Journey of Pakistan 1947-Aug 2020 (Importnant events)
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August 8: Maryam Nawaz: Pakistan’s leader of the opposition arrested, Maryam Nawaz arrested while visiting her father, the jailed former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif. August 11: Worst shelling in over a decade, claim Locals at LoC. Locals claim that it was a war-like situation and they had not seen this kind of escalation and heavy artillery firing for over a decade.
August 11: Kashmir tensions spill over to Britain’s Pakistani and Indian communities Ever since thousands of troops placed Indian-administered Kashmir in lockdown, Sohail Nasti has been sitting in the living room of his north London home frantically trying to communicate with his family.
October 28-Nov: The 2019 Azadi march is an ongoing protest march led by Maulana Fazl-ur-Rehman of Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (F) in Islamabad, Pakistan from 28 October 2019. The march opposes Prime Minister Imran Khan, demanding his resignation,and new elections.No women were part of the protests. The protest involved tens of thousands of protesters.
October 31: Pakistan Railways’ Tezgam passenger train caught fire while traveling from Karachi to Rawalpindi, resulting in at least 75 passenger deaths. The train accident was the deadliest in Pakistan since 2005, when the Ghotki rail crash killed more than 100 people December 11: Punjab Institute of Cardiology (PIC), located in Lahore, Pakistan, is a 347bed tertiary care hospital providing nationwide comprehensive cardiac care services. Dec 17: Musharraf high treason case
The Supreme Court of Pakistan , a special court declared him a traitor and sentenced him in absentia to death for abrogating and suspending the constitution in November 2007. The threemember panel of the special court which issued the order was spearheaded by Chief Justice of the Peshawar High Court Waqar Ahmed Seth
2020: February 1 Pakistan locust infestation - the government declared a national emergency to protect crops and help farmers February 26: The first two cases of COVID-19 are reported in Pakistan. March 8: The Aurat (Women) March is an annual political demonstration organized in various cities of Pakistan.
May 22: Pakistan International Airlines Flight 8303 crashed in Karachi killing 97 of the 99 people on board as well as one on the ground. June 19: The Supreme Court of Pakistan has quashed a presidential reference filed against Justice Qazi Faiz Esa.
June 30: Nigar Johar becomes Pakistan Army’s first female lieutenant general.
July 06: PM Imran Khan inaugurates country’s first ever indigenously made ventilators at National Radio and Telecommunication Corporation (NRTC) in Haripur.
July 15: `Will build biggest dam in Pakistan’s history’: PM Imran kicks off construction work at Diamer-Bhasha Dam.
July 26: Pakistan Army downs this year’s 10th Indianspying quadcopter: ISPR Aug 7: NAB summons Buzdar over liquor licence `bribe’.
Aug 7: In light of reducing Covid-19 cases, govt announces reopening of restaurants, gyms and cinemas