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Compiled by
Abdul Qadir
Jan 1: M.V. Columbialand,
carrying Pakistan's first expedition team to Antarctica, crosses Antarctic
circle. March 14: IJI sweeps
Senate elections. March 25: Four Pakistani
hijackers die as Singapore armed forces commandos storm the country's
hijacked airliner at Changi Airport. May 8: 10 people die and
30 are wounded when bomb explodes at the clinic of Kashmiri leader, Dr
Farooq Haider in Rawalpindi. May 16: National
Assembly passes Shariat Bill. June 11: General Asif
Nawaz Janjua appointed as new army chief. Sept 23: Princess Diana
reaches Pakistan on a four-day official visit. Oct 3: General Fazle Haq,
former NWFP governor, shot dead in Peshawar. Nov 26: Urdu daily
Imroze closes down after 43 years.
Jan 16: US and its
allies attack Iraq to end its occupation of Kuwait. March 14: Begum Khaleda
Zia Becomes Prime Minister of Bangladesh. April 3: Permanent
ceasefire between Iraq and Us-led allies comes into effect. October 7: Lenin's
statue sold for 100,000 dollars in Moscow. Oct 13: Soviet Union
abolishes its secret security agency, the
KGB. Oct 13: Burmese
opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi awarded the Nobel Prize for Peace. Oct 30: Middle East
peace conference opens in Madrid after 43 years bringing Israel, Palestine and
other neighbours face to face. Nov 5: 2000 die as
typhoon strikes Eastern Philippines. Nov 20: Suleyman Demirel
returns to power in Turkey, 11 years after his ouster by the army. Dec 25: Washington
recognises the independence of 12 former Soviet Republics.
Jan 17: France agrees to
supply 40 Mirage-2000 aircraft, 3 submarines and 3 radars to Pakistan. March 22: Pakistan
withdraws foreign exchange bonds worldwide. March 25: Pakistan,
under captain Imran Khan, wins the cricket World Cup, defeating England by
22 runs. May 4: Sindh High Court
Declares Asif Ali Zardari's trial inside jail illegal. May 20: Sindh's border
with Rajashthan sealed. June 4: Army called out
in Sindh. June 19: Army launches
anti-MQM operation in Karachi. June 20: Army takes over
Nine-Zero, MQM headquarters in Azizabad. June 27: MQM quits
government. Aug 20: Veteran
politician Nawabzadah Nasrullah Khan announces formation of National
Democratic Alliance. Aug 26: PM Nawaz Sharif
inaugurates Quaid-i-Azam International Airport in Karachi. Oct 2: Nelson Mandela
reaches Pakistan. Oct 17: Indian army
kills 2 Pakistani tourists, Intikhab Ahmed Zia and Habibullah, claiming
they were terrorists.
Jan 1: Washington-Moscow
pact cuts off all military assistance to US and Russian allies in the
Afghan conflict. Jan 11: Algerian
President Chadli Ben Jedid resigns. Feb 2: Russian President
Boris Yeltsin and US president George Bush sign historic Camp David
agreement and declare friendship. Feb 10: Algeria bans
Islamic Salvation Front. March 14: 2000 die in
Turkish earthquake. April 4: First Pakistani
plane lands at Kabul airport after 13 years. April 8: PLO chief
Yasser Arafat survives emergency landing in Southern Lebanon. April 28: Prof
Sibghatullah Mujaddedi takes over as the new President of Afghanistan. May 18: 300 die in
Muslim-Christian clashes in Nigeria. June 20: Czechoslovakia
agrees to peaceful split of 74-year-old republic into two independent
states. Sept 28:
167 people on board the PIA Airbus die when it crashes shortly
before landing at Kathmandu in Nepal. Oct 9: 2 Sikh militants
convicted for killing former Indian Army chief Arun Viyda hanged in
Amritsar. Oct 25: Japanese Emperor
Hirohito visits China and apologises for massacre of tens of thousands of
Chinese in 1937 when Japanese forces captured Nanking province. Nov 3: Bill Clinton
elected as 42nd President of the United States of America. Nov 29: Hindus gather at
Ayodhya to build temple on Babri Mosque site. Dec 7: Cricket Match
between India and Bangladesh cancelled when crowd attacked Dhaka Stadium.
Jan 12: General Abdul
Waheed Kakar becomes new army chief. April 18: President
Ghulam Ishaq Khan dissolves National Assembly and appoints Balkh Sher
Mazari as caretaker Prime Minister. May 26: The Supreme
Court reinstates Nawaz Sharif as Prime Minister. June 5: 24 Pakistan
soldiers in UN contingent in Somalia are killed in Mogadishu. July 17: Both President
Ishaq Khan and Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif agree to step down following
army intervention. July 18: Moeen Qureshi
sworn in as caretaker Prime Minister and Wasim Sajjad as acting president.
Ishaq announces elections to be held in October. Sept 18: Nusrat Bhutto
launches election campaign for absent son Mir Murtaza Bhutto. Sept 29: Former Punjab
chief minister, Ghulam Haider Wyne is assassinated. October 6: Voters go to
polls. October 19: Benazir
Bhutto sworn in as Prime Minister. Nov 4: Mir Murtaza
Bhutto arrives in Karachi. Nov 13: Farooq Leghari
elected President by 274 votes against Wasim Sajjad's 168. Dec 19: Asif Zardari
acquitted in the Unnar case.
Jan 1: First
face-to-face talks between Bosnian Muslims, Croats and Serbs open in
Geneva. Jan 1: Prof Burhanuddin
Rabbani sworn in as President of Afghanistan. Jan 20: Bill Clinton
sworn in as the 42nd President of the US. March 12: Series of
bombs go off in Bombay killing 200 people. May 28: Cambodians vote
in UN supervised elections. Sep 9: Israel and PLO
sign agreement recognising both Israel's right to exist as a state and PLO
as representative of the Palestinian people. Sep 13: Israel and PLO
sign accord in Washington for autonomy to Palestinians. Nov 18: Both white and
black South African leaders approve democratic constitution to give blacks
the vote and end white minority rule. 1994 HOME Jan 16: France offers
Pakistan Mirage 2000-5 aircraft and submarines on deferred payments.
Feb 3: US declares the
Pressler Amendment to remain part of new Foreign Assistance Act. Pakistan
suffers major diplomatic setback. April 21: Supreme Court
orders restoration of Sabir Shah Government in the NWFP. April 28: Pakistan
recognises South Africa. June 5: Justice Sajjad
Ali Shah takes oath as the Chief Justice of Pakistan. June 9: MQM leaders,
including Altaf Hussain, Salim Shehzad and others sentenced to 27 years RI
in the Major Kaleem kidnapping case. Sept 21: Pakistan
decides to purchase three Agosta 90B submarines from France for 950
million dollars.
Oct 18: Army moves into
Karachi after 13 people die in sectarian violence. Nov 3: Chief Minister
NWFP, Aftab Khan Sherpao, announces enforcement of Shariat in Malakand
Division. Nov 4: Pakistan and
France sign 710 million-dollar deal for communication satellite and
railway system in Karachi. Nov 5: Taliban emerge in
Afghanistan; capture Kandhar and release Pakistani caravan carrying goods
and medicines to Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan. Nov 16: Government
releases Mian Mohammad Sharif on parole. Nov 22: Senator Shujaat
Hussain arrested on fraud charges. 1994 Abroad Jan 14: Russian and US
sign deal on co-operation in nuclear field and other security issues. Jan 26: Prince Charles
escapes attack in Sydney, Australia. Feb 19: India tests
surface-to-surface Agni missile successfully. Feb 25: Jewish settler
massacres 63 Palestinians and injures 300 while they offer Fajr prayers at
Al-Khalil. Feb 28: NATO shoots down
4 Serbian planes flying over Bosnia. Sept 1:
Morocco establishes diplomatic relations with Israel. Sept 22: Hundreds die in
Indian plague while thousands are hospitalised. Oct 16: Chancellor
Helmut Kohl's Christian Democratic Union scrapes through to victory in
Germany's general election. Oct 23: Sri Lankan
presidential candidate Gamini Dissanayake and 5 others die in bomb blast
at campaign rally near Colombo. Dec 9: 310 perish as
fire sweeps through a cinema in China. Dec 10. Russia bombs
Chechen capital.
March 15: Mir Murtaza
Bhutto becomes head of his faction of the People's Party. April 26: ICRC report
claims about 100,000 people have been killed in Rwandan civil strife. April 27: Israel and PLO
sign landmark economic accord. May 2: Nelson Mandela
wins South Africa's all race election. June 4: India tests
medium range Prithvi missile. July 26: Powerful bomb
explodes outside Israeli Embassy in London injuring 15 people and causing
massive damage. May 11: Sacred Charar
Sharif shrine is gutted during shootout between Islamic militants and
Indian troops in Occupied Kashmir. Sept 6: Thousands of
Afghans storm Pakistan's embassy in Kabul, slaying one official. Nov 19: Suicide bomber
destroys Egyptian embassy in Islamabad, killing 14 and wounding over 59. Dec 19. President
appoints Jehangir Karamat as Chief of Army Staff to succeed General Abdul
Waheed Kakar. Dec 21: 40 people die
and over 140 are wounded when bomb rocks Peshawar.
Jan 17: Devastating
earthquake in the Japanese city of Kobe claims 6,430 lives. Jan 18. Cave discovered
with 300 stone-age paintings of animals, apparently untouched for some
20,000 years discovered in France. March 25: Algerian
troops slay 300 Muslim militants in the deadliest ambush in three years of
conflict. April 19: Bomb blast in
Oklahoma City leaves 90 people dead. May 17: Conservative
Jacques Chirac sworn in as
French president and takes over from Socialist Mitterrand, who served a
record 14 years. July 4: John Major is
re-elected leader of the ruling Conservative Party and remains Prime
Minister of Britain. July 10: Burmese
dissident leader Aung San Suu Kyi is released from house arrest after 6
years. Aug 20: At least 275
people are killed in northern India when a passenger express rams into a
stationary train. Sept 12: Sher Bahadur
Deuba sworn in as Nepal Prime Minister. Oct 1: US court convicts
Sheikh Omar of Egypt and 9 others of plotting to blow up UN headquarters,
kill President Hosni Mubarak and bomb vital highway tunnels in New York. Oct 2: France carries
out nuclear test in South Pacific. Oct 11: Bosnian
government signs ceasefire accord with Serbs. Nov 4: Israeli Prime
Minister Yitzhak Rabin assassinated by extremist Jew at a rally in Tel
Aviv. Foreign Minister Shimon Peres is named acting premier. Dec 20: NATO takes over
Bosnian peacekeeping mission from UN. It is the biggest military operation
in its 50-year-history.
Jan 16: India decides to
deploy Prithvi missiles on border with Pakistan. April 25: Ex-cricketer
Imran Khan launches new political party. November 5: President
Farooq Leghari dissolves National Assembly Nov 18: Accountability
Ordinance promulgated. 1996 Abroad JAN 1: King Fahad of
Saudi Arabia hands over power to Crown Prince Abdullah. Jan 21: Yasser Arafat
scores landslide victory in presidential elections. Jan 27: India tests
long-range Prithvi missile capable of carrying nuclear warheads. May 16: Vajpayee sworn
in as Indian Prime Minister. Jun 23: Sheikh Hasina
Wajed sworn in as Prime Minister of Bangladesh. Aug 6: Scientists find
evidence of possible life on Mars. Sept 27: Taliban capture
Kabul and hang former President Najibullah and his brother in public. Nov 4: Bill Clinton
re-elected US President. Dec 15: Security Council
agrees to appoint Ghana's Kofi Annan as new UN Secretary General.
Jan 8: Sita White files
paternity suit against Imran Khan. Jan 30: SC upholds
dissolution of the National Assembly. Feb 18: Nawaz Sharif
sworn in as Prime Minister. April 1: NA unanimously
adopts 13th constitutional amendment. April 24: Navy Chief
Admiral Mansoorul Haq quits on allegation of corruption. June 18: Mir Aimal Kansi,
wanted for killing 2 CIA officers, is arrested in Dera Ghazi Khan and
flown to US. Nov 11: Aimal Kansi
sentenced to life for 1993 murder of CIA employee. Dec 2: President Leghari
steps down. Wasim Sajjad becomes acting president. 1997 Abroad Feb 13: China executes
100 Muslims after summary trials in Xinjiang. April 21: I. K Gujral
takes oath as 12th Indian PM. May 24: Khatami elected
Iranian president. May 26: Saudi Arabia
recognises Taliban government. June 30: Hong Kong
becomes part of China again. July 17: R. K. Narayan
elected Indian President.
Jan 1: Justice (retired)
Rafiq Tarar takes oath as ninth President of Pakistan. March 4: 500 drowned and
3000 houses destroyed in Balochistan flood. April 9: Pakistan test
fires 150-km range surface-to-surface missile. May 28: Pakistan holds 5
nuclear tests in response to India's and becomes nuclear power. Emergency
declared. Government freezes foreign currency accounts. July 23: British govt
hands over Surrey Palace documents to Pakistan. Aug 11: 2500 million ton
gold and copper reserves found in Chaghi, Balochistan. Sept 10: Two C-130
aircraft collide at Chaklala Air Base. 5 air force officers die. Oct 5: Army chief
Jehangir Karamat proposes formation of National Security Council. Oct 7: PM Nawaz Sharif
forces Karamat to resign. Pervez Musharraf becomes COAS. Oct 9: National Assembly
passes Shariat Bill (15th amendment) Nov 19: Nawaz Sharif
inaugurates Karachi-Hyderabad Motoraway (M-9).
Jan 3: 412 civilians
slaughtered by unidentified attackers in West Algeria. Jan 6: 100 people die
when two trains collide in dense fog in Northern India. Feb 6: Earthquake claims
4000 lives in Northern Afghanistan. Feb 16: 202 people die
when Taiwan passenger aircraft crashes. March 15: Atal Behari
Vajpayee nominated as prime Minister of India. May 31: 5000 die in
Afghan earthquake. Aug 8: Taliban capture
Mazar Sharif and massacre ethnic Hazaras in thousands. Aug 20: US launch cruise
missile attack on Afghanistan. Sept 1: India tests
Aakash missile. Sept 2: 229 passengers
die when Swiss plane crashes in the sea. Sept 19: 220 die in
Philippines shipwreck. Dec 11: 102 passengers
of Thai Air lines killed when plane crashes near Sura Thani airport. Dec 12: US House body
votes to impeach president Clinton. Dec 14: Clinton endorses
Palestinian State. Dec 18: US bombs Iraqi
oil refinery, radio and television stations. 1999 HOME Feb 1 Supreme Court
orders release of newsprint to Jang group. Feb 17: Supreme Court
declares military courts illegal. Feb 29: Indian PM
Vajpayee arrives in Lahore by bus. May 20: India and
Pakistan ex-change heavy fire in Kargil. July 4: Prime Minister
Sharif agrees to pull out from Kargil during meeting with Clinton. Oct 12: Musharraf
dismisses Nawaz Sharif government. Dec: Javed Iqbal,
accused of sexually assaulting and killing 100 children, is arrested. 1999 Abroad Jan 22: Hundreds killed
in ChristianMuslim clashes in Indonesia. Feb 12: US Senate
acquits President Clinton in Monica case. Aug 2: 500 die and over
1000 wounded as two trains collide in India. Sept 21: Taiwan
earthquake claims over 1800 lives. Sept 27: Hosni Mubarak
elected Egyptian president for fourth time. Oct 20: Abdur Rehman
Wahid becomes Indonesian president. Oct 30: Over 1000 die as
storm lashes India's coastal towns. Dec 22: Chandarika
Kumaratunga becomes Prime Minister of Sri Lanka. 2000 HOME Jan 19: Nawaz Sharif and
other accused indicted in plane case. Feb 7: Pakistan test
fires Hatf-I missile. April 6: ATC awards life
imprisonment to Nawaz Sharif in PIA hajacking case. May 17: Nazir Sabir
becomes the first Pakistani to conquer Mount Everest. Sept 20: Sherpao gets
3-year imprisonment by NAB reference. Dec 13: Nawaz Sharif and
family exiled to Saudi Arabia. Dec 20: Pakistan
announces pullout of a part of troops from line of control. 2000 Abroad Jan 1: Y2K bug fails to
bite. Jun 26: Scientists
unveil first draft of 'The Book of Life' after successfully mapping human
genome system. Aug 15: Russia's nuclear
submarine sinks, killing 118 onboard. Aug 25: India test fires
Trishul missile. Oct: US shuts down
embassies in Arab world. Oct 13: South Korean
president Kim Dae Jung wins Nobel Peace Prize. Dec 9: Isreali PM Ehud
Barak resigns. Dec 14: Gore concedes
defeat; Bush promises to unite Americans. Dec 22: Kashmiri
militants attack Red Fort, killing 3. Dec 22: Madonna marries
British film director Guy Ritchie. 2001 HOME Jan 21: Pakistan and
India decide to extend bi-weekly Samjhota Express service for 3 years. Jan 26: 5 killed and 108
inured in lower Sindh as aftershocks from Gujarat earthquake are felt in
Pakistan. 2001 Abroad Jan 18: UN sanctions on
Taliban-ruled Afghanistan begin. Jan 20: George W bush
sworn in as 43rd US President. Sep 11: World Trade
Centre (WTC), New York destroyed in a terrorist attack. 2002 HOME Jan 23: Armed militants
kidnapped Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl in Karachi, Pakistan. May 8: A car bomb
exploded near a Pakistani navy shuttle bus in Karachi, killing 12 persons
and wounding 19 French nationals. Jun 14: A car bomb
exploded near the U.S. Consulate and the Marriott Hotel in Karachi. 2002 Abroad Jan 22: Armed militants
on motorcycles fired at the U S Consulate in Calcutta, India, killing 5
Indian security personnel and wounding 13 others. Mar 27: A suicide
bombing in a noted restaurant in Netanya, Israel, killed 22 persons and
wounded 140. Apr 11: A suicide bomber
detonated a truck loaded with propane gas outside a historic synagogue in
Djerba, Tunisia, killing 16. May 9:
A remote-controlled bomb exploded near a May Day parade in Kaspiisk,
Dagestan, killing 42 persons and wounding 150. July 17: Two suicide
bombers attacked the old bus station in Tel Aviv, Israel, killing 5
persons and wounding 38. Aug 5: Gunmen attacked a
Christian school attended by children of missionaries from around the
world. Oct 12: A car bomb
exploded outside the Sari Club Discotheque in Denpasar, Bali, Indonesia,
killing 202 persons and wounding 300 more. Oct 23: Fifty Chechen
rebels led by Movsar Barayev seized the Palace of Culture Theater in
Moscow, Russia, to demand an end to the war in Chechnya. Dec 27: A suicide bomb
attack destroyed the offices of the pro-Russian Chechen government in
Grozny and killed over 80 people and wounded 210. 2003 HOME Jan 8: Ghauri missile
handed over to Pak Army. Jan 21: Gas pipeline
near Sui was blown up. Jan 25: Pakistan's first
ever communication satellite Paksat-I was launched by the President. Feb 20: Air Chief Mushaf
Ali Mir, his wife and 15 other were killed in an air crash. Mar 1: Khalid Sheikh,
suspected mastermind behind the 9/11 attack in the USA, was arrested in
Rawalpindi. Mar 6: Shaheen-I missile
was handed over to Pak Army. Mar 19: Air Marshal
Kaleem Saadat was appointed the new Chief of Air Staff. Mar 26: Pakistan and
India test-fired Abdali and Prithvi missiles respectively May 20: Commonwealth
kept Pakistan's membership suspended. June 27: Shahbaz
Sharif's family put under house arrest. July 21: Syed
Sharifuddin Pirzada disclosed that Fatima Jinnah was assassinated. July 26: ARD boycotted
talks on LFO. Aug 21: Heavy operation
spillage from Tasman Spirit. Nov 18: A major
operation was initiated against tribes in South Waziristan, dozens
including 3 chiefs were arrested. Dec 25: Two suicide
truck bombers killed 14 persons as President Musharraf's motorcade passed
through Rawalpindi, Pakistan. 2003 Abroad Jan 10: North Korea
withdrew from NPT. Feb 1: Space shuttle
Columbia broke apart into flames over Texas, killing all seven astronauts. Feb 13: Russia, India
signed $400 million nuclear fuel deal. Feb 19: 302 killed in
Iran plane crash. Feb 21: 85 died, 150
injured in US night-club fire. Feb 25: North Korea
fired missile into Sea of Japan. Mar 16: Bush set 17th
March deadline for diplomacy over Iraq. Mar 20: US-led forces
entered Iraq, cruise missile attack on Iraq. Apr 3: US forces seized
Baghdad airport. Apr 24: US detained
Tareq Aziz, former deputy PM in Saddam Hussein's toppled Iraqi regime. May 8: Vajpayee rejected
Pakistan's nuclear disarmament call. May 11: US dissolved
Iraq's Baath Party. India conducted second test of Astra missile. May 13: 29 killed in
Riyadh suicide bombings. May 22: 1,092 people
killed in Algerian quake. May 29: India test-fired
multi-target Aakash missile. June 24: US President
announced a 3-billion dollar aid package for Pakistan. Jun 25: India test-fired
Trishul missile. July 8: Iranian twin
sisters died as surgery ended in tragedy and 116 perished in Sudanese
plane crash. July 22: Saddam's sons
Uday, Qusay were killed in Mosul raid. July 30:
Bush accepted responsibility for flawed intelligence in Iraq's
nuclear aspirations. Sep 3: JF-17 was
successfully tested in China. First post-Saddam Iraqi
cabinet sworn in. Sep 4: France and
Germany rejected new US resolution on Iraq. Dec 3: USA warned Iran,
Syria, Libya, North Korea and Cuba of their corrupt activities. Dec 14: Saddam Hussein
captured in Tikrit. Dec 26: More than 20,000
people were killed in earthquake in Iranian city Bam. 2004 HOME Jan 1: PIA operates
first flight to Delhi. Jan 4: SAARC summit
starts in Islamabad. Jan 8: Army launches
operation against Al-Qaeda in Wana. Feb 2: Dr Qadeer admits
to N-proliferation. Feb 21: Hatf-III missile
handed over to Army. Feb 23:
24 rocket fired at Sui gas field. Mar 9: Pakistan tests
Shaheen-II successfully. Geo TV website launched. Mar 10: India begins
historic cricket tour to Pakistan. Mar 11: Geo TV
transmission begins in USA. May 4: Pakistan-China
deal for Chashma-2 signed. June 16: Bob Woolmer
replaces Miandad as Pak Team coach. June 19: Pak India kick
off nuclear talks, sign agreement to improve border situation. June 22: Imran, Jemima
end nine-year marriage. June 23: Schoolgirl set
to become first Pakistani Olympic pool. June 30: Shujaat sworn
in as prime minister. PIA celebrates 50th
anniversary. July 6: Gas pipeline
explodes at Ouch Sharif. Aug 18: Shaukat Aziz
wins Tharparkar, Attock NA seats. Sep 5: Mahathir visits
Pakistan Sep 16: CNN launches
Young Journalists Award in Pakistan. Oct 4: Sohail equals
world record for international goals in hockey. Oct 12: Pakistan tests
N-capable missile. Oct 26: NA approves
death for Karo-Kari. Nov 29: N-capable
Ghaznavi missile test-fried. Nov 30: Tasman oil spill
affected 300,00 Karachiites. 2004 Abroad Jan 3: 148 perish in
Egyptian plane crash. Jan 6: Australian
captain Steve Waugh retires from International cricket. Jan 13: Asia confronts
bird flu crisis, three dead confirmed in Vietnam. Jan 25: NASA's second
rover lands on Mars. Feb 1: 244 pilgrims die
in Mina Stampede. Feb 11: Scientist clones
30 human embryos. Feb 16: Distant galaxy
observed through Hubble. Feb 17: New form of mad
cow disease discovered. Feb 23: 64-year-old
Indian woman delivers test tube baby. Feb 24: 447 killed in
Morocco quake. Feb 26: Fastest
stopwatch developed by Austro-Hungarian physicists. Mar 13: Iran freezes
inspections of its N-facilities. Mar 15: Astronomers
discover new (10th) planet in the solar system. Mar 19: New Delhi tests
Pirthvi missile. Mar 27: UN Inspectors
arrive in Iran to inspect N-Sites. Mar 29: SAF games get
off to a colourful start. India test-fires two anti-aircraft Akash
missiles. Apr 1: German state
outlaws headscarves for Muslim teachers. Apr 7: Lara breaks world
record and becomes the first batsman to make 400 test runs. Apr 19: US ends Fallujah
siege. Apr 23: US lifts
economic sanctions on Libya. May 13: Vajpayee quits
as Congress routs BJP in Indian elections. May 21: Venus-Moon
encounter dazzles people on Earth. May 22: Manmohan Singh
sworn in as PM of India. May 24: Over 500 dead in
Haiti floods. May 31: Death toll in
Caribbean floods soars past 1700. June 8: Venus passes
between the Earth and the sun after 121.5 years. June 21: First private
space flight returns to Earth. July 6: Fresh outbreak
of bird flu in China. Blair accepts Iraqi WMDs may never be found. Aug 4: Gibraltar marks
300 years of British rule. South Asia floods claim 1600 lives. Sri Lankan president
steps down as coalition leader. Aug 29: India tests
nuclear capable Agni-II missile. Sep 3: Over 200 dead as
Russian Commander storms school. Sep 6: 90 dead in China
storms. Sep 9: Top G-8 official
discuses nuke tensions with Iran. Sep 11: Blasts in Jeddah
mar 9/11 anniversary. Sep 19: 650,000 homeless
in west Bengal floods. Sep 20: Afghan
vice-president survive bomb attack Sep 24: Bill Gates
remains atop list of richest. Sep 25: Hurricane Jeanne
forced more than 800,000 in Florida to evacuate. Sep 26: India celebrates
350th anniversary of the Taj Mahal. Sep 29: Private rocket
ship 'Spaceship One' reaches edge of space. Sep 30: Typhoon Meari
lashes Japan, 20 dead, seven missing. Oct 1: Japan's bullet
train marks 40th anniversary. Oct 2: Anthrax kills 120
hippos in Uganda. Oct 8: 43 dead, million
flee as rain lashes Bangladesh, North-east India. Oct 9: Strongest typhoon
of the decade hits Tokyo. Oct 10: Indian floods
claim 150 lives. Oct 13: EU gives Sudan
two-month deadline over Darfur. Oct 18: US offers sale
of Patriot missile system to India. Oct 20: Iran conducts
new test of Shahab-3 missile. Oct 31: Iran parliament
approves uranium enrichment. 100 Somalis killed in factional fighting. Nov 3: Bush wins second
term. Karzai proclaimed Afghanistan's first elected President. Nov 6: 37 killed in
Samarra car bombings. Eight French soldiers killed by Ivory Coast troops. Nov 16: Rice new
secretary of state as Powell quits. Nov 30: Philippines
storm leaves 306 dead, 150 missing. Dec 26: Asian tsunami 2005 HOME Jan 5: Karo-kari law
signed by president. Jan 7: Baglihar talks
collapse: Reservations not addressed: Pakistan. Jan 10: Deletion of sect
column in all forms proposed. Jan 12: FC takes over
Sui gas plant- supply across country partially shut: four killed in gun
battles- Karachi to remain unaffected. Jan 28: Underworld don
Shoaib dies of heart attack in jail. Feb 4: KSE crosses 7000
mark. Feb 5: KESC sold to
Saudi group 'Kanooz-al-Watan'. Feb 12: Common Wealth
urges Musharraf to quit one post by 2007. Feb 18: Provincial
Minister Imtiaz Sheikh sacked. Feb 24: KSE crosses 8000
mark. Mar 9: Two bills on
honour killing tabled in NA. Mar 14: Benazir, Shahbaz
meet in London. Mar 18: Fierce clashes
in Dera Bugti. Mar 20: Hatf VI missile
test fired. Apr 1: Ballistic missile
'Abdali' Hatf II, test fired. Apr 6: New jet JF-17
Thunder aircraft unveiled. Apr 9: Pakistan to build
more N-plants-Ground-breaking of Chashma-2. Apr 16: Pakistan-India
summit - Musharraf arrives in India. May 5: Al Qaeda's one of
the top 3 men Abu Faraj Al Libbi arrested. May 17: NA adopts PEMRA
bill. May 23: US copter attack
in Waziristan kills five. May 24: Market suffers
$1.4bn loss: SECP, KSE in a state of tussle. May 28: Suicide blast at
Bari Imam shrine; 20 killed. May 31: BJP chief Advani
arrives in Pakistan. June 1: Rs 16.3bn
released for Gwadar port project. June 3: APHC leaders
arrive in AJK. June 17: US invites
Mukhtaran Mai. July 15: NWFP PA passes
Hasba bill. July 16: Army, FBI
launch probe in tribal area. July 19: Taliban leader
Maulvi Abdul Kabir held in Peshawar. July 25: Experts from
Pakistan visit Baglihar. July 28: Accused in
Daniel Pearl murder case Mohammad Hashim Qadeer arrested. July 31: US allows
shipment of F-16s to Pakistan. Aug 13: State Bank
issues Rs 20 note. Aug 14: Pakistan
test-fires Babur missile. Aug 17: President issues
Madressah Registration Ordinance. Aug 21: Army man hanged
for murderous attempt on Musharraf. Sep 5: 350 fighter
planes take part in PAF's largest ever exercise. Sep 20: Benazir appears
before Swiss court. Oct 8: Devastating quake
kills thousands in AJK and NWFP. Oct 30: $2.6bn PTCL deal
collapses. Nov 1: Pakistan receives
first of six C-130s from US. Nov 4: Mukhtaran
receives award in US. Nov 30: Gorbachev
confers Tolerance award on Benazir. Dec 4: Dr Shamshad named
first SBP woman governor. Dec 12: Accord on ferry
service finalised between India and Pakistan. Dec 21: US vice
president Dick Cheney visits Pakistan. Dec 21: Deal reached
with Etisalat on PTCL. 2005 Abroad
Jan 6: Makgatho Mandela,
the only surviving son of former South African president Nelson Mandela,
dies of Aids in Johannesburg. Jan 9: PLO Chairman
Mahmoud Abbas wins the Palestinian presidential election. Feb 10: Prince Charles
announces his impending marriage to Camilla Parker Bowles. Feb 19: Egypt and Jordan
announce return of their ambassadors to Israel. Feb 22: A powerful
earthquake measuring 6.4 on the Richter scale hits Iran. Mar 18: Dr Amina Wadood
becomes the first Muslim woman to lead prayer. Mar 28: A massive 8.7
magnitude earthquake hits Indonesia's Sumatra island killing 1300 people. Apr 2: Dozens of
insurgents mount a sustained attack on Abu Gharaib prison outside Baghdad. Apr 14: Amitabh Bachchan
appointed UNICEF International Goodwill Ambassador. Apr 24: Pope Benedict
XVI is installed as leader of the Roman Catholic Church. Jun 13: Michael Jackson
acquitted in sex-abuse trial. Jun 16: Donald Tsang is
declared Hong Kong's new leader. July 29: 36,000 Rwandan
prisoners are released, the majority of whom have confessed to taking part
in the country's 1994 genocide. Aug 17: Over 350 small
bombs go off simultaneously in Bangladesh at different places. Aug 30: Hundreds of
people are killed as Hurricane Katrina lashes
the US Gulf coast. Aug 31: More than 950
Iraqi Shias die in a stampede over a Baghdad bridge Sep 5: Over 140 people
are killed in airliner crash in Indonesia. Sep 7: Hosni Mubarak
wins a fifth six-year term in the Egyptian presidential elections Sep 11: Japanese Prime
Minister Junichiro Koizumi's Liberal Democratic Party wins a landslide
victory in parliamentary elections. Sep 12: After 38 years
of occupation, Israel completes its withdrawal from the Gaza Strip. Sep 12: Disney
Corporation inaugurates its first theme park in Asia, Hong Kong. Oct 1: Three bomb blasts
rip through Bali, Indonesia, killing more than 26 people and wounding 122
others. Oct 3: India
successfully test fires 700km range surface-to-air missile Akash in Orissa. Oct 7: The 2005 Nobel
Peace Prize awarded to Mohammad El Baradei of IAEA. Oct 11: Irish writer
John Banville wins the Man Booker Prize 2005, one of the literary world's
most prestigious awards. Oct 19: Former Iraqi
president Saddam Hussain goes on trial for the murder of 148 Shia men in
Dujali in 1982. Oct 21: Hurricane Wilma,
a category four storm, strikes the Gulf of Mexico. Oct 25: The number of US
soldiers killed in the Iraq war hits 2000 mark. Oct 26: Iranian
president Mahmoud Ahmedinejad causes uproar among the international
community by calling for Israel to be "wiped off the map". Oct 29: Three bombs
detonate in New Delhi, killing at least 61 people and injuring 188 others. Nov 9: At least 51
people are killed and 130 others injured when three hotels are bombed in
Jordan. Nov 16: US admits to
using white phosphorous as an incendiary weapon in Fallujah. Nov 19: Sri Lanka's
fifth president Mahinda Rajapakse sworn in after securing 50.29 per cent
of the vote. Nov 21: Jalal Talabani
arrives in Iran, becoming the first Iraqi president to visit the country
since the late 1960s. Nov 22: Angela Merkel
becomes Germany's youngest and first female post-war chancellor. Nov 22: Japan announces
to have a military nearly six decades after the US stripped the nation of
the right to maintain armed forces. Nov 24: For the first
time in history, government decides to evacuate people due to climate
change in Papua New Guinea. Nov 26: Brian Lara
creates a new record for scoring the highest number of runs in Test
matches. Nov 26: A shallow
earthquake measuring 5.7 on the Richter scale hits the tourist area of
Jiujiang, China, killing at least 14 people. Nov 27: Myanmar's
military junta extends the detention period of Aung San Suu Kyi. Nov 30: French doctors
perform the world's first partial face transplant. 2006 HOME Jan 1: Pakistan and
India exchange lists of their nuclear facilities. Jan 2: APHC Chairman
Mirwaiz Omar Farooq, along with other members, arrives in Pakistan for a
6-day visit. Jan 20: Lahore and
Amritsar bus service launched. Feb 13: Khalida Zia
arrives in Islamabad for a 3-day visit. Feb 18: Thar Express is
launched. Feb 19: Pakistan test
fires Abdali missile. Mar 3: Bush arrives in
Islamabad. Country wide strike against the blasphemous cartoons. 2006 Abroad Jan 5: Ariel Sharon
suffers a massive brain haemorrhage. Jan 26: Hamas scores
stunning victory in the Palestine elections. Feb 3: Muslims protest
worldwide over the blasphemous caricatures. Feb 6: India pulls 5000
troops out of held Kashmir. Mar 12: South Africa
scores the highest score, of 438 runs, in the history of ODIs.
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