Events from the year 2002 in Pakistan.
Incumbents Federal government President: Pervez Musharraf Prime Minister: Zafarullah Khan Jamali (starting 23 November) Chief Justice: until 6 January: Irshad Hasan Khan 6 January-31 January: Bashir Jehangiri starting 1 February: Sheikh Riaz Ahmad
Governors Governor of Balochistan – Amir-ul-Mulk Mengal Governor of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa – Iftikhar Hussain Shah Governor of Punjab – Khalid Maqbool Governor of Sindh – Muhammad Mian Soomro (until 26 December); Ishrat-ul-Ibad Khan (starting 26 December)
Events
January 1 January – an earthquake strikes northern Pakistan.One dies in earthquake 12 January – President Musharraf declares a war on extremism.Profile: General Pervez Musharraf, President of Pakistan - CNN 18 January – President Musharraf, in an interview with CNN, says he believes that Osama bin Laden is dead.
March India shuns Pakistan's offer of talks.
June 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.Pakistan wedding turns to carnage - BBC News
October 10 October - General elections were held to elect the National Assembly of Pakistan and the provincial assemblies.
November 21 November - A 6.3 earthquake strikes northern Pakistan, leaving sixteen dead, forty injured, and more than 1,000 buildings damaged. 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.Pakistan army flies out quake victims - BBC News
Deaths 5 August - Bashir Niaz, film screenwriter
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