Historical Dictionary of Pakistan

CHRONOLOGY • liii21–25 September: General Pervez Musharraf arrived in New York toattend the 56th Annual Meeting of the United Nations General Assembly.During his visit, President Musharraf met with President Bush. 30September: Prime Minister Zafarullah Khan Jamali arrived in NewYork on a 10-day visit to the United States. 11 October: Pakistan continuedto sign agreements with its donor nations to reschedule the debtsit owed. An agreement was signed with South Korea to reschedule $500million of debt. 18 October: Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince AbdullahBin Abdul Aziz visited Pakistan and announced an increase in assistance.22 October: Indian Foreign Minister Yashwant Singh announceda proposal to revive stalled efforts to normalize relations with Pakistan.1–4 November: President Pervez Musharraf visited China and concludeda number of agreements with the country on control of terrorism,increased trade, and greater economic cooperation between the twocountries. 14 and 25 December: Pakistan President Musharraf survivedtwo attempted assassinations near Islamabad. On 14 December amine was detonated along his travel route; on 25 December his convoyis hit by two suicide car bombs.2004 1 January: The government formally approved the sale of HabibBank, the country’s largest bank, to the Agha Khan Foundation for EconomicDevelopment. By a vote of 56.2 percent in favor, in a combined“sitting” of the national and four provincial assemblies, PresidentMusharraf won a vote of confidence and elected to stay in office until 31December 2007. 4–6 January: The 12th SAARC summit was held in Islamabad,Pakistan. It approved the establishment of the South Asia FreeTrade Area by 1 January 2006. On the sidelines President Musharraf metwith Prime Minister Vajpayee of India and issued the Islamabad Declarationfor resolving all outstanding disputes between the two countriesthrough dialogue. 13 January: The Indian Government invited Kashmiriseparatist groups, including the All Parties Hurivat Conference, to meetwith Deputy Prime Minister L.K. Advani. 17 January: Musharraf addressedthe parliament for the first time during his tenure as president. 2February: New information about the extent of scientist Abdul QadeerKhan’s involvement in providing assistance to Iran, Libya, and North Koreacontinued to trickle out of Islamabad. 4 February: In a televised address,A.Q. Khan admitted to providing nuclear weapons and expertise toIran, Libya, and North Korea. 16–18 February: Senior officials of theMinistries of External Affairs of Pakistan and India met in Islamabad to