Events

• The England cricket team's tour of Pakistan results in a conflict between Pakistani empire Rana and the England captain Gatting.
• 14 August - Pakistan celebrates 40 years of independence.

See also

• 1986 in Pakistan
  1986 in Pakistan
  - Events :* Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto's daughter Benazir returns from exile to lead the Pakistan Peoples Party in a campaign for fresh elections.-See also:*1985 in Pakistan*Other events of 1986*1987 in Pakistan*Timeline of Pakistani history-External links:*...
  
  
• Other events of 1987
• 1988 in Pakistan
  1988 in Pakistan
  - Events :*August - General Zia, the U.S. ambassador and top Pakistan army officials die in mysterious air crash. General Zia's death in 1988 ends an 11-year military rule.*November - Benazir Bhutto's PPP wins the general election.-See also:*1987 in Pakistan...
  
  
• Timeline of Pakistani history
  Timeline of Pakistani history
  Although, the land of Indus, as a state gained independence on August 14, 1947, it has a very long history that goes back over thousands of years and it is one of the world's oldest continuously inhabited regions. The Indus Valley was known as Meluhha in Mesopotamia when the Harappan civilization...