Events

• The fifth census of Pakistan is compiled.
• The Australian cricket team begin their first successful tour of Pakistan
  Pakistan
  Pakistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan is a sovereign state in South Asia. It has a coastline along the Arabian Sea and the Gulf of Oman in the south and is bordered by Afghanistan and Iran in the west, India in the east and China in the far northeast. In the north, Tajikistan...
  
   for 39 years.
• Pakistan carries out a nuclear test on 28 May, to become the seventh declared nuclear-capable country and the first Muslim nation to do so.

See also

• 1997 in Pakistan
  1997 in Pakistan
  -August:* 14 August - Pakistan celebrates 50 years of independence from British rule.-November:*13 November - Nawaz Sharif promises US president Bill Clinton he will find those responsible for the killing of four US businessmen and their Pakistani driver....
  
  
• Other events of 1998
• 1999 in Pakistan
  1999 in Pakistan
  -May:* 20 May - massive hurricane strucks Sindh.* The Kargil conflict between Pakistan and India begins.* 31 May - Bangladesh defeats the Pakistan cricket team during the world cup.-June:...
  
  
• 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...