Pakistan By daya Period: Jul 15, 1947 to Jan 23, 2010 Pakistan Aug 14, 1947 Independence of Pakistan Sep 11, 1948 Muhammad Ali Jinnah, the first governor general of Pakistan, passes away Oct 16, 1951 Prime minister Khan Liaqat Ali Khan assassinated Mar 12, 1956 The Constituent Assembly promulgates first indigenous constitution Oct 7, 1958 Ayub Khan takes over Feb 14, 1960 Ayub Khan becomes first elected president Jan 2, 1964 Fatima Jinnah lost the presidential elections, Ayub completes the second term Aug 15, 1965 Second war between Pakistan and India over Kashmir Mar 25, 1969 Ayub Khan resigns; Yahya Khan declares martial law and assumes presidency Dec 16, 1971 East Pakistan attempts to secede, leading to civil war Jan 2, 1972 Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto becomes president Aug 14, 1973 Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto becomes prime minister Jul 5, 1977 General Muhammad Zia ul-Haq overthrows prime minister Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto and declares martial law Sep 16, 1978 General Muhammad Zia ul-Haq becomes Pakistan's sixth president Apr 4, 1979 Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto hanged Nov 17, 1979 The military ruler Zia Ul-Haq enacts the controversial Hudood Ordinances Mar 23, 1985 General elections held; Muhammad Khan Junejo becomes prime minister Jan 20, 1988 Prominent Pashtun leader Abdul Ghaffar Khan dies in Peshawar Aug 17, 1988 Zia dismissed Junejo's government; Zia dies in plane crash Dec 2, 1988 Mohtarma Benazir Bhutto becomes prime minister Mar 6, 1990 President Ghulam Ishaq Khan dismissed Benazir Bhutto government; Mian Nawaz Sharif becomes prime minister Jul 2, 1991 Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif begins economic liberalisation program; Islamic Shariah law formally incorporated into legal code Jul 18, 1993 President Ghulam Ishaq Khan and Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif resign under pressure from military Oct 9, 1993 Benazir Bhutto becomes prime minister for the second time Nov 5, 1996 President Farooq Leghari dismisses Bhutto government Feb 17, 1997 General Elections held; Nawaz Sharif becomes prime minister for the second time May 28, 1998 Pakistan conducts nuclear tests Oct 12, 1999 Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif overthrown in military coup led by General Pervez Musharraf Jun 20, 2001 General Musharraf names himself President Apr 30, 2002 Musharraf wins referendum and ensures 5 more years in office Nov 23, 2002 First general elections since 1999 military coup; Mir Zafarullah Khan Jamali becomes new prime minister Jun 26, 2004 Jamali resigns from office Aug 28, 2004 Shaukat Aziz becomes prime minister Oct 8, 2005 7.5 Magnitude earthquake kills 80,000 people in northern Pakistan Aug 26, 2006 Pakistan army kills Baloch leader Nawab Akbar khan Bugti Mar 9, 2007 Chief Justice Muhammad Chaudhry removed from office Jul 20, 2007 Karachi Riots; President Musharraf declares state of emergency Dec 17, 2007 Former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto assassinated Feb 8, 2008 Elections in Pakistan, new government formed Mar 16, 2009 Chaudry restored as Chief Justice of Pakistan
