2013 in Pakistan

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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.^[1]
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.^[2]

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.^[3]

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.^[4]
January 4 – Anwar Shamim, 81, Pakistani Air Force air marshal, Chief of Air Staff (1978–1985).^[5]
January 6 – Qazi Hussain Ahmad, 74, Pakistani politician, Ameer of Jamaat-e-Islami (1987–2009), cardiac arrest.^[6]
March 18 – Muhammad Mahmood Alam), 77, Pakistan Air Force Air Commodore (retd), Sitara-e-Jurat, died after a protracted illness.^[7]
May 9 – Sanaullah Haq, 52?, criminal and terror suspect
June 18 – Imran Khan Mohmand, politician who fell victim to the Mardan funeral bombing^[8]
August 5 – Quraish Pur, 81, scholar, Urdu writer/novelist, columnist and media expert died after a protracted illness.^[9]

Public holidays

References

^ Jon Boone (January 10, 2013). "Pakistan bombings kill at least 100". The Guardian. London.
^ "Justice (r) Mir Hazar Khan Khoso named interim PM of Pakistan". The Express Tribune. March 24, 2013.
^ "Explosion in Gujrat school van kills teacher, 17 children". May 25, 2013.
^ "U.S. drone strike kills important Taliban commander: sources". Reuters. January 3, 2013. Retrieved January 7, 2013.
^ "President condoles death of Anwar Shamim". dailytimes.com.pk. January 5, 2013. Archived from the original on October 20, 2013. Retrieved January 7, 2013.
^ "Transitions: Former JI chief Qazi Hussain Ahmed passes away". tribune.com.pk. January 6, 2013. Retrieved January 7, 2013.
^ "1965 war hero M.M. Alam passes away". March 18, 2013.
^ Pakistan bomb kills 27, including legislator at a funeral
^ "Kasauti-fame Quraish Pur passes away". August 5, 2013.

[Guard10-1] Jon Boone (January 10, 2013). "Pakistan bombings kill at least 100". The Guardian. London.

[2] "Justice (r) Mir Hazar Khan Khoso named interim PM of Pakistan". The Express Tribune. March 24, 2013.

[3] "Explosion in Gujrat school van kills teacher, 17 children". May 25, 2013.

[4] "U.S. drone strike kills important Taliban commander: sources". Reuters. January 3, 2013. Retrieved January 7, 2013.

[5] "President condoles death of Anwar Shamim". dailytimes.com.pk. January 5, 2013. Archived from the original on October 20, 2013. Retrieved January 7, 2013.

[6] "Transitions: Former JI chief Qazi Hussain Ahmed passes away". tribune.com.pk. January 6, 2013. Retrieved January 7, 2013.

[7] "1965 war hero M.M. Alam passes away". March 18, 2013.

[8] Pakistan bomb kills 27, including legislator at a funeral

[9] "Kasauti-fame Quraish Pur passes away". August 5, 2013.

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