March

Nationwide poultry tests planned: The federal health minister said here on Tuesday that health and agriculture ministries had formed special teams to check poultry stock throughout the country to counter potential bird flu threat.

Bush to help resolve Kashmir dispute, hopes Musharraf: President General Pervez Musharraf said on Wednesday he expected US President George W. Bush to use his influence to help settle the Kashmir dispute.

India, Pakistan got nukes legitimately: The US Ambassador to the United Nations, John Bolton, said on Wednesday the way India and Pakistan had obtained nuclear arms was legitimate, in contrast to Iran.

Govt urged to promote sheep farming: The Union of Small and Medium Enterprises (UNISAME) has reiterated its call for setting up sheep breeding farms all over the country to meet protein requirements of the country.

President Bush and President Musharraf of Pakistan Discuss Strengthened Relationship: US President George W. Bush arrived in Islamabad on Friday night for his first visit to Pakistan.

Agreement on trade security signed: Pakistan has become the first country to receive American equipment for trans-ocean clearance of goods for blocking terror-related shipments from Pakistani export outlets to the United States.

PM Shaukat Aziz arrives in the UK: Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz said on Sunday his three-day official visit to Britain was aimed at promoting economic, political and defence relations between the two countries.

Focus on reducing poverty, creating jobs: Musharraf: ‘Pakistan not in arms race’: President Gen Pervez Musharraf has said Pakistan is focused on improving its economy and alleviating poverty and eradicating terrorism from its soil and is not interested in joining a "numerical arms race" with India.

Kabul told to bolster border control: President Gen Pervez Musharraf held talks on Wednesday with a senior US military general on escalating tension with neighbouring Afghanistan and demanded intelligence sharing by Kabul on militants in ‘real time’’ to help improve security along their border, officials said.

Pakistan, India to discuss expansion of civil aviation links: India and Pakistan on Tuesday agreed to continue discussions for the enhancement of capacities, frequencies and gateways for the benefit of the peoples of the two countries.

Leaders want to forget past, think of future: A dinner hosted by Foreign Minister Khurshid Kasuri for participants of the Pugwash-sponsored International Conference on Kashmir here on Friday ended on a frenzied note.

Senators elect chairman, deputy today: Fifty newly elected senators will take oath today (Sunday) following which the House will elect a new chairman and his deputy. With their oath, the newly elected senators will replace half of the senators who got retired on Saturday after completing three-year term in the Upper House of parliament.

First bus from Jalalabad arrives in Peshawar: The first bus with about 25 passengers aboard arrived here on Wednesday from the Afghan city of Jalalabad after a gap of 27 years.

Blasphemous Pakistani internet sites blocked: The Supreme Court was told on Monday that all 12 websites displaying sacrilegious cartoons of Muhammad

Muhammad

Muhammad |ligature]] at U+FDF4 ;Arabic pronunciation varies regionally; the first vowel ranges from ~~; the second and the last vowel: ~~~. There are dialects which have no stress. In Egypt, it is pronounced not in religious contexts...

 on the internet had been blocked.

S.H. Hashmi passes away: S. H. Hashmi

S. H. Hashmi

S.H. Hashmi was born in Gaya, India, in 1935, and the son of renowned scholar Allama Syed Abdul Qudoos Hashmi. He was the founding member and the former Managing Director of Orient McCann-Erickson Pakistan, belonged to a well-known literary family of Bihar...

, one of the pioneers of the advertising industry in Pakistan and managing director of Orient McCan Ericson, died after suffering from chronic respiratory disorder. He was 71.

April

The 2011 Cricket World Cup

Cricket World Cup

The ICC Cricket World Cup is the premier international championship of men's One Day International cricket. The event is organised by the sport's governing body, the International Cricket Council , with preliminary qualification rounds leading up to a finals tournament which is held every four years...

will be the tenth time this tournament has been held, and will be held in the four Asian Test cricket

Test cricket

Test cricket is the longest form of the sport of cricket. Test matches are played between national representative teams with "Test status", as determined by the International Cricket Council , with four innings played between two teams of 11 players over a period of up to a maximum five days...

 playing countries India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka, officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka is a country off the southern coast of the Indian subcontinent. Known until 1972 as Ceylon , Sri Lanka is an island surrounded by the Indian Ocean, the Gulf of Mannar and the Palk Strait, and lies in the vicinity of India and the...

 and Bangladesh

Bangladesh

Bangladesh , officially the People's Republic of Bangladesh is a sovereign state located in South Asia. It is bordered by India on all sides except for a small border with Burma to the far southeast and by the Bay of Bengal to the south...

.

June

Suicide car bomber kills nine Pakistani soldiers. Officials say that the explosives-laden vehicle detonated about six kilometres (four miles) east of Miranshah, the main town in the North Waziristan region.

August

Balouch rebel chief Akbar Bugti killed. The Pakistan Air Force bombed his mountain hideout.

September

National Blackout: A technical fault in Water and Power Development Authority (WAPDA) triggered a nationwide blackout in Pakistan on Sunday, a spokesman for the country's main power utility said. He ruled out sabotage. Pakistan hit by major power outage"It is a national blackout and we're trying to find out the fault", said Shafqat Jalil of Pakistan's Water and Power Development Authority.

Bird Show organized by Budgerigar Society of Pakistan (BSP) in Lahore: BSP changed bird fancy in Pakistan after organizing first ever Bird Show in Pakistan where they invited international judge for Budgerigar Competition in Pakistan, the judge was invited from London. It was the first ever bird show which was organized under WBO standards and judgment which turned this infacny situation to great extent. Spokesman Naveed Ijaz confirmed that BSP will continue organizing such events, he also shared that the next event of this level by BSP will be organized on October 21, 2007 at Avari Hotel Lahore.

October

Asif and Shoib fail doping test: Pakistan have withdrawn fast bowlers Shoaib Akhtar

Shoaib Akhtar

Shoaib Akhtar is a former Pakistani right arm fast bowler in cricket, who is regarded as the fastest bowler in the history of cricket. He set an official world record by achieving the fastest delivery, when he clocked in at 161.3 km/h in his bowling speed, twice at a cricket match against...

 and Mohammad Asif from the Champions Trophy in India after testing positive for nandrolone. The tests were carried out by the Pakistan Cricket Board three weeks ago and showed positive results for the performance-enhancing steroid. They are Pakistan's best new-ball bowlers but face bans of up to two years if the second test is confirmed.

See also

• 2005 in Pakistan
  2005 in Pakistan
  -May:*1 May - Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi leaves Pakistan after two days of talks with President Pervez Musharraf and Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz - the first by a Japanese PM for 5 years. At the conclusion of the trip a joint declaration between the two nations announces their...
  
  
• Other events of 2006
• 2007 in Pakistan
  2007 in Pakistan
  -December:*December 27, 2007:* The former Prime Minister of Pakistan and opposition leader Benazir Bhutto is assassinated during an election rally.*December 8, 2007:...
  
  
• 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...