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As the United Kingdom agrees to divide from India in 1947, the modern state of Pakistan was established on August 14, 1947.
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The first direct election held in the country after independence were for the provincial assembly of the Punjab.
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He was assassinated in Rawalpindi, Punjab Province, on October 16, 1951
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He was elected prime minister, was a Pakistani barrister, and was the ninth prime minister of Pakistan
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General Zia uses military tactics to siege Pakistan's military coup.
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He was hanged for authorizing the murder of a political opponent.
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Afghan fought the Soviets for nine years, as Afghanistan was Democrat Republic a good portion of the war.
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He was killed along with several of his top military officials and two Americans in a very mysterious plane crash.
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She was the Muslim World's first , youngest and only female Prime Minister in the Islamic World.
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They entered Kabul on September 27, 1996 and established the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan.
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Al Qaeda attacks the Twin Towers in New York and Pentagon in Washington D.C.
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The Taliban held control of the country of Afghanistan, but the Americans led an invasion to help take Afghanistan back.
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Bin Laden escaped to Pakistan, and there he would remain, hidden for another 10 years.
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He starts an illegal radio broadcast, trying to tell people lies about the Quran , and changes the minds of many people.
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The Kashmir earthquake with a magnitude of 7.6 destroys many houses and kills tens of thousands of people, injuring even more.
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At least 40 died as the Pakistani military storms Mosque.
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Pakistan sends 2,500 troops into a remote valley in the country's northwest to combat followers of a militant cleric calling for Taliban-style rule.
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On December 27, 2007, shots were fired at the new prime minister of Pakistan, then people suicide bombed her car and killed her.
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The Taliban closes all the girls' schools in Swat. Fazlullah announced it on a daily radio broadcast.
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Osama bin Laden, the founder and first leader of the Islamist militant group, was killed in Pakistan on May 2, 2011, shortly after 1.00 a.m.
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On October 9, 2012, the Taliban shot Malala on a bus on the way home from an exam she took at Swat Valley. Reports say the attacker said," Who is Malala?"
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Malala speaks to the United Nations on her 16th birthday. She wants everyone to go to school because she wants every child to have a bright future.
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The Nobel Peace Prize 2014 was awarded to Malala for her struggle against the suppression of children and young people and for the right of all children to education.
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