2019 in Pakistan

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Hyderabad Literature Festival 2019

Events from the year 2019 in Pakistan.

Incumbents

• President: Arif Alvi
• Prime Minister: Imran Khan
• Chief Justice: Gulzar Ahmed
• Speaker of the National Assembly: Asad Qaisar
• Chief Election Commissioner: Sardar Muhammad Raza Khan

Governors

• Governor of Balochistan: Amanullah Khan Yasinzai
• 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

• Sindh HIV outbreak
• Dengue outbreak
• Terrorist incidents
• Karachi floods
• India border skirmishes
• 19 January – Sahiwal killings ^[1]
• 21 January – Hub accident
• 1 February – 2019 Pakistan floods and storms
• 27 February – Jammu and Kashmir airstrikes
• 11 July – Sadiqabad Railway Accident
• 20 July – Khyber Pakhtunkhwa provincial election
• 30 July – Army military plane crash
• 24 September – Pakistan earthquake
• 4 October – Naveed Aamir MP for the Pakistan Peoples Party moves a bill to amend the article 41 and 91 of the Constitution which would allow non-Muslims to become Prime Minister and President of Pakistan. However, Pakistan's parliament blocked the bill. ^[2]
• 31 October – Train fire
• 12 October – Pakistan at the 2019 World Beach Games
• 18 October – Pakistan at the 2019 Military World Games
• October - November – Azadi March
• November – Start of the 2019–2020 wheat flour crisis in Pakistan
• 11 December Attack on Punjab Institute of Cardiology, Lahore.
• 10 December - Pakistan at the 2019 South Asian Games
• 17 December - Supreme Court give death sentence verdict on Gen RT. Pervez Musharraf.

Arts

Cinema

Main article: List of Pakistani films of 2019

Economy

• 2018–19 Pakistan federal budget
• 2019–20 Pakistan federal budget

Sport

Cricket

Domestic

• 2019 Pakistan Super League
• 2019–20 Quaid-e-Azam Trophy
• 2019 Pakistan Cup

International

• Sri Lankan cricket team in Pakistan 2019–20
• Bangladesh women's cricket team in Pakistan in 2019–20

Deaths

January

• January 4 -
  • Syed Zulfiqar Bokhari, Pakistani diplomat and former chairman of the Pakistan Cricket Board
  • Hakmeen Khan, Pakistani politician.
• January 11 - Khalida Hussain, Pakistani fiction writer (b. 1937).
• January 16 - Malik Mazhar Abbas Raan, Pakistani politician (b. 1953).
• January 20 - Husain Mohammad Jafri, Pakistani historian.
• January 25 -
  • Fatima Ali, Pakistani-born American chef and reality show contestant (b. 1989).
  • Roohi Bano, Pakistani actress (b. 1951).

January 29 - Muhammad Arshad Khan Lodhi, Pakistani politician (b. 1937).

February

• February 1 - Ehsan-ul-Haq Piracha, Pakistani politician.
• February 2 - Arman Loni, Pakistani Pashto language poet and PTM leader (b. 1983)
• February 13 - Baqar Naqvi, Pakistani Urdu poet and translator (b. 1936)
• February 23 - Muhammad Tajammal Hussain, Pakistani politician (b. 1966)

March

• March 1 - Jawaid Bhutto, philosopher ^[3]
• March 27 - John Permal, sprinter ^[4]

April

• April 1 - Sardar Fateh Buzdar, politician ^[5]
• April 18 - Jameel Jalibi, linguist, writer and academic administrator ^[6]

May

• May 4 - Ajmal Khan, botanist ^[7]
• May 11 - Abdul Rashid Puri, Scientist
• May 16 - Jamil Naqsh, artist (b. 1939) ^[8]
• May 21 - Ali Mohammad Mahar, politician (b. 1967) ^[9]

June

• June 6 - Enver Sajjad, playwright (b. 1935) ^[10]
• June 10 - Akhtar Sarfraz, cricketer (b. 1976) ^[11]
• June 11 - Riazuddin (b. 1958) ^[12]
• June 23 - Abdul Sattar (b. 1931) ^[13]

References

1. "Prime Minister directs for inquiry into Sahiwal encounter". radio.gov.uk. Retrieved 19 March 2019.
2. "Pakistan's parliament blocks bill allowing non-Muslims to become country's PM, President". City: Delhi. The Hindu. TNN. Retrieved 10 February 2020.
3. "Renowned Sindhi intellectual Javed Bhutto murdered in US". March 2, 2019.
4. "John Permal, 'Pakistan's fastest man', passes away in Karachi". Dawn. 2019-03-28. Retrieved 2020-03-06.
5. "Sardar Fateh Muhammad Khan Buzdar passes away". DAWN.
6. "Eminent writer, linguist Jameel Jalibi passes away at 89". 2020-04-18. Archived from the original on 2020-09-12. Retrieved 2020-03-06.
7. "Karachi University vice chancellor Dr Ajmal Khan passes away". www.thenews.com.pk. 4 May 2019. Retrieved 5 August 2019.
8. "Renowned artist Jamil Naqsh passes away". Pakistan Today. May 16, 2019. Retrieved March 6, 2020.
9. "Minister for Narcotics Control Sardar Ali Muhammad Khan Meher passes away". DAWN. May 21, 2019. Retrieved March 6, 2020.
10. "Renowned playwright Dr Anwar Sajjad passes away". Pakistan Today. June 7, 2019. Retrieved March 6, 2020.
11. "Former Cricketer Akhtar Sarfraz Passes Away". UrduPoint . 10 June 2019. Retrieved 6 March 2020.
12. "Former Test umpire Riazuddin dies". The News. 12 June 2019. Retrieved 6 March 2020.
13. "Ex-FM Abdul Sattar passes away". June 24, 2019. Retrieved March 6, 2020.