• Mar1, 2001--India hikes defence spendings by 13.8%
• Jhang was shutdown as its most famous terrorist Haq Nawaz Jhangvi was hanged..One person was killed as SSP protested the hanging..Two armoured cars and seven police vehicles accompanied teh dead body to a tense funeral attended by thousands...
• The Chenab Express a train came under heavy gunfire near Khairabad
• The government is coming under pressure from the Supreme Court hearing the Benazir appeal against conviction in the SGS-Cotechna case on the grounds of bias, intervention and bugging transcripts
• Mar2--Thirteen killed in hangu sectarian violence
• Punjab was tense as SSP held protests on the hanging of Haq Nawaz Jhangvi
• 17-37% raise in gas tariff
• Taleban destroy bamiyan statues despite world protests
• Mar3--16 indian policemen killed in ambush by kashmiri freedom fighters..
• Mar5--Terrorists in teh garb of sectarian killers killed 12 including two cops in and around Sheikhupura..Most of those killed were shiites..
• 35 pilgrims die in Mina stampede
• Mar10--Sugar prices rise as indian imports banned
• Mar 11--Available riverine water has fallen by around 75% due to a persisting drought situation and overusage by punjab and sind
• Mar12--In a sudden development related to differences between Dr Qadeer Khan and Musharaf the generally respected heads of KRL and PAEC ie Qadeer Khan and Dr. Ashfaq have been removed and replaced by Dr Javed Mirza and Pervez Butt..Qadeer and Ashfaq have been made advisors to the CE.. Dr Qadeer Khan is the only survivor of the Bhutto regime and has been the head of teh countries controversial atomic bomb programme since the mid seventies...All govts in the recent past have attempted to glorify qadeer khan beyond normal.. He seems to have a habit of spending govt funds on non working charities and building a mazar for Shahabuddin Ghauri near Sohawa.. He is also reputed to be involved in some corrupt practices and importing huge amounts of useless equipment and materials
• Mar13--10 killed in an attack on an SSP mosque by suspected TJP motorcycle killers
• Mar 17--Another musharaf crony Lt Gen(retd) hamid nawaz has been appointed as the new defence secretary in place of Nasim Rana
• Mar22--Second phase of district government polls takes place
• Mar23--12 paisa per unit raise in electricity charges
• Six major generals promoted to lt gen including supposed isi political controllerr Mohd Akarm.Others include Pervaiz Shahid, Ehsanaul Haq(DGMO), Ghulam Mustafa, Khateer HasanKhan and Masud Pervaiz who was promoted despite the record tempering scandal. In the process 12 major generals have been superceded.
• PPP dominates second phase of the district polls.
• Mar24--Police foil ARD rally in lahore, many arrested.
• Bomb blast in karachi
• Former army chief Jehangir Keramats son involved in Emirates bank loan scam
• Mar25--Benazirs father in law Hakim Zardari jailed and fined
• Mar26--Musharaf refuses to retire on completion of military tenure
• The pro military PML(shujaat) elected a nawaz sharif relative Mian Azhar asits president
• Mar27--Total strike in interior sind against drought related irrigation water shortages