2021 in Pakistan

Events from the year 2021 in Pakistan.

January and February

 * 2 January
 * 23 year-old Usama Satti was shot to death in his car by Islamabad Police.
 * Zakiur Rehman Lakhvi was arrested in Lahore, on terrorism-financing charges.
 * 3 January - Machh attack
 * 5 January - The Supreme Court ordered that the Shri Paramhans Ji Maharaj Samadhi temple in Teri, Karak District, be rebuilt by the government after it was destroyed by a mob in December 2020.
 * 9 January – A massive blackout strikes Pakistan, leaving as much as 90 percent of the country without electricity at its height as officials rush to restore power.
 * 11 January - 9 countries appointed new ambassadors to Pakistan: Nepal, Tapas Adhikari; Belarus, Andrei Metdlitsa; South Korea, Sush Sangpyo; Cuba, Zener Javier; Mali, Dianguinadit Yaya Doucoure; Ireland, Ms Sonya McGuinness; Sierra Leone, Alie Kamara; Cambodia, Ung Sean; Kosovo, Ilir Dugolli.
 * 12 January - Two gunmen attacked a team of polio vaccine handlers in Karak, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, killing a policeman who was escorting them.
 * 28 January – A Malaysian court ordered the immediate release of Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) plane which was seized on 15 January, at the Kuala Lumpur International Airport, over a lease dispute.
 * 22 February - Ippi shooting

March and April

 * 21 March – Janikhel protest
 * 24 March - 2021 Chaman bombings
 * 11 April - 20 April - 2021 Pakistani protests
 * 21 April - Quetta Serena Hotel bombing

May and June

 * 21 May - 2021 Chaman bombings
 * 31 May - May 2021 Balochistan attacks
 * 7 June - 2021 Ghotki rail crash
 * 23 June - 2021 Lahore bombing

July and August

 * 14 July - Dasu bus attack
 * 21 July - Raghagan Dam incident
 * 25 July - 2021 Azad Kashmiri general election
 * 28 July - 2021 Islamabad flooding
 * 8 August - Pakistan at the 2021 Islamic Solidarity Games
 * 9 August - August 2021 Quetta bombing
 * 12 August - Pakistan Ordnance Factories explosion
 * 14 August - Karachi grenade attack
 * 17 August - Vandalism of Maharaja Ranjeet Singh's statue in Lahore
 * 20 August - Gwadar suicide attack
 * 26 August - August 2021 Balochistan attacks

September and October

 * 5 September - 2021 Quetta suicide attack
 * 7 October - 2021 Balochistan earthquake
 * 22 October - October 2021 Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan protests

November and December

 * 3 November - Azad Kashmir bus incident
 * 8 November - West Indies women's cricket team in Pakistan in 2021–22
 * 28 November - Charsadda arson attack
 * 3 December - Lynching of Priyantha Kumara
 * 17 December - Eighth Extraordinary Session of the Islamic Summit Conference
 * 19 December - 2021 Khyber Pakhtunkhwa local elections

Economy

 * 2020–21 Pakistan federal budget
 * 2021–22 Pakistan federal budget

March

 * 1 March - Ejaz Durrani, Pakistani film actor

April

 * 2 April - Shaukat Ali, Pakistani singer.

May

 * 14 May - Farooq Qaiser

July

 * 1 July - Anwar Iqbal
 * 14 July - Mamnoon Hussain, 12th President of Pakistan (b. 1941)
 * 16 July - Sultana Zafar
 * 17 July - Naila Jaffri, Pakistani actress.

February

 * 18 February - Mushahid Ullah Khan, Pakistani politician

August

 * 12 August - Durdana Butt

October

 * 2 October - Umer Shareef
 * 10 October - Abdul Qadeer Khan, Father of Pakistan's nuclear program

November

 * 13 November - Sohail Asghar

Country overviews

 * Pakistan
 * History of Pakistan
 * History of modern Pakistan
 * Outline of Pakistan
 * Government of Pakistan
 * Politics of Pakistan
 * Years in Pakistan

Related timelines for current period

 * 2021
 * 2021 in politics and government
 * 2020s
 * 21st century