Events in the year 2018 in Pakistan. Incumbents President Mamnoon Hussain - September 2013 - September 2018 Arif Alvi - September 2018 - incumbent Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi - August 2017 to May 2018 Nasirul Mulk - May 2018 to August 2018 Imran Khan - August 2018 to incumbent Governors Governor of Balochistan – Muhammad Khan Achakzai (until 4 October); Amanullah Khan Yasinzai (from 4 October) Governor of Gilgit-Baltistan – Mir Ghazanfar Ali Khan (until 14 September); Raja Jalal Hussain Maqpoon (starting 14 September) Governor of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa – until 20 August: Iqbal Zafar Jhagra 20 August-5 September: Mushtaq Ahmed Ghani from 5 September: Shah Farman Governor of Punjab – until 18 August: Malik Muhammad Rafique Rajwana 18 August-5 September: Chaudhry Pervaiz Elahi from 5 September: Chaudhry Mohammad Sarwar Governor of Sindh – Mohammad Zubair (until 29 July); Imran Ismail (from 27 August) Events January 3 January - Pakistani cricket team in New Zealand in 2017–18 13 January - The killing of Naqeebullah Mehsud in a fake encounter staged by the senior superintendent of police (SSP) Rao Anwar in Karachi sparked countrywide protests against extrajudicial killings. The Pashtun Tahafuz Movement (PTM), led by Manzoor Pashteen, launched a campaign to seek justice for Naqeebullah Mehsud. February 9 - 25 February - Pakistan at the 2018 Winter Olympics 22 February - 2018 Pakistan Super League March 3 March - The 2018 elections to the Senate of Pakistan were held. April 4 April - Pakistan at the 2018 Commonwealth Games 25 April - 2018 Pakistan Cup May 24–27 may - The twenty-fifth amendment to the Constitution of Pakistan was approved by the Parliament of Pakistan and the Provincial Assembly of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP), giving way to the merger of the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) into the Province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP). June 3 June - Pakistan at 2018 Women's Twenty20 Asia Cup July 6 July - Former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, his daughter Maryam Nawaz and son-in-law Safdar Awan were given prison sentences of 10, 7 and 1 years respectfully on controversial corruption charges. 10 July - A suicide bombing at a political rally of the Awami National Party in Peshawar left 22 people dead. 13 July - Two suicide bombings, one in Bannu and one in Mastung, left 5 and 131 people dead respectively. The former targeted the vehicle of former KPK Chief Minister Akram Durrani, while the latter targeted