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Events in the year 2014 in Pakistan.


Incumbents


Federal government

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Mamnoon Hussain Mamnoon Hussain (; 23 December 1940 – 14 July 2021) was a Pakistani politician and industrialist who served as the 12th president of Pakistan from 2013 to 2018. He was first appointed Governor of Sindh in June 1999 by President Rafiq Tarar ...
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Prime Minister A prime minister or chief of cabinet is the head of the cabinet and the leader of the ministers in the executive branch of government, often in a parliamentary or semi-presidential system. A prime minister is not the head of state, but r ...
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Nawaz Sharif Mian Muhammad Nawaz Sharif (born 25 December 1949) is a Pakistani politician and businessman who served as the 12th Prime Minister of Pakistan, prime minister of Pakistan for three non-consecutive terms, first serving from 1990 to 1993, then ...
* Chief Justice:
Tassaduq Hussain Jillani Tassaduq Hussain Jillani (born 6 July 1949) 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 of Pakistan from 2004, after being nominated as a just ...
(until July 6), Nasir-ul-Mulk


Governors

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Governor of Balochistan 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 ...
Muhammad Khan Achakzai Muhammad Khan Achakzai (—; , born 1 January 1930) is a Pakistani politician who served as the 23rd Governor of Balochistan. Early life and education He’s the son of Abdul Samad Achakzai and the elder brother of Mahmood Khan Achakzai and ...
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Governor of Gilgit-Baltistan The governor of Gilgit Baltistan is the appointed head of state of the provincial government in Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan. The governor is designated by the prime minister of Pakistan and is normally regarded a ceremonial post. However, through ...
Pir Karam Ali Shah Pir Karam Ali Shah (c. 1934 – 2020) was a Pakistani politician who served as governor of Gilgit-Baltistan. He was appointed governor on January 26, 2011, by President of Pakistan, Asif Ali Zardari. He was succeeded by Governor Chaudhry Mu ...
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Governor of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa The Governor of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (formerly known as Governor of North-West Frontier Province) is the appointed head of state of the provincial government in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (formerly North-West Frontier Province, or NWFP), Pakistan. Alth ...
Shaukatullah Khan Shaukatullah Khan is a Pakistani politician from Bajaur Agency who served as Governor of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa from February 2013 to April 2014. He was appointed by the President of Pakistan, Asif Ali Zardari, on the advice of the Prime Minister ...
* Governor of PunjabMohammad Sarwar *
Governor of Sindh The governor of Sindh is the appointed head of the province of Sindh, Pakistan. The office of the governor as the head of the province is largely a ceremonial position; the executive powers lie with the Chief Secretary of Sindh, Chief Secretary ...
Ishrat-ul-Ibad Khan Ishratul Ibad Khan (, born 2 March 1963) is a British-Pakistani doctor and politician who served as the 30th governor of Sindh, Pakistan. He took up the post of Governor of Sindh, Pakistan on 27 December 2002, becoming the youngest governor to ...


Events


January

* January 1 – A bomb blasted on the Qambrani road in Akhtarabad,
Quetta Quetta is the capital and largest city of the Pakistani province of Balochistan. It is the ninth largest city in Pakistan, with an estimated population of over 1.6 million in 2024. It is situated in the south-west of the country, lying in a ...
near a bus, which was carrying at least 50
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s from
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to Pakistan. Police confirmed that three of the passengers are killed and at least twenty-four injured. * January 6 – A bomb detonates in a tribal elder's home in
Khyber Agency Khyber District (, ) is a district in the Peshawar Division of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan. Until 2018, it was an agency of the erstwhile Federally Administered Tribal Areas. With the merger of FATA with Khyber Pakhtunkhwa in ...
, killing 10 people and injuring another 9. * January 9–14-year-old boy Aitizaz Hassan in northern Pakistan is killed stopping a suicide bomber at the main gate of his school but saves the lives of all of his schoolmates gathered for their morning assembly. The Sunni group
Lashkar-e-Jhangvi The Lashkar-e-Jhangvi (LeJ) , Army of Jhangvi) was a Deobandi terrorist organisation driven by a Takfiri Anti-Shia ideology based in Afghanistan. The LeJ was an offshoot of anti-Shia party Sipah-e-Sahaba Pakistan (SSP). The LeJ was founde ...
claims responsibility for the attack. * January 10 – A car suicide-bomb was blasted by
Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan The Pakistani Taliban, officially the Tehreek-i-Taliban-e-Pakistan (TTP), is an umbrella organization of various Islamist armed militant groups operating along the Durand Line, Afghan–Pakistani border. Formed in 2007 by Baitullah Mehsud, i ...
near the car of a senior police officer Chaudhry Aslam Khan, in which Khan was killed with two others. * January 11 – Aitizaz Hassan is nominated for an award by
Nawaz Sharif Mian Muhammad Nawaz Sharif (born 25 December 1949) is a Pakistani politician and businessman who served as the 12th Prime Minister of Pakistan, prime minister of Pakistan for three non-consecutive terms, first serving from 1990 to 1993, then ...
. * January 11 – A ten-year-old servant girl is tortured to death in
Punjab Punjab (; ; also romanised as Panjāb or Panj-Āb) is a geopolitical, cultural, and historical region in South Asia. It is located in the northwestern part of the Indian subcontinent, comprising areas of modern-day eastern Pakistan and no ...
raising concerns about human rights in Pakistan. * January 19 – A bomb attack on an army convoy in the city of
Bannu Bannu (, ), also called Bani Gul or Bani (, ) is a city located on the Kurram River in southern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. It is the capital of Bannu Division. Bannu's residents are primarily members of the Banuchi tribe and speak Banuch ...
kills at least 20 soldiers. * January 20 – A suicide bomber blows himself up near Pakistan's military headquarters in
Rawalpindi Rawalpindi is the List of cities in Punjab, Pakistan by population, third-largest city in the Administrative units of Pakistan, Pakistani province of Punjab, Pakistan, Punjab. It is a commercial and industrial hub, being the list of cities in P ...
killing at least 13 people. * January 20 – The United Kingdom rejects its involvement in combat drone attacks by the United States in Pakistan. * January 20 –
War in North-West Pakistan The insurgency in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, also known as the War in North-West Pakistan or Pakistan's war on terror, is an ongoing armed conflict involving Pakistan and Islamist militant groups such as the Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), Jun ...
** Pakistani military aircraft bomb suspected
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hideouts killing 25 militants in
North Waziristan North Waziristan District (, ) is a Districts of Pakistan, district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province in Pakistan. It is the northern part of Waziristan, a mountainous region of northwest Pakistan, bordering Afghanistan and covering . The capital ...
. ** A bomb rips through a bus full of Shi'ite pilgrims in western Pakistan killing at least 22 people. * January 31 – A bomb kills three
Pakistan Army The Pakistan Army (, ), commonly known as the Pak Army (), is the Land warfare, land service branch and the largest component of the Pakistan Armed Forces. The president of Pakistan is the Commander-in-chief, supreme commander of the army. The ...
soldiers and injures four others in the restive province of
Balochistan Balochistan ( ; , ), also spelled as Baluchistan or Baluchestan, is a historical region in West and South Asia, located in the Iranian plateau's far southeast and bordering the Indian Plate and the Arabian Sea coastline. This arid region o ...
.


February

* February 9 – An exchange of gunfire on the border between the Pakistani states of
Sindh Sindh ( ; ; , ; abbr. SD, historically romanized as Sind (caliphal province), Sind or Scinde) is a Administrative units of Pakistan, province of Pakistan. Located in the Geography of Pakistan, southeastern region of the country, Sindh is t ...
and Balochistan kills at least nine people. * February 9 – Gunmen attack an Islamic religious gathering in
Karachi Karachi is the capital city of the Administrative units of Pakistan, province of Sindh, Pakistan. It is the List of cities in Pakistan by population, largest city in Pakistan and 12th List of largest cities, largest in the world, with a popul ...
, killing 8 people. * February 11 – At least 11 people are killed after a grenade is thrown into a movie theatre in the city of
Peshawar Peshawar is the capital and List of cities in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa by population, largest city of the Administrative units of Pakistan, Pakistani province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. It is the sixth most populous city of Pakistan, with a district p ...
. * February 12 – Militants in northwestern Pakistan kill nine male family members of a slain leader of a pro-government militia in an attack on the family's house outside the city of Peshawar. * February 13 – At least eight police officers are killed in a suicide bomb attack in
Karachi Karachi is the capital city of the Administrative units of Pakistan, province of Sindh, Pakistan. It is the List of cities in Pakistan by population, largest city in Pakistan and 12th List of largest cities, largest in the world, with a popul ...
. * February 16 – A bomb derails a train in southwest Pakistan killing 8 people. * February 17 – Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan say they have killed 23 captured Pakistani security force members, in a setback to peace talks aimed at ending the Islamist insurgency. * February 17 – Former president
Pervez Musharraf Pervez Musharraf (11 August 1943 – 5 February 2023) was a Pakistani general and politician who served as the tenth president of Pakistan from 2001 to 2008. Prior to his career in politics, he was a four-star general and appointed as ...
appeared in front of a civil court for the first time. * February 21 – Pakistan vs
India India, officially the Republic of India, is a country in South Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies by area, seventh-largest country by area; the List of countries by population (United Nations), most populous country since ...
Match was played on '' ICC T20 2014 CUP''


March

* March 1 – A bomb killed at least 11 people and another 10 injured in
Federally Administered Tribal Areas The Federally Administered Tribal Areas, commonly known as FATA, was a semi-autonomous tribal region in north-western Pakistan that existed from 1947 until being merged with the neighbouring province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa in 2018 through the ...
. * March 1 –
War in North-West Pakistan The insurgency in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, also known as the War in North-West Pakistan or Pakistan's war on terror, is an ongoing armed conflict involving Pakistan and Islamist militant groups such as the Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), Jun ...
** A bomb attack on a polio vaccination team in a village in
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (; ; , ; abbr. KP or KPK), formerly known as the North West Frontier Province (NWFP), is a province of Pakistan. Located in the northwestern region of the country, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa is the fourth largest province of Paki ...
kills at least ten people. ** The Pakistan Taliban announces a one-month ceasefire aimed at reviving peace talks. * March 2 – Pakistani military bombs the hideout of a Taliban militant leader killing five insurgents. * March 3 – Young men with guns open fire at a local court in
Islamabad Islamabad (; , ; ) is the capital city of Pakistan. It is the country's tenth-most populous city with a population of over 1.1 million and is federally administered by the Pakistani government as part of the Islamabad Capital Territory. Bu ...
, resulting in at least 11 deaths and 22 injuries. * March 14 – Attacks all across Pakistan leave dozens dead, with the most violence centered in Peshawar and Quetta. * March 22 – At least 35 people die in Balochistan, in a collision between a petrol tanker and two buses. * March 31 – A Pakistani court charges former President
Pervez Musharraf Pervez Musharraf (11 August 1943 – 5 February 2023) was a Pakistani general and politician who served as the tenth president of Pakistan from 2001 to 2008. Prior to his career in politics, he was a four-star general and appointed as ...
with high treason in relation to the imposition of the emergency rule in 2007.


April

* April 3 – Former President of Pakistan Pervez Musharraf survives an assassination attempt in Islamabad. There are no reports of injuries. * April 8 – A bomb detonates on a rail car in
Sibi Sibi (; ;) is a city situated in the Balochistan (Pakistan), Balochistan Subdivisions of Pakistan, province of Pakistan. The city serves as the administrative headquarters of the Sibi District, district and Sibi Tehsil, tehsil of the same name ...
, killing 13 people and injuring another 35. * April 9 – A bomb blast in a market kills 26 people in the outskirts of Islamabad. * April 11 – Two rival factions of the Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan clash in Waziristan, leaving 12 insurgents dead. * April 12 – Gunmen kidnap 100 men from a tribal gathering in North-West Pakistan. * April 13 – 73 people are released from captivity by the Taliban, a day after they were kidnapped. * April 17 – The Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan announces that it will not extend a ceasefire with the Pakistani government. * April 22 – Nine people are killed and dozens wounded in two separate bomb and gun attacks in north west Pakistan. * April 25 – A bomb detonates in Karachi, killing 4 people and wounding 25.


May

* May 7 – An alleged American
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agent is arrested for carrying ammunition while trying to board a flight, which is in violation of Pakistan's anti-terror laws. * May 8 – A roadside bomb near the Afghan border in
North Waziristan North Waziristan District (, ) is a Districts of Pakistan, district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province in Pakistan. It is the northern part of Waziristan, a mountainous region of northwest Pakistan, bordering Afghanistan and covering . The capital ...
, kills 8 Pakistani soldiers. * May 9 –
Geo TV Jang Media Group (), also known as Geo Group, is a Pakistani media conglomerate and a subsidiary of Dubai-based company Independent Media Corporation. It has headquarters in Printing House, Karachi. It is the publisher of the Urdu language new ...
transmission banned by the
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* May 21 –
Pakistan Air Force The Pakistan Air Force (PAF) (; ) is the aerial warfare branch of the Pakistan Armed Forces, tasked primarily with the aerial defence of Pakistan, with a secondary role of providing air support to the Pakistan Army and Pakistan Navy when re ...
fighter jets bomb suspected militant hideouts in North Waziristan, killing approximately 60 militants and injuring another 30. * May 27 – A Pakistani woman is stoned to death with bricks outside a courthouse by family members including her father, two brothers, and ex-fiancé for marrying a man she loved against the family's wishes. * May 28 – A split emerges in the Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan after the Mehsud faction walked out, saying the group leaders' tactics were "un-Islamic". * May 31 – Taliban insurgents from Afghanistan attack a Pakistani border post in the Bajur tribal area, resulting in the deaths of 14 militants and one soldier.


June

* June 4 – A suicide bomber detonates his explosives near a military vehicle in Islamabad, killing 5 people. * June 5 – Pakistani police arrest multiple people involved in the
stoning of Farzana Parveen Farzana Parveen Iqbal was killed on 27 May 2014 outside a court in Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan. Her father, two brothers and former fiancé were among the nearly twenty attackers. Farzana, who had eloped with a man of her own choice, and was pregnant ...
, bringing the total number of people in custody to 12. * June 6 – Ashiqullah Mehsud, a senior commander in the Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan, is shot and killed by unknown assailants, speculated to be from the Mehsud splinter group, in the village of
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in the North Waziristan region. * June 8 – At least 24 people were killed when militants attacked a bus carrying Shia pilgrims from
Iran Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran (IRI) and also known as Persia, is a country in West Asia. It borders Iraq to the west, Turkey, Azerbaijan, and Armenia to the northwest, the Caspian Sea to the north, Turkmenistan to the nort ...
to
Quetta Quetta is the capital and largest city of the Pakistani province of Balochistan. It is the ninth largest city in Pakistan, with an estimated population of over 1.6 million in 2024. It is situated in the south-west of the country, lying in a ...
in
Balochistan Balochistan ( ; , ), also spelled as Baluchistan or Baluchestan, is a historical region in West and South Asia, located in the Iranian plateau's far southeast and bordering the Indian Plate and the Arabian Sea coastline. This arid region o ...
province of Pakistan. * June 8 – Gunmen attack Karachi's
Jinnah International Airport Jinnah International Airport () , formerly Drigh Road Airport or Karachi International Airport, is Pakistan's busiest international and domestic airport, and handled 7,267,582 passengers in 2017–2018. Located in Karachi, the largest city a ...
resulting in at least 13 deaths and leading to all flights to and from the airport being cancelled. * June 9 – 2014 Jinnah International Airport attack ** Karachi's Jinnah International Airport will resume services after yesterday's attack which claimed 21 lives. ** The Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan claims responsibility for the attack. * June 10 – 2014 Jinnah International Airport attack ** The Pakistan Air Force conducts bombing raids against Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan positions in the Tirah region killing at least 15 militants in response to the Jinnah International Airport attack in Karachi. ** Gunmen attack a training facility near the Jinnah International Airport. * June 11 – Tirah air strike ** At least 25 suspected militants were killed and 15 injured when military planes bombed their hideouts in Tirah valley of Khyber Agency. * June 11 – Five killed in separate clashes near Swat Valley ** In the first incident, unidentified men fired at a car in the Kooza Bandi village of Swat Valley, killing three people including a police guard. **In a separate incident, up to six militants stormed a checkpoint in the northwestern town of Dargai, that lies in the Malakand region neighbouring Swat. Two Levies personnel were killed in the attack, Express News reported. * June 12 – At least ten more militants are killed in a suspected United States drone attack in North Waziristan. * June 15 –
War in North-West Pakistan The insurgency in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, also known as the War in North-West Pakistan or Pakistan's war on terror, is an ongoing armed conflict involving Pakistan and Islamist militant groups such as the Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), Jun ...
** Airstrikes in the northwestern tribal area bordering Afghanistan kill as many as 100 militants. ** Abu Abdur Rehman Almani, the alleged mastermind behind 2014 Jinnah International Airport attack, is killed during air strikes carried out by Pakistan Air Force. ** Pakistan formally launches military operation against the insurgents in North Waziristan. * June 16 – The Pakistan Air Force conducts airstrikes against 6 Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan positions in North Waziristan, killing 27 militants. * June 17 – Clashes in Lahore between the Punjab Police and
Pakistan Awami Tehreek The Pakistan Awami Tehreek commonly known as PAT () (''Pakistan People's Movement'') is a political party in Pakistan, founded by Muhammad Tahir-ul-Qadri, took part in general elections in 1990 and 2002. Manifesto Pakistan Awami Tehreek pres ...
activists results in several protesters being killed by police gunfire. * June 29 – The Islamic Festival of Ramzan started in Pakistan.


July

* July 1–28 – The Islamic Festival of Ramzan was ongoing in Pakistan * July 29–31 – Eid ul Fitar was celebrated


August

* August 4 – 2014 Kulachi, Dera Ismail Khan Bomb Blast, Faqir Jamshed Ahmed Khan, the crown-prince of Noori Darbar Kulachi, falls prey to a remote controlled IED * August 13 – The process of
Long March The Long March ( zh, s=长征, p=Chángzhēng, l=Long Expedition) was a military retreat by the Chinese Red Army and Chinese Communist Party (CCP) from advancing Kuomintang forces during the Chinese Civil War, occurring between October 1934 and ...
and Sit-In started by PTI and PAT * August 14 – Pakistan's 67th dependence day was celebrated during
Long March The Long March ( zh, s=长征, p=Chángzhēng, l=Long Expedition) was a military retreat by the Chinese Red Army and Chinese Communist Party (CCP) from advancing Kuomintang forces during the Chinese Civil War, occurring between October 1934 and ...
from
Lahore Lahore ( ; ; ) is the capital and largest city of the Administrative units of Pakistan, Pakistani province of Punjab, Pakistan, Punjab. It is the List of cities in Pakistan by population, second-largest city in Pakistan, after Karachi, and ...
to
Islamabad Islamabad (; , ; ) is the capital city of Pakistan. It is the country's tenth-most populous city with a population of over 1.1 million and is federally administered by the Pakistani government as part of the Islamabad Capital Territory. Bu ...
* August 15 –
2014 Quetta Airbase attack The 2014 Quetta airbase attack occurred on 15 August 2014, when approximately 13 Tehrik-i-Taliban militants attempted to storm two airbases of the Pakistan Army and Pakistan Air Force; PAF Base Samungli and Khalid Airbase, both located in Que ...
, 12 militants, and 11 persons injured after a failed attack on PAF bases in Quetta * August 16 – Sit-In started outside the
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by PTI and PAT * August 26 –
Javed Hashmi Makhdoom Muhammad Javed Hashmi (; born 1 January 1948), is a Pakistani politician, political realist, and a senior conservative thinker on the platform of Pakistan Muslim League (N). After serving as a cabinet minister in the Sharif's adminis ...
got separate from Sit-In by PTI


September

* September 1 – Pakistani protesters armed with sticks and stones clash with police in the centre of Islamabad after protests calling for the resignation of Prime Minister
Nawaz Sharif Mian Muhammad Nawaz Sharif (born 25 December 1949) is a Pakistani politician and businessman who served as the 12th Prime Minister of Pakistan, prime minister of Pakistan for three non-consecutive terms, first serving from 1990 to 1993, then ...
turn violent. All schools in the capital have been closed as a result of the clashes. * September 1 – The
Pakistan Television Corporation Pakistan Television Corporation (; reporting name: PTV); also known as ''Pakistan Television'', is the Pakistani state-owned broadcaster founded by the Government of Pakistan, operating under the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting. I ...
goes off air after protesters storm its headquarters. * September 2 – Date of birth of Jahanzaib Mirza (A renowned Engineer and Advocate). * September 4 –
Monsoon A monsoon () is traditionally a seasonal reversing wind accompanied by corresponding changes in precipitation but is now used to describe seasonal changes in Atmosphere of Earth, atmospheric circulation and precipitation associated with annu ...
rains in Pakistan kill more than 40 people. * September 9 – The death toll from the floods rises to at least 205 in Pakistan and 200 in India. * September 9 – At least nine people are killed as a roof collapses in a mosque in the low income neighbourhood of Daroghawala in
Lahore Lahore ( ; ; ) is the capital and largest city of the Administrative units of Pakistan, Pakistani province of Punjab, Pakistan, Punjab. It is the List of cities in Pakistan by population, second-largest city in Pakistan, after Karachi, and ...
. * September 10 – The
Chenab River The Chenab River is a major river in India and Pakistan, and is one of the 5 major rivers of the Punjab region. It is formed by the union of two headwaters, the Chandra and Bhaga, which rise in the upper Himalayas in the Lahaul region of Hima ...
overflows its banks threatening
Jhang District Jhang District (Punjabi language, Punjabi and ) is a Districts of Pakistan, district of Faisalabad Division, Faisalabad division in the Punjab (Pakistan), Punjab province, Pakistan. Jhang is the capital and administrative seat of the district. ...
. * September 11 – A ban is imposed on Saeed Ajmal by ICC. * September 13 – One month has been completed for Sit-In of PTI and PAT. * September 21 – PTI's one of the bigger
Seminar A seminar is a form of academic instruction, either at an academic institution or offered by a commercial or professional organization. It has the function of bringing together small groups for recurring meetings, focusing each time on some part ...
hold in
Karachi Karachi is the capital city of the Administrative units of Pakistan, province of Sindh, Pakistan. It is the List of cities in Pakistan by population, largest city in Pakistan and 12th List of largest cities, largest in the world, with a popul ...
. * September 22 –
Javed Hashmi Makhdoom Muhammad Javed Hashmi (; born 1 January 1948), is a Pakistani politician, political realist, and a senior conservative thinker on the platform of Pakistan Muslim League (N). After serving as a cabinet minister in the Sharif's adminis ...
challenged
Shah Mehmood Qureshi Makhdoom Shah Mahmood Hussain Qureshi (; born 22 June 1956) is a Pakistani politician who served as the minister of Foreign Affairs from 2018 to 2022. He previously held the post from 2008 to 2011. He had been a Parliament of Pakistan from Augu ...
to fought
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from NA-149 Multan. * September 23 – Three people are killed in a bombing in
Peshawar Peshawar is the capital and List of cities in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa by population, largest city of the Administrative units of Pakistan, Pakistani province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. It is the sixth most populous city of Pakistan, with a district p ...
. * September 28 – At least 21 militants are killed in airstrikes and a gunfight in Pakistan's northwestern tribal areas.


October

Multan Tragedy October 2014 * October 10 – Activist
Malala Yousafzai Malala Yousafzai (; , pronunciation: ; born 12 July 1997) is a Pakistani female education activist, film and television producer, and the 2014 Nobel Peace Prize laureate at the age of 17. She is the youngest Nobel Prize laureate in history, ...
becomes just the second Pakistani to win
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for her struggle to voice girls right to education.


November

* November 2 – More than 60 people were killed and more than 110 people were injured in a suicide attack on the Pakistan side of the Wagah border. (
2014 Wagah border suicide attack On 2 November 2014, a suicide bombing took place at Wagah border following the daily border ceremony in Pakistan. The attack was claimed by three rival islamist militant groups. At midnight of 9 January 2015, the FIA team led by special ag ...
) * November 3 - To boost the morale of the nation, Punjab Rangers allowed people on Monday to attend the flag-lowering ceremony at the Wagah border, a day after the devastating suicide attack that left 62 people dead. Defying the threat posed by terrorists, a good number of people, including women and children, thronged the Wagah border to witness the ceremon

* November 10 – At least four policemen are killed and another four are wounded in separate attacks in Karachi and
Rawalpindi Rawalpindi is the List of cities in Punjab, Pakistan by population, third-largest city in the Administrative units of Pakistan, Pakistani province of Punjab, Pakistan, Punjab. It is a commercial and industrial hub, being the list of cities in P ...
. * November 11 – A gunfight and two bombings leave at least 15 militants and 5 soldiers dead. ** 58 people are killed in a bus crash in the
Sukkur District Sukkur District (, ) is a district in Sindh Province in Pakistan. Two districts have been split off from the territory of Sukkur: Shikarpur District, Shikarpur in 1977 and Ghotki District, Ghotki in 1993. According to 2023 Pakistani census populat ...
in
Sindh Sindh ( ; ; , ; abbr. SD, historically romanized as Sind (caliphal province), Sind or Scinde) is a Administrative units of Pakistan, province of Pakistan. Located in the Geography of Pakistan, southeastern region of the country, Sindh is t ...
province. *November 28 – Gul Ahmad Saeed murdered his parents, brother, and sister-in-law when they obstructed his marriage and goes on the run. He would eventually be suspected of 14 murders.


December

* December 16 – 2014 Peshawar school attack: Taliban gunmen storm a military-run Army Public Schools in
Peshawar Peshawar is the capital and List of cities in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa by population, largest city of the Administrative units of Pakistan, Pakistani province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. It is the sixth most populous city of Pakistan, with a district p ...
, killing at least 141, including 132 children and nine employees, with most of five hundred students evacuated. The shooting ends with all seven gunmen dead. * December 17 – Pakistan lifts the moratorium on the death penalty for terror-related cases following the Taliban's assault on a school in Peshawar on 16 December that killed 141, including 132 children. ** All Parties Conference (APC) on December 16, 2014 at Peshawar. ***
Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) is a political party in Pakistan established in 1996 by cricketer and politician Imran Khan, who served as the country's prime minister from 2018 to 2022. The party is led by Gohar Ali Khan since late 2023. ...
end their sit-in after 126 days, after Peshawar school attack.


Arts


Cinema


Economy

* 2014 Pakistan federal budget


Science and technology

*
Pakistan Remote Sensing Satellite The Pakistan Remote Sensing Satellite-1 (PRSS-1), is an earth observation optical satellite launched from China's Jiuquan Satellite Centre on 9 July 2018. History After successful launching and operation of Badr satellite programme which c ...


Sport


Cricket

International * Pakistan played in the T20I World cup 2014 and was restricted to the group stage for the first time in T20I World cups, due to the defeat against West Indies by 84 runs (which is a worst defeat for any team). Before the World Cup, they also played Asia cup 2014 and reached to final and lost by 5 wickets.


Olympics

* Pakistan at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics * Pakistan at the 2014 Winter Olympics * Pakistan at the 2014 Asian Beach Games


Deaths

* January 6 –
Aitzaz Hasan Aitzaz Hasan Bangash (; 1998/1999 – 6 January 2014) was a Pakistani student who died on 6 January 2014 while preventing a suicide bomber from entering a school at Hangu village. More than 2,000 students were attending classes at the time of ...
, 15, student, bomb blast. * January 9 – Chaudhry Aslam Khan, 53, police chief and SSP of the Crime Investigation Department in Sindh Police, bomb blast.


Public holidays


See also

* 2014 in Pakistani television *
List of Pakistani films of 2014 The Pakistani film industry produced over fifteen feature films in 2014. This article includes an overview of the major 2014 events in Pakistani film, including film festivals and awards ceremonies, as well as lists of those films that have been ...


References

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Pakistan Pakistan, officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, is a country in South Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies by population, fifth-most populous country, with a population of over 241.5 million, having the Islam by country# ...
2010s in Pakistan Years of the 21st century in Pakistan