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

Federal government

Provincial government

State government

Services chief

Events

January 
 2 January – New Zealand tour to Pakistan
 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 15 January – Polling for the second phase of Sindh local government elections were held in the 16 districts of Karachi and Hyderabad. 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. 19 January – Three police officers are killed in a suicide bombing at a police outpost in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. 20 January – A bomb blast derails a passenger train in Peshi village, Kachhi District, Balochistan, injuring eight people. 21 January – Muhammad Azam Khan was sworn in as the Caretaker Chief Minister of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. 22 January – Mohsin Raza Naqvi was sworn in as the Caretaker Chief Minister of Punjab. 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. 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. 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. Tanda Dam boat disaster: Fifty one people are killed when their boat capsizes in Tanda Dam, Kohat District, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. 30 January – 2023 Peshawar mosque bombing: At least 100+ people are killed and 170 others are injured when a Jamaat-ul-Ahrar suicide bomber detonates his explosive vest in a mosque in Peshawar. 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. 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. 10 February – Two people are killed and three others are injured when a roadside bomb hits a vehicle in Kohlu District, Balochistan. 13 February – 2023 Pakistan Super League
 13 February – Lynching of 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. 14 February – Three Pakistani Taliban members are killed by fellow militants who were trying to free them while being transported from Miranshah to Bannu, Pakistan by counter-terrorism officers. Four of the attackers are also killed in the ensuing shootout. 20 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. 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. 26 February – Four people are killed and 14 others are injured in a bombing at a market in Barkhan, Balochistan. March 
 3 March – Harnai coal mine explosion
 6 March – At least nine police officers are killed and 16 other people are injured in Sibi, Pakistan, when a suicide bomber riding on a bike strikes a police vehicle. 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. 30 March – 
 Four people are killed and six others are injured by two roadside bombings targeting police in Lakki Marwat, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. The Lahore High Court rules that Pakistan's sedition law is unconstitutional, on the grounds that it violates free speech. 31 March – 2023 Pakistan ration distribution stampedes: Eleven people die after being crushed in a crowd which gathered to collect food outside a factory in Karachi. April
7 April - Pakistan arrests the founder of the Baloch Nationalist Army in the country's southwest. 7 April - 2023 Yar Hussain grenade attack
8 April - 2023 Khyber blast: an improvised explosive device (IED) struck a security forces vehicle, which resulted in the deaths of two soldiers and injury to 4 others in Pakistan's Khyber District. 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. 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 - Terrorist attack at Pakistan Iran border killing some Iranian Border guards
 27 May - 2023 Astore avalanche

June
 10 Jun - 2023 Khyber Pakhtunkhwa rains and storms
 In June 2023, there was a terrorist attack at the Iran Pakistan border. Some Pakistan border patrol officers were killed. July 
 7 July – 2023 Shandur Polo Festival
  20 July – 2023 Bara explosion
  30 July – 2023 Khar bombing

August 
 5 August – Imran Khan was arrested for the second time. 6 August – 2023 Hazara Express derailment
 10 August – President Arif Alvi dissolved the National Assembly on the advice of Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif. 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. 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. 12 August - Anwar ul Haq Kakar became the eighth Caretaker Prime Minister of Pakistan
 13 August – Kashmir Premier League (Pakistan)
 19 August – 2023 North Waziristan terrorist 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. September 
 2 September  – 2023 Asia Cup Babar azam scored 151 against nepal on 31/08/2023
 29 September – 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. October 

 16 October – Pakistani Foreign Minister Jalil Abbas Jilani has condemned the Israeli bombing on Gaza, equating the actions as “genocide”. 21 October – Former Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif returns to Pakistan after four years in self-imposed exile in London. 23 October – The Supreme Court of Pakistan declares the court-martials of civilians unconstitutional, moving the trials of over 100 pro-Imran Khan protesters to civilian criminal courts. Unknown dates 
 2023 Islamabad local government elections
 2023 Pakistani general election
 Asma Jahangir Conference
 International Urdu Conference

Arts

Cinema

Deaths

January-March 
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

April-Aug
27 May - Seemin Jamali, medical doctor
1 Aug - Shams Buneri, Pashto poet

Sep-Dec 

 12 Sep - Rana Maqbool Ahmad, Senator

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 2023
 Years in Pakistan

Related timelines for current period
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References 

 
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