The events listed below are both anticipated and scheduled for the year

2025 So far, the year has seen the continuation of major armed conflicts, including the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the Sudanese civil war (2023–present), Sudanese civil war, and the Gaza war. Internal crises in Bangladesh post-resignation v ...

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# ...

. The year 2025 will be the 78th year of the

independence of Pakistan The Pakistan Movement was a religiopolitical and social movement that emerged in the early 20th century as part of a campaign that advocated the creation of an Islamic state in parts of what was then British Raj. It was rooted in the two-nation th ...

Incumbents

Federal government

Provincial government

State government

Events

January

* 4 January – Four people are killed in a bomb attack in

Turbat Turbat (Urdu and ) is a city in the southern region of Balochistan province of Pakistan. It is the administrative centre of Kech District. Turbat is the second-largest city in Balochistan after Quetta and the 35th largest city in the coun ...

. * 7 January – **Three soldiers and 19 militants are killed in separate raids on insurgent hideouts across

Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (; ; , ; abbr. KP or KPK), formerly known as the North West Frontier Province (NWFP), is a Administrative units of Pakistan, province of Pakistan. Located in the Northern Pakistan, northwestern region of the country, Khyber ...

. **A Karakorum K-8P jet trainer of the

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 ...

crashes in

Risalpur Risalpur (Pashto/) is a city in Nowshera District, Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan, on the Nowshera-Mardan Road. It is nearly 45 km from Peshawar and 18 km from Mardan and is located at 34°4'52N 71°58'21E. In a basin some 316 meters abo ...

, killing the pilot. * 9 January – ** Sixteen miners are abducted from a vehicle by militants in

Lakki Marwat District Lakki Marwat (, ) is a Districts of Pakistan, district in the Bannu Division of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan. It was created as an administrative district on 1 July 1992, prior to which it was a tehsil of Bannu District. Geogra ...

. ** At least 11 miners are killed in an

methane Methane ( , ) is a chemical compound with the chemical formula (one carbon atom bonded to four hydrogen atoms). It is a group-14 hydride, the simplest alkane, and the main constituent of natural gas. The abundance of methane on Earth makes ...

gas explosion at a

coal mine Coal mining is the process of resource extraction, extracting coal from the ground or from a mine. Coal is valued for its Energy value of coal, energy content and since the 1880s has been widely used to Electricity generation, generate electr ...

in Singdi,

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 ...

. * 10 January –

Pakistan International Airlines Pakistan International Airlines, commonly known as PIA, is the flag carrier of Pakistan. With its primary hub at Jinnah International Airport in Karachi, the airline also operates from its secondary hubs at Allama Iqbal International Airport ...

resumes flights to

Paris Paris () is the Capital city, capital and List of communes in France with over 20,000 inhabitants, largest city of France. With an estimated population of 2,048,472 residents in January 2025 in an area of more than , Paris is the List of ci ...

for the first time since the

European Union The European Union (EU) is a supranational union, supranational political union, political and economic union of Member state of the European Union, member states that are Geography of the European Union, located primarily in Europe. The u ...

lifted a 2020 ban on the airline from operating in its airspace. * 13 January – **Eight

Pakistani Taliban The Pakistani Taliban, officially the Tehreek-i-Taliban-e-Pakistan (TTP), is an umbrella organization of various Islamist armed militant groups operating along the Afghan–Pakistani border. Formed in 2007 by Baitullah Mehsud, its current ...

militants are killed in two raids by security forces in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. **Twenty-seven militants are killed in a raid by security forces in

Kachhi District Kachhi or Kacchi (, ), previously known until 2008 as Bolan District, is a district located in the central part of the Balochistan province in Pakistan. The Bolan area remained under one district Kacchi until 31 December 1991. The Deputy Commi ...

, Balochistan. * 16 January – **Five people are killed in an attack on a humanitarian aid convoy in

Kurram District Kurram District () is a district in the Kohat Division of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan. The name Kurram comes from the river ''Kwarma'' () in Pashto, which itself derives from the Sanskrit word ''Krumu'' (). Until 2018, it funct ...

, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. **A boat carrying migrants capsizes near

Dakhla, Western Sahara Dakhla (, ; formerly known as Villa Cisneros) is a city in the disputed territory of Western Sahara, currently occupied by Morocco. It is the capital of the claimed Moroccan administrative region Dakhla-Oued Ed-Dahab. It has a population of 1 ...

on its way to Spain's

Canary Islands The Canary Islands (; ) or Canaries are an archipelago in the Atlantic Ocean and the southernmost Autonomous communities of Spain, Autonomous Community of Spain. They are located in the northwest of Africa, with the closest point to the cont ...

, killing at least 50 people including 44 Pakistanis. * 17 January – Former prime minister

Imran Khan Imran Ahmed Khan Niazi (born 5 October 1952) is a Pakistani politician, philanthropist, and former cricketer who served as the 19th prime minister of Pakistan from August 2018 until April 2022. He was the founder of the political party Pak ...

is sentenced to 14 years' imprisonment for corruption over the Al-Qadir Trust case. His wife,

Bushra Bibi Bushra Bibi (born 1970s) is a Pakistani faith healer and politician. She is married to Imran Khan who was the prime minister of Pakistan from 2018 to 2022. Early life Bushra Bibi was born in Pakpattan, located 250 km southwest of Lahor ...

, is also sentenced to seven years' imprisonment in the same case. * 20 January – The

New Gwadar International Airport The Gwadar International Airport (GIA) is an airport in Gwadar, Pakistan. It is the largest airport in Pakistan by area, occupying 4,300 acres (17 km2) of land, and the second greenfield airport of Pakistan after Islamabad International Airp ...

begins full operations. * 21 January – The

Provincial Assembly of the Punjab The Provincial Assembly of the Punjab, also known as the Punjab Assembly, is the supreme legislative body of Punjab, a province of Pakistan. It convenes at the Assembly Building in Lahore, the capital of Punjab. It is a unicameral legislature o ...

passes a law banning kite-flying in the province. * 21 January – The

National Assembly of Pakistan The National Assembly of Pakistan, also referred to as ''Aiwān-ē-Zairīñ'', is the lower house of the bicameralism, bicameral Parliament of Pakistan, with the upper house being the Senate of Pakistan, Senate. As of 2023, the National Assem ...

passes a law requiring social media platforms to register with the Social Media Protection and Regulatory Authority, and criminalizes spreading disinformation. * 25 January – A court 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 ...

sentences four people to death for posting

blasphemy Blasphemy refers to an insult that shows contempt, disrespect or lack of Reverence (emotion), reverence concerning a deity, an object considered sacred, or something considered Sanctity of life, inviolable. Some religions, especially Abrahamic o ...

on social media. * 27 January – A truck carrying

liquefied petroleum gas Liquefied petroleum gas, also referred to as liquid petroleum gas (LPG or LP gas), is a fuel gas which contains a flammable mixture of hydrocarbon gases, specifically propane, Butane, ''n''-butane and isobutane. It can also contain some ...

catches fire and explodes in

Multan Multan is the List of cities in Punjab, Pakistan by population, fifth-most populous city in the Punjab, Pakistan, Punjab province of Pakistan. Located along the eastern bank of the Chenab River, it is the List of cities in Pakistan by populatio ...

, killing 18 people. * 28 January – Two soldiers and five militants are killed in an attack on a security outpost in

Killa Abdullah District Kila Abdullah District or Qilla Abdullah ( ) is a district in the northwestern part of Balochistan province of Pakistan. Kila Abdullah was separated from Pishin District and made a new district in June 1993. The district is located within the h ...

, Balochistan. * 29 January – Two soldiers and six militants are killed in a military raid 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 ...

February

* 1 February – **Eighteen members of the

Frontier Corps The Frontier Corps (, reporting name: FC) are a group of four paramilitary forces of Pakistan, operating in the provinces of Balochistan (Pakistan), Balochistan and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, to maintain law and order while overseeing the country's b ...

are killed in an attack by the

Balochistan Liberation Army The Balochistan Liberation Army (BLA) is a Baloch ethnonationalist militant organization based in the Balochistan region. Operating primarily from safe havens scattered across southern Afghanistan, BLA perpetrates attacks in neighboring Paki ...

on their vehicle in Mangochar Tehsil, near Mangocher town,

Kalat District Kalat District ( Brahui and ) is a district located in Kalat Division of Balochistan, Pakistan. Kalat was made a separate district on February 3, 1954. At that time Khuzdar and Mastung districts were sub-divisions of Kalat (which then also ...

, Balochistan. Twenty-four attackers are also reported to have been killed. **Five people, including four members of the security forces, are killed in an attack by militants on their vehicle in

. * 2 February –

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 ...

Shehbaz Sharif Mian Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif (born 23 September 1951) is a Pakistani politician and businessman who has served as the 20th Prime Minister of Pakistan, prime minister of Pakistan since March 2024, having previously been in the role between Ap ...

launches a nationwide

polio Poliomyelitis ( ), commonly shortened to polio, is an infectious disease caused by the poliovirus. Approximately 75% of cases are asymptomatic; mild symptoms which can occur include sore throat and fever; in a proportion of cases more severe ...

vaccination campaign by administering polio drops to children under age five. * 3 February – A police officer escorting polio vaccination workers is killed in an ambush by unidentified gunmen in

Jamrud Jamrūd (Pashto/) or Jam () is a town in the Khyber District of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. Located in the Valley of Peshawar, on the western fringe of Peshawar city, Jamrud is the doorway to the Khyber Pass which is just to the west of the to ...

. * 6 February – **Three police officers are killed in an attack on their outpost by militants in

Karak District Karak District (, ) is a district in Kohat Division of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province in Pakistan. It is situated to the south of Kohat District and on the north side of Bannu and Lakki Marwat districts on the main Indus Highway between Peshawar ...

. **

FIFA The Fédération Internationale de Football Association (), more commonly known by its acronym FIFA ( ), is the international self-regulatory governing body of association football, beach soccer, and futsal. It was founded on 21 May 1904 to o ...

imposes an indefinite suspension on the

Pakistan Football Federation The Pakistan Football Federation (PFF) is the national governing body of association football in Football in Pakistan, Pakistan. It is a member of FIFA, the international governing body of Association football, football, and affiliated to the A ...

, citing the latter's failure to guarantee fair and democratic elections. * 8–14 February –

2024–25 Pakistan Tri-Nation Series The 2024–25 Pakistan Tri-Nation Series was a cricket tournament that took place in Pakistan in February 2025. It was a tri-nation series involving Pakistan national cricket team, Pakistan, New Zealand national cricket team, New Zealand and Sou ...

* 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. * 13 February – Turkish President

Recep Tayyip Erdoğan Recep Tayyip Erdoğan (born 26 February 1954) is a Turkish politician who is the 12th and current president of Turkey since 2014. He previously served as the 25th prime minister of Turkey, prime minister from 2003 to 2014 as part of the Jus ...

visits Pakistan to strengthen bilateral ties. He co-chairs the 7th Pakistan-Turkey High-Level Strategic Cooperation Council with Prime Minister

, leading to 24 agreements in defense, energy, and trade. Both nations commit to increasing bilateral trade to $5 billion. * 14 February – Eleven people are killed in a roadside bomb attack on a vehicle carrying coal miners in

Harnai District Harnai (, ) is a district in the northeastern part of the Balochistan province of Pakistan. Harnai is the principal town of this district and serves as its administrative headquarters. Until 2007, Harnai had been a tehsil of Sibi District, in ...

, Balochistan. * 15 February – ** Four members of the security forces and 15

militants are killed in clashes in

Dera Ismail Khan Dera Ismail Khan (; Urdu and , ), abbreviated as D.I. Khan, is a city and capital of Dera Ismail Khan District, located in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. It is the 10th largest city of Pakistan and third or fourth largest in the province of Khy ...

and

. ** The Green Pakistan Initiative is launched in

Cholistan The Cholistan Desert (; ; Saraiki: ), also locally known as Rohi (), is a desert in the southern part of Punjab, Pakistan, Pakistani Punjab that forms part of the Greater Thar Desert, which extends to Sindh province and the Indian state of Rajast ...

, Punjab by General Asim Munir and Punjab Chief Minister

Maryam Nawaz Maryam Nawaz Sharif (born 28 October 1973) is a Pakistani politician who has served as the 20th chief minister of Punjab since 26 February 2024. She is the first woman to hold the position of chief minister in Pakistan. Born to former Prime ...

. ** A bus carrying pilgrims for a religious festival overturns in

Khairpur District Khairpur District (, ) is a district in the Pakistani province of Sindh in Sukkur Division. At the 2017 census, it was the fifth most populated district in the province after four districts of Karachi city, with 2.4 million inhabitants. The ...

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 ...

, killing 12 people and injuring 15 others. ** A van heading to

Sehwan Sehwan (; ; also commonly referred to as Sehwan Sharif or ''Noble Sehwan'') is a historic city located in Jamshoro District of Sindh province in Pakistan situated on the west bank of the Indus River north-west of Hyderabad. The city is renowned ...

collides with a trailer near Qazi Ahmed, Sindh killing five people and injuring 10 others. * 17 February – Two people are killed in a gun attack on an aid convoy in

, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. * 18 February – ** Four soldiers responding to the attack on the aid convoy in

the previous day are killed in an ambush by militants. ** The

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 ...

kills 30 militants in

South Waziristan South Mahsud Waziristan District () was a Districts of Pakistan, district in the Dera Ismail Khan Division of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan, before splitting into the Lower South Waziristan District and the Upper South Waziristan D ...

near the Afghan border during an operation. * 19 February – **

2025 ICC Champions Trophy The 2025 ICC Champions Trophy was the ninth edition of the ICC Champions Trophy. It was hosted by Pakistan Cricket Board from 19 February to 9 March 2025 and featured 15 matches held across three venues in Pakistan and one in the United Arab E ...

: The ninth edition of the

ICC Champions Trophy The ICC Champions Trophy, formerly known as the ICC Knock Out Trophy, is an international One Day International (ODI) cricket tournament organised by the International Cricket Council (ICC) contested by international men's teams. Inaugurat ...

commences 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 ...

, marking Pakistan's first time hosting an ICC event since 1996. ** Seven people are killed in an attack by gunmen on a bus in

Barkhan District Barkhan (Balochi language, Balochi: بارخان, , ) is a Districts of Pakistan, district in the province of Balochistan (Pakistan), Balochistan in Pakistan. It shares its borders with the Punjab, Pakistan, province of Punjab to the east and the ...

, Balochistan. The

subsequently claims responsibility. ** A police officer escorting polio vaccination workers is killed in an ambush by unidentified gunmen in

Bajaur Bajaur District (, ), formerly Bajaur Agency, is a district in the Malakand Division of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province, Pakistan. Prior to 2018, Bajaur Agency was the northernmost component of the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA), a semi-a ...

, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. * 21 February – **Six militants are killed in a raid by security forces in

, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. ** A minivan falls into a drainage channel in

Kasur District Kasur District ( Punjabi, ), is a district located in Lahore Division of Punjab, Pakistan. It came into existence on 1 July 1976; prior to its creation, the area comprised two tehsils ( Kasur Tehsil and Chunian Tehsil) of Lahore District. Acc ...

, Punjab, killing eight people and injuring two others. * 23 February – Security forces kill seven militants in two separate operations in Daraban and

Maddi Maddi is a town and union council of Kulachi Tehsil, Dera Ismail Khan District of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (; ; , ; abbr. KP or KPK), formerly known as the North West Frontier Province (NWFP), is a province of Pakistan. Loc ...

area of

Dera Ismail Khan District Dera Ismail Khan District (Urdu and , ), often abbreviated as D.I. Khan is a district in the Dera Ismail Khan division of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan. The capital of the district is the town of Dera Ismail Khan. The district has ...

, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. * 24 February – Ten militants are killed in a raid by security forces in

Bagh, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Bagh is the principle settlement of the Union Council that bears its name located in Abbottabad Tehsil, Abbottabad District, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. According to the 2017 Census of Pakistan The 2017 Census of Pakistan was a detailed enum ...

. * 28 February – ** 2025 Darul Uloom Haqqania bombing: A suicide bombing during Friday prayers in

Darul Uloom Haqqania Darul Uloom Haqqania or Jamia Dar al-Ulum Haqqania (Pashto/) is an Islamic seminary ( darul uloom or madrasa) in the town of Akora Khattak, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, northwestern Pakistan. The seminary propagates the Hanafi Deobandi scho ...

Akora Khattak Akora Khattak ( , Urdu: اکوڑہ خٹک ) or Sarai Akora is a town in the Jehangira tehsil of the Nowshera District in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan. Its location is adjacent to the Kabul River, which converges with the Indus Riv ...

, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, kills

Hamid Ul Haq Haqqani Maulana Hamid ul Haq Haqqani (; 26 May 1968 – 28 February 2025) was a Pakistani politician and Islamic scholar who served as a member of the 12th National Assembly of Pakistan from 16 November 2002 until 10 October 2007, when he resigned in ...

and six others. **Two people are killed in a bomb attack in

Orakzai District Orakzai District (, ) is a district in the Kohat Division of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan. Before 1973, it was part of FR Kohat. Up until 2018, it was an agency within the erstwhile Federally Administered Tribal Areas. However, w ...

, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. **Ten people are injured in a bomb attack on a vehicle carrying soldiers in

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 ...

. **Six militants are killed in a security operation in

March

* 3 March – **Two people, including a woman perpetrator, are killed in a suicide bombing on a

vehicle in

Kalat, Balochistan Kalāt or Qalāt ( Brahui/ Balochi: قلات), historically known as Qīqān, is a historic town located in Kalat District, in Balochistan (Pakistan). The town of Kalat is the headquarter of Kalat District and is known locally as Kalat-e-Brahu ...

. **An Afghan soldier is killed during clashes with Pakistani forces at the

Torkham border crossing Torkham border crossing (Urdu, Persian, and ''Tūrkham'') is a major border crossing between the Pakistani city of Torkham and Afghanistan, located along the Grand Trunk Road on the international border between the two countries. It connect ...

. * 4 March – Eighteen people are killed in a combined suicide bombing and assault on a military base in

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 ...

, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, that is claimed by the

affiliate Jaish Al-Fursan. * 11 March – 2025 Jaffar Express hijacking:

militants blow up railway tracks and hijack the

Jaffar Express ''Jaffar Express'' () is a passenger train operated daily by Pakistan Railways between Quetta and Peshawar. The trip takes approximately 34 hours, 10 minutes to cover a published distance of , traveling along a stretch of the Rohri–Chaman Ra ...

train bound from

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 ...

taking 450 people hostages including both security personnel and civilians. * 15 March – Eleven suspected Pakistani Taliban militants are killed in raids by security forces in

Mohmand The Mohmand () or Momand is a prominent tribe of Pashtun people. Distribution They are based primarily in the Mohmand territory, which is located in Nangarhar, Afghanistan and Mohmand Agency, Pakistan. In Afghanistan, their areas of presence i ...

and Dera Ismail Khan districts in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. * 16 March – 5 April – Pakistani cricket team in New Zealand in 2024–25 * 16 March – Five soldiers are killed in a suicide car bombing and ambush on their convoy in

Nushki District Nushki District (, locally known as ''Noshkay'' ) is one of the districts of Balochistan province, Pakistan. The administration of the Nushki district was taken over from the Khan of Kalat by the British government in 1896 and was leased from hi ...

, Balochistan. * 20 March – Ten militants and one soldier are killed in a raid on a Pakistani Taliban hideout in

Dera Ismail Khan district Dera Ismail Khan District (Urdu and , ), often abbreviated as D.I. Khan is a district in the Dera Ismail Khan division of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan. The capital of the district is the town of Dera Ismail Khan. The district has ...

, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. * 20 March – Sixteen Pakistani Taliban militants are killed by security forces while trying to enter the country from Afghanistan in Ghulam Khan, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. * 28 March –

2025 Katlang drone airstrike The Katlang drone airstrike was a military action carried out by Pakistani security forces on 29 March 2025, in the Katlang Tehsil of Mardan District, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. The operation targeted suspected militants but resulted in civilian casualt ...

: Eleven people are killed in drone strikes by the Pakistani military on Pakistani Taliban targets in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.

April

* 1 April – 2025 India–Pakistan heat wave: Pakistan and India are struck by a severe heatwave with temperatures up to 50 °C, prompting health alerts. Experts link it to climate change and regional weather patterns. * 6 April – Pakistani security forces repel an infiltration attempt by Pakistani Taliban militants near the Afghanistan-Pakistan border in

, leaving eight militants dead. * 7 April – Nine Pakistani Taliban militants are killed in a raid by security forces in

. * 12 April – Eight Pakistani laborers from

Bahawalpur Bahawalpur (Urdu: ; ) is a city in Punjab, Pakistan. It is the 13th largest city of Pakistan and List of cities in Punjab, Pakistan by population, 8th most populous city of Punjab. Bahawalpur is the capital of Bahawalpur Division. Founded in ...

are killed by unidentified gunmen at an auto workshop in Mehrestan, Iran. * 13 April – A large rally is held in

in support of

Palestinians Palestinians () are an Arab ethnonational group native to the Levantine region of Palestine. *: "Palestine was part of the first wave of conquest following Muhammad's death in 632 CE; Jerusalem fell to the Caliph Umar in 638. The indigenou ...

amid the ongoing conflict in Gaza. * 14 April – A

KFC KFC Corporation, doing business as KFC (an abbreviation of Kentucky Fried Chicken), is an American fast food restaurant chain specializing in fried chicken and chicken sandwiches. Headquartered in Louisville, Kentucky, it is the world's se ...

employee is killed in an attack by a suspected Islamist mob on one of its restaurants in

Sheikhupura Sheikhupura (Punjabi language, Punjabi / ; ) also known as Qila Sheikhupura, is a city and district in the Pakistani province of Punjab, Pakistan, Punjab. Founded by the Mughal Empire, Mughal Emperor Jahangir in 1607, Sheikhupura is the List of ...

. * 15 April – **Three officers are killed in a bomb attack on a vehicle carrying members of the security forces in

Mastung District Mastung District (; Brahui and ) is a district located in the northwest of Balochistan province, Pakistan. Prior to its creation as a separate district in 1991, Mastung was part of Kalat District. District Mastung published its Gazetteer in t ...

, Balochistan. **Two polio vaccination workers are abducted by unidentified gunmen in Dera Ismail Khan. **A

Dassault Mirage 5 The Dassault Mirage 5 is a French supersonic attack aircraft/fighter-bomber designed by Dassault Aviation during the 1960s and manufactured in France and other countries. It was derived from Dassault's popular Mirage III fighter and spawned sev ...

fighter jet of the

crashes in

Vehari District Vehari District ( ) is a Districts of Pakistan, district in the Punjab (Pakistan), Punjab province of Pakistan. The city of Vehari is the capital of district while Burewala is the largest city and Jallah Jeem is the third largest city of the di ...

, Punjab. The two pilots eject safely. * 16 April – A severe hailstorm hits

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 ...

, causing power outages in parts of the city. * 18 April – A member of the

Ahmadiyya Ahmadiyya, officially the Ahmadiyya Muslim Jama'at (AMJ), is an Islamic messianic movement originating in British India in the late 19th century. It was founded by Mirza Ghulam Ahmad (1835–1908), who said he had been divinely appointed a ...

community is killed in an attack by a suspected Islamist mob in

. * 22 April – A truck carrying passengers falls off a ravine in

Jamshoro District Jamshoro District (, ) is a Districts of Sindh, Pakistan, district of Sindh province, Pakistan. Jamshoro city is the capital while Kotri is the largest city of the Jamshoro District. The district borders Dadu district to the north. To the east, th ...

, killing 13 people and injuring 20 others. * 23 April – Two security escorts for polio workers are killed in a gun attack in

, Balochistan. * 24 April –

2025 India–Pakistan crisis Following the Pahalgam terrorist attack on 22 April 2025, a crisis emerged between India and Pakistan, sparked by the killing of 25 Indian tourists by the militants in Kashmir. The Resistance Front (TRF) initially claimed responsibility for t ...

: Pakistan suspends visas issued to Indian nationals and closes its airspace to Indian aircraft in retaliation for India accusing Pakistan of involvement in the

2025 Pahalgam attack The 2025 Pahalgam attack was a terrorist attack on tourists by five armed terrorists near Pahalgam in Indian-administered Jammu and Kashmir in which 26 civilians were killed on 22 April 2025. The militants mainly targeted Hindu tourists, t ...

and launching punitive measures as a result, including the suspension of the

Indus Waters Treaty The Indus Water Treaty (IWT) is a water-distribution treaty between India and Pakistan, arranged and negotiated by the World Bank, to use the water available in the Indus River and its tributaries. It was signed in Karachi on 19 September 196 ...

and entry and border restrictions. * 25 April – **

: Indian and Pakistani soldiers briefly exchange fire along the

Line of Control The Line of Control (LoC) is a military control line between the Indian and Pakistanicontrolled parts of the former princely state of Jammu and Kashmir—a line which does not constitute a legally recognized international boundary, but ser ...

. **A member of the

community is killed in a shooting in Bhulair, Punjab. **Four soldiers are killed in a bomb attack on their vehicle in

. * 26 April – Naveed Ahmad is convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment for the attempted assassination of Imran Khan in 2022. * 27 April – 2025 North Waziristan border clashes: Fifty-four Pakistani Taliban militants trying to enter the country from Afghanistan are killed by security forces in

. * 28 April – **Seven people are killed in a bomb attack outside the office of a peace committee in Wanna,

. **A fuel truck catches fire and explodes in

, Balochistan, killing two people and injuring 56 others.

May

* 1 May – **

: All

madrasa Madrasa (, also , ; Arabic: مدرسة , ), sometimes Romanization of Arabic, romanized as madrasah or madrassa, is the Arabic word for any Educational institution, type of educational institution, secular or religious (of any religion), whet ...

s in

Azad Kashmir Azad Jammu and Kashmir (), abbreviated as AJK and colloquially referred to as simply Azad Kashmir ( ), is a region administered by Pakistan as a nominally self-governing entitySee: * * * and constituting the western portion of the larger ...

are ordered closed for 10 days citing concerns over tensions with India. **Three members of the security forces and one militant are killed in a raid on a Pakistani Taliban hideout in

Bannu District Bannu District (, ) is a district in the Bannu Division of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan. Its status as a district was formally recorded in 1861 during the British Raj. This district constitutes one of the 26 districts that coll ...

, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. * 2 May – Eight members of the same family are killed after a car falls into a ravine in

Lower Kohistan District Lower Kohistan District () is a district in the Hazara Division of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan. Pattan is the district headquarters of Lower Kohistan. Kohistani people form majority in the district. Overview and history Until ...

, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. * 3 May – **Five militants, belonging to the

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(TTP), are killed and two others were apprehended in three separate operations in

Bajaur District Bajaur District (, ), formerly Bajaur Agency, is a district in the Malakand Division of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province, Pakistan. Prior to 2018, Bajaur Agency was the northernmost component of the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA), a semi-a ...

, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. **The Pakistani military conducts a test-fire of the Abdali Weapon System ballistic missile. * 5 May – ** Six girls die after getting trapped in a wheat storage drum in Kot Momin,

Sargodha District Sargodha District (Punjabi language, Punjabi and ), is a district of Punjab, Pakistan, Punjab, Pakistan. The capital of the district is Sargodha. It is an agricultural district with wheat, rice, sugarcane and kinnow being its main crops. The Sa ...

, Punjab. ** The Pakistan military conducts a test fire of the Fateh series surface-to-surface missile. * 6 May – 2025 Machh bombing: Seven soldiers are killed in a bomb attack on a military vehicle in

, Balochistan. * 7 May –

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: India launches a series of

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s on targets in

and

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, killing eight people. * 9 May – The

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orders the transfer of the remaining eight matches of the

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to the United Arab Emirates after a drone from India lands near the

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before a match. Games resume on 17 May in Pakistan. * 10 May –

: India and Pakistan reach a ceasefire agreement. * 11 May – Two police officers are killed in a bomb attack on their vehicle in

. * 16 May – A doctor belonging to the

community is shot dead at a hospital in

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. * 18 May – Four people are killed in a car bombing near a market in

, Balochistan. * 19 May – 2025 Waziristan drone strike: Four children are killed in a suspected drone strike in Mir Ali, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. * 20 May – General Asim Munir,

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of the

, is promoted to

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, becoming the second person in Pakistan to receive the title since

Ayub Khan Mohammad Ayub Khan (14 May 1907 – 19 April 1974) was a Pakistani military dictator who served as the second president of Pakistan from 1958 until his resignation on 1969. He was the first native commander-in-chief of the Pakistan Army, se ...

in 1965. * 21 May – 2025 Khuzdar school bus bombing: A suicide bomber drives an explosives-laden vehicle into a school bus carrying students from the Army Public School in

Khuzdar District Khuzdar (Balochi language, Balochi: ; Urdu and Brahui language, Brahui: ) is a Districts of Pakistan, district in the Balochistan (Pakistan), Balochistan province of Pakistan. The city of Khuzdar serves as the district's headquarters. Until its e ...

, Balochistan, killing eight people, including four children and injuring 53 others. * 24 May – **A bus collides with a car on

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in Okara, Punjab, killing seven family members traveling from

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. **The bodies of four tourists from Gujrat who went missing en route from

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on 16 May are found in a gorge in Roundu Valley. * 25 May – **A severe windstorm and subsequent heavy rainfall in

kills 15 people and injures more than 100 others. ** 2025 Pakistan Super League final: The

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win their third

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title, defeating

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by six wickets. * 27 May – A police officer escorting polio vaccination workers is killed in a shooting in

, Balochistan. * 28 May – At least 10 people are reported killed in flooding and thunderstorms across central and northern Pakistan. * 29 May – Two police officers and four Pakistani Taliban militants are killed in a raid in

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. * 30 May – A government official is killed in an attack claimed by the BLA on Surab, Balochistan.

June

* 1–23 June – A series of 57 earthquakes hits

, ranging from 1.5 to 3.8 magnitude on the Richter Scale. * 2 June – **The first case of

Gilgit-Baltistan Gilgit-Baltistan (; ), formerly known as the Northern Areas, is a region administered by Pakistan as an administrative units of Pakistan, administrative territory and consists of the northern portion of the larger Kashmir region, which has b ...

since 2018 is discovered in a child from

Diamer District Diamer District (), also spelled Diamir District, is a district of Pakistan-administered territory of Gilgit–Baltistan in the disputed Kashmir region. The application of the term "administered" to the various regions of Kashmir and a mention of ...

. ** Killing of Sana Yousaf: Social media influencer Sana Yousaf is shot dead at her home in

. The perpetrator is arrested shortly after her killing from

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. * 3 June – 225 inmates escape from a prison in

during an evacuation caused by the earthquake swarm. By 17 June, 172 of them are returned. * 4 June – Fourteen Pakistani Taliban militants are killed in a raid by security forces in

. * 16 June – Pakistan orders an indefinite closure of the

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amid the

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. * 27 June – At least eight people are killed in a flash flood that hits a picnic along the

Swat River The Swat River (, ) is a perennial river in the northern region of the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa Province of Pakistan. The river's source is in the high glacial valleys of the Hindu Kush mountains, where it then flows into the Kalam Valley before for ...

in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. * 28 June – Thirteen soldiers are killed in a suicide bombing on a military vehicle in Mir Ali,

Holidays

* 5 February – Kashmir Solidarity Day * 23 March –

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* 31 March – 2 April –

Eid al-Fitr Eid al-Fitr () is the first of the two main Islamic holidays, festivals in Islam, the other being Eid al-Adha. It falls on the first day of Shawwal, the tenth month of the Islamic calendar. Eid al-Fitr is celebrated by Muslims worldwide becaus ...

* 1 May – Youm-e-Mazdoor * 16 May – Youm-e-Tashakur * 28 May – Youm-e-Takbeer * 7–9 June –

Eid al-Adha Eid al-Adha () is the second of the two main festivals in Islam alongside Eid al-Fitr. It falls on the 10th of Dhu al-Hijja, the twelfth and final month of the Islamic calendar. Celebrations and observances are generally carried forward to the ...

* 5–6 July –

Ashura Ashura (, , ) is a day of commemoration in Islam. It occurs annually on the tenth of Muharram, the first month of the Islamic calendar. For Sunni Muslims, Ashura marks the parting of the Red Sea by Moses and the salvation of the Israelites ...

* 14 August –

Independence Day An independence day is an annual event memorialization, commemorating the anniversary of a nation's independence or Sovereign state, statehood, usually after ceasing to be a group or part of another nation or state, or after the end of a milit ...

* 5 September – Milad un-Nabi * 9 November –

Iqbal Day Iqbal Day () is the birthday of Islamic philosopher and poet Muhammad Iqbal on 9 November, celebrated as a public holiday in Pakistan. The public holiday status was removed in 2015, however was restored in 2022 by prime minister Minister Shehb ...

* 25 December –

Quaid-e-Azam Day Jinnah's birthday, officially Quaid-e-Azam Day and sometimes known as Quaid Day, is a public holiday in Pakistan observed annually on 25 December to celebrate the birthday of the founder of Pakistan, Muhammad Ali Jinnah, known as ''Quaid-i-Azam ...

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, politician. * 21 February –

Shamsuddin Azeemi Khawaja Shamsuddin Azeemi (; 17 October 1927 – 21 February 2025) was a Pakistani Islamic scholar and a prominent master of Tassawuf (Sufism), holding Ijazah and authorisation from his Murshid, Muhammad Azeem Barkhiya, the founder and Shaykh of ...

, 97, scholar. * 22 February – Tahir Mahmood Khan, 68, politician. * 28 February –

, 56, politician and scholar. * 3 March – Farooq Hamid, 80, cricketer. * 15 March –

Munir Shakir Mufti Munir Shakir (Pashto/; 4 April 1969 - 15 March 2025) was an Islamic cleric and preacher. The founder of Lashkar-e-Islam, he later became a strong critic of state oppression by Pakistan and injustices against Pashtuns. He actively partici ...

, 55, Islamic cleric, founder of

Lashkar-e-Islam Lashkar-e-Islam (, abbr. LI or LeI), also written as Laskhar-i-Islam, is a Deobandi jihadist militant group operating in Khyber District, Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa Province, Pakistan and the neighboring Nangarhar Province, Afghanistan. LeI was fo ...

. * 17 March – Naseer Soomro, 55, tallest man in Pakistan. * 28 March –

Najmuddin Shaikh Najmuddin Shaikh (; 4 September 1939 – 28 March 2025) was a Pakistani diplomat who was ambassador to the United States (1990–1991), and later served as Foreign Secretary of Pakistan (1994–1997). Education and family Shaikh received his b ...

, 85, diplomat. * 8 April –

Taj Haider Taj Haider, SI (; 8 March 1942 – 8 April 2025) was a Pakistani left-wing politician, nationalist, playwright, mathematician, versatile scholar and Marxist intellectual. He was one of the founding members of Pakistan People's Party (PPP) and ...

, 83, politician and mathematician. * 13 April – Javed Kodu, comedian. * 6 June –

Abbas Khan Afridi Abbas Khan Afridi (; 1 September 1970 – 6 June 2025) was a Pakistani politician and businessman who served as the Federal Minister of Textile Industry in 2014-2015 and had been a member of the Senate of Pakistan. Afridi was the second-highest ...

senator A senate is a deliberative assembly, often the upper house or Legislative chamber, chamber of a bicameral legislature. The name comes from the Ancient Rome, ancient Roman Senate (Latin: ''Senatus''), so-called as an assembly of the senior ...

(2009–2018).

Notes

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