2016 in Pakistan


The following lists events that happened during 2016 in Pakistan.

Incumbents

Federal government

Governors

Events

January

March

April

  • 20 April
  • *Seven policemen guarding polio team killed on duty.
  • *IED blast in Mohamand agency killing two.
  • In Punjab, at least 33 people died after eating sweets, accidentally tainted with insecticide. The mass poisoning occurred in April.

June

  • Musician Amjad Sabri is killed in a targeted shooting.

October

November

  • 1 November – At least 14 people are killed and 59 burned when a gas cylinder explosion aboard an oil tanker causes a major fire at the ship breaking yard in Gadani in Pakistan's Balochistan Province. Dozens other workers remain missing as many injured are transferred to hospitals in nearby Karachi.
  • 3 November – At least 22 people have been killed and 65 injured following a collision of the Bahauddin Zakaria Express with a stationary train at Juma Goth Train station, Karachi, Pakistan.

December