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Pakistan's Turbulent History |
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| 1947 |
- Dominion of Pakistan created under Mohammad Ali Jinnah
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| 1956 |
- Nation renamed the Islamic Republic of Pakistan and plunges into civil war
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| 1972 |
- Civillian rule under Zulfikar Ali Bhutto
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| 1977 |
- Military coup and leadership under General Zia Ul Haq
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| 1979 |
- Zulfikar Ali Bhutto executed
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| 1988 |
- General Zia killed in a plane crash. Benazir Bhutto elected as the first female Prime Minister of Pakistan
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| 1990 |
- Bhutto government replaced by leadership of Nawaz Sharif
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| 1993 |
- Benazir Bhutto re-elected
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| 1996 |
- Nawaz Sharif replaces Benazir Bhutto who goes into self-imposed exile overseas
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| 1999 |
- Pevez Musharraf takes power from Nawaz Sharif who goes into exile
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| 2001 |
- Pevez Musharraf appoints himself President
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| 2007 |
- Unrest in March after President Musharraf forces resignation of Chief Justice who is reinstated by Supreme Court
- Former PM Nawaz Sharif returns from exile in September and is deported hours later
- Musharraf wins October Presidential elections boycotted by opposition
- Former PM Benazir Bhutto returns from exile in October and survives suicide bomb attack in Karachi
- President Musharraf imposes a state of emergency in November, sacks CJ and arrests opposition figures
- Former PM Nawaz Sharif returns from exile in November
- President Musharraf quits as army chief, is sworn-in as President for a second term
- Pakistan gears up for General Elections
- Benazir Bhutto killed in December 27 suicide attack
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