2002 in Pakistan

See also: 2001 in Pakistan, other events of 2002, 2003 in Pakistan.

Events

January

*1 January - an earthquake strikes northern Pakistan. [ [http://www.dawn.com/2002/01/02/nat9.htm One dies in earthquake] ]
*12 January - President Musharraf declares a war on extremism. [http://edition.cnn.com/2002/WORLD/asiapcf/south/04/17/musharraf.biog/index.html Profile: General Pervez Musharraf, President of Pakistan - CNN] ]

*18 January - President Musharraf in an interview with CNN, said he believed that bin Laden is dead. [ [http://archives.cnn.com/2002/US/01/18/gen.war.against.terror/ Pakistan's leader thinks bin Laden dead] ]

March

Indian 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. [ [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/2059837.stm Pakistan wedding turns to carnage - BBC News] ]

October

*23 October - An earthquake of magnitude 4.0 struck the Peshawar valley at 0230 PST - the epicentre was 50km east of the city of Peshawar. [ [http://www.dawn.com/2002/10/24/nat23.htm Earthquake jolts NWFP - Dawn Pakistan] ]

November

21 November - A strong earthquake, measuring 5.6 on the Richter scale, strikes northern Pakistan. [ [http://archives.cnn.com/2002/WORLD/asiapcf/south/11/21/pakistan.quake/index.html Quake hits Pakistan - CNN] ]

26 November - The Pakistan army had to use helicopters to evacuate thousands of people following the earthquake, as roads were blocked and the temperature was falling due to the onset of winter. [ [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/2515699.stm Pakistan army flies out quake victims - BBC News] ]

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