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Pakistan-related events during the year of 2023
The events listed below are both anticipated and scheduled for the year
2023 in
Pakistan .
Incumbents
Federal government
Provincial government
State government
Services chief
Events
January
2 January –
New Zealand tour to Pakistan
[1]
3 January –
5 January – Pakistan was shaken by a 5.8-magnitude earthquake, according to the
National Seismic Monitoring Center , and the tremors were felt in
Gilgit ,
Jhelum ,
Chakwal ,
Pakpattan ,
Lakki Marwat ,
Nowshera ,
Malakand ,
Azad Kashmir , and other areas of the country.
[5]
[6]
9 January – The
Government of Pakistan and the
United Nations co-hosted one-day
International Conference on Climate Resilient Pakistan in
Geneva ,
Switzerland to aid Pakistani people after the
devastating floods in 2022 . Under the presidency of Shehbaz Sharif, the Prime Minister of Pakistan, and
Antonio Guterres , the
Secretary-General of the United Nations , Pakistan raised more than
$ 10 billion for recovery and rehabilitation process in flood effecting areas.
[7]
[8]
13 January –
Sarband police station attack in
Peshawar ,
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa .
14 January – The
17th
Provincial Assembly of the Punjab is dissolved after 48 hours had passed since
Chaudhry Pervaiz Elahi , the
Chief Minister of Punjab , had sent a summary to
Muhammad Baligh Ur Rehman , the
Governor of Punjab .
[9]
15 January – Polling for the
second phase of Sindh local government elections were held in the 16 districts of
Karachi and Hyderabad .
[10]
[11]
18 January –
Haji Ghulam Ali , the
Governor of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa , dissolved the
11th
Provincial Assembly of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa , on the advice of
Mahmood Khan , the
Chief Minister of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa .
[12]
19 January – Three
police officers are killed in a
suicide bombing at a police outpost in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
[13]
20 January – A bombing
derails a
passenger train in Peshi village,
Kachhi District ,
Balochistan , injuring eight people.
[14]
21 January –
Muhammad Azam Khan was sworn in as the
Caretaker
Chief Minister of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa .
[15]
22 January –
Mohsin Raza Naqvi was sworn in as the
Caretaker
Chief Minister of Punjab .
[16]
23 January – A major
power outage in Pakistan leaves nearly 220 million people without electricity after a failure at the national
power grid . Earlier this month, Shehbaz Sharif had ordered a reduction of energy consumption as the country faces a severe energy crisis.
[17]
27 January – It is announced that at least 18 people have been killed in the past two weeks by toxic chemicals from factories in
Karachi ,
Sindh .
[18]
29 January –
30 January –
2023 Peshawar mosque bombing : 84 people are killed and over 200 others are injured when a
Jamaat-ul-Ahrar suicide bomber
detonates his
explosive vest in a
mosque in Peshawar.
[22]
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December
Unknown dates
Arts
Cinema
Deaths
5 February -
Pervez Musharraf , former president and army chief
13 February -
Zia Mohyeddin , television actor and director
26 February -
Shahida Raza , field hockey and football player
22 March -
Salim Khatri , religious leader
27 May -
Seemin Jamali , medical doctor
1 August -
Shams Buneri , Pashto poet
17 August -
Kunwar Naveed Jamil , politician
8 September -
Shoukat Ali Laleka , politician
12 September -
Rana Maqbool Ahmad , Senator
11 November -
Muhammad Azam Khan , Caretaker Chief Minister of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
See also
Wikinews has related news:
Country overviews
Related timelines for current period
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