Timeline of Pakistan

31 July 2009:
Musharraf's 3 Nov 2007 Emergency Declared Illegal
16 Dec 2009:
NRO declared void ab initio by Supereme Court of Pakistan
16 Jan 2010:
Government seeks review of NRO verdict
20 Jan 2010:
Supreme Court releases detailed judgment on NRO
13 Feb 2010:
(i) President Asif Ali Zardari through two different notifications had appointed Chief Justice Lahore High Court Khwaja Sharif as Judge Supreme Court and senior Judge LHC Justice Saqib Nisar as acting Chief Justice of the Lahore High Court.
(ii) Both Justice Khwaja Sharif and Justice Saqib Nisar refused to take oath.
(iii) Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry, however, took suo moto notice of the government notification immediately after its issuance and formed a three-member bench of the apex court for hearing the case.
The three-member bench headed by Justice Mian Shakiruallh Jan and comprising Justice Raja Fayyaz Ahmed and Justice Jawad S Khawaja while hearing the matter at 9pm suspended the two notifications of the government declaring it clear violation of Article 177 of the Constitution.
17 Feb 2010:
Government surrenders to Chief Justice. Just minutes after his meeting with Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry at the Prime Minister House, Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani announced the good news that he had promised with the nation on Tuesday night, saying a notification in suppression of the earlier notifications would be issued tonight (Wednesday) for the appointment of judges.
24 Feb 2010:
Candidate of Muslim League (N) defeated Sheikh Rashid in Rawalpindi NA 55 by-elections.
2 April 2010:
Constitutional reforms package tabled in Parliament.
8 April 2010:
National Assembly passed 18th amendment bill. Constitution cleansed of dictators’ legacy; Power reverts to PM, parliament; Musharraf emergency declared illegal; LFO nullified; uproar over Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa.
14 April 2010:
Renowned religous scholar Dr. Israr Ahmad passed away.
15 April 2010:
Senate passed 18th amendment bill.
15 April 2010:
UN report on Benazir's murder released.
19 April 2010:
President Zardari signs 18th amendment.
20 July 2010:
MULTAN: Pakistan Muslim League – Nawaz’s leader Javed Hashmi was admitted to the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) of Multan’s Nishtar Hospital after suffering a brain haemorrhage on Tuesday.
(Detail)
22 July 2010:
General Kayani given extension till 2013 as COAS by PM.
(Detail)
7 August 2010
Shoes thrown on Zardari during his speech in UK. (Detail).
14 August 2010:
Gilani Nawaz joint press conference regarding floods in Pakistan. (Detail).
15 August 2010:
Joint press conference of Ban Ki Moon (UN Secretary General) and Zardari urging intrnational community to haelp Paksitan flood effectees. (Detal).
For flood timeline, click here.
22 August 2010:
In his speech Altaf Hussain of MQM invited Generals to impose martial law in the country. (Detail).
17 September 2010:
MQM's previous secretary general and inactive convener Raabta Committee murdered in London. (Detail).  
23 September 2010:
Afia Siddiqui setenced to 86 years by Federal District Court in Manhattan. (Detail 1, Detail 2).
1 October 2010:
Musharraf launches All Pakistan Muslim League. (Detail).
2 October 2010:
Fellow of Al-Mawird, VC of Islamic University, Swat killed in his clinic in Mrdan. (Detail)
14 October 2010:
The possibility and speculations about the withdrawal of the notification to restore the SC judges exploded into a crisis on Thursday night, forcing the Supreme Court judges to rush to the Supreme Court building late in the night and summon a full court hearing on Friday, amid strong government denials that no such move was afoot. (Detail)
15 October 2010:
Whoever removes judges will commit treason: SC. (Detail)
17 October 2010:
Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani on Sunday in his address to nation regretted that rumours were given preference over a categorical statement of the head of the government, saying he had contradicted the news (about revocation of the executive order to restore judges) and the office of the chief executive demands that his explanation should have been accepted as such. (Detail)
21 October 2010:
Supreme Court's verdict on 18th amendment case: Article 175(A) referred to parliament after suggesting improvements. The article was about the appointment of judges of higher judiciary. (Detail)
9 December2010
Counsel for ISI, IB, MI tells Supereme Court admits that 11 missing persons are in the custody of agencies. (Detail)
14 December 2010
JUI-F quits coalition. This was decided by Maulana Fazlur Rehman after Prime Minister sacked JUI-F minister Azam Swati. (Detail)
28 December 2010
Maulana Fazlur Rehman demands Prime Minister's resignation. (Detail)
29 December 2010
The war of words between the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) and the Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) on Wednesday intensified after leaders of both parties started making personal attacks on each others’ leaders. The war of words started after MQM leader Altaf Hussain gave personal remarks about Nawaz Sharif in his public address.  (Detail)
2 January 2011
MQM decided to sit on opposition benches. (Detail)
4 January 2011
Governor Punjab Salman Taseer assassinated. (Detail)