Timeline of Pakistani popular culture

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These are items from the history of Pakistani popular culture.

1 1950s
2 1960s
3 1970s
4 1980s
5 1990s
6 2000s
7 References
8 External links

[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.

[edit] References

[edit] External links

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Timeline of Pakistani popular culture

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[edit] 1960s

[edit] 1970s

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[edit] References

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