2021 in Pakistan
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Events from the year 2021 in Pakistan.
Incumbents[]
President and Prime Minister[]
| President | Prime Minister | ||
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| Arif Alvi | 
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Imran Khan |
- Chairman of the Senate: Sadiq Sanjrani
- Speaker of the National Assembly: Asad Qaiser
- Chief Justice: Gulzar Ahmed
- Chief of Army Staff : Qamar Javed Bajwa
- Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee: Nadeem Raza
Governors[]
- Governor of Balochistan: Amanullah Khan Yasinzai (until 7 July); Syed Zahoor Ahmad Agha (starting 7 July)
- Governor of Gilgit-Baltistan: Raja Jalal Hussain Maqpoon
- Governor of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa: Shah Farman
- Governor of Punjab: Muhammad Sarwar
- Governor of Sindh: Imran Ismail
Events[]
 | This section needs to be updated. (March 2021) |
January and February[]
- 2 January
- 23 year-old Usama Satti was shot to death in his car by Islamabad Police.[1][2]
- Zakiur Rehman Lakhvi was arrested in Lahore, on terrorism-financing charges.[3][4]
- 3 January - Machh attack
- 5 January - The Supreme Court ordered that the Shri Paramhans Ji Maharaj Samadhi temple in Teri, Karak District, be rebuilt by the government after it was destroyed by a mob in December 2020.[5]
- 9 January – A massive blackout strikes Pakistan, leaving as much as 90 percent of the country without electricity at its height as officials rush to restore power.[6]
- 11 January - 9 countries appointed new ambassadors to Pakistan: Nepal, ; Belarus, ; South Korea, ; Cuba, ; Mali, ; Ireland, ; Sierra Leone, ; Cambodia, ; Kosovo, .[7]
- 12 January - Two gunmen attacked a team of polio vaccine handlers in Karak, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, killing a policeman who was escorting them.[8]
- 28 January – A Malaysian court ordered the immediate release of Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) plane which was seized on 15 January, at the Kuala Lumpur International Airport, over a lease dispute.[9][10]
- 22 February - Ippi shooting
March and April[]
- 21 March – Janikhel protest
- 24 March - 2021 Chaman bombings
- 12 April - present - 2021 Pakistani protests
- 21 April - Quetta Serena Hotel bombing
May and June[]
- 21 May - 2021 Chaman bombings
- 31 May -
- 7 June - 2021 Ghotki rail crash
- 23 June - 2021 Lahore bombing
July and August[]
- 21 July - Raghagan Dam incident
- 28 July - 2021 Islamabad flooding
- 9 August - August 2021 Quetta bombing
- 12 August - Pakistan Ordnance Factories explosion
- 14 August - Karachi grenade attack
- 17 August - Vandalism of Maharaja Ranjeet Singh's statue in Lahore
- 20 August - Gwadar suicide attack
- 26 August - August 2021 Balochistan attacks
September and October[]
- 5 September - 2021 Quetta suicide attack
- 7 October - 2021 Balochistan earthquake
- 22 October - October 2021 Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan protests
November and December[]
- 28 November - Charsadda arson attack
- 3 December - Lynching of Priyantha Kumara
Arts[]
Cinema[]
Deaths[]
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- 10 January - Urdu language poet Naseer Turabi died (born 1945)[11]
- 14 July - Former President of Pakistan Mamnoon Hussain died (born 1940)[12]
Country overviews[]
- History of Pakistan
- History of modern Pakistan
- Outline of Pakistan
- Government of Pakistan
- Politics of Pakistan
References[]
- ^ "Post-mortem report of Usa offers new details into Islamabad shooting". Dunya News. 2 January 2021. Retrieved 5 January 2021.
- ^ Shams, Shamil (3 January 2021). "Killing of 22-year-old student by police sparks outrage in Pakistan". Deutsche Welle. Retrieved 5 January 2021.
- ^ Tanveer, Asim (2 January 2021). "Pakistan arrests key militant on terror financing charges". Associated Press. Archived from the original on 4 January 2021. Retrieved 4 January 2021.
- ^ Bukhari, Mubasher; Peshimam, Gibran (2 January 2021). Russell, Ros (ed.). "Pakistan arrests alleged militant group leader Zaki ur Rehman Lakhvi on terrorism financing charge". Reuters. Archived from the original on 2 January 2021. Retrieved 4 January 2021.
- ^ "Pakistani top court orders rebuilding of destroyed Hindu temple". Al Jazeera English. January 6, 2021.
- ^ "Pakistan power cut plunges country into darkness". BBC. 10 January 2021.
- ^ "Nine countries appoint new ambassadors to Pakistan". The News. January 11, 2021.
- ^ Janjua, Haroon. "Pakistan: Gunmen target polio workers, kill policeman". Deutsche Welle.
"Two gunmen came on a motorcycle and attacked our colleague Junaid Ullah while he was escorting the polio team. They opened fire on the van carrying polio workers," Muhammad Ishaq Khan, a police official in Karak, told DW.
- ^ Latif, Aamir (27 January 2021). "Malaysian court orders release of Pakistani plane". Anadolu Agency. Retrieved 29 January 2021.
- ^ Sipalan, Joseph; Hepher, Tim; Shahzad, Asif (27 January 2021). Potter, Mark; Fernandez, Clarence (eds.). "Malaysian court releases Pakistan national carrier's grounded plane". Reuters. Retrieved 29 January 2021.
- ^ "Poet Naseer Turabi dies". Dawn. January 10, 2021.
- ^ "سابق صدر مملکت ممنون حسین انتقال کرگئے".
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