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Timeline of Pakistani history

This is a timeline of Pakistani history, comprising important legal and territorial changes and political events in the region of modern-day Pakistan. To read about the background of these events, see History of Pakistan and History of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan.

Middle Paleolithic

Upper Paleolithic

35th century BCE

27th century BCE

25th century BCE

19th century BCE

13th century BCE

10th century BCE

6th century BCE

5th century BCE

4th century BCE

2nd century BCE

1st century BCE

1st century

2nd century

3rd century

4th century

5th century

6th century

7th century

8th century

9th century

10th century

11th century

12th century

13th century

14th century

Modern era

Post-Independence

1940s

1947

  • 3 June: British Government decides to separate British India, into two sovereign Dominions of India and Pakistan.
  • 8 July: Constituent Assembly of Pakistan approves the design of Pakistan.
  • 26 July: The Gazette of India publishes that the first Constituent Assembly of Pakistan was given shape with 69 members (later on the membership was increased to 79), including one female member.
  • 14 August: Pakistan became independent. Quaid-a-Azam took oath as the first Governor General of Pakistan. Liaqat Ali Khan took oath as the first Prime minister of Pakistan. This is followed by the migration of 10 million people, Muslims to Pakistan, Hindus and Sikhs to India .
  • 18 August: The Nawab Mohammad Mahabat Khanji III, ruler of the Princely state of Junagadh, and other small states of Bantva, Manavadar and Sardargadh, of the Kathiawar Peninsula despite an overall Hindu majority of the population all acceded to the Dominion of Pakistan, this was influenced by Shah Nawaz Bhutto the Dewan of the state. In response, the Dominion of India claimed that the accession was invalid and demanded a plebiscite . Pakistan agreed, on condition that votes also be held in Hyderabad State and Kashmir and Jammu; India rejected this proposal and also refused to allow the Government of Pakistan any role in administering a plebiscite. It was followed by Indian invasion of junagarh .
  • 30 September: Pakistan becomes a member of the UN by a unanimous vote of the Security Council.
  • October: 1947 Poonch rebellion against Maharaja of Kashmir ends with rebel victory and Azad Kashmir is formed.
  • 3 October:
  • The Nawab (or Ameer) of Bahawalpur, Sadeq Mohammad Khan V, acceded his state to Pakistan.
  • The state of Khairpur also acceded to Pakistan.
  • 6 October: The Mehtar of Chitral, Muzaffar-ul-Mulk, acceded his state to Pakistan.
  • 22 October: Battle of Muzaffarabad ends in a Pakistani victory and Muzaffarabad is made the capital of Azad Kashmir.
  • 27 October: Indian Air troops land in Kashmir as the Maharajah declares accession of Kashmir to India.
  • November: Operation Datta Khel is carried out. Gilgit is annexed into Pakistan.
  • 3 November:
  • The Wāli of Swat, Miangul Abdul Wadud, acceded his state to Pakistan.
  • Hunza, a small princely state to the north of Jammu and Kashmir acceded to Pakistan.
  • Battle of Badgam ends in an Indian victory.
  • 7 November: Battle of Shalateng ends in an Indian victory.
  • 18 November: Nagar, a small valley state to the north of Kashmir acceded to Pakistan.
  • 27 December: A Douglas C-48C (VT-AUG) of Air India crashed into Korangi Creek en route from Karachi to Bombay, killing all 23 onboard (4 crew and 19 passengers). The crash was found to have been the result of poor visibility during night hours and the instrument lights not working, with serious fault assigned to the captain. The crash was Pakistan's first deadly airliner crash.
  • 31 December:'
  • Muhammad Farid Khan, Nawab of Amb, acceded to Pakistan.
  • Khanate of Phulra acceded to Pakistan.

1948

  • 1 January: UNO cease-fire orders to operate in Kashmir. War stops accordingly.
  • 8 February: The Nawab of Dir, Sir Nawab Shah Jahan Khan acceded to Pakistan.
  • 11 February: The outposts at Tsari established by Col Thapa as an external defence and warning for Skardu garrison is defeated in an assault led by Gilgit scouts
  • 24 February: Referendum approves Junagadh's accession to India.
  • 11 February: Siege of Skardu begins.
  • 25 February: Junagadh's Accession to India in effect.
  • 17 March:
  • Las Bela's ruler Ghulam Qadir Khan (1920–1988) acceded to Pakistan.
  • Makran acceded to Pakistan
  • 27 March: Kalat acceded to Pakistan after the 'strange help' of All India Radio and a period of negotiations and bureaucratic tactics used by Pakistan.
  • 1 May: Indo-Pakistani War of 1947, Pakistan enters war on behalf of Kashmir against India.
  • 29 June: Operation Eraze is successfully executed by Indian forces.
  • 1 July: Quaid-e-Azam inaugurated the State Bank of Pakistan.
  • July: First Balochistan conflict Princes Karim Khan and Muhammad Rahim started a rebellion against Pakistan led the Dosht-e Jhalawan (numbering around 1000 militants), they captured Jhalawan and started unconventional attacks on the army.
  • 24 July: Battle of Pandu ends in a Pakistani victory.
  • 14 August: Siege of Skardu ends in a Pakistani victory.
  • 1948: Waziristan rebellion (1948-1954) The Faqir of Ipi supported by Afghanistan took control of North Waziristan's Datta Khel area and declared the establishment of an independent Pashtunistan.
  • 11 September: Muhammad Ali Jinnah, the first governor general of Pakistan, passes away.
  • November: Operation Bison ends in an Indian victory.

1949

1950s

1950

1951

1952

1953

1954

  • 2 April: Pakistan forms an alliance with Turkey which, although not including military cooperation, opens the way to the Middle-East alliance due to its allowance of the entry of other nations.
  • 19 May: Pakistan and the United States sign a Mutual Defense Assistance Agreement.
  • 7 August: Government of Pakistan approves the National Anthem, written by Abu Al-Asar Hafeez Jalandhari and composed by Ahmed G. Chagla.
  • 21 September: Constituent Assembly unanimously passes the resolution in favour of Urdu and Bengali as national languages.
  • 24 October: Malik Ghulam Muhammad dissolved first constitutional assembly.
  • 1954: Mehar Dil Khan Khattak, commander in chief of Pashtunistan armed forces, surrendered to the Pakistani authorities.

1955

1956

1957

1958

  • June 9: Gen Muhammad Ayub Khan's term as the Commander-in-Chief of the Pakistan Army extended by PM Feroz Khan Noon on request of President Mirza
  • June 25: Presidential rule imposed in East Pakistan
  • August: Second Balochistan conflict begins when the palace guards of Ahmad of Kalat attack deputy commissioner. It is followed by Pakistan army's bombardment and assault on Kalat palace and arrest of Ahmad of Kalat. Protests against the government break out in Balochistan.
  • August 7: 1958 East Pakistan-India Border Clashes, Armed skirmishes between East Pakistan and India took place between troops of the East Pakistan Rifles (EPR) and the Indian Army in the small village of Lakshmipur, located in Sylhet District
  • October 6: All powers of Ahmad of Kalat are stripped off and he is jailed in Lahore.
  • October 7: Iskander Mirza abrogates the constitution and enforces martial law. General Ayub Khan is named Chief Martial Law Administrator (CMLA). Political parties are banned.
  • October 27: Ayub and his Cabinet takes oaths. In a dramatic turn of events late night, President Iskander Mirza resigned, giving over his office to Gen Ayub Khan. Ayub now becomes the country's 2nd President. He remained Prime Minister for around 13 hours only, thus becoming the shortest-serving Premier in the history of the country so far.

1958

1959

1960s

1960

  • 1960: Ayub Khan becomes first elected president.
  • 1960: Nauroz Khan and his followers surrender to Pakistani authorities concluding the Second Balochistan conflict.
  • 1 May: The U-2 Incident begins when an American U-2 spy plane, piloted by Francis Gary Powers, is shot down by Soviet Air Defence Forces. The clandestine flight had taken off from the U.S. base at Badaber near Peshawar, Pakistan.
  • 1 August: Islamabad is declared as the principal seat of the Government of Pakistan.
  • 19 September: Pakistan and India sign the Indus Waters Treaty, brokered by the World Bank.
  • September: Bajaur Campaign, Afghan troops and irregulars invade Bajaur district but they are repulsed by Pakistani tribesmen and airforce.
  • September: Dir campaign, Afghan troops and irregulars enter into Dir to support Nawab of Dir against a Pakistan backed revolt. Afghan forces are repulsed and 200 soldiers of Nawab are killed.
  • 10 October: A severe cyclone hits Noakhali and Chittagong districts of East Pakistan, killing more than 5,000 people.
  • 31 October: A cyclone more powerful than that which hit on 10 October sweeps across East Pakistan, killing 14,174 people.
  • October: Dir campaign, Pakistani special forces carry out a coup against Nawab Jahan khan of Dir, he is arrested and exiled. A constitutional government is established.

1961

  • 6 May 1961: Constitution Commission, appointed by President Ayub Khan, presents its report, specifying pinpoints the failures of parliamentary government in Pakistan.

1962

  • April: Elections for the National and provincial assembly were held on the basis of Basic Democracies.
  • 8 June: 1962 Constitution is promulgated. National Assembly elected. Ayub Khan takes oath of first President of Pakistan under new constitution.
  • July: the National Assembly passes the Political Parties Act, legalizing the formation of political parties.

1963

1964

  • 2 January: Fatima Jinnah lost the presidential elections, Ayub completes the second term.
  • 2 January: Anti-Hindu riots begin in Khulna, East Pakistan. They and reciprocal riots in Calcutta would fuel waves of communal violence on either side of the border over the next few months killing thousands.
  • 1 June: Pakistan acquires from the United States its first submarine, the PNS Ghazi
  • 22 July: The heads of state of Iran, Pakistan and Turkey issue a joint communique from Istanbul, establishing the Regional Cooperation for Development (RCD).
  • 26 November: The country's first television station goes on air in Lahore, operated on a pilot basis by NEC.

1965

1966

1967

1968

1969

1970s

1970

  • 6 August: A Pakistan International Airlines F27 enters a steep dive and crashes about three minutes after a night takeoff from Rawalpindi in poor weather. All four crew members and 26 passengers are killed.
  • 12 November: East Pakistan: The Bhola cyclone devastates East Pakistan and Eastern India, resulting in extreme loss of life. 300,000 to 500,000 people are killed.
  • 7 December: 1970 Pakistani general election were held on 7 December 1970, although the polls in East Pakistan, originally scheduled for October, were delayed by disastrous floods and rescheduled for later in December and January 1971.
  • 30 December: A Pakistan International Airlines F27 crashes about short of the Shamshernagar Airport runway. Seven of the 31 passengers are killed.

1971

1972

1973

1974

  • 1974: Pakistan recognised Bangladesh.
  • 27 May: 1974 Anti-Ahmadiyya riots result in the death of 27 Ahmadiyyas and declaration of Ahmadiyyas as non Muslim.
  • September: Largest battle between Pakistani troops and Baloch insurgents.

1975

1976

  • 1976: Pakistan begins diplomatic relations with Bangladesh.
  • 3-10 September: 1976 Dir rebellion is crushed, 300 people are killed.
  • 1976: Baloch insurgents, due to lack of ammunition start fleeing.

1977

1978

1979

1980s

1980

1981

1982

  • 1982: Pakistan builds its first workable nuclear device.

1983

  • 12 February: 1983 women's march, Lahore, 50 women are arrested
  • August–September: Movement for the Restoration of Democracy arranges nationwide protests against Zia ul Haq.
  • 1983: The first F-16 supplied by the US to Pakistan Air Force (PAF).
  • 11 March: Kirana-I, Pakistan conduct cold test of a nuclear device, proving the state as one of recognized nuclear weapons state. The test was not announced publicly until 1998.
  • December 31: The 7.2 Hindu Kush earthquake affects northern Afghanistan and Pakistan with a maximum Mercalli intensity of VII (Very strong), killing 12–26 and injuring 60–483.

1984

1985

  • 28 February: General elections held; Muhammad Khan Junejo becomes prime minister.
  • 26–27 April: Badaber uprising by Soviet and Afghan POWs near Peshawar is crushed.
  • 1985: KHAD-KGB campaign in Pakistan is started by KGB and KHAD, Hathora murders in Karachi begin
  • 1985: Anti Pashtun violence in Karachi kills more than 100.
  • August: Mujahideen under the command of Pakistani ISI brigadier general Mohammad Yousuf start Raids inside Soviet union
  • 31 December: Martial Law is lifted, amended 1973 Constitution revived.

1986

1987

  • 16 April: Pakistan Soviet air confrontations, PAF shot down an Afghan Su-22.
  • 30 March: Pakistan Soviet air confrontations PAF shot down a Soviet An-26.
  • June–July: Operation Rajiv ends in an Indian victory.
  • 14 July: 1987 Karachi car bombing killed 72 and wounded 250.
  • 1987: In a clash with Soviet aircraft one PAF F-16 was due to friendly fire.
  • September: In aerial dogfights one Soviet Mig-23 is damaged and two are allegedly destroyed.
  • September: Operation Vajrasakti / Qaidat, two expeditions by Pakistani and Indian forces in siachen. Combat results in an Indian victory.
  • September 20 At least 5 people were killed and 16 injured when a bomb exploded in a bus station in Rawalpindi.
  • 1987: KHAD-KGB campaign in Pakistan, Bomb blast on the US consulate in Peshawar killed 30.

1988

1989

1990s

1990

1991

  • 1991: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif begins economic liberalisation programme.
  • 16 May: Islamic Shariah law formally incorporated into legal code.
  • December: A train travelling from Karachi to Lahore hits a parked freight train at Ghotki, killing over 100 of the 800 passengers.

1992

1993

1994

1995

1996

1997

1998

1999

2000s

2000

  • April: After military takeover, Former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif is sentenced to life imprisonment
  • 12 May: Supreme Court validated the October 1999 coup and granted General Pervez Musharraf executive and legislative authority for three years.
  • December: Nawaz Sharif goes into exile to Saudi Arabia

2001

  • 20 June: General Pervez Musharraf dismissed the president and named himself to the post.
  • 15 July: Agra Summit starts. President Pervez Musharraf and Indian Prime Minister Vajpayee holds talks over long-standing issues.
  • 14 August: New Local Government system installed, after holding of elections in three phases.
  • 15 September: The September 11 attacks in America result in Pakistan agreeing to cooperate with the campaign against Al Qaeda.
  • 16 September: US Secretary of State Powell told that Pakistan's President Musharraf had agreed to support the U.S. anti-terrorist campaign.
  • 7 October: United States invasion of Afghanistan
  • 28 October: Bahawalpur church shooting, 18 Christians are killed in retaliation for United States invasion of Afghanistan
  • 10 November: US President Bush meets President Musharraf in New York and assures additional aid of one billion dollars.
  • 13 December:
  • 2001 Indian Parliament attack is blamed on Pakistan by India.
  • 2001–2002 India–Pakistan standoff begins and 800,000 Indian troops gather at Pakistani border.
  • December: Pakistan and India moved ballistic missiles closer to each other's border, and mortar and artillery fire was reported in Kashmir.

2002

  • 1 January: an earthquake strikes northern Pakistan.
  • 5 January: Musharraf stunned Vajpayee by a hand-shake at the last 11th SAARC summit in Kathmandu.
  • 12 January: President Musharraf declares a war on extremism.
  • 14 January: India calls off Operation Pakram.
  • 22 February — The American journalist Daniel Pearl was kidnapped and murdered in Karachi.
  • 26 February At least 11 Shi'a worshipers were killed by firing at the Shah-i-Najaf Mosque in Rawalpindi.
  • 30 April: General Pervez Musharraf wins a referendum thus ensures 5 more years in office.
  • 2002: Operation al-Mizan is initiated by Pakistan and US against Islamist militants.
  • 17 March — A grenade attack on a Protestant church in tdiplomatic enclave in Islamabad killed five persons, including a US diplomat's wife and daughter.
  • 8 May: 2002 Karachi bus bombing, 15 killed.
  • 24 August: President General Musharraf issues the Legal Framework Order 2002.
  • 25 September — Gunmen attacked the offices of a Christian welfare organisation in Karachi killing 7.
  • 10 October: 2002 Pakistani general election, First general elections since the 1999 military coup held.
  • 21 November: A 6.3 earthquake strikes northern Pakistan, leaving sixteen dead, forty injured, and more than 1,000 buildings damaged.
  • 23 November: Mir Zafarullah Khan Jamali sworn in as Prime Minister.
  • 26 November: The Pakistan army evacuates thousands of people following the earthquake
  • 5 December: Three people were killed in an attack at the Macedonian Honorary consulate in Karachi.
  • 25 December Grenade attack at a Presbyterian church in Pakistan's central Punjab province, killed three young girls.

2003

  • 24 February: Senate elections: Ruling party wins most seats in voting to the upper house.
  • 23 March: AAJ TV, Pakistan's premier channel inaugurated.
  • 8 June:- 11 Pakistani police trainees were shot dead in a sectarian attack on Sariab Road, Quetta, as they all belonged to Hazara Shi'a branch of Islam.
  • 24 June: President Pervez Musharraf meets US President G.W. Bush in Camp David. US announces $3-billion five-year economic assistance package for Pakistan.
  • 4 July: 2003 Quetta mosque bombing, 44 killed.
  • 11 July: Lahore-Delhi bus service resumed after suspension of 18 months.
  • August: Floods in Sindh province result in tens of thousands of people fleeing to relief camps and a food crisis.
  • 14 December: General Musharraf survived an assassination attempt in Rawalpindi.
  • 25 December General Musharraf survives another assassination attempt

2004

2005

  • 8 January:- At least 10 people were killed in sectarian violence in the city of Gilgit, Gilgit-Baltistan.
  • 2005: Start of Fifth Balochistan conflict, Rape of a female doctor (Shazia Khalid) at the Sui gas facility and the resulting government response started the Fifth Balochistan conflict.
  • 19 March:- At least 35 people were killed by a blast at the shrine of Pir Rakhel Shah in the village of Fatehpur in Jhal Magsi District.
  • 14 May: 2 killed including Haitham al-Yemeni in a strike near the Afghan border in North Waziristan.
  • 25 May:- Six members of a family were killed in an explosion at the village of Bandkhel in Makin Subdivision, South Waziristan.
  • 27 May: 2005 Islamabad bombing, At least 20 people were killed and 82 wounded.
  • 13 July: 136 people killed and about 170 injured in a collision of three passenger trains near Ghotki.
  • 14 July: NWFP Assembly passes the Hasba bill with a majority vote.
  • 19 July: Government of Pakistan launches country-wide crackdown against extremist elements.
  • 7 October:- 2005 Mong shootings Eight Ahmadiyya are killed
  • 8 October: The 7.6 Kashmir earthquake affects Azad Kashmir with a maximum Mercalli intensity of VIII (Severe), killing more than 79,000 people and displacing several million more.
  • 10 October: The president of Pakistan appeals for international help following the earthquake, saying the country cannot deal with crisis on its own.
  • 11 October: Renowned littérateur, linguist and poet, Shanul Haq Haqqee, passes away in Toronto. He was 88.
  • 13 October: Clashes between the Rangers and civilians in Gilgit kill 12.
  • 5 November: a strike destroys the house of Abu Hamza Rabia killing his wife, three children and four others.
  • 30 November: Al-Qaeda's 3rd in command, Abu Hamza Rabia killed in an attack by CIA drones in Asoray, near Miranshah, the capital of North Waziristan along with 4 other militants. Among the deaths are 8 year old Noor Aziz and 17-year-old Abdul Wasit.
  • 15 December: the inspector general of the Frontier Corps, Major General Shujaat Zamir Dar, and his deputy Brigadier Salim Nawazl were wounded after shots were fired at their helicopter by Baloch separatists ."
  • 22 December: Seven killed in a battle between Islamists and bandits in Jandola.

2006

  • 2 January: Dr. Shamshad Akhtar assumes office of State Bank Governor having the first woman Governor of SBP.
  • 13 January: Damadola airstrike kills 18 civilians, in Bajaur area but misses Ayman al-Zawahri, five women, eight men, and five children are among the dead.
  • 25 January: Landmine blast in Dera Bugti District kills 6.
  • 5 February:- 13 killed in a blast on Lahore-bound bus .
  • 9 February: 36 killed in violence on the Day of Ashura.
  • 2 March: A power suicide car bomb attack near the US Consulate, Karachi, killed four people including a US diplomat, a day before President George W. Bush was to reach Pakistan.
  • 10 March: 2006 Pakistan landmine blast, 26 people, are killed.
  • 26 April: Pervez Musharraf lays foundation-stone of Diamir-Bhasha dam.
  • 11 April: 2006 Karachi Nishtar Park bombing Over 50 people are killed.
  • 14 May: Charter of democracy (CoD) is signed by two former prime ministers of Pakistan, Nawaz Sharif and Benazir Bhutto in London.
  • 12 June: Five people were killed in a bomb attack in Quetta hotel.
  • 15 June Five police officers are killed by gunmen .
  • 16 June: Two female teachers and two children were shot dead in Khoga Chiri village in Orakzai Agency.
  • 8 July: Process to release over 1600 women prisoners from 55 jails across starts after Presidential Ordinance.
  • 10 July: Noted poet, writer and columnist, Ahmed Nadeem Qasmi, passes away in Lahore. He was 89.
  • 26 August: Prominent Baloch leader and politician Sirdar Akbar Bugti killed by military
  • 26–31 August:- Akbar Bugti's killing sparked five days of rioting that left six people dead, dozens wounded and 700 under arrest.
  • 5 September: Waziristan Accords are signed.
  • 8 September:- At least six people were killed in bomb blast in Barkhan District.
  • 6 October:: 17 people were killed in secterian violence .
  • 20 October: A bomb blast killed six people in Peshawar.
  • 30 October: Chenagai airstrike allegedly aimed at Ayman al-Zawahri destroys a madrassa in Bajaur area and kills 70–80 people. Pakistani military officials claim there were militants while provincial minister Siraj ul-Haq and a local eyewitness said they were innocent pupils resuming studies after the Muslim Eid holidays.
  • 8 November:2006 Dargai bombing, 42 Pakistani Army soldiers are killed .
  • 2006: Operation al-Mizan ends in a US-Pakistani victory.

2007

  • 15 January: A blast in the Jalozai killed four people.
  • 16 January: Up to 30 Taliban killed in a drone strike in Salamat Keley, Zamazola, South Waziristan.
  • 26 January: Two people were killed in a suicide attack at the Marriott hotel in the capital Islamabad.
  • 27 January: 13 people, including the Chief of Peshawar City Police Malik Saad, were killed in suicide bombing near a crowded Shiite mosque
  • 29 January: January 2007 Dera Ismail Khan suicide bombing 2 people were killed
  • 6 February:- A suicide bomber detonated himself outside Islamabad International Airport.
  • 17 February: A suicide bomber killed 15 people inside a courtroom in Quetta, Balochistan.
  • 20 February: Punjab Minister for social welfare Zil-e-Huma Usman was shot and killed in Gujranwala.
  • 9 March: President Musharraf dismissed Chief Justice of Pakistan, Iftikhar.
  • 19–22 March: Clashes between pro-government forces and al-Qaeda remnants in the Waziristan kill 135 people on both sides.
  • 6 April: 2007 Kurram Agency conflict begins.
  • 10–11 April: 35 people were killed in secterian violence in Kurram Agency.
  • 13 April: 2007 Kurram Agency conflict ends with a victory of Pakistani government and allied Shi'ite militias.
  • 26 April: 4 people killed in the village of Saidgi in North Waziristan in an airstrike. Habib Ullah the owner of the destroyed house, said those killed were not terrorists.
  • 28 April April 2007 Charsadda bombing An assassination attempt on Aftab Ahmad Khan Sherpao, Interior minister is unsuccessful but 28 others are killed .
  • 12 May: 12 May Karachi riots 50 people were killed in clashes
  • 13 May: Afghanistan–Pakistan border skirmishes, 3 Pakistani soldiers were wounded, 13-41 Afghans were killed.
  • 15 May: 2007 Peshawar hotel bombing, 24 people are killed.
  • 2 June; Five people are killed in road side bombing in Bajaur District
  • 8 June: Three people were killed in a bus bombing in Lasbela District.
  • 19 June: 30 killed in the village of Mami Rogha in an airstrike in North Waziristan
  • 23 June: A barrage of artillery and missiles fired from Afghanistan hit residential compounds and a hotel in Mangrotai area of North Waziristan, killing 11 people.
  • 6 July:
  • President General Pervez Musharraf escaped yet another attempt on his life.
  • Four Pakistan Army troops were killed in an IED attack on a military convoy in Dir District
  • 8 July: 3 Chinese workers are killed by gunmen
  • 11 July: Siege of Lal Masjid ends, which started on 3 July.
  • 12 July: Seven people were killed in five attacks in Swat district.
  • 14 July: 23 soldiers are killed in a car bombing.
  • 15 July:- At least 49 are killed in multiple incidents across Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
  • 17 July:- At least 17 people were killed in a suicide bombing in Islamabad.
  • 19 July:- More than 40 people were killed in three separate bomb attacks.
  • 24 July:- Nine people were killed in rocket attacks in Bannu.
  • 27 July:
  • 13 people are killed in a suicide bombing at Muzaffar hotel in Islamabad
  • The same day Raziq Bugti, former guerrilla commander turned spokesman for the Balochistan government, was assassinated in Quetta.
  • 2 August:- A shootout in Sargodha killed a policeman and suspected bomber.
  • 4 August:- Nine people were killed in suicide bombing in Parachinar, Kurram Agency.
  • 25 August – Pakistan successfully tests a nuclear capable cruise missile named Hatf-VIII having a range of .
  • 26 August:- Four policemen were killed in a suicide attack in Shangla District.
  • 4 September September 2007 bombings in Rawalpindi 25 people were killed
  • 11 September:- 17 people are killed in a van bombing in Dera Ismail Khan district. The same day Omar Ayub Khan's protocol officer, Liaquat Hussain, was found shot dead near the Northern Bypass in Karachi.
  • 13 September:- At least 20 off-duty commandos were killed in Haripur near Tarbela Dam.
  • 15 September:Maulana Hassan Jan is assassinated .
  • 20 September: Al-Qaeda declares war on Pakistan.
  • 1 October Suicide bombing in Bannu killed 16 people
  • 7 October: Battle of Mirali starts
  • 10 October: Battle of Mirali ends in a Pakistani victory.
  • 12 October: Mohmand Taliban publicly behead six "criminals".
  • 18 October: Bhutto, Benazir returned to Pakistan, after exile of about 8 years.
  • 19 October: 2007 Karsaz bombing, 180 killed.
  • 20 October: Eight people were killed in a bomb blast in Dera Bugti.
  • 25 October:
  • 20 people are killed in a suicide blast in swat.
  • First Battle of Swat begins
  • 30 October: 7 killed in a suicide attack on a checkpost in Rawalpindi.
  • 1 November: A suicide bomber rammed his motorcycle into a PAF bus near Sargodha, killing 10
  • 2 November: 5 killed in an airstrike on a madrasah in North Waziristan
  • 3 November: Pervez Musharraf imposed emergency, most of the senior judges of Supreme Court ousted.
  • 9 November: A suicide bomber killed 3 in Peshawar.
  • 16 November: After completion of 5 years, National Assembly dissolved, Caretaker government of Muhammad Mian Soomro took oath.
  • 24 November:- 30 people were killed in two suicide attacks in Rawalpindi.
  • 25 November: Nawaz Sharif returned Pakistan after 7 years of forced exile.
  • 8 December: First Battle of Swat ends in a Pakistani victory.
  • 9 December: At least 10 people were killed in a car bombing near Matta, Swat District.
  • 10 December:- A suicide attack on the school bus injuring 7.
  • 13 December:- Two suicide bombings in Quetta killed seven people.
  • 15 December:
  • Emergency lifted, civil rights and suspended constitution restored
  • A suicide bombing on a military checkpost killed five people in Nowshera.
  • 17 December 2007 Charsadda mosque bombing 12 people were killed
  • 21 December: On the eve of Eid ul-Adha, a suicide bomb blast again targeted Aftab Ahmad Sherpao killing at least 57 and injuring over 100 at Jamia Masjid Sherpao, in Charsadda District. Sherpao survived the blast; his younger son Mustafa Khan Sherpao, was injured.
  • 23 December Seven people were killed in a suicide blast in Mingora.
  • 27 December: Assassination of Benazir Bhutto, Benazir Bhutto assassinated, along with 20 others.
  • 28 December:
  • 33 people are killed in the aftermath of the Assassination of Benazir Bhutto
  • A roadside bomb killed nine people including the grandson of Wali-e-Swat in Swat District.
  • 2007: Second MQM insurrection Alleged Pashtuns with ties to Pakistani Taliban along with civilian Pashtuns are killed by MQM.

2008

2009

2010s

2010

2011

2012

2013

2014

2015

2016

2017

2018

2019

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2021

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2023

2024

2025

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