Date | Event |
3 June 1947 | Subcontinent into two sovereign dominions as Pakistan and India by British Government |
14 August 1947 | Emergence of Pakistan |
30 September 1947 | Pakistan becomes member of United Nations |
27 October 1947 | Indian Air troops land in Kashmir as the Maharajah declares accession of Kashmir to India. |
1 January 1948 | War stops in Kashmir, Cease-fire by UNO |
2 February 1948 | Urdu declared National Language |
1 July 1948 | Inauguration of State Bank of Pakistan by Quiad-e-Azam |
9 July 1948 | Issuance of 1st Postage stamp of Pakistan |
11 September 1948 | Founder of Pakistan Mysteriously Dies |
14 September 1948 | After Quaid-e-Azam Khuwaja Nazimuddin becomes Governor-General of Pakistan |
1 January 1949 | Establishment of Cease-fire line by UN between Indian and Pakistani held Kashmir |
12 March 1949 | Objective Resolution Passed |
8 April 1950 | Liaquat-Nehru pact signed in Delhi |
11 July 1950 | Pakistan joins IMF and World Bank |
6 September 1950 | Ayub Khan, the first Pakistani appointed as C-in-C of Pakistani Army |
16 October 1951 | Prime Minister Liaquat Ali Khan Assassinated at Rawalpindi |
17 October 1951 | Khuwaja Nazimuddin becomes Prime Minister and Malik Ghulam Muhammad Governor-General of Pak |
12 March 1952 | Integration of Princely States Kalat, Makran, Las Bela and Kharan territories into Balouchistan after concurrence of Central Government. |
21 August 1952 | Boundary Pact between India and Pakistan over East Bengal and West Bengal. |
In 1952 | Discovery of Huge Natural Gas at Sui the Bugti Tribal Area by PPL |
17 April 1953 | Mohammad Ali Bogra becomes Prime Minister |
16 August 1953 | Kashmir’s martyrs day observed throughout Pakistan |
31 July 1954 | K2, World’s second-highest mountain, is conquered by an Italian expedition |
7 August 1954 | National Anthem written by Hafiz Jalandhari and composed by Ahmed G. Chagla was approved by government of Pakistan |
21 September 1954 | Urdu and Bengali became national languages after unanimously passed resolution by Constituent Assembly |
24 October 1954 | First Assembly dissolution by Ghulam Muhammad |
1 January 1955 | PIA (Pakistan International Airlines) comes into being |
6 October 1955 | Iskander Mirza succeeded after the resignation of Governor-General Ghulam Mohammad |
21 February 1956 | Pakistan became the Federal Republic known as the Islamic Republic of Pakistan |
23 March 1956 | Constitution promulgates on Pakistan’s Day and Iskander Mirza became first President of Pakistan |
12 September 1956 | Huseyn Shaheed Suhrawardy was appointed as PM |
24 July 1957 | Moulana Bhashani forms National Awami Party |
22 December 1957 | Malik Feroz Khan Noon became seventh Prime Minister of Pakistan |
25 June 1958 | President Rule is Proclaimed in East Pakistan |
7 October 1958 | Ayub Khan declares Martial Law and becomes Chief Martial Law Administrator (CMLA) |
24 October 1958 | Ayub sworn in as PM by Iskander Mirza |
27 October 1958 | Ayub became President after stepping down the Mirza forcefully |
2 November 1958 | Iskander Mirza exiled |
16 September 1959 | Islamic Research Institute established by Government |
27 October 1959 | President Ayub becomes Field Marshal |
24 February 1960 | Presidential cabinet named new capital as Islamabad |
23 March 1960 | Foundation of Minar-e-Pakistan laid |
31 July 1960 | Mazar-i-Quaid’s foundation stone was laid |
8 June 1962 | 1962 constitution promulagated |
8 June 1962 | Election of National Assembly and its first session |
8 June 1962 | Ayub Khan became the first president under a new constitution |
24 January 1963 | Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto became Foreign Minister |
2 March 1963 | Border agreement between China and Pakistan in Peking (Beijing) |
17 September 1964 | Fatima Jinnah files papers for Presidential Election |
22 October 1964 | Khwaja Nazimuddin dies in Karachi |
6 September 1965 | 2nd war between India and Pakistan over Kashmir |
23 September 1965 | Cease-fire line comes into force between India and Pakistan |
10 January 1966 | Tashkent Declaration signed |
17 June 1966 | Z. A. Bhutto then foreign minister resigns |
17 September 1966 | General Yahya became C-in-C of Pakistan Army |
17 September 1966 | General Mosa Khan became Governor-General of West Pakistan |
9 July 1967 | Fatima Jinnah Dies in Karachi |
24 August 1967 | Pakistan’s first steel mill inaugurated in Chittagong |
26 November 1967 | Nawab of Kalabagh Malik Amir Muhammad shot dead |
1 December 1967 | Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) comes into being |
7 November 1968 | Students’ demonstrations started throughout the country which leads to Ayob’s resignation |
25 March 1969 | Due to forces uprising, Ayob forced to resign and handed over power to Army Chief Yahya Khan and Martial law was proclaimed |
1 March 1970 | Tehrik-i-Istaqlal party was formed by Air Martial Asghar Khan |
7 December 1970 | First General Elections held, Pakistan Awami League and People’s Party emerged as leading parties in east and west respectively |
30 January 1971 | Two Kashmiri separatists hijacked Indian Airlines’ airplane and landed in Lahore |
26 March 1971 | Operation Searchlight was launched by Pakistani Army |
29 August 1971 | Rashid Minhas Pakistan’s Highest gallantry award Nishan-e-Hyder |
22 November 1971 | India launches a full-scale attack in East Pakistan |
16 December 1971 | Bangladesh comes into being |
20 December 1971 | Yahya hands over power to ZA Bhutto, who takes over as President and CMLA |
8 January 1972 | Sheikh Mujibur Rehman unconditionally released |
20 January 1972 | In secret meeting, ZA Bhutto launches program for Nuclear Weapon Development |
14 March 1972 | New Education Policy was introduced and Private and Public schools became free educational institutes |
14 April 1972 | 1st session of National Assembly, ZA Bhutto elected as President |
21 April 1972 | Martial Law lifted and constitutional rule restored |
21 April 1972 | Hamoodur Rahman became Chief Justice of Pakistan |
2 July 1972 | Simla agreement was signed between ZA Bhutto and Indira Gandhi |
13 February 1973 | Begum Rana Liaquat Ali became first woman Governor of Sindh |
10 April 1973 | 1973 constitution enacted |
11 August 1973 | Choudhry Fazl Illahi elected as President |
28 August 1973 | POW (Prisoner of War) accord signed in New Delhi |
20 December 1973 | Pakistan Steel Mills’ foundation stone was laid by ZA Bhutto |
21 February 1974 | Pakistan recognizes Bangladesh |
7 September 1974 | Resolution passed in which Ahmadis were considered as Non-Muslims |
1 March 1976 | Zia-ul-Haq becomes Chief of Army Staff |
24 July 1976 | Samjhota express started |
31 July 1976 | AQ Khan Research Laboratory established |
6 August 1976 | Port Qasim’s foundation stone was laid by ZA Bhutto |
10 January 1977 | PNA (Pakistan National Alliance) was formed by 9 opposition parties |
7 March 1977 | General Elections held, PPP won with a majority of 155 seats and PNA lost with 35 out 200 |
1 July 1977 | Friday was announced weekly holiday |
5 July 1977 | Martial Law enforced, the constitution was suspended by Zia-ul-Haq |
17 September 1977 | ZA Bhutto was arrested under martial law |
18 March 1978 | ZA Bhutto along with four others was sentenced to death by Lahore High Court |
11 June 1978 | Altaf Hussain forms APMSO (All Pakistan Muhajir Student Organization) |
16 September 1978 | Zia becomes the President |
4 April 1979 | ZA Bhutto hanged in Rawalpindi |
16 October 1979 | Press censorship was imposed by Zia-ul-Haq |
26 May 1980 | Federal Shariat Court establishment was announced |
21 June 1980 | Zakat collection by Government started |
11 March 1983 | Nuclear tests were carried out, which were not announced until 2000 |
9 February 1984 | All Student Unions were banned |
18 March 1984 | MQM (Mutahida Qoumi Movement) was formed by Altaf Hussain |
19 December 1984 | Presidential Referendum held by Zia-ul-Haq |
25 February 1985 | Non-Party Elections were held |
23 March 1985 | Muhammad Khan Junejo PM and Zia became President |
31 December 1985 | Martial Law lifted, 1973 constitution revived after an amendment |
10 April 1986 | Benazir Bhutto returns to Pakistan |
29 May 1988 | National Assembly and Junejo Cabinet dissolution by General Zia |
15 June 1988 | Shariat Ordinance was promulgated, making Sharia supreme law by General Zia-ul-Haq |
17 August 1988 | General Zia was killed in a plane crash |
6 October 1988 | Islamic Jamhori Ittihad (IJI) formed by 8 political parties |
16 November 1988 | General elections held PPP won by majority 0f 92 seats while IJI secured 54 |
2 December 1988 | Benazir Bhutto became first woman prime minister of Pakistan |
13 December 1988 | President Ghulam Ishaq Khan was elected |
19 January 1989 | Restoration of Student Unions in Punjab |
26 May 1989 | Shamsur Rehman replaced as ISI Cheif after Lt. General Hamid Gul |
5 February 1990 | Kashmir Solidarity Day for the first time was observed in Pakistan |
6 August 1990 | Dismissal of Benazir Government and Dissolution of National Assembly by President Ghulam Ishaq Khan |
24 October 1990 | General Elections held in which Islamic Jamhori Ittihad led by Nawaz Sharif secured 92 while PPP-led PDA (People’s Democratic Alliance) gets 45 out of 198 seats |
6 November 1990 | Nawaz Sharif after securing 153 votes becomes Prime Minister of Pakistan |
16 May 1991 | Shariat bill was adopted by the National Assembly |
19 June 1992 | Military Operation against MQM |
18 April 1993 | Nawaz Sharif government dismissed by President Ghulam Ishaq Khan |
26 May 1993 | National Assembly and Nawaz government was restored by Supreme Court of Pakistan |
18 July 1993 | Gen. Waheed Kakar Army Chief Pakistan Army gets both President Ishaq and Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif to resign |
6 October 1993 | General Elections held, Benazir led People’s Party secures eighty-six seats and Nawaz’s PML(N) gets 73 out of 202 |
19 October 1993 | Benazir swore as Prime Minister 2nd time |
13 November 1993 | Eighth President, Farooq Laghari was elected |
25 April 1995 | GM Syed, The Veteran Politician died in Karachi |
25 April 1996 | PTI (Pakistan Tehrik-e-Insaf) was formed by renown cricketer Imran Khan |
20 September 1996 | Benazir’s brother, Mir Murtaza was assassinated by Police in Karachi |
5 November 1996 | Farooq Laghari dissolved the assembly and removed Benazir from office |
29 January 1997 | Supreme Court upholds the president’s proclamation |
3 February 1997 | General Elections held, Pakistan Muslim League gets 135 seats |
17 February 1997 | Nawaz Sharif became nineteenth Prime Minister |
23 February 1997 | Sunday declared as a holiday instead of Friday |
2 December 1997 | President Farooq Laghari resigns |
28 May 1998 | Five Nuclear Tests were conducted by Pakistan |
15 April 1999 | Benazir Bhutto and Asif Zardari sentenced in absentia to a 5-year jail on corruption charges |
21 February 1999 | Nawaz Sharif signed Lahore Declaration with AB Vajpayee |
26 July 1999 | Kargil war comes to an end |
12 October 1999 | Nawaz was ousted and placed under house arrest by Pervez Musharaf |
6 April 2000 | On charges of terrorism and hijacking, Nawaz Sharif was sentenced to life imprisonment |
12 May 2000 | Supreme court granted General Pervez executive and legislative authority after validating October 1999 coup |
14 August 2000 | Local Government Ordinance introduced by President Pervez Musharaf |
10 December 2000 | Nawaz was expatriated (exiled) along with family to Saudia |
21 June 2001 | Being Army Chief General Pervez assumed President office |
30 April 2002 | General Musharaf won the referendum |
10 October 2002 | General Elections held |
30 November 2002 | Mir Zafarullah Jamali became PM Pakistan |
1 January 2004 | General Musharraf won a vote of confidence in the Senate, National Assembly, and provincial assemblies. |
28 August 2004 | Shoukat Aziz becomes Prime Minister |
8 October 2005 | Earthquake in NWFP & Kashmir, Eight-thousands people killed |
2 January 2006 | Dr. Shamshad Akhtar became first woman Governor of State Bank of Pakistan SBP |
14 May 2006 | Charter of Democracy (CoD) between 2 former Prime Ministers (Benazir and Nawaz)was signed in London |
26 August 2006 | Akbar Bugti killed in his hide-out |
9 March 2007 | Choudhary Iftikhar Chief Justice of Pakistan was dismissed by Musharaf |
20 July 2007 | Chief Justice of Pakistan Choudhary Iftikhar was restored |
18 October 2007 | Benazir returned to homeland after 8 years of expulsion |
3 November 2007 | Emergency imposed by Pervez Musharaf, Senior judges of Supreme Court removed |
16 November 2007 | The day of completion of five years of assembly, Assembly dissolved |
16 November 2007 | Mian Muhammad Soomro became interim Prime Minister |
25 November 2007 | Nawaz after seven years of forced exile returned to Pakistan |
16 December 2007 | Constitution restored, emergency lifted |
27 December 2007 | Benazir Bhutto was assassinated in Rawalpindi attack |
18 February 2008 | General Elections were held under tight security, PPP won the majority of the votes |
24 March 2008 | Yusuf Raza Gillani was elected as PM Pakistan |
18 August 2008 | Pervez Musharaf stepped down from presidential office, Muhammad Mian became president |
6 September 2008 | Asif Ali Zardari by securing 481 votes became President |
9 March 2009 | Touring Sri Lankan cricket team attacked by Militants |
23 May 2009 | Operation Rah-e-Rast was started by Pakistani Army |
10 April 2010 | 18th amendment in Pakistan’s Constitution |
1 October 2010 | All Pakistan Muslim League launched by Pervez Musharaf |
4 January 2011 | Salman Taseer Governor of Pakistan was killed by one of his guards Mumtaz Qadri |
27 January 2011 | A US Diplomat, Raymond Devis, kills two men on a motorbike |
2 May 2011 | Osama Bin Laden was killed by US Navy Seals in Abbottabad |
22 June 2012 | Following the disqualification of Yufus Raza as Prime Minister, Raja Pervez Ashraf became the Prime Minister |
11 September 2012 | Over 300 people died in a factory fire in Karachi |
11 May 2013 | General Elections were held, PML(N) wins |
5 June 2013 | Nawaz sharif was sworn in as Prime Minister for the third time |
30 July 2013 | Mamnoon Hussain was elected as President |
31 May 2014 | Musharaf was charged with High Treason due to imposition of emergency rule in 2007 |
13 August 2014 | Long March and Sit-in by PTI (Pakistan Tehrik-e-Insaf) and PAT (Pakistan Awami Tehrik) |
18 January 2016 | Former President Musharaf was acquitted in the murder trial of Akbar Bugti |
28 July 2017 | Pakistan Supreme Court disqualified acting prime minister Nawaz Sharif over Panama paper scandal |
1 August 2017 | Shahid Khaqan Abbasi became the PM |
6 July 2018 | Nawaz Sharif along with daughter Maryam and son-in-law Captain Safdar were given 10, 7 and 1years prison sentence respectively |
25 July 2018 | General Elections were held |
17 August 2018 | Imran Khan PTI leader took oath as Prime Minister |
4 September 2018 | Presidential elections were held |
19 January 2019 | Sahiwal killings by CTD |
17 December 2019 | Pervez Musharaf was given the death sentence by Supreme Court |