Events from the year 2003 in Pakistan.
Incumbents
Federal government
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President
President most commonly refers to:
*President (corporate title)
* President (education), a leader of a college or university
*President (government title)
President may also refer to:
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Pervez Musharraf
General Pervez Musharraf ( ur, , Parvez Muśharraf; born 11 August 1943) is a former Pakistani politician and four-star general of the Pakistan Army who became the tenth president of Pakistan after the successful military takeover of t ...
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Prime Minister
A prime minister, premier or chief of cabinet is the head of the cabinet and the leader of the ministers in the executive branch of government, often in a parliamentary or semi-presidential system. Under those systems, a prime minister is ...
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Zafarullah Khan Jamali
Mir Zafarullah Khan Jamali (; 1 January 1940 – 2 December 2020) was a Pakistani politician who served as the 15th prime minister of Pakistan from 2002 until his resignation in 2004. He was the first and only elected prime minister from Balochi ...
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Chief Justice:
Sheikh Riaz Ahmad
Sheikh Riaz Ahmad ( Urdu : ; born 9 March 1938) was a former Chief Justice of Pakistan of the Supreme Court of Pakistan from February 1, 2002 to December 31, 2003. He is the father of news anchor, Raza Rumi.
Overview
Justice Sheikh Riaz Ahma ...
(until 31 December),
Nazim Hussain Siddiqui
Governors
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Governor of Balochistan
The Governor of Balochistan is the head of the province of Balochistan, Pakistan. The post was established on 1 July 1970, after the dissolution of West Pakistan province and the end of One Unit. Under Pakistan's current parliamentary system, the ...
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** until 29 January:
Amir-ul-Mulk Mengal
Justice Amir-ul-Mulk Mengal ( ur, امیر الملک مینگل; born 3 April 1945 in Noshki, Chaghai District of Balochistan) is a Pakistani jurist who served as the Governor of Balochistan, in office from October 1999 till January 2003. He ...
** 29 January-11 August:
Abdul Qadir Baloch
Abdul Qadir Baloch (; born 9 April 1945) is a Pakistani politician and retired army general who served as Minister for States and Frontier Regions in the third Sharif ministry from 2013 to 2017 and in the Abbasi cabinet from August 2017 to May 2 ...
** starting 11 August:
Owais Ahmed Ghani
Owais Ahmed Ghani (Urdu: ), a mechanical engineer by profession, is the former governor of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan, who previously governed southwestern province of Balochistan for four and a half years.
He became active in ...
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Governor of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
The Governor of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa is the appointed head of state of the provincial government in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (formerly North-West Frontier Province), Pakistan. Although the governor is the head of the province on paper, it is largely a c ...
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Iftikhar Hussain Shah
Lieutenant General Syed Iftikhar Hussain Shah (14 March 1949 – 15 March 2020) was a governor of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan.
Early life and education
Syed was born on 14 March 1949 into a family belonging to the Mian (tribe ...
*
Governor of Punjab –
Khalid Maqbool
Lieutenant General Khalid Maqbool Vohra, ( Punjabi and ur, ) (born 1948) is Pakistani military officer who served as Governor of Punjab between October 2001 and May 2008. He is the longest serving Governor of Punjab in Pakistani history.
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Governor of Sindh
The governor of Sindh is the appointed head of the province of Sindh, Pakistan. The office of the governor as the head of the province is largely a ceremonial position; the executive powers lie with the chief minister and the chief secretary of Si ...
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Ishrat-ul-Ibad Khan
Ishratul Ibad Khan ( ur, , born 2 March 1963) is a politician who served as the 30th Governor of Sindh, Pakistan. lbad is a Pakistan-born citizen He took up the post of Governor of Sindh, Pakistan on 27 December 2002, becoming the youngest go ...
Events
January
* An NGO launches a pilot
mine clearance
Demining or mine clearance is the process of removing land mines from an area. In military operations, the object is to rapidly clear a path through a minefield, and this is often done with devices such as mine plows and blast waves. By cont ...
project in the
Bajaur Agency
Bajaur District ( ps, باجوړ ولسوالۍ, ur, ) is a district in Malakand Division of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province in Pakistan. Until 2018, it was an agency of the Federally Administered Tribal Areas, then during restructuring that merged ...
.
March
* The Pakistan cricket team are not happy following their poor performance at the world cup, which led to them being knocked out in the first round. They were fined for their poor performance.
August
* Floods in
Sindh
Sindh (; ; ur, , ; historically romanized as Sind) is one of the four provinces of Pakistan. Located in the southeastern region of the country, Sindh is the third-largest province of Pakistan by land area and the second-largest province ...
province result in tens of thousands of people fleeing to relief camps and a food crisis.
Badin District
The Badin District ( sd, ضلعو بدين, ur, ) is a district in the Sindh province of Pakistan. The total area of the district is 6,726 square kilometers. is the worst affected area.
September
* President Pervez Musharraf at the UN General Assembly in New York says that Pakistan would be willing to send troops to Iraq.
November
* The
National Assembly of Pakistan meets for the first time since the 1999 coup.
President Pervez Musharraf - BBC News
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Births
* 15 February
Events Pre-1600
* 438 – Roman emperor Theodosius II publishes the law codex Codex Theodosianus
* 590 – Khosrau II is crowned king of Persia.
* 706 – Byzantine emperor Justinian II has his predecessors Leontios and Tib ...
– Naseem Shah
Naseem Shah ( Urdu, Pashto: نسیم عباس شاه; born 15 February 2003) is a Pakistani international cricketer. In October 2019, at the age of 16, he was called up to the Pakistan cricket team for their Test series against Australia. He ...
, cricketer
* 11 October
Events Pre-1600
*1138 – A massive earthquake strikes Aleppo; it is one of the most destructive earthquakes ever.
*1142 – A peace treaty ends the Jin–Song wars.
*1311 – The peerage and clergy restrict the authority of Engl ...
– Arisha Razi
Arisha Razi Khan (Urdu: عریشہ رضی) is a Pakistani actress and television host in the Urdu television industry. She started her career with acting some branded commercials ads; she did her first commercial at the age of three and a hal ...
, actress
See also
*2002 in Pakistan
Events from the year 2002 in Pakistan.
Incumbents Federal government
*President: Pervez Musharraf
*Prime Minister: Zafarullah Khan Jamali (starting 21 November)
* Chief Justice:
** until 6 January: Irshad Hasan Khan
** 6 January-31 January: B ...
* Other events of 2003
* 2004 in Pakistan
*Timeline of Pakistani history
This is a timeline of Pakistani history, comprising important legal and territorial changes and political events in today's Pakistan and its predecessor states. To read about the background of these events, see History of Pakistan and History of ...
References
Pakistan
Pakistan ( ur, ), officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan ( ur, , label=none), is a country in South Asia. It is the world's List of countries and dependencies by population, fifth-most populous country, with a population of almost 24 ...
Pakistan
Pakistan ( ur, ), officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan ( ur, , label=none), is a country in South Asia. It is the world's List of countries and dependencies by population, fifth-most populous country, with a population of almost 24 ...
2000s in Pakistan
Years of the 21st century in Pakistan
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