2002 in Pakistan explained

Events from the year 2002 in Pakistan.

Incumbents

Zafarullah Khan Jamali (starting 21 November)

- until 6 January: Irshad Hasan Khan
- 6 January-31 January: Bashir Jehangiri
- starting 1 February: Sheikh Riaz Ahmad

1 January – an earthquake strikes northern Pakistan.^[1]
12 January – President Musharraf declares a war on extremism.^[2]
18 January – President Musharraf, in an interview with CNN, says he believes that Osama bin Laden is dead.^[3]

22 June – A wedding feast in Pakistan's tribal areas ends in tragedy after an error during the celebratory firing of a mortar shell; fourteen people are killed.^[4]

10 October - General elections were held to elect the National Assembly of Pakistan and the provincial assemblies.

21 November - A 6.3 earthquake strikes northern Pakistan, leaving sixteen dead, forty injured, and more than 1,000 buildings damaged.^[5]
26 November - The Pakistan army has to use helicopters to evacuate thousands of people following the earthquake, as roads are blocked and the temperature is falling due to the onset of winter.^[6]

http://www.dawn.com/2002/01/02/nat9.htm One dies in earthquake
http://edition.cnn.com/2002/WORLD/asiapcf/south/04/17/musharraf.biog/index.html Profile: General Pervez Musharraf, President of Pakistan - CNN
Web site: Pakistan's leader thinks bin Laden dead . 2008-02-10 . 2008-01-15 . https://web.archive.org/web/20080115235223/http://archives.cnn.com/2002/US/01/18/gen.war.against.terror/ . dead .
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/2059837.stm Pakistan wedding turns to carnage - BBC News
Web site: M6.3 - northwestern Kashmir. USGS. United States Geological Survey.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/2515699.stm Pakistan army flies out quake victims - BBC News