2023 in Pakistan

The events listed below are both anticipated and scheduled for the year 2023 in Pakistan.

Incumbents

= Federal government =

class="wikitable" !S. No !Photo !Name !Office
1 \|80px \|Arif Alvi \|President of Pakistan
2 \| 80px \|Anwar ul Haq Kakar \|Prime Minister of Pakistan
3 \|80px \|Sadiq Sanjrani \|Chairman of the Senate
4 \|80px \|Raja Pervaiz Ashraf \|Speaker of the National Assembly
5 \| \|Qazi Faez Isa \|Chief Justice of Pakistan
6 \| \|Sikandar Sultan Raja \|Chief Election Commissioner of Pakistan
7 \|80px \|Dissolved \|National Assembly
8 \|80px \|14th Senate of Pakistan \|Senate of Pakistan

class="wikitable"

!S. No

!Photo

!Name

!Office

|80px

|Arif Alvi

|President of Pakistan

| 80px

|Anwar ul Haq Kakar

|Prime Minister of Pakistan

|80px

|Sadiq Sanjrani

|Chairman of the Senate

|80px

|Raja Pervaiz Ashraf

|Speaker of the National Assembly

|Qazi Faez Isa

|Chief Justice of Pakistan

|Sikandar Sultan Raja

|Chief Election Commissioner of Pakistan

|80px

|Dissolved

|National Assembly

|80px

|14th Senate of Pakistan

|Senate of Pakistan

= Provincial government =

class="wikitable"

!Province

!Governor

! colspan="3" |Chief Minister

!Government Type

!Chief Justice

Balochistan

|Abdul Wali Kakar

|Ali Mardan Khan Domki

|Naeem Akhtar (BHC)

| style="background-color: {{party color|Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf}}" |

|PTI

|Coalition

|Shamim Khan (SACGB)

Khyber Pakhtunkhwa

|Ghulam Ali

|Arshad Hussain Shah

| rowspan="3" |

| rowspan="3" |Caretaker

|Muhammad Ibrahim Khan (PHC)

|Ameer Bhatti (LHC)

|Ahmed Ali Sheikh (SHC)

= State government =

class="wikitable sortable"

!Province

!President

! colspan="3" |Prime minister

!Government Type

!Chief Justice

Azad Kashmir

|Sultan Mehmood Chaudhry

|Chaudhry Anwarul Haq

| style="background-color: {{party color|Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf}}" |

|PTI

|Coalition

|Raja Saeed Akram Khan (SCAJK)

= Services chief =

class="wikitable" \|+ !S. No !Photo !Name !Office
1 \|80px \|Asim Munir \|Chief of Army Staff
2 \|80px \|Zaheer Ahmad Babar \|Chief of Air Staff
3 \|80px \|Naveed Ashraf \|Chief of Naval Staff
4 \|80px \|Sahir Shamshad Mirza \|Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee

class="wikitable"

!S. No

!Photo

!Name

!Office

|Chief of Naval Staff

|80px

|Sahir Shamshad Mirza

|Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee

Events

= January =

2 January – New Zealand tour to Pakistan{{Cite web |title=Schedule of Pakistan's men cricket team for 2023 |url=https://www.thenews.com.pk/latest/1011696-schedule-of-pakistans-men-cricket-team-for-2023 |access-date=2023-01-02 |website=www.thenews.com.pk |language=en}}
3 January –
Two intelligence officers, including the director of the provincial counterterrorism department, are shot dead outside a restaurant in Khanewal, Punjab, by suspected Pakistani Taliban gunmen.{{Cite web |title=Two Pakistan intelligence officers gunned down in Punjab province |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/1/4/two-pakistan-intelligence-officers-gunned-down-in-punjab-province |access-date=2023-01-04 |website=www.aljazeera.com |language=en}}{{Cite web |date=2023-01-03 |title=Police say gunman kills 2 Pakistani intelligence officers |url=https://arab.news/99fdt |access-date=2023-01-04 |website=Arab News PK |language=en}}
The government orders the closure of all shopping malls and retail markets by 8:30 p.m. (PKT) daily as part of an energy conservation plan to offset increasing energy prices.{{Cite news |last=Peshimam |first=Gibran Naiyyar |date=2023-01-03 |title=Pakistan to shut malls, markets early in energy saving plan |language=en |work=Reuters |url=https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/pakistan-shuts-markets-evenings-under-energy-conservation-plan-minister-2023-01-03/ |access-date=2023-01-05}}
5 January – Pakistan was shaken by a 5.8-magnitude earthquake, according to the National Seismic Monitoring Center, and the tremors were felt in Gilgit, Jhelum, Chakwal, Pakpattan, Lakki Marwat, Nowshera, Malakand, Azad Kashmir, and other areas of the country.{{Cite web |title=5.8-magnitude earthquake jolts parts of Pakistan |url=https://www.geo.tv/latest/463133-58-magnitude-earthquake-jolts-parts-of-pakistan |access-date=2023-01-05 |website=www.geo.tv |language=en}}{{Cite web |date=2023-01-05 |title=Earthquake shakes Islamabad, Lahore and other parts of Pakistan |url=https://en.dailypakistan.com.pk/05-Jan-2023/earthquake-jolts-islamabad-lahore-other-parts-of-pakistan |access-date=2023-01-05 |website=Daily Pakistan Global |language=en}}
9 January – The Government of Pakistan and the United Nations co-hosted one-day International Conference on Climate Resilient Pakistan in Geneva, Switzerland to aid Pakistani people after the devastating floods in 2022. Under the presidency of Shehbaz Sharif, the Prime Minister of Pakistan, and Antonio Guterres, the Secretary-General of the United Nations, Pakistan raised more than $10 billion for recovery and rehabilitation process in flood effecting areas.{{Cite web |title=Donors pledge more than $9bn for Pakistan flood recovery |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/1/9/flood-hit-pakistan-hosts-climate-resilience-meet-with-un-for-aid |access-date=2023-01-11 |website=www.aljazeera.com |language=en}}{{Cite web |date=2023-01-10 |title=Pakistan seeks aid for flood recovery, climate resilience - Taipei Times |url=https://www.taipeitimes.com/News/world/archives/2023/01/10/2003792342 |access-date=2023-01-11 |website=www.taipeitimes.com}}
13 January – Sarband police station attack in Peshawar, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
14 January – The 17th Provincial Assembly of the Punjab is dissolved after 48 hours had passed since Chaudhry Pervaiz Elahi, the Chief Minister of Punjab, had sent a summary to Muhammad Baligh Ur Rehman, the Governor of Punjab.{{Cite web |last=Farooq |first=Adnan Sheikh {{!}} Umar |date=2023-01-14 |title=Punjab Assembly stands dissolved as governor decides 'to not become part of' process |url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1731612 |access-date=2023-01-18 |website=DAWN.COM |language=en}}
15 January – Polling for the second phase of Sindh local government elections were held in the 16 districts of Karachi and Hyderabad.{{Cite news |last=|first= |date=2023-01-15 |title=Voting underway for much-awaited Karachi, Hyderabad LG polls |url=https://www.brecorder.com/news/40220282 |access-date=2023-01-15 |work=Business Recorder |language=en}}{{Cite web |title=Karachi throne at stake as Sindh votes in local government election |date=15 January 2023 |url=https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2023/01/15/karachi-throne-at-stake-as-sindh-votes-in-local-government-election/ |access-date=2023-01-15 |language=en-US}}
18 January – Haji Ghulam Ali, the Governor of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, dissolved the 11th Provincial Assembly of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, on the advice of Mahmood Khan, the Chief Minister of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.{{Cite web |last=Hussain |first=Abid |title=Another Khan party-led provincial assembly dissolved in Pakistan |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/1/18/another-khan-party-led-provincial-assembly-dissolved-in-pakistan |access-date=2023-01-19 |website=www.aljazeera.com |language=en}}
19 January – Three police officers are killed in a suicide bombing at a police outpost in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.{{Cite news |date=2023-01-19 |title=Pakistani Taliban attacks police outpost, killing three officers |language=en |work=Reuters |url=https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/pakistani-taliban-attacks-police-outpost-killing-three-officers-2023-01-19/ |access-date=2023-01-20}}
20 January – A bombing derails a passenger train in Peshi village, Kachhi District, Balochistan, injuring eight people.{{Cite web |title=Blast derails passenger train in Pakistan's Balochistan province |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/1/20/blast-derails-passenger-train-in-pakistans-balochistan-report |access-date=2023-01-20 |website=www.aljazeera.com |language=en}}
21 January – Muhammad Azam Khan was sworn in as the Caretaker Chief Minister of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=2023-01-21 |title=Azam Khan takes oath as Khyber Pakhtunkhwa's caretaker CM |url=https://www.brecorder.com/news/40221584 |access-date=2023-05-21 |website=Brecorder |language=en}}
22 January – Mohsin Raza Naqvi was sworn in as the Caretaker Chief Minister of Punjab.{{Cite web |last=Sadozai |first=Irfan |date=2023-01-22 |title=Mohsin Naqvi sworn in as Punjab caretaker chief minister |url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1733051 |access-date=2023-08-13 |website=DAWN.COM |language=en}}
23 January – A major power outage in Pakistan leaves nearly 220 million people without electricity after a failure at the national power grid. Earlier this month, Shehbaz Sharif had ordered a reduction of energy consumption as the country faces a severe energy crisis.{{Cite web |last=Mogul |first=Sophia Saifi,Azaz Syed,Rhea |date=2023-01-23 |title=Nearly 220 million people in Pakistan without power after countrywide outage {{!}} CNN Business |url=https://www.cnn.com/2023/01/22/asia/pakistan-power-outage-intl-hnk/index.html |access-date=2023-01-23 |website=CNN |language=en}}
27 January – It is announced that at least 18 people have been killed in the past two weeks by toxic chemicals from factories in Karachi, Sindh.{{Cite web |last=Hussain |first=Abid |title=Toxic chemicals allegedly kill 18 people in Pakistan's Karachi |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/1/27/toxic-chemicals-allegedly-kill-18-people-in-pakistans-karachi |access-date=2023-01-27 |website=www.aljazeera.com |language=en}}
29 January –
2023 Lasbela bus crash: At least 41 people are killed and two others are injured when a bus plunges off a bridge and bursts into flames in Lasbela District, Balochistan.{{Cite news |date=2023-01-29 |title=Bus crash in southern Pakistan kills at least 41 |language=en |work=Reuters |url=https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/bus-crash-southern-pakistan-kills-41-local-media-2023-01-29/ |access-date=2023-01-29}}
Tanda Dam boat disaster: Fifty one people are killed when their boat capsizes in Tanda Dam, Kohat District, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.{{Cite web |last=Presse |first=AFP-Agence France |title=Ten Children Killed In Northwest Pakistan Boat Capsize |url=https://www.barrons.com/news/ten-children-killed-in-northwest-pakistan-boat-capsize-police-01674978607 |access-date=2023-01-29 |website=www.barrons.com |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=2023-01-31 |title=Death toll from Pakistan boat capsize jumps to 51 |url=https://thepeninsulaqatar.com/article/31/01/2023/death-toll-from-pakistan-boat-capsize-jumps-to-51 |access-date=2023-01-31 |website=thepeninsulaqatar.com |language=en}}
30 January – 2023 Peshawar mosque bombing: 84 people are killed and over 200 others are injured when a Jamaat-ul-Ahrar suicide bomber detonates his explosive vest in a mosque in Peshawar.{{Cite news |last=Ahmad |first=Jibran |date=2023-01-30 |title=Suicide bombing at mosque in Pakistan kills 32, targeted police |language=en |work=Reuters |url=https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/blast-mosque-pakistans-peshawar-70-injured-2023-01-30/ |access-date=2023-01-30}}

= February =

3 February – At least seventeen people are killed when a bus and a truck crash in a head-on collision in Kohat District, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.{{Cite web |date=2023-02-03 |title=Official: 17 people killed in bus-truck crash in NW Pakistan |url=https://apnews.com/article/automotive-accidents-pakistan-e9178fa92ac831e05185e8159b514428 |access-date=2023-02-03 |website=AP NEWS |language=en}}
6 February – Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif orders the ban on Wikipedia to be lifted, three days after the website was banned for alleged anti-Muslim and blasphemous content.{{Cite news |date=2023-02-06 |title=Wikipedia Unblocked in Pakistan After 3 Days |language=en-US |work=ProPakistani |url=https://propakistani.pk/2023/02/06/wikipedia-unblocked-in-pakistan-after-3-days/ |access-date=2023-02-07}}
10 February – Two people are killed and three others are injured when a roadside bomb hits a vehicle in Kohlu District, Balochistan.{{Cite web |date=2023-02-10 |title=Bomb hits vehicle, killing 2 troops, wounding 3 in Pakistan |url=https://apnews.com/article/afghanistan-iran-politics-violence-85d906ca1d4c766811d6075246b15e8d |access-date=2023-02-10 |website=AP NEWS |language=en}}
13 February – 2023 Pakistan Super League{{Cite web |last=Malik |first=Paramjit |date=2022-12-14 |title=Pakistan Super League 2023 Start Date, Squads, Captains, Coaches, Venues Players List, Teams, PSL Team Stats, Records And All You Need To Know |url=https://www.sportsunfold.com/pakistan-super-league-2023-start-date-squads-captains-coaches-venues-players-list-teams-psl-team-stats-records-and-all-you-need-to-know/ |access-date=2023-01-02 |website=SportsUnfold}}
13 February – Lynching of Muhammad Waris: Police in Punjab, arrest 50 men for the lynching of a blasphemy suspect at a police station in Nankana Sahib District two days ago.{{Cite web |date=2023-02-13 |title=Pakistan nabs 50 men in weekend killing of blasphemy suspect |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/ap-pakistan-lahore-police-islam-b2281046.html |access-date=2023-02-14 |website=The Independent |language=en}}
14 February – Three Pakistani Taliban members are killed by fellow militants who were trying to free them while being transported from Miranshah to Bannu, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa by counter-terrorism officers. Four of the attackers are also killed in the ensuing shootout.
20 February – February 2023 Kallar Kahar bus accident: Fourteen people are killed and 63 others are injured when a bus crashes and overturns near Kallar Kahar, Chakwal District, Punjab.{{Cite web |date=2023-02-20 |title=14 passengers killed, 63 injured in bus crash in Pakistan |url=https://apnews.com/article/automotive-accidents-shahbaz-sharif-pakistan-c36ab9e8596c47e2a30e561c4e71383a |access-date=2023-02-20 |website=AP NEWS |language=en}}
20 February – 2023 Barkhan incident
22 February – Jail Bharo Tehreek
25 February – Thirteen people are killed and several others are injured when a bus collides with a van in Rahim Yar Khan, Punjab.{{Cite web |date=2023-02-25 |title=13 people killed as bus hits van on Pakistan motorway |url=https://apnews.com/article/automotive-accidents-pakistan-ca54ba677dd68ffdeb9b4119c25d2cda |access-date=2023-02-27 |website=AP NEWS |language=en}}
26 February – 2023 Barkhan bombing: Four people are killed and 14 others are injured in a bombing at a market in Barkhan, Balochistan.{{Cite web |title=Blast kills four at a crowded market in Pakistan's Balochistan |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/2/26/blast-kills-four-at-crowded-bazaar-in-pakistans-balochistan |access-date=2023-02-27 |website=www.aljazeera.com |language=en}}

= March =

3 March – Harnai coal mine explosion
6 March – Bolan suicide bombing - At least nine police officers are killed and 16 other people are injured in Bolan, Kachhi District, Balochistan, when a suicide bomber riding on a bike strikes a police vehicle.{{Cite web |title=Pakistan: Suicide bomb kills police officers in Balochistan – DW – 03/06/2023 |url=https://www.dw.com/en/pakistan-suicide-bomb-kills-police-officers-in-balochistan/a-64894133 |access-date=2023-03-06 |website=dw.com |language=en}}
20 March – Haripur rocket attack
21 March – 2023 Afghanistan–Pakistan earthquake, Parts of Afghanistan and Pakistan were hit by a strong earthquake measuring 6.8 on the Richter scale, resulting in casualties and property damage. At least 11 people died in Pakistan, and a total of ten deaths were reported in Afghanistan and Pakistan combined as a result of the earthquake.{{Cite web |author=Guinto |first1=Joel |last2=Limaye |first2=Yogita |date=22 March 2023 |title=Earthquake in Pakistan and Afghanistan kills at least 19 people |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-65034776 |access-date=22 March 2023 |website=BBC News |archive-date=22 March 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230322043152/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-65034776 |url-status=live }}{{cite web | url=https://www.thenationalnews.com/mena/2023/03/23/afghanistan-and-pakistan-earthquake-death-toll-rises-to-21/ | title=Afghanistan and Pakistan earthquake death toll rises to 21 |work=The National |date=2023-03-23 }}
29 March – 2023 Lakki Marwat terrorist attack: Four people are killed and six others are injured by two roadside bombings targeting police in Lakki Marwat, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.{{Cite web |date=2023-03-30 |title=Pakistani Taliban target police, kill 4 in roadside bombing |url=https://apnews.com/article/pakistan-militants-police-attacked-0da516557c096c84436a2f35626eaf5b |access-date=2023-04-07 |website=AP NEWS |language=en}}
30 March - The Lahore High Court rules that Pakistan's sedition law is unconstitutional, on the grounds that it violates free speech.{{Cite web |author=Al Jazeera Staff |title=Pakistani court strikes down sedition law in win for free speech |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/3/30/pakistani-court-strikes-down-sedition-law-in-win-for-free-speech |access-date=2023-04-07 |website=www.aljazeera.com |language=en}}
31 March – 2023 Pakistan ration distribution stampedes: Eleven people are killed when crushed in a crowd which gathered to collect food outside a factory in Karachi, Sindh.{{Cite web |title=Stampede at Ramadan food distribution centre kills 11 in Pakistan |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/3/31/stampede-at-food-distribution-centre-kills-11-in-pakistan |access-date=2023-04-07 |website=www.aljazeera.com |language=en}}

=April=

1 April - 2023 Kech District attack
7 April -
Pakistan arrests the founder of the Baloch Nationalist Army in the country's southwest.
2023 Yar Hussain grenade attack
8 April - 2023 Khyber bombing: an improvised explosive device (IED) strikes a security forces vehicle, which results in the deaths of two soldiers and injury to four others in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa's Khyber District.{{Cite web|url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1746714|title=Two soldiers martyred, four hurt in Khyber IED attack|first=Ibrahim|last=Shinwari|date=April 9, 2023|website=DAWN.COM}}
9 April - Kacha Operation
12 April - 2023 Karachi factory fire
18 April - 2023 Torkham landslide: a landslide near Torkham on the Afghanistan-Pakistan border kills at least three people.{{Cite web |date=2023-04-18 |title=Torkham landslide leaves three dead |url=https://tribune.com.pk/story/2412562/torkham-landslide-leaves-three-dead |access-date=2023-04-19 |website=The Express Tribune |language=en}}
24 April - 2023 Kabal explosions
27 April - 2023 Karachi Express train fire

=May=

4 May - Parachinar school shooting
9 May - Arrest of Imran Khan
15 May - 2023 PDM sit-in
18 May - 2023 Peshawar blast
19 May - 2023 Zhob suicide attack
21 May - A terrorist attack at the Iran–Pakistan border kills some Iranian border guards.{{Cite web |date=2023-05-21 |title=State TV says armed group kills 5 Iranian border guards in clash near Pakistani border |url=https://apnews.com/article/iran-border-clash-guards-killed-pakistan-7c871b8b66363155d1b8acdd8d211acb |access-date=2023-08-14 |website=AP News |language=en}}
27 May - 2023 Astore avalanche

=June=

10 Jun - 2023 Khyber Pakhtunkhwa rains and storms
June - A terrorist attack at the Iran-Pakistan border in which some Pakistan border patrol officers were killed.{{Cite web |date=2023-06-01 |title=Pakistan's military says 2 soldiers killed in militant attack near border with Iran |url=https://apnews.com/article/pakistan-iran-border-militant-attack-a6bad9b1710a4a8b6c7c046633888594 |access-date=2023-08-14 |website=AP News |language=en}}

= July =

7 July – 2023 Shandur Polo Festival{{Cite web |date=2022-07-01 |title=Shandur Polo Festival kicks off in Chitral |url=https://tribune.com.pk/story/2364196/shandur-polo-festival-kicks-off-in-chitral |access-date=2023-01-02 |website=The Express Tribune |language=en}}
20 July – 2023 Bara bombing
30 July – 2023 Khar bombing

= August =

5 August – Imran Khan is arrested for the second time.{{Cite news |last=Walsh |first=Aoife |date=2023-08-05 |title=Pakistan ex-PM Khan given three-year jail sentence |language=en-GB |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-66414696 |access-date=2023-08-05}}
6 August – 2023 Hazara Express derailment
10 August – President Arif Alvi dissolved the National Assembly on the advice of Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif.{{Cite web |last=Khan |first=Sanaullah |date=2023-08-09 |title=Govt tenure comes to end as President Alvi signs off on NA dissolution |url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1769231 |access-date=2023-08-09 |website=DAWN.COM |language=en}}
11 August – Kamran Tessori, the Governor of Sindh, dissolved the 15th Provincial Assembly on the advice of Murad Ali Shah, the Chief Minister of Sindh.{{Cite web |date=2023-08-11 |title=Sindh Assembly bows out as Governor Tissori signs dissolution summary |url=https://www.geo.tv/latest/504528-cm-murad-sends-summary-for-dissolution-of-sindh-assembly-to-governor-tissori |access-date=2023-08-11 |website=Geo.tv |language=en}}
12 August – Abdul Wali Kakar, the Governor of Balochistan, dissolved the 11th Provincial Assembly of Balochistan, on the advice of Abdul Quddus Bizenjo, the Chief Minister of Balochistan.{{Cite web |last=Zehri |first=Abdullah |date=2023-08-12 |title=Balochistan Assembly dissolved as governor approves CM Bizenjo's summary |url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1769767 |access-date=2023-08-12 |website=DAWN.COM |language=en}}
12 August - Anwaar ul Haq Kakar was sworn in as the eighth Caretaker Prime Minister of Pakistan.
13 August – Kashmir Premier League (Pakistan){{Cite web |date=2022-08-02 |title=Here's complete schedule of Kashmir Premier League season two |url=https://cricketpakistan.com.pk/en/news/detail/heres-complete-schedule-of-kashmir-premier-league-season-two |access-date=2023-01-01 |website=cricketpakistan.com.pk |language=en}}{{Cite web |last=Admin |date=2022-08-03 |title=Kashmir Premier League (KPL) Schedule 2023 [Updated] Fixtures {{!}} Timetable {{!}} Calendar |url=https://dailysportsupdates.com/kpl-schedule/ |access-date=2023-01-01 |website=Daily Sports Updates |language=en-US}}
17 August – Maqbool Baqar is sworn in as the Caretaker Chief Minister of Sindh.{{Cite web |date=2023-08-17 |title=Sindh governor administers oath to Interim CM Justice (retd) Maqbool Baqar |url=https://www.geo.tv/latest/505523-sindh-governor-administers-oath-to-caretaker-cm-justice-retd-maqbool-baqar |access-date=2023-08-17 |website=Geo.tv |language=en}}
18 August – Ali Mardan Khan Domki is sworn in as the Caretaker Chief Minister of Balochistan.{{Cite web |title=Ali Mardan Khan Domki sworn in as Caretaker Balochistan CM |url=https://www.radio.gov.pk/18-08-2023/ali-mardan-khan-domki-sworn-in-as-caretaker-balochistan-cm |website=www.radio.gov.pk}}
19 August – 2023 North Waziristan landmine attack
29 August – The Islamabad High Court reverses a lower court's three-year imprisonment verdict against former prime minister Imran Khan for graft, while granting him bail.{{Cite web |title=Pakistan court suspends ex-PM Khan's graft sentence: Lawyers |url=https://www.channelnewsasia.com/asia/imran-khan-pakistan-court-suspends-ex-pm-graft-sentence-3731936 |access-date=2023-08-29 |website=CNA |language=en}}

= September =

2 September – 2023 Asia Cup{{Cite web |last=Singh |first=Purn |date=2023-01-02 |title=Asia Cup 2023 Cricket Schedule, Host Country, Teams, Match Fixtures |url=https://purneauniversity.org/asia-cup-2023/ |access-date=2023-01-02 |website=PurnEA University |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |title=Asia Cup 2023 Schedule Asia Cup, 2023 Time Table Fixtures |url=https://www.cricschedule.com/series/356-asia-cup-2023-schedule-fixtures.html |access-date=2023-01-02 |website=www.cricschedule.com}} Babar azam scored 151 against nepal on 31/08/2023
29 September –
Hangu mosque bombing
2023 Mastung bombing: At least 50 people are killed and more than 50 others are injured by a suicide bombing at a religious gathering in Mastung, Balochistan.{{Cite news |date=2023-09-29 |title=Pakistan: At least 50 killed, dozens injured in Mastung blast |language=en-GB |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-66956626 |access-date=2023-09-29}}

= October =

16 October – Pakistani Foreign Minister Jalil Abbas Jilani has condemned the Israeli bombing on Gaza, calling the actions “genocide”.{{Cite web |date=2023-09-22 |title=Press Conference: H.E. Mr. Jalil Abbas Jilani, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Pakistan {{!}} UN Web TV |url=https://media.un.org/en/asset/k18/k181xpryoo |access-date=2023-10-16 |website=media.un.org |language=en}}
21 October – Former Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif returns to Pakistan after four years in self-imposed exile in London.{{Cite web |date=2023-10-21 |title=Pakistan's thrice-elected, self-exiled former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif returns home ahead of vote |url=https://apnews.com/article/pakistan-nawaz-sharif-return-homecoming-rally-3aa71b80d34a4ac95fc6994e66d8fdbe |access-date=2023-10-21 |website=AP News |language=en}}
23 October – The Supreme Court of Pakistan declares the courts-martial of civilians unconstitutional, moving the trials of over 100 pro-Imran Khan protesters to civilian criminal courts.{{Cite news |last=Peshimam |first=Gibran Naiyyar |date=2023-10-23 |title=Pakistan court stops military trials of pro-Khan protesters |language=en |work=Reuters |url=https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/pakistans-top-court-rules-against-trials-civilians-military-courts-petitioner-2023-10-23/ |access-date=2023-10-24}}

=November=

3 November –
2023 Dera Ismail Khan bombing: Five people are killed and 20 others injured by a motorcycle bomb at a bus stop in Dera Ismail Khan, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, when a police bus carrying officers passed the area.{{Cite web |date=2023-11-03 |title=A planted bomb targeting police kills 5 and wounds 20 at a bus stop in northwest Pakistan |url=https://apnews.com/article/pakistan-bomb-police-bus-taliban-5d7f0ec03d9620ab4845c10704de1b8a |access-date=2023-11-03 |website=AP News |language=en}}
2023 Gwadar ambush
4 November – Mianwali air base attack: Nine Tehreek-e-Jihad gunmen are killed during a shootout with soldiers when trying to storm a training air base in Mianwali, Punjab.{{Cite web |date=2023-11-04 |title=Pakistani troops kill 9 militants and foil an attack on an airbase in eastern Punjab province |url=https://apnews.com/article/pakistan-militant-attack-mianwali-air-base-1d265daaddc53c731dd584d86aaba411 |access-date=2023-11-04 |website=AP News |language=en}}
6 November - 2023 Tirah shooting

= December =

2 December - Chilas bus shooting
12 December – Daraban police station attack: A Tehreek-e-Jihad militant blows himself up with a car bomb outside a police station being used by the army in Daraban, Dera Ismail Khan District, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, before six gunmen open fire, killing at least 23 people and wounding 34 others.{{Cite web |date=2023-12-12 |title=Dozens killed in Islamist militant attack on northwest Pakistan army base |url=https://www.france24.com/en/asia-pacific/20231212-several-killed-dozens-wounded-in-suicide-attack-on-northwest-pakistan-police-station |access-date=2023-12-12 |website=France 24 |language=en}}
15 December – 2023 Tank district attack
20 December – Sarfraz Bungulzai, leader of the separatist Baloch Nationalist Army, surrenders to authorities alongside 70 other militants in Balochistan.{{Cite web |date=2023-12-20 |title=Separatist leader in Pakistan appears before cameras and says he has surrendered with 70 followers |url=https://apnews.com/article/pakistan-separatists-surrender-baluchistan-451250d7855e49c43b1ef01aa5cdc9f7 |access-date=2023-12-21 |website=AP News |language=en}}
21 December – Police beat and arrest several protestors during a march toward Islamabad from Turbat, Kech District, after about 200 people planned to rally in the capital to draw attention to the killing of a man in police custody in Balochistan in November.{{Cite web |date=2023-12-21 |title=Pakistan arrests activists to stop them from protesting in Islamabad against extrajudicial killings |url=https://apnews.com/article/pakistan-police-arrest-baluchistan-activists-islamabad-9279b9e5eeb6a35384f7424faebf961d |access-date=2023-12-21 |website=AP News |language=en}}

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International Urdu Conference{{Cite web |title=Aalmi Urdu Conference |url=https://www.artscouncil.org.pk/index.php/international-urdu-conference/ |access-date=2023-01-02 |website=Arts Council of Pakistan Karachi |date=28 May 2016 |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |last=Salman |first=Peerzada |date=2022-12-02 |title=15th International Urdu Conference gets under way |url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1724258 |access-date=2023-01-02 |website=DAWN.COM |language=en}}

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5 February - Pervez Musharraf, former president and army chief
13 February - Zia Mohyeddin, television actor and director
26 February - Shahida Raza, field hockey and football player
22 March - Salim Khatri, religious leader
27 May - Seemin Jamali, medical doctor
1 August - Shams Buneri, Pashto poet
17 August - Kunwar Naveed Jamil, politician
8 September - Shoukat Ali Laleka, politician
12 September - Rana Maqbool Ahmad, Senator
11 November - Muhammad Azam Khan, Caretaker Chief Minister of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa

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