1956 ⟶ Pakistan Declared a Republic

March 23: Pakistan becomes a republic.
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🇮🇳 Independence of India and Pakistan, Partition, and First Indo-Pakistani War Begins

August 14 – 15: Partition of India. Independence of India and Pakistan and beginning of First Indo-Pakistani War.⟶
Independence of India and Pakistan, Partition, and First Indo-Pakistani War Begins (1947)
DecolonizationIndependencePartitionBritish EmpirePost-ColonialismReligious ConflictNationalism
IndiaIndiaPakistanPakistan

🇵🇰 Pakistan Declared a Republic

March 23: Pakistan becomes a republic.⟶
RepublicPost-ColonialismPolitical TransitionIndependenceGovernmentCold War
PakistanPakistan

🇧🇩 Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Returns to Bangladesh

January: Sheikh Mujibur Rahman returns to Bangladesh from imprisonment in Pakistan.⟶
Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Returns to Bangladesh (1972)
IndependencePost-ColonialismNation Building
BangladeshBangladeshPakistanPakistan

🕊️ Assassination of Benazir Bhutto in Pakistan

December 27: Assassination of Benazir Bhutto, opposition leader and former prime minister of Pakistan.⟶
Assassination of Benazir Bhutto in Pakistan (2007)
AssassinationPolitical ViolenceDemocracyIslamismTerrorismPolitical Instability
PakistanPakistan

🇵🇰 Pakistani Political Crisis and Assassination Attempt on Imran Khan

April – November: Pakistani constitutional crisis and attempted assassination of Imran Khan.⟶
Pakistani Political Crisis and Assassination Attempt on Imran Khan (2022)
Political CrisisAssassination AttemptPolitical InstabilityDemocracyConstitutional Crisis
PakistanPakistan

🏛️ Imran Khan Sentenced to Prison on Multiple Charges

January 30: Former Prime Minister of Pakistan Imran Khan is controversially sentenced to prison for corruption, leaking state secrets and illegal marriage⟶
Imran Khan Sentenced to Prison on Multiple Charges (2024)
CorruptionPolitical OppositionLegal SystemGovernmentCriminal Justice
PakistanPakistan