2003 in Pakistan
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Events from the year 2003 in Pakistan.
Incumbents
[edit | edit source]Federal government
[edit | edit source]- President: Pervez Musharraf
- Prime Minister: Zafarullah Khan Jamali
- Chief Justice: Sheikh Riaz Ahmad (until 31 December)
Governors
[edit | edit source]- Governor of Balochistan –
- until 29 January: Amir-ul-Mulk Mengal
- 29 January-11 August: Abdul Qadir Baloch
- starting 11 August: Owais Ahmed Ghani
- Governor of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa – Iftikhar Hussain Shah
- Governor of Punjab – Khalid Maqbool
- Governor of Sindh – Ishrat-ul-Ibad Khan
Events
[edit | edit source]January
[edit | edit source]- An NGO launches a pilot mine clearance project in the Bajaur Agency.[1]
March
[edit | edit source]- 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.[2]
August
[edit | edit source]- Floods in Sindh province result in tens of thousands of people fleeing to relief camps and a food crisis. Badin District is the worst affected area.[3]
September
[edit | edit source]- President Pervez Musharraf at the UN General Assembly in New York says that Pakistan would be willing to send troops to Iraq.[4]
November
[edit | edit source]- The National Assembly of Pakistan meets for the first time since the 1999 coup.[5]
Births
[edit | edit source]- 15 February – Naseem Shah, cricketer
- 11 October – Arisha Razi, actress