Events in Pakistani History
Events 201 - 260 of 260
- 2013-04-13 8 people are killed after a bomb explodes on a bus in Peshawar, Pakistan
- 2013-04-17 5 people are killed in Wana, Pakistan, by a United States drone attack
- 2013-04-27 10 people are killed and 25 are injured after a bomb attack in Karachi, Pakistan
- 2013-04-28 8 people are killed and dozens are injured after Taliban attacks on election candidates in Pakistan
- 2013-05-06 15 people are killed and 50 are injured after a bomb detonates at a political rally in Pakistan
- 2013-05-25 17 children are killed by a gas cylinder explosion on a school bus in Gujrat, Pakistan
Event of Interest
2013-06-05 Nawaz Sharif is sworn in as Prime Minister of Pakistan
- 2013-06-18 27 people are killed and 30 are injured by a suicide bomb in Sher Garh, Pakistan
- 2013-06-21 15 people are killed and 20 are injured after a suicide bomber attacks a mosque in Peshawar, Pakistan
- 2013-06-23 9 tourists and 1 tour guide are killed after gunmen storm a hotel near Nanga Parbat, Pakistan
- 2013-07-01 47 people are killed and 90 are wounded in two bomb blasts in Pakistan
- 2013-07-06 14 people are killed after a train runs over a rickshaw in Sheikhupura, Pakistan
- 2013-07-26 57 people are killed in a market bombing in Parachinar, Pakistan
- 2013-07-29 300 prisoners are freed after a Taliban attack in Dera Ismal Khan, Pakistan
- 2013-07-30 Mamnoon Hussain is elected President of Pakistan
- 2013-08-05 160 people are killed by flash floods across Afghanistan and Pakistan
- 2013-08-07 11 people are killed by a bombing in Karachi, Pakistan
- 2013-08-08 28 people are killed by a suicide bombing in Quetta, Pakistan
- 2013-08-09 8 people are killed and 24 are injured after gunmen open fire on a Sunni mosque in Quetta, Pakistan
- 2013-08-11 22 people are killed by flash floods in Kabul, Afghanistan
- 2013-09-22 78 people are killed in a church suicide bombing in Peshawar, Pakistan
- 2013-09-24 515 people are killed by a magnitude 7.7 earthquake in Balochistan, Pakistan
- 2013-09-27 19 people are killed and 45 are injured in a bus bombing in Peshawar, Pakistan
- 2014-01-09 Taliban suicide car bomb assassinates senior police officer Chaudhry Aslam and kills three others in Pakistan, Pakistan
- 2014-02-06 The Taliban and Pakistani government begin peace negotiations
- 2014-09-04 Monsoon rains begin and cause flooding over a sustained period that kills over 400 people in India & Pakistan
- 2014-11-02 60 people were killed and 110 injured by a suicide bombing in Lahore, Pakistan
- 2014-11-11 58 people are killed in a bus crash in the Sukkur District, Pakistan
- 2014-12-16 An Army Public School in Pakistan is attacked by Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan militants who kill 145 people
- 2015-01-10 57 people are killed after an oil tanker collided with a passenger coach outside of Karachi, Pakistan
- 2015-06-20 Heat wave peaks in southern Pakistan, goes on to kill about 2,000 people from dehydration and heat stroke
- 2015-10-26 7.5 magnitude earthquake hits northern Pakistan and Afghanistan killing over 300
- 2016-03-27 Suicide bomb kills more than 70 people at a park in Lahore, Pakistan, Taliban connected Jamaat-ul-Ahrar claim responsibility
- 2016-05-21 Mullah Akhtar Muhammad Mansour, leader of the Afghan Taliban is reportedly killed by a US drone in Pakistan
- 2016-10-24 Suicide bomb kills 61 and injures 117 at a police training academy in Quetta, Pakistan, ISIS claims responsibility
- 2017-02-16 Suicide attack on shrine of Sufi saint Lal Shahbaz Qalandar, Sehwan, Pakistan kills 72, Islamic State claims responsibility
- 2017-04-02 Attack on visitors to Muslim shrine by a custodian and others in Sargodha, Pakistan leaves 20 dead
- 2017-06-25 Tanker carrying fuel bursts into flames near Ahmedpur East, Pakistan, killing more than 200 people
- 2017-07-24 Taliban suicide bomber on a motorbikes kills at least 26 and injuries 50 in Lahore, Pakistan
- 2017-07-28 Pakistan Supreme Court rules corruption accusations against Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif enough to remove him from office
- 2017-08-23 Nearly 60 million people in the Indus Valley, Pakistan at risk from arsenic in research published in "Science Advances"
- 2017-09-14 Bodleian Library reveals earliest evidence of the zero symbol in 3rd or 4th Century Bakhshali (Pakistan) manuscript, through carbon dating
- 2017-11-03 Pakistani woman charged with poisoning 17 members of husband's family in attempt to escape forced marriage in Punjab Province
- 2017-11-15 Pakistan unveils remains of 1,700 year-old sleeping Buddha in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province
- 2017-12-17 Terrorist suicide attack on a Methodist church in Quetta, Pakistan kills nine
- 2018-04-30 Pakistani city of Nawabshah sets global record for an April temperature, recording high of 50.2C
- 2018-05-29 Heatwave in Karachi, Pakistan, kills 65 as temperatures soar above 110 degrees Fahrenheit
- 2018-07-03 Worst monsoon rains in decades swamp Lahore, Pakistan, killing 6
- 2018-07-13 Suicide bombing in Baluchistan, Pakistan, targeting election campaign event kills 128, Islamic State claims responsibility
- 2018-10-31 In landmark verdict, Pakistani Supreme Court acquits Christian woman of blasphemy against the prophet Mohammed after eight years on death row
- 2019-02-18 Gun battle in Pulwama, Indian-controlled Kashmir, kills nine with Pakistan-based group Jaish-e-Mohammad held responsible
- 2019-02-26 India launches air strikes on alleged terrorist camps within Pakistan
- 2019-02-27 Pakistan shoots down an Indian fighter jet and captures the pilot, further escalating tensions in the disputed Kashmir region
- 2019-05-08 Pakistani Christian woman Asia Bibi who spent eight years in prison on death row for blasphemy arrives in Canada
- 2019-05-11 Militants attack Zaver Pearl-Continental Hotel in Gwadar, Pakistan killing five, Balochistan Liberation Army claim responsibility
- 2019-05-21 More than 600 people, 75% children, identified as HIV in a month in Sindh province, Pakistan, thought to be due to use of infected needles
- 2019-06-10 Former Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari arrested on corruption charges
Hamza bin Laden Killed
2019-07-31 American officials announce Osama Bin Laden's son, Hamza bin Laden and potential successor has been killed in US air strikes in Pakistan
- 2019-09-24 5.8 magnitude earthquake in northern Pakistan kills at least 10 and injures 300
Event of Interest
2019-10-14 British Duke and Duchess of Cambridge arrive in Pakistan to begin a 5-day royal tour