2016 in Pakistan
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The following lists events that happened during 2016 in Pakistan.
Incumbents
- Nawaz Sharif, Prime Minister, 5 June 2013-current
- Mamnoon Hussain, President, 9 September 2013-current
Events
- The Pakistan and India governments provided one another with a full list of nuclear sites, military and civilian, in accordance with the 1988 Non-Nuclear Aggression Agreement[1]
- A suicide bomb attacker killed 14 people and injured 20 more near a polio centre near the Pakistani city of Quetta on 13 January.[2]
- Brahumdagh Bugti's asylum application was rejected in Switzerland on 17 January. He had been in Switzerland since he fled Afghanistan in 2010, surviving Al Qaeda, and allegedly Pakistani government, attempts on his life.[3]
- Pervez Musharraf was acquitted on 18 January in the murder trial of Akbar Bugti, the Baloch tribal leader who died in a military operation in 2006.[4]
- Gunmen attacked a university in Charsadda, Pakistan. At least 21 people were reportedly killed.[5]
- 16 March - A bus bomb in Peshawar kills 15 people.[6]
- 27 March - 72 people were killed in a suicide bombing in Lahore.
- 20 April
- Seven policemen guarding polio team killed on duty.[7]
- IED blast in Mohamand agency killing two.[8]
- In Punjab, at least 33 people died after eating sweets, accidentally tainted with insecticide. The mass poisoning occurred in April. [9]
June 22 Amjad Sabri Martyred in front of his home by terrorists
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.[10][11]
- 2 November - Justice of Lahore High Court congratulated Jahanzaib Mirza Advocate High Court on winning his case. Justice said that "Your knowledge on law is excellent and you are an upright advocate. You are a good example for young lawyers".
- 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.[12]
Public holidays
Main article: Public holidays in Pakistan
See also
References
- ↑ 1 January 2016. "India, Pakistan exchange list of nuke installations, prisoners". Times of India.
- ↑ (The News)
- ↑ "Switzerland rejects Brahamdagh Bugti's asylum plea". Daily Times. 17 January 2016.
- ↑ Pakistan's Musharraf acquitted over Baloch rebel killing (BBC)
- ↑ (BBC News)
- ↑ Akbar, Dawn.com | Ali (2016-03-16). "15 killed as bomb rips through bus carrying govt employees in Peshawar". www.dawn.com. Retrieved 2016-03-21.
- ↑ Raza, Dawn.com | Mohammad (2016-04-20). "Seven policemen guarding polio workers shot dead in Karachi". www.dawn.com. Retrieved 2016-04-20.
- ↑ "Two killed in Mohmand agency blast". www.dawn.com. 2016-04-20. Retrieved 2016-04-20.
- ↑ Daily Times
- ↑ http://www.dawn.com/news/1293624/rescue-workers-struggle-to-put-out-fire-at-gadani-shipbreaking-yard
- ↑ http://tribune.com.pk/story/1217107/casualties-feared-fire-erupts-gadani-shipbreaking-yard/
- ↑ https://www.geo.tv/latest/119554-At-least-21-killed-65-injured-in-Karachi-train-collision
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