Events in the year

2018 File:2018 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: The 2018 Winter Olympics opening ceremony in PyeongChang, South Korea; Protests erupt following the Assassination of Jamal Khashoggi; March for Our Lives protests take place across the United ...

Pakistan Pakistan ( ur, ), officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan ( ur, , label=none), is a country in South Asia. It is the world's List of countries and dependencies by population, fifth-most populous country, with a population of almost 24 ...

Incumbents

President President most commonly refers to: *President (corporate title) *President (education), a leader of a college or university *President (government title) President may also refer to: Automobiles * Nissan President, a 1966–2010 Japanese ful ...

Mamnoon Hussain Mamnoon Hussain ( ur, ; 22 December 1941 – 14 July 2021) was a Pakistani politician and industrialist who served as the 12th president of Pakistan from 2013 to 2018. He was first appointed Governor of Sindh in June 1999 by President Rafiq ...

- September 2013 - September 2018 **

Arif Alvi Arif-ur-Rehman Alvi (; born 29 July 1949) is a Pakistani dentist and politician currently serving as the 13th President of Pakistan, in office since 9 September 2018. He was a member of the National Assembly of Pakistan from June 2013 to May 2 ...

- September 2018 - incumbent *

Prime Minister A prime minister, premier or chief of cabinet is the head of the cabinet and the leader of the ministers in the executive branch of government, often in a parliamentary or semi-presidential system. Under those systems, a prime minister is not ...

Shahid Khaqan Abbasi Shahid Khaqan Abbasi ( ur, ; born 27 December 1958) is a Pakistani politician and businessman who served as the 21st prime minister of Pakistan from August 2017 to May 2018. Abbasi is the senior vice president of the Pakiatan Muslim League ...

- August 2017 to May 2018 **

Nasirul Mulk Nasirul Mulk ( ur, , born 17 August 1950) served as the seventh caretaker prime minister of Pakistan who previously also served as the Chief Justice of Pakistan#List, 22nd chief justice of Pakistan. A jurist by profession, he was nominated ...

- May 2018 to August 2018 **

Imran Khan Imran Ahmed Khan Niazi ( ur}; born 5 October 1952) is a Pakistani politician and former Cricket captain who served as the 22nd Prime Minister of Pakistan from August 2018 to until April 2022, when he was ousted through a no-confidenc ...

- August 2018 to incumbent

Governors

Governor of Balochistan The Governor of Balochistan is the head of the province of Balochistan, Pakistan. The post was established on 1 July 1970, after the dissolution of West Pakistan province and the end of One Unit. Under Pakistan's current parliamentary system, the ...

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Muhammad Khan Achakzai Muhammad Khan Achakzai ( ps, —; ur, ) is a Pakistani politician who served as the 23rd Governor of Balochistan. Family He is son of the Abdul Samad Achakzai and the elder brother of politicians Mahmood Khan Achakzai and Hamid Khan Acha ...

(until 4 October);

Amanullah Khan Yasinzai Amanullah Khan Yasinzai ( ur, ; born 7 August 1954) was the 21st Governor of Balochistan. He is a former Chief Justice of the Balochistan High Court (BHC). Early life and education Yasinzai was born on 7 August 1954 in Quetta. He received his ...

(from 4 October) *

Governor of Gilgit-Baltistan The Governor of Gilgit Baltistan is the appointed Head of State of the provincial government in Gilgit Baltistan, Pakistan. The governor is designated by the Prime Minister and is normally regarded a ceremonial post. However, throughout the history ...

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Mir Ghazanfar Ali Khan Mir Ghazanfar Ali Khan (Urdu: میر غضنفر علی خان, born 31 December 1945) is a Pakistani politician who served as the 6th Governor of Gilgit-Baltistan. He was appointed as a governor of Gilgit-Baltistan after governor Barjees Tahir. On ...

(until 14 September); Raja Jalal Hussain Maqpoon (starting 14 September) *

Governor of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa The Governor of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa is the appointed head of state of the provincial government in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (formerly North-West Frontier Province), Pakistan. Although the governor is the head of the province on paper, it is largely a ce ...

– ** until 20 August: Iqbal Zafar Jhagra ** 20 August-5 September:

Mushtaq Ahmed Ghani Mushtaq Ahmed Ghani (; born 30 October 1956) is a Pakistani politician who is the current Speaker of the Provincial Assembly of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, and the Patron in Chief oMetrix Tech Summit(Khyber Pakhtunkhwa's Biggest Tech Summit). He has bee ...

** from 5 September:

Shah Farman Shah (; fa, شاه, , ) is a royal title that was historically used by the leading figures of Iranian monarchies.Yarshater, EhsaPersia or Iran, Persian or Farsi, ''Iranian Studies'', vol. XXII no. 1 (1989) It was also used by a variety of ...

* Governor of Punjab – ** until 18 August: Malik Muhammad Rafique Rajwana ** 18 August-5 September:

Chaudhry Pervaiz Elahi Chaudhry Pervaiz Elahi (Urdu, pa, ; born 1 November 1945) is a Pakistani politician who is currently serving as the Chief Minister of Punjab and the President of Pakistan Muslim League (Q), a conservative centrist to centre-right-nationali ...

** from 5 September:

Chaudhry Mohammad Sarwar Chaudhry Mohammad Sarwar ( ur, ) is a Pakistani and former British politician who served as the 31st and 33rd Governor of Punjab, from 2013 to 2015 and from 2018 to 2022. In his first term, he represented the Pakistan Muslim League (N). ...

Governor of Sindh The governor of Sindh is the appointed head of the province of Sindh, Pakistan. The office of the governor as the head of the province is largely a ceremonial position; the executive powers lie with the Chief Minister of Sindh, chief minister and t ...

– Mohammad Zubair (until 29 July);

Imran Ismail Imran Ismail ( ur, ; born 1 January 1966) is a Pakistani businessman and politician from Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf. He served as the 33rd Governor of Sindh from 27 August 2018 to 18 April 2022. Before being appointed Governor of Sindh, he was ...

(from 27 August)

Events

January

* 3 January -

Pakistani cricket team in New Zealand in 2017–18 The Pakistan cricket team toured New Zealand in January 2018 to play five One Day Internationals (ODIs) and three Twenty20 International (T20I) matches. New Zealand won the ODI series 5–0, their second ever 5-0 bilateral series win, the first b ...

* 13 January - The

killing of Naqeebullah Mehsud Naseemullah (Urdu/ ps, ), better known as Naqeebullah Mehsud (), was killed on 13 January 2018 in Karachi, Pakistan, during a fake encounter staged by the senior superintendent of police (SSP) of Karachi's Malir District, Rao Anwar. On 3 Janua ...

in a fake

encounter Encounter or Encounters may refer to: Film *''Encounter'', a 1997 Indian film by Nimmala Shankar * ''Encounter'' (2013 film), a Bengali film * ''Encounter'' (2018 film), an American sci-fi film * ''Encounter'' (2021 film), a British sci-fi film * ...

staged by the

senior superintendent of police Superintendent (Supt) is a rank in the British police and in most English-speaking Commonwealth nations. In many Commonwealth countries, the full version is superintendent of police (SP). The rank is also used in most British Overseas Territories ...

(SSP) Rao Anwar in

Karachi Karachi (; ur, ; ; ) is the most populous city in Pakistan and 12th most populous city in the world, with a population of over 20 million. It is situated at the southern tip of the country along the Arabian Sea coast. It is the former cap ...

sparked countrywide protests against

extrajudicial killing An extrajudicial killing (also known as extrajudicial execution or extralegal killing) is the deliberate killing of a person without the lawful authority granted by a judicial proceeding. It typically refers to government authorities, whether ...

s. The

Pashtun Tahafuz Movement The Pashtun Tahafuz Movement (PTM; ps, پښتون ژغورنې غورځنګ ''Paṣtūn Zhghōrənē Ghōrźang''; ur, , lit=Pashtun Protection Movement) is a social movement for Pashtun human rights based in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Balochistan ...

(PTM), led by

Manzoor Pashteen Manzoor Ahmad Pashteen (Pashto: منظور احمد پښتين, Urdu: منظور احمد پشتین) is a Pakistani Pashtun human rights activist from South Waziristan. He is the chairman of Pashtun Tahafuz Movement (PTM). ("Pashtun Protection ...

, launched a campaign to seek justice for Naqeebullah Mehsud.

February

*9 - 25 February -

Pakistan at the 2018 Winter Olympics Pakistan sent a delegation to contest at the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea, from February 9 to 25, 2018. This was Pakistan's third appearance at a Winter Olympic Games. The Pakistani delegation consisted of two athletes: alpi ...

* 22 February -

2018 Pakistan Super League The 2018 Pakistan Super League (also known as PSL 3 or for sponsorship reasons, HBL PSL 2018) was the third season of the Pakistan Super League, a franchise Twenty20 cricket league which was established by the Pakistan Cricket Board in 2015. It ...

March

* 3 March - The 2018 elections to the Senate of Pakistan were held.

April

* 4 April - Pakistan at the 2018 Commonwealth Games * 25 April -

2018 Pakistan Cup The 2018 Pakistan Cup was the third edition of the Pakistan Cup, a List A cricket competition which was contested between five teams. It was held from 25 April to 6 May 2018, with all the matches played at the Iqbal Stadium, Faisalabad. Federal ...

May

* 24–27 may - The

twenty-fifth amendment to the Constitution of Pakistan The Twenty-fifth Amendment of the Constitution of Pakistan, officially known as the Constitution (Twenty-fifth Amendment) Act, 2018 (formerly Constitution (Thirty-first Amendment) Act, 2018), was passed by the Parliament of Pakistan and the Khyb ...

was approved by the Parliament of Pakistan and the Provincial Assembly of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP), giving way to the merger of the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) into the Province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP).

June

* 3 June - Pakistan at

2018 Women's Twenty20 Asia Cup The 2018 Women's Twenty20 Asia Cup was the seventh edition of the ACC Women's Asia Cup, organized by the Asian Cricket Council (ACC). It took place between 3 and 10 June 2018 in Malaysia, and was the third edition played as a 20-over tournamen ...

July

* 6 July - Former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, his daughter Maryam Nawaz and son-in-law Safdar Awan were given prison sentences of 10, 7 and 1 years respectfully on controversial corruption charges. * 10 July - A

suicide bombing A suicide attack is any violent attack, usually entailing the attacker detonating an explosive, where the attacker has accepted their own death as a direct result of the attacking method used. Suicide attacks have occurred throughout histor ...

at a political rally of the Awami National Party in Peshawar left 22 people dead. * 13 July - Two suicide bombings, one in Bannu and one in Mastung, left 5 and 131 people dead respectively. The former targeted the vehicle of former KPK Chief Minister Akram Durrani, while the latter targeted a political rally of the Balochistan Awami Party. * 25 July **The

2018 Pakistani general election General elections were held in Pakistan on Wednesday, 25 July 2018 to elect the members of 15th National Assembly and the four Provincial Assemblies. The three major parties Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) led by Imran Khan, the Pakistan Muslim ...

s were held. ** 2018 Pakistani provincial elections. ** A suicide bombing at a polling station in Quetta left 31 people dead.

August

*17 August - PTI leader Imran Khan took oath as Prime Minister of Islamic republic of Pakistan. *18 August - Pakistan at the 2018 Asian Games

September

* 4 September - The

2018 Pakistani presidential election The 2018 Presidential elections ( ur, ) were held in Pakistan on 4 September 2018. The elections saw Arif Alvi of PTI being elected as the 13th President of Pakistan after defeating Fazal-ur-Rehman of MMA and Aitzaz Ahsan of PPP. Although t ...

were held.

October

* 11 October - Eight children die and three are injured when the wall of a house collapses in the suburban area of

Sukkur Sukkur (; ) is a city in the Pakistani province of Sindh along the western bank of the Indus River, directly across from the historic city of Rohri. Sukkur is the third largest city in Sindh after Karachi and Hyderabad, and 14th largest ci ...

, Pakistan. * 14 October -

October 2018 Pakistani by-elections By-elections are scheduled to be held in Pakistan on 14 October 2018 and 21 October 2018. These elections will be held on twelve constituencies for the National Assembly of Pakistan and twenty-seven constituencies belonging to four provincial ass ...

* 31 October -

Supreme Court of Pakistan The Supreme Court of Pakistan ( ur, ; ''Adālat-e-Uzma Pākistān'') is the apex court in the judicial hierarchy of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan. Established in accordance to thePart VIIof the Constitution of Pakistan, it has ultimate a ...

acquitted

Asia Bibi In 2010, a Pakistani Christian woman, Aasiya Noreen ( ur, , translit=Āsiyāh Naurīn, ; born ), commonly known as Asia Bibi () or Aasia Bibi, was convicted of blasphemy by a Pakistani court and was sentenced to death by hanging. In October ...

blasphemy case based on insufficient evidence.

November

* 23 November ** Pakistani police repelled an armed attack on the Chinese consulate in Karachi, suffering two casualties ** A suicide bombing in Orazkai District, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa killed 33

December

former Minister Nawaz Sherief is sentenced to seven years

Arts

Cinema

Economy

* 2017–18 Pakistan federal budget * 2018–19 Pakistan federal budget

Politics

2018 Pakistani Senate election The triennial Senate Elections of Pakistan were held on 3 March 2018 to replace 52 retiring senators - half of the Senate's strength - with the winning candidates serving six-year terms. Overall, Pakistan Muslim League (N) came out as the largest ...

Sport

Cricket

Domestic * 2017–18 Departmental One Day Cup *

International *

2018 Blind Cricket World Cup The 2018 Blind Cricket World Cup was the fifth Blind Cricket World Cup tournament, and was held from 8–20 January 2018 in Pakistan and the United Arab Emirates. In the final, defending champions India defeated Pakistan by 2 wickets to secure the ...

West Indian cricket team in Pakistan in 2017–18 The West Indies cricket team toured Pakistan in April 2018 to play three Twenty20 International (T20I) matches. Pakistan won the series 3–0. Following the conclusion of the series, Pakistan's captain Sarfaraz Ahmed said that "no team will be ...

Pakistani cricket team in England in 2018 The Pakistan cricket team toured England between April and June 2018 to play two Test matches. Ahead of the Tests, Pakistan played first-class matches against Kent and Northamptonshire. They then travelled to Dublin to play Ireland in their fi ...

Pakistani cricket team in Ireland in 2018 The Pakistan cricket team visited Ireland in May 2018 to play a Test match against the Ireland cricket team. It was the first Test match played by the Ireland men's team since they were awarded Test status by the International Cricket Council (I ...

Pakistani cricket team in Scotland in 2018 The Pakistan cricket team toured Scotland to play two Twenty20 International (T20I) matches at The Grange Club, Edinburgh, on 12 and 13 June 2018. Pakistan last toured Scotland in May 2013 to play two One Day Internationals. Both teams last met ...

2018 Zimbabwe Tri-Nation Series The 2018 Zimbabwe Tri-Nation Series was a cricket tournament held from 1 to 8 July 2018 in Zimbabwe. It was a tri-nation series between Australia, Pakistan and Zimbabwe, with all the matches played as Twenty20 Internationals (T20Is) at the Har ...

Pakistani cricket team in Zimbabwe in 2018 The Pakistan cricket team toured Zimbabwe to play the prestigious The Ashes 2.0 series which in July 2018 which consisted of five One Day International (ODI) matches. All the fixtures were played at the Queens Sports Club, Bulawayo. Originally, ...

Pakistani cricket team in South Africa in 2018–19 The Pakistan cricket team toured South Africa between December 2018 and February 2019 to play three Tests, five One Day Internationals (ODIs) and three Twenty20 International (T20I) matches. The ODI fixtures were part of both teams' preparation ...

Asian Tournaments *

2018 Asia Cup The 2018 Asia Cup (also known as Unimoni Asia Cup for sponsorship reasons) was a One-Day International (ODI) cricket tournament that was held in the United Arab Emirates in September 2018. It was the 14th edition of the Asia Cup and the third t ...

Tournaments

* Pakistan at the 2018 Commonwealth Games

Deaths

* January 4 –

Zubaida Tariq Zubaida Tariq ( ur, ; 4 April 1942– 4 January 2018), also commonly known as Zubaida Aapa, was a Pakistani chef, herbalist, and cooking expert. She was the first celebrity cook of Pakistan, appearing on numerous TV shows, and was also known f ...

, 72, chef, Parkinson's disease. * January 5 –

Asghar Khan Air Marshal Muhammad Asghar Khan (Retd.) ( ur, 17 January 1921 – 5 January 2018), was a Pakistani politician and an autobiographer, later a dissident serving the cause of pacifism, peace, and human rights. Born into a military famil ...

, 96, politician and military officer, Commander-in-Chief of the Air Force (1957–1965). * January 5 – Rasa Chughtai, 89, Urdu poet. * January 5 –

Sardar Ahmed Ali Khan Pitafi Sardar Ahmed Ali Khan Pitafi (30 May 1942 – 5 January 2018) was a Pakistani politician and a member of Pakistan Peoples Party. He served as a member of Provincial Assembly of Sindh between 1988 and 1990, 1993–96, 2008–13 and 2013–18. He ...

, 74, politician, cancer. He served between 2014 and 2017. *February 1 -

Haji Saifullah Khan Bangash Haji Saifullah Khan Bangash ( ur, ) was a Pakistani politician who has been a member of Senate of Pakistan, from March 2012 to February 2018. Education He received Matriculation level education from Government High School, Kohat in 1970. Polit ...

, 70, politician. *February 1-

Hazar Khan Bijarani Mir Hazar Khan Bijarani (, 10 July 1946 – 1 February 2018) was a Pakistani politician who was the Member of the Provincial Assembly of Sindh for Constituency PS-16 (Jacobabad-IV) from his election in June 2013 and the Provincial Minister of S ...

, 71, politician. *February 1-

Fariha Razzaq Haroon Fariha Razzaq Haroon was a Pakistani politician and journalist who was a member of the Provincial Assembly of Sindh from 2002 to 2007. Born in 1956, she became the first Pakistani writer to be recognised by The International Federation of Jou ...

, journalist and politician. *February 5 -

Siddiq Baloch Siddiq Baloch (alternatively Siddiq Balouch or Siddique Baloch) (10 February 1940 5 February 2018) was a Pakistani journalist, and senior political economist. He was Editor-in-chief of the English daily ''Balochistan Express'' (Quetta), an Ur ...

, 77, journalist and political economist. *February 8 -

Khalid Mehsud Khalid Mehsud (alias Khan Said Sajna) (1973 – 8 February 2018) was the deputy leader of the Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan and the leader of the Mehsud faction of the Taliban in South Waziristan, Pakistan. He was formerly the chief of Tehrik-i-Taliba ...

, 44, terrorist. * February 11 -

Asma Jahangir Asma Jilani Jahangir ( ur, , ''ʿĀṣimah Jahāṉgīr''; 27 January 1952 – 11 February 2018) was a Pakistani human rights lawyer and social activist who co-founded and chaired the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan. Jahangir was known ...

, 66, human rights lawyer and social activist. * February 11 -

Qazi Wajid Wajid Qazi ( ur, ) (26 May 1930– 11 February 2018) was a Pakistani actor. His works include '' Shama'', ''Tanhaiyaan'', ''Dhoop Kinare'', ''Chand Grehan'', ''Zair, Zabar, Pesh'', ''Hawain'', ''Mehndi'', '' Afshan'', '' Khuda Ki Basti'' and ' ...

, 87, actor. * March 5 –

Jam Saqi Jam Saqi (Sindhi: ڄام ساقي) (October 31, 1944 – March 5, 2018) popularly known as Comrade Jam Saqi, was a left-wing politician from Sindh, Pakistan. He was previously the general secretary of the Communist Party of Pakistan. Saqi was impr ...

, 73, Pakistani politician. * March 11 – Muhammad Ashiq, 82, racing cyclist. * March 20 – Ayaz Soomro, 59, politician. * April 25 –

Madeeha Gauhar Madeeha Gauhar (; 21 September 1956 – 25 April 2018) was a Pakistani TV and stage actress, playwright and director of social theater, and women's rights activist. In 1984, she founded Ajoka Theatre where social themes were staged in theat ...

, 62, actress, cancer. * June 20 - Mushtaq Ahmed Yousfi, 94, humorist, banker and journalist * June 21 –

Jamsheed Marker Jamsheed Marker (24 November 1922 – 21 June 2018), was a Pakistani diplomat and a former cricket commentator. The recipient of Hilal-e-Imtiaz, he was associated with diplomatic career for over 42 years. He was notable for his tenure as Am ...

, 96, diplomat * July 21 -

Annie Ali Khan Quratulain “Annie” Ali Khan (; 1980 – 21 July 2018) was a Pakistani model, free-lance journalist, and author. Her book, ''Sita under the Crescent Moon'' was published by Simon and Schuster in 2019. Her work addressed gender inequality ...

, 38, model, writer and journalist *July 13 -

Siraj Raisani Mir Siraj Khan Raisani (4 April 1963 – 13 July 2018) was a Pakistani politician from Balochistan. He belonged to the Balochistan Awami Party (BAP). Previously, he had served as the chief of the political party called Balochistan Muttahida Mah ...

, 55 Shaheed

Suicide bombing A suicide attack is any violent attack, usually entailing the attacker detonating an explosive, where the attacker has accepted their own death as a direct result of the attacking method used. Suicide attacks have occurred throughout histor ...

Killed Politician *July 10 - Haroon Bilour, 50 Shaheed Suicide Bomb Politician * September 11 - Kalsoom Nawaz, 68, former First Lady of Pakistan * October 8 -Shaikh Aziz, 79, journalist and scholar. * December 25- Syed Ali Raza Abidi former MNA and former member of MQM Pakistan, killed in a targeted attack in front of his house, Karachi

Public holidays

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