2000 in Pakistan

The following lists events that happened during 2000 in Pakistan.

Incumbents

Federal government

• President: Muhammad Rafiq Tarar
• Chief Justice: Saeeduzzaman Siddiqui (until 26 January), Irshad Hasan Khan

Governors

• Governor of Balochistan – Amir-ul-Mulk Mengal
• Governor of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa – Mohammad Shafiq (until 15 August); Iftikhar Hussain Shah (starting 15 August)
• Governor of Punjab – Muhammad Safdar
• Governor of Sindh – Azim Daudpota (until 24 May); Muhammad Mian Soomro (starting 25 May)

Events

April

• After military takeover, Former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif is sentenced to life imprisonment.

October

• 13 October – Pakistan's supreme court rules that the 1999 coup d'état was justified.

December

• Nawaz Sharif goes into exile to Saudi Arabia.

Births

Deaths

• 13 August – Nazia Hassan, pop-singer, cancer
• 23 December – Madam Noor Jahan, playback singer

References