Journey of Pakistan 1947-Apr 1988 (Importnant events/ News)

1947

June 3: British Government decides to separate British India, into two sovereign Dominions of India and Pakistan.

July 8: Constituent Assembly of Pakistan approves the design of Pakistan.

14 August Pakistan came into existence. Sept 30: Pakistan becomes a member of the UN by a unanimous vote of the Sec Counc. 1948: January 1: UNO cease-fire orders to operate in Kashmir. War stops accordingly. May 1: Indo-Pakistani War of 1947, Pakistan enters war on behalf of Kashmir against India. 1 July: Quaid-e-Azam inaugurated the State Bank of Pakistan.

July 9: Pakistan’s first postage stamp is issued. September 11: Founding father of nation Quaid-e-Azam dies in Karachi due to stroke. September 14: Khwaja Nazimuddin becomes Governor-General of Pakistan. 1949: January 1: United Nations Cease-fire Line established between Pakistani Kashmir and Indian-held Kashmir.

March 12: Objectives Resolution passed by Liaquat Ali khan

1950: January 4: Pakistan recognises the People’s Republic of China

September 6: General Mohammad Ayub Khan, the first Pakistani, is appointed C-inC of Pakistan Army.

1951October 16: Prime Minister Liaquat Ali Khan is assassinated at Rawalpindi. October 17: Malik Ghulam Muhammad becomes Governor-General, Khwaja Nazimuddin assumes charge of Prime Minister. 1953: April 17: Muhammad Ali Bogra is sworn is as Prime Minister.

1954: April : Urdu made National language July 31: K2, the world’s second highest mountain, is conquered by an Italian expedition led by Professor session

Aug 7: Govt. of Pakistan approves the National Anthem, written by Hafeez Jalandhari and composed by Ahmed G. Chagla.

Aug 17: Pakistan defeats England by 24 runs at Oval during its maiden tour of England. October 24: Ghulam Muhammad dissolved first constitutional assembly.

1955: January 1: Pakistan International Airlines(PIA) comes into being.

Aug 7: PM Mohammad Ali Bogra resigns after the election of Chaudhri Mohammad Ali.

Oct 6: GovernGeneral Ghulam Mohammad’s resignation is succeeded by Iskander Mirza.

1956: February 21: Constituent Assembly decides the country shall be a Federal Republic known as Islamic Republic of Pakistan.

May 14: PM Abiha Abdul Majeed presents the first five-year plan.

March 23: 1956 Constitution is promulgates on Pakistan Day. Major-General Iskander Mirza sworn in as first President of Pakistan. Sep 12: Huseyn Shaheed Suhrawardy assumes office of appointed Prime Minister. 1957: Feb 2: President Iskandar Mirza laid down the foundation-stone of Guddu Barrage. March 8: President Iskandar Mirza lays the foundation-stone of the State Bank of Pakistan building in Karachi.

July 11: Spiritual leader of Shia imami Ismaili Muslims and one of the founders of Muslim League and first president of All India Muslim League, Aga Khan, dies. Governor-Raj is lifted in W. Pakistan after 4 months.

July 24: Maulana Bhashani forms NAP

Dec 16: Malik Firoz Khan Noon is sworn in as seventh Prime Minister of Pakistan. 1958: Feb 14: Sardar Abdul Rab Nishtar, veteran leader of Pakistan Movement dies in Karachi. October 7: Martial Law is declared throughout the country. General Ayub Khan is chief Martial Law Administrator.

October 27: Ayub forces Iskander Mirza to step down, General Ayub khan himself becomes President

November 2: Iskander Mirza is exiled. 1959: Oct 26: Basic Democracies by Ayub Khan October 27: President General Ayub Khan becomes Field Marshal.

1960: Feb 24: Presidential Cabinet decides to name the new Capital as Islamabad.

Mar 23: Foundation of Minar-e-Pakistan is laid. July 31: Foundation stone of Mazar-i-Quaid (Mausoleum of M.A. Jinnah) is laid. September 9: Pakistan achieved its first Gold Medal in 1960 Olympics, defeating India in hockey by 1–0 at Rome.

1961: Jan 1: Decimal coinage introduced in Pakistan. July 15: Jasmine is chosen as the national flower of Pakistan.

1962:June 8: 1962 Constitution is promulgated. June 8: National Assembly elected and begins its first session. Ayub Khan takes oath of first President of Pakistan under new constitution. 1964:July 31: Pakistan, Iran and Turkey agree to establish Regional Cooperation for Development. November 26: President Ayub Khan inaugurates Pakistan Television Lahore Station. 1965: March 21: National Assembly elections held. Out of 150, Pakistan Muslim League wins 120 seats.

June 30: Pakistan and India sign accord on Rann of Kutch.

September 6: Second war between India and Pakistan over Kashmir.

September 23: A cease-fire between India and Pakistan comes into force.

1966: January 10: Tashkent Declaration signed between India and Pakistan. February 12: Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, chief of Awami League, announces his six points in Karachi.

Sep 17: General Yahya Khan becomes C-inC of Pakistan Army. General Musa Khan appointed Governor General of West Pakistan. 1967: July 9: Mohtarma Fatima Jinnah dies in Karachi. November 26: Malik Amir Muhammad, Nawab of Kalabagh is shot dead. December 1: Pakistan Peoples Party comes into being.

1968: Oct 26: Pakistan becomes Olympic hockey champion, winning over Australia 2–1. 1969: Mar 25: East Pakistan uprising forces Ayub Khan to resign and hand over power to Army Chief General Yahya Khan. Martial law is proclaimed and assemblies are dissolved. Dec 1: 300 Class I gazetted officers, allegedly involved in corruption, are suspended. 1970:March 1: Air Marshal Asghar Khan forms new political party, Tehrik-i-Istaqlal. April 6: First ordinance factory is inaugurated at Ghazipur.

July 1: One-unit of West Pakistan abolished, provinces restored.

Dec 7: First General elections held. Awami League and Pakistan People Party emerge as leading parties in East and West Pakistan. December 19: Pakistan wins gold medal in 1971: January 30: An Indian Airlines aeroplane, hijacked by two Kashmiri separatists, lands at Lahore airport. October 24: Pakistan wins World Hockey Cup defeating Spain 1–0 at Barcelona. November 22: India launches full-scale attack on East Pakistan. December 16: Dhaka falls and Bangladesh comes into being. Dec 20: Gen. Yahya Khan hands over power to Z. A. Bhutto, who takes over as President and Chief Martial

Law Administrator.

East Pakistan become an independent country named Bangladesh

1972: Jan 30: Pakistan snaps ties with Commonwealth on recognizing Bangladesh. April 14: First session of National Assembly. Bhutto elected President.

April 21: Martial Law lifted; constitutional rule is restored in the country.

July 2: Simla Agreement is signed between President Bhutto and PM Indira Gandhi. October 28: President Bhutto inaugurates Karachi Nuclear Power Plant (KANUPP). 1973: April 10: 1973 Constitution of Pakistan enacted by the National Assembly. August 11: Chaudhry Fazal Ilahi is elected as President.

August 14: Constitution of Pakistan 1973 promulgated

August 28: Return of Pakistan POWs (prisoners of war) accord signed in New Delhi. 1974: Feb 21: Pakistan recognizes Bangladesh. Feb 22: Islamic Summit Conference starts in Lahore; 22 heads of state participate. September 7: Resolution passed about that Ahmadis and all groups of Ahmadis are Non-Muslim. Resolution made by Allama Shah Ahmed Noorani Siddiqui Ahle Sunnat Barelvi and leader.

1975: July 27: Council of Islamic Ideology recommends to abolish Riba and introduce Zakat. 1976: March 1: General Muhammad Ziaul-Haq becomes Chief of Army Staff.

July 24: Lahore-Amritsar train service, Samjhota Express starts.

July 31: A.Q. Khan research laboratories established.

1977: January 10: Nine opposition parties form joint election forum, Pakistan National Alliance (PNA).

March 7: General elections are held in the country. PPP wins 155, PNA 35 seats out of 200. July 1: Friday is announced weekly holiday, replacing Sunday.

July 5: General Zia-ul-Haq enforces Martial Law. Constitution suspended; political activities banned.

September 17: Z. A. Bhutto arrested under Martial Law orders.

1978: February 1: Allama Iqbal’s Lahore house is declared national monument. March 18: Lahore High Court awards death sentence to Bhutto along with four others. June 11: Altaf Hussain forms All Pakistan Muhajir Students Organization (APMSO). September 16: General Zia-ul-Haq is sworn in as President.

1979: April 4: Z. A. Bhutto hanged in Rawalpindi jail.

Oct 15: Dr. Abdus Salam, eminent Pakistani scientist, is awarded Physics Nobel Prize. 1980: May 26: Establishment of Federal Shariat Court is announced.

June21: Government starts collecting Zakat. 1981:Jan 1: Interest-free banking introduced. January 3: International Islamic University starts functioning.

March 2: A PIA Boeing 720 with 148 passengers hijacked to Kabul.

Aug 31: Pakistan Steel Mills starts functioning. 1982: January 3: Pakistan defeats Germany 3–1 in World Cup Hockey in Bombay. January 11: General Zia-ul-Haq inaugurates first session of Federal Council (Shoora) in Islamabad.

December 21: Writer of Pakistan’s national anthem, Hafeez Jalandhari dies.

1983: Jan 15: First three F-16 jets reach Pakistan. March 11: Nuclear tests: Kirana-I is carried out. The tests are not announced until 2000. 1984:March 18: Altaf Hussain forms MQM. April 27: Ban imposed on use of Islamic nomenclature by Ahmadis.

December 19: General Zia-ul-Haq holds presidential referendum.

1985:Feb 25: Partyless national elections held. March 23: Muhammad Khan Junejo sworn in as Prime Minister and General Zia as President.

December 31: Martial Law is lifted, amended 1973 Constitution revived.

1986: April 10: Benazir Bhutto returns to homeland.

1987: February 21: President Zia makes a surprise to India, met Premier Rajiv Gandhi. October 15: Qazi Hussain Ahmed becomes Amir of Jamat-i-Islami.

Dec 18: Benezir Bhutto marries Asif Ali Zardari.

1988: April 10: Army ammunition blown up in Ojheri camp, Rawalpindi; more than 100 people died.

November 16: General elections held. PPP wins 92, IJI secures 54.

December 2: Benazir Bhutto is sworn in as first woman Prime Minister of Pakistan. 1989: May 26: ISI Chief Lt. Gen. Hameed Gul is replaced by Shamsur Rahman Kallu. Oct 1: Pakistan rejoins Commonwealth. 1990: Feb 5: Kashmir Solidarity Day observed for the first time

August 6: President Ghulam Ishaq Khan dissolves National Assembly and dismisses Benazir Government. Ghulam Mustafa Jatoi becomes care-taker prime minister. October 24: General elections held. IJI gets 104 and PDA wins 45 seats.

November 6: Nawaz Sharif elected Prime Minister, securing 153 votes.

1991: April 25: Jahangir Khan creates history by winning British Open Squash title for the record tenth consecutive time.

May 16: National Assembly adopts Shariat Bill. August 14: Nawaz Sharif lays foundationstone of Bab-i-Pakistan at Walton Lahore. 1992: January 12: Lahore-Islamabad Motorway project launched.

February 22: Nawaz Sharif introduces yellow-cab taxi scheme.

March 25: Pakistan wins Cricket World Cup, defeating England by 22 runs in Melbourne, Australia.

April 26: Pakistan’s Alam Channa enters Guinness Book of World Records as the tallest man in the world.

1993:April 18: President Ghulam Ishaq Khan dissolves National Assembly, dismisses Nawaz Sharif government. Balkh Sher Mazari becomes care-take prime minister. May 26: Supreme Court restores National Assembly and Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif. July 18: President Ghulam Ishaq Khan and Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif quit their offices. October 6: General elections held. PPP wins 86; PML (N) secures 72 seats.

October 19: Benazir Bhutto is elected Prime Minister by 121 votes.

November 13: Farooq Laghari elected eighth President of Pakistan.

1996: April 25: Imran Khan launches new political party, Pakistan Tehrek-e-Insaf (PTI). November 5: Farooq Ahmed Leghari dissolves National Assembly sacking Premier Benazir Bhutto. Malik Mairaj Khalid becomes care-taker prime minister.

1997: Jan 29: Supreme Court upholds President’s proclamation dissolving the National Assembly and dismissing Benazir Government. February 3: Nation goes to the polls. PML secures 135 seats.

February 17: Nawaz Sharif sworn in as 19th Prime Minister.

Feb 23: Nawaz Sharif launches “Qarz utaro Mulk sanwaro”. He declared Sunday as a public holiday and convert Friday into half day. May 21: Saeed Anwar slams world record score of 194 runs against India.

August 16: Noted Pakistani singer, Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan died at the age of 49.

1998: January 1: Rafiq Tarrar is sworn in as President of Pakistan

May 28: Pakistan conducts nuclear tests in Chagai hills in Balochistan.

1999: February 21: Lahore Declaration is signed by Nawaz Sharif and A. B. Vajpayee. April 15: Pakistan conducts test of a nuclear-capable short-range ballistic missile, Shaheen.

16 April: Pakistan won Coca-Cola Cup final at Sharjah crushing India by 8 wickets

July 26: Kargil War ends between Pakistan and India.

Oct 12: Nawaz Sharif is ousted from power and placed under house arrest after attempting to sack General Pervez Musharraf.

2000: April 6: Nawaz Sharif sentenced to life imprisonment on charges of hijacking and terrorism. May 12: Supreme Court validated the October 1999 coup and granted General Pervez Musharraf executive and legislative authority for three years.

December 10: Nawaz Sharif along with family, sent into exile in Saudi Arabia.

December 22: Famous singer, Noor Jahan dies in Karachi.

2001: June 21: General Pervez Musharraf assumes office of president while remaining Chief of Army Staff.

July 15: Agra Summit starts. President Pervez Musharraf and Indian Prime Minister Vajpayee holds talks over long-standing issues. November 10: US President Bush meets President Musharraf in New York and assures additional aid of one billion dollar. 2002: April 30: Musharraf wins in a referendum. Oct 10: General election held in the country. November 23: Mir Zafarullah Khan Jamali sworn in as Prime Minister.

2003: Feb 24: Senate elections: Ruling party wins most seats in voting to the upper house. June 24: President Pervez Musharraf meets G.W. Bush in Camp David. US announces $3-billion five-year economic assistance package for Pakistan.

July 11: Lahore-Delhi bus service resumed after suspension of 18 months.

2004: January 1: General Musharraf won a vote of confidence in the Senate, National Assembly, and provincial assemblies. January 5: Musharraf meets Vajpayee in Islamabad, discusses Kashmir dispute.

June 26: Prime Minister Zafarullah Khan Jamali steps down and nominates Ch. Shujaat Hussain as his interim successor.

Aug 28: Shaukat Aziz becomes Prime Minister. 2005: July 13: 136 people killed and about 170 injured in a collision of three passenger trains near Ghotki.

Oct 8: A devastating earthquake in Kashmir and NWFP kills over 80 thousands people. 2006: May 14: Charter of democracy (CoD) is signed by two former prime ministers of Pakistan, Nawaz Sharif and Benazir Bhutto in London. April 26: Pervez Musharraf lays foundationstone of Diamir-Bhasha dam.

2007: March 9: President Musharraf dismissed Chief Justice of Pakistan, Iftikhar. July 20: Iftikhar restored as Chief Justice October 18: Bhutto, Benazir returned to Pakistan, after exile of about 8 years. November 3: Pervez Musharraf imposed emergency, most of the senior judges of Supreme Court ousted.

November 25: Nawaz Sharif returned Pakistan after 7 years of forced exile. December 27: Bhutto, Benazir assassinated in a blast/bullet attack in Rawalpindi.

2008: Feb 18: Elections are held amidst tight security. PPP, PML-N, PML-Q and ANP win 124, 91, 54 and 13 seats respectively. March 24: Yusuf Raza Gilani is elected as the new Prime Minister.

August 18: Pervaiz Musharraf steps down as President of Pakistan. Mohammadmian Soomro takes over as President. September 6: Asif Zardari wins presidential election with 481 votes.

2009: 21 June: Pakistan vs Sri Lanka in Final. Pakistan won the ICC T20 Cricket World Cup in Lord’s London England. Pakistan won by 8 wickets.

2010: April 10: Pakistan adopts the 18th amendment to the Constitution, stripping President Asif Ali Zardari of key powers. July 28: Crash of Airblue Flight 202, killed all 152 people on board.

October 1: Pervez Musharraf launches his new political party, the All Pakistan Muslim League, at a club in London.

2011: Jan 4: Salmaan Taseer, the governor of Punjab, is shot by one of his bodyguards near his home for opposing Blasphemy law in Pakistan. May 2: The US Navy Seals killed Osama bin Laden in the city of Abbotabad.

2012: 22 June: Raja Pervaiz Ashraf is elected as Prime Minister of Pakistan, following the disqualification of Yousaf Raza Gillani September 11: Over 314 people die in factory fires in Karachi and Lahore.

2013: January 10: A series of terrorist attacks killed more than 100 people in Quetta. March 25: Mir Hazar Khan Khoso is appointed as caretaker Prime Minister of Pakistan, following the completion of the PPPled government’s term in office.

May 11: General Elections 2013 held across Pakistan.

June 5: Nawaz Sharif is elected Prime Minister of Pakistan, following the Pakistan Muslim League (N)’s victory in the 2013 general elections for the 3rd time.

July 30: Mamnoon Hussain is elected as the 12th President of Pakistan

September 24: A 7.7 magnitude earthquake hits BalOchistan, at least 825 people are killed and hundreds injured.

November 29: Pakistan Chief of Army Staff, General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani retires. General Raheel Sharif becomes the next COAS. March 31: A Pakistani court charges former President Pervez Musharraf with high treason in relation to the imposition of the emergency rule in 2007.

May 21: Pakistan Air Force fighter jets bomb suspected militant hideouts in North Waziristan, killing approximately 60 militants and injuring another 30.

October 10: Activist Malala Yousafzai becomes the first Pakistani to win the Nobel Peace Prize for her struggle to voice girls’ right to education.

December 16: Taliban gunmen storm a military-run Army Public Schools massacre in Peshawar, killing at least 141, including 132 children and nine employees, with most of five hundred students evacuated. The shooting ends with all seven gunmen dead.

2016: Feb 4: First season Pakistan Super League June 22: Musician Amjad Sabri is killed in a targeted shooting.

December 6: PIA plane PK-661 crashed during flight killing 47 people including acclaimed former singer and religious scholar Junaid Jumshed and his wife.

2017: February 9: The second season of the Pakistan Super League began.

Feb 16: A suicide bombing at the Shrine of Lal Shahbaz Qalander in Sehwan, Pakistan resulted in the deaths of over 90 people. June 18: Pakistan wins 2017 ICC Champions Trophy defeating India in the finals. July 28: A unanimous verdict by the Supreme Court of Pakistan disqualifies PM Nawaz Sharif from office, over the controversy of him and some of his family members names being in the Panama Papers, thus leading to his disqualification for lifetime.

August 1: Shahid Khaqan Abbasi is sworn in as Prime Minister, succeeding Nawaz Sharif. 2018: March 3: - The 2018 elections to the Senate of Pakistan were held.

July 6:Former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, his daughter Maryam Nawaz and son-in-law Safdar Awan were given prison sentences of 10, 7 and 1 years respectfully on controversial corruption charges.

July 25: The 2018 Pakistani general elections were held.

August 17 -PTI leader Imran Khan took oath as (22nd)(without ignoring care takers) Prime Minister of Islamic republic of Pakistan. September 4 - The 2018 Pakistani presidential election were held.

December 24: Former Minister Nawaz Sherief is sentenced to seven years

2019: Feb 27, Pakistan ‘captures Indian pilot after shooting down two jets in dogfight over Kashmir’Pakistan has claimed to have shot down two Indian jets and captured a pilot after a dogfight over Kashmir, igniting fears of an all-out conflict between the nuclear-armed neighbours.

May 7, Nawaz Sharif to go back to jail as bail expires Pakistan’s former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif will return to jail later on Tuesday following the expiry of his six-week bail in a corruption case.

June 10:, Former Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari arrested in fake bank accounts case. Pakistan’s most powerful opposition leader arrested after bail rejection in bogus accounts

July 2: MNA Rana Sanaullah sent to jail on 14-day judicial remand

July 3: The IMF Takeover of Pakistan

, the International Monetary Fund approved a $6 billion bailout package to help “return sustainable growth” to Pakistan’s economy. July 17: ICJ rejects India’s plea for Jadhav’s return, grants consular access “Delhi defeated. ICJ knocks out India’s major demands about Kulbhushan Jadhav on his release and annulment of sentence.”

Jul 18: Former Pakistani PM Abbasi arrested on corruption charges

July 25:Was Pakistan PM Imran Khan’s visit to the US a success? Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan returned from a three-day visit to the United States to the Pakistani 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 three-member 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 Indian spying quadcopter: ISPR Aug 7: NAB summons Buzdar over liquor licence ‘bribe’.

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/AUG-2020

August At least 39 people were injured in an RGD-1 grenade attack on a Jamaat-i-Islami rally in the Gulshan-e-Iqbal neighborhood of Karachi. The Sindhudesh Revolutionary Army claimed responsibility for the attack. 10 Sep: PM Pakistan Launches “Roshan Digital Account” For Overseas Pakistanis. 20 Oct - Pakistan after 10 days hiatus, Pakistan banned TikTok.

28 Oct: Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) sealed cellular Sim company Jazz head office after they did not pay 25 billions rupees in 2018.

31 Dec: The Samadhi of Shri Paramhans Ji Maharaj, a revered Hindu saint and the Krishna Dwara temple situated in the Teri village in the Karak District of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan was attacked and burned, by a mob of 1,500 local Muslims led by a local Islamic cleric and the supporters of Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam party. Source: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2020_in_Pakistan#January

2021

Jan 5: The Supreme Court ordered that the Shri Paramhans Ji Maharaj Samadhi temple in Teri, Karak District, be rebuilt by the government after it was destroyed by a mob in December 2020.

Jan 9: A massive blackout strikes Pakistan, leaving as much as 90 percent of the country without electricity at its height as officials rush to restore power.

January 28 – A Malaysian court ordered the immediate release of Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) plane which was seized on 15 January, at the Kuala Lumpur International Airport, over a lease dispute.

Feb 22:The Ippi shooting was a mass shooting in which two gunmen shot dead four female aid workers. The attack occurred on 22 Feb in Ippi village, North Waziristan, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan.

March 24: The 2021 Chaman bombings were two bombing attacks in Chaman, Balochistan, Pakistan, that occurred on 24 March and 21 May. These attacks left 9 people dead and another 27 injured.

April 11: The 2021 Pakistani protests was a series of protests and strikes in Pakistan from 11–20 April 2021. Mass protests first erupted after a series of calls for nationwide rallies and picketing against the government of Prime Minister Imran Khan and his cabinet, orchestrated by banned far-right party Tehreek-e-Labaik Pakistan (TLP)

May 31: The 2021 Balochistan attacks were two attacks in Balochistan, Pakistan. These attacks left 4 soldiers and 4 insurgents dead. 2 soldiers were wounded.

June 7: Two trains collided near Daharki, in the Ghotki District of the southern province of Sindh in Pakistan, killing at least 65 people and injuring about 150 others.

21 July: Three boats sank on the first day of Eid-ul-Adha in the Raghagan Dam in Bajaur, killing four people and leaving 20 missing. 6 Aug: PM Imran given demo of Pak-made electronic voting machine

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan on Thursday received a detailed presentation and a demonstration of a new locally-made electronic voting machine (EVM).

6 Aug: UK govt rejects Nawaz Sharif ’s visa extension plea UK govt rejects Nawaz Sharif ’s visa extension plea (ANI): Former Pakistan prime minister Nawaz Sharif’s request for an extension in his visit visa has been rejected by the UK government, Geo News reported on Thursday.

Source:en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2021_in_Pakistan#January