• apr10--reports of aerial bombardments by the pakistan army in mastung and a gas pipeline being blownup... retaliatory blasts by the BLA killing many soldiers in marri and mastung...
• apr10--pakistan army determined to escalate the lal masjid standoff...a government owned mosque which has imposed sharia onits students...
• apr10--intra militant fighting reported from south waziristan with claims of haveing cleared the area of supposed uzbeks...
• apr10--benazir rejects a continuation of the military regime...
• apr10--siachen talks failed after the indians insisted on a status quo division of the area
• apr10--neelofir bakhtiyar who has never been elected by the masses declares unislamic acts acceptable for paragliding and charity...
• apr10--sectarian violence continues in and around parachinar with 21 dead
• April 1, 2001--In a country which generally lacks normal disciplinary attitudes the death of 36 people in a stampede at the opening of teh bahishti darwaza of the baba faridudin ganj shakar shrine barely raised any eybrows.
• Usman Faruqi former chairman of the Pakistan Steel Mills was fined and jailed for seven years
• Banks allowed to place foreign currency deposits abroad
• Apr3--APHC rejects indian talks offer prior to pakistan visit while LK Advani says pakistan has no role in kashmir dispute.
• Apr4--Waqar Younis becomes teh captain of the pakistani cricket team
• Apr7--In one of its rare acts of defiance the Supreme Court declared a mistrial in Benazir/Zardari SGS conviction after it was proved thru intelligence revealed bugging tapes that Nawaz Sharif and his ministers forced the LHC judges to expedite the conviction...
• Apr11--Family of 11 murdered by relatives in Vehari
• Apr12--Admiral Mansoorulhaq who has been mentioned as one of the few people in pakistan to have received kickbacks in defence deals has been arrested by US authorities pending extradition hearings
• Apr14--The military govt abruptly terminated Sher Afghan Malik whom it had brought from nowhere and appointed MD PIA.. He apparently could not handle a pilots dispute according to GOP instructions...
• Apr15--Ahmed Saeed Awan a shoe manufacturer has been appointed MD PIA
• Apr16--two corp commanders Tauqir(mangla)and Imtiaz(peshawar) who were seen as ineffective in their current positions have been replaced by new promotees Ghulam Mustafa and Ehsanul Haq.Both have been transferred to GHQ desk jobs.
• Apr17--Taleban deputy leader Mulla rabbani dies of liver cancer
• The Dera Bugti Uch drilling well number one caught fire causing substantial losses
• Apr18--Police arrested over 200 Mqm workers inkarachi after they burned seven buses in a protest against irrigation water shortages..
• Apr19--In its detailed judgement ordering a retrial in the SGS case the SC has stated that the judge namely Malik Qayum was biased and gave the judgement for personal favours and on the orders of Nawaz Sharif and his ministers.Malik Qayyum however has refused to resign from the LHC
• Two bombs exploded in karachi killing two.Over forty vehicles were burnt in violence during a strike against water shortages.
• NAB has frozen 14 properties and confiscated a mercedes benz belonging to Admiral mansur or his wife or daughters
• Apr24--Bomb blast in islamabad fruit market injures 26
• NHA cancels motorway construction deal with turkish firm Bayinder for delay in completion
• Apr25--Supreme Court declares parts of NAB law illegal.Remand period reduced to 15 days, 20 year disqualification reduced to ten, plea bargain scheme approved , Nab chairman powers reduced and appointment procedure declared illegal
• Apr26--World bank resumes project lending
• ARD leaders arrested in karachi
• Apr27--APHC rejects indians talks offer..However they said that talks are possible if they are allowed to visit pakistan for consultations..They did not want to board a train that went nowhere.
• To preempt mayday rallies in karachi police arrested over 400 ARD workers and leaders..Nasrullah Khan and Javed Hashmi were stopped at the airport and sent back to lahore
• Apr29--Sports commentator Farook Mazhar died in bahrain
• Apr30--World Bank approves $700million credit to pakistan
• The military govt has unreasonably disallowed mayday rallies organised by ARD in karachi..All outstation leaders were either arrested or sent back and ARD leader Nasrullah Khan was put under house arrest..