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The following lists events that happened during 2016 in Pakistan.
Incumbents
- Nawaz Sharif, Prime Minister, 5 June 2013-current
- Mamnoon Hussain, President, 9 September 2013-current
Events
- The Pakistan and India governments provided one another with a full list of nuclear sites, military and civilian, in accordance with the 1988 Non-Nuclear Aggression Agreement[1]
- A suicide bomb attacker killed 14 people and injured 20 more near a polio centre near the Pakistani city of Quetta on 13 January.[2]
- Brahumdagh Bugti's asylum application was rejected in Switzerland on 17 January. He had been in Switzerland since he fled Afghanistan in 2010, surviving Al Qaeda, and allegedly Pakistani government, attempts on his life.[3]
- Pervez Musharraf was acquitted on 18 January in the murder trial of Akbar Bugti, the Baloch tribal leader who died in a military operation in 2006.[4]
- Gunmen attacked a university in Charsadda, Pakistan. At least 21 people were reportedly killed.[5]
- 16 March - A bus bomb in Peshawar kills 15 people.[6]
- 27 March - 72 people were killed in a suicide bombing in Lahore.
- 20 April
- Seven policemen guarding polio team killed on duty.[7]
- IED blast in Mohamand agency killing two.[8]
- In Punjab, at least 33 people died after eating sweets, accidentally tainted with insecticide. The mass poisoning occurred in April. [9]
Public holidays
See also
References
- ^ 1 January 2016. "India, Pakistan exchange list of nuke installations, prisoners". Times of India.
{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ (The News)
- ^ "Switzerland rejects Brahamdagh Bugti's asylum plea". Daily Times. 17 January 2016.
- ^ Pakistan's Musharraf acquitted over Baloch rebel killing (BBC)
- ^ (BBC News)
- ^ Akbar, Dawn.com | Ali (2016-03-16). "15 killed as bomb rips through bus carrying govt employees in Peshawar". www.dawn.com. Retrieved 2016-03-21.
- ^ Raza, Dawn.com | Mohammad (2016-04-20). "Seven policemen guarding polio workers shot dead in Karachi". www.dawn.com. Retrieved 2016-04-20.
- ^ "Two killed in Mohmand agency blast". www.dawn.com. 2016-04-20. Retrieved 2016-04-20.
- ^ [1] Daily Times
