JANUARY
03 Air strikes kill 31 in Khyber Agency.

06 National Assembly passes 21st and Army Act Amendment bills.

09 Four Al Qaeda men shot dead in an encounter by police.

* Bomb attack near Imambargah in Rawalpindi kills five.

* Clashes between security forces and terrorists kill 15.

11 Accident between bus and oil tanker on National Highway near Karachi kills 60.

12 US Secretary of State arrives for strategic dialogue.

14 Former president Pervez Musharraf indicted in Buqgti murder case.

15 US drone strike in Shawal valley in Fata kills seven.

22 Supreme Court decides to take up pleas against 21st Amendment.

27 Air strikes kill 92 in North Waziristan and Khyber Agency.

28 US drone strike kill kills seven in North Waziristan.

* Constitutional 21st Amendment case proceedings start in Supreme Court.

29 Punjab Governor Chaudhry Sarwar resigns.

30 Bomb blast at a Shikarpur Imambargah kills 53.

FEBRUARY
04 Air strikes kill 25 in Khyber Agency.

09 Air strikes kill 12 in Tirah valley.

10 Frontier Corps kills 15 in Balochistan.

11 Government extends military courts to Fata.

12 Army claims arrest of key men behind APS attack.

* Tirah valley air strikes kill seven.

13 National Commission on Human Rights established.

13 Sectarian attack in Peshawar kills 20.

16 Chaudhry Muhammad Barjis Tahir takes oath as GB Governor.

17 Bomb blast kills five policemen; 31 injured.

18 Suicide attack on imambargah in Islamabad kills three.

20 Coalmine blast kills eight miners in Loralai.

22 Van fire kills nine in Sindh.

MARCH
03 Pakistan India foreign secretaries hold talks in Islamabad.

04 Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif visits Saudi Arabia.

08 Senate elections held.

09 Islamabad and Kabul agreed to document unregistered Afghans.

10 Four policemen shot dead in Karachi.

10 Government reinstates capital punishment for all offences.

11 Rangers raid MQM headquarters Nine Zero in Karachi.

12 Raza Rabbani takes oath as Senate Chairman.

15 Suicide bombers hit two churches in Lahore, killing 15.

20 Suicide bomber kills two Rangers personnel in Karachi.

21 In a clash, Army kills 80 militants in Tirah valley.

25 Military operation in Khybar and Kurram tribal regions kill 46.

26 Militants kill five policemen in Loralai.

27 Bomb blast kills two policemen in Karachi.

28 Two kidnapped Czechs freed after two years.

* Clash kills 15 militants in Tirah valley.

April
04 Five killed in Tirah valley air strikes.

06 Security forces kill six in Tirah valley.

10 Security forces kill Ziarat attack suspect in Bolan district.

11 Gunmen kill 20 labourers in Turbat.

12 Al Qaeda confirms death of two key leaders in drone strikes in January.

12 Security forces kill 10 militants trying to enter Pakistan from Afghanistan.

15 Army Strategic Forces Command test the parameters of Ghori missile.

20 Chinese President Xi Jinping arrives in Islamabad.

* China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) project inaugurated through video link.

21 Clashes kill six militants and two soldiers in Balochistan.22 Clashes and air strikes in South Waziristan and North Waziristan kill 34.

24 Sabeen Mahmud shot dead in Karachi.

26 Cyclone kills people in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.

29 Karachi University professor Waheed-ur-Rehnan shot dead.

30 Clashes in Tirah vally kill five Army personnel and 27 militants.

M A Y
02 Military air strikes kill 44 militants in North Waziristan.

03 Fire engulfs bus carrying wedding party, killing 13.

04 Election tribunal annuls NA-125 results from where PML-N`s Khwaja Saad Rafique had won.

07 Malik Rafique Rajwana appointed Punjab Governor.

09 Army helicopter crashes in Naltar valley, killing foreign envoys and their spouses.

13 Gunmen storm Ismaili community bus in Karachi`s Safoor Goth area, killing 43.

15 Military air strikes in North Waziristan kill 15.

16 US drone attack kills six in North Waziristan.

17 House fire kills six children in Lahore.

18 Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) and Afghan National Directorate of Security sign cooperation deal.

29 Government signs 20 agreements with Belarus.

30 Violence in Local government polls in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa kills five.



J U N E
04 Flood kills 13 in Balochistan.

06 US drone attack kills eight in North Waziristan.

* Ambush kills four policemen in Quetta.

07 Five Hazara men gunned down in Quetta.

08 Bomb attack kills seven soldiers in South Waziristan; retaliatory attack by security forces kills 19 militants.

09 Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif visits Tajikistan.

11 Four policemen shot dead in Quetta.

20 Sindh heatwave kills 136.

23 Heatwave kills another 337 in Karachi.

25 Flood kills nine in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.

28 Military air strikes kill 27 in North Waziristan.

29 Four suspected terrorists killed in Lahore raid.

30 Clash with security forces kills 13 in Balochistan.



J U LY
02 Train carrying troops plunges into canal, killing 17.

05 Gunfight kills 12 terrorists and four troops in North Waziristan.

09 Pakistan joins Shanghai Cooperation Organisation.

* PM Nawaz Sharif and his Indian counterpart meet on the sidelines of SCOsummit.

25 Floods kill 20 in Chitral.

29 Lashkar-i-Jhanqvi leader Malik Ishaq and 12 others killed in gunfight

AUGUST
02 ISI personnel kill Al Qaeda regional chief in Chagai.

* Floods kill 11 in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.

03 Clashes in South Waziristan kill three soldiers and five militants.

04 Indian shelling kills three civilians.

05 Supreme Court declares military courts legal.

06 Army helicopter crashes near Mansehra.

* US drone attack kills five militants in North Waziristan.

11 National Assembly adopts Quaid`s vision about minorities.

16 Air strikes kill 40 terrorists in North Waziristan.

17 Military kills 65 militants in North Waziristan and Khyber Agency air strikes.

20 In final phase of Zarb-i-Azb, Army launches ground offensive in Shawal valley.

22 Election tribunal annuls Speaker Ayaz Sadiq`s electionto National Assembly.

26 Military operation in Balochistan kills 12 militants.

29 Military kills 14 in Shawal valley.

30 Bomb attack on Jewani airport in Gwadar district kills two CA A men.

SEPTEMBER
01 Suicide attack in Jamrud (Khyber Agency) kills four people; 56 others injured.

* US drone kills five in North Waziristan * Three Youhanabad terrorism suspects killed in Lahore encounter.

02 Three policemen killed in an encounter in Peshawar.

07 Home-made drone kills three in Shawal valley.

09 TV journalist Aftab Alam shot dead in Karachi 13 Air strikes kill 17 in North Waziristan.

* Blast in Multan kills 10 people.

14 Shawal valley clash kills an Army major and five militants.

15 Nawaz Sharif government unveils Rs341bn package for farmers.

18 Afghanistan-based TTP men storm PAF camp in Peshawar, killing 29 people.

* Air strikes kill 22 militants in South Waziristan.

19 Air strikes kill 18 in Tirah valley.

OCTOBER
01 Air strikes kill 25 in North Waziristan.

13 Landslide kills 13 people in Gulistan+Jauhar area of Karachi.

14 Suicide attack on MNA camp in Dera Ghazi khan kills seven people.

16 Pakistan-Russia sign LNG pipeline accord.

19 A blast in a local bus in Quetta kills 10 people.

22 Suicide attack on Imambargah in Quetta kills 11 people.

23 Suicide attack on Muharram procession kills 22 people in Sindh.

26 Earthquake kills 220 people across country.

31 Violence kills 11 in Khairpur, while 15 others are injured during polling for local elections.


NOVEMBER
04 Four-story factory collapses in Lahore`s industrial area, killing 18 people.

07 Tirah valley air strikes kill 15 militants.

14 Air strikes kill 22 militants in North Waziristan.

17 Rawalpind-bound Jaffar Express derailed, killing 14 people.

24 Pakistan Air Force fighter pilot Marium Mukhtiar dies in air crash.

27 Air strikes kill 21 militants in Tirah valley of Khyber tribal region.

DECEMBER
01Terrorists kill two Army personnel in Karachi.

02 Four Army Public School attackers hanged in Kohat district pnson.

05 MQM leader Altaf Hussain booked in Imran Farooq murder case.

09 Indian Foreign Minister Sushma Swaraj visits Islamabad to attend Heart of Asia Conference.

14 Clash between security forces and militants kill 13 in Balochistan.

18 Air strikes kill 23 militants in North Waziristan.

22 Professor Mehar Taj elected first deputy speaker of Khyber Pakhtunkkhwa Assembly.

23 Dr. Abdul Malik quits as Balochistan chief minister.

24 Raheela Hameed Khan elected first woman speaker of Balochistan Assrmbly.

25 Sindh government blames Islamabad for `invasion` of the province.

27 Indian PM Modi comes on a surprise visit to Lahore; has a breif chat with PM Nawaz Sharif.

28 COAS Raheel Sharif meets Afghan Preisdent Ashraf Ghani.


Credits: Dawn newspaper