| 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 |
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