabuktigin of Ghaznavid dynasty defeated many times Hindu Shahi ruler Jayapala and became ruler of domains east to Indus River.[52]

11th century

Year	Date	Event
1001		Mahmud Ghazni defeated Raja Jayapala of Hindu Shahi; afterthat Jayapala commits suicide.[53]
1021		Mahmud Ghazni defeats Raja Tarnochalpal and Punjab becomes part of Ghaznavid dynasty.[54] In this way whole of Pakistan comes under Muslim rule; Punjab and Khyber Pukhtunkhwa under Ghaznavid Empire, Sindh under Habbari dynasty while Makran (Balochistan) under Caliphate. This Muslim rule continued for next 8 centuries under different Muslim dynasties.
1030		Alberuni arrives in Indian subcontinent; death of Mahmud Ghazni.[55]
1058		Muslim Rajput Soomra Dynasty ends the rule of Habbari dynasty and starts to rule on the behave of Abbasid Caliph.[56][57]
1092		Reign of Zainab Tari begins; first absolute female ruler in the history of South Asia as well as only female who ruled Sindh.[58]

12th century

Year	Date	Event
1175		Muhammad of Ghurid dynasty defeats Qarmatians rulers of Multan in 1175.[59][60]
1186		Muhammad Ghori along with Ghiyath al-Din Muhammad ends the rule of Ghaznavid dynasty after having captured Lahore.[61][62][63]
1191		"Victory of Prithviraj Chauhan". First Battle of Tarain fought between Muhammad Ghori and Prithviraj III. Ghori is defeated by Prithivi Raj Chauhan III.[64]
1192		"Victory of Muhammad Ghori". Second Battle of Tarain fought between Muhammad Ghori and Prithivi Raj Chauhan III. Chauhan is defeated by Muhammad Ghori.[64]
1193		Qutb al-Din Aibak becomes deputy of Ghurid Empire in Indian subcontinent.[65]

13th century

Year	Date	Event
1206	15 March	Khukhrains kill Muhammad Ghori during a raid on his camp on the Jhelum River.[66]
1206	12 June	End of Ghurid Era.
1206	25 June	Qutb-ud-din Aibak establishes Delhi Sultanate by becoming first Sultan of the Delhi Sultanate from Mamluk dynasty.[67]
1210	November	Qutb-ud-din Aibak died while playing polo.[68]
1210	December	Aram Shah becomes new Sultan of the Delhi Sultanate.[69]
1211	June	Shams ud-Din Iltutmish defeats Aram Shah in the Battle of Delhi and become third Sultan of the Delhi Sultanate.[70]
1221		Genghis Khan invades Punjab during rule of Iltutmish.
1236	30 April	Iltutmish dies and Rukn ud din Firuz become fourth Sultan of the Delhi Sultanate.[71]
1236	10 October	Razia Sultana abolishes the rule of Rukn ud din Firuz and become fifth Sultan of the Delhi Sultanate.[72]
1240	17 May	Muiz ud din Bahram becomes sixth Sultan of the Delhi Sultanate.[73]
1240	14 October	Murder of Razia Sultan by nobles of Chalisa.[74]
1242	15 May	Murder of Muiz ud din Bahram by army. Ala ud din Masud becomes seventh Sultan of the Delhi Sultanate.[75]
1246	10 June	Nasiruddin Mahmud becomes eighth Sultan of the Delhi Sultanate with the support of Corps of Forty.[71] Balban rules on the behave of Nasiruddin Mahmud as a deputy of empire.
1266	18 February	Nasiruddin Mahmud dies without any hier. Ghiyas ud din Balban becomes ninth Sultan of the Delhi Sultanate.[71]
1285		Delhi Sultanate decisively defeats the army of Mongol Empire at the battle of Beas River.[76]
1287	March	Muiz ud din Qaiqabad becomes tenth Sultan of Delhi Sultanate after the death of his grandfather Ghiyas ud din Balban.[77]
1290	1 February	Murder of Muiz ud din Qaiqabad by Jalaluddin Firuz Khalji, an army commander.[78] Shamsuddin Kayumars becomes eleventh Sultan of the Delhi Sultanate.
1290	13 June	Jalaluddin Firuz Khalji ends the Mamluk Dynasty by murdering Shamsuddin Kayumars. Establishment of Khalji dynasty. Jalaluddin becomes twelfth Sultan of the Delhi Sultanate.[79]
1296	19 July	Alauddin Khalji murders Jalaluddin Firuz Khalji and become thirteen Sultan of the Delhi Sultanate.[79]
1296	October	Allauddin Khalji conquers Multan and eliminates all surviving members of his predecessor Jalaluddin Firuz Khalji.[80]
1297-1298		Mongol Army invades Punjab and Sindh but Delhi Sultanate decisively defeats them and crushes away from Pakistan.[81]
1298		Mongols once again invades Sindh and occupies fort of Sivistan but Delhi Sultanate decisively defeats them.[82]

14th century

Year	Date	Event
1316	4 January	Alauddin Khalji died due to severe illness.[83]
1316	5 January	Shihabuddin Omar succeeded Alauddin Khalji with the help of Malik Kafur and becomes the 14th Sultan of the Delhi Sultanate.[80]
1316	14 April	After the assassination of Malik Kafur, Qutbuddin Mubarak Shah detroned his brother Shihabuddin Omar and himself becomes 15th Sultan of the Delhi Sultanate.[80]

CE

• 1351: Samma Dynasty assumed rule over Sindh
• 1398: Tamerlane plunders Lahore
• 1472: Sher Shah Suri (original name Farid Khan born in Multan)
• 1526 – 1857: Mughal ascendancy (1526–1707), nominal rule by Mughals (1707–1857)
• 1541 – 1545: Sher Shah Suri built the Rohtas Fort
• 1586: Yusufzais defeat Akbar in the Karakar pass[84]
• 1701: Kalhoro Dynasty establishes its rule over Sindh
• 1739: Nadir Shah of Persia invades Mughal Empire
• 1751–52: Ahmed Shah Abdali annexes Punjab to his kingdom
• 1758–59: Maratha conquest of North-west India
• 1782: The Baloch tribe of Talpur defeats the last Kalhora ruler Mian Abdul Nabi in the battle of Halani
• 12 April 1801— 27 June 1839: Sikhs become dominant force in Punjab, Ranjit Singh rules (1799–1839),
• 1843: British defeat Talpurs in the battle of Miani and annex Sindh[85]
• 29 March 1849: British defeat Sikhs and annex Punjab
• 1 November 1857 The British control most present-day Pakistan region and incorporate it as part of the British Indian Empire.
• 30 December 1906: A new political party All-India Muslim League formed to protect rights of Muslims in British Indian Empire.
• 1909: Muhammad Ali Jinnah was elected to the Legislative Council in 1909
• 1913: Prominent Muslim leader Muhammad Ali Jinnah, acknowledging that Hindu dominant Indian Congress failing to protect Indian Muslim rights, joined the All India Muslim League (AIML). Now he was member of both the political parties, later became leader of the All-India Muslim League and instrumental in the creation of Pakistan.
• 1920: Having disagreement with Gandhi on the issue of Swaraj (self-rule), complete freedom from the British and on using extra-constitutional means, Jinnah resigned from the Congress in 1920
• 1921:
  • MAO College Ali Grah upgrade to Ali Grah University
• 29 December 1930: Dr. Muhammad Allama Iqbal, a great Muslim philosopher and poet suggested creation of separate Muslim state in Indian sub-continent to protect Muslim population dominated by Hindu majority.
• 31 May 1935: A strong earthquake with a magnitude of 7.7 jolted Quetta killing over 50,000 people
• 14 August 1947: Pakistan is created.

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• 11 September 1948: Muhammad Ali Jinnah, the first governor general of Pakistan, passes away.
• March 12, 1949 – Objectives Resolution passes moved by Prime Minister Liaquat Ali Khan.
• 16 October 1951: Prime minister Liaqat Ali Khan assassinated.

October 16 – Liaquat Ali Khan assassinated in Rawalpindi. October 17 – Finance Minister Ghulam Mohammad (1895–1956) of Muslim League becomes the third Governor General. Governor General Khawaja Nazimuddin of Muslim League becomes second Prime Minister.

• 1955: Constitutional crisis, Bogra removed, new assembly, new cabinet.
• 1956: The Constituent Assembly promulgates first indigenous constitution
• 1956: Constituent Assembly decides the country shall be a Federal Republic known as Islamic Republic of Pakistan.
• 7 October 1958: After a military coup dictorial Ayub Khan takes over.
• 1960: Ayub Khan becomes first elected president
• 1 August 1960: Islamabad is declared as the principal seat of the Government of Pakistan.

In 1962 the second temporary constitution was made which didn't last long and ended soon till the final Constitution of Pakistan was made in 1973.

• 2 January 1964: Fatima Jinnah lost the presidential elections, Ayub completes the second term.
• 6 September 1965: Second war between Pakistan and India over Kashmir.
• 10 January 1966: Pakistan and Republic of India sign agreement to end hostilities.
• 30 November 1967: Pakistan Peoples Party founded by Zulfikar Ali Bhutto in Lahore.
• 25 March 1969: Ayub Khan resigns; Yahya Khan declares martial law and assumes presidency.
• 7 December 1970: 1970 Pakistani general election were held on 7 December 1970, although the polls in East Pakistan, originally scheduled for October, were delayed by disastrous floods and rescheduled for later in December and January 1971.
• 1971: East Pakistan attempts to secede, leading to civil war; India intervenes in support of East Pakistanis; Pakistan fights another war with India; East Pakistan breaks away to become Bangladesh;
• 20 December 1971: Yahya Khan resigns.
• 1972: Karachi labour unrest of 1972 and Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto becomes president.
• 14 August 1973: Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto becomes prime minister.
• 7 March 1977: 1977 Pakistani general election
• 5 July 1977: General Muhammad Zia ul-Haq overthrows prime minister Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto and declares martial law.
• 11 June 1978: Altaf Hussain founded All Pakistan Muhajir Student Organization (APMSO) in Karachi University.
• 16 September 1978: General Muhammad Zia ul-Haq becomes Pakistan's sixth president.
• 4 April 1979: Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto hanged.
• 1979: The military ruler Zia Ul-Haq enacts the Hudood Ordinances.
• 18 March 1984: Azeem Ahmed Tariq & Altaf Hussain founded the MQM (Muhajir Qaumi Movement) in Karachi and Hyderabad.
• 28 February 1985: General elections held; Muhammad Khan Junejo becomes prime minister.
• 1988: Army ammunition blown up in Ojheri camp, Rawalpindi; more than 100 people die.
• 1988: Zia dismisses Junejo's government; Zia dies in a plane crash; New elections held; Benazir Bhutto becomes prime minister
• 20 January 1988: Prominent Pashtun leader Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan dies in Peshawar.
• 30 September 1988: 1988 Hyderabad massacre
• 16 November 1988: 1988 Pakistani general election
• 6 August 1990: President Ghulam Ishaq Khan dismisses Benazir Bhutto government; Mian Nawaz Sharif becomes the next prime minister
• 24 October 1990: 1990 Pakistani general election
• 1991: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif begins economic liberalisation programme. Islamic Shariah law formally incorporated into legal code.
• 25 March – Pakistan Won cricket the 1992 Cricket World Cup Final
• 19 June – Pakistan Army started Operation Clean-up
• 18 July 1993: President Ghulam Ishaq Khan and Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif both resign under pressure from military. Benazir Bhutto becomes prime minister for the second time.
• 5 November 1996: President Farooq Leghari dismisses Bhutto government.
• 3 February 1997: 1997 Pakistani general election, Nawaz Sharif becomes prime minister for the second time.
• 28 May 1998: Pakistan conducts nuclear tests.
• 12 October 1999: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif overthrown in military coup led by General Pervez Musharraf.

2001

• 20 June: General Pervez Musharraf dismissed the president and named himself to the post.
• 15 July: Agra Summit starts. President Pervez Musharraf and Indian Prime Minister Vajpayee holds talks over long-standing issues.
• 14 August: New Local Government system installed, after holding of elections in three phases.
• 16 September: US Secretary of State Powell told that Pakistan's President Musharraf had agreed to support the U.S. anti-terrorist campaign.
• 10 November: US President Bush meets President Musharraf in New York and assures additional aid of one billion dollars.

2002

• 5 January: Musharraf stunned Vajpayee by a hand-shake at the last 11th SAARC summit in Kathmandu.
• 1 February: Wall Street Journal reporter, Daniel Pearl killed in Karachi.
• 16 March: War in North-West Pakistan begins.
• 30 April: General Pervez Musharraf wins a referendum thus ensures 5 more years in office.
• 8 May: 2002 Karachi bus bombing, 15 killed.
• 24 August: President General Musharraf issues the Legal Framework Order 2002.
• 10 October: 2002 Pakistani general election, First general elections since the 1999 military coup held.
• 23 November: Mir Zafarullah Khan Jamali sworn in as Prime Minister.

2003

• 24 February: Senate elections: Ruling party wins most seats in voting to the upper house.
• 23 March: AAJ TV, Pakistan's premier channel inaugurated.
• 24 June: President Pervez Musharraf meets G.W. Bush in Camp David. US announces $3-billion five-year economic assistance package for Pakistan.
• 4 July: 2003 Quetta mosque bombing, 44 killed.
• 11 July: Lahore-Delhi bus service resumed after suspension of 18 months.
• 14 December: General Musharraf survived an assassination attempt in Rawalpindi.

2004

• 1 January: General Musharraf won a vote of confidence in the Senate, National Assembly, and provincial assemblies.
• 5 January: Musharraf meets Vajpayee in Islamabad, discusses Kashmir dispute.
• 22 May: Pakistan readmitted to Commonwealth.
• 26 June: Prime Minister Zafarullah Khan Jamali steps down and nominates Ch. Shujaat Hussain as his interim successor.
• 28 August: Shaukat Aziz becomes Prime Minister.
• 17 October: Pakistani physician Dr.Muhammad Saeed Fazal Karim Beebani sets new world record for having the smallest Holy Qur'an of the world. His claim was accepted by Guinness world record administration.

2005

Year	Date	Event
2005	13 July	136 people killed and about 170 injured in a collision of three passenger trains near Ghotki.
	14 July	NWFP Assembly passes the Hasba bill with a majority vote.
	19 July	Government of Pakistan launches country-wide crackdown against extremist elements.
	8 October	The 7.6 Mw  Kashmir earthquake affects Azad Kashmir with a maximum Mercalli intensity of VIII (Severe), killing more than 79,000 people and displacing several million more.
	11 October	Renowned littérateur, linguist and poet, Shanul Haq Haqqee, passes away in Toronto. He was 88.
2006	2 January	Dr. Shamshad Akhtar assumes office of State Bank Governor having the first woman Governor of SBP.
	14 May	Charter of democracy (CoD) is signed by two former prime ministers of Pakistan, Nawaz Sharif and Benazir Bhutto in London.
	26 April	Pervez Musharraf lays foundation-stone of Diamir-Bhasha dam.
	8 July	Process to release over 1600 women prisoners from 55 jails across starts after Presidential Ordinance.
	10 July	Noted poet, writer and columnist, Ahmed Nadeem Qasmi, passes away in Lahore. He was 89.
	26 August	Prominent Baloch leader and politician Sirdar Akbar Bugti killed by military
2007	9 March	President Musharraf dismissed Chief Justice of Pakistan, Iftikhar.
	3 July	Pakistani security forces started operation Sunrise to liberate Lal Masjid from the fundamentalist Islamic militants
	20 July	Iftikhar restored as Chief Justice of Pakistan.
	18 October	Bhutto, Benazir returned to Pakistan, after exile of about 8 years.
	3 November	Pervez Musharraf imposed emergency, most of the senior judges of Supreme Court ousted.
	16 November	After completion of 5 years, National Assembly dissolved, Caretaker government of Muhammad Mian Soomro took oath.
	25 November	Nawaz Sharif returned Pakistan after 7 years of forced exile.
	16 December	Emergency lifted, banned civil rights and suspended constitution restored
	27 December	Former Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto assassinated in Rawalpindi
2008	2 January	The Election Commission announces elections will now be held on February 18.
	18 February	Elections are held amidst tight security. PPP, PML-N, PML-N and ANP win 124, 91, 54 and 13 seats respectively.
	24 March	Yusuf Raza Gilani is elected as the new Prime Minister.
	18 August	Pervaiz Musharraf steps down as President of Pakistan. Mohammadmian Soomro takes over as President.
	6 September	Asif Zardari wins presidential election with 481 votes.
	9 September	Asif Zardari takes oath as President of Pakistan.
2009	16 February	Pakistan government announces a truce with Taliban, accepting a system of Islamic law in the Swat valley, conceding the area as a Taliban sanctuary.
	9 March	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.
	16 March	As the result of long march Lawyers' Movement succeeded. Iftikhar Mohammed Chaudhry was restored as Chief Justice of Pakistan and other judges dismissed by Musharraf.
	23 May	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 operations in modern age (to 15 July)

2007

• 3–11 July: Siege of Lal Masjid
• 19 October: 2007 Karsaz bombing, 180 killed.
• 4 September: September 2007 bombings in Rawalpindi, 25 killed.
• 27 December: Benazir Bhutto assassinated, aged 54. (b. 1953)

2008

• 9 February: 2008 Charsadda bombing, 27 killed.
• 6 July: 2008 Lal Masjid bombing, 18 policeman killed and 1 civilian.[86]
• 18 August: Pervez Musharraf resigns.
• 21 August: 2008 Wah bombing, 70 killed.

2009

• 27 March: 2009 Jamrud mosque bombing, 48–70 killed.
• 4 April: 2009 Islamabad Frontier Corps post bombing, 5 killed.
• 5 April: 2009 Chakwal mosque bombing, more than 30 killed.
• 9 June: Pearl Continental hotel bombing, 17 killed.
• 20 October: 2009 International Islamic University bombing, 4 killed.
• 2 November: November 2009 Rawalpindi bombing, 35 killed.
• 4 December: December 2009 Rawalpindi attack, 40 killed.

2010

• 10 January: January 2010 Bajaur bombing, 16 killed.
• 3 February: February 2010 Lower Dir bombing, 8 killed.
• 5 February: February 2010 Karachi bombings, 25 killed.
• 18 February: February 2010 Khyber mosque bombing, 30 killed.
• 12 March: Lahore church bombings, more than 72 killed.
• 5 April: April 2010 U.S consulate and ANP attack, 50 killed.
• 5 April: 2010 Timergarah bombings, 46 killed.
• 17 April: April 2010 Kohat bombings, 58 killed.
• 19 April: 19 April 2010 Peshawar bombing. 25 killed.
• 28 May: 2010 Ahmadiyya mosques massacre, 87 killed.
• 1 July: July 2010 Lahore bombings, 50 killed.
• 9 July: Mohmand Agency bombing, 104 killed.
• 1 September: September 2010 Lahore bombings, 38 killed.
• 3 September: September 2010 Quetta bombing, 73 killed.
• 5 November: 2010 Darra Adam Khel mosque bombing, 66 killed.
• 25 December: December 2010 Bajaur bombing, 47 killed.

2011

• 3 April: 2011 Dera Ghazi Khan bombings, more than 50 killed.
• 12 June: June 2011 Peshawar bombings, more than 34 were killed.
• 19 August: 2011 Khyber Agency bombing, more than 48 killed.

2012

• 26 February: Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy won her first Academy Award for Best Documentary Short Subject for Saving Face, becoming the very first Pakistani Oscar winner

2013

• 10 January: January 2013 Pakistan bombings, 130 killed.
• 7 May: 7 May 2013 Syed Janan election rally bombing, 18–25 killed.
• 11 May: 2013 Pakistani general election
• 15 June: June 2013 Quetta attacks, 26 killed.
• 18 June: 2013 Mardan funeral bombing, 28 killed.
• 21 June: 2013 Peshawar mosque bombing, 15 killed.
• 8 August: August 2013 Quetta bombing, 31 killed.
• 22 September: Peshawar church bombing, 127 killed.
• 29 September: Qissa Khawani Bazaar bombing, 41 killed.

2014

• 7 January: Aitzaz Hasan died between Preventing suicide bomber attack at his school in Hangu District, sacrificed his own life to save the lives of hundreds of his mates.
• 19 January: 2014 Bannu bombing, 26 killed.
• 19 January: 2014 Rawalpindi suicide bombing, 14 killed.
• 2–11 February: 2014 Peshawar cinema bombings, 13 killed.
• 3 March: Islamabad court attack, 11 killed.
• 2 November: 2014 Wagah border suicide attack, 60 killed.
• 16 December: 2014 Peshawar school massacre, 148 killed.

2015

• 13 February: 2015 Peshawar mosque attack, 19 killed.
• 15 March: Lahore church bombings, 19 killed.
• 23 October: 2015 Jacobabad bombing, 22 killed.

2016

• 20 January: Bacha Khan University attack, 20 killed.
• 28 February: Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy won her second Academy Award for Best Documentary Short Subject for A Girl in the River: The Price of Forgiveness
• 16 March: 2016 Peshawar bus bombing, 15 killed
• 27 March: 2016 Lahore suicide bombing, 75 killed.
• 16 September: 2016 September Pakistan mosque bombing, 36 killed.
• 24 October: 2016 Peshawar bus bombing, 62 killed.
• 12 November: 2016 Khuzdar bombing, 47 killed.

2017

• 2017 Pakistan Super League began.

2018

• 25 July: 2018 Pakistani general election are held.

2019

• 26 February: Officially spurns Indian claims of Balakot airstrike
• 27 February: Pakistan Air Force shot down two Indian Warplanes in a skirmish and captured Indian pilot wing commander Abhinandan Varthaman
• 2 March: Pakistan released Abhinandan Varthaman and returned him to India in a simple ceremony via Wagha border.
• 5 August: India revoked article 370 of the constitution and partitioned the state of Jammu and Kashmir.
• 14 December: Named the top holiday destination for travelers for the year 2020 by the United States-based luxury and lifestyle publication Conde Nast Traveler.

2020

See also

• Pakistan
• History of Pakistan
• Timeline of Karachi
• Timeline of Lahore
• Timeline of Peshawar

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