2012 in Pakistan explained
The following events occurred in Pakistan in the year 2012.
Incumbents
Federal government
Governors
Events
January
February
- Iranian consulate organised an exhibition of Iranian products at the Expo Centre Lahore in the third week of April,
- Iran assured Pakistan that it is sincerely working to provide assistance and support for overcoming the energy crisis.
- Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy becomes the first Pakistani to ever win an Oscar. At the 84th Academy Awards, her documentary on the reconstructive surgery of acid attack victims, Saving Face wins for Best Documentary (Short Subject).
May
- Daniyal Ali Azfar, the youngest digital photographer in the world held his first exhibition at the age of 1 year, 363 days on 5 May 2012 in an art gallery in Karachi.
- A video was published involving two men and four girls went viral. This caused the murders of the people in question. The incident is known as the 2012 Kohistan scandal.
June
July
- July 9 - A gunman attacked a military camp near Wazirabad in Punjab, killing seven security personnel. The attack came at a time when Pakistan reopened NATO supply lines to Afghanistan, which had previously been closed for eight months to protest the 2011 NATO attack in Pakistan.
August
September
October
November
- 6 November - US polls event organised in US embassy in Pakistan.
- 9 November - Iqbal day celebrated with full zeal across the nation.
December
- On 22 December, Bashir Ahmad Bilour was leaving after attending a meeting of ANP workers at a private residence in Peshawar, when he was attacked and critically injured by a suicide bomber at 6:15 PM. He was rushed to Lady Reading Hospital where he died at 7:40 PM. His secretary Noor Muhammad was also killed in the blast. The funeral prayer for him was held at Colonel Sher Khan Army Stadium on 23 December 2012, and he was laid to rest at Syed Hasan Pir graveyard in Peshawar
Arts
Cinema
See main article: Pakistani films of 2012.
Sport
Cricket
Domestic
International
Other
Deaths
- 10 January
- 14 January – Arfa Karim, 16, Pakistani student, world's youngest Microsoft Certified Professional (2004–2008), idiopathic epilepsy seizures. (born 1995) http://www.dawn.com/2012/01/14/arfa-karim-passes-away-in-lahore.html
- 7 April – Bashir Ahmed Qureshi, 52, Sindhi nationalist politician, heart attack. http://tribune.com.pk/story/361087/jsqm-chairman-bashir-khan-qureshi-passes-away/
- 13 June – Mehdi Hassan, 84, Pakistani ghazal singer.[5]
- 17 June – Fauzia Wahab, 56, Pakistani politician, complications of gall bladder surgery.[6]
- 18 June – Ghazala Javed, Pakistani singer, shooting.[7]
- 22 June – Obaidullah Baig, 75, journalist and author
- 22 December – Bashir Ahmad Bilour, member of the provincial assembly of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa and Senior Minister for Local Government and Rural Development of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa.
Public holidays
See main article: Public holidays in Pakistan.
See also
Notes and References
- http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/india-pakistan-exchange-nuclear-facilities-list/1/166758.html India, Pakistan exchange nuclear facilities list
- http://tribune.com.pk/story/328886/fake-medicine-unofficial-death-toll-reaches-111/ (Express Tribune)
- News: Raja Pervez Ashraf: the new leader . . 24 June 2012 . 23 June 2012 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120624020308/http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2012%5C06%5C23%5Cstory_23-6-2012_pg7_22 . 24 June 2012 .
- News: Malala Yousafzai: The Latest Victim in the War on Children in Pakistan. Mahr. Krista. Time . October 9, 2012.
- Web site: Ghazal maestro Mehdi Hassan dies at 84 . pardaphash.com . 2012-06-13 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120615210828/http://www.pardaphash.com/news/ghazal-maestro-mehdi-hassan-dies-at-84/693242.html . 2012-06-15 .
- News: Transition: PPP MNA Fauzia Wahab passes away/. 17 June 2012. The Express Tribune. 17 June 2012.
- News: Target killing: Pashto singer Ghazala Javed, father gunned down in Peshawar. 18 June 2012. Riaz. Ahmad. The Express Tribune. 18 July 2012.
