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The Baloch rebellion of the 1970s was the most threatening civil disorder to a United Pakistan since Bangladesh's secession. The Pakistan Armed Forces wanted to establish military garrisons in Balochistan Province, which at that time was quite lawless and run by tribal justice. The ethnic Balochis saw this as a violation of their territorial ...
Since 1947, Pakistan has had 20 prime ministers, aside from the appointed caretaker prime ministers who were only mandated to oversee the system until the election process was finished. In Pakistan's parliamentary system , the prime minister is sworn in by the president and usually is the chairman or the president of the party or coalition that ...
4 June: Operation Madad by Pakistan navy. 1 July: July 2010 Lahore bombings, 50 killed. 9 July: Mohmand Agency bombing, 104 killed. 16-19 June: Pakistan navy executes Operation Umeed-e-Nuh against Somali pirates. 3–6 August: 2010 Karachi riots after the assassination of MP Raza Haider killed 90. September: 2010 Pakistan floods. At least 1,600 ...
The history of Pakistan prior to its independence in 1947 spans several millennia and covers a vast geographical area known as the Greater Indus region. [1] Anatomically modern humans arrived in what is now Pakistan between 73,000 and 55,000 years ago. [ 2 ]
Since independence, economic growth has meant an increase in average income of about 150 percent from 1950 to 1996, But Pakistan like many other developing countries, has not been able to narrow the gap between itself and rich industrial nations, which have grown faster on a per head basis.
2016 Pakistan Floods; 2017 Karachi floods; 2019 Pakistan floods and storms; In August 2020, Karachi received the heaviest rain in a single day ever in its history when 231 mm rain lashed out in just 12 hours. During August 2020, only Karachi received 484 mm (19 inches) rain. It is the highest rainfall record over the last 90 years.
Pakistan Muslim League (N) – 8 Farooq Leghari (1940–2010) 14 November 1993 2 December 1997 4 years, 18 days Pakistan People's Party: 1993 — Wasim Sajjad (born 1941) acting: 2 December 1997 1 January 1998 30 days Pakistan Muslim League (N) 9 Muhammad Rafiq Tarar (1929–2022) 1 January 1998 20 June 2001 3 years, 170 days Pakistan Muslim ...
The election was held in Pakistan on 18 February 2008, after being postponed from 8 January, the original date was intended to elect members of the National Assembly of Pakistan, the lower house of the Majlis-e-Shoora (the nation's parliament). Pakistan's two main opposition parties, the PPP and the PML (N) won the majority of seats in the ...