2014 in Pakistan


Events in the year 2014 in Pakistan.

Incumbents

Federal government

January

  • January 1 – A bomb blasted on the Qambrani road in Akhtarabad, Quetta near a bus, which was carrying at least 50 pilgrims from Iran to Pakistan. Police confirmed that three of the passengers are killed and at least twenty-four injured.
  • January 6 – A bomb detonates in a tribal elder's home in Khyber Agency, killing 10 people and injuring another 9.
  • January 9–14-year-old boy Aitizaz Hassan in northern Pakistan is killed stopping a suicide bomber at the main gate of his school but saves the lives of all of his schoolmates gathered for their morning assembly. The Sunni group Lashkar-e-Jhangvi claims responsibility for the attack.
  • January 10 – A car suicide-bomb was blasted by Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan near the car of a senior police officer Chaudhry Aslam Khan, in which Khan was killed with two others.
  • January 11 – Aitizaz Hassan is nominated for an award by Nawaz Sharif.
  • January 11 – A ten-year-old servant girl is tortured to death in Punjab raising concerns about human rights in Pakistan.
  • January 19 – A bomb attack on an army convoy in the city of Bannu kills at least 20 soldiers.
  • January 20 – A suicide bomber blows himself up near Pakistan's military headquarters in Rawalpindi killing at least 13 people.
  • January 20 – The United Kingdom rejects its involvement in combat drone attacks by the United States in Pakistan.
  • January 20 – War in North-West Pakistan
  • * Pakistani military aircraft bomb suspected Taliban hideouts killing 25 militants in North Waziristan.
  • * A bomb rips through a bus full of Shi'ite pilgrims in western Pakistan killing at least 22 people.
  • January 31 – A bomb kills three Pakistan Army soldiers and injures four others in the restive province of Balochistan.

    February

  • February 9 – An exchange of gunfire on the border between the Pakistani states of Sindh and Balochistan kills at least nine people.
  • February 9 – Gunmen attack an Islamic religious gathering in Karachi, killing 8 people.
  • February 11 – At least 11 people are killed after a grenade is thrown into a movie theatre in the city of Peshawar.
  • February 12 – Militants in northwestern Pakistan kill nine male family members of a slain leader of a pro-government militia in an attack on the family's house outside the city of Peshawar.
  • February 13 – At least eight police officers are killed in a suicide bomb attack in Karachi.
  • February 16 – A bomb derails a train in southwest Pakistan killing 8 people.
  • February 17 – Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan say they have killed 23 captured Pakistani security force members, in a setback to peace talks aimed at ending the Islamist insurgency.
  • February 17 – Former president Pervez Musharraf appeared in front of a civil court for the first time.
  • February 21 – Pakistan vs India Match was played on ''ICC T20 2014 CUP''

    March

  • March 1 – A bomb killed at least 11 people and another 10 injured in Federally Administered Tribal Areas.
  • March 1 – War in North-West Pakistan
  • * A bomb attack on a polio vaccination team in a village in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province kills at least ten people.
  • * The Pakistan Taliban announces a one-month ceasefire aimed at reviving peace talks.
  • March 2 – Pakistani military bombs the hideout of a Taliban militant leader killing five insurgents.
  • March 3 – Young men with guns open fire at a local court in Islamabad, resulting in at least 11 deaths and 22 injuries.
  • March 14 – Attacks all across Pakistan leave dozens dead, with the most violence centered in Peshawar and Quetta.
  • March 22 – At least 35 people die in Balochistan, in a collision between a petrol tanker and two buses.
  • March 31 – A Pakistani court charges former President Pervez Musharraf with high treason in relation to the imposition of the emergency rule in 2007.

    April

  • April 3 – Former President of Pakistan Pervez Musharraf survives an assassination attempt in Islamabad. There are no reports of injuries.
  • April 8 – A bomb detonates on a rail car in Sibi, killing 13 people and injuring another 35.
  • April 9 – A bomb blast in a market kills 26 people in the outskirts of Islamabad.
  • April 11 – Two rival factions of the Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan clash in Waziristan, leaving 12 insurgents dead.
  • April 12 – Gunmen kidnap 100 men from a tribal gathering in North-West Pakistan.
  • April 13 – 73 people are released from captivity by the Taliban, a day after they were kidnapped.
  • April 17 – The Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan announces that it will not extend a ceasefire with the Pakistani government.
  • April 22 – Nine people are killed and dozens wounded in two separate bomb and gun attacks in north west Pakistan.
  • April 25 – A bomb detonates in Karachi, killing 4 people and wounding 25.

    May

  • May 7 – An alleged American FBI agent is arrested for carrying ammunition while trying to board a flight, which is in violation of Pakistan's anti-terror laws.
  • May 8 – A roadside bomb near the Afghan border in North Waziristan, kills 8 Pakistani soldiers.
  • May 9 – Geo TV transmission banned by the government
  • May 21 – Pakistan Air Force fighter jets bomb suspected militant hideouts in North Waziristan, killing approximately 60 militants and injuring another 30.
  • May 27 – A Pakistani woman is stoned to death with bricks outside a courthouse by family members including her father, two brothers, and ex-fiancé for marrying a man she loved against the family's wishes.
  • May 28 – A split emerges in the Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan after the Mehsud faction walked out, saying the group leaders' tactics were "un-Islamic".
  • May 31 – Taliban insurgents from Afghanistan attack a Pakistani border post in the Bajur tribal area, resulting in the deaths of 14 militants and one soldier.

    June

  • June 4 – A suicide bomber detonates his explosives near a military vehicle in Islamabad, killing 5 people.
  • June 5 – Pakistani police arrest multiple people involved in the stoning of Farzana Parveen, bringing the total number of people in custody to 12.
  • June 6 – Ashiqullah Mehsud, a senior commander in the Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan, is shot and killed by unknown assailants, speculated to be from the Mehsud splinter group, in the village of Urmuz in the North Waziristan region.
  • June 8 – At least 24 people were killed when militants attacked a bus carrying Shia pilgrims from Iran to Quetta in Balochistan province of Pakistan.
  • June 8 – Gunmen attack Karachi's Jinnah International Airport resulting in at least 13 deaths and leading to all flights to and from the airport being cancelled.
  • June 9 – 2014 Jinnah International Airport attack
  • * Karachi's Jinnah International Airport will resume services after yesterday's attack which claimed 21 lives.
  • * The Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan claims responsibility for the attack.
  • June 10 – 2014 Jinnah International Airport attack
  • * The Pakistan Air Force conducts bombing raids against Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan positions in the Tirah region killing at least 15 militants in response to the Jinnah International Airport attack in Karachi.
  • * Gunmen attack a training facility near the Jinnah International Airport.
  • June 11 – Tirah air strike
  • * At least 25 suspected militants were killed and 15 injured when military planes bombed their hideouts in Tirah valley of Khyber Agency.
  • June 11 – Five killed in separate clashes near Swat Valley
  • * In the first incident, unidentified men fired at a car in the Kooza Bandi village of Swat Valley, killing three people including a police guard.
  • *In a separate incident, up to six militants stormed a checkpoint in the northwestern town of Dargai, that lies in the Malakand region neighbouring Swat. Two Levies personnel were killed in the attack, Express News reported.
  • June 12 – At least ten more militants are killed in a suspected United States drone attack in North Waziristan.
  • June 15 – War in North-West Pakistan
  • * Airstrikes in the northwestern tribal area bordering Afghanistan kill as many as 100 militants.
  • * Abu Abdur Rehman Almani, the alleged mastermind behind 2014 Jinnah International Airport attack, is killed during air strikes carried out by Pakistan Air Force.
  • * Pakistan formally launches military operation against the insurgents in North Waziristan.
  • June 16 – The Pakistan Air Force conducts airstrikes against 6 Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan positions in North Waziristan, killing 27 militants.
  • June 17 – Clashes in Lahore between the Punjab Police and Pakistan Awami Tehreek activists results in several protesters being killed by police gunfire.
  • June 29 – The Islamic Festival of Ramzan started in Pakistan.

    July

  • July 1–28 – The Islamic Festival of Ramzan was ongoing in Pakistan
  • July 29–31 – Eid ul Fitar was celebrated

    August

  • August 4 – 2014 Kulachi, Dera Ismail Khan Bomb Blast, Faqir Jamshed Ahmed Khan, the crown-prince of Noori Darbar Kulachi, falls prey to a remote controlled IED
  • August 13 – The process of Long March and Sit-In started by PTI and PAT
  • August 14 – Pakistan's 67th dependence day was celebrated during Long March from Lahore to Islamabad
  • August 15 – 2014 Quetta Airbase attack, 12 militants, and 11 persons injured after a failed attack on PAF bases in Quetta
  • August 16 – Sit-In started outside the Parliament house by PTI and PAT
  • August 26 – Javed Hashmi got separate from Sit-In by PTI