2004 in Pakistan

Incumbents

Federal government

• President: Pervez Musharraf
• Prime Minister:
• * until 26 June: Zafarullah Khan Jamali
• * 26 June-30 June: vacant
• * 30 June-20 August: Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain
• * starting 20 August: Shaukat Aziz
• Chief Justice: Nazim Hussain Siddiqui

  Events

Politics

• January 1 – Musharraf wins a vote of confidence from the electoral college, obtaining 658 votes out of 1170, and is deemed to be elected to the office of President.
• March 27 – Pakistan Army troops that battled foreign militants and their local supporters in South Waziristan are winding up their operation.
• April 7 – The National Assembly passed the National Security Council bill.
• April 14 – The Senate of Pakistan passed the National Security Council bill.
• April 19 – President Pervez Musharraf signs the recently passed National Security Council Bill, bringing into being the 13-seat NSC.
• April 20 – The National Alliance announced the merger of the alliance with the unified Pakistan Muslim League.
• April 22 – The European Parliament voted in favour of a new trade and cooperation agreement with Pakistan, giving a vital boost to Islamabad's relations with the European Union.
• April 27 – The Pakistan Army is reducing its numerical strength by about 50,000 men.
• May 22 – The Commonwealth Ministerial Action Group welcomed Pakistan back into the Commonwealth, noting the restoration of the Constitution and progress made in rebuilding democratic institutions and restoring democracy.

  Economy

• April 15 – Representatives of the provinces agreed to share resources on a multi-factor formula, provided the federal government enhanced their share.
• April 21 – The World Bank expects that poverty will start reducing soon in Pakistan, as the country has surpassed most of the targets set by the bank under its country assistance strategy.
• April 29 – Pakistan Telecommunication Company Limited earns a net profit of Rs 19.53 bn in the first three quarters of the financial year.

  Sports

• March 28 – The ninth SAF Games are launched in an Olympics-style opening ceremony.

  Miscellaneous

• January 18 – Pakistani agents arrest seven Al-Qaida suspects and confiscate weapons during a raid in the southern city of Karachi.
• March 29 – Indus River System is expected to distribute water among provinces on the basis of historical use.
• April 29 – Major power breakdown all over northern and central Punjab.
• September 9 – About 70 people, believed to be Taliban or Al Qaida militants, are killed when Pakistan's air force jets raid a terrorist training camp in a tribal region bordering Afghanistan.

  Deaths

• 24 June – Pir Syed Muhammad Binyamin Rizvi, Member of the Provincial Assembly of Punjab