Timeline of Pakistani popular culture

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These are items from the history of Pakistani popular culture.

Contents

[edit] 1950s

  • (1954: Sports) Pakistan wins Oval Test
  • (1956: Events) War with India over the issue of Kashmir.

[edit] 1960s

  • (1961: Music) Gol Gappay Wala
  • (1962: Geography) Islamabad is founded and declared the capital.
  • (1965: Events) Pakistan goes to war with India over the issue of Kashmir.
  • (1966: TV) Alif Noon
  • (1960s: Aviation) PIA enters jet age becoming the first Asian airline to do so.

[edit] 1970s

  • (1971: Events) Riots in East Pakistan (now Bangladesh) leading to civil war.
  • (1971: Events) Pakistan's loses (1/7th) of its territory which forms Bangladesh.
  • (1971: Events) Pakistan's third war with India.
  • (1976: Sports) Javed Miandad's Debut
  • (1978: Ads) Binaca Ad
  • (1970s: Aviation) PIA introduces Boeing 747.
  • (1970s: Technology) First Pakistani made light aircraft appears but is not mass produced.

[edit] 1980s

  • (1980: TV) Mera Naam Mangoo
  • (1980s: Politics) General Mohammed Zia-ul-Haq is the president of Pakistan.
  • (1988: Politics) General Mohammed Zia-ul-Haq dies in a plane crash.
  • (1980s: Events) Pakistan forms and funds mujjahideens who force USSR out of Afghanistan.
  • (1980s: Events) Mass exodus of Afghani refugees to Pakistan.
  • (1980s: Society) Rise of gun culture and growth in drugs usage and smuggling.

[edit] 1990s

  • (1990: Sports) The rise of Waqar Younis
  • (1991: TV) Guest House, featuring Jaan Rambo
  • (1992: TV) Uroosa
  • (1992: Aviation) PIA Airbus A300 crashes near Khatmandu, Nepal. Killing all aboard.
  • (1992: Sports) Pakistan won Cricket World Cup against England in Melbourne
  • (1993: Ads) Gori Gori
  • (1993: Events) The "Lota" and Lotacracy
  • (1995: Music) Chief Saab
  • (1996: Technology) Pakistan makes a locally manufacturer car Proficient which never makes it to the market.
  • (1997: Events) Wedding meal ban in Pakistan
  • (1997: Music) Pakistan Qawwal Singer Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan passes away.
  • (1998: Events) Pakistan conducts nuclear bomb tests.
  • (1999: Events) Kargil conflict in Indian Kashmir.
  • (1999: Politics) Military coup establishes General Pervaiz Musharraf as the country's leader.
  • (1999: Aviation) PIA's A300 crash lands at Dubai, UAE. All survive.
  • (1990s: Music) Rise of Junoon.
  • (1999s: Technology) Pakistan starts mass producing missiles, and tanks.

[edit] 2000s

  • (2001: Politics) Pakistan cuts contact with the Taliban in Afghanistan and joins USA in war on terrorism.
  • (2003: Aviation) PIA inducts Boeing 777 into its fleet.
  • (2003: Sports) End of cricketing career for a respected but controversial Rashid Latif.
  • (2003: Sports) Inzamam becomes the cricket team captain.
  • (2004: Sports) Pakistan lose Test series to India
  • (2004: Technology) Pakistan successfully develops a high performance fighter jet JF-17 with China.
  • (2005: Technology) Pakistan starts producing a locally made car.
  • (2005: Events) Huge earthquake kills 79,000 people in Northern Pakistan.
  • (2005: Sports) Pakistan wins home test series against the favorites England.
  • (2000s: Sports) Rise of Inzamam-ul-Haq.
  • (2000s: Economy) Rise of Gawadar, Baluchistan.

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