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

Federal government

S. No	Photo	Name	Office
1		Asif Ali Zardari	President of Pakistan
2		Shehbaz Sharif	Prime Minister of Pakistan
3		Yusuf Raza Gillani	Chairman of the Senate
4		Ayaz Sadiq	Speaker of the National Assembly
5		Yahya Afridi	Chief Justice of Pakistan
6		Sikandar Sultan Raja	Chief Election Commissioner of Pakistan
7		16th National Assembly of Pakistan [1]	National Assembly
8		16th Senate of Pakistan	Senate of Pakistan

Provincial government

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

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

January

• 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]
• 21 January – The National Assembly of Pakistan passes a law requiring social media platforms to register with the Social Media Protection and Regulatory Authority, and criminalizes spreading disinformation. ^[17]
• 25 January – A court in Rawalpindi sentences four people to death for posting blasphemy on social media. ^[18]
• 27 January – A truck carrying liquefied petroleum gas catches fire and explodes in Multan, killing 18 people. ^[19]
• 28 January – Two soldiers and five militants are killed in an attack on a security outpost in Killa Abdullah District, Balochistan. ^[20]
• 29 January – Two soldiers and six militants are killed in a military raid in North Waziristan. ^[21]

February

• 1 February –
  • Eighteen members of the Frontier Corps are killed in an attack by the Balochistan Liberation Army on their vehicle near Mangochar, Kalat District, Balochistan. Twenty-four attackers are also reported to have been killed. ^[22]
  • Five people, including four members of the security forces, are killed in an attack by militants on their vehicle in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. ^[23]
• 2 February – Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif launches a nationwide polio vaccination campaign by administering polio drops to children under age five. ^[24]
• 3 February – A police officer escorting polio vaccination workers is killed in an ambush by unidentified gunmen in Jamrud, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. ^[25]
• 6 February –
  • Three police officers are killed in an attack on their outpost by militants in Karak District, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. ^[26]
  • FIFA imposes an indefinite suspension on the Pakistan Football Federation, citing the latter's failure to guarantee fair and democratic elections. ^[27]
• 8–14 February – 2024–25 Pakistan Tri-Nation Series ^[28]
• 8–9 February – A boat carrying migrants sinks off the coast of Libya on its way to Europe, killing at least 16 Pakistani nationals and leaving ten others missing. ^[29]
• 13 February – Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan visits Pakistan to strengthen bilateral ties. He co-chairs the 7th Pakistan-Turkey High-Level Strategic Cooperation Council with Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, leading to 24 agreements in defense, energy, and trade. Both nations commit to increasing bilateral trade to $5 billion. ^[30]
• 14 February – Eleven people are killed in a roadside bomb attack on a vehicle carrying coal miners in Harnai District, Balochistan. ^[31]
• 15 February –
  • Four members of the security forces and 15 Pakistani Taliban militants are killed in clashes in Dera Ismail Khan and North Waziristan. ^[32]
  • The Green Pakistan Initiative is launched in Cholistan, Punjab by General Asim Munir and Punjab Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz Sharif. ^[33]
  • A bus carrying pilgrims for a religious festival overturns in Khairpur District, Sindh, killing 12 people and injuring 15 others. ^[34]
  • A van heading to Sehwan collides with a trailer near Qazi Ahmed, Sindh killing five people and injuring 10 others. ^[35]
• 17 February – Two people are killed in a gun attack on an aid convoy in Kurram District, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. ^[36]
• 18 February –
  • Four soldiers responding to the attack on the aid convoy in Kurram District the previous day are killed in an ambush by militants. ^[37]
  • The Pakistan Army kills 30 militants in South Waziristan near the Afghan border during an operation. ^[38]
• 19 February –
  • 2025 ICC Champions Trophy: The ninth edition of the ICC Champions Trophy commences in Karachi, marking Pakistan's first time hosting an ICC event since 1996. ^[39]
  • Seven people are killed in an attack by gunmen on a bus in Barkhan District, Balochistan. ^[40] The Balochistan Liberation Army subsequently claims responsibility. ^[41]
  • A police officer escorting polio vaccination workers is killed in an ambush by unidentified gunmen in Bajaur, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. ^[42]
• 21 February –
  • Six militants are killed in a raid by security forces in Karak District, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. ^[43]
  • A minivan falls into a drainage channel in Kasur District, Punjab, killing eight people and injuring two others. ^[44]
• 23 February – Security Forces killed seven terrorists in two separate operations in Daraban and Maddi area of Dera Ismail Khan District, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. ^{[45] [46]}

Scheduled

• 4 – 18 March – Sri Lanka women's cricket team in New Zealand in 2024–25 ^{[47] [48]}
• 16 March – 5 April – Pakistani cricket team in New Zealand in 2024–25 ^{[49] [50]}

Holidays

Further information: Public holidays in Pakistan

Source: ^[51]

• 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

• List of Pakistani submissions for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film
• List of Pakistani films of 2025

Deaths

• 18 February – Nawab Yousuf Talpur, 82, MNA (since 2002). ^[52]

See also

• 2020s portal
• Current events portal
• Pakistan portal

Country overviews

• 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

• 2025
• 2020s
• 21st century

Notes

1. The government is made up of PTI members and members who are de jure independents but are de facto members of the PTI. ^{[2] [3] [4]}

References

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