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Events from the year 2020 in Pakistan.
Incumbents
[edit]National government
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Provincial governments
[edit]| Province | Governor | Chief Minister | Party | Government Type | Chief Justice |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Balochistan | Amanullah Khan Yasinzai | Jam Kamal Khan (until Oct 24 2021) Mir Abdul Qudoos Bizenjo (Since 29 October 2021) | BAP | Collision | Naeem Akhtar |
| Gilgit-Baltistan | Raja Jalal Hussain Maqpoon | Hafiz Hafeezur Rehman (until 18 August): Khalid Khurshid (starting 1 December) | PML (N) (until 18 August): PTI (starting 1 December) | Majority | Muhammad Ajmal Gondal |
| Khyber Pakhtunkhwa | Shah Farman | Mahmood Khan | PTI | Majority | Qaiser Rashid Khan (Peshawar High Court) |
| Punjab | Chaudhry Mohammad Sarwar | Sardar Usman Buzdar | PTI | Collision | Muhammad Ameer Bhatti (Lahore High Court) |
| Sindh | Imran Ismail | Syed Murad Ali Shah | PPP | Majority | Ahmed Ali Sheikh |
Events
[edit]January
[edit]- January 1 – February 28 – Bangladeshi cricket team in Pakistan in 2019–20.[citation needed]
- January 10
- 2020 Neelum Valley avalanche
February
[edit]- February 1 – The government declared a national emergency to protect crops and help farmers.[2]
- February 9 – 16 – 2020 Kabaddi World Cup (Circle style).[3]
- February 12 – Hafiz Saeed was convicted of two counts of terrorist financing and was sentenced to 5+1⁄2 years in prison.[4]
- February 17 – February 2020 Quetta bombing.[5]
- February 20 – 2020 Pakistan Super League: Final.[6]
- February 26 – The first two cases of COVID-19 are reported in Pakistan.[7]
- February 28 – Press reports state that China may send flocks of ducks to Pakistan to fight locusts.[8]
March
[edit]May
[edit]- May 21 – Islamabad High Court ordered that the elephant Kaavan should be immediately relocated to a different sanctuary following a four-year campaign by popular pop singer Cher since 2016 demanding for the release of Kaavan from Islamabad Zoo.[9][10]
- May 22 – Pakistan International Airlines Flight 8303 crashed in Karachi, Sindh, killing 97 of the 99 people on board as well as one on the ground.[11][12]
June
[edit]- June 6 – Govt appoints Muhammad Sadiq as country's first special representative for Afghanistan.[13]
- June 19 – The Supreme Court of Pakistan has quashed a presidential reference filed against Justice Qazi Faiz Esa.[13]
- June 29 – Pakistan Stock Exchange attack - A mass shooting in Karachi left at least 8 people dead including 4 perpetrators.[14]
- June 30 – Nigar Johar becomes the Pakistan Army's first female lieutenant general.[13]
July
[edit]- July 1 – Pakistan temporarily bans popular online game PUBG.[13]
- July 3 – US donates 100 ventilators to support Pakistan's COVID-19 response.[13]
- July 6 – PM Imran Khan inaugurates country's first ever indigenously made ventilators at National Radio and Telecommunication Corporation (NRTC) in Haripur.[13]
- July 11 – Pakistan-born scientist Asifa Akhtar has become the first international female vice president of the biology and medicine section at Germany's prestigious Max Planck Society.[13]
8 July 23 – Pakistan at the 2020 Summer Olympics
- July 29 – In terrorist attack, a soldier is killed at Bajaur security post.[15]
August
[edit]- August 5 – At least 39 people were injured in an RGD-1 grenade attack on a Jamaat-i-Islami rally in the Gulshan-e-Iqbal neighborhood of Karachi. The Sindhudesh Revolutionary Army claimed responsibility for the attack.[16]
- August 10 – A bomb killed at least 5 people and several others were injured in Chaman, Balochistan.[17][18][19]
- August 13 - Killing of Hayat Baloch
- August 24 - Pakistan at the 2020 Summer Paralympics
- August 25 - 2020 Karachi floods
September
[edit]- September 7 – Mohmand Marble Mine Incident - A mine disaster left at least 19 people dead and another 20 were injured.[20]
- September 10 – PM Pakistan Launches "Roshan Digital Account" For Overseas Pakistanis.[21]
October
[edit]- October 9 - Pakistan banned short video-sharing application TikTok because of immoral videos.[22]
- October 16
- An attack kills least 7 soldiers and 7 security guards in Balochistan.[22]
- A bomb kills at least 6 members of the Army in North Waziristan.[22]
- October 20 - Pakistan after 10 days hiatus, Pakistan banned TikTok.[22]
- October 21 - At least 5 people were killed and 27 others were injured in an explosion at an apartment building in Karachi.[23]
- October 27 - 2020 Peshawar school bombing - Eight students were killed in a bombing at a school in Peshawar, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
- 28 October- Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) sealed cellular Sim company Jazz head office after they did not pay 25 billions rupees in 2018.[24]
November
[edit]- 15 November
December
[edit]- December 30 - 2020 Karak temple attack
Arts
[edit]Cinema
[edit]Economy
[edit]Deaths
[edit] | This section needs to be updated. (May 2020) |
January
[edit]- January 7 – Fakhruddin G. Ebrahim, judge and former Chief Election Commissioner (b. 1928).[25]
- January 19 – Ali Mardan Shah, politician (b. 1957).[26]
- January 28 – Mohammad Munaf, cricketer (b. 1935).[27]
February
[edit]- February 5 – Mohammad Shafiq, politician.[28]
- February 6 – Malik Ata Muhammad Khan, feudal lord and politician (b. 1941).[29]
- February 10 – Waqar Hasan, cricketer (b. 1932).[30]
- February 15
- Shahnaz Ansari, politician (b. 1970).[31]
- Naeemul Haque, political advisor (b. 1949).[32]
- February 20 – Usman Ullah Khan, Olympic boxer (b. 1974).[33]
- February 21 – Lal Khan, Marxist political theorist (b. 1956).[34]
- February 25 – Naimatullah Khan, politician (b. 1930).[35]
March
[edit]- March 6 – Amanullah, actor (b. 1950).[36]
- March 14 – Mubashir Hassan, politician (b. 1922).[37]
May
[edit]- May 22 – Zara Abid
June
[edit]- June 26 – Munawar Hasan, former Ameer Jamat E Islami (b. 1941).[38]
- June 22 – Allama Talib Jauhari, Islamic scholar (b. 1939).[citation needed]
- June 20 – Mufti Muhammad Naeem, cleric (b.1958).[39]
- June 17 – Tariq Aziz, television host (b. 1936)[40]
- June 13 – Sabiha Khanum, actress (b. 1935).[citation needed]
July
[edit]August
[edit]- 20 August - Mir Hasil Khan Bizenjo (born 1958), veteran politician and National party president[41]
- 26 August- Muzaffar Hussain Shah (born 1945), former Chief Minister of Sindh[42]
- 29 August - Shafaullah rokhri (born 1966), Pakistani folk singer and songwriter, music producer[43]
September
[edit]13 September Zameer Akhter Naqvi (Islamic Scholar) died
November
[edit]- 2 November - Hafiz Muhammad Durrab Zafar a young talented Boy from Sahiwal
- 13 November 2020 Justice Waqar Ahmed Seth Judge of Supreme Court of Pakistan who Sentenced Death to Ex President of Pakistan General Musharraf.
- 20 November - Allama Khadim Hussain Rizvi (born 1966) Political party (Tahreek-e-labbaik Pakistan) millions of people attend the funeral of Allama Khadim Hussain Rizvi. (TJK) https://www.dawn.com/news/1591262
- 25 November 2020 Muhammad Jadam Mangrio Politician Belongs to Pakistan Muslim League Functional
December
[edit]- 2 December – Mir Zafarullah Khan Jamali, 15th Prime Minister of Pakistan.
- 4 December – Arshad Malik, Judge.
- 5 December – Suhail Zaheer Lari, historian, author.
- 16 December – Firdous Begum
- 31 December – Total 10105+ Persons were died due to COVID-19 during February to 31 December 2020.
See also
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[edit]References
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