Matrix Report
1947
June 3: British Government decides to separate British India, into two sovereign Dominions of India and Pakistan.
14 August: Pakistan came into existence. October 27: Indian Air troops land in Kashmir as the Maharajah declares accession of Kashmir to India.
1948
September 11: Founding father of nation Quaid-e-Azam dies in Karachi due to stroke.
September 14: Khwaja Nazimuddin becomes Governor-General of Pakistan.
1949
March 12: Objectives Resolution passed by Liaquat Ali Khan
1950
April 8: Liaquat-Nehru pact is signed in New Delhi on measures to deal with major Inter-Dominion problems.
May 18: The Peshawar University comes into being.
September 6: General Mohammad Ayub Khan, the first Pakistani, is appointed Commander-in-Chief of Pakistan Army.
1951
October 16: Prime Minister Liaquat Ali Khan is assassinated at Rawalpindi.
October 17: Malik Ghulam Muhammad becomes Governor-General, Khwaja Nazimuddin assumes charge of Prime Minister.
1952
August 21: Pakistan and India agree on the boundary pact between East Bengal and West Bengal.
January 12: PPL discovered a huge natural gas field at Sui in Bugti tribal area. The seventh largest gas field in the world and the biggest in Pakistan at that time.
1953
April 17: Muhammad Ali Bogra is sworn is as Prime Minister.
1954
April: Urdu made National language
August 7: Government of Pakistan approves the National Anthem, written by Abu Al-Asar Hafeez Jalandhari and composed by Ahmed G. Chagla.
1955
January 1: Pakistan International Airlines comes into being.
January 17: Short story writer, Saadat Hasan Manto dies in Lahore.
October 6: Governor-General Ghulam Mohammad’s resignation is succeeded by Iskander Mirza.
1956
February 21: Constituent Assembly decides the country shall be a Federal Republic known as Islamic Republic of Pakistan.
March 23: 1956 Constitution is promulgates on Pakistan Day. Major-General Iskander Mirza sworn in as first President of Pakistan.
1957
July 11: Spiritual leader of Shia imami Ismaili Muslims and one of the founders of Muslim League and first president of All India Muslim League, Aga Khan, dies.
December 16: Malik Firoz Khan Noon is sworn in as seventh Prime Minister of Pakistan.
1958
February 14: Sardar Abdul Rab Nishtar, veteran leader of Pakistan Movement dies in Karachi.
July 17: First Nigar Film Awards held.
October 7: Martial Law is declared throughout the country. General Ayub Khan becomes Chief Martial Law Administrator.
October 27: Ayub forces Iskander Mirza to step down, General Ayub Khan himself becomes President
1959
July 12: Shukriya Niaz Ali becomes first woman pilot of Pakistan.
October 27: President General Ayub Khan becomes Field Marshal.
1960
February 24: Presidential Cabinet decides to name the new Capital as Islamabad.
March 23: Foundation of Minar-e-Pakistan is laid.
July 31: Foundation stone of Mazar-i-Quaid (Mausoleum of M.A. Jinnah) is laid.
September 9: Pakistan achieved its first Gold Medal in 1960 Olympics, defeating India in hockey by 1–0 at Rome.
1961
January 1: Decimal coinage introduced in Pakistan.
April 22: Government institutes Film Awards.
July 15: Jasmine is chosen as the national flower of Pakistan.
1961
January 1: Decimal coinage introduced in Pakistan.
April 22: Government institutes Film Awards.
July 15: Jasmine is chosen as the national flower of Pakistan.
1962
June 8: 1962 Constitution is promulgated.
June 1: Soviet Union awards Lenin Prize to Faiz Ahmed Faiz for his literary contribution.
June 7: SUPARCO launches Pakistan’s first weather rocket, Rehbar-I from Sonmiani.
1963
January 5: First trade agreement is signed between Pakistan and China.
January 24: Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto becomes Foreign Minister.
March 2: Pakistan and China sign a border agreement in Peking (Beijing).
1964
June 8: 1962 Constitution is promulgated.
June 1: Soviet Union awards Lenin Prize to Faiz Ahmed Faiz for his literary contribution.
June 7: SUPARCO launches Pakistan’s first weather rocket, Rehbar-I from Sonmiani.
1964
September 17: Fatima Jinnah filed her paper as candidate for the Presidential election.
October 28: Pakistan’s hockey team wins silver medal in Tokyo Olympic
Games.
November 26: President Ayub Khan inaugurates Pakistan Television Lahore Station.
1965
March 21: National Assembly elections held. Out of 150, Pakistan Muslim League wins 120 seats.
September 6: Second war between India and Pakistan over Kashmir begins.
1966
January 10: Tashkent Declaration signed between India and Pakistan.
November 13: Punjab city of Montgomery renamed Sahiwal.
1967
July 9: Mohtarma Fatima Jinnah dies in Karachi.
August 24: Pakistan’s first steel mill is inaugurated at Chittagong.
November 18: Pakistan awards Sitara-i-Imtiaz to Egyptian vocalist Umm-i-Kulsoom for singing the poetry of Allama Iqbal.
December 1: Pakistan People’s Party comes into being.
1968
September 25: Pakistan Television Dhaka Station is inaugurated.
October 26: Pakistan becomes Olympic hockey champion, winning over Australia 2–1.
November 7: Students’ demonstrations start throughout the country that later led to resignation of General Auyb Khan.
1969
March 25: East Pakistan uprising forces Ayub Khan to resign and hand over power to Army Chief General Yahya Khan. Martial law is proclaimed and assemblies are dissolved.
1971
January 30: An Indian Airlines aeroplane, hijacked by two Kashmiri separatists, lands at Lahore airport.
February 16: Korakoram Highway, linking China and Pakistan, opened.
August 29: Rashid Minhas awarded Nishan-i-Haider, Pakistan’s highest gallantry award.
October 24: Pakistan wins World Hockey Cup defeating Spain 1–0 at Barcelona.
November 22: India launches full-scale attack on East Pakistan.
December 16: Dhaka falls and Bangladesh comes into being.
December 20: General Yahya Khan hands over power to Z. A. Bhutto, who takes over as President and Chief Martial Law Administrator.
1972
January 20: Zulfikar Ali Bhutto called a secret meeting at Multan, and launches the programme on nuclear weapons development.
April 14: First session of National Assembly. Bhutto elected President.
May 1: Labor Day is celebrated for the first time in Pakistan.
July 2: Simla Agreement is signed between President Bhutto and Prime Minister Indira Gandhi.
October 28: President Bhutto inaugurates Karachi Nuclear Power Plant (KANUPP).
1973
February 13: Begum Rana Liaquat Ali becomes first woman to assume office of Sindh Governor.
August 11: Chaudhry Fazal Ilahi is elected as President.
August 14: Constitution of Pakistan 1973 promulgated
August 28: Return of Pakistan POWs (prisoners of war) accord signed in New Delhi.
December 30: Z. A. Bhutto lays foundation stone of Pakistan Steel Mills.
1974
July 27: Council of Islamic Ideology recommends to abolish Riba and introduce Zakat.
October 5: Pakistan and Bangladesh agree to establish diplomatic ties.
1976
March 1: General Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq becomes Chief of Army Staff.
April 8: Sardari system is abolished in Balochistan.
July 24: Lahore-Amritsar train service, Samjhota Express starts.
August 6: Z. A. Bhutto lays the foundation-stone of Port Qasim.
1977
July 5: General Zia-ul-Haq enforces Martial Law. Constitution suspended; political activities banned.
September 17: Z. A. Bhutto arrested under Martial Law orders.
1978
March 18: Lahore High Court awards death sentence to Bhutto along with four others.
June 11: Altaf Hussain forms All Pakistan Muhajir Students Organization (APMSO).
September 16: General Zia-ul-Haq is sworn in as President.
1979
Hudood Ordinance enacted
April 4: Z. A. Bhutto hanged in Rawalpindi jail.
October 15: Dr. Abdus Salam, eminent Pakistani scientist, is awarded Physics Nobel Prize.
October 16: General Zia-ul-Haq puts off polls indefinitely, political parties dissolved, press censorship imposed.
1980
May 26: Establishment of Federal Shariat Court is announced.
June 21: Government starts collecting Zakat.
1981
Interest-free banking introduced.
March 1: National population census starts throughout the country.
March 2: A PIA Boeing 720 with 148 passengers hijacked to Kabul.
August 31: Pakistan Steel Mills starts functioning.
1982
January 3: Pakistan defeats Germany 3–1 in World Cup Hockey in Bombay.
January 11: General Zia-ul-Haq inaugurates first session of Federal Council (Shoora) in Islamabad.
April 8: Jahangir Khan wins British Open Squash Championship.
1983
January 15: First three F-16 jets reach Pakistan.
March 11: Nuclear tests: Kirana-I is carried out. The tests are not announced until 2000.
March 29: Foundation-stone of Satellite Earth Station is laid near Rawalpindi.
September 29: First phase of local bodies election starts.
1984
February 9: Government imposes ban on all students unions.
March 18: Altaf Hussain forms MQM.
November 20: Renowned poet Faiz Ahmed Faiz dies.
1985
February 25: Party less national elections held.
March 23: Muhammad Khan Junejo sworn in as Prime Minister and General Zia as President.
October 16: National Assembly adopts Eighth Amendment Bill.
December 31: Martial Law is lifted, amended 1973 Constitution revived.
1986
April 10: Benazir Bhutto returns to Pakistan after self exile.
July 8: Peshawar Dry Port is inaugurated.
September 5: Hijacked Pan Am Flight 73 is freed after commando action in Karachi.
1987
February 21: President Zia makes a surprise visit to India, met Premier Rajiv Gandhi.
October 15: Qazi Hussain Ahmed becomes Amir of Jamat-i-Islami.
October 21: Jan Sher Khan wins World Open Squash Championship for the first time.
December 18: Benezir Bhutto marries Asif Ali Zardari.
1988
April 20: Jahangir Khan wins seventh Squash title in a row.
June 15: President General Zia promulgates Shariat Ordinance making Sharia supreme law of the land.
August 17: General Zia-ul-Haq is killed in a plane crash near Bahawalpur.
December 2: Benazir Bhutto is sworn in as first woman Prime Minister of Pakistan.
1989
January 19: Students unions are restored in Punjab & won by IJT (Islami Jamiat-e-Talaba).
October 1: Pakistan rejoins Commonwealth.
October 20: SAF Games open in Islamabad.
1990
Feb 5: Kashmir Solidarity Day observed for the first time
August 6: President Ghulam Ishaq Khan dissolves National Assembly and dismisses Benazir Government. Ghulam Mustafa Jatoi becomes care-taker prime minister.
September 23: Sandak project signed between Pakistan and China at Beijing.
November 6: Nawaz Sharif elected Prime Minister.
December 12: Pakistan becomes 37th country to send expedition to Antarctica.
1991
April 25: Jahangir Khan creates history by winning British Open Squash title for the record tenth consecutive time.
July 17: Pakistan unveils first battle tank Al-Khalid manufactured jointly by Pakistan and China.
1992
January 12: Lahore-Islamabad Motorway project launched.
March 25: Pakistan wins Cricket World Cup, defeating England by 22 runs in Melbourne, Australia.
April 26: Pakistan’s Alam Channa enters Guinness Book of World Records as the tallest man in the world.
June 19: Military operation against MQM starts in.
1993
April 18: President Ghulam Ishaq Khan dissolves National Assembly, dismisses Nawaz Sharif government. Balkh Sher Mazari becomes care-take prime minister.
May 26: Supreme Court restores National Assembly and Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif.
July 18: President Ghulam Ishaq Khan and Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif quit their offices.
October 6: General elections held. PPP wins 86; PML (N) secures 72 seats.
October 19: Benazir Bhutto is elected Prime Minister by 121 votes.
November 13: Farooq Laghari elected eighth President of Pakistan.
1994
January 15: Pakistan Television transmission gets access to 38 countries via satellite.
January 25: Benazir Bhutto inaugurates country’s first women police station in Islamabad.
December 4: Pakistan regains World Hockey Championship title after 12 years, beating Holand 4–3.
1995
July 8: WAPDA announces record increase of 14.5 percent in electricity rates.
December 6: Lahore High Court dismisses appeal against arrest of Maj. Gen. Zaheerul Islam Abbasi in Khilafat Conspiracy Case.
1996
February 11: Cricket World Cup jointly hosted by Pakistan, India and Sri Lanka.
April 25: Imran Khan launches new political party, Pakistan Tehrek-e-Insaf (PTI).
September 20: Mir Murtaza Bhutto assassinated in Karachi.
November 5: Farooq Ahmed Leghari dissolves National Assembly sacking Premier Benazir Bhutto. Malik Mairaj Khalid becomes care-taker prime minister.
1997
February 17: Nawaz Sharif sworn in as 19th Prime Minister.
May 21: Saeed Anwar slams world record score of 194 runs against India.
August 16: Noted Pakistani singer, Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan died at the age of 49.
1998
March 8: Population census begins in the country.
May 28: Pakistan conducts nuclear tests in Chagai hills in Balochistan.
June 4: UN Security Council denies nuclear power status to Pakistan and India.
1999
February 21: Lahore Declaration is signed by Nawaz Sharif and A. B. Vajpayee.
April 15: Pakistan conducts test of a nuclear-capable short-range ballistic missile, Shaheen.
July 26: Kargil War ends between Pakistan and India.
October 12: Nawaz Sharif is ousted from power and placed under house arrest after attempting to sack General Pervez Musharraf.
2000
April 6: Nawaz Sharif sentenced to life imprisonment on charges of hijacking and terrorism.
December 10: Nawaz Sharif along with family, sent into exile in Saudi Arabia.
December 22: Famous singer, Noor Jahan dies in Karachi.
2001
June 21: General Pervez Musharraf assumes office of President while remaining Chief of Army Staff.
September 16: US Secretary of State Powell told that Pakistan’s President Musharraf had agreed to support the U.S. anti-terrorist campaign.
2002
February 1: Wall Street Journal reporter, Daniel Pearl killed in Karachi.
November 23: Mir Zafarullah Khan Jamali sworn in as Prime Minister.
2003
July 11: Lahore-Delhi bus service resumed after suspension of 18 months.
December 14: General Musharraf survived an assassination attempt in Rawalpindi.
2004
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.
2005
July 13: 136 people killed and about 170 injured in a collision of three passenger trains near Ghotki.
July 19: Government of Pakistan launches country-wide crackdown against extremist elements.
October 8: A devastating earthquake in Kashmir and NWFP kills over 80 thousand people.
2006
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.
August 26: Akbar Bugti is killed; his hide-out cave collapsed and killed everyone inside, including Pakistan Army soldiers that had come there for negotiation and talks with Akbar Bugti.
2007
March 9: President Musharraf dismissed Chief Justice of Pakistan, Iftikhar Chaudhry.
July 20: Iftikhar Chaudhry restored as Chief Justice of Pakistan.
October 18: Benazir Bhutto 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 25: Nawaz Sharif returned to Pakistan after 7 years of forced exile.
December 27: Bhutto, Benazir assassinated in a blast/bullet attack in Rawalpindi.
2008
February 18: Elections are held amidst tight security. PPP, PML-N, PML-Q 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
February 16: Taliban form Swat Valley as their 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 won the ICC T20 Cricket World Cup in Lord’s London England. Pakistan won by 8 wickets from Sri Lanka.
2010
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.
1 October: Pervez Musharraf launches his new political party, the All Pakistan Muslim League, at a club in London.
2011
January 4: Salmaan Taseer, the Governor of Punjab, is shot dead by one of his bodyguards in Islamabad for supporting a Blasphemy law accused named Asia Bibi.
April 22: Internationally renowned Pakistani actor, Moin Akhtar, dies at the age of 60 years in Karachi after suffering from a heart attack.
May 2: The US Navy Seals killed Osama bin Laden in the city of Abbotabad.
2012
26 February: Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy becomes the first Pakistani to ever win an Oscar the 84th Academy Awards for the reconstructive surgery of acid attack victims, Saving Face wins for Best Documentary (Short Subject).
October 9: 14-year-old blogger Malala Yousafzai was shot in the head by the Pakistani Taliban.
2013
May 11: General Elections 2013 held across Pakistan.
June 5: Nawaz Sharif is elected Prime Minister of Pakistan, following the Pakistan Muslim League (N)’s victory in the 2013 general elections for the 3rd time.
September 24: A 7.7 magnitude earthquake hits Baluchistan, at least 825 people are killed and hundreds injured.
October 10: Malala Yousafzai published her first book “I Am Malala:
November 1: Hakimullah Mehsud, leader of (TTP) killed by a US drone attack.
November 29: Pakistan Chief of Army Staff, General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani retires. General Raheel Sharif becomes the next COAS.
December 11: Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry retired from his position, he remained in the Supreme Court from 2005 to 2013.
2014
January 9: 14-year-old boy Aitizaz Hassan in Hangu, KPK, is killed stopping a suicide bomber from entering the school.
March 31: A Pakistani court charges former President Pervez Musharraf with high treason in relation to the imposition of the emergency rule in 2007.
October 10: Activist Malala Yousafzai becomes the first Pakistani to win the Nobel Peace Prize for her struggle to voice girls’ right to education.
December 16: Taliban gunmen storm a military-run Army Public Schools massacre in Peshawar, killing at least 141, including 132 children and nine employees, with most of five hundred students evacuated. The shooting ends with all seven gunmen dead.
2015
May 19: Zimbabwe cricket team toured Pakistan to play International Cricket Series for the first time since 2009 attack on the Sri Lanka national cricket team.
2016
4 February: First season of Pakistan Super League started.
7 December: PIA plane PK-661 crashed during flight killing 47 people including acclaimed former singer Junaid Jamshed and his wife.
2017
March 14: Pakistan’s sixth census begins.
June 18: Pakistan wins 2017 ICC Champions Trophy defeating India in the finals.
July 28: A unanimous verdict by the Supreme Court of Pakistan disqualifies Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif from office, over the controversy of him and some of his family members names being in the Panama Papers, thus leading to his disqualification for lifetime.
August 1: Shahid Khaqan Abbasi is sworn in as Prime Minister, succeeding Nawaz Sharif.
August 31: Benazir Bhutto assassination case is completed.
2018
24–27 May: The twenty-fifth amendment to the Constitution of Pakistan was approved by the Parliament of Pakistan and the Provincial Assembly of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP), giving way to the merger of the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) into the Province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP).
6 July: Former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, his daughter Maryam Nawaz and son-in-law Safdar Awan were given prison sentences of 10, 7 and 1 years respectfully on corruption charges.
25 July: The 2018 Pakistani general elections were held.
17 August: PTI leader Imran Khan took oath as Prime Minister of Islamic Republic of Pakistan.
4 September: The 2018 Pakistani presidential election were held.
December: former Minister Nawaz Sharif is sentenced to seven years in jail.
2019
24 September: The 2019 Kashmir earthquake struck regions of Pakistan with an epicenter in Azad Kashmir on 24 September at 16:02 local time (11:02 UTC). It had a magnitude of 5.6 Mw and a maximum felt intensity of VII (very strong) on the Modified Mercalli scale.
31 October: Pakistan Railways’ Tezgam passenger train caught fire while traveling from Karachi to Rawalpindi, resulting in at least 75 passenger deaths.
October – November: Azadi march is an ongoing protest march led by Maulana Fazl-ur-Rehman of Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (F) in Islamabad, Pakistan from 28 October 2019. The march opposes Prime Minister Imran Khan, demanding his resignation, and new elections.
11 December: Attack on Punjab Institute of Cardiology, Lahore.
17 December: Supreme Court gives death sentence verdict on Gen RT. Pervez Musharraf.
2020
January 2020: A suicide bombing inside a Taliban-run mosque killed at least 15 people in Quetta, Pakistan. At least 19 others were injured.
January 2020: A penumbral lunar eclipse took place on 10 January 2020. It was the first of four penumbral lunar eclipses in 2020.
January 27: Manzoor Pashteen, a leading activist against corruption in the military, is arrested.
February 1: Pakistan locust infestation – the government declared a national emergency to protect crops and help farmers.
February 26: The first two cases of COVID-19 are reported in Pakistan.
March 8: Aurat March is an annual political demonstration organized in various cities of Pakistan including Lahore, Hyderabad, Sukkur, Karachi and Islamabad to observe International Women’s Day.
May 22: Pakistan International Airlines Flight 8303 crashed in Karachi killing 97 of the 99 people on board as well as one on the ground.
June 06: Govt appoints Muhammad Sadiq as country’s first special representative for Afghanistan.
