2013 in Pakistan

Events in the year 2013 in Pakistan.

Incumbents

=Federal government=

President – Asif Ali Zardari
President (September 9 – Present) – Mamnoon Hussain
Prime Minister (June 22, 2012 – March 16, 2013 ) – Raja Pervaiz Ashraf
Prime Minister (June 5 – Present) – Nawaz Sharif
Prime Minister – Caretaker (March 25, 2013 – June 4, 2013) – Mir Hazar Khan Khoso
President – Asif Ali Zardari
Chief Justice – Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry (until December 11), Tassaduq Hussain Jillani

= Chief ministers =

Here is a list of chief ministers of provinces elected in General Elections 2013, Pakistan

= Governors =

Governor of Balochistan – Nawab Zulfikar Ali Magsi (until 11 June); Muhammad Khan Achakzai (starting 11 June)
Governor of Gilgit-Baltistan – Pir Karam Ali Shah
Governor of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa – Syed Masood Kausar (until 10 February); Shaukatullah Khan (starting 10 February)
Governor of Punjab – Syed Ahmed Mahmud (until 2 August); Mohammad Sarwar (starting 2 August)
Governor of Sindh – Ishrat-ul-Ibad Khan

Events

=January=

January 10 – A series of terrorist attacks killed more than 100 people in Quetta.{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/jan/10/pakistan-bombings-kill|author=Jon Boone|title=Pakistan bombings kill at least 100|newspaper=The Guardian|date=January 10, 2013|location=London}}
January 6 – Qazi Hussain Ahmed, a political leader and Ameer of Islamic political party Jamaat-e-Islami died in Islamabad.

=February=

=March=

March 9 – A Christian, Sawan Masih, 28 is accused of blasphemy against the Islamic prophet Muhammad in a Christian neighborhood in Badami Bagh area.
March 25 – Mir Hazar Khan Khoso is appointed as caretaker Prime Minister of Pakistan, following the completion of the PPP-led government's term in office. Khoso will oversee the general elections scheduled in May.{{cite news|url=http://tribune.com.pk/story/525608/justice-r-mir-hazar-khan-khoso-named-interim-pm-of-pakistan/|title=Justice (r) Mir Hazar Khan Khoso named interim PM of Pakistan|work=The Express Tribune|date=March 24, 2013}}

=April=

=May=

May 11 – General Elections 2013 held across Pakistan.
May 25 – A school bus explosion kills 17 children and injures seven more in Gujrat.{{Cite web|url=http://tribune.com.pk/story/554237/school-van-cylinder-blast-in-gujrat-kills-teacher-17-children/|title = Explosion in Gujrat school van kills teacher, 17 children|date = May 25, 2013}}

=June=

June 5 – Nawaz Sharif is elected Prime Minister of Pakistan, following the Pakistan Muslim League (N)'s victory in the 2013 general election.
June 26 – June 2013 Karachi bombing

=July=

July 30 – Mamnoon Hussain is elected as the 12th President of Pakistan in 2013 Presidential election, he will be sworn in on September 9.

=August=

August 6 – 2013 Pakistan–Afghanistan floods
August 14 – People of Pakistan celebrated 67th independence day of their country on August 14.

=September=

September 6 – Defence Day is celebrated in Pakistan.
September 9 – Mamnoon Hussain is sworn in as the 12th President of Pakistan.
September 24 – A 7.7 magnitude earthquake hits Baluchistan, at least 825 people are killed and hundreds injured.
September 25 – International Conference of Muslim Leaders, under the supervision of Syed Munawar Hassan, Chief Of Jamaat-e-Islami Pakistan, held in Mansoora, Lahore.

=October=

In the end of October the prime minister went to Washington DC to have a meeting with US president Barack Obama.

=November=

November 9 celebrated as Iqbal day in Pakistan

November 1 – Hakimullah Mehsud, leader of Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) killed by a US drone attack.
November 29 – Pakistan Chief of Army Staff, General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani retires. General Raheel Sharif becomes the next COAS.

=December=

December 11 – Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry retired from his position, he remained in the Supreme Court from 2005 to 2013, Justice Tassaduq Hussain Jillani becomes the next Supreme Court Chief Justice.

Arts

=Cinema=

Sport

=Cricket=

Domestic

2012–13 Faysal Bank T20 Cup

International

Deaths

January 2 – Maulvi Nazir, 37–38, Pakistani militant commander, drone strike.{{cite news|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-pakistan-drone-idUSBRE90203G20130103|title=U.S. drone strike kills important Taliban commander: sources|access-date=January 7, 2013 | work=Reuters|date=January 3, 2013}}
January 4 – Anwar Shamim, 81, Pakistani Air Force air marshal, Chief of Air Staff (1978–1985).{{cite web|url=http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2013%5C01%5C05%5Cstory_5-1-2013_pg12_7 |title=President condoles death of Anwar Shamim |publisher=dailytimes.com.pk |date=January 5, 2013 |access-date=January 7, 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131020022700/http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2013%5C01%5C05%5Cstory_5-1-2013_pg12_7 |archive-date=October 20, 2013 }}
January 6 – Qazi Hussain Ahmad, 74, Pakistani politician, Ameer of Jamaat-e-Islami (1987–2009), cardiac arrest.{{cite web|url=http://tribune.com.pk/story/489696/former-ji-chief-qazi-hussain-ahmed-passes-away/|title=Transitions: Former JI chief Qazi Hussain Ahmed passes away |publisher=tribune.com.pk |date=January 6, 2013 |access-date=January 7, 2013}}
March 18 – Muhammad Mahmood Alam), 77, Pakistan Air Force Air Commodore (retd), Sitara-e-Jurat, died after a protracted illness.{{Cite web|url=http://www.dawn.com/news/796344/1965-war-hero-m-m-alam-passes-away|title=1965 war hero M.M. Alam passes away|date=March 18, 2013}}
May 9 – Sanaullah Haq, 52?, criminal and terror suspect
June 18 – Imran Khan Mohmand, politician who fell victim to the Mardan funeral bombing[http://www.ndtv.com/article/world/pakistan-bomb-kills-18-including-legislator-at-a-funeral-police-381159?pfrom=home-otherstories Pakistan bomb kills 27, including legislator at a funeral]
August 5 – Quraish Pur, 81, scholar, Urdu writer/novelist, columnist and media expert died after a protracted illness.{{Cite web|url=http://dawn.com/news/1034241/kasauti-fame-quraish-pur-passes-away|title = Kasauti-fame Quraish Pur passes away|date = August 5, 2013}}

Public holidays

References

Pakistan

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