ÿþ<html> <head> <title> WHKMLA : Timelines : Pakistan </title> <!-- copyright Alexander Ganse, 2004-2007 --> </head> <body bgcolor="grey" text="black" link="blue" vlink="red" alink="brown"> <style> <!-- A{ font-weight: bold; font-size: 10pt; font-face: arial; } --> </style> <DIV align ="center"> <TABLE border = "0" cellspace="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"> <TR> <TD align = "center" valign = "center"> <A HREF = "../../index.html"> <img src = "../../whkmla2.jpg" border = "0"></a></TD></TR></TABLE> <TABLE border = "0" cellspace="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"> <TR> <TD width = "150" height = "36" align = "center" valign = "center"> <font size = "2" face = "arial"><B> </b></font></TD> <TD width = "36" height = "36" align = "center" valign = "center"> <img src = "../../region/arrowleft.gif" width = "36" height = "36" border = "0"> </a></TD> <TD align = "center" valign = "center"> <A HREF = "xpakistan.html"> <img src = "../banners/banpakistan.jpg" border = "0"> </TD> <TD width = "36" height = "36" align = "center" valign = "center"> <img src = "../../region/arrowright.gif" width = "36" height = "36" border = "0"> </a></TD> <TD width = "100" height = "36" align = "center" valign = "center"> <font size = "2" face = "arial"><B> </b></font></TD></TR></TABLE> <font size = "3" face = "arial"><B><i>First posted on November 2nd 2004 </i></b></font><BR><BR><BR><BR> <script language="JavaScript"> <!-- function SymError() { return true; } window.onerror = SymError; //--> </script> <script type="text/javascript"><!-- google_ad_client = "pub-5834279270464755"; google_alternate_color = "FFFFE1"; google_ad_width = 728; google_ad_height = 90; google_ad_format = "728x90_as"; google_ad_channel ="4814426207"; google_ad_type = "text"; //2007-02-17: MIT_ Ganse google_ad_channel = "0420158018"; google_color_border = "FF3300"; google_color_bg = "FFFFE1"; google_color_link = "0000CC"; google_color_url = "008000"; google_color_text = "6F6F6F"; //--></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script> <BR><BR><BR> <TABLE border = "0" cellspace="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"> <TR> <TD align = "center" valign = "center" width = "900"> <font face = "Times Roman" size = "5"><B> Timeline : Pakistan </B></font> </TD></TR></TABLE> <BR><BR> <TABLE border = "0" cellspace="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"> <TR> <TD align = "left" valign = "center" width = "110"> <font face = "Times Roman" size = "2"> 1906 <BR> 1930 <BR><BR> 1933 <BR><BR> 1935 <BR><BR> 1940 <BR> 1946 <BR> 1947 <BR> 1947 <BR> 1947-1948 <BR><BR> 1948 <BR> 1948 <BR> 1948-1949 <BR> 1952 <BR> 1952 <BR> 1955 <BR> 1955-1972 <BR><BR> 1956 <BR> 1958 <BR><BR> 1958 <BR> 1959 <BR><BR> 1962 <BR> 1965 <BR> 1967 <BR> 1969 <BR> 1970 <BR> 1971 <BR> 1971 <BR> 1972 <BR> 1973-1977 <BR> 1974 <BR> 1977 <BR> 1977 <BR> 1979 <BR> 1979 <BR> 1982 <BR> 1984 <BR><BR> 1985 <BR> 1988 <BR> 1989 <BR> 1990 <BR> 1990 <BR> 1992 <BR> 1993 <BR> 1994-1996 <BR> 1996 <BR> 1997 <BR> 1998 <BR> 1999 <BR> 1999-2002 <BR> 2001 <BR> 2001 <BR> 2002 <BR> 2003-2004 <BR> 2004 <BR><BR> 2004 <BR><BR> </font></TD> <TD align = "left" valign = "center" width = "600"> <font face = "Times Roman" size = "2"> Establishment of the All India Muslim League <BR> Dr. Allama Muhammad Iqbal, President of the All India Muslim League, proposed the <BR> establishment of a separate Muslim state in India <BR> Chaudhri Rahmat Ali suggested Pakistan as the name of the future Muslim state in <BR> India <BR> Muhammad Ali Jinnah began to use the All India Muslim League as an organization <BR> to promote the concept of Pakistan <BR> Elections for Provincial Governments held in British India <BR> All India Muslim League held Delhi Conference, declared April 16th Direct Action Day <BR> India and Pakistan granted independence; Punjab, Bengal partitioned <BR> Bahawalpur joined Pakistan <BR> Ethnic riots, pogromes, emigration of non-Muslims from Pakistan into India, of <BR> Muslims from India into Pakistan <BR> Death of Muhammad Ali Jinnah, first Governor-General / PM of Pakistan <BR> Kharan, Makran, Las Bela opted for Pakistan; Khalat integrated by force <BR> First Indo-Pakistani War <BR> Pakistani PM Liaquat Ali Khan was assassinated <BR> Establishment of Baluchistan States Union <BR> Princely States within Pakistan abolished, annexed into provinces <BR> Pushtunistan Controversy; Afghanistan proposed the establishment of an independent <BR> Pashtu state within the North West Frontier Province <BR> Constitution adopted <BR> Oct. 7th, Constitution cancelled, Martil Law declared by Minister of the Interior Iskander <BR> Mirza <BR> Oman ceded Gwadar to Pakistan <BR> Capital moved from Karachi to Rawalpindi; begin of construction of Islamabad, <BR> destined to become permanent capital (government offices moved in 1962) <BR> New Constitution ratified, Islamabad capital <BR> Second Indo-Pakistani War <BR> Pakistan People's Party (PPP) founded <BR> PM Ayub Khan resigned; Gen. Agha Muhammad Yahya Khan declared Martial Law <BR> Elections in West Pakistan won by Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto <BR> Third Indo-Pakistani War; East Pakistan independent as Bangladesh <BR> Pakistan withdrew from British Commonwealth <BR> Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto and Indira Gandhi met on an Indo-Pakistani summit <BR> Rebellion by Marri and Mengal tribes, Baluchistan <BR> Begin of Indo-Pakistani nuclear arms race <BR> Bhutto administration imposed Martial Law <BR> Bhutto toppled in military coup d'etat, headed by Gen. Zia ul Haq <BR> Ex-PM Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto executed <BR> Soviet intervention in Afghanistan results in US-Pakistani military cooperation <BR> Opening of Karakorum Highway, establishing trade route with China <BR> MQM (Mohajir Quami Miovement, representing the Urdu speaking descendants of <BR> refugees from India) founded; in 197n renamed Muttahida Quami Movement <BR> Martial Law terminated, elections held. <BR> Death of Zia ul Haq in a plane crash; elections won by Benazir Bhutto <BR> Benazir Bhuto met Rajiv Gandhi in Indo-Pakistani summit <BR> Pakistan rejoined British Commonwealth <BR> PM Bhutto dismissed over corruption charges; elections won by Mian Nawaz Sharif <BR> campaign to stamp out violence by supporters of Mohajir Quami Movement <BR> PM Sharif dismissed; elections brought Benazir Bhutto back to power <BR> Taleban, with support from Pakistan, established control over most of Afghanistan <BR> PM Bhutto dismissed <BR> Elections won by Mian Nawab Sharif <BR> India and Pakistan became nuclear powers <BR> Military coup d'etat; Gen. Pervez Musharraf assumed presidency <BR> Kashmir conflict; India blamed Pakistan of supporting separatists <BR> Musharraf-Vajpayee summit <BR> Afghanistan : Taleban ousted; Pakistan supported international force <BR> US journalist Daniel Pearl assassinated in Pakistan <BR> Indo-Pakistani Summits <BR> The 'father' of Pakistan's nuclear bomb, A.Q. Khan, admited to have sold nuclear <BR> secrets <BR> Pakistan's armed forces undertook campaigns in border region to Afghanistan <BR> as part of War on Terror <BR> </font></TD> </TR></TABLE><BR><BR> </div> <div align="center"> <script language="JavaScript"> <!-- function SymError() { return true; } window.onerror = SymError; //--> </script> <script type="text/javascript"><!-- google_ad_client = "pub-0213752126925919"; google_alternate_color = "FFFFE1"; google_ad_width = 728; google_ad_height = 90; google_ad_format = "728x90_as"; google_ad_channel ="4814426207"; google_ad_type = "text"; google_color_border = "FF3300"; google_color_bg = "FFFFE1"; google_color_link = "0000CC"; google_color_url = "008000"; google_color_text = "6F6F6F"; //--></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script> <BR><BR><BR> </DIV> </DIV> <DIV align="center"> <A href="mailto:aganse@hotmail.com"> <IMG src="../../email.gif" border="0"></a><BR> <BR><BR><BR><BR><BR> <!-- Start of CH Counter --> <script type="text/javascript"> //<!-- // chCounter v2.0.0 // settings: cstatus = "active"; visible = "0"; path_to_counterfile = "http://www.zum.de/whkmla/counter/counter.php"; urlhp = "http://www.zum.de"; //////////////// url = unescape(location.href); file = url.substring(url.lastIndexOf(urlhp) + urlhp.length, url.length); file = (file.charAt(0) != "/") ? 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