January2001

Jan01,2001--The first phase of district goverment elections took place in 18 districts and the military failed inits primary objective of elbowing out the main political parties..The turnout was generally low as there was no enthusiasm due to the military controlled process..
Jan02--Ship with illegal pakistani immigrants on board sinks near turkey-six killed
Jan05-Five died in sectarian clashes in Orakzai
Jan10-Eight killed as train derails near Kotri
18 army officers including a brigadier dismissed for tampering with promotion records...
Jan16-In a strange turn of events Musharaf has given under detention former ISI chief Ziauddin Butt an extension in service...
Pakistan and india discuss resumption of dialogue in a meeting between the indian high commissioner and musharraf.. An APHC delegation which was expected to visit pakistan has been stopped from doing so by indian intransigence
Jan17--11 were killed as mujahideen stormed teh Srinagar airport
Jan19-UN sanctions on afghanistan take effect..US general visits pakistan --taleban refuse to hand over Ossama
Jan21--pakistan closes taleban offices and freezes all Ossama funds/ assets.
Jan22-15 die in occupied kashmir blasts and gunbattles
Jan23-Seven PNLn workers were sentenced to one year RI for storming the Supreme Court Building
Jan24 - Pakistan gets $1.7 billion debt rescheduled from the paris club
India extends kashmir ceasfire by a month..mujahids term ceasefire a farce
Jan26--Sectarianists kill TJP leader in khanewal
Several hundered illegal afghans deported
Jan27--19 people were killed in a severe earthquake in sind and balochistan.Over 2000 were killed in the indian gujerat cities of of Bhuj and Ahmedabad
An anti terrorist court sentenced a Zardari ally to death for smuggling hashish
42 killed in a bus-coaster accident near Multan
Demos against afghan sanctions
IB chief Rafiullah Niazi replaced by Brig Talat Munir
Jan29-Motrobike killers probably of the TJP variety stopped an islamic maddrassa bus in karachi and shot dead four clerics and their driver.. Army was called out as mobs set fire to two cinemas and twenty cars
Jan30--Frontier Post closed down for publishing blasphemous letter ; five staffers arrested
Jan31--Altaf Hussein marries a punjabi/sindhi girl..
Govt sells 15million shares in MCB at Rs 37.55