2025 in Pakistan
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The events listed below are both anticipated and scheduled for the year 2025 in Pakistan.
The year 2025 will be the 78th year of the independence of Pakistan.
Incumbents
[edit]Federal government
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Provincial government
[edit]| Province | Governor | Chief Minister | Government Type | Chief Justice | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Balochistan | Sheikh Jaffar Khan Mandokhail | Sarfaraz Bugti (from 2 March 2024) | PPP | Coalition | Muhammad Hashim Kakar (BHC) | |
| Khyber Pakhtunkhwa | Faisal Karim Kundi | Ali Amin Gandapur (from 2 March 2024) | PTI | Coalition[a] | Ishtiaq Ibrahim (PHC) | |
| Punjab | Sardar Saleem Haider Khan | Maryam Nawaz (from 26 February 2024) | PML-N | Coalition | Aalia Neelum (LHC) | |
| Sindh | Kamran Tessori | Murad Ali Shah (from 27 February 2024) | PPP | Muhammad Shafi Siddiqui (SHC) | ||
State government
[edit]| Province | President | Prime minister | Government Type | Chief Justice | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gilgit-Baltistan | Mehdi Shah | Gulbar Khan (from 13 July 2023) | PTI | Coalition | Shamim Khan (SACGB) | |
| Azad Kashmir | Sultan Mehmood Chaudhry | Chaudhry Anwarul Haq (from 20 April 2023) | PTI | Coalition | Raja Saeed Akram Khan (SCAJK) | |
Events
[edit]January
[edit]- 4 January – Four people are killed in a bomb attack in Turbat.[5]
- 7 January – Three soldiers and 19 militants are killed in separate raids on insurgent hideouts across Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.[6]
- 9 January –
- Sixteen miners are abducted from a vehicle by militants in Lakki Marwat District, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.[7]
- At least 11 miners are killed in an methane gas explosion at a coal mine in Singidi, Balochistan.[8]
- 10 January – Pakistan International Airlines resumes flights to Paris for the first time since the European Union lifted a 2020 ban on the airline from operating in its airspace.[9]
- 13 January –
- Eight Pakistani Taliban militants are killed in two raids by security forces in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.[10]
- Twenty-seven militants are killed in a raid by security forces in Kachhi District, Balochistan.[11]
- 16 January –
- Five people are killed in an attack on a humanitarian aid convoy in Kurram District, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.[12]
- A boat carrying migrants capsizes near Dakhla, Western Sahara on its way to Spain's Canary Islands, killing at least 50 people including 44 Pakistanis.[13]
- 17 January – Former prime minister Imran Khan is sentenced to 14 years' imprisonment for corruption over the Al-Qadir Trust case. His wife, Bushra Bibi, is also sentenced to seven years' imprisonment in the same case.[14]
- 20 January – The New Gwadar International Airport begins full operations.[15]
- 21 January – The Provincial Assembly of the Punjab passes a law banning kite-flying in the province.[16]
Scheduled
[edit]- 8–14 February – 2024–25 Pakistan Tri-Nation Series[17]
- 4 – 18 March – Sri Lanka women's cricket team in New Zealand in 2024–25[18][19]
- 16 March – 5 April – Pakistani cricket team in New Zealand in 2024–25[20][21]
Holidays
[edit]Source:[22]
- 5 February - Kashmir Solidarity Day
- 23 March - Pakistan Day
- 30 March-1 April - Eid al-Fitr
- 1 May – Labour Day
- 28 May - Youm-e-Takbeer
- 6-8 June – Eid al-Adha
- 5-6 July - Ashura
- 14 August - Independence Day
- 5 September - Milad un-Nabi
- 9 November - Iqbal Day
- 25 December - Quaid-e-Azam Day
Arts and entertainment
[edit]- List of Pakistani submissions for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film
- List of Pakistani films of 2025
See also
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Country overviews
[edit]- Pakistan
- Economy of Pakistan
- Government of Pakistan
- History of Pakistan
- History of modern Pakistan
- Outline of Pakistan
- Politics of Pakistan
- Years in Pakistan
Related timelines for current period
[edit]Notes
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Newly elected representatives sworn in as ruckus mars maiden session of 16th National Assembly". DAWN.COM. 29 February 2024. Retrieved 12 March 2024.
- ^ "House Composition". Provincial Assembly of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. Retrieved 2025-01-09.
- ^ "Never won a war, never lost an election: Did Imran Khan spoil Pakistan military's record?". The Times of India. 11 February 2024. Archived from the original on 11 February 2024. Retrieved 11 February 2024.
- ^ Asrar, Nadim; Lodhi, Areesha. "Pakistan police threaten crackdown after Khan's PTI protests vote 'rigging'". Al Jazeera. Archived from the original on 11 February 2024. Retrieved 11 February 2024.
- ^ "Deadly bomb targets convoy carrying Pakistan security forces". VOA News. 5 January 2025. Retrieved 5 January 2025.
- ^ "3 Pakistani soldiers, 19 insurgents killed in separate raids in northwest". AP News. 8 January 2025. Retrieved 8 January 2025.
- ^ "Pakistan recovers 8 out of 16 mine workers abducted by militants". AP News. 9 January 2025. Retrieved 9 January 2025.
- ^ "Rescuers in southwestern Pakistan recover the bodies of 11 workers who died in a coal mine blast". AP News. 2025-01-13. Retrieved 2025-01-13.
- ^ "State-run Pakistan International Airlines resumes direct flights to Europe after EU lifts ban". AP News. 10 January 2025. Retrieved 10 January 2025.
- ^ "Pakistani security forces kill 8 militants in raids in northwest". AP News. 14 January 2025. Retrieved 14 January 2025.
- ^ "Pakistani security forces kill 27 insurgents during raid in Balochistan". AP News. 14 January 2025. Retrieved 14 January 2025.
- ^ "Death toll rises to 5 in rocket and gun attack on an aid convoy in restive northwestern Pakistan". AP News. 17 January 2025. Retrieved 17 January 2025.
- ^ "More than 40 Pakistanis feared drowned in the capsizing of a migrant boat off African coast". AP News. 17 January 2025.
- ^ "Imran Khan jailed for 14 years in corruption case". BBC. 17 January 2025. Retrieved 17 January 2025.
- ^ "Pakistan's largest airport becomes operational, part of the Chinese Belt and Road Initiative". AP News. 20 January 2025. Retrieved 20 January 2025.
- ^ "Lawmakers in Pakistan's Punjab impose total ban on kite fliers over safety concerns". AP News. 21 January 2025. Retrieved 21 January 2025.
- ^ "PCB to host tri-series with New Zealand, South Africa after 2 decades in February 2025". Dawn. 15 March 2024. Retrieved 21 October 2024.
- ^ "Pakistan, Sri Lanka and Australia locked in for New Zealand's home summer". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 21 October 2024.
- ^ "New Zealand Women's 2024-25 Home International Summer Fixtures are out". Female Cricket. 18 July 2024. Retrieved 21 October 2024.
- ^ "Schedule of New Zealand hosting Pakistan in 2024-25 summer revealed". The Express Tribune. 17 July 2024. Retrieved 21 October 2024.
- ^ "New Zealand to play England, Sri Lanka and Pakistan in home season". Cricbuzz. 17 July 2024. Retrieved 21 October 2024.
- ^ "Pakistan Public Holidays 2025". Public Holidays Global. Retrieved 21 October 2024.
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