| 4500BC | Moenjodaro built. |
| 2500BC | Harappa built. |
| 1500BC | Aryans invade valley of the River Indus. |
| 530BC | The Persian emperor, Cyrus the Great, conquers part of Punjab. |
| 330BC | Alexander the Great conquers the north of Pakistan. |
| 100AD | Peshawar becomes an important trading centre of the Kushan Empire. |
| 711AD | Arabs arrive, bringing Islam with them. |
| 1000AD | Arabs overthrown by the Turks. Lahore becomes an important centre of Islamic culture. |
| 1206AD | Most of Pakistan becomes part of the Delhi Sultanate. |
| 1526AD | Moguls become rulers and Islam spreads. |
| 1740AD | The Mogul Empire begins to decline. |
| 1756AD | Start of British rule. |
| 1800AD | Sikh kingdoms begin to gain power in Punjab. |
| 1857AD | Indian mutiny. The Moguls defeated by the British. |
| 1858AD | The British government assumes direct control of India. |
| 1876AD | Mohammed Ali Jinnah, "founder of Pakistan", born in Karachi, on December 25th. |
| 1877AD | Allama Iqbal, muslim scholar, born in Sialkot, on November 9th. |
| 1891AD | Mohammed Ali Jinnah leaves for England, to study law. |
| 1896AD | Mohammed Ali Jinnah completes his studies and returns to India. |
| 1903AD | Allama Iqbal leaves for Europe, studying at Cambridge and Munich. |
| 1906AD | Mohammed Ali Jinnah joins All India National Congress. |
| 1907AD | Allama Iqbal graduates with a Phd from Munich and returns to Lahore. |
| 1909AD | Mohammed Ali Jinnah elected to the Imperial Legislative Council. |
| 1912AD | Mohammed Ali Jinnah attends a meeting of the All India Muslim League. |
| 1913AD | Mohammed Ali Jinnah joins the All India Muslim League. |
| 1919AD | British troops fire into a crowd demonstrating for independence. Over 400 killed. |
| 1930AD | Allama Iqbal suggests the idea of a seperate muslim country. |
| 1933AD | The name Pakistan first suggested. |
| 1938AD | Allama Iqbal dies on April 21st. Buried near the Badshahi Mosque,Lahore. |
| 1947AD | Pakistan gains independance on 14th August. East and West Pakistan formed. |
| 1948AD | Pakistan and India fight war over control of Kashmir. Mohammed Ali Jinnah dies on September 11th. Buried in Karachi. |
| 1956AD | Pakistan becomes a republic. |
| 1958AD | Pakistan ruled by parliament till now. General Ayub Khan and the army take over. |
| 1965AD | Pakistan and India go to war again over control of Kashmir. |
| 1969AD | General Yahya Khan takes over from General Ayub Khan. |
| 1970AD | Elections held to choose a government to replace the army. Zulfikar Bhutto wins. |
| 1971AD | East Pakistan separates to become Bangladesh. General Yahya Khan hands over government to Zulfikar Bhutto. Pakistan leaves commonwealth. |
| 1977AD | General elections. Zulfikar Bhutto accused of cheating. General Zia ul-Haq steps in. |
| 1979AD | Zulfikar Bhutto executed. |
| 1981AD | Oppostion Movement for the Restoration of Democracy formed. Islamisation process pushed forward. |
| 1985AD | Nonparty elections held, amended constitution adopted, martial law and ban on political parties lifted. |
| 1986AD | Agitation of free elections launched by Benazir Bhutto. |
| 1988AD | President Zia ul-Haq introduces Islamic Legal Code, the Shari'a. President Zia ul-Haq killed in plane crash. Ghulam Ishaq stands in as president. Benazir Bhutto, daughter of Zulfikar Bhutto voted into power. |
| 1989AD | Pakistan rejoins commonwealth. |
| 1990AD | Army mobilised in support of Muslims in Kashmir. Nawaz Sharif, Islamic Democratic Alliance (IDA), wins October general election. |
| 1991AD | Sharia'a bill enacted. Privatisation and economic deregulation programme launched. |
| 1992AD | Floods devastate the northern area, in September. |
| 1993AD | Nawaz Sharif resigns, in July. Benazir Bhutto elected prime minister, in October. Farooq Leghari elected prime minister, in November. Promises to restore full parliamentary political system. |