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Dhruv, Arati, Madhavi and Will
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| 14 August 1947: | Creation of Pakistan. |
| 22 October 1947: | Raiders from Pakistan invade Jammu and Kashmir (J&K). |
| 11 September 1948: | Muhammad Ali Jinnah dies. |
| 1 January 1949: | UNSC Ceasefire in J&K. |
| 17 January 1951: | Ayub Khan appointed as commander-in-chief (C-in-C). |
| 16 October 1951: | Prime Minister Liaquat Ali Khan assassinated in Rawalpindi. |
| 23 March 1956: | Constitution is promulgated. Iskander Mirza sworn in as first president of Pakistan. |
| 7 October 1958: | Constitution abrogated by President Iskander Mirza, martial law imposed, Gen. Ayub Khan made chief martial law administrator, political parties banned. |
| 24 October 1958: | Ayub Khan named prime minister. |
| 27 October 1958: | Ayub Khan deposes Iskander Mirza and assumes power. |
| 27 October 1959: | Ayub Khan promotes himself as field marshal. |
| 17 February 1960: | Ayub Khan becomes president. |
| 24 January 1963: | Z.A. Bhutto becomes foreign minister. |
| 17 September 1964: | Fatima Jinnah files papers for presidential election. |
| 2 January 1965: | Ayub Khan re-elected president. |
| April 1965: | Skirmishes in Rann of Kutch between India and Pakistan. |
| 30 June 1965: | Pakistan and India sign accord on Rann of Kutch. |
| 24 August 1965: | Infiltration begins in Kashmir under Operation Gibraltar. |
| 622 September 1965: | Indo-Pakistan war. |
| 23 September 1965: | Ceasefire between India and Pakistan. |
| 3 January 1966: | Tashkent summit between Indian prime minister Lal Bahadur Shastri and Ayub Khan. |
| 10 January 1966: | Tashkent Declaration signed by India and Pakistan. |
| 17 June 1966: | Z.A. Bhutto resigns as foreign minister. |
| 17 September 1966: | Gen. Yahya Khan becomes C-in-C. |
| 9 July 1967: | Fatima Jinnah dies in Karachi. |
| 7 November 1968: | Student demonstrations all over Pakistan. |
| 25 March 1969: | Ayub Khan steps down, hands over power to Gen. Yayha Khan. Martial law imposed. |
| 7 December 1970: | First general elections held. Awami League and Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) emerge as leading parties in East and West Pakistan. |
| 25/26 March 1971: | Operation Searchlight in Dhaka, beginning of brutal nine-month crackdown in the then East Pakistan. |
| 3 December 1971: | Pakistan launches pre-emptive air strikes on India. |
| 16 December 1971: | Pakistan forces surrender in Dhaka, Bangladesh created. |
| 20 December 1971: | Gen. Yahya Khan steps down and hands over power to Z.A. Bhutto who takes over as president and chief martial law administrator. |
| 2 July 1972: | Prime Minister Indira Gandhi and Prime Minister Bhutto sign peace accord in Simla, India. |
| 21 February 1974: | Pakistan recognizes Bangladesh. |
| 1 March 1976: | Gen. Zia-ul-Haq becomes chief of army staff. |
| 10 January 1977: | Nine opposition parties form Pakistan National Alliance (PNA). |
| 7 March 1977: | General elections: PPP wins 155, PNA thirty-five seats out of 200. |
| 4 July 1977: | Gen. Zia-ul-Haq deposes Bhutto, declares martial law. |
| 18 March 1978: | Lahore High Court awards death sentence to Bhutto and four others in the Muhammad Kasuri murder case. |
| 6 February 1978: | Supreme Court upholds Bhuttos conviction in murder case. |
| 4 April 1979: | Bhutto is hanged. |
| 25 February 1985: | Non-party elections. |
| 23 March 1985: | Muhammad Khan Junejo sworn in as prime minister. |
| 10 April 1986: | Benazir Bhutto returns to Pakistan. |
| 18 December 1987: | Benazir Bhutto marries Asif Ali Zardari. |
| 29 May 1988: | Gen. Zia dismisses Prime Minister Junejo and dissolves the National Assembly. |
| 17 August 1988: | Zia dies in plane crash near Bahawalpur. |
| 6 October 1988: | Eight political parties form the Islami Jamhoori Ittehad (IJI). |
| 16 November 1988: | General elections: Benazir Bhutto and her Pakistan Peoples Party win ninety-two seats out of 207; Nawaz Sharif-led IJI wins fifty-five seats. |
| 2 December 1988: | Benazir sworn in as prime minister. |
| 13 December 1988: | Ghulam Ishaq Khan elected president. |
| 5 February 1990: | Kashmir Solidarity Day observed for the first time. |
| 6 August 1990: | President Ghulam Ishaq Khan sacks Benazirs government. Ghulam Mustafa Jatoi becomes caretaker prime minister. |
| 24 October 1990: | General elections: Nawazs Pakistan Muslim League (Nawaz) (PMLN)-led IJI wins ninety-two out of 198 seats while the PPP-led Peoples Democratic Alliance (PDA) wins forty-five seats. |
| 6 November 1990: | Nawaz Sharif is sworn in as prime minister. |
| 18 April 1993: | President Ishaq Khan dismisses Nawazs government. Balkh Sher Mazari becomes caretaker prime minister. |
| 26 May 1993: | The Supreme Court restores Nawazs government, declaring his dismissal unconstitutional. |
| 18 July 1993: | Army chief Gen. Waheed Kakar gets both President Ghulam Ishaq Khan and Nawaz Sharif to resign. |
| 6 October 1993: | General elections: Benazirs PPP wins eighty-six seats out of 202 compared to seventy-three won by the Nawazs PMLN. |
| 19 October 1993: | Benazir sworn in as prime minister for the second time. |
| 13 November 1993: | Farooq Leghari, a Bhutto nominee, elected president. |
| 25 April 1996: | Imran Khan launches Pakistan Tehrek-e-Insaf (PTI) party. |
| 20 September 1996: | Murtaza Bhutto, Benazirs brother, killed by police in Karachi. |
| 5 November 1996: | President Farooq Leghari sacks Benazir, dissolves parliament and calls for elections. Malik Mairaj Khalid becomes caretaker prime minister. |
| 3 February 1997: | General elections: Nawaz wins 137 seats out of 204, PPP wins eighteen. |
| 17 February 1997: | Nawaz sworn in as prime minister for second time. |
| 2 December 1997: | President Farooq Leghari resigns after a six-month legal battle to have Sharif investigated for misuse of power. |
| 28 May 1998: | Pakistan conducts five nuclear tests. |
| 15 April 1999: | Benazir Bhutto and Asif Zardari sentenced in absentia to a five-year jail term on charges of corruption. |
| 21 February 1999: | Indian prime minister Vajpayee undertakes a bus journey to Lahore. Lahore Declaration signed by Nawaz Sharif and A.B. Vajpayee. |
| AprilJuly 1999: | Kargil intrusions by Pakistan. Serious clashes between India and Pakistan. |
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