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This is a timeline of Pakistani history, comprising important legal and territorial changes and political events in the region of modern-day Pakistan. To read about the background of these events, see History of Pakistan and History of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan.

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Paleolithic Period

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Middle Paleolithic Period{{·}}

Upper Paleolithic Period

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Lower Paleolithic

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2,000,000 BCE – 1,000,000 BCETools crafted by proto-humans that have been dated back two million years have been discovered in the region of present-day North Pakistan{{cite web |url=http://www.shef.ac.uk/archaeology/research/pakistan |title=Palaeolithic and Pleistocene of Pakistan |publisher=Department of Archaeology, University of Sheffield |access-date=2007-12-01 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131029184443/http://www.shef.ac.uk/archaeology/research/pakistan |archive-date=29 October 2013 |url-status=live |df=dmy-all }}{{cite book| last = Murray | first = Tim | author-link = Tim Murray (archaeologist)| title = Time and archaeology | publisher = Routledge| year = 1999 | location = London; New York | page=84|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=k3z9iXo_Uq8C&pg=PP3| isbn=978-0-415-11762-3}}

The pebble stones from the archaeological site of Riwat, Murree are discovered, dating back approximately 1.9 million years ago.Rendell, H. and Dennell, R.W. 1987 Thermoluminescence Dating of an Upper Pleistocene Site, Northern Pakistan. Geoarchaeology 2, 63-67.

The earliest archaeological site in the subcontinent is the palaeolithic hominid site in the Soan River valley.{{cite book| last1=Rendell| first1=H. R.| last2=Dennell|first2=R. W. |last3=Halim|first3=M.| title=Pleistocene and Palaeolithic Investigations in the Soan Valley, Northern Pakistan| year=1989| page=364| series=British Archaeological Reports International Series| publisher=Cambridge University Press| isbn=978-0-86054-691-7| oclc=29222688}} Soanian sites are found in the Sivalik region across Indian subcontinent.Parth R. Chauhan. [http://www.assemblage.group.shef.ac.uk/issue7/chauhan.html#distribution Distribution of Acheulian sites in the Siwalik region] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120104171240/http://www.assemblage.group.shef.ac.uk/issue7/chauhan.html#distribution |date=4 January 2012 }}. An Overview of the Siwalik Acheulian & Reconsidering Its Chronological Relationship with the Soanian – A Theoretical Perspective.{{citation|title=Is the Soanian techno-complex a Mode 1 or Mode 3 phenomenon? A morphometric assessment|journal=Journal of Archaeological Science|volume=34|issue=9|pages=1434–1440|doi=10.1016/j.jas.2006.11.001|year=2007|last1=Lycett|first1=Stephen J|bibcode=2007JArSc..34.1434L }}[http://www.assemblage.group.shef.ac.uk/issue7/chauhan.html#distribution Distribution of Acheulian sites in the Siwalik region] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120104171240/http://www.assemblage.group.shef.ac.uk/issue7/chauhan.html#distribution |date=4 January 2012 }}

500,000 BCESome 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

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300,000 BCE – 100,000 BCEFlake 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.Javid, Ali and Javeed, Tabassum. World Heritage Monuments and Related Edifices in India. 2008, page 19{{Cite web | url=http://originsnet.org/bimb1gallery/index.htm | title=Bhimbetka, Auditorium Cave, Madhya Pradesh: Acheulian Petroglyph Site, c. >100,000 - 500,000 BP | access-date=11 September 2014 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150305100657/http://www.originsnet.org/bimb1gallery/index.htm | archive-date=5 March 2015 | url-status=live | df=dmy-all }}

[[Upper Paleolithic]]

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43,000 BCEThe archaeological site of Riwat 55 dates back to this period. It is modern form of Early Riwat Site.{{Cite journal|last1=Dennell|first1=Robin W.|last2=Rendell|first2=Helen M.|last3=Halim|first3=Mohammad|last4=Moth|first4=Eddie|date=1992|title=A 45,000-Year-Old Open-Air Paleolithic Site at Riwat, Northern Pakistan|journal=Journal of Field Archaeology|volume=19|issue=1|pages=17–33|doi=10.2307/530366|issn=0093-4690|jstor=530366}}

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.

[[35th century BCE]]

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3500 BCE – 3300 BCEMature 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.{{Sfn|Wright|2009|pp=115–125}}

The civilization depended significantly on trade, was the first civilization to use wheeled transport in form of bullock carts, and also used boats.Hasenpflug, Rainer, The Inscriptions of the Indus civilisation Norderstedt, Germany, 2006.

[[27th century BCE]]

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2700 BCE – 2600 BCEThe cities of Harappa and Mohenjo-daro{{Cite web|url=https://www.harappa.com/slideshows/mohenjo-daro|title=Mohenjo-daro!|website=www.harappa.com|access-date=2019-03-14}} become large metropolises and the civilization expands to over 2,500 cities and settlements across the whole region of modern-day Pakistan,{{cite book|author=Robert Greenberger|title=A Historical Atlas of Pakistan|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=RukebrLEpi4C&pg=PA5|year=2003|publisher=The Rosen Publishing Group|isbn=978-0-8239-3866-7|page=5}} 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]]

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2500 BCE – 2000 BCEThe culture, artichetere, technology and educational system of Indus Valley civilization reached at its zenith with Harappa and Kot Diji as main centres.{{Cite web|url=https://www.harappa.com/indus4/e1.html|title=Recent Indus Discoveries and Highlights from Excavations at Harappa 1998-2000|website=www.harappa.com|access-date=2019-03-14}}

These fluctuations reflect complex and dynamic political, ideological, and economic processes that are an integral part of urban society.

[[19th century BCE]]

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1900 BCE – 1300 BCE[http://www.harappa.com/indus4/e6.html Late Harappan Phase] (Cemetery H Culture)

[[13th century BCE]]

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1300 BCECemetery H culture comes to an end

[[10th century BCE]]

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rowspan="2" style="vertical-align:top;"| 1000 BCEMiddle and Late Vedic period (to 500 BCE)
Iron Age of Indian subcontinent (including today's Pakistan)

[[7th century BCE]]

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700 BCEThe Upanishads, a sacred text of Hinduism is written.

[[6th century BCE]]

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rowspan="2" style="vertical-align:top;"| 600 BCESixteen Maha Janapadas ("Great Realms" or "Great Kingdoms") emerge.J.M. Kenoyer (2006), "Cultures and Societies of the Indus Tradition. In Historical Roots" in the Making of ‘the Aryan’, R. Thapar (ed.), pp. 21–49. New Delhi, National Book Trust.
Vedic period ends.
535 BCE – 518 BCEAchaemenid Emperors launched Persian campaign of Indus Valley and in result parts of modern-day Pakistan became easternmost part of Achaemenid Empire(Fussman, 1993, p. 84). "This is inferred from the fact that Gandhara (OPers. Gandāra) is already mentioned at Bisotun, while the toponym Hinduš (Sindhu) is added only in later inscriptions."
500 BCEGandhara Civilization at first stage of its flourishness.[http://www.heritage.gov.pk/html_Pages/gandhara.html Gandhara Civilization]

[[5th century BCE]]

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500 BCE – 450 BCEPersian rule is at its zenith.
500 BCERoruka as capital of Sauvira Kingdom become most important trading center of Indian subcontinent, also mentioned in early Buddhist literature.Derryl N. MacLean (1989), [https://books.google.com/books?id=xxAVAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA63 Religion and Society in Arab Sind], p.63
450 BCERor Dynasty come to power and captured Sindh, Balochistan and North India with the capital of Rori, Sindh.[http://www.historyfiles.co.uk/KingListsFarEast/IndiaSindh.htm Reign of Ror Emperors]

[[4th century BCE]]

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333 BCEPersian 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.Alexander the Great in Fact and Fiction, edited by A.B. Bosworth, E.J. Baynham. New York: Oxford University Press (USA), 2002 (Paperback, {{ISBN|0-19-925275-0}}).
rowspan="2" style="vertical-align:top;"| 326 BCEAmbhi king of Takshila surrenders to Alexander.{{citation |editor-last=Sastri |editor-first=K. A. Nilakanta |editor-link=K. A. Nilakanta Sastri |title=Age of the Nandas and Mauryas |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YoAwor58utYC |date=1988 |orig-year=1967 |publisher=Motilal Banarsidass |location=Delhi |isbn=978-81-208-0465-4 |edition=Second }}
Porus who ruled parts of the Punjab, fought Alexander at the Battle of the Hydaspes River.{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=95qY0qz93ZUC&q=plenipotentiary&pg=PA322|title=Conquest and Empire: The Reign of Alexander the Great|first=A. B.|last=Bosworth|date=26 March 1993|publisher=Cambridge University Press|via=Google Books|isbn=9780521406796}}
325 BCEDuring the Mallian Campaign, Alexander was seriously wounded by an arrow in the chest and this became reason of his death.{{cite book |author=Theodore Dodge |author-link=Theodore Ayrault Dodge |title=Alexander |year=1890 |publisher=Da Capo Press |location=New York |pages=592–608 }}
321 BCEMauryan Empire is founded by Chandragupta Maurya.Bongard-Levin, G. M. Mauryan India (Stosius Inc./Advent Books Division May 1986) {{ISBN|0-86590-826-5}}
305 BCEChandragupta Maurya defeats Seleucus Nicator of the Seleucid Empire.{{citation |last=Grainger |first=John D. |title=Seleukos Nikator: Constructing a Hellenistic Kingdom |date=2014 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0r3KAgAAQBAJ |publisher=Routledge |isbn=978-1-317-80099-6}}
304 BCESeleucus gives up his territories (Balochistan) to Chandragupta in exchange for 500 elephants. Seleucus offers his daughter in marriage to Chandragupta to seal their friendship.{{citation |last=Kosmin |first=Paul J. |author-link=Paul J. Kosmin |title=The Land of the Elephant Kings: Space, Territory, and Ideology in Seleucid Empire |date=2014 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9UWdAwAAQBAJ |publisher=Harvard University Press |isbn=978-0-674-72882-0 |page=33}}

[[2nd century BCE]]

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200 BCE – 150 BCEGandhara 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]]

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75 BCEArrival of Scythians (Sakas) from Central Asia.
58 BCEBeginning of Vikram Era.

[[1st century]] {{anchor|1st millennium}}

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20 AD – 35 ADIndo-Parthian Kingdom was established and conquered present northern Pakistan.{{cite encyclopedia | title = Sīstān | first = Clifford Edmund | last = Bosworth | encyclopedia = The Encyclopedia of Islam, New Edition, Volume IX: San–Sze | location=Leiden, and New York | publisher=BRILL | year=1997 | isbn=9789004082656 | pages = 681–685 | url =http://referenceworks.brillonline.com/entries/encyclopaedia-of-islam-1/sistan-SIM_5452?s.num=247&s.rows=100&s.start=180 }}
35 ADWestern Satraps formed.Claudius Ptolemy, "The geography", Translated and edited by Edward Luther Stevenson, Dover Publications Inc., New York, {{ISBN|0-486-26896-9}}
68 ADEstablishment of the Kushan Empire by Kujula Kadphises.*{{cite book

|last= Bopearachchi

|first= Osmund

|author-link= Bopearachchi

|title= De l'Indus à l'Oxus, Archéologie de l'Asie Centrale

|year= 2003

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[[2nd century]]

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100 AD or afterSugar was first produced from sugarcane plants in Punjab.*Sato, Tsugitaka (2014). Sugar in the Social Life of Medieval Islam. BRILL. p. 01. {{ISBN|9789004277526}}.

[[3rd century]]

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240 ADSri Gupta starts the establishment of Gupta Empire in Indian subcontinent (including present Pakistan).{{cite book |author=A. K. Narain |chapter=Religious Policy and Toleration in Ancient India with Particular Reference to the Gupta Age |editor=Bardwell L. Smith |title=Essays on Gupta Culture |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jm0_AAAAMAAJ |year=1983 |publisher=Motilal Banarsidass |isbn=978-0-8364-0871-3 }}
260 ADKushans decline and are dominated by Indo-Sassanians.{{cite encyclopedia | article = Kushanshahs i. History | last = Vaissière | first = Étienne de La | url = http://www.iranicaonline.org/articles/kushanshahs-01 | encyclopedia = Encyclopaedia Iranica | year = 2016 }}

[[4th century]]

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rowspan="2" style="vertical-align:top;"| 320 ADChandragupta I ascends the throne of Gupta Empire.{{cite book |author=Dilip Kumar Ganguly |title=The Imperial Guptas and Their Times |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Hud2_Ie3T94C&pg=PP1 |year=1987 |publisher=Abhinav |isbn=978-81-7017-222-2 }}
Kidarite Kingdom came to power in the region of modern-day Pakistan.{{cite book | title = History of Civilizations of Central Asia, Volume III: The Crossroads of Civilizations: A.D. 250 to 750. | year = 1996 | publisher = UNESCO | location = Paris | last = Zeimal | first = E. V. | chapter = The Kidarite kingdom in Central Asia | pages = 119–135 | isbn = 978-92-3-103211-0 | chapter-url = https://books.google.com/books?id=883OZBe2sMYC&q=false}}
335 ADSamudragupta ascends the Gupta throne and expands the empire.{{cite book |author=Ajay Mitra Shastri |author-link=Ajay Mitra Shastri |title=Inscriptions of the Śarabhapurīyas, Pāṇḍuvaṁśins and Somavaṁśins |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7cyQ8BxzR4kC&pg=PA12 |year=1995 |publisher=Motilal Banarsidass |isbn=978-81-208-0637-5 }}
380 ADChandragupta II, Samudragupta's son becomes the Gupta Emperor.

[[5th century]]

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450 ADWhite Huns (Hephthalites) attacked Gandhara, sacked its cities and burnt down its many monasteries and centres of learning.Iaroslav Lebedynsky, "Les Nomades", Paris 2007, {{ISBN|978-2-87772-346-6}}
489 ADRor dynasty is disestablished.Pages 89-92, Ror Itihaas Ki Jhalak, by Dr. Raj Pal Singh, Pal Publications, Yamunanagar (1987)

[[6th century]]

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524 ADRai dynasty come to power in the region of Sindh.{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bCVyhH5VDjAC&pg=PA152|title=Al- Hind: The slave kings and the Islamic conquest, Volume I|publisher=Brill|page=152|isbn=978-9004095090|year=1991}}
554 ADCollapse of Gupta Empire after the death of Skandagupta.
565 ADSassanians and Turks overthrow Huns.

[[7th century]]

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601 ADRai dynasty reached at its zenith and covered whole of Pakistan and Afghanistan with the capital of Aror, Sindh.[https://books.google.com/books?id=m68BAAAAMAAJ Harsha and His Times: A Glimpse of Political History During the Seventh Century A.D., Page 78] by Bireshwar Nath Srivastava (Chowkhamba Sanskrit Series Office, 1976)
632 ADBrahman dynasty come into power and Chach of Aror become Maharaja of Sindh.[https://books.google.com/books?id=rOVpOG6MPMcC History of Ancient India By Rama Shankar Tripathi, Motilal Banarsidass Publications, Page 337]
644 ADIslam arrived in Indian subcontinent. Rashidun Caliphate defeated Rai dynasty in the Battle of Rasil and Balochistan become easternmost frontier of Rashidun Caliphate.{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=g2m7_R5P2oAC&pg=PA136|title=Al-Hind, the Making of the Indo-Islamic World: Early Medieval India and the Expansion of Islam 7th-11th Centuries|publisher=Brill|pages=131–132, 136|isbn=978-0391041738|year=2002}}
665 ADTurk Shahi gained control west of the Indus River, including Gandhara.Marshall Cavendish Corporation (2006). Peoples of Western Asia. p. 364.
671 ADAt the death of Chach of Alor, the Brahmin dynasty reached its zenith and he was succeeded by his brother Chandar of Sindh.Wink, André. (1991). [https://books.google.com/books?id=bCVyhH5VDjAC&dq=chach+632&pg=PA153 Al- Hind, the Making of the Indo-Islamic World: The slave kings and the Islamic conquest. 2, p. 153]. Leiden: Brill.
679 ADChandar of Sindh died and succeeded by his nephew Raja Dahir, last Hindu Maharaja of Sindh.{{cite book|author=Manan Ahmed Asif|title=A Book of Conquest|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Z4oxDQAAQBAJ|date=19 September 2016|publisher=Harvard University Press|isbn=978-0-674-66011-3|pages=8–}}

[[8th century]]

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700 ADAccording to the Qissa-i Sanjan, the Parsi immigrants are granted permission to stay by the local ruler Jadi Rana.
712 ADMuhammad Bin Qasim defeated Raja Dahir and established Ummayad Islamic rule on Sindh and South Punjab (Multan) on the orders of Al-Hajjaj ibn Yusuf.[http://www.berzinarchives.com/web/en/archives/e-books/unpublished_manuscripts/historical_interaction/pt1/history_cultures_04.html#n5 Alexander Berzin, "Part I: The Umayyad Caliphate (661 - 750 CE), The First Muslim Incursion into the Indian Subcontinent", The Historical Interaction between the Buddhist and Islamic Cultures before the Mongol Empire]
747 AD – 751 ADUmmayad Era finished and Abbasid Era begins.Al-Baladhuri, Ahmad ibn Jabir. The Origins of the Islamic State, Part II. Trans. Francis Clark Murgotten. New York: Columbia University, 1924.

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.{{cite book | title = Slaves on horses: the evolution of the Islamic polity | first = Patricia | last = Crone | author-link = Patricia Crone | location = Cambridge and New York | publisher = Cambridge University Press | year = 1980 | isbn = 978-0-521-52940-2 | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=fOu7XGjKmkAC }}

[[9th century]]

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810 ADThe Zutt, inhabitants of the lower Indus Valley (modern-day Pakistan), rebel against the Abbasid Caliphate and establish a semi-independent state in the marshlands of southern Iraq.`
841 ADDynastic rule of Habbaris over Sindh begin under suzerainty of Abbasid Caliphate.P. M. (M.S. Asimov, Vadim Mikhaĭlovich Masson, Ahmad Hasan Dani, Unesco, Clifford Edmund Bosworth), The History of Civilizations of Central Asia, UNESCO, 1999, {{ISBN|81-208-1595-5}}, {{ISBN|978-81-208-1595-7}} pg 293-294.
870 ADHindu Shahis captured Kingdom of Kabul Shahi and expanded their rule in Khyber Pukhtunkhwa and Punjab.{{cite book|title=Gazetteer of the Attock District, 1930, Part 1|date=1932|publisher=Sang-e-Meel Publications|isbn=9789693514131|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=gfdtAAAAMAAJ&q=amb+temple|access-date=21 September 2017}}
875 ADHabbari dynasty rule expanded over whole of Sindh, Balochistan and South Punjab (Multan).P. M. ( Nagendra Kumar Singh), Muslim Kingship in India, Anmol Publications, 1999, {{ISBN|81-261-0436-8}}, {{ISBN|978-81-261-0436-9}} pg 43-45.

[[10th century]]

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977 AD – 997 ADSabuktigin of Ghaznavid dynasty defeated many times Hindu Shahi ruler Jayapala and became ruler of domains east of the Indus River.The History of India: The Hindu and Mahometan Periods, Elphinstone, pg 321

[[11th century]] {{anchor|2nd millennium}}

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1001Mahmud Ghazni defeated Raja Jayapala of Hindu Shahi; after that Jayapala commits suicide.{{cite book |chapter-url=https://archive.org/stream/cu31924073036729#page/n41/mode/2up |title=The History of India, as Told by Its Own Historians. The Muhammadan Period|author=Sir H. M. Elliot |chapter=Chapter II, Tarikh Yamini or Kitabu-l Yamini by Al Utbi |page=27 |publisher=Trubner and Co |year=1869 |quote= When Jaipal, therefore, saw that he was captive in the prison of old age and degradation, he thought death by cremation preferable to shame and dishonour. So he commenced with shaving his hair off, and then threw himself upon the fire till he was burnt |title-link=The History of India, as Told by Its Own Historians. The Muhammadan Period}}
1021Mahmud Ghazni defeats Raja Tarnochalpal and Punjab becomes part of Ghaznavid dynasty.{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=BfEZBQAAQBAJ&q=Raja+Tarnochalpal&pg=PT49|title=TOPPERS' NOTES for CIVIL SERVICES EXAMINATION|last=Mirza|first=Abbas|date=2014-10-29|publisher=Abbas Mirza|language=en}}

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.

1030Alberuni arrives in Indian subcontinent; death of Mahmud Ghazni.{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=BfEZBQAAQBAJ&q=Alberuni&pg=PT49|title=TOPPERS' NOTES for CIVIL SERVICES EXAMINATION|last=Mirza|first=Abbas|date=2014-10-29|publisher=Abbas Mirza|language=en}}
1058Muslim Rajput Soomra Dynasty ends the rule of Habbari dynasty and starts to rule on the behave of Abbasid Caliph.{{Cite web|url=https://www.britannica.com/topic/Sumra-family|title=Sumra family |publisher=Britannica Online |access-date=2019-03-18}}{{cite journal |url=http://www.uok.edu.pk/faculties/sindhi/docs/soomroEng.pdf |title=The Soomras of Sindh: their origin, main characteristics and rule – an overview (general survey) (1025 – 1351 AD) |first=Habibullah |last=Siddiqui |journal=Literary Conference on Soomra Period in Sindh}}
1092Reign of Zainab Tari begins; first absolute female ruler in the history of South Asia as well as only female who ruled Sindh.{{cite book

|title=The Soomras

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|year=1992

|publisher=Multan, Beacon Books

|oclc=301088925}}

[[12th century]]

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1175Muhammad of Ghurid dynasty defeats Qarmatians rulers of Multan in 1175.{{cite book |author=Hamid Wahed Alikuzai |title=A Concise History of Afghanistan in 25 Volumes |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YZJcAQAAQBAJ&pg=PA122 |year=2013 |publisher=Trafford |isbn=978-1-4907-1441-7 |page=122 }}Andre Wink, Al-Hind: The Making of the Indo-Islamic World, Vol. 2, 244.
1186Muhammad Ghori along with Ghiyath al-Din Muhammad ends the rule of Ghaznavid dynasty after having captured Lahore.The Iranian World, C.E. Bosworth, The Cambridge History of Iran, Vol. 5, ed. J. A. Boyle, John Andrew Boyle, (Cambridge University Press, 1968), 161–170.Rediscovery Of India, The: A New Subcontinent By Ansar Hussain Khan, Ansar Hussain Published by Orient Longman Limited Page 54[http://www.iranicaonline.org/articles/ghaznavids Ghaznavids, C.E. Bosworth, Encyclopedia Iranica]
1191"Victory of Prithviraj Chauhan". First Battle of Tarain fought between Muhammad Ghori and Prithviraj III. Ghori is defeated by Prithivi Raj Chauhan III.A Global Chronology of Conflict: From the Ancient World to the Modern Middle East, Vol. I, ed. Spencer C. Tucker, (ABC-CLIO, 2010), 263.
1192"Victory of Muhammad Ghori". Second Battle of Tarain fought between Muhammad Ghori and Prithivi Raj Chauhan III. Chauhan is defeated by Muhammad Ghori.
1193Qutb al-Din Aibak becomes deputy of Ghurid Empire in Indian subcontinent.Kutb al-Din Aybek, P. Jackson, The Encyclopaedia of Islam, Vol. V, ed. C.E. Bosworth, E. van Donzel, B. Lewis, and C. Pellat, (Brill, 1986), 546.

[[13th century]]

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120615 MarchKhukhrains kill Muhammad Ghori during a raid on his camp on the Jhelum River.{{cite encyclopedia |encyclopedia=The Encyclopaedia of Islam |title=Muhammad b. Sam, Mu'izz Al-Din |first=T.W. |last=Haig |volume=VIII |editor-first1=C.E. |editor-last1=Bosworth |editor-first2=E. |editor-last2=Van Donzel |editor-first3=W.P. |editor-last3=Heinrichs |editor-first4=C. |editor-last4=Pellat |year=1993 }}
120612 JuneEnd of Ghurid Era.
120625 JuneQutb-ud-din Aibak establishes Delhi Sultanate by becoming first Sultan of the Delhi Sultanate from Mamluk dynasty.Kutb al-Din Aybek, P. Jackson, The Encyclopaedia of Islam, Vol. V, ed. C.E. Bosworth, E. van Donzel, B. Lewis, and C. Pellat, (Brill, 1986), 546.
1210NovemberQutb-ud-din Aibak died while playing polo.[https://www.britannica.com/biography/Qutb-al-Din-Aibak Encyclopædia Britannica]
1210DecemberAram Shah becomes new Sultan of the Delhi Sultanate.{{cite book | title = The Sultanate of Delhi, 711-1526 A.D. | author = Ashirbadi Lal Srivastava | publisher = Shiva Lal Agarwala | year = 1966 | pages = 92–93 }}
1211JuneShams ud-Din Iltutmish defeats Aram Shah in the Battle of Delhi and become third Sultan of the Delhi Sultanate.{{citation|first=Ian|last= Blanchard|title= Mining, Metallurgy and Minting in the Middle Ages |volume=3|year=2005|publisher=Franz Steiner Verlag|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=um-EXNlRKO4C|isbn= 9783515087049}}
1221Genghis Khan invades Punjab during rule of Iltutmish.
123630 AprilIltutmish dies and Rukn ud din Firuz become fourth Sultan of the Delhi Sultanate.{{Cite book |last=Sen |first=Sailendra |title=A Textbook of Medieval Indian History |publisher=Primus Books |year=2013 |isbn=978-9-38060-734-4 |pages=74–76}}
123610 OctoberRazia Sultana abolishes the rule of Rukn ud din Firuz and become fifth Sultan of the Delhi Sultanate.[https://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/gazetteer/pager.html?objectid=DS405.1.I34_V02_404.gif Table of Delhi Kings: Muazzi Slave King] The Imperial Gazetteer of India, 1909, v. 2, p. 368.
124017 MayMuiz ud din Bahram becomes sixth Sultan of the Delhi Sultanate.Islamic Culture Board-Islamic culture, p.256
124014 OctoberMurder of Razia Sultan by nobles of Chalisa.[http://ranasafvi.com/4733-2/ Death of Sultana]
124215 MayMurder of Muiz ud din Bahram by army.

Ala ud din Masud becomes seventh Sultan of the Delhi Sultanate.[https://web.archive.org/web/20060313103053/http://library.thinkquest.org/04oct/01368/web/html_slave_pg-2.html India Through the Ages]

124610 JuneNasiruddin Mahmud becomes eighth Sultan of the Delhi Sultanate with the support of Corps of Forty.

Balban rules on the behave of Nasiruddin Mahmud as a deputy of empire.

126618 FebruaryNasiruddin Mahmud dies without any hier.

Ghiyas ud din Balban becomes ninth Sultan of the Delhi Sultanate.

1285Delhi Sultanate decisively defeats the army of Mongol Empire at the battle of Beas River.

{{cite book|author=Satish Chandra|title=Medieval India: From Sultanat to the Mughals-Delhi Sultanat (1206-1526) - Part One|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=L5eFzeyjBTQC&pg=PA66|year=2004|publisher=Har-Anand Publications|isbn=978-81-241-1064-5|pages=66–}}

1287MarchMuiz ud din Qaiqabad becomes tenth Sultan of Delhi Sultanate after the death of his grandfather Ghiyas ud din Balban.[http://www.zeno.ru/showgallery.php?cat=6705 Coin database of Mu'izz ud-Din Qaiqabad]
12901 FebruaryMurder of Muiz ud din Qaiqabad by Jalaluddin Firuz Khalji, an army commander.[https://web.archive.org/web/20060210033417/http://www.amritworld.com/slave_dynasty.html The Slave Dynasty]

Shamsuddin Kayumars becomes eleventh Sultan of the Delhi Sultanate.

129013 JuneJalaluddin Firuz Khalji ends the Mamluk Dynasty by murdering Shamsuddin Kayumars.

Establishment of Khalji dynasty. Jalaluddin becomes twelfth Sultan of the Delhi Sultanate.{{cite book |author=A. B. M. Habibullah |chapter=The Khaljis: Jalaluddin Khalji |editor1=Mohammad Habib |editor1-link=Mohammad Habib |editor2=Khaliq Ahmad Nizami |editor2-link=K. A. Nizami |title=A Comprehensive History of India |volume=5: The Delhi Sultanat (A.D. 1206-1526) |year=1992 |orig-year=1970 |publisher=The Indian History Congress / People's Publishing House |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_9cmAQAAMAAJ |oclc=31870180 }}

129619 JulyAlauddin Khalji murders Jalaluddin Firuz Khalji and become thirteen Sultan of the Delhi Sultanate.
1296OctoberAllauddin Khalji conquers Multan and eliminates all surviving members of his predecessor Jalaluddin Firuz Khalji.{{cite book |author=Banarsi Prasad Saksena |author-link=Banarsi Prasad Saksena |chapter=The Khaljis: Alauddin Khalji |editor=Mohammad Habib and Khaliq Ahmad Nizami |title=A Comprehensive History of India: The Delhi Sultanat (A.D. 1206-1526) |volume=5 |edition=Second |year=1992 |orig-year=1970 |publisher=The Indian History Congress / People's Publishing House |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_9cmAQAAMAAJ |oclc=31870180 }}
1297-1298Mongol Army invades Punjab and Sindh but Delhi Sultanate decisively defeats them and crushes away from Pakistan.{{cite book |author=Kishori Saran Lal |author-link=K. S. Lal |title=History of the Khaljis (1290-1320) |year=1950 |publisher=The Indian Press |location=Allahabad |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2XXqAQAACAAJ |oclc=685167335 }}
1298Mongols once again invades Sindh and occupies fort of Sivistan but Delhi Sultanate decisively defeats them.{{cite book |author=Mohammad Habib |title=Politics and Society During the Early Medieval Period |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=iQ1uAAAAMAAJ |year=1981 |publisher=People's Publishing House |oclc=32230117 }}

[[14th century]]

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13164 JanuaryAlauddin Khalji died due to severe illness.Lafont, Jean-Marie & Rehana (2010). The French & Delhi : Agra, Aligarh, and Sardhana (1st ed.). New Delhi: India Research Press. p. 8. {{ISBN|9788183860918}}.
13165 JanuaryShihabuddin Omar succeeded Alauddin Khalji with the help of Malik Kafur and becomes the 14th Sultan of the Delhi Sultanate.
131614 AprilAfter the assassination of Malik Kafur, Qutbuddin Mubarak Shah detroned his brother Shihabuddin Omar and himself becomes 15th Sultan of the Delhi Sultanate.

CE

Post-Independence

= 1940s =

== 1947 ==

  • 3 June: British Government decides to separate British India, into two sovereign Dominions of India and Pakistan.
  • 8 July: Constituent Assembly of Pakistan approves the design of Pakistan.
  • 26 July: The Gazette of India publishes that the first Constituent Assembly of Pakistan was given shape with 69 members (later on the membership was increased to 79), including one female member.
  • 14 August: Pakistan became independent. Quaid-a-Azam took oath as the first Governor General of Pakistan. Liaqat Ali Khan took oath as the first Prime minister of Pakistan. This is followed by the migration of 10 million people, Muslims to Pakistan, Hindus and Sikhs to India .
  • 18 August: The Nawab Mohammad Mahabat Khanji III, ruler of the Princely state of Junagadh, and other small states of Bantva, Manavadar and Sardargadh, of the Kathiawar Peninsula despite an overall Hindu majority of the population all acceded to the Dominion of Pakistan, this was influenced by Shah Nawaz Bhutto the Dewan of the state. In response, the Dominion of India claimed that the accession was invalid and demanded a plebiscite . Pakistan agreed, on condition that votes also be held in Hyderabad State and Kashmir and Jammu; India rejected this proposal and also refused to allow the Government of Pakistan any role in administering a plebiscite. It was followed by Indian invasion of junagarh .
  • 30 September: Pakistan becomes a member of the UN by a unanimous vote of the Security Council.
  • October: 1947 Poonch rebellion against Maharaja of Kashmir ends with rebel victory and Azad Kashmir is formed.
  • 3 October:
  • The Nawab (or Ameer) of Bahawalpur, Sadeq Mohammad Khan V, acceded his state to Pakistan.
  • The state of Khairpur also acceded to Pakistan.
  • 6 October: The Mehtar of Chitral, Muzaffar-ul-Mulk, acceded his state to Pakistan.Kuldip Singh Bajwa, Jammu and Kashmir War, 1947-1948 (2003), p. 141
  • 22 October: Battle of Muzaffarabad ends in a Pakistani victory and Muzaffarabad is made the capital of Azad Kashmir.
  • 27 October: Indian Air troops land in Kashmir as the Maharajah declares accession of Kashmir to India.
  • November: Operation Datta Khel is carried out. Gilgit is annexed into Pakistan.
  • 3 November:
  • The Wāli of Swat, Miangul Abdul Wadud, acceded his state to Pakistan.
  • Hunza, a small princely state to the north of Jammu and Kashmir acceded to Pakistan.
  • Battle of Badgam ends in an Indian victory.
  • 7 November: Battle of Shalateng ends in an Indian victory.
  • 18 November: Nagar, a small valley state to the north of Kashmir acceded to Pakistan.
  • 27 December: A Douglas C-48C (VT-AUG) of Air India crashed into Korangi Creek en route from Karachi to Bombay, killing all 23 onboard (4 crew and 19 passengers). The crash was found to have been the result of poor visibility during night hours and the instrument lights not working, with serious fault assigned to the captain. The crash was Pakistan's first deadly airliner crash.{{Cite web |title=ASN Aircraft accident Douglas C-48C (DC-3) VT-AUG Korangi Creek |url=https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19471227-0 |access-date=2023-07-14 |website=aviation-safety.net}}
  • 31 December:'
  • Muhammad Farid Khan, Nawab of Amb, acceded to Pakistan.
  • Khanate of Phulra acceded to Pakistan.

== 1948 ==

  • 1 January: UNO cease-fire orders to operate in Kashmir. War stops accordingly.
  • 8 February: The Nawab of Dir, Sir Nawab Shah Jahan Khan acceded to Pakistan.
  • 11 February: The outposts at Tsari established by Col Thapa as an external defence and warning for Skardu garrison is defeated in an assault led by Gilgit scouts{{Cite book |last=Dani |first=Ahmad Hasan |url=http://archive.org/details/kululahoul0000bruc |title=History of northern areas of Pakistan |date=1989 |publisher=Islamabad : National Institute of Historical and Cultural Research |others=Internet Archive |pages=378-380 |language=en}}
  • 24 February: Referendum approves Junagadh's accession to India.
  • 11 February: Siege of Skardu begins.
  • 25 February: Junagadh's Accession to India in effect
  • 17 March:
  • Las Bela's ruler Ghulam Qadir Khan (1920–1988) acceded to Pakistan.
  • Makran acceded to Pakistan
  • 27 Marc: Kalat acceded to Pakistan after the 'strange help' of All India Radio and a period of negotiations and bureaucratic tactics used by Pakistan.{{cite news|title=The princely India|author=Yaqoob Khan Bangash |url=http://tns.thenews.com.pk/the-princely-india/ |date=10 May 2015 |newspaper=The News on Sunday |access-date=25 December 2015 |archive-date=25 December 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151225043014/http://tns.thenews.com.pk/the-princely-india/#.WNR5woWcHIV}}
  • 1 May: Indo-Pakistani War of 1947, Pakistan enters war on behalf of Kashmir against India.
  • 29 June: Operation Eraze is successfully executed by Indian forces.
  • 1 July: Quaid-e-Azam inaugurated the State Bank of Pakistan.
  • July: First Balochistan conflict Princes Karim Khan and Muhammad Rahim started a rebellion against Pakistan led the Dosht-e Jhalawan (numbering around 1000 militants), they captured Jhalawan{{cite web|url=https://go.gale.com/ps/i.do?id=GALE%7CA557735252&sid=googleScholar&v=2.1&it=r&linkaccess=abs&issn=18196462&p=AONE&sw=w&userGroupName=anon%7E947a5920&aty=open-web-entry|title =Kalati and Insurgency in Balochistan}} and started unconventional attacks on the army.{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=NSwauwAACAAJ|title= The Khanate of Kalat and the Genesis of Baluch Nationalism|date= 2 August 2012|publisher= OUP Pakistan|isbn= 978-0-19-906592-9}}
  • 24 July: Battle of Pandu ends in a Pakistani victory.
  • 14 August: Siege of Skardu ends in a Pakistani victory.
  • 1948: Waziristan rebellion (1948-1954) The Faqir of Ipi supported by Afghanistan took control of North Waziristan's Datta Khel area and declared the establishment of an independent Pashtunistan.
  • 11 September: Muhammad Ali Jinnah, the first governor general of Pakistan, passes away.
  • November: Operation Bison ends in an Indian victory.

== 1949 ==

= 1950s =

== 1950 ==

  • 8 April: Liaquat and Nehru sign the Liaquat-Nehru Pact.
  • 5 June: PC Pak Search Sudhan Operation is launched against Sudhan tribal insurgents.
  • 11 July: Pakistan joins the International Monetary Fund and World Bank.
  • September 30: Afghan troops cross into the Chaman District, before they are defeated and repulsed in just six days.{{Cite web |title=The Forgotten History of Afghanistan-Pakistan Relations |url=https://www.yalejournal.org/publications/the-forgotten-history-of-afghanistan-pakistan-relations?format=amp |access-date=2023-11-26 |website=www.yalejournal.org}}
  • 1950: Princes Karim Khan and Muhammad Rahim surrender themselves to Pakistani authorities ending the First Balochistan conflict.

== 1951 ==

== 1952 ==

== 1953 ==

== 1954 ==

  • 2 April: Pakistan forms an alliance with Turkey which, although not including military cooperation, opens the way to the Middle-East alliance due to its allowance of the entry of other nations.
  • 19 May: Pakistan and the United States sign a Mutual Defense Assistance Agreement.
  • 7 August: Government of Pakistan approves the National Anthem, written by Abu Al-Asar Hafeez Jalandhari and composed by Ahmed G. Chagla.
  • 21 September: Constituent Assembly unanimously passes the resolution in favour of Urdu and Bengali as national languages.
  • 24 October: Malik Ghulam Muhammad dissolved first constitutional assembly.
  • 1954: Mehar Dil Khan Khattak, commander in chief of Pashtunistan armed forces, surrendered to the Pakistani authorities.{{Cite web|url=https://nation.com.pk/25-Aug-2019/past-in-perspective|title=Past in Perspective|date=2019-08-24|website=The Nation|language=en|access-date=2020-04-24}}

== 1955 ==

== 1956 ==

  • 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
  • March 23: Iskander Mirza becomes the first President of Pakistan.{{cite web |title=Iskander Mirza Becomes President [1956]|url=http://www.storyofpakistan.com/articletext.asp?artid=A062|website=Story of Pakistan |access-date=5 February 2022|date = June 2003}}
  • September: Huseyn Shaheed Suhrawardy becomes Prime Minister of Pakistan.
  • 20 September: Treaty of Baral is signed with Sudhan insurgents ending the PC Pak Search Sudhan Operation.

== 1957 ==

== 1958 ==

  • June 9: Gen Muhammad Ayub Khan's term as the Commander-in-Chief of the Pakistan Army extended by PM Feroz Khan Noon on request of President Mirza
  • June 25: Presidential rule imposed in East Pakistan
  • August: Second Balochistan conflict begins when the palace guards of Ahmad of Kalat attack deputy commissioner. It is followed by Pakistan army's bombardment and assault on Kalat palace and arrest of Ahmad of Kalat. Protests against the government break out in Balochistan.
  • August 7: 1958 East Pakistan-India Border Clashes, Armed skirmishes between East Pakistan and India took place between troops of the East Pakistan Rifles (EPR) and the Indian Army in the small village of Lakshmipur, located in Sylhet District
  • October 6: All powers of Ahmad of Kalat are stripped off and he is jailed in Lahore.
  • October 7: Iskander Mirza abrogates the constitution and enforces martial law. General Ayub Khan is named Chief Martial Law Administrator (CMLA). Political parties are banned.
  • October 27: Ayub and his Cabinet takes oaths. In a dramatic turn of events late night, President Iskander Mirza resigned, giving over his office to Gen Ayub Khan. Ayub now becomes the country's 2nd President. He remained Prime Minister for around 13 hours only, thus becoming the shortest-serving Premier in the history of the country so far.

== 1958 ==

== 1959 ==

= 1960s =

== 1960 ==

  • 1960: Ayub Khan becomes first elected president.
  • 1960: Nauroz Khan and his followers surrender to Pakistani authorities concluding the Second Balochistan conflict.
  • 1 May: The U-2 Incident begins when an American U-2 spy plane, piloted by Francis Gary Powers, is shot down by Soviet Air Defence Forces. The clandestine flight had taken off from the U.S. base at Badaber near Peshawar, Pakistan.
  • 1 August: Islamabad is declared as the principal seat of the Government of Pakistan.
  • 19 September: Pakistan and India sign the Indus Waters Treaty, brokered by the World Bank.
  • September: Bajaur Campaign, Afghan troops and irregulars invade Bajaur district but they are repulsed by Pakistani tribesmen and airforce.
  • September: Dir campaign, Afghan troops and irregulars enter into Dir to support Nawab of Dir against a Pakistan backed revolt. Afghan forces are repulsed and 200 soldiers of Nawab are killed.
  • 10 October: A severe cyclone hits Noakhali and Chittagong districts of East Pakistan, killing more than 5,000 people.{{cite journal |title=Developments of the Quarter: Comment and Chronology |journal=Middle East Journal |date=Winter 1961 |volume=15 |issue=1 |page=59 |jstor=4323316}}
  • 31 October: A cyclone more powerful than that which hit on 10 October sweeps across East Pakistan, killing 14,174 people.{{cite journal |title=Chronology September 1st to November 30th |journal=Pakistan Horizon |date=Fourth Quarter 1960 |volume=13 |issue=4 |page=362 |jstor=41394561}}{{cite book |title=Chronology of Important Events During Six Years of the Revolutionary Government in Pakistan, October 1958-June 1964 |year=1965 |publisher=Pakistan Publications |page=44 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=kkRZ9aqogQ0C |oclc=21661424}}
  • October: Dir campaign, Pakistani special forces carry out a coup against Nawab Jahan khan of Dir, he is arrested and exiled. A constitutional government is established.

== 1961 ==

  • 6 May 1961: Constitution Commission, appointed by President Ayub Khan, presents its report, specifying pinpoints the failures of parliamentary government in Pakistan.

== 1962 ==

  • April: Elections for the National{{cite book |last1=Sengupta |first1=Nitish K. |title=Land of Two Rivers: A History of Bengal from the Mahabharata to Mujib |date=2011 |publisher=Penguin Books India |isbn=978-0-14-341678-4 |page=526 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=kVSh_TyJ0YoC |access-date=22 February 2024 |language=en}} and provincial assembly were held on the basis of Basic Democracies.
  • 8 June: 1962 Constitution is promulgated. National Assembly elected. Ayub Khan takes oath of first President of Pakistan under new constitution.
  • July: the National Assembly passes the Political Parties Act,{{cite book |title=Area Handbook for Pakistan |date=1965 |publisher=U.S. Government Printing Office |page=288 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=O7lAAAAAIAAJ |access-date=22 February 2024 |language=en}} legalizing the formation of political parties.

== 1963 ==

== 1964 ==

  • 2 January: Fatima Jinnah lost the presidential elections, Ayub completes the second term.
  • 2 January: Anti-Hindu riots begin in Khulna, East Pakistan. They and reciprocal riots in Calcutta would fuel waves of communal violence on either side of the border over the next few months killing thousands.
  • 1 June: Pakistan acquires from the United States its first submarine, the PNS Ghazi
  • 22 July: The heads of state of Iran, Pakistan and Turkey issue a joint communique from Istanbul, establishing the Regional Cooperation for Development (RCD).
  • 26 November: The country's first television station goes on air in Lahore, operated on a pilot basis by Nippon Electric Company.{{cite book |editor1-last=French |editor1-first=David |editor2-last=Richards |editor2-first=Michael |title=Television in contemporary Asia |year=2000 |publisher=Sage |isbn=978-0-7619-9469-5 |page=349}}

== 1965 ==

== 1966 ==

  • 10 January: Pakistan and India sign the Tashkent Declaration to end hostilities.
  • 5 February: Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, general secretary of the East Pakistan Awami League, announces the Six Point Program calling for limiting the federal government to defence and foreign affairs.{{cite book |last1=Khan |first1=Sonia Zaman |title=The politics and law of democratic transition: caretaker government in Bangladesh |year=2018 |publisher=Routledge |isbn=978-0-415-31230-1 |page=88}}

== 1967 ==

== 1968 ==

== 1969 ==

= 1970s =

== 1970 ==

  • 6 August: A Pakistan International Airlines F27 enters a steep dive and crashes about three minutes after a night takeoff from Rawalpindi in poor weather. All four crew members and 26 passengers are killed.
  • 12 November: East Pakistan: The Bhola cyclone devastates East Pakistan and Eastern India, resulting in extreme loss of life.{{cite book |last1=Saban |first1=Liza Ireni |title=Disaster Emergency Management: The Emergence of Professional Help Services for Victims of Natural Disasters |date=12 June 2014 |publisher=State University of New York Press |isbn=978-1-4384-5244-9 |page=21 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZkXSAwAAQBAJ |access-date=22 February 2024 |language=en}} 300,000 to 500,000 people are killed.
  • 7 December: 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.
  • 30 December: A Pakistan International Airlines F27 crashes about {{convert|300|ft|m|abbr=off|sp=us}} short of the Shamshernagar Airport runway. Seven of the 31 passengers are killed.

== 1971 ==

  • 1 March: General Yahya Khan calls off the session of National Council to be held on 3 March in a radio address.{{cite web |url=http://www.liberationwarmuseumbd.org/%E0%A7%A7-%E0%A6%AE%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B0%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%9A-%E0%A7%A7%E0%A7%AF%E0%A7%AD%E0%A7%A7/ |title=March 1, 1971 |website=Liberation War Museum |access-date=9 June 2019}}
  • 7 March: Sheikh Mujibur Rahman announces informal independence of Bangladesh
  • 9 March: Workers of Chittagong port refuse to unload weapons from the ship 'Swat'.
  • 16 March: Yahya Khan starts negotiation with Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.
  • 19 March: Nearly 200 people are injured at Jaydevpur during clashes between protesters and the Pakistan Army.{{cite web |url=http://www.liberationwarmuseumbd.org/march-19-1971/ |title=March 19, 1971 |website=Liberation War Museum |access-date=9 June 2019}}
  • 24 March: The Pakistan Army opens fire on Bengali protesters in Syedpur and Rangpur. About 150 people are killed.{{cite web |url=http://www.liberationwarmuseumbd.org/march-24-1971/ |title=March 24, 1971 |website=Liberation War Museum |access-date=17 December 2021}}
  • 25-26 March: Pakistan Army starts crackdown on Bengali populace in the form of Operation Searchlight,{{cite book |last=Salik |first=Siddiq |year=1978 |orig-year=First published 1977 |title=Witness to Surrender |publisher=Oxford University Press |page=90 |isbn=0-19-577257-1}} starting Bangladesh liberation war.
  • 26 March 1971: Sheikh Mujibur Rahman is arrested by the Pakistani army.[http://www.defencejournal.com/sept98/wayitwas1.htm Brig.Zahir Alam Khan memoir "The Way it Was"]{{cite book |last1=Gupta |first1=Jyoti Sen |year=1974 |title=History of freedom movement in Bangladesh, 1943–1973 |publisher=Naya Prokash |page=278 |oclc=891183528 |quote=It was past midnight ... the Pakistani Major looked up at Begum Mujib and said: 'Sorry, we are taking him away'.}}
  • 27 March: Santahar massacre committed by the Mukhti Bahini
  • 31 March: Kushtia resistance begins.
  • 2 April: Jinjira massacre.
  • 10 April: A provisional Bangladesh government-in-exile is formed.
  • 18 April: Battle of Daruin, Comilla and Battle of Rangamati-Mahalchari waterway, take place in Chittagong Hill Tracts.
  • 25 April: Operation Jackpot started by Mukti Bahini
  • 5 May: Gopalpur massacre.{{cite news |title=Locals still have nightmare about supreme sacrifices of Lt. Azim, 200 others |url=http://nation.ittefaq.com/issues/2009/05/08/all0769.htm |work=The New Nation |date=8 May 2009}}
  • 15 May: Indian army starts aiding Mukti Bahini.{{cite book |last=Islam |first=Rafiqul |year=1981 |title=A Tale of Millions |publisher=Bangladesh Books International |page=211 |oclc=499426590}}
  • 20 May: The Chuknagar massacre takes place at Khulna where the Pakistan army kills nearly 10 thousand people
  • 16 August: Operation Jackpot, Bangladesh naval commando operation concludes.
  • 20 August: Flight Lieutenant Matiur Rahman's attempt to defect by hijacking a fighter foiled by Rashid Minhas.
  • 30 August: Pakistan Army starts crackdown on Dhaka guerrillas.Jahanara Imam, Ekatturer Dinguli
  • 5 September: Battle of Goalhati.
  • 13 October: Dhaka guerrillas kill Abdul Monem Khan, governor of East Pakistan.
  • 28 October-3 November: Battle of Dhalai
  • 31 October-3 November: Battle of Dhalai: Allied attack from Tripura into East Pakistan to stop Pakistani cross-border shelling.
  • 16 November: Battle of Ajmiriganj, an 18-hour encounter between Mukti Bahini and Pakistan army.
  • 14 November-4 December: Battle of Kamalpur{{cite book |last1=Singh |first1=Sukhwant |year=1980 |title=India's Wars Since Independence |volume=1 |location=New Delhi |publisher=Vikas Publishing House |page=190 |isbn=0-7069-1057-5}}{{cite book |last=Cloughley |first=Brian |year=2006 |orig-year=First published 1999 |title=A History of the Pakistan Army: Wars and Insurrections |edition=3rd |publisher=Oxford University Press |page=179 |isbn=978-0-19-547334-6}}
  • 20-21 November: Battle of Garibpur.
  • 22 November-16 December: Battle of Hilli.
  • 3 December: Bangladesh Air Force destroys Pakistani oil depots.{{cite news |script-title=bn:মুক্তিযুদ্ধে বিমান |trans-title=Airplanes of liberation war |work=Prothom Alo |date=25 December 2009 |language=bn}}
  • 3 December: Pakistani pre-emptive airstrikes in India. As a result, India declares war against Pakistan starting Indo-Pakistani war of 1971.{{Cite web |date=2020-01-02 |title=India-Pakistan 1971 war: 13 days that shook the subcontinent |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/explained/india-pakistan-1971-war-bangladesh-indira-gandhi-4429236/ |access-date=2022-06-30 |website=The Indian Express |language=en}}
  • 3-6 December: Battle of Chamb; Pakistan attacks and takes over part of southern Kashmir from India.
  • 4 December: Battle of Longewala; India stops a Pakistani invasion directed at Jaisalmer.
  • 4-5 December: Battle of Gazipur in which Indian Army and Mukti Bahini captured Gazipur.
  • 5 December: Battle of Basantar; India captures the Shakargarh Salient.
  • 7-16 December: Battle of Sylhet.
  • 8 December: Operation Python, Indian naval attacks on Karachi.
  • 9 December:
  • Battle of Kushtia
  • Meghna Heli Bridge captured from Pakistan
  • 10 December: Two Bangladeshi ships sunk mistakenly by an Indian air attack.
  • 11 December:
  • Tangail Airdrop
  • USS Enterprise is deployed by the US Navy in the Bay of Bengal to intimidate the Indian Navy.
  • 13 December 1971: Soviet Navy deploys a group of warships to counter Enterprise. The Enterprise moves towards Southeast Asia, averting a confrontation.
  • 14 December: Selective genocide of Bengali nationalist intellectuals.
  • 16 December: End of the Bangladesh Liberation War. Mitro Bahini takes Dhaka. Approximately 93,000 troops of Pakistan Armed Forces surrenders to Mitro Bahini represented by Jagjit Singh Aurora of the Indian Army faction of the military coalition.
  • 20 December: Yahya Khan resigns.

== 1972 ==

== 1973 ==

== 1974 ==

  • 1974: Pakistan recognised Bangladesh.[http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/static/in_depth/south_asia/2002/india_pakistan/timeline/1971.stm The 1971 war - BBC]
  • 27 May: 1974 Anti-Ahmadiyya riots result in the death of 27 Ahmadiyyas and declaration of Ahmadiyyas as non Muslim.
  • September: Largest battle between Pakistani troops and Baloch insurgents.

== 1975 ==

== 1976 ==

  • 1976: Pakistan begins diplomatic relations with Bangladesh.{{Cite journal |last=Noor |first=Sanam |date=2005 |title=Outstanding Issues between Pakistan and Bangladesh |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/41394082 |journal=Pakistan Horizon |volume=58 |issue=1 |pages=47–60 |jstor=41394082 |issn=0030-980X}}
  • 3-10 September: 1976 Dir rebellion is crushed, 300 people are killed.
  • 1976: Baloch insurgents, due to lack of ammunition start fleeing.

== 1977 ==

== 1978 ==

== 1979 ==

= 1980s =

== 1980 ==

  • 1980: The United States pledges military assistance to Pakistan following Soviet intervention in Afghanistan.
  • 1 March: Pakistan Soviet air confrontations, A Soviet Ilyushin Il-26 entered Pakistani airspace and was intercepted by PAF Squadron 15 but the pilots were instructed not to engage.
  • 23 March: 1980 Pakistan coup attempt, a plot by Maj. Gen. Tajammul Hussain Malik to assassinate Zia-ul-Haq on Pakistan Day on March 23, 1980, was exposed and thwarted.{{cite book|title=The Story Of My Struggle|author=Tajammul Hussain Malik|publisher=Jang Publishers|pages=220–280|year=1991}}{{cite book|title=World Focus, Volume 2|publisher=H.S. Chhabra|year=1981}}
  • 26 May: Establishment of Federal Shariat Court is announced.

== 1981 ==

  • 2 March: Pakistan International Airlines Flight 326 is hijacked by armed men belonging to Al-Zulfiqar.{{Cite web |last=Ranter |first=Harro |title=ASN Aircraft accident Boeing 720-030B AP-AZP Kabul, Damascus |url=https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19810302-1 |access-date=2022-03-25 |website=aviation-safety.net}}
  • 23 March: Provisional constitutional order enforced, replacing the 1973 constitution.

== 1982 ==

  • 1982: Pakistan builds its first workable nuclear device.[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/3015085.stm Have nuclear weapons made South Asia safer?]

== 1983 ==

  • 12 February: 1983 women's march, Lahore, 50 women are arrested
  • August–September: Movement for the Restoration of Democracy arranges nationwide protests against Zia ul Haq.
  • 1983: The first F-16 supplied by the US to Pakistan Air Force (PAF).
  • 11 March: Kirana-I, Pakistan conduct cold test of a nuclear device, proving the state as one of recognized nuclear weapons state. The test was not announced publicly until 1998.
  • December 31: The 7.2 {{M|b}} Hindu Kush earthquake affects northern Afghanistan and Pakistan with a maximum Mercalli intensity of VII (Very strong), killing 12–26 and injuring 60–483.

== 1984 ==

== 1985 ==

  • 28 February: General elections held; Muhammad Khan Junejo becomes prime minister.
  • 26–27 April: Badaber uprising by Soviet and Afghan POWs near Peshawar is crushed.
  • 1985: KHAD-KGB campaign in Pakistan is started by KGB and KHAD, Hathora murders in Karachi begin
  • 1985: Anti Pashtun violence in Karachi kills more than 100.{{cite book |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=E9LQAAAAMAAJ&q=1985+massacre+karachi |title= Ecological Bases of Social Violence in Pakistan |author=Tarique Niazi |date=1997 |publisher=University of Wisconsin--Madison }}
  • August: Mujahideen under the command of Pakistani ISI brigadier general Mohammad Yousuf start Raids inside Soviet union
  • 31 December: Martial Law is lifted, amended 1973 Constitution revived.

== 1986 ==

  • February: Pakistan Soviet air confrontations, PAF fighters intercepted a couple of Mig-21s.
  • 1986:Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto's daughter Benazir returns from exile to lead the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) in a campaign for fresh elections.
  • April: During the Second Battle of Zhawar, an Afghan aerial assault group accidentally landed inside Pakistan. 120 personnel and 6 Mi-8 were captured by Pakistani forces.
  • 29 April: Pakistan Soviet air confrontations, the Afghan Air Force claimed to have shot down a Pakistani Air Force F-16.
  • 17 May: Pakistan Soviet air confrontations, Pakistan Air Force claimed to have destroyed two Su-22M3K belonging to Afghan Air Force (1978-1992), DRAAF confirmed loss of one.
  • 5 September: Pan Am Flight 73,{{cite book |title=Implementation of the Aviation Security Improvement Act of 1990: Hearing Before the Subcommittee on Aviation, Committee on Public Works and Transportation, House of Representatives, One Hundred Second Congress, First Session, July 24, 1991 |date=1991 |publisher=U.S. Government Printing Office |isbn=978-0-16-037037-3 |page=192 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vWQqAAAAMAAJ&dq=Pan+Am+Flight+73+1986+september+5&pg=PA192 |access-date=24 February 2024 |language=en}} with 358 people on board, is hijacked at Karachi International Airport by four Abu Nidal terrorists.
  • 14 December: Qasba Aligarh massacre,{{cite news |last1=Ayub |first1=Imran |title=KARACHI: Ghosts of 1986 massacre haunt Aligarh Colony residents |url=https://www.dawn.com/news/334083/karachi-ghosts-of-1986-massacre-haunt-aligarh-colonyresidents |access-date=24 February 2024 |work=DAWN.COM |date=14 December 2008 |language=en}} violence against Muhajirs by newly settled Pashtuns from KPK, Pakistan and Afghanistan.

== 1987 ==

  • 16 April: Pakistan Soviet air confrontations, PAF shot down an Afghan Su-22.
  • 30 March: Pakistan Soviet air confrontations PAF shot down a Soviet An-26.
  • June–July: Operation Rajiv ends in an Indian victory.
  • 14 July: 1987 Karachi car bombing killed 72 and wounded 250.
  • 1987: In a clash with Soviet aircraft one PAF F-16 was due to friendly fire.
  • September: In aerial dogfights one Soviet Mig-23 is damaged and two are allegedly destroyed.
  • September: Operation Vajrasakti / Qaidat, two expeditions by Pakistani and Indian forces in siachen. Combat results in an Indian victory.
  • September 20 At least 5 people were killed and 16 injured when a bomb exploded in a bus station in Rawalpindi.
  • 1987: KHAD-KGB campaign in Pakistan, Bomb blast on the US consulate in Peshawar killed 30.

== 1988 ==

  • 20 January: Prominent Pashtun leader Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan dies in Peshawar.
  • 10 April: Ojhri Camp disaster, Army ammunition blown up in Ojhri camp, Rawalpindi; more than 100 people die.
  • 29 May: Zia dismisses Junejo's government;
  • 8 August: Pakistan Soviet air confrontations, Colonel Alexander Rutskoy's Sukhoi Su-25 was shot down by PAF.
  • 14 August: Pakistan signs the Geneva Accords (1988) with Afghanistan under the mediation of United States and Soviet union respectively.
  • 17 August: General Zia-ul-Haq is killed in a plane crash near Bahawalpur.
  • 30 September: 1988 Hyderabad massacre
  • 31 September: Anti-Sindhi violence kills more than 200 Sindhis in Karachi and Hyderabad .{{Cite book|last=Verkaaik|first=Oskar|url=http://worldcat.org/oclc/1043701861|title=Migrants and militants: fun and urban violence in Pakistan|date=5 June 2018 |publisher=Princeton University Press |isbn=978-0-691-18771-6|oclc=1043701861}}
  • 3 November: Pakistan Soviet air confrontations, An Afghan Su-24 was shot down by PAF.
  • 16 November: New elections held; Benazir Bhutto becomes prime minister after 1988 Pakistani general election
  • 1988: ISI personnel start Operation Midnight Jackal against Benazir Bhutto.
  • December 10: An Antonov An-26 of Ariana Afghan Airlines was shot down in Pakistani territory by Pakistani fighters on a passenger flight from Khost to Kabul, killing all 25 occupants. Pakistan denied the shooting.{{Cite web |title=ASN Aircraft accident Antonov An-26 registration unknown |url=https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19881210-0 |access-date=2023-07-14 |website=aviation-safety.net}}

== 1989 ==

= 1990s =

== 1990 ==

  • 4 January: Sukkur rail disaster, more than 300 people are killed
  • 10 January: 11th Afghan SCUD attacks in Pakistan
  • 1990: Clashes between Muhajirs and Sindhis lead to the death of 190 civilians{{Cite book |last=Siddiqi |first=Farhan Hanif |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=tDb6i9x1FKgC&dq=pucca+qila&pg=PA110 |title=The Politics of Ethnicity in Pakistan: The Baloch, Sindhi and Mohajir Ethnic Movements |date=2012 |publisher=Routledge |isbn=978-0-415-68614-3 |language=en}}{{cite book |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=dwUBCwAAQBAJ&dq=mqm+pashtuns&pg=PT244|quote=MQM's armed wings got involved in this clash, and did so when it flared again in 1990, in which 130 Sindhis were killed. |author= Yamini Narayanan |title=Religion and Urbanism: Reconceptualising sustainable cities for South |date=19 November 2015 |publisher=Routledge |isbn=9781317755418 }}
  • 7 May: 21 people were killed and 30 injured in a train bombing near Lahore.https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1499&dat=19900507&id=SmoaAAAAIBAJ&sjid=FCwEAAAAIBAJ&pg=1870,8131026&hl=en{{dead link|date=August 2016}}{{cite news|title=21 Killed, 30 Injured as Bomb Blasts Train|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1990-05-07-mn-106-story.html|access-date=17 August 2016|work=Los Angeles Times|date=7 May 1990|language=en}}
  • 18 May: — 10 people were killed and 54 wounded in a bomb blast in Lahore.{{cite news|title=10 Killed, 54 Hurt as Blast Rips Lahore|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1990-05-19-mn-239-story.html|access-date=21 August 2016|work=Los Angeles Times|date=19 May 1990|location=Pakistan|language=en}}
  • 26-27 May: Pucca Qila Massacre, about 200 muhajirs are killed massacre is stopped by military intervention.
  • 14 June: 12th Afghan SCUD attacks in Pakistan
  • 16 July: 43 people were killed and 110 injured in 7 bomb explosions in Hyderabad, Sindh.{{cite news|title=Bombings in Pakistan City leave at least 43 dead|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1915&dat=19900716&id=SYYjAAAAIBAJ&sjid=cXYFAAAAIBAJ&pg=6504,3123868&hl=en|access-date=17 August 2016|work=The Day|agency=Associated Press|date=July 16, 1990|location=Hyderabad, Pakistan|page=C5|language=en}}
  • 26 June: 13th Afghan SCUD attacks in Pakistan
  • 2 August: Gulf war starts, Pakistan joins the coalition to protect Kuwait.
  • 6 August: President Ghulam Ishaq Khan dismisses Benazir Bhutto government; Mian Nawaz Sharif becomes the next prime minister
  • 13 September: 14th Afghan SCUD attacks in Pakistan
  • 24 October: 1990 Pakistani general election
  • 20 November: 15th Afghan SCUD attacks in Pakistan
  • 28 November: Last Afghan SCUD attacks in Pakistan
  • 1990: Mehrangate is exposed.

== 1991 ==

  • 1991: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif begins economic liberalisation programme.
  • 16 May: Islamic Shariah law formally incorporated into legal code.
  • December: A train travelling from Karachi to Lahore hits a parked freight train at Ghotki, killing over 100 of the 800 passengers.[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/3650835.stm World's worst rail disasters - BBC News]

== 1992 ==

== 1993 ==

  • 7 March: Political groups from Afghanistan sign the Islamabad Accord in Pakistan, forming a coalition until elections can be held.{{Cite web |url=http://dosfan.lib.uic.edu/ERC/democracy/1993_hrp_report/93hrp_report_sasia/Afghanistan.html |title=Afghanistan Human Rights Practices, 1993 – U.S. Department of State |access-date=10 February 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080807175335/http://dosfan.lib.uic.edu/ERC/democracy/1993_hrp_report/93hrp_report_sasia/Afghanistan.html |archive-date=7 August 2008 |url-status=dead }}[http://www.ucdp.uu.se/gpdatabase/peace/Afg%2019930307.pdf Afghan Peace Accord (Islamabad Accords)]
  • 2 April: The Pakistan government vows to crack down on Arab militants.{{cite news|first=Kathy|last=Gannon|url=https://apnews.com/0e9e08e33bdf8d2d18e3ebc7b826c401|title=Pakistan vows to expel thousands of Arab militants|location=Islamabad|publisher=Associated Press|date=2 April 1993|access-date=13 July 2014}}
  • 8 April: After a crack down on illegal immigrants, hundreds of Arab nationals are arrested on suspected links to Islamic militants.{{cite news|first=Kathy|last=Gannon|url=https://apnews.com/46bc541467e8a0703ce3ee1f5d6afe8b|title=Pakistan cracks down on illegal Arabs|location=Islamabad|publisher=Associated Press|date=7 April 1993|access-date=13 July 2014}}
  • 5 June: June 1993 attack on Pakistani military in Somalia, 25 Pakistani troops are massacred by SNA.
  • 13 June: June 1993 UN killings of Somali protestors, In response to attack on Pakistani military, Pakistani troops open fire on Somali civilians killing 20.
  • 16 June: Bosnian Muslim refugees leave Croatia for Pakistan.{{cite news|first=Jasmina|last=Kuzmanovic|url=https://apnews.com/94ea8a514be5be58dd08718f6455704c|title=Bosnian Muslim refugees to leave Croatia for Pakistan|publisher=Associated Press|date=16 June 1993|location=Promajna, Croatia|access-date=13 July 2014}}
  • 18 July: President Ghulam Ishaq Khan and Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif both resign under pressure from military. Benazir Bhutto becomes prime minister for the second time.
  • August–October: Pakistan participates in Operation Gothic Serpent but coalition is forced to withdraw.
  • 3-4 October: Pakistan participates in Battle of Mogadishu (1993) but coalition is forced to withdraw.

== 1994 ==

  • May–June: Start of MQM insurrection (1994-present), 750 people are killed in riots{{cite book |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=qTDfAQAAQBAJ&dq=mqm+massacre&pg=PA350 |title= Palan Wars| author= George Childs Kohn |date=2013 |publisher= Routledge|isbn= 9781135954949}}{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=r9WCDwAAQBAJ&dq=mqm+rocket+launchers&pg=PA100 |title= The Metacolonial State:Pakistan, Critical Ontology, and the Biopolitical Horizons of Political Islam |author=Najeeb A. Jan |date=2019 |page=100 |publisher= John Wiley & Sons |isbn= 9781118979396 }}
  • 1 November: Malakand insurrection (1994-1995) by Islamist militants begins.
  • 1994: MQM insurrection (1994-present), General Naseerullah Babar started an operation against MQM.{{Cite web|url=https://www.thenews.com.pk/print/28991-majors-kidnapping-jinnahpur-1992-1994-anti-mqm-operations|title=Major's kidnapping, Jinnahpur, 1992, 1994 anti-MQM operations|website=www.thenews.com.pk|access-date=2017-01-01}}

== 1995 ==

  • 9 January – 3 March 1995: Pakistan navy participates in Operation United Shield in Somalia.
  • May: Siachen conflict, Battle of Tyakshi Post ends in an Indian victory.
  • 19 June: Malakand insurrection (1994-1995) ends after implementation of Sharia law in Malakand Division.
  • July: The Pakistani embassy in Kabul is attacked.[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/837211.stm Pakistan embassy attacked again]
  • October: 1995 Pakistani coup attempt is foiled and coup plotters are arrested.
  • 19 November: Attack on the Egyptian Embassy in Pakistan kills 13.
  • 1995: As a part of Second MQM insurrection, more than 2000 people are killed in 1995{{cite journal |url= https://quod.lib.umich.edu/j/jii/4750978.0004.108/--battlefields-of-karachi-ethnicity-violence-and-the-state?rgn=main;view=fulltext |title= The Battlefields of Karachi: Ethnicity, Violence and the State |author=Vazira Fazila-Yacoobali |journal= Journal of the International Institute |date=1996 |volume= 4 |issue= 1 |publisher=The Journal of the International Institute: Volume 4, Issue 1 }}
  • 21 December: — 1995 Peshawar bombing: At least 25 people were killed and 100 wounded.

== 1996 ==

  • 28 April: Bhai Pheru bus bombing: 50 people were killed and 26 injured
  • 22 July: A briefcase bomb killed 9 and wounded 20 people in the old terminal of Lahore International Airport{{cite news|title=Briefcase bomb kills 9 at Pakistani airport terminal|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=336&dat=19960722&id=L-ZHAAAAIBAJ&sjid=ruwDAAAAIBAJ&pg=1637,3574069&hl=en|access-date=13 September 2016|work=The Deseret News|agency=AP|date=July 22, 1996|location=LAHORE, Pakistan|page=1 (A1)|language=en}}
  • 5 November: President Farooq Leghari dismisses Bhutto government.
  • 1996: Second operation against MQM is called off.

== 1997 ==

== 1998 ==

  • March 10: — On the Tuesday morning, a bomb blast occurred on Walton railway station, in a Lahore-bound train killed at least 10 and wounding more than 80 people.{{cite news|author1=Munir Ahmed|title=Pakistan Train Bomb Kills 10 People|url=https://apnews.com/c1cfed35ffdf4c0e101a6bc1fc074349|access-date=13 September 2016|work=www.apnewsarchive.com|agency=Associated Press|date=March 10, 1998|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160913120959/http://www.apnewsarchive.com/1998/Pakistan-Train-Bomb-Kills-10-People/id-c1cfed35ffdf4c0e101a6bc1fc074349|archive-date=September 13, 2016|location=Lahore, Pakistan|language=en}}{{cite news|title=10 killed by bomb on train|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1955&dat=19980310&id=X5EjAAAAIBAJ&sjid=06YFAAAAIBAJ&pg=4175,211395&hl=en|access-date=9 August 2016|work=Reading Eagle|date=March 10, 1998|location=Lahore, Pakistan|page=A3 (2)|language=en}}
  • May 28: The first nuclear test — Codename Chagai-I was conducted and supervised by the PAEC at Ras Koh Chaghi, Baluchistan.
  • May 30: The second nuclear test Chagai-II was conducted and supervised by the PAEC.
  • 8 June: — 23 people were killed as a bomb exploded on moving Khyber Mail (Train) heading towards Peshawar, on Tando Masti Khan railway station.{{cite news|title=23 killed in train bomb explosion|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1295&dat=19980608&id=SxAWAAAAIBAJ&sjid=whQEAAAAIBAJ&pg=2688,500564&hl=en|access-date=9 August 2016|work=New Sunday Times|agency=Reuters|date=June 8, 1998|location=Islamabad, Pakistan|page=20 (12)|language=en}}
  • 1998: MQM insurrection (1994-present), Governor rule was imposed by Nawaz Sharif in the Sindh province and military operation was initiated against MQM due to Hakeem Saeed's assassination{{Cite web|last=Refugees|first=United Nations High Commissioner for|title=Refworld {{!}} Pakistan: An army operation conducted in August 1998 in Karachi against Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) activists; role of Mujahid Battalion in assisting the army in this operation; MQM members killed|url=https://www.refworld.org/docid/3df4be8c1c.html|access-date=2020-12-14|website=Refworld|language=en}}

== 1999 ==

  • 1999: Pakistan tests its Ghauri II missile.[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/low/world/south_asia/1781481.stm Pakistan warns India over missile test]
  • 20 May: massive hurricane strikes Sindh killing 6000.
  • 3 May: Start of Kargil war A Pakistani intrusion in the Kargil district is reported by local shepherds.
  • 5 May: Indian Army patrols are sent out in response to earlier reports; 5 Indian soldiers are captured and subsequently killed.
  • 9 May: Heavy shelling by the Pakistan Army damages Indian ammunition dumps in Kargil.
  • 10 May: Multiple infiltrations across the LoC are confirmed in Dras, Kaksar, and Mushkoh sectors.
  • 26 May: The Indian Air Force (IAF) begins airstrikes against suspected infiltrator positions.
  • 27 May: One IAF MiG-21 and one MiG-27 are shot down by Pakistan Army's Air Defence Corps;{{Cite web|title=SA-7 GRAIL|url=http://www.fas.org/man/dod-101/sys/missile/row/sa-7.htm|date=1999-03-21|publisher=FAS|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090203110123/http://www.fas.org/man/dod-101/sys/missile/row/sa-7.htm|archive-date=3 February 2009|access-date=2009-02-09}}
  • 28 May: One IAF Mi-17 is shot down by Pakistani forces; four crew members are killed.
  • 1 June: The Pakistan Army begins shelling operations on India's National Highway 1 .
  • 6 June: The Indian Army begins a major offensive in Kargil.
  • 9 June: Indian troops re-capture two key positions in the Batalik sector.
  • 11 June: India releases intercepts of conversations between Pakistani COAS Gen. Pervez Musharraf and CGS Lt. Gen. Aziz Khan as proof of the Pakistan Army's involvement in the Kargil war.
  • 13 June: Battle of Tololing ends in Indian victory.
  • 15 June: United States President Bill Clinton forces then Prime Minister of Pakistan, Nawaz Sharif to immediately pull all Pakistani troops and irregulars out from Kargil.
  • 20 June: Battle of point 5140 ends in an Indian victory.
  • 29 June: Pakistani forces begin their retreat and the Indian Army advances towards Tiger Hill.
  • June: Siachen conflict, Indian Army captured pt 5770 from Pakistan troops.[http://www.defstrat.com/exec/frmArticleDetails.aspx?DID=495 Endgame at Siachen] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150703021722/http://www.defstrat.com/exec/frmArticleDetails.aspx?DID=495 |date=3 July 2015 }}, Maj Gen Raj Mehta, AVSM, VSM (Retd) 2 December 2014, South Asia Defence and Strategic Review
  • 4 July: Battle of Tiger Hill ends in an Indian victory.
  • 5 July: Nawaz Sharif officially announces the Pakistan Army's withdrawal from Kargil following a meeting with President Clinton.
  • 7 July: Battle of Point 4875 ends in an Indian victory.
  • 11 July: Pakistani forces disengage from the region; India retakes key peak points in Batalik.
  • 26 July: Kargil war officially comes to an end. Indian Army announces the complete withdrawal of Pakistani irregular and regular forces.
  • 10 August: 1999 Pakistan Breguet 1150 Atlantic shootdown, a Breguet Atlantic maritime patrol aircraft of the Pakistan Naval Air Arm was shot down by a MiG-21 fighter of the Indian Air Force{{Cite web |date=2013-08-10 |title=The Atlantique Incident — Part 1 of 2 - HistoricWings.com :: A Magazine for Aviators, Pilots and Adventurers |url=http://fly.historicwings.com/2013/08/the-atlantique-incident/ |access-date=2022-07-03 |website=HistoricWings.com :: A Magazine for Aviators, Pilots and Adventurers - A Magazine for Aviators, Adventurers and Pilots}}
  • 11 August: Pakistani forces fire a missile on an Indian helicopter carrying journalists.Pamela Constable and Kamran Khan, [http://www.globalpolicy.org/security/issues/ind-pak/99-08-12.htm Pakistan Attacks Indian Aircraft in Border Region] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090519020926/http://www.globalpolicy.org/security/issues/ind-pak/99-08-12.htm |date=19 May 2009 }} 12 August 1999, Washington Post Retrieved on 23 July 2007
  • 12 October: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif overthrown in military coup led by General Pervez Musharraf.

= 2000s =

== 2000 ==

  • April: After military takeover, Former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif is sentenced to life imprisonment
  • 12 May: Supreme Court validated the October 1999 coup and granted General Pervez Musharraf executive and legislative authority for three years.{{Cite web |title=Pakistan (12/05) |url=https://2009-2017.state.gov/outofdate/bgn/pakistan/57893.htm |access-date=2024-02-12 |website=U.S. Department of State}}
  • December: Nawaz Sharif goes into exile to Saudi Arabia

== 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.
  • 15 September: The September 11 attacks in America result in Pakistan agreeing to cooperate with the campaign against Al Qaeda.[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/spl/hi/south_asia/02/india_pakistan/timeline/html/2001.stm Rising tension - BBC News]
  • 16 September: US Secretary of State Powell told that Pakistan's President Musharraf had agreed to support the U.S. anti-terrorist campaign.
  • 7 October: United States invasion of Afghanistan
  • 28 October: Bahawalpur church shooting, 18 Christians are killed in retaliation for United States invasion of Afghanistan
  • 10 November: US President Bush meets President Musharraf in New York and assures additional aid of one billion dollars.
  • 13 December:
  • 2001 Indian Parliament attack is blamed on Pakistan by India.
  • 2001–2002 India–Pakistan standoff begins and 800,000 Indian troops gather at Pakistani border.
  • December: Pakistan and India moved ballistic missiles closer to each other's border, and mortar and artillery fire was reported in Kashmir.[http://archives.cnn.com/2001/WORLD/asiapcf/south/12/25/india.pakistan.kashmir.missiles Pakistan, India 'move missiles' to border] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070106131408/http://archives.cnn.com/2001/WORLD/asiapcf/south/12/25/india.pakistan.kashmir.missiles/ |date=6 January 2007}} CNN, 26 December 2001.

== 2002 ==

  • 1 January: an earthquake strikes northern Pakistan.[http://www.dawn.com/2002/01/02/nat9.htm One dies in earthquake]
  • 5 January: Musharraf stunned Vajpayee by a hand-shake at the last 11th SAARC summit in Kathmandu.
  • 12 January: President Musharraf declares a war on extremism.[http://edition.cnn.com/2002/WORLD/asiapcf/south/04/17/musharraf.biog/index.html Profile: General Pervez Musharraf, President of Pakistan - CNN]
  • 14 January: India calls off Operation Pakram.
  • 22 February — The American journalist Daniel Pearl was kidnapped and murdered in Karachi.[http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/03/15/guantanamo.mohammed/index.html "Khalid Sheikh Muhammad: I beheaded Daniel Pearl"] CNN, 15 March 2007
  • 26 February At least 11 Shi'a worshipers were killed by firing at the Shah-i-Najaf Mosque in Rawalpindi.[http://www.dawn.com/2002/02/28/nat36.htm "Death toll in mosque attack rises to 11"] Dawn, 28 February 2002
  • 30 April: General Pervez Musharraf wins a referendum thus ensures 5 more years in office.
  • 2002: Operation al-Mizan is initiated by Pakistan and US against Islamist militants.
  • 17 March — A grenade attack on a Protestant church in tdiplomatic enclave in Islamabad killed five persons, including a US diplomat's wife and daughter.[http://archives.cnn.com/2002/WORLD/asiapcf/south/03/17/pakistan.church/ "Hunt for Pakistan church bombers"] CNN, 18 March 2002
  • 8 May: 2002 Karachi bus bombing, 15 killed.
  • 24 August: President General Musharraf issues the Legal Framework Order 2002.
  • 25 September — Gunmen attacked the offices of a Christian welfare organisation in Karachi killing 7.[https://web.archive.org/web/20121112050947/http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/gunmen-kill-seven-christian-charity-workers-749111.html "Gunmen kill seven christian charity workers"] The Independent, 25 September 2002
  • 10 October: 2002 Pakistani general election, First general elections since the 1999 military coup held.
  • 21 November: A 6.3 {{M|w}} earthquake strikes northern Pakistan, leaving sixteen dead, forty injured, and more than 1,000 buildings damaged.{{cite web|title=M6.3 - northwestern Kashmir|url=https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/usp000bj2e#general_summary|author=USGS|publisher=United States Geological Survey}}
  • 23 November: Mir Zafarullah Khan Jamali sworn in as Prime Minister.
  • 26 November: The Pakistan army evacuates thousands of people following the earthquake[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/2515699.stm Pakistan army flies out quake victims - BBC News]
  • 5 December: Three people were killed in an attack at the Macedonian Honorary consulate in Karachi.[http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/2544935.stm "Karachi consulate attack kills three"] BBC News, 5 December 2002
  • 25 December Grenade attack at a Presbyterian church in Pakistan's central Punjab province, killed three young girls.[http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/2605839.stm "Pakistan arrests after church attack"] BBC News, 26 December 2002

== 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.
  • 8 June:- 11 Pakistani police trainees were shot dead in a sectarian attack on Sariab Road, Quetta, as they all belonged to Hazara Shi'a branch of Islam.[http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/2973288.stm "Police massacre in Pakistan"] BBC News, 8 June 2003
  • 24 June: President Pervez Musharraf meets US President 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.
  • August: Floods in Sindh province result in tens of thousands of people fleeing to relief camps and a food crisis.[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/3116467.stm Pakistan floods spark food crisis - BBC News]
  • 14 December: General Musharraf survived an assassination attempt in Rawalpindi.
  • 25 December General Musharraf survives another assassination attempt[https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/musharraf-survives-second-assassination-attempt-in-two-weeks-1.359952 Musharraf survives second assassination attempt in two weeks] CBC Canada

== 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.
  • 18 January: Pakistani agents arrest seven Al-Qaida suspects and confiscate weapons during a raid in the southern city of Karachi.
  • 16 March: War in North-West Pakistan begins.
  • 16 March: Battle of Wanna begins
  • 23 March: Battle of Wanna ends with a Pakistani victory.
  • 22 April: The European Parliament voted in favour of a new trade and cooperation agreement with Pakistan, giving a vital boost to Islamabad's relations with the European Union.
  • 22 May: Pakistan readmitted to Commonwealth.
  • 18 June 2004: Start of Drone strikes in Pakistan, The first known U.S. drone strike killed 5–8 people including Nek Muhammad Wazir and two children, in a strike near Wana, South Waziristan. Pakistan's Army initially claimed the attack as its own work.{{cite news|first1=Ismail |last1=Khan |first2=Dilawar |last2=Khan Wazir |url=http://www.dawn.com/2004/06/19/top1.htm |title=Night raid kills Nek, four other militants: Wana operation |newspaper=Dawn |date=19 June 2004 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101028185246/http://www.dawn.com/2004/06/19/top1.htm |archive-date=28 October 2010 }}{{cite web | url=http://www.thebureauinvestigates.com/2011/08/10/the-bush-years-2004-2009/ | title=The Bush Years 2004–2009 | date=10 August 2011 | work=The Bureau of Investigative Journalism | access-date=27 December 2011 | archive-date=17 February 2017 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170217061623/https://www.thebureauinvestigates.com/2011/08/10/the-bush-years-2004-2009/ | url-status=dead }}
  • 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.
  • 9 September: About 70 Taliban or Al Qaida militants, are killed when Pakistan's air force jets raid a terrorist training camp in a tribal region bordering Afghanistan.

== 2005 ==

  • 8 January:- At least 10 people were killed in sectarian violence in the city of Gilgit, Gilgit-Baltistan.[http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/4157867.stm "Pakistan clashes kill at least 10"], BBC News, 8 January 2005
  • 2005: Start of Fifth Balochistan conflict, Rape of a female doctor (Shazia Khalid) at the Sui gas facility and the resulting government response started the Fifth Balochistan conflict.
  • 19 March:- At least 35 people were killed by a blast at the shrine of Pir Rakhel Shah in the village of Fatehpur in Jhal Magsi District.[http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=story_20-3-2005_pg1_5 "35 killed in Balochistan shrine blast"], Daily Times, 20 March 2005
  • 14 May: 2 killed including Haitham al-Yemeni in a strike near the Afghan border in North Waziristan.{{cite news | url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A60743-2005May15.html | title=Surveillance Operation in Pakistan Located and Killed Al Qaeda Official | last=Priest | first=Dana | date=15 May 2005 | access-date=6 January 2012 | newspaper=Washington Post}}
  • 25 May:- Six members of a family were killed in an explosion at the village of Bandkhel in Makin Subdivision, South Waziristan.[http://www.nation.com.pk/daily/may 2005/26/index12.php "Six of a family killed in Laddha blast"]{{Dead link|date=June 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=no }}, The Nation, 26 May 2005
  • 27 May: 2005 Islamabad bombing, At least 20 people were killed and 82 wounded.
  • 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.
  • 7 October:- 2005 Mong shootings Eight Ahmadiyya are killed[http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/4317998.stm "Eight die in Pakistan sect attack"], BBC News
  • 8 October: The 7.6 {{M|w}} Kashmir earthquake affects Azad Kashmir with a maximum Mercalli intensity of VIII (Severe), killing more than 79,000 people and displacing several million more.
  • 10 October: The president of Pakistan appeals for international help following the earthquake, saying the country cannot deal with crisis on its own.[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/4324534.stm Quake crisis overwhelms Pakistan]
  • 11 October: Renowned littérateur, linguist and poet, Shanul Haq Haqqee, passes away in Toronto. He was 88.
  • 13 October: Clashes between the Rangers and civilians in Gilgit kill 12.[http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2005%5C10%5C17%5Cstory_17-10-2005_pg10_1 "Gilgit students demand Rangers removal"], Daily Times, 17 October 2005
  • 5 November: a strike destroys the house of Abu Hamza Rabia killing his wife, three children and four others.{{cite web | url=https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2011/09/the-courage-of-pakistani-journalists/245358/ | title=The Courage of Pakistani Journalists | work= Atlantic | date=20 September 2011 | access-date=27 December 2011 | first=Micah | last=Zenko|author-link=Micah Zenko}}
  • 30 November: Al-Qaeda's 3rd in command, Abu Hamza Rabia killed in an attack by CIA drones in Asoray, near Miranshah, the capital of North Waziristan along with 4 other militants. Among the deaths are 8 year old Noor Aziz and 17-year-old Abdul Wasit.{{cite news | url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/pakistan/1504718/Al-Qaeda-number-three-killed-by-CIA-spy-plane-in-Pakistan.html | title=Al-Qaeda number three 'killed by CIA spy plane' in Pakistan | newspaper=Daily Telegraph | date=4 December 2005 | access-date=27 December 2011}}
  • 15 December: the inspector general of the Frontier Corps, Major General Shujaat Zamir Dar, and his deputy Brigadier Salim Nawazl were wounded after shots were fired at their helicopter by Baloch separatists ."{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/4531546.stm |title=Pakistan general hurt in attack|work=BBC News|date=15 December 2005}}
  • 22 December: Seven killed in a battle between Islamists and bandits in Jandola.[http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/4552322.stm "'Islamic students' in gun battle"], BBC News, 22 December 2005

== 2006 ==

  • 2 January: Dr. Shamshad Akhtar assumes office of State Bank Governor having the first woman Governor of SBP.
  • 13 January: Damadola airstrike kills 18 civilians, in Bajaur area but misses Ayman al-Zawahri, five women, eight men, and five children are among the dead.{{cite news | url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/pakistan/1507895/Pakistan-fury-as-CIA-airstrike-on-village-kills-18.html | title=Pakistan fury as CIA airstrike on village kills 18 | date=15 January 2006 | access-date=27 December 2011 | newspaper=Daily Telegraph | first1=Imtiaz | last1=Ali | first2=Massoud | last2=Ansari}}
  • 25 January: Landmine blast in Dera Bugti District kills 6.[http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/4646016.stm "'Six killed' in Balochistan blast"] BBC News, 25 January 2006
  • 5 February:- 13 killed in a blast on Lahore-bound bus .[http://www.dawn.com/2006/02/06/top3.htm "13 killed by bomb blast on Lahore-bound bus"] Dawn, 6 February 2006
  • 9 February: 36 killed in violence on the Day of Ashura.[http://www.iht.com/articles/2006/02/09/news/pakistan.php "Dozens killed in holy day violence"] International Herald Tribune, 10 February 2006
  • 2 March: A power suicide car bomb attack near the US Consulate, Karachi, killed four people including a US diplomat, a day before President George W. Bush was to reach Pakistan.[http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/4765170.stm "Pakistan bomb kills US diplomat"] BBC News
  • 10 March: 2006 Pakistan landmine blast, 26 people, are killed.[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/4792116.stm "Wedding guests die in mine blast"] BBC News
  • 26 April: Pervez Musharraf lays foundation-stone of Diamir-Bhasha dam.
  • 11 April: 2006 Karachi Nishtar Park bombing Over 50 people are killed.
  • 14 May: Charter of democracy (CoD) is signed by two former prime ministers of Pakistan, Nawaz Sharif and Benazir Bhutto in London.
  • 12 June: Five people were killed in a bomb attack in Quetta hotel.[http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/5070648.stm "'Five' die in Pakistan explosion"] BBC News, 12 June 2006
  • 15 June Five police officers are killed by gunmen .[http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/5082770.stm "Top Karachi jail official killed"] BBC News, 15 June 2006
  • 16 June: Two female teachers and two children were shot dead in Khoga Chiri village in Orakzai Agency.[http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/5087144.stm "Gunmen kill teachers in Pakistan"] BBC News, 16 June 2006
  • 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
  • 26–31 August:- Akbar Bugti's killing sparked five days of rioting that left six people dead, dozens wounded and 700 under arrest.[http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2006/09/01/asia/AS_GEN_Pakistan_Tribal_Unrest.php " Pakistan must make amends with tribe enraged by chief's killing, analysts say"] International Herald Tribune, 31 August 2006
  • 5 September: Waziristan Accords are signed.
  • 8 September:- At least six people were killed in bomb blast in Barkhan District.[http://www.dawn.com/2006/09/09/top9.htm "Six killed in Barkhan explosion"] Dawn, 9 September 2006
  • 6 October:: 17 people were killed in secterian violence .[http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/5413680.stm "Pakistan shrine clashes kill 17"] BBC News, 6 October 2006
  • 20 October: A bomb blast killed six people in Peshawar.[http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/6070596.stm "Six killed in Pakistan bomb blast"] BBC News, 20 October 2006
  • 30 October: Chenagai airstrike allegedly aimed at Ayman al-Zawahri destroys a madrassa in Bajaur area and kills 70–80 people. Pakistani military officials claim there were militants while provincial minister Siraj ul-Haq and a local eyewitness said they were innocent pupils resuming studies after the Muslim Eid holidays.{{cite news | url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/6099946.stm | title=Pakistan school raid sparks anger |work=BBC News | date=30 October 2006 | access-date=27 December 2011}}
  • 8 November:2006 Dargai bombing, 42 Pakistani Army soldiers are killed .
  • 2006: Operation al-Mizan ends in a US-Pakistani victory.

== 2007 ==

  • 15 January: A blast in the Jalozai killed four people.[http://www.dawn.com/2007/01/16/top10.htm "Four die in refugee camp blast"] Dawn, 16 January 2007
  • 16 January: Up to 30 Taliban killed in a drone strike in Salamat Keley, Zamazola, South Waziristan.{{cite news | url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/01/15/AR2007011501358_pf.html | title=Pakistan Strikes militant camp in S. Waziristan | first=Kamran | last=Haider | newspaper=Washington Post | agency=Reuters | date=16 January 2007 | access-date=6 January 2012}}
  • 26 January: Two people were killed in a suicide attack at the Marriott hotel in the capital Islamabad.[http://www.dawn.com/2007/01/26/welcome.htm "Suicide bomber attacks hotel in Pakistani capital"] Dawn, 26 January 2007
  • 27 January: 13 people, including the Chief of Peshawar City Police Malik Saad, were killed in suicide bombing near a crowded Shiite mosque[http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/asiapcf/01/27/pakistan.blast/index.html "13 killed in bombing near mosque in Pakistan"] CNN, 27 January 2007
  • 29 January: January 2007 Dera Ismail Khan suicide bombing 2 people were killed{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/6309965.stm|title='Three killed' in Pakistan blast|work=BBC News|date=29 January 2007|access-date=15 May 2017}}
  • 6 February:- A suicide bomber detonated himself outside Islamabad International Airport.[http://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/asiapcf/02/06/pakistan.airport.blast/ "Suicide bomber rocks Islamabad airport"] CNN, 6 February 2007
  • 17 February: A suicide bomber killed 15 people inside a courtroom in Quetta, Balochistan.[https://www.cbsnews.com/news/15-killed-in-pakistan-courtroom-bombing/ "15 Killed In Pakistan Courtroom Bombing"] CBS News, 17 February 2007
  • 20 February: Punjab Minister for social welfare Zil-e-Huma Usman was shot and killed in Gujranwala.Devika Bhat and Zahid Hussain: [https://web.archive.org/web/20070222073822/http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/asia/article1414137.ece "Female Pakistani minister shot dead for 'breaking Islamic dress code'"], The Times, 20 February 2007
  • 9 March: President Musharraf dismissed Chief Justice of Pakistan, Iftikhar.
  • 19–22 March: Clashes between pro-government forces and al-Qaeda remnants in the Waziristan kill 135 people on both sides.[http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2007\03\23\story_23-3-2007_pg1_1 "Ceasefire brokered in Waziristan"] Daily Times, 23 March 2007
  • 6 April: 2007 Kurram Agency conflict begins.
  • 10–11 April: 35 people were killed in secterian violence in Kurram Agency.[http://www.dawn.com/2007/04/12/top2.htm "15 killed in attack on two villages"] Dawn, 12 April 2007
  • 13 April: 2007 Kurram Agency conflict ends with a victory of Pakistani government and allied Shi'ite militias.
  • 26 April: 4 people killed in the village of Saidgi in North Waziristan in an airstrike. Habib Ullah the owner of the destroyed house, said those killed were not terrorists.{{cite news | url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/04/27/AR2007042701056.html | title=Missile Strike in Pakistan Kills 4 | newspaper=Washington Post | date=27 April 2007 | access-date=19 December 2011

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  • 28 April April 2007 Charsadda bombing An assassination attempt on Aftab Ahmad Khan Sherpao, Interior minister is unsuccessful but 28 others are killed .[http://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/asiapcf/04/28/pakistan.attack/index.html "Pakistan suicide bomb kills at least 28, injures minister"] CNN
  • 12 May: 12 May Karachi riots 50 people were killed in clashes
  • 13 May: Afghanistan–Pakistan border skirmishes, 3 Pakistani soldiers were wounded, 13-41 Afghans were killed.
  • 15 May: 2007 Peshawar hotel bombing, 24 people are killed.Kamran Haider. [https://www.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUSSP22983520070515?feedType=RSS "Pakistani blast kills 24"] Reuters, 15 May 2007
  • 2 June; Five people are killed in road side bombing in Bajaur DistrictAnwarullah Khan. [http://www.dawn.com/2007/06/03/top3.htm "Tribal chief, journalist killed in bomb blast"] Dawn, 3 June 2007
  • 8 June: Three people were killed in a bus bombing in Lasbela District.Amanullah Kasi. [http://www.dawn.com/2007/06/09/top15.htm "Three killed in bomb attack"] Dawn, 9 June 2007
  • 19 June: 30 killed in the village of Mami Rogha in an airstrike in North Waziristan{{cite news | url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/06/19/AR2007061901898.html | title=Blast Kills at Least 20 in Pakistan | newspaper=Washington Post | date=20 June 2007 | access-date=19 December 2011 | first=Griff | last=Witte}}
  • 23 June: A barrage of artillery and missiles fired from Afghanistan hit residential compounds and a hotel in Mangrotai area of North Waziristan, killing 11 people.[http://www.dawn.com/2007/06/24/top1.htm "11 killed in attack from Afghanistan: Nato says 60 ‘insurgents’ dead"] Dawn, 24 June 2007
  • 6 July:
  • President General Pervez Musharraf escaped yet another attempt on his life.[http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2007\07\07\story_7-7-2007_pg1_1 Musharraf escapes yet another assassination bid] Daily Times, 7 July 2007
  • Four Pakistan Army troops were killed in an IED attack on a military convoy in Dir District[http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2007\07\07\story_7-7-2007_pg1_10 Dir suicide attack kills four troops] Daily Times, 7 July 2007
  • 8 July: 3 Chinese workers are killed by gunmen[http://www.boston.com/news/world/asia/articles/2007/07/08/gunmen_kill_three_chinese_workers_in_pakistan Three Chinese dead in Pakistan "terrorist" attack] Boston Globe
  • 11 July: Siege of Lal Masjid ends, which started on 3 July.
  • 12 July: Seven people were killed in five attacks in Swat district.[http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2007\07\13\story_13-7-2007_pg1_8 7 including 3 cops killed in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa attacks, blasts] Daily Times, 13 July 2007
  • 14 July: 23 soldiers are killed in a car bombing.[http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2007\07\15\story_15-7-2007_pg1_1 Suicide bomber kills 23 FC troops] Daily Times, 15 July 2007
  • 15 July:- At least 49 are killed in multiple incidents across Khyber Pakhtunkhwa[http://www.iht.com/articles/2007/07/15/news/pakistan.php At least 49 are killed by suicide bombers in Pakistan] International Herald Tribune
  • 17 July:- At least 17 people were killed in a suicide bombing in Islamabad.[http://www.dawn.com/2007/07/18/top1.htm Another carnage visits capital: 17 killed in suicide bombing] Dawn, 18 July 2007
  • 19 July:- More than 40 people were killed in three separate bomb attacks.[http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/6905808.stm Scores killed in Pakistan attacks] BBC News
  • 24 July:- Nine people were killed in rocket attacks in Bannu.[http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2007\07\26\story_26-7-2007_pg1_1 9 civilians die in Bannu attacks] Daily Times, 26 July 2007
  • 27 July:
  • 13 people are killed in a suicide bombing at Muzaffar hotel in Islamabad[https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/07/27/AR2007072700476.html Bombing, Mosque Riot Rock Islamabad] Washington Post
  • The same day Raziq Bugti, former guerrilla commander turned spokesman for the Balochistan government, was assassinated in Quetta.[http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2007\07\28\story_28-7-2007_pg1_3 Raziq Bugti gunned down] Daily Times, 28 July 2007
  • 2 August:- A shootout in Sargodha killed a policeman and suspected bomber.[http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/6927188.stm 'Bomber' killed in Pakistan city] BBC News, 2 August 2007
  • 4 August:- Nine people were killed in suicide bombing in Parachinar, Kurram Agency.[http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2007\08\05\story_5-8-2007_pg1_1 23 die in suicide attacks, fighting] Daily Times, 5 August 2007{{cite web |title=History of Bomb blast in Parachinar |url=https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=1357201501011285&id=1271948342869935 |website=Tahreek-E-Hussaini Parachinar}}{{cite web |title=Parachinar Car Suicide blast 2007 |url=http://forum.pakistanidefence.com/index.php?showtopic=68986 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180707172650/http://forum.pakistanidefence.com/index.php?showtopic=68986 |archive-date=2018-07-07 |access-date=2017-06-26 |website=Pakistan Defence}}
  • 25 August – Pakistan successfully tests a nuclear capable cruise missile named Hatf-VIII having a range of {{convert|350|km|mi|abbr=on}}.{{cite news

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  • 26 August:- Four policemen were killed in a suicide attack in Shangla District.[http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2007\08\27\story_27-8-2007_pg1_3 4 cops killed, 2 injured in Swat suicide attack] Daily Times, 27 August 2007
  • 4 September September 2007 bombings in Rawalpindi 25 people were killed
  • 11 September:- 17 people are killed in a van bombing in Dera Ismail Khan district.[http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2007\09\12\story_12-9-2007_pg1_1 17 die in DI Khan blast] Daily Times, 12 September 2007 The same day Omar Ayub Khan's protocol officer, Liaquat Hussain, was found shot dead near the Northern Bypass in Karachi.[http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2007\09\12\story_12-9-2007_pg1_4 Omar Ayub’s protocol officer found shot dead] Daily Times, 12 September 2007
  • 13 September:- At least 20 off-duty commandos were killed in Haripur near Tarbela Dam.[http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2007\09\14\story_14-9-2007_pg1_1 15 killed in blast at SSG mess] Daily Times, 14 September 2007
  • 15 September:Maulana Hassan Jan is assassinated .
  • 20 September: Al-Qaeda declares war on Pakistan.
  • 1 October Suicide bombing in Bannu killed 16 people[http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2007\10\02\story_2-10-2007_pg1_6 Burqa bomber kills 16] Daily Times, 2 October 2007
  • 7 October: Battle of Mirali starts
  • 10 October: Battle of Mirali ends in a Pakistani victory.
  • 12 October: Mohmand Taliban publicly behead six "criminals".[http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2007\10\13\story_13-10-2007_pg1_3 Mohmand Taliban behead 6 ‘criminals’] Daily Times, 13 October 2007
  • 18 October: Bhutto, Benazir returned to Pakistan, after exile of about 8 years.
  • 19 October: 2007 Karsaz bombing, 180 killed.
  • 20 October: Eight people were killed in a bomb blast in Dera Bugti.[http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2007\10\21\story_21-10-2007_pg1_6 Blast in Dera Bugti kills 8] Daily Times, 21 October 2007
  • 25 October:
  • 20 people are killed in a suicide blast in swat.[http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2007\10\26\story_26-10-2007_pg1_1 18 troops dead in Swat blast] Daily Times, 26 October 2007
  • First Battle of Swat begins
  • 30 October: 7 killed in a suicide attack on a checkpost in Rawalpindi.[http://www.dawn.com/2007/10/31/top1.htm Suicide attack in top security zone: Seven killed, 31 injured] Dawn, 31 October 2007
  • 1 November: A suicide bomber rammed his motorcycle into a PAF bus near Sargodha, killing 10[http://www.dawn.com/2007/11/02/top2.htm Seven PAF officers among 11 dead in suicide attack] Dawn, 2 November 2007
  • 2 November: 5 killed in an airstrike on a madrasah in North Waziristan{{cite news | url=https://www.nytimes.com/2007/11/03/world/asia/03drone.html | title=Missile Kills 5 in Northwest Pakistan; U.S. Denies Attack | newspaper=New York Times | date=3 November 2007 | access-date=19 December 2011 | first=Ismail | last=Khan}}
  • 3 November: Pervez Musharraf imposed emergency, most of the senior judges of Supreme Court ousted.
  • 9 November: A suicide bomber killed 3 in Peshawar.[http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2007\11\10\story_10-11-2007_pg1_5 Attack on Muqam’s house kills 3] Daily Times, 10 November 2007
  • 16 November: After completion of 5 years, National Assembly dissolved, Caretaker government of Muhammad Mian Soomro took oath.
  • 24 November:- 30 people were killed in two suicide attacks in Rawalpindi.[http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2007%5C11%5C25%5Cstory_25-11-2007_pg1_1 30 killed in two suicide attacks in Rawalpindi] Daily Times, 25 November 2007
  • 25 November: Nawaz Sharif returned Pakistan after 7 years of forced exile.
  • 8 December: First Battle of Swat ends in a Pakistani victory.
  • 9 December: At least 10 people were killed in a car bombing near Matta, Swat District.[http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2007\12\10\story_10-12-2007_pg1_4 10 killed in Swat suicide attack] Daily Times, 10 December 2007
  • 10 December:- A suicide attack on the school bus injuring 7.[http://www.dawn.com/2007/12/11/top3.htm Suicide bombing hits children’s bus: 7 injured] Dawn, 11 December 2007
  • 13 December:- Two suicide bombings in Quetta killed seven people.[http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2007\12\14\story_14-12-2007_pg1_5 Seven people killed in twin Quetta blasts] Daily Times, 14 December 2007
  • 15 December:
  • Emergency lifted, civil rights and suspended constitution restored
  • A suicide bombing on a military checkpost killed five people in Nowshera.[http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2007\12\16\story_16-12-2007_pg1_7 5 killed in first ever Nowshera suicide blast] Daily Times, 16 December 2007
  • 17 December 2007 Charsadda mosque bombing 12 people were killed[http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2007\12\18\story_18-12-2007_pg1_2 "12 killed in Kohat suicide attack"] Daily Times, 18 December 2007
  • 21 December: On the eve of Eid ul-Adha, a suicide bomb blast again targeted Aftab Ahmad Sherpao killing at least 57 and injuring over 100 at Jamia Masjid Sherpao, in Charsadda District. Sherpao survived the blast; his younger son Mustafa Khan Sherpao, was injured.[http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/7155161.stm "Pakistan suicide blast kills at least 50"] BBC News, 21 December 2007
  • 23 December Seven people were killed in a suicide blast in Mingora.[http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2007\12\24\story_24-12-2007_pg1_3 "Mingora suicide blast kills seven"] Daily Times, 24 December 2007
  • 27 December: Assassination of Benazir Bhutto, Benazir Bhutto assassinated, along with 20 others.
  • 28 December:
  • 33 people are killed in the aftermath of the Assassination of Benazir Bhutto[http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2007\12\29\story_29-12-2007_pg1_2 33 killed in continued violence: Sindh Rangers given shoot-at-sight orders] Daily Times, 29 December 2007
  • A roadside bomb killed nine people including the grandson of Wali-e-Swat in Swat District.[http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2007\12\29\story_29-12-2007_pg1_4 PML-Q leader, 9 others killed] Daily Times, 29 December 2007
  • 2007: Second MQM insurrection Alleged Pashtuns with ties to Pakistani Taliban along with civilian Pashtuns are killed by MQM.{{Cite book |last=Lieven |first=Anatol |title=Pakistan: a hard country |date=2012 |publisher=Penguin Books |isbn=978-0-14-103824-7 |location=London}}{{cite book |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=I51EAQAAIAAJ&q=neighborhoods+known+for+their+clustering+of+Pashtun+residents+were |page=96 |author= Tania Ahmad |date=2009 |publisher= Stanford University |title=Jagged Trajectories: Mobility and Distinction in Karachi, Pakistan }}

== 2008 ==

== 2009 ==

= 2010s =

== 2010 ==

== 2011 ==

== 2012 ==

  • 2 January: India-Pakistan exchange a list of their nuclear installations.[http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/india-pakistan-exchange-nuclear-facilities-list/1/166758.html India, Pakistan exchange nuclear facilities list]
  • 12 January: Afghanistan–Pakistan border skirmishes, 11 Afghan soldiers are killed but no casualties on Pakistani side.
  • January: 2012 Pakistan fake medicine crisis kills 112.[http://tribune.com.pk/story/328886/fake-medicine-unofficial-death-toll-reaches-111/ (Express Tribune)]
  • 24 April: Karachi targeted action and Operation Lyari are initiated.
  • 4 May: Operation Lyari is halted due to heavy casualties.
  • 22 June: Raja Pervaiz Ashraf is elected as Prime Minister of Pakistan, following the disqualification of Yousaf Raza Gillani over a contempt of court conviction by the Supreme Court of Pakistan.{{cite news|url=http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2012%5C06%5C23%5Cstory_23-6-2012_pg7_22 |title=Raja Pervez Ashraf: the new leader |work=Daily Times |access-date=24 June 2012 |date=23 June 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120624020308/http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2012%5C06%5C23%5Cstory_23-6-2012_pg7_22 |archive-date=24 June 2012 }}
  • 12 September: 2012 Pakistan floods
  • September: 2012 Pakistan garment factory fires kill 359. [https://www.reuters.com/article/us-pakistan-fire-idUSBRE88B04Y20120912 (Reuters)]
  • 9 October: 15-year-old blogger Malala Yousafzai was shot in the head by the Pakistani Taliban.{{cite magazine|url=https://world.time.com/2012/10/09/malala-yousafzai-the-latest-victim-in-pakistans-war-on-children/ |last=Mahr|first=Krista|title=Malala Yousafzai: The Latest Victim in the War on Children in Pakistan|magazine=Time |date=October 9, 2012}}
  • 20 December: Mohmand offensive ends in a Pakistani victory.
  • 2012: Terrorist incidents in Pakistan in 2012
  • 2012: Drone strikes in Pakistan, 48 strikes killed 268 militants, 33 unknown and 5 civilians.

== 2013 ==

== 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.
  • 2014 Rawalpindi suicide bombing, 14 killed.
  • January 20: Pakistani military aircraft bomb suspected Taliban hideouts killing 25 militants in North Waziristan.
  • 11 February: Second occurrence in Peshawar cinema bombings, 13 killed. First occurrence was on 2 February, which killed 5.
  • February 17: Former president Pervez Musharraf appeared in front of a civil court for the first time.
  • March 1: The Pakistan Taliban announces a one-month ceasefire aimed at reviving peace talks.
  • March 2: Pakistani military bombs the hideout of a Taliban militant leader killing five insurgents.
  • 3 March: Islamabad court attack, 11 killed.
  • March 31: A Pakistani court charges former President Pervez Musharraf with high treason in relation to the imposition of the emergency rule in 2007
  • April 12: Gunmen kidnap 100 men from a tribal gathering in North-West Pakistan.
  • April 13: 73 people are released from captivity by the Taliban, a day after they were kidnapped.
  • May 7: An alleged American FBI agent is arrested for carrying ammunition while trying to board a flight.
  • May 21: Pakistan Air Force fighter jets bomb suspected militant hideouts in North Waziristan, killing approximately 60 militants and injuring another 30.
  • June 9: 2014 Jinnah International Airport attack
  • June 10: The Pakistan Air Force conducts bombing raids against Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan positions in the Tirah region killing at least 15 militants in response to the Jinnah International Airport attack in Karachi.
  • June 15:
  • Pakistan initiates Operation Zarb-e-Azb
  • Airstrikes in the northwestern tribal area bordering Afghanistan kill as many as 100 militants.
  • June 16: The Pakistan Air Force conducts airstrikes against 6 Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan positions in North Waziristan, killing 27 militants.
  • June 17: Clashes in Lahore between the Punjab Police and Pakistan Awami Tehreek activists results in several protesters being killed by police gunfire.{{cite news

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== 2015 ==

  • 4 January:
  • A United States airstrike kills 8 Uzbek people claimed to be linked with al-Qaeda.{{cite web | url=http://www.9news.com.au/world/2015/01/04/19/32/airstrikes-kill-39-militants-in-pakistan | title=Airstrikes kill 39 militants in Pakistan | date=4 January 2015 | access-date=4 January 2015}}
  • The Pakistan Air Force strikes Pakistani Taliban positions in Khyber Agency killing 31 militants.
  • 11 January:2015 Karachi traffic accident kills 60.{{cite web | url=http://www.thenews.com.pk/article-171442-30-passengers-die-in-horrific-road-mishap-near-Karachi | title=Death toll in horrific road mishap near Karachi reaches 57 | date=11 January 2015 | access-date=11 January 2015}}
  • 25 January: Blackout leaves 80% of Pakistan without power{{Cite web|url = http://bigstory.ap.org/article/ef6f4fc131d24f208fce031cbe70bc84/officials-scramble-after-massive-power-outage-hits-pakistan|title = Officials scramble after massive power outage hits Pakistan|date = 25 January 2015|publisher = Associated Press|access-date = 26 January 2015|archive-date = 28 January 2015|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150128091415/http://bigstory.ap.org/article/ef6f4fc131d24f208fce031cbe70bc84/officials-scramble-after-massive-power-outage-hits-pakistan|url-status = dead}}
  • 13 February: 2015 Peshawar mosque attack, 19 killed.
  • 11 March: MQM insurrection (1994-present), Pakistan Rangers carried out a raid at Nine Zero and Khursheed Begum Memorial Hall and arrested over 100 MQM activists.{{cite news |title=From Nine Zero to ground zero: a groundbreaking raid that ended MQM's reign of fear |url=https://www.thenews.com.pk/print/627109-from-nine-zero-to-ground-zero-a-groundbreaking-raid-that-ended-mqm-s-reign-of-fear |date=11 March 2020|author=Zia Ur Rehman|access-date=2 August 2021 |newspaper=The News International (newspaper) |language=en}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.geo.tv/latest/1557-27-mqm-workers-arrested-in-nine-zero-raid-presented-in-atc|title=27 MQM workers arrested in Nine Zero raid presented in ATC|website=Geo TV News website|language=en-US|access-date=2 August 2021}}
  • 15 March: Lahore church bombings, 19 killed.
  • 26-29 March: Evacuation of Pakistani citizens during the Yemeni civil war (2015)
  • 23 October: 2015 Jacobabad bombing, 22 killed.
  • 2 November: End of 2014–2015 India–Pakistan border skirmishes
  • 2015: Terrorist incidents in Pakistan in 2015
  • 2015: Drone strikes in Pakistan, 10 strikes kill 57 militants, no civilian casualties were reported.
  • 2015: Afghanistan–Pakistan border skirmishes kill 7 Pakistani soldiers.

== 2016 ==

== 2017 ==

== 2018 ==

  • 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 into the province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
  • 16 June: End of 2016–2018 India–Pakistan border skirmishes
  • 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 controversial corruption charges.{{cite web|title=Nawaz gets 10 years jail term, Maryam seven in Avenfield apartments case|url=https://tribune.com.pk/story/1741547/1-nawaz-sharif-sentenced-ten-years-imprisonment-avenfield-case/|website=Express Tribune|access-date=6 July 2018|date=6 July 2018}}
  • 25 July: 2018 Pakistani general election are held and Imran khan became Prime Minister of Pakistan with majority .
  • 31 October – 17 November: Pakistani troops take part in 2018 Batangafo clashes.
  • 2018: Terrorist incidents in Pakistan in 2018
  • 2018: Drone strikes in Pakistan 6 strikes killed 9 militant, no civilian casualties were reported.
  • 2018: Pakistan-Afghanistan skirmishes, two skirmishes were reported.

== 2019 ==

= 2020 =

  • January 10: January 2020 Quetta bombing by ISIS in a Taliban run mosque killed at least 15 people.
  • January 16: 2020 Neelum Valley avalanche killing at least 74 people.
  • February 17: February 2020 Quetta bombing on a Sunni rally killed at least 10 people including two police officers
  • February 26: The first two cases of COVID-19 are reported in Pakistan.{{cite web|title=Two coronavirus cases confirmed in Pakistan - Pakistan Today|url=https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2020/02/26/sindh-health-two-coronavirus-cases-confirmed-in-pakistan-confirms-first-coronavirus-case-in-karachi/|access-date=2020-03-04|website=www.pakistantoday.com.pk}}
  • February 30: 2020–2021 U.S. troop withdrawal from Afghanistan is initiated, Pakistan logistically supports the Americans.
  • 2 March- 19 May: Pakistani troops take part in 2020 N'Délé clashes
  • March 10: 2020 Tablighi Jamaat COVID-19 hotspot in Pakistan causing the spread of COVID to various parts of the country. More than 539 confirmed cases were reported.
  • March 28: Operation Zarb-e-Ahan is initiated by Pakistan
  • April 20: Operation Zarb-e-Ahan ends in a Pakistani victory.
  • May 22: Pakistan International Airlines Flight 8303 crashed in Karachi, Sindh, killing 97 of the 99 people on board as well as one on the ground.{{Cite news|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/pakistan/pakistan-plane-with-107-on-board-crashes-in-residential-area-in-karachi-several-feared-dead/articleshow/75890518.cms|title=Pakistan plane crash: Pakistan plane with 107 on board crashes in residential area in Karachi; several feared dead | World News - Times of India|website=The Times of India|date=22 May 2020 |access-date=22 May 2020}}{{Cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/may/22/pakistan-passenger-plane-crashes-near-karachi|title=Pakistani passenger plane crashes near Karachi|first=Hannah|last=Ellis-Petersen|date=22 May 2020|newspaper=The Guardian}}
  • June 29: Pakistan Stock Exchange attack in Karachi left at least 8 people dead including 4 perpetrators.{{Cite web|url=http://tribune.com.pk/story/2252502/seven-killed-in-gun-attack-on-pakistan-stock-exchange|title=Four terrorists among eight gunned down in attack on Pakistan Stock Exchange|date=June 29, 2020|website=The Express Tribune}}
  • August 5: At least 39 people were injured in an RGD-1 grenade attack on a Jamaat-i-Islami rally in the Gulshan-e-Iqbal neighborhood of Karachi. The Sindhudesh Revolutionary Army claimed responsibility for the attack.{{cite news |url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1572746/nearly-40-injured-in-grenade-attack-on-ji-rally-in-karachi |newspaper=Dawn |title=Nearly 40 injured in grenade attack on JI rally in Karachi |first1=Qazi |last1=Hassan |first2=Imtiaz |last2=Ali |date=August 5, 2020}}
  • August 10: A bomb killed at least 5 people and several others were injured in Chaman, Balochistan.{{cite news |title=At least 5 killed, 20 injured in powerful blast in Chaman |url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1573634/at-least-5-killed-20-injured-in-powerful-blast-in-chaman |work=Dawn |date=10 August 2020}}{{cite news |title=At least five killed, 10 injured in Chaman blast |url=https://tribune.com.pk/story/2258834/at-least-five-killed-10-injured-in-chaman-blast?amp=1 |work=The Express Tribune |date=10 August 2020}}{{cite news |title=At least 5 killed, several injured in Chaman blast |url=https://www.brecorder.com/news/40010922 |work=Business Recorder |date=10 August 2020}}
  • August 25: 2020 Karachi floods killed at least 41 people.
  • October 16: two separate attacks killed least 13 soldiers and 7 security guards in Balochistan and North Waziristan.{{Cite web|url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1585213|title=13 security personnel, 7 private guards martyred in two attacks in Ormara, North Waziristan|first=Naveed Siddiqui |last=Dawn.com|date=October 15, 2020|website=DAWN.COM}}
  • 2020: Terrorist incidents in Pakistan in 2020
  • 2020: Pakistan-Afghanistan skirmishes, two skirmishes were reported
  • 2020: Start of 2020–21 India–Pakistan border skirmishes

=2021=

  • 3 January: Machh attack, a group of Islamic State (IS) militants killed 11 Hazara coal miners.
  • 9 January: A massive blackout strikes Pakistan, leaving as much as 90 percent of the country without electricity at its height as officials rush to restore power.{{Cite web|url = http://bigstory.ap.org/article/ef6f4fc131d24f208fce031cbe70bc84/officials-scramble-after-massive-power-outage-hits-pakistan|title = Pakistan power cut plunges country into darkness|date = 10 January 2021|publisher = BBC|access-date = 12 January 2021|archive-date = 28 January 2015|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150128091415/http://bigstory.ap.org/article/ef6f4fc131d24f208fce031cbe70bc84/officials-scramble-after-massive-power-outage-hits-pakistan|url-status = dead}}
  • 25 February: End of 2020–21 India–Pakistan border skirmishes
  • 24 March: 2021 Chaman bombings in Chaman, Balochistan killed 10 people.
  • 21 April: Quetta Serena Hotel bombing killed 5 people.
  • 26 May: Operation Shikarpur is initiated by Pakistan.
  • 14 July: Dasu bus attack, a bus carrying Chinese workers in the Dasu area of Upper Kohistan District, Pakistan, fell into a ravine after an explosion, killing 13 people, including nine Chinese citizens and four Pakistanis, and injuring 28 others.{{Cite web|url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1635150|title=9 Chinese, 4 Pakistanis killed in Dasu bus tragedy|date=15 July 2021}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.geo.tv/latest/360507-chinese-company-stops-work-on-dasu-project-after-bus-incident|title = Chinese company stops work on Dasu project after bus incident}}{{Cite web|url=https://tribune.com.pk/story/2311053/dasu-bus-incident-investigation-in-final-stage-rashid|title=Dasu bus incident investigation in "final" stage: Rashid|date=17 July 2021}}
  • 20 August: 2021 Gwadar bombing, a suicide attack on a convoy of Chinese workers on the Gwadar Expressway project, as a result two local children were killed and three were injured in southwestern Pakistan.{{Cite news|last=Yousafzai|first=Gul|date=2021-08-20|title=Two killed in suicide bombing targeting Chinese nationals in Pakistan|language=en|work=Reuters|url=https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/two-killed-suicide-bombing-targeting-chinese-nationals-southwest-pakistan-2021-08-20/|access-date=2021-12-24}}
  • 26 August: 26 August 2021 Balochistan attacks, four security personnel were killed and six others were injured in attacks by terrorist in Balochistan's Ziarat and Panjgur districts.{{Cite web|url=https://tribune.com.pk/story/2317235/four-security-personnel-martyred-in-balochistan-attacks|title = Four personnel martyred in two Balochistan blasts|date = 26 August 2021}}
  • 14 August: Karachi grenade attack killed 14 civilians.
  • 15 August: Fall of Kabul (2021)
  • 30 August: 2020–2021 U.S. troop withdrawal from Afghanistan is complete, Pakistan becomes largest base for coalition evacuees
  • 5 September: 2021 Quetta suicide attack killed 4 Frontier Corps soldiers.
  • 7 October: 2021 Balochistan earthquake killed at least 42 people and injuring 300 others.{{cite news |title=ایک اور زلزلہ: ٹھوس فیصلے ناگزیر|trans-title=Another earthquake: concrete decisions inevitable |url=https://dunya.com.pk/index.php/editorial/2021-10-08/6659 |access-date=7 October 2021 |agency=Dunya News |language=Urdu}}
  • 22 October: October 2021 Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan protests, clashes led to the death of 7 policemen and more than 50 protestors.
  • 3 November: Azad Kashmir bus incident killed 23 people
  • 3 December: Lynching of Priyantha Kumara over false accusations of blasphemy.
  • 2021: Terrorist incidents in Pakistan in 2021
  • 2021: Afghanistan–Pakistan border skirmishes, 4 skirmishes reported

=2022=

=2023=

  • 5 January: Pakistan was shaken by a 5.8-magnitude earthquake{{Cite web |title=5.8-magnitude earthquake jolts parts of Pakistan |url=https://www.geo.tv/latest/463133-58-magnitude-earthquake-jolts-parts-of-pakistan |access-date=2023-01-05 |website=www.geo.tv |language=en}}{{Cite web |date=2023-01-05 |title=Earthquake shakes Islamabad, Lahore and other parts of Pakistan |url=https://en.dailypakistan.com.pk/05-Jan-2023/earthquake-jolts-islamabad-lahore-other-parts-of-pakistan |access-date=2023-01-05 |website=Daily Pakistan Global |language=en}}
  • 21 January: Muhammad Azam Khan was sworn in as the Caretaker Chief Minister of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=2023-01-21 |title=Azam Khan takes oath as Khyber Pakhtunkhwa's caretaker CM |url=https://www.brecorder.com/news/40221584 |access-date=2023-05-21 |website=Brecorder |language=en}}
  • 22 January: Mohsin Raza Naqvi was sworn in as the Caretaker Chief Minister of Punjab.{{Cite web |last=Sadozai |first=Irfan |date=2023-01-22 |title=Mohsin Naqvi sworn in as Punjab caretaker chief minister |url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1733051 |access-date=2023-08-13 |website=DAWN.COM |language=en}}
  • 23 January: A major power outage in Pakistan leaves nearly 220 million people without electricity.{{Cite web |last=Mogul |first=Sophia Saifi, Azaz Syed, Rhea |date=2023-01-23 |title=Nearly 220 million people in Pakistan without power after countrywide outage {{!}} CNN Business |url=https://www.cnn.com/2023/01/22/asia/pakistan-power-outage-intl-hnk/index.html |access-date=2023-01-23 |website=CNN |language=en}}
  • 27 January: It is announced that at least 18 people have been killed in the past two weeks by toxic chemicals from factories in Karachi, Sindh.{{Cite web |last=Hussain |first=Abid |title=Toxic chemicals allegedly kill 18 people in Pakistan's Karachi |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/1/27/toxic-chemicals-allegedly-kill-18-people-in-pakistans-karachi |access-date=2023-01-27 |website=www.aljazeera.com |language=en}}
  • 29 January:
  • 2023 Lasbela bus crash: At least 41 people are killed and two others are injured when a bus plunges off a bridge and bursts into flames in Lasbela District, Balochistan.{{Cite news |date=2023-01-29 |title=Bus crash in southern Pakistan kills at least 41 |language=en |work=Reuters |url=https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/bus-crash-southern-pakistan-kills-41-local-media-2023-01-29/ |access-date=2023-01-29}}
  • Tanda Dam boat disaster: Fifty one people are killed when their boat capsizes in Tanda Dam, Kohat District, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.{{Cite web |last=Presse |first=AFP-Agence France |title=Ten Children Killed In Northwest Pakistan Boat Capsize |url=https://www.barrons.com/news/ten-children-killed-in-northwest-pakistan-boat-capsize-police-01674978607 |access-date=2023-01-29 |website=www.barrons.com |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=2023-01-31 |title=Death toll from Pakistan boat capsize jumps to 51 |url=https://thepeninsulaqatar.com/article/31/01/2023/death-toll-from-pakistan-boat-capsize-jumps-to-51 |access-date=2023-01-31 |website=thepeninsulaqatar.com |language=en}}
  • 30 January: 2023 Peshawar mosque bombing: 84 people are killed and over 200 others are injured when a Jamaat-ul-Ahrar suicide bomber detonates his explosive vest in a mosque in Peshawar.{{Cite news |last=Ahmad |first=Jibran |date=2023-01-30 |title=Suicide bombing at mosque in Pakistan kills 32, targeted police |language=en |work=Reuters |url=https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/blast-mosque-pakistans-peshawar-70-injured-2023-01-30/ |access-date=2023-01-30}}
  • 6 February: Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif orders the ban on Wikipedia to be lifted, three days after the website was banned for alleged anti-Muslim and blasphemous content.{{Cite news |date=2023-02-06 |title=Wikipedia Unblocked in Pakistan After 3 Days |language=en-US |work=ProPakistani |url=https://propakistani.pk/2023/02/06/wikipedia-unblocked-in-pakistan-after-3-days/ |access-date=2023-02-07}}
  • 13 February: Lynching of Muhammad Waris
  • 20 February: February 2023 Kallar Kahar bus accident
  • 22 February: Jail Bharo Tehreek
  • 3 March: Harnai coal mine explosion
  • 20 March: Haripur rocket attack
  • 21 March: 2023 Afghanistan–Pakistan earthquake
  • 30 March: The Lahore High Court rules that Pakistan's sedition law is unconstitutional, on the grounds that it violates free speech.{{Cite web |author=Al Jazeera Staff |title=Pakistani court strikes down sedition law in win for free speech |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/3/30/pakistani-court-strikes-down-sedition-law-in-win-for-free-speech |access-date=2023-04-07 |website=www.aljazeera.com |language=en}}
  • 31 March: 2023 Pakistan ration distribution stampedes
  • 7 April: Pakistan arrests the founder of the Baloch Nationalist Army in the country's southwest.
  • 9 April: Kacha Operation
  • 12 April: 2023 Karachi factory fire
  • 18 April: 2023 Torkham landslide
  • 27 April: 2023 Karachi Express train fire
  • 4 May: 2023 Kurram Parachinar conflict begins
  • 9 May:
  • Arrest of Imran Khan
  • May 9 riots
  • 15 May: 2023 PDM sit-in
  • 27 May: 2023 Astore avalanche
  • 10 June: 2023 Khyber Pakhtunkhwa rains and storms
  • 13 July: 2023 Kurram Parachinar conflict ends with a ceasefire and Pakistani security forces take over the area.
  • 26 June 2023 India-Pakistan border skirmishes
  • 5 August: Imran Khan is arrested for the second time.{{Cite news |last=Walsh |first=Aoife |date=2023-08-05 |title=Pakistan ex-PM Khan given three-year jail sentence |language=en-GB |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-66414696 |access-date=2023-08-05}}
  • 6 August: 2023 Hazara Express derailment
  • 10 August: President Arif Alvi dissolved the National Assembly on the advice of Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif.{{Cite web |last=Khan |first=Sanaullah |date=2023-08-09 |title=Govt tenure comes to end as President Alvi signs off on NA dissolution |url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1769231 |access-date=2023-08-09 |website=DAWN.COM |language=en}}
  • 12 August: Anwaar ul Haq Kakar was sworn in as the eighth Caretaker Prime Minister of Pakistan.
  • 29 August: The Islamabad High Court reverses a lower court's three-year imprisonment verdict against former prime minister Imran Khan for graft, while granting him bail.{{Cite web |title=Pakistan court suspends ex-PM Khan's graft sentence: Lawyers |url=https://www.channelnewsasia.com/asia/imran-khan-pakistan-court-suspends-ex-pm-graft-sentence-3731936 |access-date=2023-08-29 |website=CNA |language=en}}
  • 16 October: Pakistani Foreign Minister Jalil Abbas Jilani has condemned the Israeli bombing on Gaza, calling the actions “genocide”.{{Cite web |date=2023-09-22 |title=Press Conference: H.E. Mr. Jalil Abbas Jilani, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Pakistan {{!}} UN Web TV |url=https://media.un.org/en/asset/k18/k181xpryoo |access-date=2023-10-16 |website=media.un.org |language=en}}
  • 21 October: Former Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif returns to Pakistan after four years in self-imposed exile in London.{{Cite web |date=2023-10-21 |title=Pakistan's thrice-elected, self-exiled former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif returns home ahead of vote |url=https://apnews.com/article/pakistan-nawaz-sharif-return-homecoming-rally-3aa71b80d34a4ac95fc6994e66d8fdbe |access-date=2023-10-21 |website=AP News |language=en}}
  • 20 December: Sarfraz Bungulzai, leader of the separatist Baloch Nationalist Army, surrenders to authorities alongside 70 other militants in Balochistan.{{Cite web |date=2023-12-20 |title=Separatist leader in Pakistan appears before cameras and says he has surrendered with 70 followers |url=https://apnews.com/article/pakistan-separatists-surrender-baluchistan-451250d7855e49c43b1ef01aa5cdc9f7 |access-date=2023-12-21 |website=AP News |language=en}}
  • 21 December: Police beat and arrest several protestors during a march toward Islamabad from Turbat, Kech District, after about 200 people planned to rally in the capital to draw attention to the killing of a man in police custody in Balochistan in November.{{Cite web |date=2023-12-21 |title=Pakistan arrests activists to stop them from protesting in Islamabad against extrajudicial killings |url=https://apnews.com/article/pakistan-police-arrest-baluchistan-activists-islamabad-9279b9e5eeb6a35384f7424faebf961d |access-date=2023-12-21 |website=AP News |language=en}}
  • 2023: Terrorist incidents in Pakistan in 2023
  • 2023: Afghanistan–Pakistan border skirmishes, one skirmish was reported.

= 2024 =

  • 8 February: The 2024 Pakistani general election is held while results are disputed and delayed with allegations of rigging widespread.{{Cite web |last=Mogul |first=Sophia Saifi, Rhea |date=2024-02-08 |title=Vote counting in Pakistan hit by unexpected delays after millions cast their ballot in controversial general election |url=https://www.cnn.com/2024/02/08/asia/pakistan-election-day-voting-polls-intl-hnk/index.html |access-date=2024-08-16 |website=CNN |language=en}}
  • 3 March: Shehbaz Sharif takes office as Prime Minister of Pakistan for a second term with support from a coalition of the PML-N and PPP.{{Cite news |date=2024-03-03 |title=Pakistan: Shehbaz Sharif wins second term as prime minister |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-68462846 |access-date=2024-08-16 |language=en-GB}}
  • 6 March: De-notification issued to the Kakar caretaker government.{{Cite web |last=Report |first=Recorder |date=2024-03-06 |title=Caretaker PM, his cabinet colleagues: de-notification issued |url=https://www.brecorder.com/news/40292188 |access-date=2024-08-16 |website=Brecorder |language=en}}
  • 9 March: The 2024 Pakistani presidential election is held.
  • 10 March: Asif Ali Zardari takes office as President of Pakistan for a second term and ends the tenure of Arif Alvi.
  • 11 March: A new federal cabinet, the Second Shehbaz Sharif government is sworn in.
  • 9 May: The one-year anniversary of the May 9 riots is commemorated by both the PTI and Government of Pakistan. PTI announces protests and processions.{{Cite web |last=Report |first=Bureau |date=2024-05-09 |title=PTI to hold rallies on first anniversary of May 9 violent protests |url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1832395 |access-date=2024-08-16 |website=DAWN.COM |language=en}}
  • 6 June: Former prime minister Imran Khan and former foreign minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi are acquitted in a cypher case. Both are still kept in prison.{{Cite news |date=2024-06-06 |title=Pakistan: Relief for former PM Imran Khan in cypher case, but will still stay in jail |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/pakistan/pakistan-relief-for-former-pm-imran-khan-in-cypher-case-but-will-still-stay-in-jail/articleshow/110668943.cms |access-date=2024-08-16 |work=The Times of India |issn=0971-8257}}
  • 1 July: The Working Group on Arbitrary Detention under the United Nations declares the imprisonment of former Pakistani prime minister Imran Khan as ‘unlawful’, and claims he should be released immediately.{{Cite web |title=Imran Khan’s detention violates international law, UN working group says |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/7/1/ex-pakistan-pm-imran-khan-arbitrarily-detained-says-un-working-group |access-date=2024-08-16 |website=Al Jazeera |language=en}}
  • 12 July: Reserved seats case is concluded and the Supreme Court of Pakistan rules that the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf is a party and should be granted reserved seats for minorities and women in the national and provincial assemblies.{{Cite web |date=2024-07-12 |title=Pakistan's top court rules former PM Khan’s party eligible for reserved seats |url=https://www.voanews.com/a/pakistan-s-top-court-rules-former-pm-khan-s-party-eligible-for-reserved-seats/7695261.html |access-date=2024-08-16 |website=Voice of America |language=en}}
  • 13 July: Iddat case is overturned by the Supreme Court of Pakistan. Both involved, Bushra Bibi and Imran Khan are re-arrested and still kept in prison.{{Cite web |last=Asad |first=Malik |date=2024-07-14 |title=Imran, Bushra re-arrested after Iddat acquittal |url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1845725 |access-date=2024-08-16 |website=DAWN.COM |language=en}}
  • 2024: Terrorist incidents in Pakistan in 2024
  • 2024: 2024 Afghanistan–Pakistan skirmishes

= 2025 =

{{main|2025 in Pakistan}}

See also

References

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Bibliography

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External links

{{commons category|History of Pakistan}}

  • [http://www.heritage.gov.pk/ National Fund For Cultural Heritage]
  • [http://yespakistan.com/history/ History Of Pakistan]

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