Pakistan becomes an independent nation from India and Afghanistan. Muhammad Ali Jinnah was named governor-general. They have arguments with India over territories.
Britain withdraws from India. Pakistan is carved out of Indian and Afghan lands
Liaqaut Ali Khan the first Prime Minister of Pakistan.
Afghanistan refuses to recognize the Durand line as a legal boundary between Pakistan and Afghanistan.
Prince Mohammad Daoud becomes Prime Minister of Afghanistan.
The U.S. rejects Afghanistan's request to buy military equipment to modernize the army.
Daoud turns to the Soviet Union for military aid.
Afghanistan develops close ties with USSR during cold war.
Pakistan constitution adopted
Bulgaria agrees to help Afghanistan
Women begin to enter the workforce, and the government.
Ayub Khan becomes president of Pakistan
Pakistan achieved its first Gold Medal in Olympics, defeating India in hockey by 1-0 at Rome
Period: to
1961-1980
Mohammed Daud forced to resign as prime minister.
Second war between India and Pakistan over Kashmir and Afghanistan
Presidential election held. Field Marshal Ayub Khan re-elected as President in Pakistan.
East Pakistan became the independent state of Bangladesh, Third war between India and Pakistan over Kashmir and Afghanistan
Mohammed Daud seizes power in a coup and declares a republic.
Pakistan and Bangladesh agree to established diplomatic ties.
General Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq becomes Chief of Army Staff.
General Daud is overthrown and killed in a coup by leftist People's Democratic Party.
Soviets launched an invasion of Afghanistan
Islamic penal code introduced
Z. A. Bhutto hanged in Rawalpindi jail.
Dr. Abdus Salam, eminent Pakistani scientist, is awarded Physics Nobel Prize
Period: to
80's to present
Martial law and political parties ban lifted.
Benazir Bhutto's PPP wins general election.
Taliban is born from Islamic students
Taliban takes over afghan government
Pakistan tested nuclear weapons for the first time
U.S. missiles strike terrorist training complex believed to have been fired by Osama bin-laden
U.S. begin military operations against Taliban in afghanistan
Taliban attacks New York city and the pentagon
Taliban refuses to give up bin-laden to the U.S.
Taliban collapses
Hamid Karzar becomes afghan president
Pakistan begins census of Afghanistan
Taliban leader captured and held in pakistan
The leader of Pakistan's Taliban, Baitullah Mehsud, is killed in US drone attack in South Waziristan.