October 2008 in Pakistan
- October 29
- At least 100 people die after a 6.4 magnitude earthquake in Pakistan near the city of Quetta in the Province of Balochistan. (CNN) (Dawn)
- October 24
- Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) sacked the national team coach Geoff Lawson and Chief Operating Officer (COO) Shafqat Naghmi while naming former Test cricketer Salim Altaf as Director General.(Daily Dawn)
- October 23
- Former Pakistan test captain Salim Malik is free to resume his involvement in cricket after a court lifted a life ban on Thursday.(CNN)
- October 22
- Pakistan sought help from the IMF on Wednesday to avoid defaulting on billions of dollars in loans and skirt a financial crisis brought on by high fuel prices, dwindling foreign investment and soaring militant violence. (CNN)
- October 21
- Trade route opens within Azad Kashmir and Indian Jammu and Kashmir state after 60 years. (BBC)
- October 13
- Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari has warned a brewing row with India over the waters of the Chenab river in the disputed Kashmir region could harm improving ties between the old rivals. (Reuters)
- October 9
- [...] bomber attacks police headquarters in Pakistani capital of Islamabad, wounding eight. Two air strikes northwest of Pakistan kill 20 militants. (Reuters)
- US missile strikes in northwest of Pakistan kill at least nine. (BBC News) (AP via Yahoo News)
- A roadside bomb in north-western Pakistan hits a school bus and a prison vehicle, [...] four school children and at least six others. (BBC News)
- October 5
- Pakistani president Asif Ali Zardari acknowledges his government's consent to US air strikes in Pakistan and says India has never been a threat. (BBC News)