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Pakistan
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Independence of Pakistan
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Muhammad Ali Jinnah, the first governor general of Pakistan, passes away
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Prime minister Khan Liaqat Ali Khan assassinated
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The Constituent Assembly promulgates first indigenous constitution
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Ayub Khan takes over
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Ayub Khan becomes first elected president
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Fatima Jinnah lost the presidential elections, Ayub completes the second term
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Second war between Pakistan and India over Kashmir
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Ayub Khan resigns; Yahya Khan declares martial law and assumes presidency
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East Pakistan attempts to secede, leading to civil war
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Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto becomes president
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Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto becomes prime minister
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General Muhammad Zia ul-Haq overthrows prime minister Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto and declares martial law
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General Muhammad Zia ul-Haq becomes Pakistan's sixth president
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Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto hanged
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The military ruler Zia Ul-Haq enacts the controversial Hudood Ordinances
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General elections held; Muhammad Khan Junejo becomes prime minister
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Prominent Pashtun leader Abdul Ghaffar Khan dies in Peshawar
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Zia dismissed Junejo's government; Zia dies in plane crash
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Mohtarma Benazir Bhutto becomes prime minister
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President Ghulam Ishaq Khan dismissed Benazir Bhutto government; Mian Nawaz Sharif becomes prime minister
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Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif begins economic liberalisation program; Islamic Shariah law formally incorporated into legal code
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President Ghulam Ishaq Khan and Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif resign under pressure from military
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Benazir Bhutto becomes prime minister for the second time
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President Farooq Leghari dismisses Bhutto government
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General Elections held; Nawaz Sharif becomes prime minister for the second time
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Pakistan conducts nuclear tests
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Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif overthrown in military coup led by General Pervez Musharraf
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General Musharraf names himself President
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Musharraf wins referendum and ensures 5 more years in office
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First general elections since 1999 military coup; Mir Zafarullah Khan Jamali becomes new prime minister
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Jamali resigns from office
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Shaukat Aziz becomes prime minister
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7.5 Magnitude earthquake kills 80,000 people in northern Pakistan
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Pakistan army kills Baloch leader Nawab Akbar khan Bugti
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Chief Justice Muhammad Chaudhry removed from office
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Karachi Riots; President Musharraf declares state of emergency
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Former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto assassinated
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Elections in Pakistan, new government formed
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Chaudry restored as Chief Justice of Pakistan
