2013 in Pakistan

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Events in the year 2013 in Pakistan.

Incumbents

• President – Asif Ali Zardari
• President(September 9 - Present - Mamnoon Hussain
• Prime Minister( 22 June 2012 - 16 March 2013 ) – Raja Pervaiz Ashraf
• Prime Minister(June 5 - Present) – Nawaz Sharif
• Prime Minister - Caretaker(25 March 2013 – 4 June 2013) – Mir Hazar Khan Khoso

Chief Ministers

Here is a list of Chief Ministers of Provinces elected in General Elections 2013, Pakistan

• Chief Minister Punjab, Pakistan(June 8 - Present) - Muhammad Shahbaz Sharif
• Chief Minister Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (May 31 - Present) - Parvez Khattak
• Chief Minister Sind (May 30 - Present) - Qaim Ali Shah
• Chief Minister Balochistan (June 7 - Present) - Abdul Malik Baloch
• Chief Minister Punjab - Caretaker (27 March 2013 – 6 June 2013) - Najam Sethi

Events

January

• 10 - A series of terrorist attacks killed more than 100 people in Quetta.
• 6 Death of Qazi Hussain Ahmed, a political leader, Ameer Jamaat-e-Islami pakistan.

March

• 9 - Thousands of angry protestors set ablaze more than 100 houses of Pakistani Christians over a blasphemy row in the eastern city of Lahore. Over 3,000 Muslim protestors turned violent over derogatory remarks allegedly made by a young Christian, Sawan Masih, 28 against Prophet Muhammad in a Christian neighbourhood in Badami Bagh area.
• Mir Hazar Khan Khoso is appointed as caretaker Prime Minister of Pakistan from 25 March effectively, following the completion of the PPP-led government's term in office. Khoso will oversee the general elections scheduled in May.

May

• 11 may general election
• 25 - A school bus explosion kills sixteen children and injuries seven more.

June

• Nawaz Sharif is elected as Prime Minister of Pakistan, following the Pakistan Muslim League (N)'s victory in the 2013 general election. Sharif took oath as Prime Minister on 5 June.

July

• Mamnoon Hussain was elected as president in 2013 Presidential election, he will be sworn in as the 12th president of Pakistan on 9 September.

August

• People of Pakistan celebrated 67th independence day of their country on 14 August.

September

• 6 September is celebrated by Pakistanis as Defence day
• 25-26 Intenational Conference of Muslam Leaders, Supervision of Syed Munawar Hassan Chief Of Jamaat-e-Islami Pakistan, Held in Mansoora Lahore.

Annual events

Pakistan celebrates a range of Events every year. Some are Local and some are Islamic events like Ramzan, Eid-ul-Fitar and Eid-ul-Azha, Shabe baraat, Ashora and Eid Milad-un-Nabi etc. There are also Non-Religious Events celebrated in Pakistan like Holi, Diwali, Dashehra by Hindus and Christmas by Christians of Pakistan

October have 4 Events in this year. Lok Melas are starting from October 3 in Islamabad. The main events in this months are Hajj and Eid ul Azha on October 16 to 18 (Three Days). Chowmas is also started from October 18 in Chitral

Date		Name of Event	Islamic/Local	Notes
J A N	1	New Year	Local	First day of the Year
	25	Eid e Milad un Nabi (S.A.W.W)	Islamic	Birth and Death Day of Holy Prophet (S.A.W.W)
	26	Repubilc Day	Local	A Local Republic Day
F E B	5	Kashmir Day	Local	Yome Yakjehti of Pakistan
	14	Valentines Day	Local	Love day (Worldwide)
	22	Basant	Local	On 2nd Last Friday of February. A welocome of Spring Season
	24	Pakistan Flower Show	Local	Last Week of February held in Karachi
		Sibi Festival	Local	At Sibi (Balochistan) on last week of February
		Sindh Horse and Cattle Show	Local	At Jacobabad (Sindh) on last week of February
		Jashne Larkana	Local	At Larkana (Sindh) on last week of February
M A R	21	Nauroze	Local	Celebrated in Gilgit, Hunza, Skardu and Chitral on 21 to 25 March
	22	Jashne Bahara	Local	Happy Spring Season from Last Friday of March
	23	Pakistan Day	Local	An official Holiday when Pakistan Resolution was done
	24	Mela Chiraghan	Local	Last week of March outside of Shalimar Garden Lahore (Punjab)
	31	Horse and Cattle Show	Local	At Dera Ismail Khan (K.P.K) in the end of March till April
A P R	7	Jashne Shikarpur	Local	In Shikarpur on first week of April
	21	Barsie Iqbal	Local	Death day of Allama Muhammad Iqbal
M A Y	1	Labour Day	Local	Worldwide day of Labours
	11	General Elections 2013	Governmental	A Holiday due to National General Elections in Pakistan
	14	Joshi or Chilimjusht	Local	14 and 15 May on kalash Valleys near Chitral
	27	Shabe Maraj	Islamic	On 15th Rajab
J U N	26	Shabe Baraat	Islamic	On 15th Shaban
	30	Bank Holiday	Local	Local Bank Holiday in Pakistan
J U L	5	Sannati Salaana Numaish Multan	Local	National Industrial Exhibition Held in Multan in the month of Ramzan till Eid
	11	Ramzan	Islamic	Islamic Month of 30 or 29 days
		Ramzan Bazaar	Local	Bazaar held all across Pakistan in Ramzan
	15	Utchal	Local	Held on 15 and 16 July on Kalash Valleys near Chitral
	31	Yome Ali (R.A)	Islamic	Death Day of Hazrat Ali (R.A)
A U G	5	Lailat-ul-Qadar	Islamic	A night in any 21st,23rd,25th,27th or 29th Ramdan
	8	Chaand Raat	Islamic	A night on last Ramdan before Eid
	9	Eid-ul-Fitar	Islamic	Eid on the end of Ramzan
	14	Pakistan Independence Day	Local	Birth date of Pakistan
S E P	6	Defence Day	Local	Pakistan Army Day
	7	Air Force Day	Local	Pakistan Airforce Day
	11	Barsie Quied-e-Azam	Local	Death Day of Quied-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah
	20	Phool	Local	Held on Kalash Valleys near Chitral on 20 to 25 September
O C T	6	Lok Melas	Local	Folk festival celebrated in Islamabad for first week of October
	14	Hajj e Mubarik	Islamic	Hajj Celebrated by Muslims every year
	16	Eid-ul-Azha	Islamic	Eid celebrated by Muslims on Sunnat of Hazrat Ibrahim (A.S)
	18	Chowmas	Local	Held on Kalash Valleys, Chitral on 18 to 21 October
N O V	9	Iqbal Day	Local	Birthday of Allama Muhammad Iqbal
	16	Ashora	Islamic	Death day of Hazarat Imam Hassan and Hussain (R.A)
	17	National Horse and Cattle Show Lahore	Local	3rd week of November on Fortress Stadium Lahore for 5 days
		National Industrial Exhibition Lahore	Local	3rd week of November held in Lahore for 15 days
D E C	25	Quied-e-Azam Day	Local	Birthday of Quied e Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah
		Christmas	Local	Celebrated by Christians of Pakistan
	31	New Year Night	Local	Last Day of the Year

Arts

Cinema

Main article: Pakistani films of 2013

Sport

Cricket

Domestic

• 2012–13 Faysal Bank T20 Cup

International

• Pakistani cricket team in India in 2012–13
• Pakistani cricket team in South Africa in 2012–13

Deaths

• January 2 — Maulvi Nazir, 37–38, Pakistani militant commander, drone strike.
• January 4 — Anwar Shamim, 81, Pakistani Air Force air marshal, Chief of Air Staff (1978–1985).
• January 6 — Qazi Hussain Ahmad, 74, Pakistani politician, Ameer of Jamaat-e-Islami (1987–2009), cardiac arrest.
• August 5 — Quraish Pur, 81, Scholar, Urdu writer/novelist, columnist and media expert died after a protracted illness.

Public holidays

Main article: Public holidays in Pakistan

See also

• Timeline of Pakistani history