2017 in Pakistan, the Glossary
The following lists notable events that happened during 2017 in Pakistan.[1]
Table of Contents
43 relations: Assassination of Benazir Bhutto, Atif Aslam, Benazir Bhutto, Chief Justice of Pakistan, Governor of Balochistan, Pakistan, Governor of Gilgit-Baltistan, Governor of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Governor of Punjab, Pakistan, Governor of Sindh, Iqbal Zafar Jhagra, January 2017 Parachinar bombing, June 2017 Pakistan attacks, Karachi, Khadim Hussain Rizvi, List of heads of state of Pakistan, List of prime ministers of Pakistan, Mamnoon Hussain, Minister for Law and Justice (Pakistan), Mir Ghazanfar Ali Khan, Muhammad, Muhammad Khan Achakzai, Muhammad Zubair Umar, Nawaz Sharif, Pakistan, Pakistan at the 2017 Asian Winter Games, Panama Papers, Rafique Rajwana, Saeeduzzaman Siddiqui, Saqib Nisar, Sehwan suicide bombing, Shahid Khaqan Abbasi, Supreme Court of Pakistan, Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan, Terrorist incidents in Pakistan in 2017, Timeline of Pakistani history, Zahid Hamid, 16th Lux Style Awards, 2017, 2017 Faizabad sit-in, 2017 ICC Champions Trophy, 2017 Pakistan Super League, 2017 Pakistani census, 2017 Quetta church attack.
- 2010s in Pakistan
- Years of the 21st century in Pakistan
Assassination of Benazir Bhutto
The assassination of Benazir Bhutto (بینظیر بھُٹو کا قتل) took place on 27 December 2007 in Rawalpindi, Pakistan.
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Atif Aslam
Atif Aslam (born 12 March 1983) is a Pakistani playback singer, songwriter, composer, and actor.
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Benazir Bhutto
Benazir Bhutto (21 June 1953 – 27 December 2007) was a Pakistani politician and stateswoman who served as the 11th and 13th prime minister of Pakistan from 1988 to 1990 and again from 1993 to 1996.
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Chief Justice of Pakistan
The chief justice of Pakistan (initials as CJP; منصفِ اعظمپاکستان, Munsif-e-Āzam Pākistān) is the chief judge of the Supreme Court of Pakistan and is the highest-ranking officer of the Pakistani judiciary.
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Governor of Balochistan, Pakistan
The Governor of Balochistan is the head of the province of Balochistan, Pakistan.
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Governor of Gilgit-Baltistan
The governor of Gilgit Baltistan is the appointed head of state of the provincial government in Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan.
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Governor of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
The governor of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa is the appointed head of state of the provincial government in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (formerly North-West Frontier Province), Pakistan.
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Governor of Punjab, Pakistan
The Governor of Punjab is the appointed head of state of the provincial government in Punjab, Pakistan.
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Governor of Sindh
The governor of Sindh is the appointed head of the province of Sindh, Pakistan.
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Iqbal Zafar Jhagra
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January 2017 Parachinar bombing
On 21 January 2017, a bomb was detonated at a vegetable market in Parachinar, in the Kurram Valley of the Federally Administered Tribal Areas of Pakistan.
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June 2017 Pakistan attacks
On 23 June 2017, a series of terrorist attacks took place in Pakistan resulting in 96 dead and over 200 wounded.
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Karachi
Karachi (کراچی) is the capital city of the Pakistani province of Sindh.
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Khadim Hussain Rizvi
Khadim Hussain Rizvi (خادمحسین رضوی; 22 May 1966 – 19 November 2020) was a Pakistani Islamic scholar and the founder of Tehreek-e-Labbaik, a religiopolitical organization founded in 2015, known to protest against any change to Pakistan's blasphemy law.
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List of heads of state of Pakistan
This is a list of the heads of state of Pakistan, from the foundation of Pakistan in 1947 to the present day.
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List of prime ministers of Pakistan
The prime minister of Pakistan (وزير اعظم|lit.
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Mamnoon Hussain
Mamnoon Hussain (ممنون حسین; 23 December 1940 – 14 July 2021) was a Pakistani politician and industrialist who served as the 12th president of Pakistan from 2013 to 2018.
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Minister for Law and Justice (Pakistan)
The Law Minister of Pakistan heads the Ministry of Law and Justice.
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Mir Ghazanfar Ali Khan
Mir Ghazanfar Ali Khan (Urdu: میر غضنفر علی خان, born 31 December 1945) is a Pakistani politician who served as the 6th Governor of Gilgit-Baltistan.
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Muhammad
Muhammad (570 – 8 June 632 CE) was an Arab religious, social, and political leader and the founder of Islam.
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Muhammad Khan Achakzai
Muhammad Khan Achakzai (محمد خان اڅکزی—; محمد خان اچکزئی, born 1 January 1930) is a Pakistani politician who served as the 23rd Governor of Balochistan.
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Muhammad Zubair Umar
Mohammad Zubair Umar (محمد زبیر عمر) is a Pakistani politician who served as 32nd Governor of Sindh from February 2017 to August 2018.
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Nawaz Sharif
Mian Muhammad Nawaz Sharif (Urdu:; born 25 December 1949) is a Pakistani businessman and politician who served as the Prime Minister of Pakistan for three non-consecutive terms.
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Pakistan
Pakistan, officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, is a country in South Asia.
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Pakistan at the 2017 Asian Winter Games
Pakistan competed in the 2017 Asian Winter Games in Sapporo and Obihiro, Japan from February 19 to 26.
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Panama Papers
The Panama Papers (Papeles de Panamá) are 11.5 million leaked documents (or 2.6 terabytes of data) that were published beginning on April 3, 2016.
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Rafique Rajwana
Malik Muhammad Rafique Rajwana (ملک محمد رفیق رجواݨا; ملک محمد رفیق رجوانہ; born 20 February 1949) has served as the 32nd Governor of Punjab, in office from 10 May 2015 to 18 August 2018.
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Saeeduzzaman Siddiqui
Saeed Uz Zaman Siddiqui (Urdu:; 1 December 1939 – 11 January 2017) (pronunciation 'sa'eed -uz- zam'an'; alternatively / officiallySaiduzzaman Siddiqui) was a Pakistani jurist and legislator of great prominence who formerly served as the 15th Chief Justice of Pakistan and, prior to that, the 7th Chief Justice of the Sindh High Court.
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Saqib Nisar
Mian Saqib Nisar (میاں ثاقب نثار; born 18 January 1954) is a Pakistani jurist who served as the 25th Chief Justice of Pakistan from 31 December 2016 till 17 January 2019.
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Sehwan suicide bombing
On 16 February 2017, a suicide bombing took place inside the Shrine of Lal Shahbaz Qalandar in Sehwan, Sindh, Pakistan, where pilgrims were performing a Sufi ritual after the evening prayers.
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Shahid Khaqan Abbasi
Shahid Khaqan Abbasi (شاہد خاقان عباسی; born 27 December 1958) is a Pakistani politician and businessman who served as the 21st prime minister of Pakistan from August 2017 to May 2018.
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Supreme Court of Pakistan
The Supreme Court of Pakistan (عدالتِ عظمیٰ پاکستان; Adālat-e-Uzma Pākistān) is the apex court in the judicial hierarchy of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan.
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Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan
Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP) is a far-right Islamic extremist political party in Pakistan.
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Terrorist incidents in Pakistan in 2017
Terrorist incidents in Pakistan in 2017 include, in chronological order.
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Timeline of Pakistani history
This is a timeline of Pakistani history, comprising important legal and territorial changes and political events in the region of modern-day Pakistan.
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Zahid Hamid
Zahid Hamid (born 24 October 1947) is a Pakistani politician, and lawyer.
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16th Lux Style Awards
16th Lux Style Awards ---- Official Poster Date: April 19, 2017 ---- Host: Atif Aslam ---- Director: Hassan Sheheryar Yasin ---- Venue: Expo Center, Karachi, Sindh ---- Best Film: Actor in Law ---- Best TV Play: Dil Lagi ---- ←15th Lux Style Awards 17th→ ---- The 16th Lux Style Awards ceremony, presented by Lux to honor the best in fashion, music, films, and Pakistani television of 2016, took place on 19 April 2017 at the Expo Center, Karachi, Sindh.
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2017
2017 was designated as International Year of Sustainable Tourism for Development by the United Nations General Assembly.
2017 Faizabad sit-in
2017 Faizabad sit-in was organized by Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP).
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2017 ICC Champions Trophy
The 2017 ICC Champions Trophy was the eighth ICC Champions Trophy, a cricket tournament for the eight top-ranked One Day International (ODI) teams in the world.
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2017 Pakistan Super League
The 2017 Pakistan Super League (also known as PSL 2 or, for sponsorship reasons, HBL PSL 2017), was the second season of the Pakistan Super League, a franchise Twenty20 cricket league established by the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) in 2016.
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2017 Pakistani census
The 2017 Census of Pakistan was a detailed enumeration of the Pakistani population which began on 15 March 2017 and ended on 25 May 2017.
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2017 Quetta church attack
The 2017 Quetta church attack took place on 17 December 2017 when armed militants and suicide bombers stormed the Bethel Memorial Methodist Church in the western Pakistani city of Quetta, killing nine people and injuring dozens more.
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See also
2010s in Pakistan
- 2010 in Pakistan
- 2011 in Pakistan
- 2012 KPT Challenge Cup
- 2012 in Pakistan
- 2013 in Pakistan
- 2014 in Pakistan
- 2015 NBP National Challenge Cup
- 2015 in Pakistan
- 2016 Pakistan Football Federation Cup
- 2016 in Pakistan
- 2017 in Pakistan
- 2018 National Challenge Cup
- 2018 in Pakistan
- 2019 in Pakistan
- Abbasi government
- Chief ministership of Shehbaz Sharif
- Drone strikes in Pakistan
- Insurgency in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
- Operation Ghazi
- Operation Khyber
- Operation Koh-e-Sufaid
- Operation Zarb-e-Azb
- Pakistan women's national football team results
- Raja Pervaiz Ashraf government
- Tariq Gidar Group
Years of the 21st century in Pakistan
- 2001 in Pakistan
- 2002 in Pakistan
- 2003 in Pakistan
- 2004 in Pakistan
- 2005 in Pakistan
- 2006 in Pakistan
- 2007 in Pakistan
- 2008 in Pakistan
- 2009 in Pakistan
- 2010 in Pakistan
- 2011 in Pakistan
- 2012 in Pakistan
- 2013 in Pakistan
- 2014 in Pakistan
- 2015 in Pakistan
- 2016 in Pakistan
- 2017 in Pakistan
- 2018 in Pakistan
- 2019 in Pakistan
- 2020 in Pakistan
- 2021 in Pakistan
- 2022 in Pakistan
- 2023 in Pakistan
- 2024 in Pakistan