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Pakistan-related events during the year of 2021
Events from the year 2021 in Pakistan .
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January and February [ edit ]
2 January
3 January - Machh attack
5 January - The Supreme Court ordered that the Shri Paramhans Ji Maharaj Samadhi temple in Teri, Karak District , be rebuilt by the government after it was destroyed by a mob in December 2020.[5]
9 January – A massive blackout strikes Pakistan , leaving as much as 90 percent of the country without electricity at its height as officials rush to restore power.[6]
11 January - 9 countries appointed new ambassadors to Pakistan: Nepal , Tapas Adhikari ; Belarus , Andrei Metdlitsa ; South Korea , Sush Sangpyo ; Cuba , Zener Javier ; Mali , Dianguinadit Yaya Doucoure ; Ireland , Ms Sonya McGuinness ; Sierra Leone , Alie Kamara ; Cambodia , Ung Sean ; Kosovo , Ilir Dugolli .[7]
12 January - Two gunmen attacked a team of polio vaccine handlers in Karak , Khyber Pakhtunkhwa , killing a policeman who was escorting them.[8]
28 January – A Malaysian court ordered the immediate release of Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) plane which was seized on 15 January, at the Kuala Lumpur International Airport , over a lease dispute.[9] [10]
22 February - Ippi shooting
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References [ edit ]
^ "Post-mortem report of Usa offers new details into Islamabad shooting" . Dunya News . 2 January 2021. Retrieved 5 January 2021 .
^ Shams, Shamil (3 January 2021). "Killing of 22-year-old student by police sparks outrage in Pakistan" . Deutsche Welle . Retrieved 5 January 2021 .
^ Tanveer, Asim (2 January 2021). "Pakistan arrests key militant on terror financing charges" . Associated Press . Archived from the original on 4 January 2021. Retrieved 4 January 2021 .
^ Bukhari, Mubasher; Peshimam, Gibran (2 January 2021). Russell, Ros (ed.). "Pakistan arrests alleged militant group leader Zaki ur Rehman Lakhvi on terrorism financing charge" . Reuters . Archived from the original on 2 January 2021. Retrieved 4 January 2021 .
^ "Pakistani top court orders rebuilding of destroyed Hindu temple" . Al Jazeera English . January 6, 2021.
^ "Pakistan power cut plunges country into darkness" . BBC. 10 January 2021. Archived from the original on 28 January 2015. Retrieved 12 January 2021 .
^ "Nine countries appoint new ambassadors to Pakistan" . The News . January 11, 2021.
^ Janjua, Haroon. "Pakistan: Gunmen target polio workers, kill policeman" . Deutsche Welle . "Two gunmen came on a motorcycle and attacked our colleague Junaid Ullah while he was escorting the polio team. They opened fire on the van carrying polio workers," Muhammad Ishaq Khan, a police official in Karak, told DW.
^ Latif, Aamir (27 January 2021). "Malaysian court orders release of Pakistani plane" . Anadolu Agency . Retrieved 29 January 2021 .
^ Sipalan, Joseph; Hepher, Tim; Shahzad, Asif (27 January 2021). Potter, Mark; Fernandez, Clarence (eds.). "Malaysian court releases Pakistan national carrier's grounded plane" . Reuters . Retrieved 29 January 2021 .