The Pakistan Air Force strikes Pakistani Taliban positions in
Khyber Agency killing 31 militants.[1]
A bomb detonates at a volleyball match in
Orakzai Agency killing four people and injuring eight.[2]
January 10
A suicide bomb attack on a Shiite mosque in
Rawalpindi kills at least seven people.[3]
A
traffic accident between an oil tanker and passenger coach en route to Shikarpur from Karachi on the Pakistan National Highway Link Road near Gulshan-e-Hadeed, Karachi, results in at least 57 dead and scores injured.[4]
January 25 – A massive blackout strikes Pakistan, leaving as much as 80 percent of the country without electricity at its height as officials rush to restore power.[5]
The Pakistan Army claims to have killed 80 Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan fighters in fighting in
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa in recent days while the Taliban claims to have killed at least six soldiers.[10]
eight gunmen attacked a bus traveling in Safoora Goth, Karachi, Sindh in Pakistan. The shooting left at least 46 people dead. All of the victims were of the Ismaili Shia Muslim minority, suggesting the attack was a targeted killing of sectarian nature. [11]
May 19 – Zimbabwe Cricket Team toured Pakistan to play International Cricket Series. It was the first tour by a Test-playing nation since the attack on the Sri Lankan cricket team in 2009.
May 22 – First T20 Match was played between Pakistan And Zimbabwe at
Gaddafi Stadium in
Lahore. Tickets for both of the T20 matches sold out within two days, with 60,000 people attending the first game.
The Pakistan Air Force strikes Pakistani Taliban positions in
Khyber Agency killing 31 militants.[1]
A bomb detonates at a volleyball match in
Orakzai Agency killing four people and injuring eight.[2]
January 10
A suicide bomb attack on a Shiite mosque in
Rawalpindi kills at least seven people.[3]
A
traffic accident between an oil tanker and passenger coach en route to Shikarpur from Karachi on the Pakistan National Highway Link Road near Gulshan-e-Hadeed, Karachi, results in at least 57 dead and scores injured.[4]
January 25 – A massive blackout strikes Pakistan, leaving as much as 80 percent of the country without electricity at its height as officials rush to restore power.[5]
The Pakistan Army claims to have killed 80 Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan fighters in fighting in
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa in recent days while the Taliban claims to have killed at least six soldiers.[10]
eight gunmen attacked a bus traveling in Safoora Goth, Karachi, Sindh in Pakistan. The shooting left at least 46 people dead. All of the victims were of the Ismaili Shia Muslim minority, suggesting the attack was a targeted killing of sectarian nature. [11]
May 19 – Zimbabwe Cricket Team toured Pakistan to play International Cricket Series. It was the first tour by a Test-playing nation since the attack on the Sri Lankan cricket team in 2009.
May 22 – First T20 Match was played between Pakistan And Zimbabwe at
Gaddafi Stadium in
Lahore. Tickets for both of the T20 matches sold out within two days, with 60,000 people attending the first game.