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| 1935 | Jinnah, Mohammed Ali |  |
| The British for the first time propose handing over substantial power to elected Indian provincial legislatures, with elections to be held in 1937, Jinnah returns to India and resumed leadership of the League |
| 1947 | Jinnah, Mohammed Ali | |
| Appointed Governor General of Pakistan, 1st Governor General of Pakistan |
| Pakistan is created & granted independence |
| 1947 | Khan, Liaquat Ali | |
| Liaquat Ali Khan becomes Prime Minister |
| Pakistan is created & granted independence |
| 11th Aug Inaugurating the Assembly, Jinnah speaks of an inclusive and pluralist democracy promising equal rights for all citizens regardless of religion, caste or creed |
| 1948 | Jinnah, Mohammed Ali | |
| 11th Sep Ziarat Death of Mohammed Ali Jinnah, 13 months after taking office |
| 1948 | Nazimuddin, Khwaja | |
| Death of Mohammed Ali Jinnah, Khwaja Nazimuddin becomes Governor-General |
| 1951 | Khan, Liaquat Ali | |
| 16th Oct Assassinated by an Afghanfanatic, disorder follows |
| 1951 | Liaquat, Ali Khan | |
| Assassinated while in office |
| Death of Ali Khan Liaquat, assassinated |
| 1951 | Nazimuddin, Khawaja | |
| Liaquat is succeeded by Khawaja Nazimuddin |
| 1951 | Nazimuddin, Khwaja | |
| Liaquat is assassinated, Nazimuddin becomes Prime Minister |
| 1954 | Khan, Muhammad Ayub | |
| Turkey & Pakistan sign a mutual defence treaty |
| Oct Appointed Minister of Defense |
| 1955 | Mirza, Mirza | |
| Governor-General Ghulam Mohammad resigns, succeeded by Iskander Mirza |
| 1955 | Mohammad, Ghulam | |
| Governor-General Ghulam Mohammad resigns, succeeded by Iskander Mirza |
| 1956 | Khan, Muhammad Ayub | |
| Appointed Chief Martial Law Administrator to maintaine martial law |
| 1956 | Mirza, Mirza | |
| The Constitution is adopted, Mirza becomes president |
| 1957 | Noon, Firoz Khan | |
| Appointed President of Pakistan |
| 1958 | Khan, Muhammad Ayub | |
| Imposes martial law |
| The Army seizes power and the martial law regime of Muhammad Ayub Khan bans all political parties, this was the end of the old Muslim League |
| 28th Oct Appointed President of Pakistan, 1st term |
| 1958 | Mirza, Mirza | |
| Mirza abrogates the Constitution & declares martial law |
| 1960 | Khan, Muhammad Ayub | |
| Appointed President of Pakistan, 2nd term, after winning the presidential elections |
| 1962 | Khan, Muhammad Ayub | |
| Declares Pakistan's 2nd Constitution |
| 1963 | Bhutto, Zulfikar Ali | |
| Appointed Foreign Minister, 1st term |
| 1965 | Khan, Muhammad Ayub | |
| Appointed President of Pakistan, 3rd term |
| 1968 | Khan, Muhammad Ayub | |
| Outbreak of student riots |
| 1969 | Khan, Agha Mohammad Yahya | |
| Ayub Khan resigns & General Agha Mohammad Yahya Khan assumes the presidency |
| When countrywide agitation renders loss of control, Ayub Khan decides to hand over power to the Army Chief, General Yahya Khan |
| 25th Mar Assumes the title of Chief Martial Law Administrator |
| 25th Mar Immediately after coming to power, Yahya Khan declares Martial Law |
| 25th Mar Terminates the Constitution and dissolves the National and Provincial Assemblies |
| 31st Mar Becomes President of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan |
| 1969 | Khan, Muhammad Ayub | |
| 24th Mar Karachi Martial law is declared, Ayub Khan resigns & General Agha Mohammad Yahya Khan assumes the presidency |
| 24th Mar Karachi Resigns after widespread opposition & civil disorder, most notably in Kashmir |
| 1970 | Khan, Agha Mohammad Yahya | |
| East Pakistan attempts to secede, civil war begins & Bangladesh declares itself independent |
| First general elections, Sheikh Mujibur Rahman's Awami League secures an absolute majority in new National Assembly |
| 29th Mar Through an Ordinance presents an interim Constitution, the Legal Framework Order, a formula according to which the forthcoming elections were to be organized |
| Dec The first general elections in the history of Pakistan are held |
| 1971 | Bhutto, Zulfikar Ali | |
| Karachi Appointed Deputy Prime Minister of Pakistan |
| Appointed Foreign Minister, 2nd term |
| 20th Dec Appointed President of Pakistan |
| 22nd Dec Mujibur Rahman is released from prison & becomes President of Bangladesh |
| 1971 | Khan, Yahya | |
| 1st Mar The Constituent Assembly is postponed, causes strikes in East Pakistan |
| 26th Mar The Awami League declare the independence of Bangladesh |
| 26th Mar Troops from West Pakistan fight the East Pakistan separatists |
| 2nd April Pakistan protests against India's support for Bangladeshi independence |
| 22nd Nov Pakistan accuses India of invading Bangladesh |
| 3rd Dec Pakistan bombs Indian airfields |
| 6th Dec India recognizes the independence of Bangladesh |
| 6th Dec War breaks out along the border between India & Pakistan |
| 16th Dec India orders a ceasfire on the West Pakistan border |
| 17th Dec End of the Indo-Pakistan War, Bangladesh gains its independence |
| 1972 | Bhutto, Zulfikar Ali | |
| East Pakistan becomes the state of Bangledesh |
| 1972 | Khan, Yahya | |
| 28th June Simla 93,000 Pakistani POWs are held by India with the result that a Summit Conference between Pakistani President, Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto and the Indian leader, Mrs. Gandhi, is held at Simla from June 28 to July 2, 1972 |
| 2nd July Simla Both governments agree to take all steps within their power to prevent hostile propaganda directed against each other |
| 2nd July Simla Both the countries would respect the international border and the withdrawal of the armies would be completed within 30 days of the implementation of the agreement |
| 2nd July Simla In order to initiate the process of durable peace, both the governments agree that Indian and Pakistani forces would be withdrawn to their sides of the international border |
| 2nd July Simla In order to progressively restore and normalize relations between the two countries, it is agreed that steps would be taken to resume communications, postal service, and promote and facilitate travel by sea, land and air. |
| 2nd July Simla The broad features of the pact include the principle and purpose of the charter of United Nations would govern the relations between the two countries |
| 2nd July Simla The control line between Jammu and Kashmir would be the same as was on December 17, 1971 |
| 2nd July Simla Under the Simla Agreement Indian troops withdraw from the 5,139 sq. miles of Pakistani territory in Punjab and Sindh it had occupied during the war |
| 2nd July Simla Under the Simla Agreement Pakistani troops withdraw from 69 sq. miles of territory in Punjab and Rajasthan |
| 15th July Simla Pakistan ratifies the Simla Agreement on July 15 and India on August 3, after which the agreement came into effect on August 4, 1972. |
| 16th Dec Bhutto and India's Prime Minister Indira Gandhi sign the Simla Agreement which adjusts cease-fire line between the two countries and creates new Line of Control |
| 1973 | Bhutto, Zulfikar Ali | |
| 10th April The National Assembly approves the 1973 Constitution on April 10, 1973, and it comes into effect on August 14 |
| 14th Aug Article 41 of the Constitution lays down that the President is to be the Head of the State, the President is to be a Muslim above 45 years of age and is to be elected by a joint sitting of members of the Parliament for 5 years |
| 14th Aug Bhutto takes over as the Prime Minister of Pakistan from the 1st effective date of the 1973 Constitution and Fazal Ilahi Chaudhry is appointed as the President of Pakistan |
| 14th Aug The 1973 Constitution provides a free and independent Judiciary |
| 14th Aug The 1973 Constitution sets up a bicameral legislature at the Center consisting of two Houses, the National Assembly and the Senate |
| 14th Aug The first Article of the Constitution declares Pakistan as a Federal Republic to be known as the Islamic Republic of Pakistan |
| 14th Aug The President can be removed on the grounds of physical or mental incapacity or impeached on charges of violating the Constitution or gross misconduct |
| 14th Aug Under the new 1973 constitution Pakistan is to be a Federation of four federating Units, Punjab, Sindh, N. W. F. P. and Baluchistan. |
| 1973 | Chaudhry, Fazal Ilahi | |
| 14th Aug Article 41 of the Constitution lays down that the President is to be the Head of the State, the President is to be a Muslim above 45 years of age and is to be elected by a joint sitting of members of the Parliament for 5 years |
| 14th Aug Bhutto takes over as the Prime Minister of Pakistan from the 1st effective date of the 1973 Constitution and Fazal Ilahi Chaudhry is appointed as the President of Pakistan |
| 14th Aug The 1973 Constitution provides a free and independent Judiciary |
| 14th Aug The 1973 Constitution sets up a bicameral legislature at the Center consisting of two Houses, the National Assembly and the Senate |
| 14th Aug The first Article of the Constitution declares Pakistan as a Federal Republic to be known as the Islamic Republic of Pakistan |
| 14th Aug The President can be removed on the grounds of physical or mental incapacity or impeached on charges of violating the Constitution or gross misconduct |
| 14th Aug The President was authorized to appoint the Attorney General, Judges of Supreme Court and High Courts, and the Chief Election Commissioners |
| 1976 | Bhutto, Zulfikar Ali | |
| Diplomatic ties are established between Pakistan and Bangladesh |
| 1977 | Bhutto, Zulfikar Ali | |
| The Chief Election Commissioner admitted that the failure of the electoral process was by and large due to the candidates of the ruling party, who exploited their position and party machinery and thus destroyed the sanctity of the ballot box |
| Mar Martial Law is imposed by Zia-ul-Haq who appoints a committee to inquire into the alleged rigging of the National Assembly polls |
| 7th Mar Martial Law is imposed by Zia-ul-Haq who appoints a committee to inquire into the alleged rigging of the National Assembly polls |
| 7th Mar The Pakistan Peoples Party win 155 out of 200 seats in the National Assembly |
| 7th Mar The second general elections in the history of Pakistan, and the first after the dismemberment of the country |
| 1978 | Zia-Ul-Haq, Mohammad | |
| Adheres to Islamic law |
| Bans political parties |
| Dismisses the government |
| 16th Sep Appointed President of Pakistan |
| 1979 | Bhutto, Zulfikar Ali | |
| 4th April Executed after being overthrown by a military coup in 1977 |
| 4th April The Islamic penal code is introduced; Bhutto hanged |
| 1979 | Zia-Ul-Haq, Mohammad | |
| 5th July The Constitution of 1973 is suspended by General Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq, who imposes Martial Law |
| 27th Dec The Islamic penal code is introduced; Bhutto hanged |
| 1980 | Zia-Ul-Haq, Mohammad | |
| Rejects military & economic aid from the USA |
| 1983 | Zia-Ul-Haq, Mohammad | |
| Zia announces that martial law will be lifted, says army will retain key role in future governments |
| 1985 | Sharif, Nawaz | |
| 9th April Appointed Chief Minister of the province Punjab under the Martial Law Regime of General Zia, who was his political mentor |
| 1985 | Zia-Ul-Haq, Mohammad | |
| General elections are held |
| Passes the Eighth Amendment in the Constitution empowering the President to dissolve the National Assembly under Article 58 |
| 1988 | Bhutto, Benazir | |
| 1st female Prime Minister of a Muslim country |
| 16th Nov In the first open election in more than a decade, Bhutto's PPP win the largest bloc of seats in the National Assembly |
| 2nd Dec Appointed Prime Minister of Pakistan, 1st term |
| 2nd Dec Bhutto is sworn in as Prime Minister of a coalition government, becoming at age 35 the youngest person, and the first woman, to head the government of a Muslim-majority state in modern times |
| 1988 | Khan Junejo, Mohammmad | |
| Zia dismisses Prime Minister Mohammmad Khan Junejo's government & orders new elections |
| 1988 | Zia-Ul-Haq, Mohammad | |
| Zia dismisses Prime Minister Mohammmad Khan Junejo's government & orders new elections |
| 17th Aug Death of Mohammad Zia-Ul-Haq, assassinated |
| 17th Aug Zia is killed in a mysterious place crash; investigation concludes that his death was caused by "criminal act of sabotage" |
| 1989 | Bhutto, Benazir | |
| Awarded the Prize For Freedom by the Liberal International. |
| 1990 | Bhutto, Benazir | |
| The National elections see Benazir Bhutto's PPP losing to coalition of rightist parties, Nawaz Sharif is elected Prime Minister |
| 6th Aug Dismissed by President Khan on charges of corruption & ineptitude, no trial is ever held |
| 6th Aug Zia's prot‚g‚ Nawaz Sharif subsequently comes to power |
| Oct The Pucca Qila incident in Hyderabad intensifies racial violence throughout Sind |
| 1990 | Khan, Ghulam Ishaq | |
| 6th Aug Dismissed by President Khan on charges of corruption & ineptitude |
| 1990 | Sharif, Nawaz | |
| The National elections see Benazir Bhutto's PPP losing to coalition of rightist parties, Nawaz Sharif is elected Prime Minister |
| 1st Nov The National elections see Benazir Bhutto's PPP losing to coalition of rightist parties, Nawaz Sharif is elected Prime Minister |
| 1993 | Bhutto, Benazir | |
| Appointed Prime Minister of Pakistan, 2nd term |
| Elections are held; Benazir Bhutto's government wins a slim margin & Benazir becomes Prime Minister |
| 1993 | Khan, Ishaq | |
| Elections are held; Benazir Bhutto's government wins a slim margin & Benazir becomes Prime Minister |
| President Ishaq Khan dismisses Sharif's government, citing corruption |
| 1993 | Leghari, Farooq Ahmed | |
| 14th Nov Appointed President of Pakistan |
| 1993 | Sharif, Nawaz | |
| President Ishaq Khan dismisses Sharif's government, citing corruption |
| 18th April Sharif's term was interrupted when President Ghulam Ishaq Khan uses the reserve powers vested in him by the Eighth Amendment to dissolve the National Assembly and appointed Mir Balakh Sher Mazari as the caretaker Prime Minister |
| 1996 | Bhutto, Benazir | |
| Bhutto is dismissed amid corruption scandals by President Farooq Leghari, who used the Eighth Amendment discretionary powers to dissolve the government |
| The Supreme Court affirms President Leghari's dismissal in a 6-1 ruling |
| 1996 | Leghari, Farooq Ahmed | |
| Bhutto is dismissed amid corruption scandals by President Farooq Leghari, who used the Eighth Amendment discretionary powers to dissolve the government |
| President Farooq Leghari dismisses Benazir Bhutto; accuses her government of corruption and nepotism |
| The Supreme Court affirms President Leghari's dismissal in a 6-1 ruling |
| 1997 | Sharif, Nawaz | |
| National elections are held; Sharif comes to power again |
| The Fourteenth Amendment imposes strict party discipline on members of parliament allowing party leaders to dismiss any of their legislators if they fail to vote as they were told |
| The Fourteenth Amendment makes it nearly impossible to dismiss a prime minister by a motion of no confidence |
| The Thirteenth Amendment to the Constitution of Pakistan was passed so that the President can no longer dismiss the Prime Minister |
| 1999 | Musharraf, Pervez | |
| 12th Oct Musharraf becomes de facto Head of Government (using the title Chief Executive and assuming extensive powers) of Pakistan following a bloodless coup d'‚tat |
| 1999 | Sharif, Nawaz | |
| Removed from power during a coup |
| 2000 | Musharraf, Pervez | |
| 12th May The Supreme Court of Pakistan orders Musharraf to hold general elections by October 12, 2002 |
| 2001 | Musharraf, Pervez | |
| Following the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks in the United States , Musharraf sides with the United States against the Taliban government in Afghanistan after an ultimatum by the United States |
| Musharraf agrees to give the United States the use of three airbases for Operation Enduring Freedom |
| 20th June Musharraf formally makes himself President of Pakistan |
| 19th Sep Musharraf addresses the people of Pakistan and states while he supports the Taliban, unless Pakistan reversed its support, Pakistan risked being endangered by an alliance of India and the USA |
| 2002 | Musharraf, Pervez | |
| Candidates of PPP form a faction of their own, calling it PPP-Patriots, led by Makhdoom Faisal Saleh Hayat, former leader of Bhutto-led PPP who later form a coalition government with Musharraf's party, PML-Q |
| Musharraf forcibly removes many of the Supreme Court Justices who had voted against his usurpation of power including Justice Taqi Usmani, a world authority on International financial law and Constitutional law |
| Pakistani president Pervez Musharraf amends Pakistan's constitution to ban prime ministers from serving more than two terms, this disqualifies Bhutto from ever holding the office again |
| 12th Feb Musharraf gives a landmark speech against Islamic extremism, He unequivocally condemns all acts of terrorism, including those carried out in the name of freeing Kashmir's Muslim majority from Indian rule |
| 30th April Holds a referendum to extend his presidential term to 5 years after the October elections, the referendum is boycotted by the majority of Pakistani political groupings, voter turnout is only 30 per cent |
| June Musharraf goes on TV and apologizes to the nation for "irregularities" in the referendum |
| Oct Candidates of PPP form a faction of their own, calling it PPP-Patriots, led by Makhdoom Faisal Saleh Hayat, former leader of Bhutto-led PPP who later form a coalition government with Musharraf's party, PML-Q |
| Oct General elections were held and a plurality of the seats in the Parliament is won by the PML-Q, a pro-Musharraf party consisting of feudal landlords |
| 2002 | Usmani, Taqi | |
| Musharraf forcibly removes many of the Supreme Court Justices who had voted against his usurpation of power including Justice Taqi Usmani, a world authority on International financial law and Constitutional law |
| 2004 | Musharraf, Pervez | |
| 1st Jan In a vote of confidence Musharraf wins 658 out of 1,170 votes in the Electoral College of Pakistan, and according to Article 41(8) of the Constitution of Pakistan, is "deemed to be elected" President |
| 5th Jan Musharraf & Vajpayee agree to restart peace talks |
| 5th Jan The USA declares Pakistani scientists gave Libya technology to build nuclear weapons |
| 23rd Jan Musharraf admits admits Pakistani scientists sold nuclear-weapon designs for profit |
| 2006 | Haq, Sirajul | |
| 2nd Feb Pakistani Finance Minister Sirajul Haq: "Attack on Iran will be construed as attack on us" |
| 2007 | Kayani, Ashfaq | |
| 2nd Oct Musharraf names Lt. Gen. Ashfaq Kayani, as vice chief of the army starting October 8 with the intent that if Musharraf wins the presidency and resigns his military post, Kayani would become chief of the army |
| 2007 | Musharraf, Pervez | |
| 17th Sep Benazir Bhutto accuses Pervez Musharraf's allies of pushing Pakistan into crisis by their refusal to permit democratic reforms and power-sharing |
| 2nd Oct Musharraf names Lt. Gen. Ashfaq Kayani, as vice chief of the army starting October 8 with the intent that if Musharraf wins the presidency and resigns his military post, Kayani would become chief of the army |
| 5th Oct Musharraf signs the National Reconciliation Ordinance, giving amnesty to Bhutto and other political leaders-except exiled former premier Nawaz Sharif-in all court cases against them, including all corruption charges |
| 6th Oct Musharraf wins a parliamentary election for President, however, the Supreme Court rules that no winner can be officially proclaimed until it finishes deciding on whether it was legal for Musharraf to run for President while remaining Army General |
| 3rd Nov President Pervez Musharraf declares a state of emergency, citing actions by the Supreme Court of Pakistan and religious extremism in the nation |
| 8th Nov Bhutto is placed under house arrest just a few hours before she was due to lead and address a rally against the state of emergency |
| 27th Dec Liaquat National Bagh Bhutto is killed leaving a campaign rally for the PPP at Liaquat National Bagh, where she had given a spirited address to party supporters in the run-up to the January 2008 parliamentary elections |
| 27th Dec Musharraf calls for a three day mourning period after Bhutto's assassination |
| 2008 | Musharraf, Pervez | |
| 1st Jan In the wake of the assassination of former prime minister Benazir Bhutto, parliamentary elections, which were scheduled for Jan. 8, are postponed until February 18 |
