Pakistan : 1947 to 2008

1947: Pakistan is born.
1948: Governor-General Muhammad Ali Jinnah dies. Pakistan attacks India in Kashmir
1951: Prime Minister Liaquat Ali Khan assassinated 1958: Army Chief Ayub Khan seizes power
1965: Second war with India
1969: Ayub Khan resigns. Army Chief Yahya Khan assumes power 1970: First general elections
1971: East Pakistan becomes independent Bangladesh. Pakistan attacks India. Ya- hya Khan replaced by Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto as President
1972: Bhutto and India's Prime Minister Indira Gandhi sign Shimla agreement. 1977: Army Chief Zia ul-Haq seizes power from Bhutto
1979: Bhutto hanged in murder case
1988: Zia killed in air crash. Benazir Bhutto becomes first woman Prime Minister of a Muslim nation
1990: Nawaz Sharif elected Prime Minister
1993: Benazir becomes Prime Minister again 1996: President Farooq Leghari dismisses Benazir 1997: Sharif returns to power
1998: Pakistan conducts nuclear tests
1999: Pakistan attacks India in Kargil (Kashmir). Army Chief Pervez Musharraf seizes power from Sharif
2000: Sharif goes into exile in Saudi Arabia
2001: Musharraf meets Indian Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee in Agra .. 2005: Earhquake killes thousands.
2007: Musharraf suspends Chief Justice Iftikhar Mohammed Chaudhry. Musharraf wins controversial presidential election. Benazir and Sharif return from exile. Musharraf declares emergency rule. Benazir assassinated
2008: Elections to National and provincial assemblies. Yusuf Reza Gilani (PPP) be­comes Prime Minister. Benazir's husband Asif Ali Sardari elected President