2026 in Pakistan

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The events listed below are both anticipated and scheduled for the year 2026 in Pakistan.

The year 2026 will be the 79th year of the independence of Pakistan.

Incumbents

Federal government

S. No	Photo	Name	Office
1		Asif Ali Zardari	President of Pakistan
2		Shehbaz Sharif	Prime Minister of Pakistan
3		Yusuf Raza Gilani	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[1]	National Assembly
8		16th Senate of Pakistan	Senate of Pakistan

Provincial government

Province	Governor	Chief Minister			Government Type	Chief Justice
Balochistan	Jaffar Khan Mandokhail (from 6 May 2024)	Sarfraz Bugti (from 2 March 2024)		PPP	Coalition	Rozi Khan Barrech (BHC)
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa	Faisal Karim Kundi (from 4 May 2024)	Ali Amin Gandapur (until 15 October 2025)		PTI	Coalition[a]	Syed Muhammad Attique Shah (PHC)
		Sohail Afridi (from 15 October 2025)
Punjab	Saleem Haider Khan (from 10 May 2024)	Maryam Nawaz (from 26 February 2024)		PML-N	Coalition	Aalia Neelum (LHC)
Sindh	Kamran Khan Tessori (from 10 October 2022)	Murad Ali Shah (from 27 February 2024)		PPP	Majority	Muhammad Junaid Ghaffar (SHC)

State government

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

Events

January

• 2 January – An anti-terrorism court in Islamabad sentences multiple journalists and social media personalities to life imprisonment on charges of inciting violence during the 2023 Pakistani protests.^[5]
• 5 January – Three people are arrested in Karachi on suspicion of plotting attacks for the Balochistan Liberation Army.^[6]
• 11 January – Eight people are killed in a gas cylinder explosion at a wedding in Islamabad.^[7]
• 12 January – Six police officers are killed in a bomb attack on their vehicle in Tank District, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.^[8]
• 15 January – Twelve BLA militants are killed in an attack on a police station and two banks in Kharan District, Balochistan.^[9]
• 17 January –
  • A truck falls into a canal amid heavy fog in Sargodha, killing 14 people and injuring nine others.^[10]
  • A bus overturns along the Makran Coastal Highway in Balochistan, killing 10 people and injuring 36 others.^[10]
  • Six people are killed in a fire at the Gul Plaza mall in Karachi.^[11]

Holidays

Source:^[12]

• 5 February – Kashmir Solidarity Day
• 23 March – Pakistan Day
• 21–23 March – Eid al-Fitr^[b]
• 1 May – Labour Day
• 27–29 May – Eid al-Adha^[b]
• 25–26 June – Ashura^[b]
• 14 August – Independence Day
• 25 August – Mawlid^[b]
• 9 November – Iqbal Day
• 25 December – Quaid-e-Azam Day

Deaths

• 5 January – Maulana Fazl-ur-Raheem Ashrafi, 81, Islamic scholar, patron of Wifaq-ul-Madaris al-Arabia.^[13]

See also

• 2020s portal
• Current events portal
• Pakistan portal

Country overviews

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• Economy of Pakistan
• Government of Pakistan
• History of Pakistan
• History of modern Pakistan
• Outline of Pakistan
• Politics of Pakistan
• Years in Pakistan
• Media of Pakistan

Related timelines for current period

• 2026
• 2020s
• 21st century

Notes

1. The government is made up of PTI members and members who are de jure independents but are de facto members of the PTI.^[2][3][4]
2. Subject to the moon's appearance

References

1. "Newly elected representatives sworn in as ruckus mars maiden session of 16th National Assembly". dawn.com. 29 February 2024. Archived from the original on 29 February 2024. Retrieved 12 March 2024.
2. "House Composition". Provincial Assembly of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. Archived from the original on 19 December 2024. Retrieved 9 January 2025.
3. "Never won a war, never lost an election: Did Imran Khan spoil Pakistan military's record?". The Times of India. 11 February 2024. Archived from the original on 11 February 2024. Retrieved 11 February 2024.
4. Asrar, Nadim; Lodhi, Areesha. "Pakistan police threaten crackdown after Khan's PTI protests vote 'rigging'". Al Jazeera. Archived from the original on 11 February 2024. Retrieved 11 February 2024.
5. "Pakistan court sentences journalists to life over 2023 pro-Khan protests". Al Jazeera. 2 January 2026. Retrieved 2 January 2026.
6. "Pakistani counterterrorism police seize 2 tons of explosives and arrest 3 in Karachi". AP News. 5 January 2026. Retrieved 5 January 2026.
7. "Bride and groom among 8 killed in gas cylinder blast at wedding in Pakistan's capital". AP News. 11 January 2026. Retrieved 11 January 2026.
8. "Roadside bomb targeting police vehicle kills 6 officers in northwest Pakistan". AP News. 13 January 2026. Retrieved 12 January 2026.
9. "Pakistan security forces kill 12 militants, thwarting attempted hostage-taking in southwest". AP News. 17 January 2026. Retrieved 17 January 2026.
10. "Pakistan road crashes kill at least 24 people and injure 45 others". AP News. 17 January 2026. Retrieved 17 January 2026.
11. N R, Stephen (18 January 2026). "Karachi's Gul Plaza shopping mall fire: What we know so far". Gulf News. Retrieved 18 January 2026.
12. "Pakistan Public Holidays 2026". Public Holidays Global. Retrieved 1 January 2026.
13. "Jamia Ashrafia head Maulana Ashrafi passes away". SAMAA TV. 5 January 2026. Retrieved 5 January 2026.

External links

• Online calendar