2002 in Pakistan

Events from the year 2002 in Pakistan.

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See also:	History of Pakistan List of years in Pakistan Timeline of Pakistani history

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.^[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]

March

• India shuns Pakistan's offer of talks.^[2]

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.^[4]

October

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

November

• 21 November - A 6.3 M_w  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]

Deaths

• 5 August - Bashir Niaz, film screenwriter