2021 in Pakistan explained

Events from the year 2021 in Pakistan.

Incumbents

National government

PhotoPostName
President of PakistanArif Alvi
Prime Minister of PakistanImran Khan
Chief Justice of PakistanGulzar Ahmed
Chairman of the SenateSadiq Sanjrani
Speaker of the National AssemblyAsad Qaiser
Chief Election Commissioner of PakistanSikandar Sultan Raja
Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff CommitteeNadeem Raza

Provincial governments

ProvinceGovernorChief MinisterPartyGovernment TypeChief Justice
BalochistanAmanullah Khan Yasinzai (until 7 July); Syed Zahoor Ahmad Agha (starting 7 July)Jam Kamal Khan (until 7 July); Abdul Quddus Bizenjo (starting 7 July)BAPCollisionNaeem Akhtar
Gilgit-BaltistanRaja Jalal Hussain MaqpoonKhalid KhurshidPTIMajorityMuhammad Ajmal Gondal
Khyber PakhtunkhwaShah FarmanMahmood KhanPTIMajorityQaiser Rashid Khan (Peshawar High Court)
PunjabChaudhry Mohammad SarwarSardar Usman BuzdarPTICollisionMuhammad Ameer Bhatti (Lahore High Court)
SindhImran IsmailSyed Murad Ali ShahPPPMajorityAhmed Ali Sheikh

Events

January and February

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

  1. Web site: 2 January 2021. Post-mortem report of Usa offers new details into Islamabad shooting. 5 January 2021. Dunya News.
  2. Web site: Shams. Shamil. 3 January 2021. Killing of 22-year-old student by police sparks outrage in Pakistan. 5 January 2021. Deutsche Welle.
  3. 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.
  4. 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.
  5. News: Pakistani top court orders rebuilding of destroyed Hindu temple . . January 6, 2021.
  6. 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.
  7. News: Nine countries appoint new ambassadors to Pakistan. The News. January 11, 2021.
  8. 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.
  9. Web site: Latif. Aamir. 27 January 2021. Malaysian court orders release of Pakistani plane. 29 January 2021. Anadolu Agency.
  10. 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.