June 2008 in Pakistan

* June 28: Pakistan commences a military operation against Taliban militants in the Khyber Agency near Peshawar. [http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/feedarticle/7616520 (AP via "The Guardian")]
* June 23: Nawaz Sharif, former Prime Minister of Pakistan and leader of the Pakistan Muslim League (N), is found ineligible by a court to stand in upcoming by-elections. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/7469755.stm (BBC News)]
* June 20: At the 55th Birthday of Benazir Bhutto, which was the first after her assassination, Islamabad International Airport has been renamed as Benazir Bhutto International Airport. [http://dawn.com/2008/06/21/nat2.htm (Dawn.com)] [http://in.reuters.com/article/topNews/idINIndia-34163320080621 (Reuters)]
* June 15: Pakistan beat India by 25 runs to win triangular one-day cricket series in Bangladesh. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/cricket/7454924.stm (BBC Sport)]
* June 13: Pakistani lawyers hold a protest rally in Islamabad to demand the reinstatement of judges sacked by the President of Pakistan Pervez Musharraf. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/7452121.stm (BBC)]
* June 12: Finance minister Naveed Qamar on Wednesday unveils the national budget of 2,010 billion rupees (over 30 billion dollars) in parliament with a deficit estimated at 582 billion rupees, or 4.7 percent of GDP., said it targets a growth rate of 5.5 percent. [http://dawn.com/2008/06/12/top1.htm (Dawn.com)] [http://www.brecorder.com/latestindex.php?latest_id=&cindex=23 (Business Recorder)]
* June 11: Reports claim that at least 10 Pakistan Army soldiers have died in an apparent United States-led air strike near the border with Afghanistan with eight Taliban militants also killed. Pakistan condemns the airstrike as "unprovoked and cowardly". [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/7447608.stm (BBC News)] [http://www.reuters.com/article/topNews/idUSISL17728520080611 (Reuters)]
* June 7: Mian Muhammad Shahbaz Sharif became the Chief Minister of Punjab for the second time. After securing a provincial assembly seat he is elected as new CM replacing a recently chosen CM Dost Muhammad Khosa and is linked with the political party Pakistan Muslim League (N). [http://dawn.com/2008/06/08/top5.htm (Dawn.com)]
* June 2: A massive blast targeting the Danish Embassy in Islamabad, Pakistan on Monday killed at least eight people and wounded more than a dozen. [http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/06/02/pakistan.blast/index.html (CNN)]