flashback

about 3500 BC: Civilization developed in the Indus River valley.
530 BC: The Persian emperor Cyrus the Great conquered part of the Punjab.
332 BC: Alexander the Great conquered most of what is now Pakistan before his own troops forced him to turn back.
AD 100s: Peshawar became an important trading center of the Kushan Empire.
711: Arab Muslims crossed the Arabian Sea and invaded Sind, introducing Islam to Pakistan.
1000s: Lahore became an important center of Islamic culture after Turkish Muslims from Persia conquered the Indus River valley.
1206: Much of Pakistan became part of the Delhi Sultanate.
1526: Pakistan became part of the Mughal Empire. The Mughals introduced Sikhism and the Urdu language to Pakistan.
1740s: The Mughal Empire began to decline. Its power and influence were gradually assumed by the British East India Company.
1800s: Sikh kingdoms gained power in the Punjab. They were eventually conquered by the British during the 1840s.
1858: The British government assumed direct control of India and much of Pakistan. By 1900 the territory had been expanded to include all of modern Pakistan.
1906: The All-Indian Muslim League was founded to campaign for greater self-rule for India's Muslims.
1940: Fearing Hindu dominance of India, the Muslim League demanded the partition of India into Hindu and Muslim nations. The name Pakistan, meaning land of the pure in Urdu, was introduced to refer to the Muslim nation.
1947: Pakistan gained its independence. The eastern and western parts of the country were separated by more than 1600 km (1000 mi) of Indian territory.
1948-1949: Pakistan and India fought a war over control of the Kashmir region.
1951: Liaqat Ali Khan was shot dead in a social gathering.
1953: Mohd Ali Bogra became the new Prime Minister.
1955: 11 ^thAug:Chaudhary Mohd Ali took the oath as Prime Minister.; 16 ^thAug:Sikander Mirza became the Governor General of Pakistan.
1956: 23^rd Mar: Pakistan became a republic.; 12^th Sep: Hussain Shaheed Saherwardi became the Prime Minister.
1957: I.I.Chundrigar became the Prime MInister.
1958: Marshal Law was imposed.; 24^thOct: Ayub Khan became the Prime Minister.; 27^thOct: Ayub Khan became the President.
1962: Marshal Law ended.
1965: India and Pakistan again went to war over Kashmir.
1966: Tashqand pact between Pakistan and India.
1969: Yahya Khan proclaimed Marshal Law.
1971: East Pakistan proclaimed its independence from Pakistan as the state of Bangladesh. More than 1 million people died in the ensuing civil war, which ended when India and Bangladesh defeated Pakistani forces.
1972: Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto became the President.
1973: Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto became the Prime Minister.
1977: The military, led by General Muhammad Zia Ul-Haq, took control of the government.
1979: Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto was hanged.
1985: Mohammad Khan Jonejo took the oath of Prime Minister.
1986: Marshal Law ended.
1988: Zia died in a plane crash. Benazir Bhutto was elected prime minister, becoming the first woman to lead an Islamic nation.
1990: President Ghulam Ishaq Khan removed Bhutto from office, citing her government with corruption.Nawaz Sharif became the President.
1993: The military intervened to resolve a dispute between the president and the prime minister. New elections were held, and Bhutto was returned to office.
1994: Tensions over Kashmir soared again. Prime Minister Bhutto announced plans to continue Pakistan's nuclear weapons development program.
1996: The United States lifted some military and economic sanctions against Pakistan. President Farooq Leghari removed Bhutto from office, citing her government with corruption.
1997: Nawaz Sharif became prime minister after his Pakistan Muslim League won a large majority in elections.
1998: When neighboring India conducted nuclear tests, Pakistan responded by detonating its own nuclear weapons for the first time in its history. The explosions raised fears of a regional nuclear arms race.
1999: 21^st Feb: Lahore pact was signed between Pakistan and India.; 12^th Oct: End of the Government of Nawaz Sharif.; 15^th Oct: Cheif Executive Gen.Pervez Musharraf took the control of Government.