Yousaf Raza Gillani
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| February 9 2025 | Served as acting-President of Pakistan from 9 February to 12 February 2025 during President Asif Ali Zardari's absence abroad. |
| February 4 2025 | Served as acting-President of Pakistan from 4 February to 8 February 2025 during President Asif Ali Zardari's absence abroad. |
| October 30 2024 | Served as acting-President of Pakistan from 30 October to 9 November 2024 during President Asif Ali Zardari's absence abroad. |
| October 10 2024 | Served as acting-President of Pakistan from 10 October to 11 October 2024 during President Asif Ali Zardari's absence abroad. |
| May 20 2024 | Served as acting-President of Pakistan during President Asif Ali Zardari's absence abroad. |
| April 9 2024 | Became Chairman of the Senate of Pakistan. |
| March 22 2024 | Vacated his Senate seat. |
| March 14 2024 | Re-elected to the Senate, receiving 204 votes. |
| February 29 2024 | Took oath as a Member of the National Assembly of Pakistan. |
| 2021 | Successfully elected as PPP's candidate for Islamabad's general seat in the Senate Elections, defeating Minister of Finance Dr. Abdul Hafeez Shaikh. |
| 2021 | Elected as a Senator and became Leader of the Opposition in the Senate of Pakistan. |
| 2021 | A video emerged showing Gilani's son offering cash for votes in Pakistan's Senate Elections, which the ruling party failed to get the Election Commission to investigate. |
| March 12 2021 | Contested for the chairmanship of the Senate of Pakistan, losing to Sadiq Sanjrani with 42 votes against Sanjrani's 48 votes. |
| 2018 |
Drone strikes in Pakistan
End of documented US drone strikes in northwest Pakistan.
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| July 2018 | Contested in the election for constituency NA-158 (Multan), losing to PTI candidate Muhammad Ibrahim Khan by securing 74,443 votes compared to his opponent's 83,304 votes. |
| May 2017 |
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In a ten-day period, 70 Taliban leaders were killed by US drone strikes.
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| April 2017 | Returned to national politics after the end of his disqualification term. |
| April 2017 | Supreme Court ended Gilani's disqualification term, allowing him to contest in the 2018 Pakistani general election. |
| 2016 |
Drone strikes in Pakistan
A study in International Studies Quarterly analyzed drone strikes in Pakistan, concluding that they are an effective counterterrorist tool, associated with decreased terrorist attack incidence and lethality, and reduced selective targeting of tribal elders.
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| May 21 2016 |
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Akhtar Mansour, leader of the Afghan Taliban, killed in a US drone strike in Ahmad Wal, Pakistan.
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| 2015 | Gilani was ordered to return a necklace donated by the Turkish First Lady for flood victims, which he had kept after leaving office. |
| April 23 2015 |
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US President Barack Obama publicly announced the accidental killing of the two hostages in a White House press conference.
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| January 2015 |
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A US-led drone strike accidentally killed US hostage Warren Weinstein and Italian hostage Giovanni Lo Porto on the Afghanistan-Pakistan border.
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| December 2013 |
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Pakistan's National Assembly unanimously approves a resolution condemning US drone strikes as violations of international laws and humanitarian norms.
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| November 1 2013 |
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Hakimullah Mehsud, successor to Baitullah Mehsud, killed in a US drone strike.
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| May 2013 |
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Obama administration first publicly acknowledges that four US citizens were killed in drone strikes.
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| 2012 |
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Civilian casualty rates from drone strikes reportedly dropped to as low as 2% according to the New America Foundation.
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| 2012 |
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Drone strikes reportedly achieved a low civilian casualty rate of 2-9% according to different sources.
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| 2012 | Gilani's term as Prime Minister of Pakistan concludes after serving from 2008 to 2012. |
| June 2012 | Disqualified by the Supreme Court of Pakistan on corruption allegations. |
| May 28 2012 | Speaker of the National Assembly Dr. Fehmida Mirza ruled against sending the disqualification reference to the Election Commission of Pakistan, effectively protecting Gilani's position. |
| May 24 2012 | The Peoples Party directed the case to the National Assembly Speaker for review of Gilani's conviction. |
| April 26 2012 | Yusuf Raza Gilani was convicted of Contempt of Court, becoming Pakistan's first Prime Minister to be convicted while in office. He was symbolically sentenced to 30 seconds in custody and refused to step down. |
| March 17 2011 |
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A single drone strike killed 38 civilians in North Waziristan, according to local villagers.
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| 2010 |
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CIA reportedly passed up three opportunities to kill militant leaders, including Sirajuddin Haqqani, due to civilian presence nearby.
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| August 23 2010 |
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New America Foundation reported a significant reduction in civilian casualties since this date, estimating between zero and 18 civilian deaths in drone strikes.
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| July 2010 | Founded the University of Swat. |
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