Frontline Pakistan : The Struggle With Militant Islam - Arz-e-Pak

Timeline
two South Asian nuclear neighbours come close to
war.
September 2002 Pakistani security forces capture Ramzi bin al-
Shibh, one of the masterminds of the 9/11 attacks.
October 2002 First general election since the 1999 military coup,
results in a hung parliament. Religious parties fare
better than expected. Mir Zafarullah Jamali elected
as Prime Minister by the National Assembly. He
is the first civilian premier since the 1999 military
coup and a member of a pro-Musharraf faction of
the Pakistan Muslim League.
April 2003 Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, mastermind of the
9/11 attacks, is captured in a raid on a house in
Ralawalpindi cantonment area.
December 2003 Pakistan and India agree to resume direct air links
and allow overflights by each other’s planes after
a two-year ban. President Musharraf narrowly
survives an attempt on his life when Islamic
militants ram their explosive packed vehicles into
president’s cavalcade in Rawalpindi.
January 2004 President Musharraf and Indian Prime Minister
Atal Bihari Vajpayee meet on the sidelines of the
South Asian regional conference in Islamabad.
Musharraf pledges not to permit use of Pakistani
soil for terrorist activities, clearing the way for a
historic peace process between the two South
Asian rivals.
February 2004 Dr Abdul Qadeer Khan, father of Pakistan’s nuclear
bomb, admits selling nuclear technology to Libya,
North Korea and Iran. He is put under house
arrest.
March 2004 Pakistan launches a major military operation to
capture al-Qaeda fugitives in the Waziristan tribal
region. Some 700 soldiers are killed during a 30month
operation.
August 2004 Shaukat Aziz, a former Citibank executive, is
elected as Pakistan’s new Prime Minister.
December 2004 President Musharraf declares he will stay on as
head of the army, having previously promised to
relinquish the role.
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