# 2025 in Pakistan

The events listed below are both anticipated and scheduled for the year 2025 in Pakistan.
The year 2025 will be the 78th year of the independence of Pakistan.

## Incumbents
### Federal government

| S. No | Name | Office |
| 1 | Asif Ali Zardari | President of Pakistan |
| 2 | Shehbaz Sharif | Prime Minister of Pakistan |
| 3 | Yusuf Raza Gillani | Chairman of the Senate |
| 4 | Ayaz Sadiq | Speaker of the National Assembly |
| 5 | Yahya Afridi | Chief Justice of Pakistan |
| 6 | Sikandar Sultan Raja | Chief Election Commissioner of Pakistan |
| 7 | 16th National Assembly of Pakistan | National Assembly |
| 8 | 16th Senate of Pakistan | Senate of Pakistan |

### Provincial government

| Province | Governor | Chief Minister | Chief Minister | Government Type | Chief Justice |
| Balochistan | Sheikh Jaffar Khan Mandokhail | Sarfaraz Bugti (from 2 March 2024) | PPP | Coalition | Muhammad Hashim Kakar (BHC) |
| Khyber Pakhtunkhwa | Faisal Karim Kundi | Ali Amin Gandapur (from 2 March 2024) | PTI | Coalition | Ishtiaq Ibrahim (PHC) |
| Punjab | Sardar Saleem Haider Khan | Maryam Nawaz (from 26 February 2024) | PML-N | Coalition | Aalia Neelum (LHC) |
| Sindh | Kamran Tessori | Murad Ali Shah (from 27 February 2024) | PPP | | Muhammad Shafi Siddiqui (SHC) |

### State government

| Province | President | Prime minister | Prime minister | Prime minister | Government Type | Chief Justice |
| Gilgit-Baltistan | Mehdi Shah | Gulbar Khan (from 13 July 2023) | | PTI | Coalition | Shamim Khan (SACGB) |
| Azad Kashmir | Sultan Mehmood Chaudhry | Chaudhry Anwarul Haq (from 20 April 2023) | | PTI | Coalition | Raja Saeed Akram Khan (SCAJK) |

## Events
### January

* 4 January – Four people are killed in a bomb attack in Turbat.
* 7 January – Three soldiers and 19 militants are killed in separate raids on insurgent hideouts across Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
* 9 January –
** Sixteen miners are abducted from a vehicle by militants in Lakki Marwat District, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
** At least 11 miners are killed in an methane gas explosion at a coal mine in Singidi, Balochistan.
* 10 January – Pakistan International Airlines resumes flights to Paris for the first time since the European Union lifted a 2020 ban on the airline from operating in its airspace.
* 13 January –
** Eight Pakistani Taliban militants are killed in two raids by security forces in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
** Twenty-seven militants are killed in a raid by security forces in Kachhi District, Balochistan.
* 16 January –
** Five people are killed in an attack on a humanitarian aid convoy in Kurram District, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
** A boat carrying migrants capsizes near Dakhla, Western Sahara on its way to Spain's Canary Islands, killing at least 50 people including 44 Pakistanis.
* 17 January – Former prime minister Imran Khan is sentenced to 14 years' imprisonment for corruption over the Al-Qadir Trust case. His wife, Bushra Bibi, is also sentenced to seven years' imprisonment in the same case.
* 20 January – The New Gwadar International Airport begins full operations.
* 21 January – The Provincial Assembly of the Punjab passes a law banning kite-flying in the province.
* 21 January – The National Assembly of Pakistan passes a law requiring social media platforms to register with the Social Media Protection and Regulatory Authority, and criminalizes spreading disinformation.
* 25 January – A court in Rawalpindi sentences four people to death for posting blasphemy on social media.
* 27 January – A truck carrying liquefied petroleum gas catches fire and explodes in Multan, killing 18 people.
* 28 January – Two soldiers and five militants are killed in an attack on a security outpost in Killa Abdullah District, Balochistan.
* 29 January – Two soldiers and six militants are killed in a military raid in North Waziristan.

### February

* 1 February –
** Eighteen members of the Frontier Corps are killed in an attack by the Balochistan Liberation Army on their vehicle near Mangochar, Kalat District, Balochistan. Twenty-four attackers are also reported to have been killed.
** Five people, including four members of the security forces, are killed in an attack by militants on their vehicle in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
* 2 February – Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif launches a nationwide polio vaccination campaign by administering polio drops to children under age five.
* 3 February – A police officer escorting polio vaccination workers is killed in an ambush by unidentified gunmen in Jamrud, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
* 6 February –
** Three police officers are killed in an attack on their outpost by militants in Karak District, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
** FIFA imposes an indefinite suspension on the Pakistan Football Federation, citing the latter's failure to guarantee fair and democratic elections.
* 8–14 February – 2024–25 Pakistan Tri-Nation Series
* 8–9 February – A boat carrying migrants sinks off the coast of Libya on its way to Europe, killing at least 16 Pakistani nationals and leaving ten others missing.
* 13 February – Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan visits Pakistan to strengthen bilateral ties. He co-chairs the 7th Pakistan-Turkey High-Level Strategic Cooperation Council with Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, leading to 24 agreements in defense, energy, and trade. Both nations commit to increasing bilateral trade to $5 billion.
* 14 February – Eleven people are killed in a roadside bomb attack on a vehicle carrying coal miners in Harnai District, Balochistan.
* 15 February –
** Four members of the security forces and 15 Pakistani Taliban militants are killed in clashes in Dera Ismail Khan and North Waziristan.
** The Green Pakistan Initiative is launched in Cholistan, Punjab by General Asim Munir and Punjab Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz Sharif.
** A bus carrying pilgrims for a religious festival overturns in Khairpur District, Sindh, killing 12 people and injuring 15 others.
** A van heading to Sehwan collides with a trailer near Qazi Ahmed, Sindh killing five people and injuring 10 others.
* 17 February – Two people are killed in a gun attack on an aid convoy in Kurram District, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
* 18 February –
** Four soldiers responding to the attack on the aid convoy in Kurram District the previous day are killed in an ambush by militants.
** The Pakistan Army kills 30 militants in South Waziristan near the Afghan border during an operation.
* 19 February –
** 2025 ICC Champions Trophy: The ninth edition of the ICC Champions Trophy commences in Karachi, marking Pakistan's first time hosting an ICC event since 1996.
** Seven people are killed in an attack by gunmen on a bus in Barkhan District, Balochistan. The Balochistan Liberation Army subsequently claims responsibility.
** A police officer escorting polio vaccination workers is killed in an ambush by unidentified gunmen in Bajaur, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
* 21 February –
** Six militants are killed in a raid by security forces in Karak District, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
** A minivan falls into a drainage channel in Kasur District, Punjab, killing eight people and injuring two others.
* 23 February – Security forces kill seven militants in two separate operations in Daraban and Maddi area of Dera Ismail Khan District, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
* 24 February – Ten militants are killed in a raid by security forces in Bagh, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
* 28 February –
** 2025 Darul Uloom Haqqania bombing: A suicide bombing during Friday prayers in Darul Uloom Haqqania in Akora Khattak, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, kills Hamid Ul Haq Haqqani and six others.
** Two people are killed in a bomb attack in Orakzai District, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
** Ten people are injured in a bomb attack on a vehicle carrying soldiers in Quetta.
** Six militants are killed in a security operation in North Waziristan.

### March

* 3 March –
** Two people, including a woman perpetrator, are killed in a suicide bombing on a Frontier Corps vehicle in Kalat, Balochistan.
** An Afghan soldier is killed during clashes with Pakistani forces at the Torkham border crossing.
* 4 – 18 March – Sri Lanka women's cricket team in New Zealand in 2024–25
* 4 March – Eighteen people are killed in a combined suicide bombing and assault on a military base in Bannu, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, that is claimed by the Pakistani Taliban affiliate Jaish Al-Fursan.
* 11 March – 2025 Jaffar Express hijacking: Balochistan Liberation Army militants blow up railway tracks and hijack the Jaffar Express train bound from Quetta to Peshawar taking 450 people hostages including both security personnel and civilians.
* 15 March – Eleven suspected Pakistani Taliban militants are killed in raids by security forces in Mohmand and Dera Ismail Khan districts in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
* 16 March – Five soldiers are killed in a suicide car bombing and ambush on their convoy in Nushki District, Balochistan.

### Scheduled

* 16 March – 5 April – Pakistani cricket team in New Zealand in 2024–25

## Holidays

Source:
* 5 February – Kashmir Solidarity Day
* 23 March – Pakistan Day
* 30 March–1 April – Eid al-Fitr
* 1 May – Labour Day
* 28 May – Youm-e-Takbeer
* 6-8 June – Eid al-Adha
* 5-6 July – Ashura
* 14 August – Independence Day
* 5 September – Milad un-Nabi
* 9 November – Iqbal Day
* 25 December – Quaid-e-Azam Day

## Arts and entertainment

* List of Pakistani submissions for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film
* List of Pakistani films of 2025

## Deaths

* 18 February – Nawab Yousuf Talpur, 82, politician.
* 21 February – Shamsuddin Azeemi, 97, scholar.
* 22 February – Tahir Mahmood Khan, 68, politician.
* 28 February – Hamid Ul Haq Haqqani, 56, politician and scholar.
* 15 March – Munir Shakir, 55, Islamic cleric, founder of Lashkar-e-Islam.