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