Events of the year 2022 in

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 ...

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January

* 8 January – 2022 Murree snowstorm kills 23 domestic

tourists Tourism is travel for pleasure or business; also the theory and practice of touring, the business of attracting, accommodating, and entertaining tourists, and the business of operating tours. The World Tourism Organization defines tourism mo ...

. * 20 January – 2022 Lahore bombing near

Anarkali Bazaar Anarkali Bazaar ( Punjabi, ur, ) is a major bazaar in Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan. Anarkali also serves as a neighbourhood and union council of Data Gunj Buksh Tehsil of Lahore. It is situated in the region that extends from the south of Lahor ...

kills at least 3 people and injures 20+. * 20-23 January -

2022 Pakistan landslides The 2022 Pakistan landslides began on 20 January and lasted until 23 January as heavy rains caused multiple landslides and buildings to collapse. In total, eight people were killed by the storm system. See also *Weather of 2022 References

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* 25 January – 2022 Kech District attack * 26 January – 2022 Karachi protests * 27 January – 27 February:

2022 Pakistan Super League 2022 Pakistan Super League (also known as PSL 7, or for sponsorship reasons HBL PSL 2022) was the seventh season of the Pakistan Super League, a franchise Twenty20 cricket league which was established by the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) in 20 ...

commences with

Karachi Kings Karachi Kings ( ur, ; sd, ڪراچي ڪنگز) (abbreviated as KK) is a Pakistani professional franchise Twenty20 cricket team that competes in the Pakistan Super League (PSL). The team is based in Karachi, the provincial capital of Sindh, P ...

Multan Sultans Multan Sultans (Urdu: ) is a Pakistani professional Twenty20 franchise cricket team representing the city of Multan in southern Pakistan in the Pakistan Super League (PSL). The team was founded in 2017 as an additional sixth team added to the P ...

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 In April 2022, a no-confidence motion against Imran Khan led to his removal as the prime minister of Pakistan. Based largely on the Westminster system of legislature, the prime minister commands confidence of the majority of the lower house ...

* 9 March – Mian Channu incident * 10 March – Parliament Lodges operation * 11 March – 14 March:

Pashtun National Jirga The inaugural meeting of the Pashtun National Jirga (PNJ; ps, پښتون قامي جرګه), also known as the Bannu Jirga (), was held at Mirakhel Cricket Ground in Bannu, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa from 11 to 14 March 2022 to discuss the critical issues ...

* 15 March – 2022 Sibi IED explosion * 18 March – Protesters storming Sindh House * 22 March – 23 March: 48th

Foreign Ministers A foreign affairs minister or minister of foreign affairs (less commonly minister for foreign affairs) is generally a cabinet minister in charge of a state's foreign policy and relations. The formal title of the top official varies between co ...

conference * 27 March – Imran Khan rally in Islamabad * 29 March – 2022 MONUSCO helicopter crash 6 Pakistani

UN Peacekeeping Peacekeeping by the United Nations is a role held by the Department of Peace Operations as an "instrument developed by the organization as a way to help countries torn by conflict to create the conditions for lasting peace". It is distinguished ...

soldiers killed in

Democratic Republic of Congo The Democratic Republic of the Congo (french: République démocratique du Congo (RDC), colloquially "La RDC" ), informally Congo-Kinshasa, DR Congo, the DRC, the DROC, or the Congo, and formerly and also colloquially Zaire, is a country in ...

April

* 3 April – 2022 Pakistani constitutional crisis * 10 April –

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 ...

is removed from the post of Prime Minister of Pakistan through a

no-confidence motion A motion of no confidence, also variously called a vote of no confidence, no-confidence motion, motion of confidence, or vote of confidence, is a statement or vote about whether a person in a position of responsibility like in government or mana ...

, adopted by the majority of the parliament. * 11 April –

Shehbaz Sharif Mian Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif (Urdu, Punjabi: , ; born 23 September 1951) is a Pakistani politician and businessman who is currently serving as the 23rd Prime Minister of Pakistan, in office since 11 April 2022. He is the current president of ...

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 The West Indies cricket team toured Pakistan in June 2022 to play three One Day International (ODI) matches. Originally, the matches were scheduled to be played in December 2021, but were postponed after multiple cases of COVID-19 were confirmed ...

** Killa Saifullah bus crash * 10 June – 2022-2023 Pakistan federal budget * 12 June – 2022 Karachi fire * 14 June – October -

2022 Pakistan floods From 14 June to October 2022, floods in Pakistan killed 1,739 people, and caused ₨ 3.2 trillion ($14.9 billion) of damage and ₨ 3.3 trillion ($15.2 billion) of economic losses. The immediate causes of the floods were heavier than usual mo ...

* 17 June – Pakistan at the 2022 World Aquatics Championships * 21 June –

June 2022 Afghanistan earthquake A deep earthquake measuring magnitude () 6.2 struck southeastern Afghanistan on 22 June 2022 at 01:24:36 AFT (on 21 June 2022 at 20:54:36 UTC). It affected the provinces of Paktika and Khost, and parts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. It was f ...

* 26 June – 2022 Sindh local government elections

July

* 7 July – Pakistan at the 2022 World Games * 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 The Election Commission of Pakistan ( ur, ; ECP) is an independent, autonomous, permanent and constitutionally established federal body responsible for organizing and conducting elections to the national parliament, provincial legislatures, l ...

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 An independence day is an annual event commemorating the anniversary of a nation's independence or statehood, usually after ceasing to be a group or part of another nation or state, or more rarely after the end of a military occupation. Man ...

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2021–22 Pakistan Premier League 2021 Pakistan Premier League (2021 PPL) is the 62nd season of Pakistani domestic football and the 13th season of Pakistan Premier League. Suspension On 27 March 2021, the PFF's office was attacked by its former president, Syed Ashfaq Hussain S ...

* 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 The England cricket team toured Pakistan in September and October 2022 to play seven Twenty20 International (T20I) matches as a preparatory series before the 2022 ICC Men's T20 World Cup. The English team returned to Pakistan in December 2022 t ...

* 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 On 3 November 2022, Imran Khan, former prime minister of Pakistan and chairman of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) political party, was shot in an assassination attempt in Wazirabad, Punjab, during the 2022 Azadi March II against the Pak ...

* 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 On 30 November 2022, a suicide bombing of a police truck in Quetta, Balochistan, Pakistan, killed three people and injured 27 others, including 23 corps. The police were travelling to protect polio Poliomyelitis, commonly shortened to pol ...

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) The New Zealand cricket team toured Pakistan in December 2022 and January 2023 to play two Test matches and three One Day International (ODI) matches. The Test matches formed part of the 2021–2023 ICC World Test Championship, and the ODI matc ...

* 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 Rasheed Naz (9 September 1948 – 17 January 2022) was a Pakistani film and television actor. He started his television career in 1971 in a ''Pashto'' television play and worked in several Pashto, Hindko and Urdu-language plays. Life and career ...

, television actor (b. 1948) *18 February -

Athar Mateen Athar Mateen was a senior producer of Samaa TV. On 18 February 2022, 8:29 AM Mateen was killed in a firing incident on a car near North Nazimabad Five Star Chowrangi area of Karachi. According to police and FIR, the incident took place during the ...

, producer of

Samaa TV Samaa TV ( ur, سماء) is a Pakistani Urdu language news channel owned by Aleem Khan. It is the fourth-largest news channel in Pakistan with a market share of 7 percent. The word 'Samaa' ("سما") is Urdu for 'sky' or 'heaven'. It is broadcas ...

*23 February -

Rehman Malik Abdul Rehman Malik NI ( Punjabi, Urdu: رحمان ملک; born 12 December 1951 – 23 February 2022) was a Pakistani politician and a Federal Investigation Agency officer, having served as the Interior Minister from being appointed on 25 Marc ...

, politician *27 February - Mahmood Ashraf Usmani, Islamic scholar, jurist and an author

April-June

* 15 April -

Bilquis Edhi Bilquis Bano Edhi ( ur, ; 14 August 1947 – 15 April 2022) was a Pakistani nurse who helped save the lives of over 16,000 children. During her career as a nurse and marriage to Abdul Sattar Edhi, she was one of the most active philanthropis ...

*7 May - Sardar Ali Haqqani, Islamic scholar *9 June -

Aamir Liaquat Hussain Aamir Liaquat Hussain ( ur, ; 5 July 1971 – 9 June 2022) was a Pakistani politician, columnist and television host. Hussain was a top ranking TV anchor and was listed three times in The 500 influential Muslims worldwide, and was among 100 ...

, politician

July-September

*13 July -

Tanveer Jamal Tanveer Jamal (30 June 1960 – 13 July 2022) was a Pakistani actor, director and producer. Personal life After doing his matriculation in Karachi, he went to France for higher studies, and later worked in Japan as a fashion model, while he w ...

*20 August -

Nayyara Noor Nayyara Noor (; 3 November 1950 – 20 August 2022) was a Pakistani playback singer, considered one of Pakistan's most popular singers. She was known for performing in live ghazal singing concerts in Pakistani TV shows and in concert halls arou ...

, playback singer *29 August -

Manzoor Hussain (field hockey) Manzoor Hussain (28 October 1958 – 29 August 2022), better known as Manzoor Junior, was a Pakistani field hockey player. Manzoor Hussain played in a forward position as a striker between 1975 and 1984 and was capped 175 times with 86 goals ...

October-December

*23 October -

Arshad Sharif Arshad Sharif ( ur, ; 22 February 1973 – 23 October 2022) was a Pakistani journalist, writer, and television news anchor. He specialised in investigative journalism and covered many political events in the country for national and internati ...

, journalist *19 December –

Ali Ahmed Aslam Ali Ahmed Aslam (1 April 1945 – 19 December 2022) was a Pakistani–Scottish chef who is credited with inventing the dish chicken tikka masala. Early and personal life Aslam was born on 1 April 1945 in a small village near Lahore, Punjab, Br ...

, Pakistani-Scottish chef and restaurateur, credited with inventing

chicken tikka masala Chicken tikka masala is a South Asian dish consisting of roasted marinated chicken chunks ( chicken tikka) in a spiced sauce. The sauce is usually creamy and orange-coloured. The dish was popularised by cooks from South Asia living in Great B ...

, septic shock and organ failure (b. 1945).

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