Pakistan Army
Land service branch of the Pakistan Armed Forces
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| October 21 2024 | The Twenty-Sixth Constitutional Amendment Act was enacted, introducing landmark reforms to Pakistan's judicial system, specifically focusing on the Supreme Court and High Courts. |
| September 2023 | Major General Naseem Anwer becomes the most recent Commandant of the Command and Staff College Quetta |
| 2022 | Establishment of the Army Cyber Command to address modern cyber warfare and digital security challenges. |
| 2022 | Pakistan was last removed from the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) greylist after multiple previous inclusions for its financial support to terrorist activities. |
| 2021 | After the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan, Pakistan's Prime Minister Imran Khan expressed support, stating Afghanistan had broken 'shackles of slavery'. |
| 2021 | The Taliban offensive was reportedly linked to Pakistan, with Afghan tribal leaders claiming the Pakistani military facilitated fighters crossing the border. |
| 2020 | Nigar Johar became the first and only woman in Pakistan Army history to reach the rank of lieutenant-general after serving 35 years in the medical corps. |
| June 2020 | Then Prime Minister of Pakistan Imran Khan referred to Osama bin Laden as a 'martyr' (shahid) during a speech in Parliament. |
| February 3 2020 | An additional 17 female officers were deployed to South Kivu as part of the UN Peacekeeping Mission. |
| January 31 2020 | The first Pakistani Female Engagement team received UN medals for serving in the Peacekeeping Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. |
| 2019 | Pakistani Prime Minister publicly discouraged Pakistani people from going to Kashmir to engage in jihad, stating that such actions would do an injustice to Kashmiri people. |
| 2019 | Won the National Football Challenge Cup for the third time. |
| July 2019 | During a U.S. visit, Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan admitted that previous administrations had been hiding the truth about terrorists in Pakistan from the United States for 15 years during the War on Terror. |
| 2018 | Mil Mi-24 attack helicopters (Mi-35M3 variant) introduced, with 4 units acquired. The same year, Pakistan ordered 30 T129 ATAK helicopters from TAI, with delivery extended due to US export license complications. |
| 2018 | Delivery of 1,191 FN-16 man-portable air-defense systems to Pakistan began, continuing until 2021. |
| 2018 | Prime Minister Imran Khan acknowledged the presence of 30,000–40,000 armed terrorists operating on Pakistani soil during an official visit to the United States. |
| 2018 | Returns to the Pakistan Premier League, finishing 16th and reaching the National Challenge Cup quarter-finals. |
| 2017 | AgustaWestland AW139 helicopters introduced, serving in SAR, Utility, Transport, and VIP transport roles. |
| 2017 | Pakistan purchased 52 launchers of Kornet-E laser-guided anti-tank missiles. |
| 2017 | No league was held, but the club reached the National Challenge Cup semi-finals. |
| 2017 | Nigar Johar became the third woman in Pakistan to reach the rank of major general, serving in the Army Medical Corps. |
| September 23 2017 | Museum opens to the general public, featuring galleries including the Shuhada Wall, History of Pakistan Gallery, Evolution of Warfare exhibit, Rebirth of a Nation, and other significant displays about Pakistan's military history. |
| August 13 2017 | Official inauguration of the Army Museum Lahore, showcasing the museum's comprehensive historical narrative from ancient civilizations to modern times. |
| May 2017 | After the Kabul attack, the Afghan National Directorate of Security claimed the Haqqani Network planned the blast, with support from Pakistan. Afghan President Ashraf Ghani accused Pakistan of instigating an undeclared war of aggression. |
| 2016 | Defeated Pakistan Airlines in the All-Pakistan Football Tournament at the Peoples Football Stadium in Karachi. |
| 2016 | No league was held, but the club reached the National Challenge Cup semi-finals. |
| November 2016 | Initial gallery inaugurations by General Raheel Sharif, marking the preliminary completion of museum exhibits. |
| 2015 | Pakistan Army orders 12 Bell AH-Z Viper attack helicopters, with an option for 3 more, though these were ultimately put into storage due to cancelled US military aid. |
| 2015 | The club finished 2nd in the Pakistan Premier League. |
| 2015 | Continues in the Pakistan Premier League, finishing 12th. |
| 2015 | Brigadier Nigar Johar became the first woman to command a multidisciplinary tertiary care hospital in the Pakistan Army's history. |
| December 2015 | Pakistan withdrew its second secretary Farina Arshad from Bangladesh after Bangladeshi authorities accused her of extending financial support to a suspected militant, JMB operative Idris Sheikh. |
| June 5 2015 | Groundbreaking ceremony for the Army Museum Lahore project, initiated under the leadership of Brigadier (Retired) Khan Ahmed Sufyan as Project Director. |
| 2014 | Competes in the Pakistan Premier League, finishing 16th and reaching the National Challenge Cup quarter-finals. |
| 2013 | NESCOM Burraq unmanned combat aerial vehicle (UCAV) enters service with the Pakistan Army. |
| 2013 | Participates in the Pakistan Premier League, finishing 16th and reaching the National Challenge Cup quarter-finals. |
| 2013 | Increased number of women applied for the combat branch of Pakistan Air Force (PAF), demonstrating growing interest and opportunities for women in military roles. |
| July 14 2013 | 24 female officers, mostly doctors and software engineers, successfully completed the paratroopers' course at the Parachute Training School, becoming the first group of women to do so in military history. |
| 2012 | Competes in the Pakistan Premier League, finishing 16th and reaching the National Challenge Cup semi-finals. |
| 2011 | Performs in the Pakistan Premier League, finishing 16th and reaching the National Challenge Cup semi-finals. |
| May 2 2011 | U.S. Navy SEALs killed Osama bin Laden during Operation Neptune Spear at his compound near the Pakistan Military Academy in Abbottabad, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. |
| 2010 | The Eighteenth Amendment reversed previous presidential power expansions, returning Pakistan to a parliamentary republic and defining any constitution subversion as high treason. |
| 2010 | Delivery of 806 FN-6 man-portable air-defense systems to Pakistan began, continuing until 2016. |
| 2010 | Competes in the Pakistan Premier League, finishing 14th and reaching the National Challenge Cup quarter-finals. |
| October 2010 | Former Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf revealed that Pakistani armed forces trained militant groups to fight Indian forces in Kashmir, publicly acknowledging state-sponsored training of militant organizations. |
| July 25 2010 | The Guardian published an article by Declan Walsh challenging the allegations of Pakistan's state-sponsored terrorism, suggesting that intelligence reports were unreliable and often fabricated. |
This contents of the box above is based on material from the Wikipedia articles List of equipment of the Pakistan Army, Structure of the Pakistan Army, Constitution of Pakistan, Women in the Pakistan Armed Forces, Army Museum Lahore, Command and Staff College Quetta, East Pakistan Air Operations (1971), Pakistan Army F.C. & Pakistan and state-sponsored terrorism, which are released under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.