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| Al Qaeda Zubaydah, Abu |  |
| 22nd Mar Abu Zubaydah believed to have served as Osama Bin Laden's field commander and chief recruiter is captured during a raid on a house in Pakistan |
| Arrest of Zubaydah Zubaydah, Abu | |
| 22nd Mar Abu Zubaydah believed to have served as Osama Bin Laden's field commander and chief recruiter is captured during a raid on a house in Pakistan |
| Bombing of New York Binalshibh, Ramzi | |
| 11th Sep Karachi Pakisat Ramzi Binalshibh is arrested in Karachi on the anniversary of the attacks on America. He is accused of being a leading member of alQaeda and one of the main planners of the 11 September attacks |
| Constitution Bhutto, Benazir | |
| 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 |
| Constitution Musharraf, Pervez | |
| 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 |
| Constitution 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 |
| Diplomacy Musharraf, Pervez | |
| 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 |
| Dismissal 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 |
| Election Bhutto, Benazir | |
| 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 The Bhutto-led PPP secures the highest number of votes (28.42%) and eighty seats (23.16%) in the national assembly in the October 2002 general elections |
| Election Hayet, Makhdoom Faisal Saleh | |
| 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 |
| Election Musharraf, Pervez | |
| 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 |
| PML Q Musharraf, Pervez | |
| 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 |
| PPP Patriots Hayet, Makhdoom Faisal Saleh | |
| 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 |
| PPP Patriots 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 |
| Referendum Musharraf, Pervez | |
| 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 |
