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Assassination
History of Pakistan
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| | 1943 | Jinnah, Mohammed Ali | |
| Jinnah is stabbed and wounded by a member of the extremist Khaksars in an attempted assassination |
| 1951 | Khan, Liaquat Ali | |
| 16th Oct Assassinated by an Afghanfanatic, disorder follows |
| 1951 | Liaquat, Ali Khan | |
| Assassinated while in office |
| 1951 | Nazimuddin, Khawaja | |
| Liaquat is succeeded by Khawaja Nazimuddin |
| 1985 | Bhutto, Benazir | |
| 4th April Benazir Bhutto's brother Shahnawaz is killed under suspicious circumstances in France |
| 1988 | Zia-Ul-Haq, Mohammad | |
| 17th Aug Zia is killed in a mysterious place crash; investigation concludes that his death was caused by "criminal act of sabotage" |
| 2007 | Bhutto, Benazir | |
| 27th Dec Arab League Secretary General Amr Moussa states that, "We condemn this assassination and terrorist act, and pray for God Almighty to bless her soul" |
| 27th Dec Bhutto is killed leaving a campaign rally for the PPP at Liaquat National Bagh, where she had given a spirited address to party supporters in the run-up to the January 2008 parliamentary elections |
| 27th Dec The UN Security Council holds an emergency meeting and unanimously condemns the assassination |
| 2007 | Musharraf, Pervez | |
| 27th Dec Liaquat National Bagh Bhutto is killed leaving a campaign rally for the PPP at Liaquat National Bagh, where she had given a spirited address to party supporters in the run-up to the January 2008 parliamentary elections |
| 27th Dec Musharraf calls for a three day mourning period after Bhutto's assassination |
| 2007 | Sharif, Nawaz | |
| 28th Dec Nawaz Sharif, the leader of the rival opposition party Pakistan Muslim League, states that "This is a tragedy for her party, and a tragedy for our party and the entire nation" |
| 2007 | Yazid, Mustafa Abu al- | |
| 28th Dec Al-Qaeda Commander Mustafa Abu al-Yazid claims responsibility for the attack, describing Bhutto as "the most precious American asset" |
| 2008 | Musharraf, Pervez | |
| 1st Jan In the wake of the assassination of former prime minister Benazir Bhutto, parliamentary elections, which were scheduled for Jan. 8, are postponed until February 18 |
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