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24 October 2016
On 24 October 2016, three heavily armed terrorists carried out an attack on the Balochistan police training college in Quetta, Pakistan, killing 61 cadets and injuring more than 165 others. The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant – Khorasan Province claimed responsibility for the attack, and Pakistan-based Lashkar-e-Jhangvi claimed to have collaborated with them.
7 December 2016
Pakistan International Airlines Flight 661 was a Pakistani domestic passenger flight from Chitral to Islamabad, operated by Pakistan's flag carrier Pakistan International Airlines. On 7 December 2016, the aircraft serving the route, an ATR 42-500 twin-turboprop, crashed near Havelian following an engine failure.
24 January 2018
Between 2004 and 2018, the United States government attacked thousands of targets in northwest Pakistan using unmanned aerial vehicles (drones) operated by the United States Air Force under the operational control of the Central Intelligence Agency's Special Activities Division during the war on terror. Most of these attacks were on targets in the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (now part of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province) along the Afghan border in northwest Pakistan.
14 February 2019
In the aftermath of the Pulwama attack on 14 February 2019, a standoff emerged between India and Pakistan consisting of cross-border airstrikes and exchanges of gunfire between India and Pakistan across the de facto border in the disputed Kashmir region, which is subject to extensive territorial claims by both countries. The Pulwama attack in Jammu and Kashmir had killed 40 Indian Central Reserve Police Force personnel.
24 September 2019
The 2019 Kashmir earthquake struck regions of Pakistan with an epicentre in Azad Kashmir on 24 September at 16:02 local time (11:02 UTC). It had a magnitude of 5.4 Mww and a maximum felt intensity of VII (Very strong) on the Modified Mercalli intensity scale or VIII (Heavily damaging) on the European macroseismic scale.
1 December 2019
The global COVID-19 pandemic (also known as the coronavirus pandemic), caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), began with an outbreak in Wuhan, China, in December 2019. It spread to other parts of Asia and then worldwide in early 2020.
29 June 2020
On 29 June 2020, Balochistan Liberation Army (BLA) militants attacked the Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) building in Karachi with grenades and by firing indiscriminately. At least three security guards and a police sub-inspector were killed, while seven people were injured during the attack.
7 October 2021
An earthquake struck Pakistan's province of Balochistan near the city of Harnai on 7 October 2021. The moment magnitude 5.9 Mww quake struck in the early morning at 03:01 local time, killing at least 42 people and injuring 300 others.
4 March 2022
On 4 March 2022, the Islamic State – Khorasan Province attacked a Shia mosque at Qissa Khwani Bazaar in Peshawar, Pakistan. The suicide attack, carried out by an Afghan man who was a long-term resident of Pakistan, killed at least 63 people and injured another 196.
22 June 2022
A 4.0-kilometre (2.5 mi) deep earthquake measuring a magnitude (Mw) of 6.2 struck southeastern Afghanistan on 22 June 2022 at 01:24:36 AFT (on 21 June 2022 at 20:54:36 UTC). The earthquake had a maximum Modified Mercalli intensity of IX (Violent).
30 July 2023
On 30 July 2023, the Islamic State – Khorasan Province carried out a suicide bombing at a Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (F) rally in Khar, Bajaur District, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan, killing at least 63 people and injuring nearly 200 others.
7 February 2024
On 7 February 2024, twin bombings killed at least 30 people in Balochistan Province of Pakistan, targeting political campaign offices on the eve of the 2024 general election. At least 40 people were reported injured.
2025
The 2025 Pakistan floods were a series of devastating floods triggered by heavy pre-monsoon rains in June 2025 and continuing throughout the monsoon season into September. The disaster primarily affected Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Punjab, Sindh, Balochistan and Azad Kashmir, causing widespread casualties, infrastructure damage, and mass displacement.
31 January 2026
In late January and early February 2026, in a series of coordinated attacks across multiple districts in Balochistan, Baloch insurgents engaged in armed assaults and suicide bombings targeting schools, hospitals, banks, markets, security installations, police stations, a high-security prison, and various civilian areas. These attacks occurred as part of an ongoing insurgency in the Balochistan region, where nationalist and separatist groups are seeking greater autonomy or independence from Pakistan and Iran.
6 February 2026
On 6 February 2026, a suicide attack occurred at the Khadija Tul Kubra Mosque, a Shia mosque in the Tarlai Kalan area of southeastern Islamabad, Pakistan. The explosion occurred during Friday prayer, killing 31 people and injuring over 169 others.
21 February 2026
Since February 2026, Pakistan and Afghanistan have been engaged in the most sustained cross-border conflict between the two countries since the Taliban's 2021 return to power in Afghanistan. The conflict began with Pakistani airstrikes on alleged Pakistani Taliban (TTP) and Islamic State – Khorasan Province camps in eastern Afghanistan, and escalated within a week into what Pakistan's defence minister, Khawaja Asif, called an "open war" fought under the codename Operation Ghazab lil-Haq.
1 March 2026
On 1 March 2026, the Consulate General of the United States in Karachi, Pakistan, was targeted by Shia Muslim protesters following strikes on Iran by the US and Israel in which Iranian supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei was assassinated. As the protesters assaulted the consulate and breached the outer wall, the Marine Security Guards opened fire, killing 10 protesters and injuring over 60.
7 July 2026
K2 Airways Flight 1732 was a scheduled international cargo flight operated by K2 Airways from Sharjah International Airport in Sharjah, United Arab Emirates, to Jinnah International Airport in Karachi, Pakistan. On 7 July 2026, the Boeing 737-400 freighter crashed in the Arabian Sea following a reported malfunction of navigation systems..
30 July 2026
On 30 July 2026, an avalanche struck a group of 10 climbers attempting to summit Broad Peak in the Karakoram range of Pakistan. The avalanche occurred at an altitude of about 6,600 m (21,700 ft) on the slope between Camp 2 and Camp 3 and swept all the climbers down the mountain.
18 September 2026
On 18 September 2026, armed insurgents attacked and occupied the Old Police Lines complex in Kohat, Pakistan. After an initial attack on the Old Police Lines mosque, a battle and clearance operation continued for about 22 hours, resulting in 31 deaths and 103 injuries.