2005 in Pakistan
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Events from the year 2005 in Pakistan.
Incumbents
[edit]Federal government
[edit]- President: Pervez Musharraf
- Prime Minister: Shaukat Aziz
- Chief Justice: Nazim Hussain Siddiqui (until 29 June), Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry
Governors
[edit]- 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
[edit]May
[edit]- 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.[1]
October
[edit]- 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.[2][3]
- 8 October – The 7.6 Mw 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.[4]
November
[edit]- 3 November – Pakistan announces that the official death toll from the quake is over 73,000.[5]
December
[edit]- England complete their tour of Pakistan with a victory against the Pakistan cricket team at Rawalpindi.[6]