21st Century
| Year | Date | Event |
|---|---|---|
| 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. | |
| 16 September | US Secretary of State Powell told that Pakistan's President Musharraf had agreed to support the U.S. anti-terrorist campaign. | |
| 10 November | US President Bush meets President Musharraf in New York and assures additional aid of one billion dollar. | |
| 2002 | 5 January | Musharraf stunned Vajpayee by a hand-shake at the last 11th SAARC summit in Kathmandu. |
| 1 February | Wall Street Journal reporter, Daniel Pearl killed in Karachi. | |
| 30 April | General Pervez Musharraf wins a referendum thus ensures 5 more years in office | |
| 24 August | President General Musharraf issues the Legal Framework Order 2002. | |
| 10 October | First general elections since the 1999 military coup held | |
| 23 November | Mir Zafarullah Khan Jamali sworn in as Prime Minister. | |
| 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. | |
| 24 June | President Pervez Musharraf meets G.W. Bush in Camp David. US announces $3-billion five-year economic assistance package for Pakistan. | |
| 11 July | Lahore-Delhi bus service resumed after suspension of 18 months. | |
| 14 December | General Musharraf survived an assassination attempt in Rawalpindi. | |
| 2004 | 1 January | General Musharraf won a vote of confidence in the Senate, National Assembly, and provincial assemblies. |
| 5 January | Musharraf meets Vajpayee in Islamabad, discusses Kashmir dispute. | |
| 22 May | Pakistan readmitted to Commonwealth. | |
| 26 June | Prime Minister Zafarullah Khan Jamali steps down and nominates Ch. Shujaat Hussain as his interim successor. | |
| 28 August | Shaukat Aziz becomes Prime Minister. | |
| 17 October | Pakistani physician Dr.Muhammad Saeed Fazal Karim Beebani sets new world record for having the smallest Holy Qur'an of the world. His claim was accepted by Guinness world record administration. | |
| 2005 | 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. | |
| 8 October | A 7.5 magnitude earthquake kills an estimated 80,000 people in northern Pakistan. (see:2005 Pakistan earthquake) | |
| 11 October | Renowned littérateur, linguist and poet, Shanul Haq Haqqee, passes away in Toronto. He was 88. | |
| 2006 | 2 January | Dr. Shamshad Akhtar assumes office of State Bank Governor having the first woman Governor of SBP. |
| 14 May | Charter of democracy (CoD) is signed by two former prime ministers of Pakistan, Nawaz Sharif and Benazir Bhutto in London. | |
| 26 April | Pervez Musharraf lays foundation-stone of Diamir-Bhasha dam. | |
| 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 | |
| 2007 | 9 March | President Musharraf dismissed Chief Justice of Pakistan, Iftikhar. |
| 3 July | Pakistani security forces started operation Sunrise to liberate Lal Masjid from the fundamentalist Islamic militants | |
| 20 July | Iftikhar restored as Chief Justice of Pakistan. | |
| 18 October | Bhutto, Benazir returned to Pakistan, after exile of about 8 years. | |
| 3 November | Pervez Musharraf imposed emergency, most of the senior judges of Supreme Court ousted. | |
| 16 November | After completion of 5 years, National Assembly dissolved, Catetaker government of Muhammad Mian Soomro took oath. | |
| 25 November | Nawaz Sharif returned Pakistan after 7 years of forced exile. | |
| 16 December | Emergency lifted, banned civil rights and suspended constitution restored | |
| 27 December | Former Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto assassinated in Rawalpindi | |
| 2008 | 2 January | The Election Commission announces elections will now be held on February 18. |
| 18 February | Elections are held amidst tight security. PPP, PML-N, PML-N and ANP win 124, 91, 54 and 13 seats respectively. | |
| 24 March | Yusuf Raza Gilani is elected as the new Prime Minister. | |
| 18 August | Pervaiz Musharraf steps down as President of Pakistan. Mohammadmian Soomro takes over as President. | |
| 6 September | Asif Zardari wins presidential election with 481 votes. | |
| 9 September | Asif Zardari takes oath as President of Pakistan. | |
| 2009 | 16 February | Pakistan government announces a truce with Taliban, acceptting a system of Islamic law in the Swat valley, conceding the area as a Taliban sanctuary. |
| 9 March | Militants attack bus with the touring Sri Lankan cricket team. All international cricket matches in Pakistan are suspended. Pakistan also loses its status as hosts for the cricket World Cup 2011. | |
| 16 Marach | As the result of long march Lawyers' Movement succeeded. Iftikhar Mohammed Chaudhry was restored as Chief Justice of Pakistan and other judges dismissed by Musharraf. | |
| 23 May | Pakistan Army launched Operation Rah-e-Rast and cleared Swat Valley of all Taliban elements. It is regarded as one of the most successful counter-insurgency operations in modern age (to 15 July) |
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