2015 in Pakistan
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The following lists events that happened during 2015 in Pakistan.
Events
January
- January 4 - War in North-West Pakistan
- A United States airstrike kills 8 Uzbek people claimed to be linked with al-Qaeda.[1]
- 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]
- January 10 - 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]
February
- February 13 - Pakistan announces the arrest of twelve Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan in relation to their alleged involvement in last year's school massacre.[6]
- February 13 - Police and gunmen exchange gunfire in Peshawar after an explosion is reported at a nearby Shia mosque.[7]
- February 17 - A bomb in a Shi'ite mosque in the Pakistani city of Rawalpindi kills at least two people and injures six.[8]
March
- March 15 - A bombing of a church in Lahore kills at least eleven people with 48 more injured.[9]
- March 23 - 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]
Arts
Cinema
Main article: List of Pakistani films of 2015
Economy
- 2014–15 Pakistan federal budget
- 2015–16 Pakistan federal budget
Sport
Cricket
International
Domestic
Football
Public holidays
Main article: Public holidays in Pakistan
See also
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Airstrikes kill 39 militants in Pakistan". 4 January 2015. Retrieved 4 January 2015.
- ↑ "Bomb at volleyball match kills 4 in northwest Pakistan". 4 January 2015. Retrieved 5 January 2015.
- ↑ "Suicide blast kills seven in Pakistan". 10 January 2015. Retrieved 10 January 2015.
- ↑ "Death toll in horrific road mishap near Karachi reaches 57". 11 January 2015. Retrieved 11 January 2015.
- ↑ "Officials scramble after massive power outage hits Pakistan". Associated Press. 25 January 2015.
- ↑ "Pakistan arrests Peshawar school massacre suspects".
- ↑ "Pakistani Taliban attack Shia mosque in Peshawar".
- ↑ "Bomb blast kills 2 at Shi'ite mosque in Pakistan's Rawalpindi".
- ↑ "11 killed, 48 injured as blasts target Lahore Church". 15 March 2015. Retrieved 15 March 2015.
- ↑ "Pakistan says 80 militants killed in heavy clashes in country's lawless north-west".
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