12 January 2002Address on ExtremismPervez Musharraf
Musharraf condemns terrorism and announces measures against militant organizations.
Historical records for Pakistan in 2002, rendered directly from the World History Database and ordered by month, day and event.
Musharraf condemns terrorism and announces measures against militant organizations.
Musharraf gives a landmark speech against Islamic extremism, He unequivocally condemns all acts of terrorism, including those carried out in the name of freeing Kashmirs Muslim majority from Indian rule
Abu Zubaydah believed to have served as Osama Bin Ladens field commander and chief recruiter is captured during a raid on a house in Pakistan
Abu Zubaydah believed to have served as Osama Bin Ladens field commander and chief recruiter is captured during a raid on a house in Pakistan
Musharraf holds a disputed referendum intended to extend his presidential tenure.
Opposition parties boycott Musharraf's referendum and dispute its official result.
Musharraf acknowledges irregularities in the conduct of the presidential referendum.
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
General elections produce a plurality for the pro-Musharraf Pakistan Muslim League-Quaid.
General elections produce a plurality for the pro-Musharraf Pakistan Muslim League-Quaid.
General election outcome recorded for Pervez Musharraf: General elections produce a plurality for the pro-Musharraf Pakistan Muslim League-Quaid.
Government context for this general election: General elections produce a plurality for the pro-Musharraf Pakistan Muslim League-Quaid.
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. 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 Musharrafs party, PML-Q
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
The Pakistan Muslim League-Quaid becomes the largest party in the elected National Assembly.
Zafarullah Khan Jamali becomes Prime Minister after the general election.
Pakistani president Pervez Musharraf amends Pakistans constitution to ban Prime Minister's from serving more than two terms, this disqualifies Bhutto from ever holding the office again
The Legal Framework Order expands presidential authority and alters parliamentary institutions.
Pasha supports the disarmament, demobilization and reintegration of former rebel groups while serving with UNAMSIL.
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 Musharrafs party, PML-Q
Usmani's judicial service concludes after two decades on superior courts.
Musharraf issues constitutional changes through the Legal Framework Order before elections.
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 Musharrafs party, PML-Q
A group of Pakistan Peoples Party legislators forms PPP-Patriots and supports the governing coalition.
Justice Muhammad Taqi Usmani retires from the Supreme Court of Pakistan.
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