2 January – Pakistan announces that elections originally scheduled for 8 January will be postponed until the 18 February, following the assassination of Benazir Bhutto.
9 February – 15 People are killed in an election rally in Charsada.[1]
11 February – Pakistan's ambassador to Afghanistan is believed to have been kidnapped by suspected pro-Taliban militants.[2]
12 February – The Government of Pakistan steps up security for "fair, transparent and peaceful" elections scheduled for 18 February.[3]
13 February – Pakistan test fires a nuclear capable short range ballistic missile.[4]
Two suspects confessed to a judge that they helped to arm the suicide bomber who killed Bhutto.[5]
14 February – Three soldiers are killed by a bomb explosion near Khair, Surabaja.
15 February – Pakistan announces the arrest of a fifth man in connection with the assassination of Benazir Bhutto.[6]
Pakistan and India agree to double the number of flights between the two nations.[7]
16 February – 37 people are killed in a bombing in the town of Parachinar at an election rally.[8]
18 February – Elections take place in Pakistan.
19 February – Election results show that President Musharraf's party Pakistan Muslim League (Q) have received a heavy defeat.[9]
21 February – Pakistan's two main opposition parties agree to form a coalition following the elections.[10]
29 February – At least 45 people died and 82 were wounded in a suicide attack on the funeral February 29, 2008 of a district superintendent of police – killed earlier in the day in a separate attack – in Swat province.[11]
6 July – A suicide bomber attacked a police station in Islamabad killing 12 policemen and seven civilians in a rally marking the first anniversary of Lal Masjid siege.[23]
23 August – At least 15 people were killed in a suicide attack at a police check post in Char Bagh area of Swat. Also, three persons including two kids were killed in a bomb blast in Abuha.[24]
