2022 in Pakistan

Events of the year 2022 in Pakistan.

Incumbents

National government

Provincial governments

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
• Lumpy skin disease outbreak in Karachi
• 2022 Panjgur and Naushki raids
• 4 February – Pakistan at the 2022 Winter Olympics
• 12 February – Lynching of Mushtaq Ahmed
• 27 February
• Huqooq-e-Sindh March
• PPP long march

March

• 1 March – 2022 heat wave in India and Pakistan
• 2 March
• 2021–22 Pakistan Cup
• March 2022 Quetta bombing
• 3 March – 2022 Sibi suicide bombing
• 4 March
• Australian cricket team in Pakistan in 2021–22
• 2022 Peshawar mosque attack
• 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

June

• 1 June – Federal Shariah Court verdict on interest system in Pakistan
• 4 June – Shangla District wildfire
• 8 June
• West Indian cricket team in Pakistan in 2022
• Killa Saifullah bus crash
• 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 –
• 2022 Pakistan Army helicopter incident
• The 2022 Census of Pakistan
• 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
• 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

• 2022 in Pakistani television

Economy

• 2021–22 Pakistan federal budget
• 2022–23 Pakistan federal budget

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).

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

• 2022
• 2022 in politics and government
• 2020s
• 21st century

References