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In 2010 and 2011 Pakistani-American relations worsened after a CIA contractor killed two civilians in Lahore and the United States killed Osama bin Laden at his home less than a mile from the Pakistan Military Academy. Strong US criticism was made against Pakistan for allegedly supporting bin Laden while Gillani called on his government to ...
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 ]
11 April: Shehbaz Sharif is sworn in as the Prime Minister of Pakistan. 16 April: 2022 Pakistani airstrikes in Afghanistan; 19 May: 2022 Pakistan economic crisis; 25 May: 2022 Azadi march; 12 June: 2022 Karachi fire; 14 June – October: 2022 Pakistan floods; 21 June: June 2022 Afghanistan earthquake; 18 July: Sadiqabad boat sinking; 1 August:
Contact us; Contribute Help; ... This is a list of years in Pakistan. See also the timeline of Pakistani history. 21st century ... 1947 1948 1949. See also
A leading recipient of US military assistance, Pakistan expects to receive approximately $20 billion since 2001 a combination of reimbursement to Pakistan and training programs for the Pakistan counter-terrorism units. However, Pakistan claimed the US has not compensated as much as half of that money, but has only claimed so in the media. [179]
India and Pakistan begin the second Indo-Pakistani War, over the princely state of Kashmir and Jammu. 23 September India and Pakistan sign a cease-fire, ending the second Indo-Pakistani War. 11 November Rhodesia issues a Unilateral Declaration of Independence, which is rejected by the United Kingdom, sparking a 15-year crisis in the ...
[3] [4] The then governor-general of Pakistan, Muhammad Ali Jinnah, took advice from the Founding Fathers of the nation and appointed Liaquat Ali Khan to establish and lead his administration on 15 August 1947. [5] Before the presidential system in 1960, seven prime ministers had served between 1947 until martial law in 1958. In 1971, the ...
After Partition of India in 1947, two-thirds of the Muslims resided in Pakistan (both east and West Pakistan) but a third resided in India. [1] According to 1951 census, Dominion of Pakistan (both East and West Pakistan) had a population of 75 million population, in which West Pakistan had a population of 33.7 million and East Pakistan (now Bangladesh) had a population of 42 million.