2022 in Pakistan
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Events of the year 2022 in Pakistan.
Incumbents
National government
Provincial governments
| Province | Governor | Chief Minister | Party | Government Type | Chief Justice |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Balochistan | Mir Jan Muhammad Khan Jamali (Acting) | Abdul Quddus Bizenjo | BAP | Coalition | Naeem Akhtar (Balochistan High Court) |
| Gilgit-Baltistan | Syed Mehdi Shah | Khalid Khurshid | PTI | Majority | Muhammad Ajmal Gondal |
| Khyber Pakhtunkhwa | Haji Ghulam Ali | Azam khan(interim) | Qaiser Rashid Khan (Peshawar High Court) | ||
| Punjab | Muhammad Baligh Ur Rehman | mohsin naqvi(interim) | Muhammad Ameer Bhatti (Lahore High Court) | ||
| Sindh | Kamran Tessori | Syed Murad Ali Shah | PPP | Majority | Ahmed Ali Sheikh (Sindh High Court) |
Events
January
- 8 January – 2022 Murree snowstorm kills 23 domestic tourists.
- 20 January – 2022 Lahore bombing near Anarkali Bazaar kills at least 3 people and injures 20+.
- 20-23 January - 2022 Pakistan landslides
- 25 January – 2022 Kech District attack
- 26 January – 2022 Karachi protests
- 27 January – 27 February: 2022 Pakistan Super League commences with Karachi Kings v Multan Sultans.
February
- 2 February
- 4 February – Pakistan at the 2022 Winter Olympics
- 12 February – Lynching of Mushtaq Ahmed
- 27 February
March
- 1 March – 2022 heat wave in India and Pakistan
- 2 March
- 3 March – 2022 Sibi suicide bombing
- 4 March
- 8 March – No-confidence motion against Imran Khan
- 9 March – Mian Channu incident
- 10 March – Parliament Lodges operation
- 11 March – 14 March: Pashtun National Jirga
- 15 March – 2022 Sibi IED explosion
- 18 March – Protesters storming Sindh House
- 22 March – 23 March: 48th Foreign Ministers conference
- 27 March – Imran Khan rally in Islamabad
- 29 March – 2022 MONUSCO helicopter crash 6 Pakistani UN Peacekeeping soldiers killed in Democratic Republic of Congo
April
- 3 April – 2022 Pakistani constitutional crisis
- 10 April – Imran Khan is removed from the post of Prime Minister of Pakistan through a no-confidence motion, adopted by the majority of the parliament.
- 11 April – Shehbaz Sharif is sworn-in as the Prime Minister of Pakistan.
- 18 April – Dadu village fire
- 26 April – 2022 University of Karachi bombing
May
- 13 May – 2022 Cholistan water crisis
- 16 May – 2022 Haripur wildfire
- 18 May – Sherani District wildfire
- 19 May – 2022 Pakistan economic crisis
- 24 May – Sri Lanka women's cricket team in Pakistan in 2022
- 25 May – 2022 Azadi march
- 29 May – 2022 Balochistan local government elections[1]
June
- 1 June – Federal Shariah Court verdict on interest system in Pakistan
- 4 June – Shangla District wildfire
- 8 June
- 10 June – 2022-2023 Pakistan federal budget
- 12 June – 2022 Karachi fire
- 14 June – October - 2022 Pakistan floods
- 17 June – Pakistan at the 2022 World Aquatics Championships
- 21 June – June 2022 Afghanistan earthquake
- 26 June – 2022 Sindh local government elections
July
- 7 July – Pakistan at the 2022 World Games
- 12 July – 2022 Sindhi–Afghan strife
- 15 July – Pakistan at the 2022 World Athletics Championships
- 17 July – 2022 Punjab provincial by-election
- 18 July – Sadiqabad boat sinking
- 28 July – Pakistan at the 2022 Commonwealth Games
August
- 1 August –
- 2 August – The Election Commission of Pakistan announced verdict of PTI foreign funding case.
- 9 August – Pakistan at the 2021 Islamic Solidarity Games
- 13 August – 2022 Kashmir Premier League
- 14 August
- Celebrations of Pakistan platinum (75th) Independence Day.
- 2021–22 Pakistan Premier League
- 16 August – M-5 motorway bus-oil tanker collision
- 28 August –
- Pakistan at the 2022 Asia Cup
- 2022 Karachi local elections
- 30 August – 2022–23 National T20 Cup
September
- 13 September – 2022 Swat blast
- 20 September – English cricket team in Pakistan in 2022–23
- 24 September – Pakistani audio leaks controversy
- 27 September – 2022–23 Quaid-e-Azam Trophy
October
- 6 October – 2022 Pakistan Junior League
- 9 October – The Centaurus mall fire
- 10 October – 2022 Swat school van attack
- 13 October – Abandoned bodies incident in Nishtar Hospital
- 14 October – Pakistan won the New Zealand Tri-Nation Series.
- 16 October – 2022 Pakistan by-elections
- 28 October – 2022 Azadi March-II
- 28 October – Machar colony incident
November
- 3 November - Attempted assassination of Imran Khan
- 4 November - Ireland women's cricket team in Pakistan in 2022–23
- 6 November - 2022 Ghotki attack
- 16 November - 2022 Lakki Marwat attack
- 27 November - 2022 AJK local government elections
- 30 November - November 2022 Quetta bombing
December
- 10 December - 2022–23 Pakistan Cup
- 23 December - 2022 Islamabad suicide attack
- 26 December - New Zealand cricket team in Pakistan in 2022–23 (December 2022)
- 31 December - 2022 Islamabad local government elections
Arts
Cinema
Television
Economy
Deaths
January-March
- 17 January - Rasheed Naz, television actor (b. 1948)
- 18 February - Athar Mateen, producer of Samaa TV
- 23 February - Rehman Malik, politician
- 27 February - Mahmood Ashraf Usmani, Islamic scholar, jurist and an author
April-June
- 15 April - Bilquis Edhi
- 7 May - Sardar Ali Haqqani, Islamic scholar
- 9 June - Aamir Liaquat Hussain, politician
July-September
- 13 July - Tanveer Jamal
- 20 August - Nayyara Noor, playback singer
- 29 August - Manzoor Hussain (field hockey)
October-December
- 23 October - Arshad Sharif, journalist
- 19 December – Ali Ahmed Aslam, Pakistani-Scottish chef and restaurateur, credited with inventing chicken tikka masala, septic shock and organ failure (b. 1945).[2]
See also
Country overviews
- Pakistan
- Economy of Pakistan
- Government of Pakistan
- History of Pakistan
- History of modern Pakistan
- Outline of Pakistan
- Politics of Pakistan
- Terrorist incidents in Pakistan in 2022
- Years in Pakistan
Related timelines for current period
References
- ^ "Balochistan votes in LG polls amid sporadic violence". 30 May 2022.
- ^ "Glaswegian who 'invented' chicken tikka masala dies". BBC News. BBC. 21 December 2022.