August 2009 in Pakistan
- August 26
- Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan confirms that their former leader Baitullah Mehsud died from injuries sustained during a U.S. drone attack on August 5.
- August 22
- Taliban official Hakeemullah Mehsud is selected as the new head of the Pakistani Taliban, a local Taliban commander in Pakistan's federally administered tribal areas confirms. (CNN)
- August 21
- A missile fired from a U.S. unmanned plane destroyed a suspected militant hide-out in northwest Pakistan on Friday, [...] at least 12 people in a stronghold of a jihadi leader blamed for attacks in Afghanistan. (Associated Press)
- August 17
- A bomb explodes on a truck at a fuel station in Charsadda, North-West Frontier Province, Pakistan (20 km from Peshawar), [...] seven people. (BBC News)
- August 14
- Pakistan begins its first international freight train service from Islamabad to Istanbul. (BBC)
- August 6
- At least 34 people are feared dead after their bus plunges into the Indus River in Pakistan. (BBC)