Yusuf Raza Gilani is a Pakistani politician who served as the 16th prime minister of Pakistan from 2008 to 2012. He is a veteran of Pakistan People's Party,and is currently serving as the vice-chairman of the party's Central Executive Committee,and in 2021 was elected as a Senator and his term ended when he took oath as a Member of the National Assembly of Pakistan on 29 February 2024 and vacated the seat on 22 March 2024.
Makhdoom Shah Mahmood Hussain Qureshi is a Pakistani politician who served as the 29th Minister of Foreign Affairs from 2018 to 2022. He previously held the post from 2008 to 2011. He had been a member of the National Assembly from August 2018 till January 2023. He is the vice chairman of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf political party since December 2011. Previously,he was a member of the National Assembly from 2002 to May 2018.
The Governor of Balochistan is the head of the province of Balochistan,Pakistan. The post was established on 1 July 1970,after the dissolution of West Pakistan province and the end of One Unit. Under Pakistan's current parliamentary system,the governorship is a ceremonial position,as a symbol of the federation. The governor is appointed by the centre,whereas the principal head of the provincial government remains the elected Chief Minister of Balochistan.
Tassaduq Hussain Jillani is a Pakistani judge who served as the 21st Chief Justice of Pakistan from 2013 to 2014. He previously served as a Justice of the Supreme Court from 2004,after being nominated Justice of the Lahore High Court by Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto in 1994.
Nasirul Mulk is a Pakistani jurist and politician who served as the seventh caretaker prime minister of Pakistan in 2018,and previously also served as the 22nd chief justice of Pakistan from 2014 to 2015. A jurist by profession,he was nominated as Chief Justice by the Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif. On 6 July 2014,his appointment as CJP was confirmed by President Mamnoon Hussain. He also previously served as the country's acting Chief Election Commissioner,from 30 November 2013 to 6 July 2014.
Ghulam Jilani KhanHI(M) SBt was a senior general of the Pakistan Army who served as the 14th Governor of Punjab Province and 11th Defence Secretary of Pakistan in the military government of President General Zia-ul-Haq.
Rana Muhammad Qasim Noon is a Pakistani politician who had been a member of the National Assembly of Pakistan from August 2018 till August 2023. Previously,he was a member of the National Assembly from March 2016 to April 2018 and a member of the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab from 2002 to 2007.
The Sharif family is a Pakistani political family based in Lahore,Punjab. They belong to the Bhat Kashmiri caste which is a large community living in many districts of Punjab. They have had two members of the family that became prime ministers of Pakistan them being Nawaz Sharif and Shehbaz Sharif respectively.
Events in the year 2013 in Pakistan.
Aizaz Ahmad Chaudhry is a Pakistani diplomat and Director General of Institute of Strategic Studies Islamabad. He served as the Ambassador of Pakistan to the United States and was succeeded by Ali Jehangir Siddiqui. Previously,he served as the Foreign Secretary of Pakistan,as the Pakistan's Ambassador to the Netherlands and the spokesperson of the Foreign Office.
The Embassy of Palestine in Islamabad is the diplomatic mission of the State of Palestine in Pakistan. The present Palestinian Ambassador to Pakistan is Ahmad Rabaie
The Shrine of Bahauddin Zakariya is a 13th-century shrine located in the city of Multan,in Pakistan's Punjab province. The tomb is dedicated to the Muslim mystic Bahauddin Zakariya,founder of the Suhrawardiyya order of Sufism. It considered to be one of the most important shrines in southern Punjab province,and is the prototype for Multan's distinct architectural style.
Anwaar-ul-Haq Kakar is a Pakistani politician who served as the longest-serving caretaker prime minister of Pakistan between 14 August 2023 and 4 March 2024. He was succeeded by Shehbaz Sharif. He assumed membership in the Upper House of Pakistan in March 2018. Before taking on the role of caretaker prime minister,Kakar had resigned from the upper house of parliament. Subsequently,he publicly declared his resignation from both the Senate and the Balochistan Awami Party (BAP),a political party he established in 2018.
The Caretaker Prime Minister of Pakistan is the acting head of the Caretaker Government in Pakistan following the dissolution of the National Assembly. The purpose of this post is to ensure free and fair elections are held. The most recent Caretaker PM was Anwaar ul Haq Kakar,who took office on 14 August 2023,after the National Assembly was dissolved;he served until 4 March 2024.
Grade 22 is the highest attainable rank for a Civil Servant in Pakistan. Grade 22 is equal to a 3-star rank of the Pakistan Armed Forces. With over five hundred thousand civil servants and bureaucrats in Pakistan,only a few dozen officers serve in BPS-22 grade at a given time. Hence,not even 1% of the country's civil servants and/or bureaucrats make it to the highest rank. Officers serving in BPS-22 grade are largely considered to be the most influential individuals in the country.
Makhdoomzada Muhammad Zain Hussain Qureshi is a Pakistani politician who has been a member of the National Assembly of Pakistan since August 2018 to April 2022. He was also a Member of the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab from July 2022 to January 2023.
Syed Abrar Hussain is a retired Pakistani career diplomat best known for his service as Pakistan's Ambassador to Afghanistan,Kuwait and Nepal.
The events listed below are both anticipated and scheduled for the year 2023 in Pakistan.
The 2023 Chitral cross-border attacks were a series of clashes that occurred near the Pakistan-Afghanistan border in Chitral district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province,Pakistan. On 7 September 2023,the TTP attacked five military checkposts from Afghan territory,killing 4 Pakistani soldiers. In response,the Pakistani military thwarted the attack and killed 12 TTP insurgents.
On 3 November 2023,a Pakistan Army convoy was attacked in Gwadar District,Balochistan,Pakistan,resulting in the death of 14 soldiers when two vehicles of the security forces were ambushed by militants while moving from Pasni to Ormara.
