2002 in Pakistan
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January
- 1 January - an earthquake strikes northern Pakistan.
- 12 January - President Musharraf declares a war on extremism.
- 18 January - President Musharraf, in an interview with CNN, says he believes that Osama bin LadenOsama bin LadenOsama bin Mohammed bin Awad bin Laden was the founder of the militant Islamist organization Al-Qaeda, the jihadist organization responsible for the September 11 attacks on the United States and numerous other mass-casualty attacks against civilian and military targets...
is dead.
June
- 22 June - A wedding feast in Pakistan's tribal areas ends in tragedy after an error during the celebratory firing of a mortar shell; fourteen people are killed.
October
- 23 October - An earthquake of magnitude 4.0 strikes the Peshawar valley at 0230 PSTPST-Time zones:* Pacific Standard Time, UTC−8:00* Pakistan Standard Time, UTC+5:00* Philippine Standard Time, UTC+8:00-Science and technology:* Lead scandium tantalate, a ceramic material* Post-stall technology, aircraft control system-Places:...
. The epicentre is 50 km east of the city of PeshawarPeshawarPeshawar is the capital of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa and the administrative center and central economic hub for the Federally Administered Tribal Areas of Pakistan....
.
November
- 21 November - A strong earthquake, measuring 5.6 on the Richter magnitude scaleRichter magnitude scaleThe expression Richter magnitude scale refers to a number of ways to assign a single number to quantify the energy contained in an earthquake....
, strikes northern Pakistan.
26 November - The Pakistan army has to use helicopters to evacuate thousands of people following the earthquake, as roads are blocked and the temperature is falling due to the onset of winter.
See also
- 2001 in Pakistan2001 in Pakistan-May:*23 May - India invites president Musharraf to peace talks.*28 May - Musharraf formally accepts the invitation.-July:President Musharraf meets Indian PM Vajpayee in Agra for a three day summit; the talks fail.-September:...
- Other events of 2002
- 2003 in Pakistan2003 in Pakistan-March:* The Pakistan cricket team are not happy following their poor performance at the world cup, which led to them being knocked out in the first round. They are fined for their poor performance.-August:...
- Timeline of Pakistani historyTimeline of Pakistani historyAlthough, 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...