2021 in Pakistan explained
Events from the year 2021 in Pakistan.
Incumbents
National government
Provincial governments
Events
January and February
- 2 January
- 3 January - Machh attack
- 5 January - The Supreme Court ordered that the Shri Paramhans Ji Maharaj Samadhi temple in Teri, Karak District, be rebuilt by the government after it was destroyed by a mob in December 2020.[5]
- 9 January – A massive blackout strikes Pakistan, leaving as much as 90 percent of the country without electricity at its height as officials rush to restore power.[6]
- 11 January - 9 countries appointed new ambassadors to Pakistan: Nepal, Tapas Adhikari; Belarus, Andrei Metdlitsa; South Korea, Sush Sangpyo; Cuba, Zener Javier; Mali, Dianguinadit Yaya Doucoure; Ireland, Ms Sonya McGuinness; Sierra Leone, Alie Kamara; Cambodia, Ung Sean; Kosovo, Ilir Dugolli.[7]
- 12 January - Two gunmen attacked a team of polio vaccine handlers in Karak, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, killing a policeman who was escorting them.[8]
- 28 January – A Malaysian court ordered the immediate release of Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) plane which was seized on 15 January, at the Kuala Lumpur International Airport, over a lease dispute.[9] [10]
- 22 February - Ippi shooting
March and April
May and June
July and August
September and October
November and December
Arts
Cinema
Economy
Deaths
March
April
May
July
February
August
October
November
See also
Country overviews
Related timelines for current period
Notes and References
- Web site: 2 January 2021. Post-mortem report of Usa offers new details into Islamabad shooting. 5 January 2021. Dunya News.
- Web site: Shams. Shamil. 3 January 2021. Killing of 22-year-old student by police sparks outrage in Pakistan. 5 January 2021. Deutsche Welle.
- Web site: Tanveer . Asim . 2 January 2021 . Pakistan arrests key militant on terror financing charges . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20210104113819/https://apnews.com/article/pakistan-2008-mumbai-attacks-counterterrorism-mumbai-india-aa6214946a60375bcd0bd7a60ae193db . 4 January 2021 . 4 January 2021 . Associated Press.
- Web site: Bukhari . Mubasher . Peshimam . Gibran . 2 January 2021 . Russell . Ros . Pakistan arrests alleged militant group leader Zaki ur Rehman Lakhvi on terrorism financing charge . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20210102130311/https://www.reuters.com/article/pakistan-arrest-mumbai-idUSKBN2970C2 . 2 January 2021 . 4 January 2021 . Reuters.
- News: Pakistani top court orders rebuilding of destroyed Hindu temple . . January 6, 2021.
- Web site: Pakistan power cut plunges country into darkness. 10 January 2021. BBC. 12 January 2021. 28 January 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20150128091415/http://bigstory.ap.org/article/ef6f4fc131d24f208fce031cbe70bc84/officials-scramble-after-massive-power-outage-hits-pakistan. dead.
- News: Nine countries appoint new ambassadors to Pakistan. The News. January 11, 2021.
- News: Pakistan: Gunmen target polio workers, kill policeman . . "Two gunmen came on a motorcycle and attacked our colleague Junaid Ullah while he was escorting the polio team. They opened fire on the van carrying polio workers," Muhammad Ishaq Khan, a police official in Karak, told DW. . Haroon . Janjua.
- Web site: Latif. Aamir. 27 January 2021. Malaysian court orders release of Pakistani plane. 29 January 2021. Anadolu Agency.
- News: Sipalan. Joseph. Hepher. Tim. Shahzad. Asif. 27 January 2021. Malaysian court releases Pakistan national carrier's grounded plane. Reuters. Potter. Mark. Fernandez. Clarence. 29 January 2021.