History of Governments in Pakistan from 1947 to 2012

Year
History
1947
Independence of Pakistan
1948
Urdu is declared the national language of Pakistan.
1949
Constituent Assembly of Pakistan adopts Objectives Resolution
1950
Prime Minister Liaquat Ali Khan met Nehru to sign the Liaquat-Nehru Pact
1951
Prime minister Khan Liaqat Ali Khan assassinated
1952
The second draft of the Basic Principle Committee presents to the Constituent Assembly.
1953
Muhammad Ali Bogra became PM of Pak
1954
Government of Pakistan approves the National Anthem
1955
Chaudhry Muhammad Ali became PM of Pak
1956
Constituent of 1956
1957
 Ibrahim Ismail Chundrigar became PM of Pak
1958
Ayub Khan  was appointed the first chief martial law administrator
1959
Government establishes Islamic Research Institute
1960
Ayub Khan becomes first elected president
1961
Government takes over news agency, Associated Press of Pakistan (APP)
1962
Constituent of 1962
1963
Z. A. Bhutto becomes Foreign Minister.
1964
President Ayub Khan inaugurates Pakistan Television Lahore Station.
1965
Pak India war
1966
Sheikh Mujeeb, chief of Awami League, announces his six points in Karachi.
1967
Pakistan Peoples Party comes into being.
1968
 Pakistan becomes Olympic Hockey Champion, winning over Australia 2-1.
1969
Ayub Khan resigns; Yahya Khan declares martial law
1970
First General elections held. Awami League and Pakistan People Party emerge as leading parties in East and West Pakistan.
1971
Separation of East Pakistan\ Rashid Minhas awarded Nishan-i-Haider
1972
Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto becomes president
1973
Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto becomes prime minister
1974
Prime Minister Z. A. Bhutto's government begins nuclear program.
1975
 Pakistan and Bangladesh agree to established diplomatic ties.
1976
A.Q. Khan research laboratories established.
1977
General Muhammad Zia ul-Haq overthrows prime minister Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto and declares martial law
1978
General Muhammad Zia ul-Haq becomes Pakistan's sixth president
1979
Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto hanged
1980
Government starts collecting Zakat
1981
International Islamic University starts functioning
1982
General Zia-ul-Haq inaugurates first session of Federal Council (Shoora) in Islamabad
1983
 First three F-16 jets reach Pakistan
1984
 Altaf Hussain forms MQM
1985
Muhammad Khan Junejo becomes prime minister
1986
 Peshawar Dry Port is inaugurated.
1987
Qazi Hussain Ahmed becomes Amir of Jamat-i-Islami.
1988
General Zia-ul-Haq is killed in a plane crash near Bahawalpur
1989
 Students unions are restored in Punjab
1990
Mian Nawaz Sharif becomes the  prime minister
1991
 National Assembly adopts Shariat Bill.
1992
PIA Flight 268 was crashed on approach to Kathmandu’s Tribhuvan International Airport
1993
 Benazir Bhutto becomes prime minister for the second time
1994
Pakistan Television transmission gets access to 38 countries via satellite.
1995
Sindh Government lifts ban on six Karachi evening newspapers.
1996
Malik Meraj Khalid became acting Prime Minister of pakistan
1997
Nawaz Sharif becomes prime minister for the second time
1998
 Pakistan conducts nuclear tests
1999
General Pervez Musharaf overthrow the Nawaz Sharif
2000
 Nawaz Sharif sentenced to life imprisonment on hijacking and terrorism charges.
2001
Gen.  Pervez Musharraf became president of pakistan
2002
Mir Zafarullah Khan Jamali sworn in as Prime Minister
2003
Senate elections: Ruling party wins most seats in voting to the upper house.
2004
Shaukat Aziz becomes Prime Minister.
2005
Collision of three passenger trains near Ghotki.
2006
Charter of democracy (cod) is signed by Nawaz Sharif and Benazir Bhutto in London.
2007
President Musharraf dismissed Chief Justice of Pakistan
2008
Yusuf Raza Gilani is elected as the new Prime Minister
2009
Pakistan Army launched Operation Rah-e-Rast and cleared Swat Valley of all Taliban elements
2010
Airblue Flight 202 was crashed near north-east of Islamabad in the Margalla Hills
2011
 361 people were killed, some 5.3 million people and 1.2 million homes affected in sindh flood.
2012
Bhoja Air Flight 213 was aircraft carrying a domestic scheduled passenger flight from Jinnah International Airport in Karachi to Benazir Bhutto International Airport in Islamabad that crashed at a village near Hussain Abad