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June 7 2008

Mian Muhammad Shahbaz Sharif became the Chief Minister of Punjab for the second time. After securing a provincial assembly seat he is elected as new CM replacing a recently choosen CM Dost Muhammad Khosa and is linked with the political party Pakistan Muslim League (N).(Dawn.com)

June 2 2008

A massive blast targeting the Danish Embassy in Islamabad, Pakistan on Monday killed at least eight people and wounded more than a dozen. (CNN)

May 31 2008

Clocks in Pakistan were moved forward by an hour on Saturday, midnight as part of the government’s energy conservation programme. (Dawn.com) (Bloomberg)

May 27 2008

The Pakistan Muslim League (N) on Tuesday agreed to most points of the PPP-proposed constitutional package, but demanded reinstatement of the deposed judges through a parliamentary resolution in accordance with the Murree Declaration before tabling of the 18th Constitution Amendment Bill in the National Assembly. (Dawn.com)

May 23 2008

Pakistan stocks slumped the most in almost two years, with all equities on the benchmark index falling, after the central bank unexpectedly raised interest rates to tame inflation at a 25-year high. (Bloomberg)(Dawn.com)

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April 16, 2008: Olympic Torch arrives in Islamabad March 24, 2008: Yousaf Raza Gilani becomes the Prime Minister of Pakistan

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2008

May

May 18 2008

A bomb attack in the city of Mardan killed at least 13 people, including four soldiers and injured more than 20. This was the second attack in Mardan in a month after a car bomb on April 25 killed three and injured 26 people.(BBC)

May 13 2008

Ministers from Nawaz Sharif's party Pakistan Muslim League (N) resign from the Government of Pakistan. (BBC News)

May 9, 2008
- State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) has halted indefinitely all exchange companies from exporting British Pound, Euro and Dirham, meanwhile, the dollar in open market still got costlier. (The News - Jang)
- Pakistan says it has asked the United States not to appoint the former head of the US prison at Guantanamo, Maj-Gen Jay Hood as military envoy in Islamabad as the appointment would have provoked uproar in Pakistan. (BBC News)
May 8, 2008

Pakistan on Thursday conducted a successful ‘flight test’ of the indigenously developed nuclear capable air launched cruise missile, Hatf-VIII - Ra'ad. The test is part of a continuing process of validating the design parameters of the weapon system. (Dawn.com)

May 5, 2008
- Malayan Banking Bhd., Malaysia's biggest bank, agreed to pay as much as 60.3 billion rupees ($922 million) for 20 percent of Pakistan's MCB Bank Ltd. The acquisition would be Pakistan's biggest foreign banking investment and will help Maybank close the lead of rival Bumiputra-Commerce Holdings Bhd. (Bloomberg)
- Pakistan tugs reins on rice exports: Pakistan, the world's fifth largest rice exporter, has imposed a minimum export price to increase earnings and withheld some cargoes destined abroad in order to build a domestic strategic reserve. (Reuters)

April

April 28, 2008

Pakistan and Iran on Monday cleared way for the signing of the $7.5 billion Iran-Pakistan-India gas pipeline agreement after removing the hitches that had stalled the accord. (Dawn.com)

April 16, 2008

Pakistan welcomed on Wednesday the Olympic Torch on what was seen as a positive and trouble-free leg of its world tour. The relay passed off in a peaceful manner with President Pervez Musharraf and Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani attending the torch-lighting event and later a spectacular two-hour ceremony at the Liaquat Gymnasium. (Dawn.com)

April 12, 2008 :In 2008, the Karachi Stock Exchange 100 Index has gained 7.4 per cent, making it the best performer among major emerging markets indexes with bags of untapped potential as political stability returns to the country. (Gulf News) (Monster & Critics)
April 11, 2008: Pakistan's new government has moved to withdraw restrictions on the media that were imposed by President Pervez Musharraf last year. Minister Sherry Rahman has introduced a parliamentary bill proposing to end the ban on live broadcasts. (BBC News)
April 10, 2008: A Pakistan court has acquitted the Pakistan People's Party chairman Asif Ali Zardari of murder charges. He was accused of planning to murder the brother of his wife, former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto. (BBC News)
April 4, 2008: A critically acclaimed Pakistani film on Islam, Khuda Ke Liye has been released across cinemas in India. It is the first Pakistani film to get a wide commercial release in India in over four decades. (BBC News)
April 1, 2008: Temperamental fast bowler Shoaib Akhtar was banned for five years by the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) on Tuesday for repeated disciplinary violations. (Reuters)

March

March 29, 2008: Pakistani Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gillani laid out plans on Saturday for his coalition government's first 100 days in power, saying the fight against terrorism would be top of his agenda. (Reuters)
March 27, 2008: U.S. Deputy Secretary of State John Negroponte rejected on Thursday suggestions that the United States was trying to dictate anti-terrorism policy to Pakistan's new government. (Reuters)
March 24, 2008: Yousaf Raza Gilani becomes the Prime Minister of Pakistan and lifts the house arrest on the former Supreme Court Justice Iftikhar Mohammed Chaudhry. (AP)
March 22, 2008: The party of slain opposition leader Benazir Bhutto named former parliament speaker Yousaf Raza Gillani as its candidate for Prime Minister of Pakistan and is likely to be elected. (AP via Google)
March 20, 2008: A suicide car bomb killed five Pakistani soldiers and wounded nine others in South Waziristan, the military said. (AP via Google News)
March 19, 2008:

-Pakistan's parliament elects Dr Fehmida Mirza becoming the first woman speaker National Assembly (AP via Yahoo).

-President Musharraf delays execution of convicted Indian spy until April 30 (AP via Yahoo).

March 18, 2008: The party of slain Pakistani opposition leader Benazir Bhutto nominated Fahmida Mirza, a businesswoman and three-time lawmaker, who will become the first woman speaker of the National Assembly. However divisions remained over who should be the next prime minister. (Yahoo News)
March 17, 2008: New members take oath in inaugural session of 13th NA in ISLAMABAD: The inaugural oath-taking session of the newly elected National Assembly began here today with the outgoing Speaker, Chaudhry Amir Hussain in the chair, who took oath from 328 newly elected members of the 342-member National Assembly. (Jang News)
March 11, 2008: At least 24 people have been killed and 100 injured in two suspected suicide car bombings in the city of Lahore in eastern Pakistan.(BBC News)