Happy birthday! Today you have turned 62 and I, like most other Pakistanis around the world, would like to wish you a very happy birthday. I hope you have many many more birthdays and that our generations to come salute you and respect you, more than this generation.
Now that I look back to my 25 years with you, I see that I haven't really contributed to your welfare. I haven't been there for you like you have been there for me. You gave me an identity, gave me a place to call my first home, gave me the memories of my childhood, gave me the beautiful urdu language, gave me an awesome cricket team (full of surprises), gave me the beautiful mountains and desserts and much more. It is unfortunate, that I could not give you back as much as I woul
- Blessed to be with you
- Life in Pakistan
- The troubled time
- The rough road ahead
- What I will do for you
- What we can all do for you
- T20 World champions
As your 62nd birthday approaches I keep thinking of ways to wish you. I keep looking back at my 25 years with you and my experiences with you. 25 years might not be a long time but I can still remember the good days when people used to have their houses drenched with flags. We as kids used to be able to run around the streets playing cricket. Things weren't always bright, but as a little child I had my hopes up.
As I grew up, I realized how blessed I am to have you as my motherland. Even when the things seem to be all blue and you face
1948: Muhammad Ali Jinnah, the first governor general of Pakistan, passes away
1951: Prime minister Khan Liaqat Ali Khan assassinated
1956: The Constituent Assembly promulgates first indigenous constitution
1958: After a military coup dictorial Ayub Khan takes over
1960: Ayub Khan becomes first elected president
January 2 1964: Fatima Jinnah lost the presidential elections, Ayub completes the second term
1965: Second war between Pakistan and India over Kashmir
1969: Ayub Khan resigns; Yahya Khan declares martial law and assumes presidency
1971: East Pakistan attempts to secede, leading to civil war; India intervenes in support of East Pakistanis; Pakistan fights another war with India; East Pakistan breaks away to become Bangladesh; Yahya Khan resigns.
1972: Karachi labour unrest of 1972 and Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto becomes president
1973: Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto becomes prime minister
1977: General Muhammad Zia ul-Haq overthrows prime minister Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto and declares martial law
1978: General Muhammad Zia ul-Haq becomes Pakistan's sixth president
1979: Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto hanged
1979: The military ruler Zia Ul-Haq enacts the controversial Hudood Ordinances
1985: General elections held; Muhammad Khan Junejo becomes prime minister
1988: Zia dismisses Junejo's government; Zia dies in a plane crash; New elections held; Mohtarma Benazir Bhutto becomes prime minister
1988: Prominent Pashtun leadar Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan dies in Peshawar
1990: President Ghulam Ishaq Khan dismisses Benazir Bhutto government; Mian Nawaz Sharif becomes the next prime minister
1991: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif begins economic liberalisation programme. Islamic Shariah law formally incorporated into legal code.
1993: President Ghulam Ishaq Khan and Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif both resign under pressure from military. Benazir Bhutto becomes prime minister for the second time
1996: President Farooq Leghari dismisses Bhutto government
1997: General elections held; Nawaz Sharif becomes prime minister for the second time
May 28 1998: Pakistan conducts nuclear tests
1999: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif overthrown in military coup led by General Pervez Musharraf
2001: General Pervez Musharraf dismissed the president and named himself to the post.
2002: General Pervez Musharraf wins a referendum thus ensures 5 more years in office
2002: First general elections since the 1999 military coup held; Mir Zafarullah Khan Jamali becomes the next prime minister
2004: Mir Zafarullah Khan Jamali resigns from office
2004: Shaukat Aziz is sworn in as prime minister
2005: A 7.5 magnitude earthquake kills an estimated 80,000 people in northern Pakistan. (see:2005 Pakistan earthquake)
2006: Pakistan army kills the prominent Baloch leader Nawab Akbar khan Bugti
2007: Chief Justice of Pakistan removed from office and reinstated. 2007 Karachi Riots. Lal Masjid Operation
2007: President Pervez Musharraf declares a 2007 Pakistani state of emergency and later removes it after domestic and international pressure
2007: Pakistani former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto assassinated
2008: Elections in Pakistan, results in new government to be formed in center and provinces.
2009: 16 March, 2009 As the result of long march Lawyers' Movement succeeded. Iftikhar Mohammed Chaudhry was restored as Chief Justice of Pakistan and other judges dismissed by Musharraf
1948: Muhammad Ali Jinnah, the first governor general of Pakistan, passes away
1951: Prime minister Khan Liaqat Ali Khan assassinated
1956: The Constituent Assembly promulgates first indigenous constitution
1958: After a military coup dictorial Ayub Khan takes over
1960: Ayub Khan becomes first elected president
January 2 1964: Fatima Jinnah lost the presidential elections, Ayub completes the second term
1965: Second war between Pakistan and India over Kashmir
1969: Ayub Khan resigns; Yahya Khan declares martial law and assumes presidency
1971: East Pakistan attempts to secede, leading to civil war; India intervenes in support of East Pakistanis; Pakistan fights another war with India; East Pakistan breaks away to become Bangladesh; Yahya Khan resigns.
1972: Karachi labour unrest of 1972 and Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto becomes president
1973: Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto becomes prime minister
1977: General Muhammad Zia ul-Haq overthrows prime minister Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto and declares martial law
1978: General Muhammad Zia ul-Haq becomes Pakistan's sixth president
1979: Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto hanged
1979: The military ruler Zia Ul-Haq enacts the controversial Hudood Ordinances
1985: General elections held; Muhammad Khan Junejo becomes prime minister
1988: Zia dismisses Junejo's government; Zia dies in a plane crash; New elections held; Mohtarma Benazir Bhutto becomes prime minister
1988: Prominent Pashtun leadar Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan dies in Peshawar
1990: President Ghulam Ishaq Khan dismisses Benazir Bhutto government; Mian Nawaz Sharif becomes the next prime minister
1991: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif begins economic liberalisation programme. Islamic Shariah law formally incorporated into legal code.
1993: President Ghulam Ishaq Khan and Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif both resign under pressure from military. Benazir Bhutto becomes prime minister for the second time
1996: President Farooq Leghari dismisses Bhutto government
1997: General elections held; Nawaz Sharif becomes prime minister for the second time
May 28 1998: Pakistan conducts nuclear tests
1999: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif overthrown in military coup led by General Pervez Musharraf
2001: General Pervez Musharraf dismissed the president and named himself to the post.
2002: General Pervez Musharraf wins a referendum thus ensures 5 more years in office
2002: First general elections since the 1999 military coup held; Mir Zafarullah Khan Jamali becomes the next prime minister
2004: Mir Zafarullah Khan Jamali resigns from office
2004: Shaukat Aziz is sworn in as prime minister
2005: A 7.5 magnitude earthquake kills an estimated 80,000 people in northern Pakistan. (see:2005 Pakistan earthquake)
2006: Pakistan army kills the prominent Baloch leader Nawab Akbar khan Bugti
2007: Chief Justice of Pakistan removed from office and reinstated. 2007 Karachi Riots. Lal Masjid Operation
2007: President Pervez Musharraf declares a 2007 Pakistani state of emergency and later removes it after domestic and international pressure
2007: Pakistani former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto assassinated
2008: Elections in Pakistan, results in new government to be formed in center and provinces.
2009: 16 March, 2009 As the result of long march Lawyers' Movement succeeded. Iftikhar Mohammed Chaudhry was restored as Chief Justice of Pakistan and other judges dismissed by Musharraf
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