2022 in Pakistan

Events of the year 2022 in Pakistan.

Events

January

8 January – 2022 Murree snowstorm kills 23 domestic tourists.
20 January – 2022 Lahore bombing near Anarkali Bazaar kills at least 3 people and injures 20+.
20-23 January - 2022 [Pakistan landslides]
25 January – 2022 Kech District attack
26 January – 2022 Karachi protests
27 January – 27 February: 2022 Pakistan Super League commences with Karachi Kings v Multan Sultans.

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
9 March – Mian Channu incident
10 March – Parliament Lodges operation
11 March – 14 March: Pashtun National Jirga
15 March – 2022 Sibi IED explosion
18 March – Protesters storming Sindh House
22 March – 23 March: 48th Foreign Ministers conference
27 March – Imran Khan rally in Islamabad
29 March – 2022 MONUSCO helicopter crash 6 Pakistani UN Peacekeeping soldiers killed in Democratic Republic of Congo

April

3 April – 2022 Pakistani constitutional crisis
10 April – Imran Khan is removed from the post of Prime Minister of Pakistan through a no-confidence motion, adopted by the majority of the parliament.
11 April – Shehbaz Sharif 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
* Killa Saifullah bus crash
10 June – 2022-2023 Pakistan federal budget
12 June – 2022 Karachi fire
14 June – October - 2022 Pakistan floods
17 June – Pakistan at the 2022 World Aquatics Championships
21 June – June 2022 Afghanistan earthquake
26 June – 2022 Sindh local government elections

July

7 July – Pakistan at the 2022 World Games
12 July – 2022 Sindhi–Afghan strife
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 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 Independence Day.
* 2021–22 Pakistan Premier League
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
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
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

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)
31 December - 2022 Islamabad local government elections

Arts

Television

2022 in Pakistani television

Economy

Deaths

January-March

17 January - Rasheed Naz, television actor
18 February - Athar Mateen, producer of Samaa TV
23 February - Rehman Malik, politician
27 February - Mahmood Ashraf Usmani, Islamic scholar, jurist and an author

April-June

15 April - Bilquis Edhi
7 May - Sardar Ali Haqqani, Islamic scholar
9 June - Aamir Liaquat Hussain, politician

July-September

13 July - Tanveer Jamal
20 August - Nayyara Noor, playback singer
29 August - Manzoor Hussain (field hockey)

October-December

23 October - Arshad Sharif, journalist
19 December – Ali Ahmed Aslam, Pakistani-Scottish chef and restaurateur, credited with inventing chicken tikka masala, septic shock and organ failure.

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