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2005 in Pakistan

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Events from the year 2005 in Pakistan.

Incumbents

Federal government

  • President: Pervez Musharraf
  • Prime Minister: Shaukat Aziz
  • Chief Justice: Nazim Hussain Siddiqui (until 29 June), Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry

Governors

  • Governor of Balochistan – Owais Ahmed Ghani
  • Governor of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa – Iftikhar Hussain Shah (until 15 March); Khalilur Rehman (starting 15 March)
  • Governor of Punjab – Khalid Maqbool
  • Governor of Sindh – Ishrat-ul-Ibad Khan

Events

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 five years. At the conclusion of the trip a joint declaration between the two nations announces their commitment to cooperate.

October

  • 5 October – Perpetrators of the racially motivated murder of Glasgow teenager Kriss Donald, extradited to the United Kingdom to face trial in a one-off agreement negotiated with Pakistan.
  • 8 October – The 7.6 Kashmir earthquake strikes with a maximum Mercalli intensity of VIII (Severe), leaving 86,000–87,351 people dead, 69,000–75,266 injured, and 2.8 million homeless.
  • 10 October – The president of Pakistan appeals for international help following the earthquake, saying the country cannot deal with crisis on its own.

November

  • 3 November – Pakistan announces that the official death toll from the quake is over 73,000.

December

  • England complete their tour of Pakistan with a victory against the Pakistan cricket team at Rawalpindi.

References

References

  1. [http://www.dawn.com/2005/05/02/top7.htm Pakistan, Japan see robust ties – Dawn Pakistan]
  2. [http://www.heraldscotland.com/sport/spl/aberdeen/extradited-three-arrive-in-glasgow-1.41113 Extradited three arrive in Glasgow. Herald Scotland]
  3. [https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/glasgow_and_west/6128966.stm BBC NEWS. UK. Scotland. Glasgow and West. Kriss murder timeline]
  4. [https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/4324534.stm Quake crisis overwhelms Pakistan]
  5. [https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/4399576.stm Earthquake toll leaps to 73,000 – BBC News]
  6. [https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/cricket/england/4544708.stm England complete exciting victory]
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