March 2008 in Pakistan

• March 29: Pakistani Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gillani laid out plans on Saturday for his coalition government's first 100 days in power, saying the fight against terrorism would be top of his agenda. (Reuters)
• March 27: U.S. Deputy Secretary of State John Negroponte rejected on Thursday suggestions that the United States was trying to dictate anti-terrorism policy to Pakistan's new government. (Reuters)
• March 24: Yousaf Raza Gilani becomes the Prime Minister of Pakistan and lifts the house arrest on the former Supreme Court Justice Iftikhar Mohammed Chaudhry. (AP)
• March 22: The party of slain opposition leader Benazir Bhutto named former parliament speaker Yousaf Raza Gillani as its candidate for Prime Minister of Pakistan and is likely to be elected. (AP via Google)
• March 20: A suicide car bomb killed five Pakistani soldiers and wounded nine others in South Waziristan, the military said. (AP via Google News)
• March 19:

-Pakistan's parliament elects Dr Fehmida Mirza becoming the first woman speaker National Assembly (AP via Yahoo).

-President Musharraf delays execution of convicted Indian spy until April 30 (AP via Yahoo).

• March 18: The party of slain Pakistani opposition leader Benazir Bhutto nominated Fahmida Mirza, a businesswoman and three-time lawmaker, who will become the first woman speaker of the National Assembly. However divisions remained over who should be the next prime minister. (Yahoo News)
• March 17: New members take oath in inaugural session of 13th NA in ISLAMABAD: The inaugural oath-taking session of the newly elected National Assembly began here today with the outgoing Speaker, Chaudhry Amir Hussain in the chair, who took oath from 328 newly elected members of the 342-member National Assembly. (Jang News)
• March 11: At least 24 people have been killed and 100 injured in two suspected suicide car bombings in the city of Lahore in eastern Pakistan.(BBC News)

Cricket Australia and the Pakistan Cricket Board announce that the tour of Pakistan by the Australia national cricket team has been postponed due to security issues. (The Age)

• March 9: an important high profile meeting took place at Summer Resort of Murree between Nawaz Shareef and Asif Ali Zardari to discuss and finalize the restoration of disposed judges as the Charter of Democracy endorses.(text of Murree Accord is available at http://thenews.jang.com.pk/updates.asp?id=39768)
• March 7: Pakistan's Election Commission announces the completed results of parliamentary election. (Reuters)