2025 in Pakistan

2025
in
Pakistan

Decades:
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The events listed below are both anticipated and scheduled for the year 2025 in Pakistan.

The year 2025 will be the 78th year of the independence of Pakistan.

Incumbents

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Federal government

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S. No Photo Name Office
1 Asif Ali Zardari President of Pakistan
2 Shehbaz Sharif Prime Minister of Pakistan
3 Yusuf Raza Gillani Chairman of the Senate
4 Ayaz Sadiq Speaker of the National Assembly
5 Yahya Afridi Chief Justice of Pakistan
6 Sikandar Sultan Raja Chief Election Commissioner of Pakistan
7 16th National Assembly of Pakistan[1] National Assembly
8 16th Senate of Pakistan Senate of Pakistan

Provincial government

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Province Governor Chief Minister Government Type Chief Justice
Balochistan Sheikh Jaffar Khan Mandokhail Sarfaraz Bugti (from 2 March 2024) PPP Coalition Muhammad Hashim Kakar (BHC)
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Faisal Karim Kundi Ali Amin Gandapur (from 2 March 2024) PTI Coalition[a] Ishtiaq Ibrahim (PHC)
Punjab Sardar Saleem Haider Khan Maryam Nawaz (from 26 February 2024) PML-N Coalition Aalia Neelum (LHC)
Sindh Kamran Tessori Murad Ali Shah (from 27 February 2024) PPP Majority Muhammad Shafi Siddiqui (SHC)

State government

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Province President Prime minister Government Type Chief Justice
Gilgit-Baltistan Mehdi Shah Gulbar Khan (from 13 July 2023) PTI Coalition Shamim Khan (SACGB)
Azad Kashmir Sultan Mehmood Chaudhry Chaudhry Anwarul Haq (from 20 April 2023) PTI Coalition Raja Saeed Akram Khan (SCAJK)

Events

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January

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February

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March

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April

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May

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Holidays

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Source:[95]

Arts and entertainment

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Deaths

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See also

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Country overviews

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Notes

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  1. ^ The government is made up of PTI members and members who are de jure independents but are de facto members of the PTI.[2][3][4]

References

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