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Dedication
We dedicated this book to the Almighty God, thank you for the guidance, strength, power of mind, protection
and skills and for giving us a healthy life. All of these, we offer to you.
We dedicate this work to our principal professor Riffat Iqbal, our vice principal Professor
Janhanzaib Yousaf and our course instructor Professor Muhammad Rashid and to give special thanks to all who
give us the opportunity to fulfill this job
This study is wholeheartedly dedicated to our beloved parents, who have been our source of inspiration and
gave us strength when we thought of giving up, who continually provide their moral, spiritual, emotional, and
financial support.
To our brothers, sisters, relatives, mentor, friends, and classmates who shared their words of advice and
encouragement to finish this study.
We also dedicate this dissertation to our group, who supported each other throughout the process.
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Acknowledgement
We are really grateful because we managed to complete our international relations thesis within the time given
by our advisor professor Muhammad Rashid. The project can never be completed without the effort of our
group members
(Salma, Anum Zafar, Aqsa Zahid, Qurat ul Ain)

We sincerely thank our instructor professor Muhammad Rashid at university of central
Punjab for the guidance, encouragement, and for the support in completing this project
Salma _____________
Anum Zafar _____________
Aqsa Zahid _____________
Qurat ul Ain _____________
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Letter of thanks
We are very grateful to each other as group members, for the best coordination, patience and support in
overcoming numerous obstacles we have been facing through our thesis
We sincerely thank or fellow students for their feedback and we like to express our gratitude to the professor
Muhammad Rashid.
We say thanks to our families, our parents and to our brother and sisters for supporting us spiritually throughout
writing this thesis.
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Table of Contents
Chapter no 1............................................................................................................................................................................. 9
Introduction........................................................................................................................................................................ 10
History of Terrorism .......................................................................................................................................................... 10
1-Modern terrorism ....................................................................................................................................................... 10
Terrorist Organization........................................................................................................................................................ 11
1-Al-Qaeda ..................................................................................................................................................................... 11
2-IRA............................................................................................................................................................................... 11
3-Taliban ........................................................................................................................................................................ 12
4-Hamas ......................................................................................................................................................................... 12
5-ISIS(Daish) ................................................................................................................................................................... 12
6-Abu Nidal Organization (ANO) .................................................................................................................................... 12
Chapter no 2........................................................................................................................................................................... 13
9/11 incident ...................................................................................................................................................................... 14
World Trade Centre ........................................................................................................................................................... 14
Pentagon Attack ................................................................................................................................................................. 14
Twin Towers Collapse ....................................................................................................................................................... 14
Flight 93 ............................................................................................................................................................................. 15
How Many People Died in 9/11 Attacks ........................................................................................................................... 15
America Responds ............................................................................................................................................................. 15
Chapter no 3........................................................................................................................................................................... 16
War on Terror Started ........................................................................................................................................................ 17
1-US Objectives .............................................................................................................................................................. 17
2-Pak and War on Terror ............................................................................................................................................... 18
3-According to president Musharraf why Pakistan joined war on terror...................................................................... 19
4-US demanded from Pakistan ...................................................................................................................................... 19
5-Pakistan Allowed US to Pass War material................................................................................................................. 20
Chapter no 4........................................................................................................................................................................... 23
Pakistan’s Afghan Policy Prior To 9/11 ............................................................................................................................ 24
1-9/11 and Change in Pakistan’s Foreign Policy toward Afghanistan ........................................................................... 25
2-Challenges to Pakistan ................................................................................................................................................ 28
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3-Benefits of the Post 9/11 Pakistan’s Afghan Policy .................................................................................................... 29
Chapter no 5........................................................................................................................................................................... 30
Terrorism Impact on Pakistan ............................................................................................................................................ 31
1-Introduction ................................................................................................................................................................ 31
Impact Analysis of the War on Terror on Pakistan............................................................................................................ 32
1) Economic impact of the War ..................................................................................................................................... 32
a. Gross Domestic Product ........................................................................................................................................ 33
b. Foreign Direct Investment (FDI)............................................................................................................................. 34
c. Agriculture ............................................................................................................................................................. 34
2) Social and Political Impact of the War .......................................................................................................................... 35
a) Incidence of Terrorism and Human Cost ............................................................................................................... 35
b) Rate of Unemployment ......................................................................................................................................... 36
c) Media’s Overtly Negative Role .............................................................................................................................. 36
d) Effects on Citizens .................................................................................................................................................. 37
e) Effects on Tourism ................................................................................................................................................. 37
Chapter no 6........................................................................................................................................................................... 39
Agreement for peace by Pakistan ...................................................................................................................................... 40
1-The Shakai Peace Agreement, April 2004................................................................................................................... 40
2-Srarogha Peace Agreement, February 2005 ............................................................................................................... 40
3-The Swat Agreement, May 2008 ................................................................................................................................ 41
4-Waziristan Accord ....................................................................................................................................................... 42
Chapter no 7........................................................................................................................................................................... 44
Terrorist incidents in Pakistan ........................................................................................................................................... 45
1) Terrorist incidents in Pakistan in 2001 .................................................................................................................. 45
10) Terrorist incidents in Pakistan in 2010 .............................................................................................................. 79
11) Terrorist incidents in Pakistan in 2011 ............................................................................................................ 104
12) Terrorist incidents in Pakistan in 2012 ............................................................................................................ 111
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13) Terrorist incidents in Pakistan in 2013 ................................................................................................................ 130
Chapter no 8......................................................................................................................................................................... 152
ARMY Operation ............................................................................................................................................................ 153
1-Operation Enduring Freedom and Pakistan ............................................................................................................. 153
2-Operation Al-Mizan (Justice) June 2002 ................................................................................................................... 154
3-Operation Kalosha March 2004 (Wana) ................................................................................................................... 155
4-The Operation Silence July 2007 .............................................................................................................................. 156
5-Operation Rah-e-Haq (the Path of Truth) October-November 2007 ....................................................................... 156
6-Operation Zalzala (Earthquake) Jan 2008 ................................................................................................................. 156
7-Operation Sirat-e-Mustaqeem (Right Path) June 2008 ............................................................................................ 157
8-Operation Sher-Dill (Lionheart) Sep 2008 ................................................................................................................ 157
9-Operation Rah-e-Haq-III (January 2009)................................................................................................................... 158
10-Operation Sher Dil: Battle for Bajaur (September 2009) ....................................................................................... 158
11-Operation Rah-e-Rast (May 2009) .......................................................................................................................... 159
12-Operation Rah-e-Nijat (2009-2010) ........................................................................................................................ 160
13-Operation Koh-e-Sufaid (White Mountain) July 2011 ............................................................................................ 161
14-Operation AL Mizaan (2002-2006) ......................................................................................................................... 161
15-Operation Rah-e-Haq (November 2007) ................................................................................................................ 162
16-Operation Zalzala (2008-2009) ............................................................................................................................... 162
17-Operation Sirat-e-Mustaqeem (2008) .................................................................................................................... 162
18-Operation Rah-e-Rast (2009) .................................................................................................................................. 163
19-Operation Rah-e-Nijat (2009) ................................................................................................................................. 163
20-Operation Koh-e-Sufaid (July 2011)........................................................................................................................ 163
21-Operation Zarb-e-Azb (2013).................................................................................................................................. 163
Successful operations....................................................................................................................................................... 164
Chapter no 9......................................................................................................................................................................... 165
Islamic Military Counter Terrorism Coalition ................................................................................................................. 166
1-Objectives ................................................................................................................................................................. 166
Pakistan and Islamic Military Alliance ............................................................................................................................ 169
Pakistan nears its moment of truth ................................................................................................................................... 170
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Chapter no 10 ....................................................................................................................................................................... 171
Success and achievements ................................................................................................................................................... 171
Success and achievements of Pakistan in war against terrorism ..................................................................................... 172
1-Pakistan is winning its war on terror ........................................................................................................................ 173
2- Success through National Action Plan ..................................................................................................................... 174
References............................................................................................................................................................................ 176
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ROLE OF PAKISTAN IN WAR AGAINST
TERRORISM
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Terrorism
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Introduction
Targeting innocent civilians during a war or during peace time with the ultimate goal of creating
psychological fear on civilians. Is an unlawful act of violence, intimidates governments or societies and goal is to
achieve political, religious or ideological aim. All terrorist acts involve violence or the threat of violence. These
violent acts usually committed by non-government groups or individual who are either part of or officially serving
in the military, law of enforcement agencies, intelligence agencies or other governmental agencies of an
established nation. Terrorists attempt not only to create panic but also to weaken confidence in the government
and the confidence in the government and the political leadership of the target country.
[1] The terms "terrorist" and "terrorism" originated during the French Revolution of the late 18th century
but gained mainstream popularity in the 1970s in news reports and books covering the conflicts in Northern
Ireland, the Basque Country and Palestine. The increased use of suicide attacks from the 1980s onwards was
typified by the September 11 attacks in New York and at the Pentagon in 2001.
History of Terrorism
[2] Terrorism is the unlawful use of violence to achieve political gains, and its history is as old as humans'
willingness to use violence to achieve political power. Early zealots and assassins such as the Sicarii and the
Hashhashin frightened their contemporaries, but were not really terrorists in the modern sense. Unlike the Zealots,
the Sicarii targeted other Jews they believed to be collaborators or traitors to the cause. The tactics employed by
the Sicarii were detailed by the historian Josephus around 50AD: "they would mingle with the crowd, carrying
short daggers concealed under their clothing, with which they stabbed their enemies. Then when they fell, the
murderers would join in the cries of indignation and, through this plausible behaviour, avoided discovery. There
are many other key examples of terrorism throughout history before the modern terrorism of the 20th century.
Guy Fawkes' failed attempt at reinstating a Catholic monarch is an example of an early terrorist plot motivated by
religion. Meanwhile, The Reign of Terror during the French Revolution is an example of state terrorism.
1-Modern terrorism
The use of terrorism to further a political cause has accelerated in recent years. Modern terrorism largely came
into being after the Second World War with the rise of nationalist movements in the old empires of the European
powers. These early anti-colonial movements recognised the ability of terrorism to both generate publicity for the
cause and influence global policy.
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Terrorist Organization
1-Al-Qaeda
[3] Al-Qaeda was established c. 1990 by Osama bin Laden to bring together those who fought
in Afghanistan against the Soviet invasion. The organization helped finance, recruit, transport, and train Sunni
Islamicist extremists for the Afghan resistance. Its current goal is to "re-establish the Muslim State" throughout
the world by overthrowing regimes it deems "non-Islamic" and removing Westerners from Muslim countries. In
1998 al-Qaeda issued a statement under the banner of the "World Islamic Front for Jihad Against the Jews and
Crusaders" declaring that it is the duty of all Muslims to kill U.S. citizens and their allies. The group comprises
several hundred to several thousand members and serves as an umbrella organization for numerous radical
Islamicist organizations.
Activities: Bombings of the U.S. embassies in Nairobi, Kenya, and Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania; claims to
have shot down U.S. helicopters and killed U.S. servicemen in Somalia in 1993; linked to plans for attempted
terrorist operations, including the assassination of the Pope; linked to the bombing of the USS Cole in
Aden, Yemen; and suspected in the 2001 attack on the World Trade Centre and Pentagon.
Support: Bin Laden, the son of a billionaire Saudi family, uses his own money to finance the group. In
addition, al-Qaeda also maintains money-making businesses, collects donations, and illicitly siphons funds from
donations to Muslim charitable organizations. Bin Laden and top al-Qaeda members are currently hosted by
the Taliban in Afghanistan.
2-IRA
Radical terrorist group formed in 1969 as clandestine armed wing of Sinn Fein. Similarities in operations
suggest links to the ETA. Formally stopped its campaign to abolish Northern Ireland and its British links in July
1997
Activities: Bombings, assassinations, kidnappings, extortion, and robberies of British targets in Northern
Ireland and mainland Britain.
Support: Considerable training and arms from Libya and, at one time, the PLO. Is suspected of receiving
Funds and arms for sympathizer from US.
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3-Taliban
Taliban, Pashto Ṭālebān (“Students”), also spelled Taleban, Annual turnover - $ 400 million, Region
Afghanistan and Pakistan ultraconservative political and religious faction that emerged in Afghanistan in the mid-
1990s following the withdrawal of Soviet troops, the collapse of Afghanistan’s communist regime, and the
subsequent breakdown in civil order. The faction took its name from its membership, which consisted largely of
students trained in madrasahs (Islamic religious schools) that had been established for Afghan refugees in the
1980s in northern Pakistan
4-Hamas
[3] Formed in late 1987 to pursue the goal of establishing an Islamic Palestinian state in place of Israel.
Loosely structured, with some elements working openly through mosques and social service institutions. Militant
elements of Hamas, operating clandestinely, have advocated and used violence. Hamas also has engaged in
peaceful political activity, such as running candidates in West Bank Chamber of Commerce elections.
Activities: Many attacks, including large-scale suicide bombings, against Israeli civilian and military
targets, suspected Palestinian collaborators, and Fatah rivals.
Support: Palestinian expatriates, Iran, and private benefactors in Saudi Arabia and other moderate Arab
states.
5-ISIS(Daish)
The Islamic state which was previously known as Islamic state of Iraq and SYRIA. It is an unrecognized state
and jihadist group. It claims authority over all the Muslims across world and wants to bring all the Muslim
inhabited region under its direct political control. It begins its territory in the Levant region, which includes Jordan,
Israel, Palestine, Lebanon, Cyprus and an area in southern turkey that includes hatay. The group has been officially
designated as a foreign terrorist organization USA, UK, Canada, Australia, Saudi Arabia, UN.
6-Abu Nidal Organization (ANO)
Formerly a part of the Palestinian Liberation Organization, this international organization has carried out attacks
in 20 countries, killing or injuring almost 900 persons. Although they have not attacked Western targets since the
late 1980s, the ANO (which is headquartered in Libya) have proven able to operate over a wide area, including
the Middle East, Asia, and Europe. ANO's leader, Sabrial-Banna, aka Abu Nidal, was reported dead in Baghdad
on Aug. 19, 2002.
Activities: Attacks in Rome and Vienna airports (1995); Pan Am Flight 73 hijacking (1986).
Support: Has received safe haven, training, logistic assistance, and financial aid
from Iraq and Syria (until 1987); may continue to receive aid from Libya.
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9/11 Attack
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9/11 incident
[5] On September 11, 2001, 19 militants associated with the Islamic extremist group al-Qaeda hijacked four
airplanes and carried out suicide attacks against targets in the United States. Two of the planes were flown into
the twin towers of the World Trade Centre in New York City, a third plane hit the Pentagon just outside
Washington, D.C., and the fourth plane crashed in a field in Pennsylvania. Almost 3,000 people were killed during
the 9/11 terrorist attacks, which triggered major U.S. initiatives to combat terrorism and defined the presidency
of George W. Bush.
World Trade Centre

On September 11, 2001, at 8:45 a.m. on a clear Tuesday morning, an American Airlines Boeing 767
loaded with 20,000 gallons of jet fuel crashed into the north tower of the World Trade Centre in New York City.
As the evacuation of the tower and its twin got underway, television cameras broadcasted live images of what
initially appeared to be a freak accident. Then, 18 minutes after the first plane hit, a second Boeing 767; United
Airlines Flight 175; appeared out of the sky, turned sharply toward the World Trade Centre and sliced into the
south tower near the 60th floor.
Pentagon Attack
As millions watched the events unfolding in New York, American Airlines Flight 77 circled over
downtown Washington, D.C., before crashing into the west side of the Pentagon military headquarters at 9:45
a.m. Jet fuel from the Boeing 757 caused a devastating inferno that led to the structural collapse of a portion of
the giant concrete building, which is the headquarters of the U.S. Department of Defence. All told, 125 military
personnel and civilians were killed in the Pentagon, along with all 64 people aboard the airliner.
Twin Towers Collapse

• Less than 15 minutes after the terrorists struck the nerve centre of the U.S. military, the horror in New
York took a catastrophic turn when the south tower of the World Trade Centre collapsed in a massive
cloud of dust and smoke.
• The structural steel of the skyscraper, built to withstand winds in excess of 200 miles per hour and a large
conventional fire, could not withstand the tremendous heat generated by the burning jet fuel.
• At 10:30 a.m., the north building of the twin towers collapsed. Only six people in the World Trade Centre
towers at the time of their collapse survived. Almost 10,000 others were treated for injuries, many severe.
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Flight 93
Meanwhile, a fourth California-bound plane—United Flight 93—was hijacked about 40 minutes after
leaving Newark Liberty International Airport in New Jersey. Because the plane had been delayed in taking off,
passengers on board learned of events in New York and Washington via cell phone and Airphone calls to the
ground. Knowing that the aircraft was not returning to an airport as the hijackers claimed, a group of passengers
and flight attendants planned an insurrection. One of the passengers, Thomas Burnett, Jr., told his wife over the
phone that “I know we’re all going to die. There’s three of us who are going to do something about it. I love you,
honey.” Another passenger—Todd Beamer—was heard saying “Are you guys ready? Let’s roll” over an open
line. Sandy Bradshaw, a flight attendant, called her husband and explained that she had slipped into a galley and
was filling pitchers with boiling water. Her last words to him were “Everyone’s running to first class. I’ve got to
go. Bye.”
The passengers fought the four hijackers and are suspected to have attacked the cockpit with a fire extinguisher.
The plane then flipped over and sped toward the ground at upwards of 500 miles per hour, crashing in a rural field
near Shanks Ville in western Pennsylvania at 10:10 a.m. All 44 people aboard were killed. Its intended target is
not known, but theories include the White House, the U.S. Capitol, the Camp David presidential retreat
in Maryland or one of several nuclear power plants along the eastern seaboard.
How Many People Died in 9/11 Attacks?
A total of 2,996 people was killed in the 9/11 attacks, including the 19 terrorist hijackers aboard the four
airplanes. At the World Trade Centre, 2,763 died after the two planes slammed into the twin towers. That figure
includes 343 firefighters and paramedics, 23 New York City police officers and 37 Port Authority police officers
who were struggling to complete an evacuation of the buildings and save the office workers trapped on higher
floors. At the Pentagon, 189 people were killed, including 64 on American Airlines Flight 77, the airliner that
struck the building. On Flight 93, 44 people died when the plane crash-landed in Pennsylvania.
America Responds
At 7 p.m., President George W. Bush, who was in Florida at the time, returned to the White House. At
9 p.m., he delivered a televised address from the Oval Office, declaring, “Terrorist attacks can shake the
foundations of our biggest buildings, but they cannot touch the foundation of America. These acts shatter steel,
but they cannot dent the steel of American resolve.”. U.S. military response he declared, “We will make no
distinction between the terrorists who committed these acts and those who harbour them.” Operation Enduring
Freedom, the American-led international effort to oust the Taliban regime in Afghanistan and destroy Osama bin
Laden’s terrorist network
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War on terror
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War on Terror Started
[5] The War on Terror, also known as the Global War on Terrorism, is an international military campaign that
was launched by the United States government after the September 11 attacks against the United States. George
W. Bush first used the term "war on terrorism" on 16 September 2001 and then "war on terror" a few days later
in a formal speech to Congress. In the latter speech, George Bush stated, "Our enemy is a radical network of
terrorists and every government that supports them. U.S. President Barack Obama announced on 23 May 2013
that the Global War on Terror is over, saying the military and intelligence agencies will not wage war against a
tactic but will instead focus on a specific group of networks determined to destroy the U.S. On 28 December 2014,
the Obama administration announced the end of the combat role of the U.S.-led mission in Afghanistan. However,
the unexpected rise of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) terror group—also known as the Islamic
State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS)—led to a new operation against terror in the Middle East and South Asia.
1-US Objectives
1. [6] Defeat terrorists such as Osama bin Laden and demolish their organizations
2. Identify, locate and demolish terrorists along with their organizations
3. Deny sponsorship, support and sanctuary to terrorists
i) End the state sponsorship of terrorism

ii) Establish and maintain an international standard of accountability concerning combating terrorism
iii) Strengthen and sustain the international effort to combat terrorism
iv) Work with willing and able states
v) Enable weak states
vi) Persuade reluctant states
vii) Compel unwilling states
viii) Interdict and disorder material support for terrorists
ix) Abolish terrorist sanctuaries and havens
4. Diminish the underlying conditions that terrorists seek to exploit
i) Partner with the international community to strengthen weak states and prevent (re)emergence of
terrorism
ii) Win the war of ideals
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5. Defend U.S. citizens and interests at home and abroad
i) Integrate the National Strategy for Homeland Security

ii) Attain domain awareness
iii) Enhance measures to ensure the integrity, reliability, and availability of critical, physical, and
information-based infrastructures at home and abroad
iv) Implement measures to protect U.S. citizens abroad
v) Ensure an integrated incident management capability
2-Pak and War on Terror
[7] The war on terror was aimed at eliminating international terrorism and punishing the perpetrators of
the 9/11. The US targets are states that support terrorists and terrorist organizations. To achieve this, aim the US
desperately needed the support of a regional partner and Pakistan was the natural choice. However, this marriage
of convenience is based on the war because of the following divergent interests.
For the US the GWOT meant war against adversaries like “rogue states, weapons of mass destruction
(WMD) proliferators; terrorist organizations of global, regional, and national scope; and terrorism itself”21. Out
of these the Al-Qaeda with Osama Bin Laden, in Afghanistan was top priority. The US strategy to achieve its aim
was laid down in The National security Strategy of United States of America 2002 and 2006 and National Strategy
for Combating Terrorism 2006, respectively. The GWOT started with “Operation Enduring Freedom” in
Afghanistan, the main objective was to smoke out the terrorists responsible for 9/11, followed by Operation Iraqi
Freedom22. For its success among the coalition partners,23 Pakistan was the best option due to its geographical
location, ethnic affiliation and the role it had played during the Afghan Jihad 1979 against the former USSR. Thus,
Pakistan was selected as the front-line collaborator of the US in the war.
However, the post 9/11 circumstances did not prove to be much help for Pakistan. (Among the three
countries that recognized the government of Taliban in Afghanistan in 1994, Pakistan had to take a U-turn in its
foreign policy, and had to fight against its own supporter.) The northern-western belt of Pakistan has the tribes
with historical, ethnic, cultural, political, religious and linguistic ties with the people on the other side of the
Afghan border. As a result, the people of Pakistan generally do not approve of the GWOT.
In view of these factors it was expected that Pakistan would say no to the war. The question that needs to be
answered is why Pakistan decided to join the war?
The answer to this is:

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1. The widely held accepted reason is that Pakistan joined the war under gargantuan pressure from the
US who declared categorically that “either you are with us or are supporting the terrorists”.
2. However, this is not the only reason, Pakistan joined the war because the country itself had been a
victim of terrorism in the wake of Afghan jihad and Pakistan’s support for the Mujahhidden. Terrorism
took the shape of religious extremism, sectarian violence and drug trafficking. In addition, cross border
terrorism from India over Pakistan’s support for the Indian-held Kashmiris and bomb blasts.
3. The image of Pakistan among the international community had been tarnished over the issue of
acceptance of Taliban regime 1994-2001, nuclear explosion of 1998, Kargil episode of 1999, the
overthrow of the democratically elected government in 1999.27 This war could provide Pakistan the
Global War on Terror: The Cost Pakistan is Paying 8 Margalla Papers 2011 opportunity to improve its
image and get respect from the international community.
4. Provide opportunity to clear off the label of being a terrorist state.
5. Most importantly the collaboration was to provide economic, political and other related benefits to
the country.
3-According to president Musharraf why Pakistan joined war on terror?
[7] President Musharraf explained on 19th September 2001 that there were three important things in which
America was seeking Pakistan’s help. First is intelligence and information exchange, second support in the use of
Pakistani Air space and the third is that they are asking for logistic support from Pakistan. We know that whatever
are the United States intentions they have the support of the UN Security Council and the General Assembly in
the form of resolution for war against terrorism and this is a resolution for punishing those people who support
terrorism. If we take a wrong decision in this crisis it can lead to the worst consequences. On the other hand, if
we take a right decision, its results will be good. The negative consequences can endanger Pakistan’s integrity
and solidarity. Our critical concerns can come under threat. When I say critical concerns, I mean our strategic
assets and the cause of Kashmir. On the other hand, we can re-emerge politically as a responsible and dignified
nation and all our difficulties can be minimized
4-US demanded from Pakistan
1. Access to Pakistani air and land bases.

2. Action against anti American and pro terrorists’ elements in Pakistan.
3. Stopping every kind of support to the Taliban
4. Closing Pak-Afghan border.
5. Freezing the assets of Al-Qaeda and the Taliban.
6. Providing intelligence with the help of intelligence agencies of Pakistan.
7. Support for future US endeavors
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5-Pakistan Allowed US to Pass War material
[8] NATO logistics in the Afghan War refers to the efforts of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization to
deliver vital fuel, food, hardware and other logistic supplies to Afghanistan in support of the War in Afghanistan
Since Afghanistan is a landlocked country, supplies must pass through other countries in order to reach it, or else
be shipped by air. Air shipping is prohibitively expensive so NATO forces tend to rely on ground routes for non-
lethal equipment. This is principally accomplished either by shipping goods by sea to the Pakistani port
of Karachi in the southern Sindh province, or by shipping them through Russia and the Central Asian states.
I. Air Routes
All munitions, whether small arms ammunition, artillery shells, or missiles, are transported by air.
However, airlifting supplies costs up to ten times as much as transporting them through Pakistan. In order to
reduce costs, these goods are often shipped by sea to ports in the Persian Gulf and then flown into Afghanistan.
The air supply effort at the beginning of the war was the third largest in history, after the Berlin Airlift and the
1990 airlift for the Gulf War.
II. Air Bases Under US

Military bases in Pakistan have been accessible to the United States, mainly for logistics, relief efforts
or as launching bases for drone operations. Pakistan comes under the United States Central
Command (USCENTCOM) theatre of operations. The Afghanistan-Pakistan Centre of Excellence is a
division of USCENTCOM, focusing on analysis of operations in Pakistan and Afghanistan (formerly known
as the Af, Pak theatre). Currently, there are no U.S. bases in Pakistan
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Base Location Use
Shamsi Airfield Washuk Blochistan Drone Attacks in northwest Pakistan.
Ceased in April 2011 after the incident of
Ramind Devis
PAF Base Shahbaz Jacobabad Sindh For operation in Afghanistan also for drone
attacks in northwest Pakistan
Dalbandin Airport Dalbandin Blochistan Public airport used for Operation Enduring
Freedom, To aid logistical support and
intelligence operations, refueling base for
U.S. helicopters
Pasni Airport Pasni Blochistan Operating Enduring Freedom in
Afghanistan, over a dozen U.S. military
helicopters were stationed at Pasni
PAF Base Nur Khan Chaklala Rawalpindi, A base with permanent U.S. military
Punjab presence, used for handling U.S. logistics
and movements in relation to the war in
Afghanistan. During the 2005 Kashmir
earthquake, 300 American troops as well as
U.S. aircraft were deployed here to aid
in relief efforts
Terbela Ghazi HuriPur Khybar A Pakistan Army Aviation Corps airbase.
Airbase Pkhtunkhwa An anonymous source described the facility
as a "big helipad .During the 2010 Pakistan
floods, U.S. CH-46 Sea Knight, CH-47
Chinook and UH-60 Black
Hawk helicopters were stationed here for
relief efforts.
PAF Base Peshawar Peshawar Khyber Occasionally used by U.S. forces as transit
Pkhtunkhwa point while deploying to other locations
III. Land Routes
There are two routes from Pakistan to Afghanistan (both were closed in November 2011 following
the Salala incident and reopened in July 2012). Both routes start in Karachi, Pakistan's principal port in its
southern Sindh province, on the Arabian Sea. From there, one route crosses the Khyber Pass, enters
Afghanistan at Torkham, and terminates at Kabul, supplying northern Afghanistan. This route is
approximately 1,000 miles long.[1] The other passes through Baluchistan Province, crosses the border
at Chaman, and ends at Kandahar, in the south of Afghanistan. NATO used these routes to transport fuel and
other supplies, but not for weapons. The Pakistan routes, until their closure, provided most of the fuel for
NATO efforts in Afghanistan. In 2007, the military was burning 575,000 gallons of fuel per day, and 80% of
this fuel came from Pakistani refineries.
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The fuel storage capacity for forces at Bagram and Kabul air bases was less than 3 million gallons, making
NATO efforts highly dependent on the Pakistani supply lines. NATO began working to reduce this
dependency, building an additional 3 million gallons of storage space at Bagram Air Base in fall 2007. In
2010, as a result of a deterioration in American-Pakistani relations, the American military intensified these
efforts, stockpiling supplies and increasing storage capacity.
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Pak Afghan Policy
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Pakistan’s Afghan Policy Prior To 9/11
[9] Pakistan’s earlier security perceptions with regard to Afghanistan were shaped by Kabul’s territorial claims
on KP and Baluchistan. According to Kabul, Pakistan’s Pakhtun belt should be given a choice to opt for
independence, stay with Pakistan or join Afghanistan. Twice in 1952 and 1962, diplomatic ties were severed in
protest against Kabul’s interest in Pakistani Pakhtun areas. Islamabad’s sensitivity to such claims was heightened
by the Baloch insurgency of 1970s which aimed at independent Baloch state.
The Afghan Jihad that followed the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan provided the Zia regime an
opportunity not only to legitimize his unconstitutional regime by embarking on the Islamization of Pakistani state
and society, using religion as an instrument for realizing political objectives and mixing religion with politics but
also to end Afghanistan’s irredentist claims on KP and Baluchistan by ensuring a “friendly” or rather pliable
government to eventually take over in Kabul. Coupled with this was the concept of “Strategic Depth” that military
strategists argued a “friendly” Afghanistan could provide Pakistan against its main rival India. The country’s lack
of depth and space, they argued, prevents Pakistan from fighting a prolonged war with India and a friendly
Afghanistan could rectify this strategic shortfall. These objectives influenced Pakistan’s strategy throughout the
Afghan war and the negotiations Islamabad carried out with Moscow. The idea of “Strategic Depth” had another
element in 1990s. A friendly Afghanistan could provide a base where Kashmiri mujahideen (freedom fighters)
could be trained; a policy that Taliban once emerged could follow as Mullah Omar said “We support the jihad in
Kashmir”.
Another dimension was added to the concept of strategic depth after the fall of the former USSR that for
Islamabad a stable Kabul would prove to be the gateway to the newly independent Central Asian Republics
(CARs). In the early 1990s, Islamabad dreamt of the economic benefits of trade and gas and oil pipelines
emanating from the CARs. However, these economics benefits were contingent on the older problem that had
been confronting Islamabad which was quite then-how to bring a stable, friendly government in Kabul, which
could bring peace and stability to the entire country and ensure trade and the construction of pipelines, primarily
the proposed pipelines from Turkmenistan through Afghanistan to Pakistan’s Arabian Sea coast. It was during
this period that one can witness “great flip flops” in Islamabad’s Afghan policy. Till the sudden appearance of the
Taliban on Afghan scene, Islamabad’s Afghan policy was definitely proving to be a failure. After the Soviet
withdrawal, despite Islamabad best effort Hekmatyar failed to gain control of Kabul.
When Taliban appeared and gained control of Kandahar in 1994, it was a feasible option for Pakistan.
Benazir Bhutto and her Interior Minister, Naseer Ullah Babar wanted to wrest control of the Afghan policy from
the ISI and Jamaat-i-Islami. It was at this stage that Islamabad did a volte face and switched its support to the
Taliban. What prompted this switch was also the calculation that the Taliban may prove to be more amenable to
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become part of a broader coalition which will be more palatable to the international community especially to the
US. The Taliban emergence was tacitly supported by Washington through Islamabad.
Taliban managed to capture 90 percent area of Afghanistan and pushed their opponent, the Northern
Alliance (NA) into a corner. The Taliban drew their strength from the majority ethnic Pakhtun. Pakistan from
1996 till 9/11 had been the main anchor for the Taliban government. It recognized the regime and provided
considerable economic, political and diplomatic support. In return, she envisioned to exploit “Strategic Depth” of
Afghanistan in any conflict with India in future. Jihadi organizations in Pakistan also got the support of the Taliban
to give impetus to jihad in Kashmir that had been continuing in Indian Held Kashmir since 1989.
Several factors forced Pakistan to support the Taliban, like a large Pakhtun population with affinity for
the group; strong religious parties in the country that also supported the Taliban; the fact that India supported the
Northern Alliance, the Taliban opposition; the recognition of the Durand Line by the Taliban and the fact that
Pakistan hosted the refugees and served as the only window to the outer world. Resultantly, an international
impression was created that Pakistan exercised tremendous influence on the Taliban government which proved
wrong latter as Mullah Omar was not prepared to listen to his patrons (Pakistan) anymore. The biggest
embarrassment came in early 2001 when the he snubbed Musharraf’s Interior Minister, Moinuddin Haider, who
sought the extradition of leaders of a Pakistani sectarian group who had taken refuge in Afghanistan. They were
wanted in several cases of murder and attacks on Shia mosques. Again, in March 2001, Mullah Omar rejected
Pakistan’s request not to obliterate statues of Buddha in Bamiyan.
1-9/11 and Change in Pakistan’s Foreign Policy toward Afghanistan
9/11 resulted in great compulsion for Pakistan from the US. It would be no exaggeration to suggest that
no section of Pakistani society has been left untouched. The world has been changed not just for the US but for
Pakistan too. Islamabad was forced to abandon its two-decade-old foreign policy and join the US in a war against
terrorism. Even the holiest of the holy institutions of Pakistan, the Army, could not escape the impact. To mitigate
growing western apprehensions after it became evident that he was facing some “internal resistance” from the
armed forces in effectively pursuing his new Afghan policy, Musharraf reshuffled the senior hierarchy of the
armed forces including the appointment of a new chief of the Inter-Services-Intelligence (ISI).
He promoted Lieutenant General Muhammad Aziz and Lieutenant General Muhammad Yousaf to the
rank of full Generals and appointed them as Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee and Vice Chief of Army
Staff (COAS) respectively. He forced Lieutenant General Mahmood Ahmad, head of the ISI and Lieutenant
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General Muzaffar Usmani, Deputy COAS to seek premature retirement. By making fresh appointments to five of
the nine corps of the Pakistan Army, Musharraf consolidated his hold on power.
The Army-led government in Pakistan under a time compressed, Washington induced pressurized
environment, and with a firm commitment to offset New Delhi initiative to play a dominant role in the US-led
coalition to fight against terrorism alleged to be emanating from training camp in Afghanistan harbored by Taliban
government in Kabul, redefined national interest Musharraf prioritized them to be national security, revival of
economy, safeguarding of strategic asset (Nuclear Installation) and resolution of Kashmir issue6. These were
justification for taking a U-turn in Afghan policy. The events of 11 September, 2001, brought Pakistan’s foreign
policy at cross roads. Pakistan’s geographical location with Afghanistan and her 22 years pro-Afghanistan policy
in general and during the period of 1996-2001 pro-Taliban foreign policy in particular pushed her once again into
fore front.
[10] Threatened with direct political, economic and military consequences for its national security, Pakistan’s new
unpleasant role for providing all kind of support as implicit in her commitment to the US to facilitate the US
intervention in Afghanistan is a shocking but certainly an involuntary reversal of its foreign policy. Pakistan non-
cooperation in its dealing with the US at that juncture would have clearly given India a life time opportunity to
dismantle the security interest of Pakistan with the help of an angry and wounded US by inflicting a fatal blow to
our vital national issue-the bleeding state of Jammu and Kashmir. So, the choice for Pakistan was between the
devil and the deep sea.
Musharraf justified the choice by giving examples from Islamic books as to how even no-war pacts with an enemy
could be entered into as a temporary measure by an Islamic State for the sake of political or strategic expediency
and could then be reneged later on to defeat the enemy7. Defending his new Afghan policy, Musharraf said in an
interview to BBC on October 1, 2001 that Pakistan’s Afghan policy has always been on a right direction. The past
policy was oriented to the supreme national interests and this policy has not met with failure but undergone change
in line with the changing circumstances. Policies are enacted keeping the situation in view. Pakistan has reviewed
its Afghan policy taking into account the gravity of the current situation. Had the situation been the same prevalent
prior to 9/11, Pakistan’s Afghan policy would have not been changed as it served our national interests in better
way. Taliban were occupying 95% of Afghanistan territory and they were the real representatives of the Pakhtun
while Northern Alliance did not enjoy that position, being not the real representative of Afghans.
Similarly, while addressing a joint meeting of the National Security Council and the Federal Cabinet on October
1, 2001 Musharraf said that national interest is the only constant factor in inter-state relations as policy to protect
it against a continuously changing international environment and he was confident that with the policies being
followed by Pakistan in the present circumstances, the country will emerge as a truly progressive, prosperous,
strong, stable and Islamic democratic state enjoying peace at home and respect abroad.
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President Musharraf had already conveyed the assurance of Pakistan “unstinted co-operation” in the fight against
international terrorism to the US administration. Colin Powell, the US Secretary of State, was happy with the
response from Islamabad. Pakistan, he said on September 15, 2001 after the US National Security Council
meeting, had agreed to assist in “whatever might be required to punish the perpetrators of attacks on New York
and Washington9. Bush and Powell were fully satisfied with Pakistan’s co-operation and sincerity10. Pakistan
decision can be defended on legal grounds too. The UN Security Council Resolution No.1373 could have been
lethal for the very existence of Pakistan. It was a warning that the Council itself stood ready to take further steps
in the form of armed force that would not necessarily be limited to self-defence.
The Security Council equated terrorist acts that claimed a great number of civilian victims, with armed attacks in
the sense of article 51 of the UN Charter. Reference the 9/11 catastrophe as “a threat to international peace” and
taking of “all necessary steps to respond to the terrorist attacks of 9/11” reinforce this impression.
Moreover, acting under Chapter VII of the UN Charter which calls for “action with respect to threat to peace,
breach of peace and acts of aggression”, the Security Council decided that all member states shall prevent and
suppress the financing of terrorist acts, criminalize the will full financing of such acts, freeze the financial assets
and economic resources of persons and entities involved in the commission of such acts and prohibit their
nationals or any persons or entities within their territories from making financial assets or economic resources
available for the benefit of persons involved in such acts.
It also decided that all states shall refrain from supporting anyone involved in terrorist acts, take necessary steps
to prevent such acts including early warning to other states and exchange of information, deny safe haven to those
involved in such acts, prevent those involved in such acts from using their territories for terrorist purposes, ensure
that any person who participates in such acts is brought to justice, afford assistance in connection with criminal
investigations or other criminal proceeding relating to the financing or support of terrorist acts and prevent the
movement of terrorists by effective border control and other means. Similarly, the UN General Assembly in 1999
adopted the international convention for the suppression of the financing of terrorism aimed at individuals that by
any means, directly or indirectly, unlawfully and wishfully, provide or collect funds with the intention that they
should be used to commit terrorist acts.
The U-turn taken by the Musharraf government form pro-Taliban stance towards joining international coalition
and adopting a more pragmatic policy vital for the national security complies with both the aforesaid convention
and the Security Council resolutions. Moreover, the freezing of Al-Rasheed Trust account, the banning of fund
collections on the streets for Jihadi organizations, the establishment of rules for the functioning of madras is
among the numerous legal and security steps taken directly in conformity with the principles of international law
and UN resolutions.
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2-Challenges to Pakistan
[11] Afghanistan after US policy shift in Afghanistan from the War on Terror to the Operation Freedom Sentinel.
Contextually these challenges are identified and discussed as Pakistan’s role in Afghan peace initiatives, cross-
border attacks by US and/ or Afghan security forces, border management, and the issue of Afghan refugees. Soon
after announcement about the US-schedule to drawdown the security forces from Afghanistan by the US
President, the regional actors started realizing the potential hazard of re-emergence of the violent extremism and
terrorism in the region.
Pakistan-Afghanistan regional security complex had already suffered a lot at all levels of state and society,
whereas at that time when both countries would have invested heavily into the counter-terrorism strategies and
operations which could go futile at that point. It was the stage when both states had to take decisive measures for
peace, security, and stability in the region as both regional actors had started realizing that after this withdrawal,
similar situation of power vacuum could take place as it had happened in 1990s. 112 MALIHA ZEBA KHAN
MARGALLA PAPERS 2017 The only viable solution was peace-building with Taliban and finding a political
solution. The US which previously had been opposing the efforts of reconciliation with the militants by Pakistan’s
political and military leadership, had realized that the solution of Afghan problem was not only military offense,
but multi-pronged strategy which could address and involve the moderate elements from within the militants
would be more beneficial as Obama mentioned in his 2009 speech which was appreciated by Pakistan and
Afghanistan as well.
Prior to that, Afghanistan’s political leadership had been in favor of reconciliation and inclusion of
Taliban in the national politics. The aim was peace-building in the region with a broader focus. For this purpose,
there had been several initiatives taken at different times since 2003 which due to their limited nature or other
issues could not be eventful.31 A joint peace Jirga based upon Pashtunwali was held in August 2007 as a ground-
breaker in the peace and reconciliation process in Afghanistan. The apparent reason for failure or minimum
success of all these peace efforts was lack in understanding the dynamics of peace process. A big breakthrough
after Obama’s visionary speech about integrating the moderate elements present within Taliban was Afghanistan
Peace and Reintegration Program (APRP) in 2010 by Afghanistan government on the principle to engage the
willing moderate elements into integration process and weaken the strong weave of Taliban militancy. But the
military offence was being considered more effective than integrating the Afghan insurgents into political process
in dealing with Afghanistan issue. The strategic lacunas and divergence of opinions in dealing with Taliban
weakened the peace process at all levels as the American decision makers were divided into groups as Khan and
Abbasi (2016) have discussed that one group was in favor of talks with Taliban and thought that peace in
Afghanistan was not possible without that step; while the other group was skeptical about the efficacy of the talks
and wanted to deal with the militancy and insurgency iron-handedly. Similar happened with the initiatives of the
International Conferences held to find solution of Afghanistan issue in different years from the Conference held
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in 2001 in Bonn to the Conference held in 2014 in London; no remarkable solution came forward other than
frameworks which had been tried accordingly.
3-Benefits of the Post 9/11 Pakistan’s Afghan Policy
[12] On September 23, 2001 the US President Bush ordered the immediate lifting of sanctions against
Pakistan11. On September 24, 2001 Pakistan and the US inked $ 375 million rescheduling deal12. In a press
briefing on October 29, 2001, the US State Department spokesman talked about the economic package that was
being put together for Pakistan to offset the heavy lost entailed for participating in the coalition and assuming a
frontline status. It includes:
1. $100 million were initially provided to Pakistan and which the administration hoped to increase
significantly. In addition, there were $95 million for ongoing programs in education, health and child labor
elimination etc. $ 30 million in food assistance, $ 73 million for border security and law enforcement and
$ 200 million from OPIC.
2. American support to a new three year $ 2 billion IMF programs for Pakistan.
3. Support for a range of products and programs through the World Bank and Asian Bank that could total $
2 billion.
4. Support for the rescheduling of part of Pakistan $ 12.2 billion debt owed to the Paris Cub countries on
generous terms to ease Pakistan external debt burden.
5. Ease restrictions on textile items from Pakistan by eliminating duties or lifting quota limits in which trade
is currently worth about $ 138.5 million and explore others ways of improving Pakistan’s market access
of textiles products.
6. Other coalition partners contributed their mite. The Japanese lifted their suspensions on aid to Pakistan.
7. The British wrote off part of their loans and promised some nominal new assistance as had the German.
8. The EU’s agreement with the US on easing restrictions on our textile exports was the major contribution
that these western allies of the US could make to bettering Pakistan economic lot and offering genuinely
generous debt rescheduling terms if they could not write off current debt.
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Terrorism impact
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Terrorism Impact on Pakistan
Pakistan has been fighting the war on terror, as a frontline state, since September 2001. So far, the war has brought
huge destruction to Pakistan by slowing down the economic growth, devastating the social structure, and harming
the country politically. The intensity of the war increased and it spread into the settled areas of Pakistan since 9/11
attack.
1-Introduction
Terrorism means harassment, destruction, suicide attack and killing of innocent people on no reasons. [14]
Terrorism disturbs the inhabitants, damage infrastructure, cause a decline in economic well-being, bring political
instability, and break the social fabric of the society. Terrorism affects the economic growth of a country by
lowering foreign direct investment, capital formation, investment and increases risk perception. When we look
around the world from a historical perspective, we see that war affected countries, whether in Africa, Asia, Europe
or any other region have suffered alike. More terrorist attacks at private citizens, property, transport and airports
are related to lower capital formation and low GDP per capita growth. [15] The International Monetary Fund
(2001) estimated the direct costs of September 11, 2001 attacks on US as equal to $21.4 billion while, Navarro
and Spencer (2001) found that the loss of capital stock was $50 billion to $53 billion. [16] Pakistan has been
fighting the war on terror since September 2001. So far, the war has cost the country the lives of more than 35,000
citizens and 3,500 security personnel, besides destruction of infrastructure and $67.93 billion direct economic
loss. [17] Pakistan is facing terrorist attacks including suicide bombing which has deteriorated law and order
situation and the foreign investors are reluctant to invest in Pakistan. The military operations against the terrorists
displaced millions of people from Swat district of KPK and FATA. Terrorist activities also shattered Pakistan
image in the international community. [18] Terrorism has threatened the peace, stability and well-being of
Pakistani society.
[19] Terrorists have challenged the writ of the state and thus the soft image of Pakistan has been tarnished. [20]
During 2001 to onward the imposition of frequent curfews, shelling and firing destroyed fruits and other
agriculture commodities in Swat valley. It had a negative impact on the local economy and also caused
unemployment. From 2001 to onward foreign direct investment decreased as terrorism spread fear among the
people and foreigners were reluctant to invest in Pakistan. Stock market also suffered due to high profile killings
like that of Benazir Bhutto, ex-premier of Pakistan. Due to large scale military operations against the militants,
defence expenditures increased manifold which ultimately decreased the development budget. Annual budget for
the police forces also increased significantly. Similarly, terrorism also affected tourism and manufacturing sectors.
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Impact Analysis of the War on Terror on Pakistan
The ongoing war on terror has left deep negative social, political, economic, and psychological
implications for Pakistan.
Table 1: Impacts of terrorism
Sectors Impacts of terrorism

Economy Negative impact on earnings, consumption, tourism, foreign direct
investment, security expenditures etc.
Political impact Negative impact on the country’s image at the local, regional and
international level
Social impact Negative impact on employment, poverty, infrastructure and has high
human cost
Psychological Negative impact on human health and causes traumas, stress and headache
well-being
1) Economic impact of the War
[21] Due to uncertainty and instability the cost of doing business has increased in Pakistan and its exports are
continuously eroding years after years.
Table 2: Estimated Loses
Year Billion$ % Change

2001-2002 2.67 -
2002-2003 2.75 3.0
2003-2004 2.93 6.7
2004-2005 3.41 16.3
2005-2006 3.99 16.9
2006-2007 4.67 17.2
2007-2008 6.94 48.6
2008-2009 9.18 32.3
2009-2010 13.56 47.7
2010-2011 23.77 75.3
2011-2012 11.98 -49.6
2012-2013 9.97 -16.8
2013-2014 7.70 -22.8
2014-2015 9.24 20.0
2015-2016 6.49 -29.8
2016-2017 3.88 -40.2
2017-2018 31.8 62.2
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The data in the Table shows that from 2001 to March 2018, the direct and indirect cost incurred by Pakistan due
to incidents of terrorism amounted to US$ 123.13 billion equivalents to Rs. 10,373.93 billion. This is the huge
cost for a developing country like Pakistan. The human cost includes the killing of 35,000 armed personnel and
more 0.12 million innocent people who were killed during suicidal bombing. [22] The social cost is that now all
business private and public organizations and individuals are bearing security cost by recruiting security guards
for them security. If we translate this cost into financial cost, it will be amounted to be billions of rupees every
year. It highlights the fact how much huge cost Pakistan is paying for being involved in Afghan war.
It is important to mention that Pakistan has received $15 billion, on account of over $10 billion in shape of
Coalition Support Fund (CSF), compared to official losses of $68 billion till fiscal year 2010-11. This indicates
that Pakistan received only 14 percent losses as reimbursed by the United States.
a. Gross Domestic Product
The GDP of 2000 is high in percentage but after the 9/11 incident the GDP of Pakistan become slower till 2004
and rise and fall situation implement on this period of 2004 to 2016 and also in 2018 the GDP in Millions Dollar
is 38,474.0.
It is important to keep in mind, however, that war on terror was not the only constituent factor which affected the
economy, but also there were other factors which had a negative impact on the economy. According to Economic
Survey of Pakistan, it includes energy crisis which estimated a loss of approximately 2.0 to 2.5 percent of GDP
in the same year on account of energy supply constraint, the devastating floods in 2010, the global financial
meltdown in 2008, increased oil prices in 2010 and the European debt crisis.
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b. Foreign Direct Investment (FDI)
Important source of investment is [23] FDI in developing countries. FDI creates employment opportunities. It
also fills the bridge the gap between saving investment. It also helps in transfer of technology. FDI not only
provide much needed capital for growth and development to developing countries but also increases the
managerial skills. In order to regulate the industrial sectors, developing countries are motivated by FDI.
Therefore, developing countries encourage the inflow of FDI. Pakistan does not have enough resources to
maintain the economy. FDI is serving as a vital role to gain economic goods and services. Due to terrorism,
Pakistan economy is under economic pressure. Terrorism not only affects the infrastructure of Pakistan, but also
affect the financial markets. Pakistan economy is insecure due to the terrorism. Finally, the level of foreign
investment is decreasing continuously. Investors feel insecure about their capital, investment and profit, because
of growing instability and uncertainty.
Table:3 FDI economy rate since 2004-onward
Year FDI in millions of US dollar

2004 949.4
2005 1524
2006 3521
2007 5139.6
2008 5410.2
2009 3719.9
2010 2150.8
2011 1634.8
2012 820.6
2013 1456.5
2014 1698.6
2015 987.9
2016 2305.3
2017 2746.8
2018 3092.0
2019 1319.2
c. Agriculture
Agriculture sector is the source of [23] employment for 44.7 percent of labor force in Pakistan, contributes 21.8
percent to GDP and has large impact in balance of payment. Agriculture is the main source of revenue for the
people in the terrorism affected areas.
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In Pakistan, agriculture growth was 6.5 percent in 2004-05 which decreased to 6.3 percent in 2005-06 and further
decreased to 4.1 percent in 2006-07. In 2007-08, it sharply declined to 1.0 percent and it rose to 4.0 percent in
2008-09. In 2009-10, it showed 0.6 percent growth and increased to 1.2 percent in 2010-2011. However, this
decline in agriculture was not only due to terrorism but also due to other factors like devastating floods in 2010.
In 2017-18 3.81% is the Growth rate of agriculture sector.
2) Social and Political Impact of the War
a) Incidence of Terrorism and Human Cost
The intensity of terrorism increased in Pakistan after 2001 as the country experienced mega terrorist’s
attacks on the General Headquarters of Pakistan Army, Sri Lankan cricket team in Lahore and on Manawa Police
Training Centre, Lahore. PIPS data also shows that 54 political leaders and activists were assassinated in FATA
and KPK. In FATA, 559 terrorist attacks took place which killed 644 people and injured 1046. In KPK, in 1137
attacks 1438 people were killed. Further, in 2010, 459 attacks killed 836 people in KPK. In FATA, 904 people
were killed and army convoys check posts and pro-government elders were frequently attacked. PIPS data shows
that in 2012, 1577 terrorist attacks killed 2050 people. In KPK, 456 attacks killed 401 people while in FATA, 388
terrorist attacks killed 631 people. Frequent terrorist attacks brought negative economic, political, social and
psychological consequences for Pakistan by destruction of property, infrastructure and sluggish economic growth.
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b) Rate of Unemployment
In 2007, Greenbaum, Dugan & La-Free examined the impact of terrorism on employment and business
outcomes in [24] Italy from 1985 to 1997 and found that terrorist attacks decrease employment opportunities.
Employment is more of a social issue than an economic one as it affects the lives of all people alike. In Pakistan
unemployment increased from 3.12 million in 2009-10 to 3.40 million in 2010-11.
Unemployment Rate
Dec. 31, 2017 4.04%

Dec. 31, 2016 3.84%
Dec. 31, 2015 3.57%
Dec. 31, 2014 1.83%
Dec. 31, 2013 2.95%
Dec. 31, 2012 1.84%
Dec. 31, 2011 0.80%
Dec. 31, 2010 0.65%
Dec. 31, 2009 5.46%
Dec. 31, 2008 4.98%
Dec. 31, 2007 5.10%
Dec. 31, 2006 6.09%
Dec. 31, 2005 7.69%
Dec. 31, 2004 7.40%
Dec. 31, 2003 8.27%
Dec. 31, 2002 7.83%
Dec. 31, 2001 7.82%
Dec. 31, 2000 7.16%
c) Media’s Overtly Negative Role
A complaint largely felt by the nation and its regime is that the media has done a very poor job at handling the
gory details of the war on terror in the country. There were the golden, olden days of PTV and STN when not
knowing much was not exactly ignorance, but a very calm feeling of being oblivious. That feeling of being
unaware was legitimate merely due to the fact that we were not constantly bombarded with images of decapitated
bodies and wailing people looking for their loved ones. Today there is an influx of hundreds and thousands of
images of not only dying people but unnecessary details about people who don’t necessarily deserve our time and
attention. In fact, instead of remaining objective and focusing on facts, the media has become a tool for rabid
sensationalism, focusing only on the ‘juicy details’ of the private lives of government officials and celebrities.
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d) Effects on Citizens
[24] [23] “It is not Pakistan’s war, this is America’s war. This war has killed thousands of innocent Pakistanis,
women and children,” states the PTI (Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf) against the war on terror. The drone attacks in
Waziristan and other agencies in Pakistan have led to a massive divide between the government and the average
citizen. The majority believes that Pakistani government betrayed the people by allowing drone attacks in the
region (as revealed by Wikileaks), while the government continues to win the support of the several elites the
country has.
In addition to the drone attacks, one can never forget how many lives were lost during these years after
the participation in the war on terror. Groups like TTP and other extremists continue to destroy the sanctity and
sanity of those living within the country. Bombs explode, blasts occur, bodies are torn apart and children are
attacked as a revolt against the government. More than 10,000 Pakistanis have died in 2009-2010 alone according
to the HRP reports. This is mainly due to, as opined by the majority, the involvement in the war on terror. Here is
a depressing list of terrorist incidents in Pakistan.
e) Effects on Tourism
Cricket legend Imran Khan [25] claimed that Pakistan is definitely paying the price for backing the US-led war
on terror. He criticized Musharraf for blindly following the USA in the war against “terrorism”. This has affected
the cricket industry and tourism industry most definitely due to the fact that now prospective tourists and cricket
teams refuse to land in a country where instability is a daily occurrence. Australia’s cricket team pulled out in
2008 after the bomb blast in Lahore that left 26 dead. In addition to the effect on the sports industry, Imran voiced
his concern about how it is crippling the morale of the sportsmen of this country. This resulted in a large loss of
revenue and a downfall in Pakistan’s position in the cricket world.
Similarly, verbal attacks on the cricket team and Pakistani supporters have become frequent after the war on terror.
It is indeed a very confusing position to play since the government supported the US-led invasion of Afghanistan
while also funding Taliban groups. Such a messy situation leads to a detriment in one’s esteem thanks to political
turmoil.
Life in Pakistan got worse after the war on terror when it ruined the tourism industry and the people attached to it
(also working for it) since this was an assault on their very income. Hotels in Peshawar were forced to shut down
due to security threats while the famous Khan Klub (a very attractive tourist point) was brought to the verge of
closure. It hosted foreign guests only, but due to the scarcity of such appearances, it had to shut down. According
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to statistics, more than a hundred local guest houses have been shut down in the Northern Areas due to the frontline
activism in the war on terror.
Similarly, tourism in Chitral, Swat and other Northern Areas had to shut down due to the presence of some radical
organizations and their orthodox manners. Life in Pakistan post-9/11 and the war on terror also become terribly
difficult to live due to the labels and warnings USA and UK gave against traveling to Pakistan. The tourism sector
in Chitral and the Northern Areas has received a great setback due to the war on terror. Had they lifted such
warnings and issuances, tourism in this country would not be viewed as a life-threatening risk. A heartbreaking
statistic reveals that the war on terror claimed the lives of over 35,000 civilians and 3,500 security personnel in
Pakistan since 2006.
According to a survey, “The economy was subjected to enormous direct and indirect costs which continued to
rise from $2.669 billion in 2001-02 to $13.6 billion by 2009-10, projected to rise to $17.8 billion in the current
financial year and moving forward.”
After assuming the role of a front-line supporter of the war on terror, Pakistan’s economy suffered a disruption in
its normal trading activities. The cost of trading increased because of higher insurance cover while the growth
demands slowed down which resulted in a decline in tax collection and foreign investment. The cost of Pakistan’s
involvement in the war on terror amounts to $67.93 billion or Rs. 5037 billion which has affected the education
budget, the health and nutrition sector and the sanity projects that could have taken place but were halted due to
the presence of the war against militancy in Pakistan and Afghanistan.
After the war on terror, Pakistan’s investment-to-GDP ratio hit a downfall from 22.5 percent to 13.5 in just a few
years. It requires a compensation for the resources it spent in a pursuit that resulted in very little success.
Economists firmly opine that Pakistan needs to pull out of this war immediately
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Agreement for peace by Pakistan
1-The Shakai Peace Agreement, April 2004
In April 2004, the Shakai agreement was reached between Nek Muhammad Wazir of the Pakistani Taliban
and the Pakistani government. The peace deal was the first of its kind since the emergence of the Taliban in
Pakistan, and it would become the cornerstone of future such agreements between the government and militants
in the tribal areas.
The deal came after the government launched a military operation in March 2004 to pressure Nek
Muhammad to cease supporting foreign militants, such as Arabs, Chechens and Uzbeks in South Waziristan
Agency of the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA). After the military operation was ineffective, and
Pakistan sustained heavy casualties, the government entered into the Shakai agreement with Nek Muhammad. As
part of the peace deal, the Pakistani government agreed to release Taliban prisoners, pay compensation to
tribesmen for property damage as a result of its military operations, and provide money to the militants so that
they could repay their debt to al-Qaìda. For his part, Nek Muhammad agreed to register foreign militants and
stop cross-border attacks into Afghanistan.
At the time of the signing, Nek Muhammad was a relatively obscure militant. When Pakistan’s military
leaders sat down with Nek Muhammad, who was only in his 20s, it provided him stature he previously did not
have, and it also reduced the importance of the area’s tribal elders as well as the centuries-old tribal system that
had always been the method for resolving disputes.
Immediately after the signing of the agreement, Nek Muhammad refused to surrender foreign militants to
the government, and his faction began to assassinate tribal elders who helped negotiate the agreement. The
government then revoked Nek Muhammad’s amnesty deal, and launched another military operation against his
faction in June 2004.
The Shakai agreement proved to be a failure, and what eventually stopped Nek Muhammad was a missile
fired from a U.S. drone, which killed him in June 2004.
2-Srarogha Peace Agreement, February 2005
In February 2005, the Pakistani government reached a peace agreement with Baitullah Mehsud of the Pakistani
Taliban in the Srarogha area of South Waziristan Agency. The government entered into peace negotiations with
Baitullah after it recognized that Taliban attacks were spreading from the Ahmadzai Wazir areas to the Mehsud
areas of South Waziristan. The government hoped to contain further Taliban expansion.
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The deal reportedly specified that the government would compensate militants for homes razed or
damaged during military operations. The government also agreed not to target Baitullah Mehsud or his supporters.
In response, the Mehsud militants did not have to lay down their weapons, nor did they have to surrender foreign
militants in their ranks. The agreement only stipulated that they cease attacking Pakistani targets and refuse to
give shelter to foreign militants. Similar to the case of Nek Muhammad, the military’s deal with Baitullah
conveyed the message to all tribal leaders in South Waziristan that Baitullah was now the area’s strongman,
providing him a new level of stature.
[28] Clashes between the military and Taliban militants in South Waziristan increased in the subsequent
months. The violence continued for years, proving that the peace deal served no purpose other than to prolong
and spread militancy.
By July 2007, Pakistani security forces killed notorious militant leader Abdullah Mehsud, and Baitullah
Mehsud himself was eventually killed by a U.S. drone strike in August 2009. Yet the organization he founded
remains strong today, now led by Hakim Ullah Mehsud.
3-The Swat Agreement, May 2008
[29] Since 2001, the Swat Valley suffered growing unrest after a cleric, Maulana Fazlullah, established a
religious seminary and later delivered radical sermons to the local population through an illegal FM radio station.
Fazlullah’s followers pursued a number of extremist policies, such as preventing girls from attending school and
demanding that women not visit markets unless wearing burqas, or full body veils. After Pakistani security forces
raided the Lal Masjid mosque in Islamabad in July 2007—an event that has had lasting contributory effects on
militancy in Pakistan—Fazlullah’s struggle for the implementation of Sharià took a more violent form.
The violence continued until the newly-elected government in Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province
came to power in 2008. The coalition government consisted of two secular parties—the Awami National Party
and Pakistan People’s Party—and it hastily extended the offer of peace talks to the Taliban in Swat, hoping that
their disagreements could be resolved through negotiations.
Following a series of meetings and discussions between Taliban representatives and the Khyber
Pakhtunkhwa government both in the Swat Valley and in Peshawar, on May 21, 2008, the two sides reached a 16-
point agreement to bring an end to violence and restore peace to the valley.
Within days of inking the peace deal, disagreements arose. The Taliban refused to surrender their arms as
stipulated in the agreement, demanding that the government first withdraw troops from the valley. They also
demanded the release of Taliban prisoners held by Pakistan. Within a month, the militants began attacking
government officials and installations, as well as destroying electronics shops and schools. This caused the
government to launch the military operation Rah-e-Haq.
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This was followed by some of the worst violence to hit Swat, as schools were destroyed, police stations
and army convoys attacked, and civilians kidnapped and beheaded. The violence only stopped when the Khyber
Pakhtunkhwa provincial government agreed to implement the Sharià-based Nizam-e-Adl regulation in Swat on
February 15, 2009. This led to Fazlullah declaring a cease-fire.
Even that agreement, [29] however, failed in a month, and Swat suffered another bout of violence.
Emboldened by the government’s concessions, the Fazlullah-led Taliban overran Mingora in May 2009, the
commercial centre of the Swat Valley, paralyzing the government. The Taliban then pushed into neighbouring
Buner and Shangla districts, only 60 miles from Pakistan’s capital city. The Taliban advance toward Islamabad
rang alarm bells among the government and the military, and caused Pakistan to launch a decisive military
operation against Maulana Fazlullah and his fighters. Within two months of the major military operation, Maulana
Fazlullah fled the Swat Valley, and many of his commanders were either arrested or killed.
In the final analysis, the Swat agreement proved counterproductive, and merely allowed the Taliban to
grow in strength during “peace” times. Once the Taliban were in a strong enough position to challenge Pakistan’s
writ even further, they took that opportunity by moving into Mingora, and then Buner and Shangla districts.
Moreover, the government’s failure to arrest or kill Maulana Fazlullah has come back to hurt the Pakistani state,
as in the last few months he has been responsible for multiple attacks on Pakistani targets from his mountain
redoubt in Afghanistan.
4-Waziristan Accord
The Waziristan Accord (or North Waziristan Accord) was an agreement between the government
of Pakistan and tribe’s resident in the Waziristan area to mutually cease hostilities in North Waziristan (a district
in the Federally Administered Tribal Areas of Pakistan). The agreement was signed on 5 September 2006 in the
North Waziristan town of Miranshah. The agreement effectively ended the Waziristan War, fought between the
Pakistani military and rebels in the border region with ties to the Taliban and Al-Qaeda.
Details of the accord
The accord consists of 16 clauses and 4 sub-clauses. The major points include:
• The Government agrees to stop air and ground attacks against militants in Waziristan.
• Militants are to cease cross-border movement into and out of Afghanistan.
• Foreigners (understood to mean foreign jihadists) in North Waziristan will have to leave Pakistan
but "those who cannot leave will be allowed to live peacefully, respecting the law of the land and
the agreement".
• Area check-points and border patrols will be manned by a tribal force. Pakistan Army forces will
withdraw from control points.
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• No parallel administration will be established in the area. The law of the Government shall remain
in force.
• The Government agrees to follow local customs and traditions in resolving issues.
• Tribal leaders will ensure that no one attacks law enforcement personnel or damages state property.
• Tribesmen will not carry heavy weapons. Small arms are allowed.
• Militants will not enter agencies adjacent to this agency (the agency of North Waziristan).
• Both sides will return any captured weapons, vehicles, and communication devices.
• The Government will release captured militants and will not arrest them again.
• The Government will pay compensation for property damage and deaths of innocent civilians in
the area.
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Terrorist incidents in Pakistan
1) Terrorist incidents in Pakistan in 2001

[31] In 2001, it saw 2 terrorist attacks resulting over 20 deaths and 10 injuries. This was the beginning of War on
Terror after the 9/11 attacks
28 October
Attack on a Protestant church in southern Punjab city of Bahawalpur resulted in 16 deaths and 6 injuries. The
casualties were all Christian worshippers except one police officer.
21 December
Pakistani interior minister Lt. Gen. (retd) Moinuddin Haider's elder brother Ehteshamuddin Haider was shot dead
by assailants near Soldier Bazaar in Karachi.

In 2002, 14 terrorist, insurgent and sectarian-related incidents were reported that killed 60 people and injured 150.
February 2002
22 February
The American journalist Daniel Pearl was kidnapped and murdered in Karachi.
26 February
At least 11 Shi'a worshipers were killed by indiscriminate firing by a group of masked gunmen at the Shah-I-
Najaf Mosque in Rawalpindi.
March – May 2002
17 March
A grenade attack on a Protestant church in the heavily guarded diplomatic enclave in Islamabad killed five
persons, including a US diplomat's wife and daughter, and left more than 40 others injured.
7 May
Noted religious scholar Prof Dr Ghulam Murtaza Malik, his driver and a policeman were shot dead by two gunmen
in Iqbal Town, Lahore.
8 May
Bus bombing in Karachi kills 11 Frenchmen and 3 Pakistanis near the Sheraton hotels.
June – August 2002
14 June A powerful car bomb exploded near the heavily guarded US Consulate in Karachi, killing 12 people and
wounding over 50 others. A portion of the outer wall of the consulate was blown apart.
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13 July
Nine foreign tourists and three Pakistani nationals were injured in an attack near an archaeological site in the
district of Mansehra.
5 August
At least six people were killed and four injured in a gun attack on a missionary school for foreign students in
mountain resort of Murree. The attack was carried by four gunmen, when they started firing indiscriminately,
however no pupils were among those killed, all of whom were Pakistani guards and employees at the school.
9 August
Three nurses—and an attacker—were killed while 25 others injured in a terrorist attack on a church in the Taxila
Christian Hospital, in Taxila, northern Punjab.
September – December 2002
25 September
Gunmen stormed the offices of a Christian welfare organisation in Karachi, tied seven office workers to their
chairs before shooting each in the head at close range.
16 October
More than eight people were injured in a series of parcel bomb explosions in Pakistan's largest city, Karachi.
15 November
An explosion on a bus in Hyderabad, Sindh killed two people and injured at least nine others.
5 December
Three people were killed in an attack at the Macedonian Honorary consulate in the city of Karachi. The dead – all
Pakistani – were tied up, gagged and killed before the explosion at the office.
25 December
Unidentified assailants threw a grenade at a Presbyterian church in Pakistan's central Punjab province, killing
three young girls. At least 12 others were injured in the attack at Daska, near Sialkot.
February – March 2003

28 February
Two policemen were shot dead outside the United States consulate in Karachi, the same place where 12 people
were killed by a car bomb nine months ago.
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10 March
Two people were injured when a masked terrorist opened indiscriminate fire on a mosque in Gulistan Colony,
Faisalabad.
June – July 2003
8 June
11 Pakistani police trainees were shot dead in what is believed to have been a sectarian attack on Sariab Road,
Quetta, as they all belonged to Hazara Shi'a branch of Islam. Another nine were reported wounded.
4 July
At least 47 people were killed and 150 injured in an attack on a Shia mosque in the south-western Pakistani city
of Quetta
3 October
Six employees of Space and Upper Atmosphere Research Commission (SUPARCO) were killed and several
others injured when their official van was fired upon on Hub River Road in Mauripur, Karachi. A Lashkar-e-
Jhangvi cadre was officially charged.
6 October
Maulana Azam Tariq, chief of the Millat-i-Islamia (formerly Sipah-e-Sahaba Pakistan) and MNA, was
assassinated by unidentified gunmen along with four others as his car drove into the capital, Islamabad.
14 December
President Pervez Musharraf survived an assassination attempt when a powerful bomb went off minutes after his
highly-guarded convoy crossed a bridge in Rawalpindi. Musharraf was apparently saved by a jamming device in
his limousine that prevented the remote-controlled explosives from blowing up the bridge as his convoy passed
over it.
25 December
Another attempt was carried on the president 11 days later when two suicide bombers tried to assassinate
Musharraf, but their car bombs failed to kill the president; 16 others nearby died instead. Musharraf escaped with
only a cracked windscreen on his car. Militant Amjad Farooqi was apparently suspected as being the mastermind
behind these attempts and was killed by Pakistani forces in 2004 after an extensive manhunt.
February - May 2004

28 February
An apparent suicide bomber was killed, and three worshipers were injured in an attack on Imambargah in Satellite
Town, Rawalpindi.
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2 March
At least 42 persons were killed and more than 100 wounded when a procession of the Shia Muslims was attacked
by Deobandi extremists at Liaquat Bazaar in Quetta.
10 April
At least one person was killed, and three others were wounded when a car bomb exploded in a parking area near
a Hall where hundreds of people were attending a concert by the Indian pop group Sonu Nigams.
3 May
A car bomb in south-western city of Gwadar killed three Chinese engineers and injured 10 other people.
7 May
A suicide bomber attacked a crowded Shia mosque in Sindh Madrassatul Islam in Karachi, killing at least 15
worshipers. More than 100 people were also injured, 25 of them critically in the attack. One person was killed in
the riots that followed the attack.
14 May
Six members of Shia family was shot dead in Mughal Pura locality of Lahore.
26 May
Two car bombs explode within 20 minutes of each other outside the Pakistan-American Cultural Centre and near
the US consul general's residence in Karachi, killing two men and injuring more than 27 people, mainly policemen
and journalists.
30 May
A senior Deobandi religious scholar and head of Islamic religious school Jamia Binoria, Mufti Nizamuddin
Shamzai, was gunned down in his car while leaving his home in Karachi.
31 May
A suicide bomber blew up the Imambarghah Ali Raza mosque in Karachi in the middle of evening prayers, killing
16 worshipers and injuring 35. Two people were killed in riots over the mosque attack and Shamzai's
assassination.
June - August 2004
10 June
Gunmen opened fire on a convoy carrying the then corps commander Lt Gen Ahsan Saleem Hyatt leaving 11
people dead in Karachi. The corps commander who escaped unhurt later became the vice chief of army staff under
General Pervez Musharraf. This was the first such attack on the Pakistan Army, not counting the earlier
assassination attempts on General Pervez Musharraf who was also the President of the country, since the military
began operations in Waziristan in 2004.
30 July
Assassination attempt on the Prime Minister-elect Shaukat Aziz, while he was campaigning for by-election in
Fateh Jang, Attock District, Punjab. Even though he survived the attempt, nine people were killed due to the
suicide bombing.
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2 August
Chief Minister of Baluchistan province Jam Mohammad Yousaf escaped an assassination bid when unidentified
persons fired at his convoy killing one of his bodyguards and injuring two others.
8 August
At least eight people were killed and over 40 others injured when two bombs exploded in quick succession near
the Jamia Binoria Madrassah, Karachi.
31 August
Three persons were killed, and three others injured in a bomb blast at a shop in the Balochi town of Kalat
September - December 2004
21 September
Suspected Sipah-e-Sahaba members gunned down at least three members of a Shi'a family in a sectarian attack in
Dera Ismail Khan.
1 October
A suicide bombing left 25 people dead and dozen injured at a Shia mosque after Friday prayers in the eastern city
of Sialkot.
7 October
A powerful car bomb left 40 people dead and wounded over 100 during a Sunni (Deobandi) rally to commemorate
Maulana Azam Tariq, assassinated leader of Sipah-e-Sahaba Pakistan, in the central city of Multan. This was most
probably the retaliation of Sialkot suicide attacks exactly a week ago
10 October
An explosion by a suicide bomber at a mosque used by Shia Muslims in Lahore killed at least four people and left
eight people injured.
10 December
At least 10 people were killed and 30 injured in a bomb explosion at a market in city of Quetta. The bomb exploded
near an Army truck, as Baluchistan Liberation Army claimed responsibility
This is a list of terrorist incidents in Pakistan in 2005

January- March 2005
8 January
At least 10 people were killed in sectarian violence in the northern Pakistani city of Gilgit. The shooting of a Shia
Muslim cleric earlier sparked clashes between his supporters and Deobandis.
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19 March
At least 35 people were killed and many injured when a Sipah-e-Sahaba terrorist exploded himself in a mixed
crowd of Shia and Deobandi devotees at the shrine of Pir Rakhel Shah in the remote village of Fatehpur in Jhal
Magsi District, Baluchistan.
May 2005
25 May
As many as six members of a family were killed in an explosion at the village of Bandkhel in Makeen Tehsil,
South Waziristan.
27 May
At least 20 people were slaughtered and 82 wounded due to a suicide bombing at the annual Shia Muslim
congregation at the shrine of Bari Imam in Islamabad.
31 May
Six bodies were recovered from a fast food outlet set ablaze by an angry mob after an attack on a Shia mosque in
Karachi. It was retaliation to the suicide attack on the Shia mosque in central Karachi where five people were
killed and about 20 others wounded.
22 September
At least six people, including a woman, were killed and 27 injured in two bomb blasts in Lahore. Police said the
bombs went off within an interval of one and a half hours.
7 October
Eight members of the Ahmadiyya faith were killed inside a mosque as worshipers were performing salat. The
incident occurred in Mandi Baha Uddin, Punjab.
13 October
Around 12 people including students were killed in the curfew and clashes between the Rangers and civilians in
Gilgit. The clashes came after the death of a student in Rangers custody.
15 November
A car bomb exploded outside a Kentucky Fried Chicken outlet in Karachi. At least three people were killed, and
eight others wounded.
8 December
At least 12 people were killed and 30 injured in a bomb explosion in the town of Jandola in South Waziristan.
22 December
At least seven people were killed in what officials say was a battle between Islamic students and bandits in the
town of Jandola in South Waziristan.
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In 2006, 30 terrorist attacks, including 10 of a sectarian nature, took place, leaving 100 people dead and 230 others
injured.
January - April 2006
25 January
At least six people were killed, and five others hurt after a bus ran over a landmine in Dera Bugti District,
Baluchistan.
5 February
A bomb explosion killed 13 people including three army personnel and injured 18 on a Lahore-bound bus end
route from Quetta in Kolpur, Bolan District, Baluchistan. No groups claimed of responsibility for the attack.
9 February
Sectarian violence marred the holiest day of the Shiite calendar, with at least 36 people killed and more than 100
wounded in attacks and clashes in Pakistan and Afghanistan. The violence erupted with a suspected suicide attack
on Shiites in Hangu, in the north western part of the country, as they celebrated Day of Ashura.
2 March
A power suicide car bomb attack in the high security zone near the US Consulate, Karachi, killed four people
including a US diplomat, a day before President George W. Bush was to reach Pakistan.
10 March
At least 26 people, mostly women and children, were killed in Dera Bugti District, Baluchistan after their bus hit
a landmine. Both tribal rebels and security forces planted land mines in the area.
11 April
Over 50 people, including Sunni (Barelvi) scholars, were killed in a bomb explosion at a religious gathering
celebrating the birthday of Prophet Muhammad in Nishtar Park, Karachi.
June - August 2006
12 June
At least five people were killed and 17 wounded in a bomb attack in Quetta hotel.
15 June
Unidentified gunmen killed a senior prison official Amanullah Khan Niazi and four others in the southern
Pakistani city of Karachi.
16 June
Two female teachers and two children were shot dead in Khoga Chiri village in Orakzai Agency.
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14 July
Allama Hassan Turabi, a Shiite religious scholar and chief of Tehreek-e-Jafaria Pakistan, and his 12-year-old
nephew were killed in a suicide attack near his Abbas Town residence. The suicide bomber was later identified
as Abdul Karim, a Bangladeshi-speaking, resident of a shanty town in the central city area of Karachi.
26 August
Tribal leader Nawab Akbar Bugti was killed in a battle between tribal militants and government forces in
Baluchistan. At least five soldiers and at least 30 rebels are thought to have died too.
26–31 August
Akbar Bugti's killing sparked five days of rioting that left six people dead, dozens wounded and 700 under arrest.
September - November 2006

8 September
At least six people were killed and 17 injured, four of them seriously, when a powerful bomb blast hit the Rakhni
bazaar area of Barkhan District, Baluchistan.
6 October
17 people were killed in fighting between Sunni and Shia Muslims over a dispute over ownership of the shrine to
18th Century figure Syed Amir Anwar Shah shrine in Pakistan's Orakzai tribal region.
20 October
A bomb blast killed at least six people and left 21 injured in a busy shopping district of Peshawar.
8 November
A suicide bomber killed 42 Pakistani Army soldiers and injured 20 in the north western town of Dargai, apparently
in retaliation to the Chenagai airstrike which killed 80 people in the same Bajaur region in the previous month.
This was the second such attack on the Army since the 2004 assassination attempt on Karachi Corps commander.

In 2007, 34 terrorist attacks and clashes, including suicide attacks, killings, and assassinations, resulted in 134
casualties and 245 injuries, according to the PIPS security report. The report states that Pakistan faced 20 suicide
attacks (mostly targeted at security forces) during 2007, which killed at least 111, besides injuring another 234
people. PIPS report shows visible increase in suicide attacks after Lal Masjid operation.
January – March 2007
15 January
A powerful blast in the Jalozai refugee camp destroyed a mud-house, killing four people and injuring five others.
26 January
Two people were killed and five injured in a suspected suicide attack in Pakistan. The bomber and a security guard
were killed in the blast at the Marriott hotel in the capital Islamabad.
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27 January
At least 13 people, including the Chief of Peshawar City Police Malik Saad, were killed Saturday evening in a
suicide bombing near a crowded Shiite mosque in Peshawar. About 60 people were wounded, 17 critically, in the
9:20 p.m. blast. About 2,000 Shiite Muslims were in and around the mosque, police said.
29 January
2 people were killed while 7 wounded when suicide bomber bew himself up in Dera Ismail Khan
6 February
A suicide bomber detonated his explosives in a parking area outside Islamabad International Airport injuring 5
people.
17 February
A suicide bomber killed 15 people—including a judge—after blowing himself up inside a courtroom in Quetta,
Baluchistan. At least 24 people were wounded in the suicide attack.
20 February
Punjab Minister for social welfare Zil-e-Huma Usman was shot and killed in Gujranwala. Her assassin,
Mohammed Sarwar, was reported to have been motivated by her refusal to abide by the Islamic code of dress and
a dislike for the involvement of women in political affairs.
19–22 March
Clashes between pro-government forces under Maulvi Nazir and Al-Qaeda remnants in the Waziristan region kill
at least 135 people on both sides. A ceasefire is declared after four days of fighting enforced by officials from
both sides.
April – June 2007
10–11 April
Up to 35 people were killed and scores of others wounded in heavy fighting between rival Shia and Sunni
(Deobandi) groups in different areas of the Kurram Agency on Tuesday night and Wednesday.
28 April
Assassination attempt on Aftab Ahmad Sherpao, who is the Interior minister that killed 28 people in Charsadda,
Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa. This time again an attempt on a high-ranking officer of Pakistani government was
unsuccessful.
12 May
As many as 50 people were killed and hundreds injured when party workers of opposing parties; MQM, ANP and
PPP clash in Karachi. The riots started when rival political rallies take the same route amid lawyers protests for
restoration of Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry as the Chief Justice of Supreme Court.
15 May
A bomb blast at the local Marhaba hotel in Peshawar killed at least 24 people and injured 30. No one claimed
responsibility for the suspected suicide blast in the lobby of the hotel popular with Afghans in Peshawar where
militants opposed to government support for the United States have launched attacks.
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2 June
Five people, including a tribal chief, a political tehsildar and a journalist were killed, when their vehicle hit a
roadside bomb in the Dara Khwar, Bajaur Agency.
8 June
Three people were killed, and seven others injured when a bomb exploded on a bus in Hub, Baluchistan. The
coach was heading from Lasbela to Karachi.
23 June
A barrage of artillery and missiles fired from Afghanistan hit residential compounds and a hotel in Mangrotai area
of the North Waziristan tribal region, killing 11 people and wounding 10 others, eyewitnesses and officials said.
The dead included two children and a woman.
July – September 2007
6 July
President General Pervez Musharraf escaped yet another attempt on his life on Friday morning when around 36
rounds fired at his aircraft from a submachine gun in Rawalpindi missed their target. In another incident, four
Pakistan Army troops, including a major and a lieutenant, were killed in an improvised explosive device attack
on a military convoy in Dir District – a stronghold of the Jamaat-e-Islami and the banned Tehreek-e-Nafaz-e-
Shariat-e-Mohammadi.
8 July
Unidentified gunmen killed three Chinese workers and wounded another near Peshawar in what Pakistani officials
said was a terrorist attack apparently linked to the bloody siege of militants at an Islamabad mosque.
12 July
Seven people including three policemen were killed and several others injured in two suicide attacks, two blasts
and a rocket attack in three tribal regions and Swat district in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa.
14 July
At least 23 paramilitary troops died, and 27 others injured when a suicide bomber rammed an explosives-packed
car into their convoy in Miranshah in one of the deadliest attacks on the security forces in North Waziristan.
15 July
At least 49 are killed and hundreds injured when suicide attack and car bombs explode throughout Khyber-
Pakhtunkhwa in an apparent retaliation for Lal Masjid operation. 11 security personnel and six civilians were
killed, and 47 others injured in Matta, Swat District, when suicide bombers smashed two cars packed with
explosives into an army convoy, and 25 people were killed and 61 injured when a suicide bomber blew himself
up in the Dera Ismail Khan police recruitment centre. The attack in Swat was the third attack on Army outside the
conflict zones of FATA.
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17 July
At least 17 people were killed and 50 injured as a suicide bomber blew himself up outside the venue of the district
bar council convention in Islamabad killing mostly PPP political workers waiting for the arrival of Chief Justice
Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry, who was to address a lawyer’s convention.
19 July
More than 40 people were killed in three separate bomb attacks. In the first incident, bomb was detonated in a
mosque used by military personnel in the north-western town of Kohat, killing at least 11 people. This marked
the fourth time the Army was attacked outside conflict zone since 2004. In the second one, 26 people died and 50
were injured in the southern town of Hub, Lasbela District, Baluchistan, in an attack apparently targeting Chinese
workers. And in the last one, at least seven people were killed and more than 20 injured in a suicide car bombing
at a police academy in the north-western town of Hangu.
24 July
At least nine people including a woman were killed and 40 others injured when unidentified militants fired a
barrage of rockets on the civilian population in the north western city of Bannu.
27 July
A suspected suicide bomber killed at least 13 people at Muzaffar hotel in Aabpara, Islamabad Friday after
hundreds of stone-throwing protesters clashed with police as the capital's Red Mosque reopened for the first time
since a bloody army raid. The same day Raziq Bugti, former guerrilla commander turned spokesman for the
Balochistan government, was shot dead by assailants in Quetta.
2 August
The police in Sargodha shot dead a suspected suicide bomber after the man failed to detonate the explosives he
was wearing. The man, who entered a police training centre, killed a policeman before he was gunned down.
4 August
Nine people were killed and 43 injured when a suicide car bomber triggered an explosion at a busy bus station in
Parachinar, Khurram Agency.
26 August
Four policemen were killed, and two others wounded in a suicide attack in the Machaar area of Shangla District.
4 September
At least 25 people were killed and 66 injured in two suicide bomb blasts in Rawalpindi cantonment’s high security
areas during morning rush hour. The first blast took place near Qassim Market where a Defence Ministry bus
carrying around 38 civilians and uniformed officials was hit, killing 18 people. Five minutes later, a second blast
took place near RA Bazaar, behind General Headquarters.
The blast was caused by explosives fixed to a motorcycle, which blew up killing seven people on the spot. This
was the fifth time the Army was attacked outside war zone since the start of military operations, and the first time
in Rawalpindi, the site of General Headquarters.
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11 September
At least 17 people, including three security personnel and a woman, were killed and 16 others injured when a 15-
year-old suicide bomber blew himself up in a passenger van at Bannu Adda in Dera Ismail Khan district. The
same day Omar Ayyub Khan's protocol officer, Liaquat Hussain, was found shot dead near the Northern Bypass
in Karachi.
13 September
At least 20 off-duty commandos were killed and 11 injured in an apparent suicide blast at an army officers’ mess
in Tarbela Ghazi, Haripur near Tarbela Dam. The targeted were the Pakistan Army's special forces unit SSG's
Karar Company, and this marked the sixth time the Army was attacked outside conflict zone.
15 September
Unidentified assailants shot dead Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam leader and Wafaqul Madaris Vice Chairman Maulana
Hassan Jan in the jurisdiction of Yakatoot police station in Peshawar. Hassan, a former MNA, also issued a fatwa
against suicide attacks, and he along with a group of Pakistani clerics travelled to Afghanistan in 2001 to convince
Mullah Omar that he should expel Osama Bin Laden from Afghanistan to avoid American attacks.
October – December 2007

1 October
A suicide bomber disguised in a woman’s burqa blew himself up at busy police check post in Bannu, Khyber-
Pakhtunkhwa killing at least 16 people including four policemen and injuring 29.
12 October
Mohmand Taliban publicly behead six "criminals" and lashed three others in the name of Sharia.
18 October
Attack on Benazir Bhutto convoy killed over 139 in Karachi and left more than 450 injured in one of the deadliest
terrorist attacks in Pakistan. Former PM Benazir Bhutto was returning after 8 years of self-imposed exile when
the bomber struck the convoy killing dozens. Karachi Bombs in Pictures
20 October
At least eight people were killed and 28 injured when a powerful bomb planted in a pick-up vehicle exploded in
Dera Bugti, Balochistan.
25 October
At least 20 people including 18 troops died and 35 others were injured in a blast aimed at a vehicle carrying
Frontier Constabulary (FC) personnel in the troubled Swat district. It was suspected to be a suicide attack.
30 October
A suicide bomber struck a police checkpoint in the high security zone of Rawalpindi, less than a kilometre from
President General Pervez Musharraf’s camp office, killing seven people, three of them policemen, and injuring
31 others. The blast splattered check post of General Tariq Majid, current Chairman of Joint Chiefs of Staff's
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residence. This blast was the seventh one in the series of attacks against the symbols of Pakistan Army, and the
second one in Rawalpindi, the site of General Headquarters.
1 November
A suicide bomber rammed his motorcycle into a PAF bus near Sargodha, killing seven officers of the Pakistan
Air Force stationed at Mushaf Airbase and three civilians on the Faisalabad Road on Thursday morning. 28 people
suffered injuries. It is significant that after this event a state of emergency was imposed on the country.
9 November
A suicide bomber killed at least three people and injured two others when he detonated explosives at the house of
Federal Political Affairs Minister and PML-Q provincial president Amir Muqam in Peshawar. The minister was
unhurt, but a cousin of his was injured. The three dead were policemen guarding the house.
17–19 November
As many as 94 people were killed and 168 injured in three days of in-fighting between the rival Sunni (Deobandi)
and Shia sects in Parachinar, Kurram Agency in Pakistani tribal areas, bordering Afghanistan. Only by the fourth
day, the army gained control of the area and a ceasefire was maintained in the area.
24 November
30 people were killed in two suicide attacks in Rawalpindi. In the first incident, a suicide bomber rammed his car
into a 72-seater bus parked in front of Ojhri Camp on Murree Road carrying Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI)
officials to work, killing 28 officials and a bystander. The second incident occurred as a second suicide bomber
attempted to enter the General Headquarters (GHQ). Upon being asked for identification at the GHQ’s check post,
he blew himself up, resulting in the deaths of one security official and a bystander.
9 December
At least 10 people including three policemen and seven civilians, including two children, perished in a car
bombing near Matta, Swat District.
10 December
A suicide attack on the school bus carrying children during the morning rush injuring seven of them. It was a PAF
employees’ bus and the attack took place near Minhas Airbase, Kamra. It was a second major attack on the
Pakistan Air Force after the Sargodha attack.
13 December
Two suicide bombings near an army check post in Quetta killed seven people, including three personnel of the
Pakistan Army.
15 December
A suicide attacker rammed his explosives-laden bicycle into a military check post killing five people and injuring
11 others in the first-ever suicide attack in the city of Nowshera. The attack occurred at a checkpoint near the gate
of an army school and was ninth one in the series of attacks against the Army outside conflict zone.
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17 December
12 security personnel were killed and five wounded in a suicide attack in the country’s restive north western city
of Kohat. Victims were members of army’s local football team. This attack was tenth one of its kind on the army
and first one against a sports team.
21 December
On the eve of Eid ul-Adha, a suicide bomb blast again targeted Aftab Ahmad Sherpao killing at least 57 and
injuring over 100 at Jamia Masjid Sherpao, in Charsadda District. Aftab Sherpao survived the blast, but his
younger son Mustafa Khan Sherpao, was injured.
23 December
At least seven people, including a soldier and six civilians, were killed and another 23 wounded as a suicide
bomber targeted an army convoy near Mingora.
27 December
Two-time Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto was assassinated in a shooting and suicide bombing in Rawalpindi's
Liaquat Bagh, killing up to 20 others and injuring many. The site is notorious as the place where former Prime
Minister Liaquat Ali Khan was also assassinated in October 1951.
28 December
At least 33 people, including four policemen, were killed all over Pakistan in the violence that ensued after the
assassination of former prime minister Benazir Bhutto. The situation grew so worse that Sindh Rangers were
given orders to shoot-at-sight.
28 December
A roadside bomb killed nine people, including former PML-Q minister Asfandyar Amirzaib, who is a grandson
of Wali-e-Swat, in Swat District.
In 2008, the country saw 40 terrorist attacks, which caused 154 fatalities and 256 injuries.

10 January:
24 people were killed and 73 injured in a suicide attack when the policemen were deliberately targeted outside
Lahore High Court before the scheduled lawyer's protest against the government in provincial capital of Lahore.
This attack was first of its kind in Lahore since the start of War on Terrorism.
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14 January
At least 10 people were killed and over 50 wounded when a bomb exploded in Quaid Abad. The bomb was planted
on a bicycle and it went off during wee hours in a vegetable market in Karachi.
17 January
At least 12 people were killed and 25 others injured, three of them critically, when a suicide bomber blew himself
up at the crowded Mirza Qassim Baig Imambargah in Mohalla Janghi, Kohati in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa capital
city of Peshawar.
4 February
At least 10 people were killed, and 27 others injured, when a suicide bomber crashed his bike into an armed forces
bus carrying students and officials of Army Medical College, near the General Headquarters in Rawalpindi. This
became the eleventh attack on Pakistan Army, fourth in Rawalpindi near GHQ, and first of its kind on medical
students.
9 February
At least 25 people died and 35 were injured after a powerful explosion hit an opposition election rally in Charsadda
in the north-western Pakistan. The attack targeted ANP, a secular party, one of whose leaders, Fazal-ur-Rehman
Atakhail, was assassinated 7 February in Karachi triggering widespread protests. Possible conspirators of the latest
attack could be the Islamist Taliban-al-Qaeda nexus operating in the north western Pakistan.
11 February
A suicide attack on a public meeting in Miranshah, North Waziristan left at least eight people dead and a dozen
wounded, including a candidate for the National Assembly. It was the second attack on ANP's election gathering
in two days.
16 February
A suicide bomber rammed his explosive-laden vehicle on the election meeting of Pakistan People’s Party, the
party of the slain former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto in Parachinar, Khurram Agency in north western Pakistan.
The attack left at least 47 people dead and 150 injured according to Interior Ministry of Pakistan. It was the fourth
such attack on PPP's political workers within a year; two of them targeting the former PPP leader Benazir Bhutto.
18 February
At least 24 people were killed and nearly 200 were injured in election-related violence across the country on the
eve of Pakistani general election, Aaj TV reported.
22 February
A roadside bomb near the town of Matta, Swat District, Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa killed at least 13 members of a
wedding party and left about a dozen injured. An army spokesman said the bomb had been detonated by remote
control. Women and children were among the casualties.
25 February
Pakistan Army's top medic Lt Gen Mushtaq Baig was killed, along with the driver and security guard, when a
suicide attack ripped apart the vehicle, he was travelling in at 2:45pm local time near Army General Headquarters
in Rawalpindi. At least 5 other passers-by were also killed and 20 injured in the incident. Gen Baig was the
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highest-ranking officer to be killed in Pakistan since the 9/11 attacks. This attack was the twelfth such incidence
against the Army and fifth one near GHQ.
29 February
As many as 38 people were killed and 75 injured when a suicide bomber blew himself up in Mingora, Swat District
on Friday during the funeral of a senior police officer who had been killed hours earlier in Lakki Marwat in
southern part of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa. The police DSP was killed along with three other policemen when their
vehicle was hit in a roadside bomb earlier in the day. Witnesses said the suicide attack took place when a police
party was presenting a gun salute in honour of the slain police officer in a school ground in Mingora town at about
8 pm.
2 March
At least 42 people were killed and 58 injured in a suicide attack, when the bomber struck the meeting of tribal
elders and local officials in the town of Darra Adam Khel, a few miles south of Peshawar. The town of Darra was
the centre of violent clashes earlier in January when the militants took over the Kohat Tunnel that connected
Peshawar with Kohat. After the onslaught of security forces to take back the tunnel, the fighting resulted in the
deaths of 13 troops and 70 militants.
4 March
Eight persons were killed, and 24 others injured when two suicide bombers blew themselves up in the parking
area of the Pakistan Navy War College located in the city of Lahore. It was the first time a Pakistani naval
institution was targeted by the militants (Army has been targeted at least eight times outside the war zone and Air
Force twice) since the ongoing War on Terrorism in Pakistan in general and post-Lal Masjid siege in particular.
This attack on War College was carried out by two suicide attackers, the first one to clear the way for the second
one; and the second one to do the damage.
11 March
At least 24 people were killed and more than 200 wounded in twin suicide bombings in the eastern Pakistani city
of Lahore. One of the attacks ripped apart Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) building killing 21, including 16
policemen. The other one hit the posh locality of Model Town, exploding close to Bilawal House, associated with
PPP leaders Benazir Bhutto and her husband Asif Ali Zardari.
15 March
An attack occurred when a bomb was hurled over a wall surrounding an Islamabad restaurant. Four of the 12
people wounded in the bombing were U.S. FBI agents. In addition to wounding the agents, the explosion killed a
Turkish woman and wounded a fifth American, three Pakistanis, a person from the United Kingdom and someone
from Japan.
April – June 2008
9 April
Riots in Karachi kill 9 people and wound many others with 40 vehicles getting torched after two groups of lawyer’s
scuffles that begin after PML-Q leaders, former CM Sindh Arbab Ghulam Rahim and former federal minister
Sher Afgan Niazi are maltreated ahead of government formation in the provinces of Sindh and Punjab.
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17 April
At least 20 people were killed, and dozens of others injured in the clashes between two belligerent factions in
Khyber Agency.
6 May
At least four people have been killed in a suspected suicide attack in Bannu, amid signs a truce with militants may
be breaking down, negotiations for which was started in March.
18 May
A bomb attack targeting the Army's Punjab Regimental Centre market in the city of Mardan killed at least 13
people, including four soldiers and injured more than 20. This was the second attack in Mardan in a month after
a car bomb on 25 April killed three and injured 26 people. This attack was the thirteenth one on the army since
the start of military operations.
19 May
At least four people were killed and another two injured in a remote-controlled bomb blast outside a mosque in
the Mamond tehsil of Bajaur Agency.
26 May
Seven people were killed, and five others injured in what appeared to be incidents of sectarian violence in Dera
Ismail Khan.
2 June
The Danish embassy in Islamabad is attacked with a car bomb killing six people. A post purportedly from Al-
Qaeda's Mustafa Abu al-Yazid appears on the Internet a day after the attack claiming responsibility. The statement
mentions the publication of "insulting drawings" and the refusal to "apologise for publishing them" referring to
the Jyllands-Posten Muhammad cartoons controversy.
9 June
Sufi Muhammad, leader of the TNSM, on Monday survived a remote-controlled bombing initiated by local
Taliban in Peshawar, in which four policemen got injured.
16 June
A bomb blast inside a Shia mosque killed at least four people and wounded two others in Dera Ismail Khan.
6 July
A suicide bomber killed 19 people in an attack targeting policemen deployed at a rally observing the first
anniversary of an army raid on the Islamabad's Lal Masjid.
7 July
A string of small explosions, apparently from bombs, wounded at least 37 people in Karachi, rattling Pakistan a
day after a deadly suicide attack in capital of Pakistan.
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2 August
At least eight police and security workers were killed when a remote-controlled bomb exploded near their vehicle
in Mingora, Swat.
31 July – 4 August
A total of 136 people was killed in Swat Valley in a week of fighting between the security forces and pro-Taliban
militants. The casualties included at least 94 militants, 14 soldiers and around 28 civilians.
9 August
Militants stormed a police post in village Kingargalai of the Buner District on Friday night, killing eight
policemen.
12 August
A bomb targeting a Pakistani Air Force bus carrying personnel from a military base killed 13 people and wounded
11 others on Tuesday on a major road near the centre of Peshawar. Taliban forces reportedly took responsibility.
The attack was retaliation for Pakistani airstrikes in Bajaur Agency, a militant stronghold near the border with
Afghanistan. Five of the dead were air force personnel and the eight others were bystanders.
13 August
Eight people, including two policemen, were killed and over 20, including 12 policemen, were injured after an
alleged suicide bomber blew himself up n ear a police station in Lahore on the eve of Independence Day
celebrations. On the same day, six people were killed and 19 others, four of them policemen, were injured in
explosions in Hub and Uthal, a hand-grenade attack in Panjgur and shooting incidents in Kharan and Turbat towns
in Balochistan, while leader of the banned outfit Amr Bil Maroof Wa Nahi Anil Munkar Haji Namdar was shot
dead when he was delivering sermon in Bara tehsil. Haji Namdar had earlier escaped a suicide attack on 1 May
2008 in which 17 people were injured.
7 August – 18 August
Clashes mainly between the Toori and Bangash tribes, but which involved other local tribes, in the Kurram Agency
left at least 287 people dead and 373 injured in 12 consecutive days of fighting. In the later incidents, pro-Taliban
militants were involved too, after which the local tribesmen asked the government to flush out the militants.
19 August
32 people, seven policemen and two health officials among them, were killed and 55 others injured when a suicide
bomber blew himself up near the emergency ward of the District Headquarters Hospital in Dera Ismail Khan.
Tehreek-I-Taliban Pakistan claimed responsibility for the attack.
21 August
At least 70 people were killed, and 67 others injured when two suicide bombers blew themselves up outside the
gates of the state-run Pakistan Ordnance Factories, Wah Cantonment. Tehreek-I-Taliban Pakistan claimed
responsibility for the attack. This attack was the fourteenth such attack on the symbol of Pakistan Army since the
start of military operations in 2004.
21 August
An influential person of Ningwalai in the Swat District, Musa Khan, was shot dead by unidentified assailants as
soon as he stepped out of the mosque after prayers. His guards opened fire but the assailants managed to escape.
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A passerby, Islam Gul, also sustained injuries in the incident. Haji Musa Khan had escaped a bomb and a gun
attack in recent past. Taliban spokesman Muslim Khan claimed responsibility for the killing and accused the tribal
elder of being an active supporter of security forces.
23 August
20 people were killed when a suicide bomber rammed an explosive-laden car into a police station in Charbagh
Tehsil of Swat valley of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa. Tehreek-I-Taliban Pakistan claimed responsibility for the attack.
25 August
10 people were killed in a rocket attack targeting the house of a local member of provincial assembly (MPA) in
Swat valley in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa. As a result of the attack, ANP MPA Waqar Ahmed's brother and other
family members were killed.
26 August
Eight people were killed and more than 20 hurt in a bomb explosion at a roadside restaurant in the Model Town
area on the outskirts of Islamabad on Tuesday.
28 August
9 people were killed, and 15 others were injured in a bomb attack targeting a police van in the Bannu area of
Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa.
6 September
At least 30 people were killed and 70 injured when a suicide car bomb struck a paramilitary checkpoint 20 km
from Peshawar. The attack came during the voting to elect Asif Ali Zardari as the President of Pakistan and the
marking of Defence Day.
10 September
At least 25 worshippers were killed, and 50 others injured in a grenade-and-gun attack in a mosque in the Maskanai
area of Lower Dir District, northern part of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa.
19 September
A bomb exploded at an Islamic religious school in Quetta killing five people and wounding at least eight. The
school was run by Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam, the religious party headed by Maulana Fazal-ur-Rehman.
20 September
A massive truck bomb exploded outside the Marriott Hotel in Islamabad, killing at 57 people and wounding 266
others. The suicide attack believed to be carried by a single individual left 20 feet (6.1 m) deep and 50 feet (15 m)
wide crater and was later owned by a little-known group called Fidayeen-e-Islam. It was carried at local Iftar time,
when the local and foreign residents had assembled together to have the Ramadan feast. The attack was significant
as all the top political, diplomatic and military top brass was also dining in the nearby Prime Ministers Secretariat
after the President's first parliamentary address.
22 September
At least nine security personnel were killed in a suicide car-bomb attack on a check post in Swat District.
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26 September
A bomb attack on a train killed at least three people and fifteen others near the city of Bahawalpur. The bomb,
which was kept on the railway track, blew up and derailed the passenger train. No one claimed responsibility for
the attack.

2 October:
A suicide attack targeted the house of ANP leader Asfandyar Wali Khan in Walibagh, Charsadda killing four
people. Wali Khan survived the attack, as his bodyguard shot the suicide attacker in the head before he could
reach Wali Khan. The guard was later killed as the attacker managed to detonate the bomb while on the ground.
This was the fourth such attack on ANP, with the first two targeting ANP political rallies in Charsadda and
Miranshah before February elections and one of them targeting ANP MPA in Swat.
6 October
A suicide attacker managed to kill 20 people and injured 60 in the Punjabi town of Bhakkar, when he targeted the
political gathering of Rashid Akbar Nawani, an MNA of PML-N. Nawani, though survived the attack, was hurt.
This was the first such attack on PML-N, since the start of war on terrorism. This was a sectarian attack as Mr
Nawani was Shia, and most of the party workers in the gathering were from the minority Shia sect.
9 October
A suicide bomb attack on a main police headquarters in Islamabad killed at least eight and wounded at least
another 8. The targeted area was the main police complex in the capital, containing training and residential
facilities for police officers. Thousands of police are based at the centre. Another bomb occurred as the country's
spy chief briefed politicians on the security situation. Eleven people were killed in the Upper Dir District of
Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa when a roadside bomb exploded near a police van carrying prisoners. Four schoolchildren
in a passing bus were also among the dead.
10 October
A suicide bomber drove his car into a meeting of 600 people in Orakzai Agency, which was being held in open
ground and blew himself up. The meeting was a council of local leaders discussing to raise a militia to evict
Taliban from the region. The attack claimed at least 110 lives and injured more than 200.
13 October
A remote-controlled bomb detonated near the vehicle of a secular political leader, who was injured along with
four others. This follows a string of attacks against lawmakers and government officials; and was also the second
this month aimed at the Awami National Party. The attack apparently targeted Shamin Khan, a member of the
Pashtun secularist ANP, at 18:30 in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa.
16 October
A suicide bomber rammed an explosives-laden vehicle into a police station in the restive Swat Valley region,
killing four people and destroying the building in Mingora.
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19 October
A separatist group, Baloch Republic Army, claimed responsibility for the bomb blast in north western Balochistan
province, which killed at least three people and injured six. The blast occurred in a bazar of the Dera Bugti district,
and the remote-controlled bomb was planted in a motorcycle.
26 October
At least 11 people, seven of them Frontier Corps personnel and three Khasadars, were killed and five injured on
Sunday in a suicide attack near Ghalaanai in Mohmand Agency.
27 October
Two persons were killed, and 12 others injured, some of them seriously, in a bomb blast near the District Court
Complex in Quetta.
31 October
At least eight people were killed and 20 injured in a suspected suicide bombing targeting the policeman in the
north-western city of Mardan.
2 November
Eight Pakistani soldiers were killed in a suicide bomb attack on a security checkpoint near Wana, the main town
in South Waziristan.
4 November
At least seven persons, including three security officials, were killed and six injured in a suicide attack on a
security force check post in Hangu District on Tuesday morning.
6 November
22 tribesmen were killed and 45 injured when a suicide bomber blew himself up at a Salarzai jirga in Bajaur
Agency on Thursday. The blast targeted a lashkar (volunteer militia) in Batmalani, about 40 kilometres northeast
of agency headquarters Khar.
11 November
A suicide bomber blew himself up at a packed Qayyum Stadium in Peshawar on Tuesday, killing four people and
wounding 13. Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa Governor Owais Ahmed Ghani had just left the venue and senior provincial
minister Bashir Bilour was on his way out. Bashir Bilour, the apparent target, said that two of his guards were
among the dead and three had been injured.
12 November
Five people were killed as a suicide bomber rammed an explosives-filled bus into the gates of a school in
Charsadda District on Wednesday. Two others died as troops fired in retaliation. Fifteen people including soldiers
and civilians were injured.
17 November
At least three troops were killed when a suicide bomber rammed his explosives-laden vehicle into a security check
post in Swat's Khawazakhela area.
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19 November
A former head of the army's elite commando force Special Service Group, Maj-Gen (R) Ameer Faisal Alavi, and
his driver were gunned down near Islamabad on Wednesday morning. Alvi, who commanded the SSG during the
first major assault on militants in Angoor Ada in South Waziristan in 2004, was killed near his home while driving
to work on Islamabad Highway near the PWD Housing Society in the Koral police precinct. This attack was the
fifteenth such attack on the army outside war zone, and the sixth one in the vicinity of Rawalpindi, the site of
Army GHQ.
20 November
A suicide bomber killed at least nine people and injured four others on Thursday at a mosque in Mamoond tehsil
of Bajaur Agency.
21 November
Seven people were killed, and 17 others injured in a blast during the funeral of a cleric near the bus stand here on
Friday morning in Dera Ismail Khan.
22 November
Six people were killed and 15 others injured when a suicide bomber blew himself up in a mosque in Tandaro area
of Tall in Hangu District on Saturday. While at least three people including a teenager were injured in a series of
three explosions near the Alhamra Cultural Complex in Lahore late on Saturday, where the international World
Performing Arts Festival was in progress.
28 November
Nine people, including four police, were killed and 16 others injured when a suicide bomber rammed his
explosive-laden coach into a police vehicle on the Peshawar-Bannu Road in Domel area of Bannu on Friday.
1 December
Ten people were killed, and 49 others injured when a suicide bomber blew up an explosive-laden truck near the
Sangota security post, some seven kilometres north-east of Mingora on Monday.
5 December
At least 27 people were killed and dozens more wounded when two bombs exploded in crowded markets in
northwest Pakistan. A blast in the heart of Peshawar killed 21 and created a 5-foot-deep (1.5 m) crater. Just hours
earlier six people died in a car bomb explosion at a market in the semi-autonomous Orakzai tribal district. No one
immediately claimed responsibility for the two attacks.
28 December
At least 36 people were killed in a suspected car bomb attack near a polling station in a government school in
Buner District on Sunday. 16 people were injured in the blast believed to have been carried out to disrupt the by-
election for a National Assembly seat.
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In 2009, Pakistan suffered 50 terrorist, insurgent and sectarian-related incidents that killed 180 people and injured
300.
4 January:
At least seven people, three of them policemen and two journalists, were killed when a suicide bomber blew
himself up in front of the Government Polytechnic College near an imambargah on Multan Road in Dera Ismail
Khan. About 25 people were injured, most of them policemen.
10 January
A fierce gunbattle between rival sects in Hangu continued on Saturday amid efforts to broker an early truce to
stop bloodshed. Official sources said that 26 people, including the deputy chairman of the local chapter of the
Ahli Sunnat Wal Jamaat, Mufti Rustam, had been killed and several others injured in the two-day fighting.
26 January
At least five people have been killed and many more wounded in a bomb blast in north-west Pakistan, police say.
The bomb, attached to a bicycle, went off on a busy main road in the town of Dera Ismail Khan. While in another
incident, Hussain Ali Yousaf, chairman of the Hazara Democratic Party, was shot dead by Lashkar-e-Jhangvi in
the southwestern city of Quetta.
3 February
One man was killed, and 18 others injured in a hand grenade attack on a Sunni mosque at Mohallah Joginwala in
Dera Ismail Khan district on Tuesday evening.
5 February
Up to 32 people were killed when a suspected suicide bombing ripped through a crowd of Shia worshippers
outside a Dera Ghazi Khan mosque on Thursday. Police said the blast targeted dozens of people converging on
the Al Hussainia Mosque after dark, shortly before a religious gathering.
7 February
At least seven officers were killed in an attack on a checkpoint in Mianwali in Punjab near restive Khyber-
Pakhtunkhwa.
11 February
Awami National Party (ANP) provincial lawmaker Alam Zeb Khan was killed and eight people injured in a
remote-controlled blast on Wednesday. The bomb had been fitted to a motorbike parked near the residence of the
slain MPA on Dalazak Road in Peshawar. This was the sixth such attack on ANP in less than a year.
17 February
At least three people were killed by a car bomb which exploded outside the home of a government official in
north-western Pakistan. The bomb targeted a local anti-Taleban mayor in the suburb of Bazidkhel near the city of
Peshawar. He survived but several people were hurt.
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20 February
A curfew was imposed in Dera Ismail Khan on Friday and the army called in to quell riots immediately after a
suicide bomber killed at least 30 Shia's and injured another 157 who were attending a funeral in southern Dera
Ismail Khan district. Witnesses said police ‘ran off’ when gunfire broke out after the blast at the funeral of Shia
leader Sher Zaman – who was gunned down a day earlier.
2 March
A suicide bomber killed five and injured 12 people at a girls’ religious school in Pishin District of Balochistan on
Monday.
3 March
A convoy carrying Sri Lankan cricketers and officials in two buses was fired upon by 12 gunmen, near the Gaddafi
Stadium in Lahore. The cricketers were on their way to play the third day of the second Test against the Pakistani
cricket team. Six members of the Sri Lankan cricket team were injured. Six Pakistani policemen and two civilians
were killed.
5 March
One person was killed, and 19 others sustained injuries when a hand-grenade hurled by unidentified miscreants
at the worshippers exploded in Ameer Hamza mosque in Dera Ismail Khan. While in Peshawar, unidentified
miscreants blew up the mausoleum of the most-revered mystic poet of the Pashtun land Rahman Baba in the wee
hours of Thursday by planting four bombs inside the structure of the shrine.
7 March
A bomb-laden car exploded in Peshawar as police tried to pull a body from it killing eight people and injuring
five. Seven of the dead were policemen while the other was a passerby. In a separate incident, a roadside bomb
killed three civilians and wounded four troops in the town of Darra Adam Khel.
11 March
Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa Senior Minister and Awami National Party leader Bashir Bilour survived an assassination
attempt that left six people, including two suspected suicide attackers, dead in Namak Mandi in Peshawar on
Wednesday. Four persons, including a young girl, who was married on Sunday last, were critically wounded in
the firing, grenade attack and suicide blast. This was the second assassination attempt on Bilour in less than six
months and seventh suicide attack on ANP in little over a year.
16 March
At least 14 people were killed and 17 injured on Monday when a suicide bomber blew himself up near the busiest
bus stand of Rawalpindi at Pirwadhai.
18 March:
Five people including three policemen were killed and four injured when over 100 unidentified armed men
attacked a police vehicle at the entrance of the University of Malakand at Chakdara in Lower Dir District on
Tuesday night.
23 March
A security official was killed, and three others injured in a suicide bombing outside a police Special Branch office
in Islamabad on Monday.
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26 March
At least 10 people were killed, and 25 others injured in suicide attack at a restaurant targeting opponents of
Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan chief Baitullah Mehsud near Jandola, South Waziristan on Thursday.
27 March
76 persons were killed and over 100 injured in an apparent suicide attack on a mosque at Peshawar-Torkham
Highway in Jamrud, Khyber Agency during the Friday congregation. Intelligence sources, however, put the
number of dead at 86 but officials of the political administration were conservative by putting the death toll at 50.
30 March
At least eight police recruits and a civilian were killed when about 10 terrorists attacked the Manawan Police
Training School in Lahore near the border with India with guns and grenades on Monday. Security forces regained
control of the facility in an operation that lasted for more than eight hours. About 93 cadets and civilians were
injured.
April – June 2009
4 April
A suicide bomber struck a camp of the Frontier Constabulary (FC) at Margalla Road in Islamabad on Saturday,
killing at least eight FC personnel and a civilian, besides the attacker himself, and injuring 12 others.
5 April
A suicide bomber blew himself up at a Shia religious gathering in an Imambargah in Chakwal on Sunday, killing
at least 22 people and wounding 60. The attacker struck at the gates of a Shia mosque where some 1,200 people
were attending a religious gathering.
6 April
Police found bullet-riddled bodies of four local aid workers, including three women, in Shinkiari area of Mansehra
District on Monday.
15 April
A suicide car bomber attacked a security post in north-western Pakistan, killing at least 18 people, nine of them
police and injuring five others. The bomber set off his explosives as he pulled up at a checkpoint in Charsadda, a
town near the city of Peshawar.
18 April
A suicide attacker detonated a car bomb at a checkpoint in the northwestern Pakistani town of Hangu’s Doaba
area Saturday, killing at least 22 people, including five security personnel, and injuring another 15.
26 April
12 children were killed in north-western Pakistan after playing with a bomb they mistook for a toy. The children
died after the bomb, which resembled a football, exploded on Saturday in Lower Dir District.
29 April
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Targeted killings in Karachi claimed the lives of 34 people and wounded 40 in a matter of hours by unidentified
gunmen in different parts of the city. In the month-long incidents of violence until 28 April the police record
showed that 16 people had been shot dead and 54 wounded in different incidents of killings. The statistics further
showed that of the total number of people, 43 people belonged to the Pashtun community while seven happened
to be Urdu-speaking people.
5 May
Seven people, two children and a Frontier Corps soldier among them, were killed and 48 others injured when an
explosives-laden car rammed into a pick-up near a check post on the Peshawar-Bara road 12 km west of Peshawar
Cantonment on Tuesday morning.
11 May
10 people died as a suicide bomber blew up his explosives-laden vehicle near an FC check post in the outskirts of
Darra Adam Khel on Monday, killing eight civilians and two security personnel and injuring 27 other people.
14 May
9 police officers were injured when three grenades exploded in city.
16 May
Two successive bomb blasts rocked Peshawar on Saturday, leaving 13 people dead and 34 others injured. A
powerful car-bomb killed 12 people and wounded 31 others, including schoolchildren and women, in the Barisco
area, while a low intensity device ripped through a garments store in the packed Gora Bazaar in Peshawar Saddar,
killing a minor girl and injuring three others.
21 May
At least nine people – four civilians and five security personnel – were killed and 25 injured in a suicide attack
near a Frontier Corps (FC) fort in Jandola area of Tank on Thursday evening.
22 May
At least 10 people were killed and 75 injured when a powerful car bomb went off outside a cinema in Peshawar’s
Cinema Road area on Friday evening.
27 May
Suicide bombers detonated a vehicle loaded with 100 kilograms of explosives near offices of the capital city police
officer (CCPO) and the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) in Lahore on Wednesday – killing at least 27 people and
wounding 326, in addition to destroying a two-story building of the Rescue 15 police service. This was the second
attack on ISI since the start of War on Terrorism.
28 May
A succession of blasts rocked Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa on Thursday, killing 13 people, including five policemen,
and injuring over 90 others. Three blasts, one of them a suicide attack targeting a police post, took place in
Peshawar and one suicide bombing at a security check post in Dera Ismail Khan.
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5 June
At least 40 people were killed and another 70 injured during Friday prayers when a suicide bomber blew himself
up outside a mosque in Hayagai Sharqai village in Upper Dir District.
6 June
Two policemen were killed after a young man carried out a suicide attack against Rescue 15, a police helpline
unit, in Islamabad on Saturday. At least four other policemen were injured.
8 June
A wave of violence emanating from rivalries between political factions in Karachi continued to spread as 12 more
people fell victim to target killings on Monday. Thus, the number of political activists to have fallen victim to
target killings during the first week of June reached 35. Most of the victims had fallen prey to the bloody rivalry
of MQM (Altaf) and MQM (Haqiqi) factions; the latest incidence seeming to be sparked from the efforts of
reunification of Amir and Afaq groups, that constitute the MQM (Haqiqi) group, at the behest of Imran Khan.
9 June
A massive truck bomb ripped through the five-star Pearl Continental hotel in Peshawar on Tuesday killing 11
people and more than wounding 60. The attackers entered the compound on two vehicles at about 10:30pm,
spraying the security guards at the hotel gate with bullets from one and blowing up the other in the hotel parking.
The death toll later rose to 17.
11 June
In a day of multiple terrorist attacks throughout Pakistan, a Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa Minister for Prisons, Mian Nisar
Gul Kakakhel, was seriously injured and his two guards were killed when his convoy was ambushed by suspected
militants in Darra Adam Khel. In Balochistan, one person was killed and 35 injured when a bomb hidden in a
toilet exploded in a Quetta-bound train. The Baloch Republican Army (BRA) claimed responsibility for the attack.
While in the country's northwest, two people were killed and 13 including eight policemen injured in a grenade
and suicide attack on police in Latifabad, Peshawar.
12 June
A leading Sunni Barelwi cleric, Sarfraz Ahmed Naeemi with anti-Taliban views, was assassinated, with six other
people killed and five injured when a suicide attacker detonated himself at the Jamia Naeemia madrassa on the
Allama Iqbal Road in Garhi Shahu area of Lahore shortly after Friday prayers.While in Nowshera, five
worshippers were killed and 105 others sustained injuries when a suicide bomber rammed his explosives-laden
van into a mosque during the Friday prayers in the Cantonment area at the Grand Trunk Road. The Nowshera
attack was the sixteenth such attack on Army outside the conflict zone and second one in Nowshera. Later the
Tehreek-I-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) on Friday claimed responsibility for three suicide attacks in Peshawar,
Nowshera and Lahore, saying similar attacks would soon follow.
14 June
Nine people were killed and over 40 injured when a powerful explosion ripped through a busy market in Dera
Ismail Khan on Sunday.
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26 June
A Taliban suicide bomber killed two soldiers on Friday when he blew himself up near an army vehicle in
Muzaffarabad, Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK), in the first such attack in AJK.
1 July
Gunmen killed a tribal elder, his driver and a guard, in an ambush at Khyber Pass. Also, a bomb exploded near a
police vehicle in the northwestern town of Dera Ismail Khan, killing one civilian and wounding three
2 July
36 persons were injured, some critically, when a lone suicide bomber rammed his motorcycle into a bus carrying
employees of the Army-run Heavy Mechanical Complex (HMC) at the Peshawar Road near Chur Chowk in
Rawalpindi on Thursday at around 4.15 pm. The suicide bomber was the only reported fatality. While in
Balochistan, four people were killed in a suicide attack in Sohrab outside Quetta.
10 July
Militants attacked a security checkpoint in the tribal Bajaur Agency, killing four policemen.
13 July
At least 12 people, seven children among them, were killed and over 50 injured when a large quantity of explosives
stored in a house which also had a seminary exploded in a village near Mian Channu, about 45 km from Khanewal,
on Monday morning.
15 July
A roadside bomb in Bannu killed two policemen.
16 July
An official of the United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) and a guard were shot dead and
another official and Afghan Commissionerate were injured in Peshawar.
19 July
Militants attacked a police patrol near the Khyber tribal region, killing four.
28 July
A suicide attack at a checkpoint killed two policemen in North Waziristan. militants killed an abducted police
official in Sangota four policemen were killed by the Baluch rebels
29 July
A remote-controlled car bomb killed two men guarding a Shia lawyer in Dera Ismail Khan. In Shangla, more than
50 Taliban militants raided the residence of militia leader Khalilur Rehman and shot him dead.
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4 August
Separatist rebels on Tuesday shot dead four policemen and threatened to execute 21 hostages (11 of them laborers)
unless Pakistan withdraws paramilitary troops and releases detainees in Balochistan.
9 August
Baloch militants killed four policemen and threatened to kill more than 12 hostages if their demand that their
comrades in police custody be released is not met.
13 August
Baloch militants fired rockets at a police vehicle outside Quetta, killing two policemen and wounding three.
15 August
Five people including three soldiers and two civilians were killed and four others injured when a suicide bomber
rammed his explosives-laden car into a security check-post in Khwazakhela area of Swat District on Saturday.
17 August
Seven people were killed, and eight others injured when a bomb placed in a vehicle exploded at a filling station
in the Shabqadar area in Charsadda on Monday.
20 August
Eight people, including four policemen, were injured when a bomb exploded close to a police patrol car on the
Misryal road in Rawalpindi on Thursday.
23 August
Three passers-by were killed and 15 injured Sunday in a suicide bombing in Peshawar triggered by an apparent
feud between rival militant groups, Ansar-ul-Islam and Lashkar-e-Islam.
27 August
22 Khasadars were killed when a suicide bomber struck a security post near Torkham, Khyber Agency along the
Afghan border on Thursday evening. According to witnesses, the bomber blew himself up when the tribal
policemen gathered at the check post and were about to break their fast.
30 August
A suicide bomber managed to sneak into the main police station in Mingora, Swat District on Sunday, causing a
huge explosion that killed 16 members of the recently recruited Special Police Force and injured another five.
2 September
Religious Affairs Minister Hamid Saeed Kazmi was injured in a brazen attack in Islamabad on Wednesday. His
driver was killed, and a police guard injured (who later succumbed to his injuries). The assailants attacked the
minister’s car when he was leaving his ministry at G-6/3, some yards away from the Aabpara police station, along
with his driver Mohammad Younus and guard Mohammad Ashraf.
6 September
Three policemen were shot dead in Hasan Abdal in apparent act of targeted killing, a senior police officer said on
Sunday.
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8 September
Taliban militants on Tuesday shot dead four schoolchildren and wounded six others in an apparent sectarian attack
in the remote Atmankhel town of Orakzai Agency.
13 September
Three Frontier Corps (FC) personnel were killed and as many injured as their routine patrol hit a landmine in the
Bara Tehsil of Khyber Agency on Sunday.
18 September
At least 33 people were killed and 80 others injured when a bomber blew up an explosive-laden vehicle in a
market on the Kohat-Hangu road on Friday. The blast was powerful enough to cause damage to all shops within
a radius of 100 yards. The death toll later reached 40.
26 September
Two suicide attackers on Saturday separately rammed their explosives-laden vehicles into a police station in
Bannu and a military-owned commercial bank in Peshawar cantonment, killing at least 23 people and injuring
around another 200. At least 10 people were killed in the attack in Peshawar, while seven, including two
policemen, were killed in the assault on the Bannu police station. Around 94 people were injured in Peshawar and
64, including 31 policemen, Bannu. The next day the death from two suicide bomb attacks rose to 27.

5 October
A suicide bomber dressed in military uniform attacked the highly fortified United Nations World Food Programme
offices in Islamabad, killing five people including one Iraqi citizen and injuring six others. The Tehreek-I-Taliban
Pakistan claimed responsibility for the attack through spokesperson Azam Tariq.
9 October
A suicide attack at Khyber Bazaar in Peshawar on Friday killed 55 people and injured more than 148. An official
at the Lady Reading Hospital said four people had succumbed to their injuries at hospital. The blast occurred at
12:15pm after a white car rammed into a public transport bus, Cantt Superintendent of Police Nisar Marwat told
reporters. He said the car was packed with 100 kg of explosives.
10–11 October
A total of 22 people including six soldiers, five SSG commandos, three hostages and eight gunmen were killed in
an attack on Pakistan Army General Headquarters (GHQ) in Rawalpindi. This attack followed a series of
bombings in the North-Western Pakistan, amid speculation that the army is to prepare another major operation in
Waziristan against the Taliban. At least nine militants in military uniforms had stormed the GHQ, killed a total of
six soldiers including a brigadier and a lieutenant-colonel, and took a total 56 people hostage.
They were demanding the release of some of their fellow fighters in exchange for the hostages. Nine of the
hostages later escaped. Later a successful operation was conducted early next day by the SSG to free all the
hostages, in the process of which four terrorists were killed, with the ring leader Mohammed Aqeel arrested, and
five commandos and three hostages also losing their lives. A total of 44 hostages were rescued, which included
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officers, soldiers and civilian employees. The attack on the GHQ was the seventeenth attack on the army outside
conflict zone and the seventh in Rawalpindi since the military operations began in Waziristan in 2004.
12 October
At least 41 people including six soldiers were killed on Monday in a suicide attack on a military convoy in Alpuri
area of Shangla District, an area thought to be under the control of Pakistan Army.
15 October
At least 19 people, including 14 security officials, were killed and 41 others sustained injuries in three separate
terror attacks in Lahore. All nine attackers were also shot dead by security personnel. The attacks were carried out
at the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) building on the Temple Road, the Manawan Police Training School
and the Elite Police Academy on the Bedian. Meanwhile, in the north-western town of Kohat, at least 11 people,
three policemen among them, were killed and 22 others injured when a suicide bomber rammed his explosive-
packed pick-up into a police station in the Cantonment area for which the Tehreek-I-Taliban Pakistan (TTP)
claimed responsibility.
16 October
15 people, including three policemen and a minor, were killed and 21 others wounded in a suicide attack on the
offices of the Special Investigation Unit (SIU) of the police, located a few meters away from the recently
established Swati Phatak military post, in the Peshawar Cantonment area.
20 October
Two suicide blasts on Tuesday rocked the new campus of the International Islamic University, Islamabad (IIUI)
in H-10 sector of Islamabad, killing at least six students and staffers, including three women, and injuring more
than 29 others, 25 of them females, with some of them in critical condition. The first blast targeted the cafeteria
adjacent to a girls’ hostel around 2:10pm, while the second one targeted the Sharia and Law Department building
in the male section of the university. This was the first-ever attack on students in the country since the start of
terrorism in 2001.
22 October
A serving Army brigadier, Moinuddin Ahmad, and his driver were gunned down in Islamabad early on Thursday
morning while his gunman was critically wounded. Two motorcyclists intercepted his official jeep in Sector G-
11/1 and sprayed it with automatic fire. The brigadier's assassination and the subsequent attempts on two
brigadiers are the eighteenth such attacks on the army outside the conflict zone.
23 October
Eight persons, including two PAF security personnel, were killed and 17 others sustained injuries when a suicide
bomber exploded himself at a police check-post on the GT Road near the Pakistan Aeronautical Complex (PAC),
Kamra. This was the fourth major attack on Pakistan Air Force and the second one in Kamra. On the same day,
an anti-tank mine planted on the side of a road killed 18 people of a wedding party and injured six others in the
Baizai tehsil of Mohmand Agency. And 15 people were injured in bombing outside a restaurant in the Hayatabad
area of Peshawar.
24 October
A suicide bomber exploded his car near the Islamabad-Lahore Motorway Interchange (ILMI), killing a Sub-
Inspector of motorway police.
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25 October
Punjabi-born Balochistan Education Minister Shafiq Ahmed Khan, a member of the Pakistan People’s Party
(PPP), was shot dead outside his residence in Quetta. The Baloch Liberation United Front (BLUF) claimed
responsibility.
27 October
Targeting another military officer, Brigadier Waqar Ahmad, two gunmen riding a motorbike attacked him, who
was travelling with his mother and driver, as he came out of his house in Sector I-9/1 of Islamabad, riddling his
car with bullets.Taliban militants shot dead the head of a pro-government tribal leader in Khar, the main town in
Bajaur.
28 October
At least 118 people have been killed and over 200 injured by a car bomb in a market in Peshawar. The market
mostly sold products for women and a large percentage of the dead, were confirmed to be women, reports say.
The number of casualties is expected to rise in the local area.
31 October
A roadside bomb killed seven Pakistani soldiers in the Khyber Agency, close to the Afghan border. The vehicle
hit the bomb whilst carrying paramilitary troops on a routine patrol in Sur Khar.
2 November
At least 35 people were killed, and 65 others injured when a suicide bomber blew himself up outside a branch of
the National Bank of Pakistan in Rawalpindi on Monday. Most of those who died in the attack were serving or
retired civil and military employees, pensioners and elderly citizens who had queued for drawing salary and
paying utility bills. The powerful explosion took place at 10.45am at the branch’s parking zone located outside a
four-star Shalimar Hotel off The Mall road and near the State Bank of Pakistan.
6 November
In a third incident of its kind in Islamabad, gunmen injured an army brigadier and his driver in Islamabad on
Friday, as they opened fire on their vehicle. Brigadier Sohail and his driver came under attack by unknown
assailants in the I-8/4 sector of the capital.
8 November
15 people, including the Nazim of the Adezai Union Council, were killed and 42 others sustained injuries in a
suicide attack near the Matani cattle market, some 25 km from Peshawar, on Sunday. Nazim Abdul Malik had
survived over 20 attacks on his vehicle, house and Hujra since he had parted ways with the militants in October
last year.
9 November
A bomb went off near a police post in the city of Peshawar, killing at least 3 and injuring around five. This
bombing was believed to be a suicide attack. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
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10 November
At least 34 people were killed and nearly 100 others injured when a powerful car bomb ripped through a crowded
intersection in Charsadda bazaar on Tuesday afternoon. Scores of women and children died and dozens of shops
and vehicles were damaged in the suspected suicide attack.
13 November
At least 17 people – 10 military personnel and three civilians – were killed and 60 injured when a suicide bomber
rammed his explosives-laden vehicle into a military check post in front of the regional headquarters of the Inter-
Services Intelligence (ISI) in Peshawar on Artillery Road. This was the third attack on ISI, with the first being
November 2007 bombing of ISI bus in Rawalpindi and the second being the May 2009 bombing of the ISI regional
headquarters in Lahore. While in Bannu, at least eight people – including seven security officials – were killed
and 22 injured in a suicide attack at a local police station struck 25 minutes after the attack on the ISI building in
Peshawar.
14 November
At least 12 people, including a policeman and a three-year-old child, were killed and another 35 injured when a
suicide bomber detonated his explosives-laden vehicle at a police officer check post in provincial capital. The
bomber struck the checkpost just outside the entrance to the Peshawar Cantonment at Pishtakhara Chowk, which
is situated on the junction of the Bara and Ring roads and is close to the city’s border with Khyber Agency.
16 November
At least four people were killed, and 20 others injured when a suicide car bomber struck a police station in Badaber
near Peshawar. Police reportedly fired on the vehicle, which witnesses claimed was a pick-up truck but were
unable to stop it.
17 November
At least one person was killed, and five others injured, including Deputy Inspector General (DIG), Nizam Shahid
Durrani in a blast in Quetta. The bomb blast occurred outside the police inspector's office on Spini Road.
19 November
Peshawar went through yet another day of bloodbath when two strikes, within a space of 14 hours, left 22 people
dead. The first target was the city’s judicial complex, where a suicide bomber blew himself up outside a court
building early in the morning, and the other came late in the night when a roadside bomb destroyed a police van.
The first attack killed 20 and injured 50. It was the sixth attack on the city, and it devastated a mosque, damaged
a college and a police station. While the bomb attack on the police van ripped through the vehicle, killing two
policemen on the spot and wounding five civilians on the outskirts of Peshawar.
27 November
A remote-controlled bomb near a mosque in Bajaur Agency killed anti-Taliban tribal leader Malik Shah Pur.
Three others were injured.
1 December
An ANP politician, Shamsher Ali Khan, was killed and eight others injured, including his brother, in the Swat
valley when a bomber targeted a guest house, at which they were present.
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2 December
Three naval personnel were killed, and nine other people injured in an abortive suicide attack on the Pakistan
Naval Complex in Sector E-8 in Islamabad on Wednesday afternoon. The teenaged suicide bomber blew himself
up when he was intercepted by a naval intelligence official.
4 December
At least 40 people were killed and over 86 injured when terrorists attacked a Friday congregation at the Parade
Lane Askari mosque in Rawalpindi Cantonment. The high number of casualties was caused by hurling of grenades
and indiscriminate targeted firing by the terrorists, reportedly numbering between six and eight individuals. Two
of the terrorists blew themselves up while two others were gunned down by the security forces. The remaining
terrorists escaped and took refuge in the vicinity. Besides 17 children, an army major general, a brigadier, two
lieutenant colonels, a major and several soldiers were among those killed in the multi-pronged attack. This was
the nineteenth such attack on Pakistan Army outside war zone and eighth in near GHQ Rawalpindi since the start
of military campaign against the militants in the tribal areas in 2004. Meanwhile, in Chinari, Mohmand, a minibus
carrying members of a wedding party struck an anti-tank mine, killing three people and wounding 15. This is the
second such attack on a wedding party in the region after the attack on 23 October.
7 December
Terrorists struck three provincial headquarters on Monday. The highest casualty rate was in Lahore when two
powerful bomb blasts, 30 seconds apart, ripped through the busy Moon Market in Lahore’s Allama Iqbal Town
at 8:45pm in the night, claiming at least 70 lives and injuring many. The blasts, which took place within a radius
of 30 metre, also caused a massive fire in a crowded shopping mall. It also knocked out electricity supply. About
150 people were injured. While in Peshawar, 11 people, including two policemen, were killed and 45 others
sustained injuries when a suicide bomber blew himself up at the entrance of the session’s courts. Both attacks
were second of their kinds this year: Moon Market was attacked on 13 August and Peshawar judicial complex
was attacked on 19 November. In Quetta, 10 people were injured when a bomb went off in a residential area for
government employees. In Bajaur Agency, two anti-Taliban tribal elders were assassinated by a remotely
controlled bomb near a mosque.
8 December
A pick-up truck packed with explosives blew up near an office of the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) in the
Cantonment area of Multan on Tuesday, killing 12 people and injuring 47 in the third bloody militant strike in 24
hours. The commando-style gun and bomb attack were carried out by the terrorists in the Qasim Bela area of the
city. At least two militants armed with guns and rocket-launchers tried to attack the ISI offices. This was the fourth
time the ISI was attacked since the start of military operations in Waziristan.
15 December
A bomb attack in a market in the town of Dera Ghazi Khan, in central Pakistan, has resulted in the deaths of at
least 27 people. Another 50 were reported to have been injured from this bombing, which is now suspected by
police to have been a car bomb. Many buildings are reported to have been badly damaged from this blast. Officials
claim that a provincial official could have been the main target for this bombing, however he was not injured by
this blast.
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18 December
A suicide bombing occurred just outside a mosque in town of Timergara in Lower Dir District. At least 12 people
were killed and 28 wounded in the attack. Most of the dead were policemen who were leaving the mosque after
Friday prayers.
19 December
Separatist rebels killed three policemen in an attack on a patrol in the southwestern province of Baluchistan.
22 December
A suicide bomber blew himself up in Peshawar, outside a club for journalists, killing at least three people and
injuring another 24 more. Peshawar Press Club is reportedly a well-known landmark within the city and is often
visited by many journalists.
24 December
A suicide bombing in Peshawar killed at least four people and injured a dozen more. The blast occurred on a busy
road, near a police and army checkpoint. While in Rawalpindi, a suicide bomber blew himself up at the entrance
to an imambargah on Thursday night, leaving a little girl dead and two other people injured, including a policeman
26 December
A roadside bomb wounded at least 26 people soon after a procession of mourners passed the Khalifat Chowk in
Paposh Nagar police precincts in Karachi’s North Nazimabad Town on Saturday.
27 December
At least 15 people, including mourners and policemen, were killed and over 100 injured when a suicide bomber
ripped through a Muharram procession near an imambargah in Muzaffarabad, Azad Kashmir on Sunday as another
explosion near a Muharram procession near Orangi Town in Karachi injured 35 people. In Muzaffarabad, a suicide
bomber blew himself up when intercepted by security personnel While in the Kurram Valley, a government
official Sarfaraz Siddiqi, his wife and four children were killed when militants detonated explosives at his house.
28 December
At least 42 people were killed, and 120 others injured when a bomber struck the Shiite procession on the M.A.
Jinnah Road in Karachi near the Light House area. The blast took place inside a Shiite procession commemorating
Ashura. Later enraged mourners went on a rampage following the attack, gutting shops and pelting stones at
vehicles resulting in an estimated loss of Rs 30–35 billion, with more than 3,000 shops gutted in flames that were
brought under control 24 hours after the rampage and 50 vehicles were burnt. The next day, the city was at a
standstill with shops and markets, government offices and educational institutions closed and public and private
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These are the list of Terrorist attacks in Pakistan in 2010.
1 January
At least 130+ people were killed and 253 injured when a suicide bomber blew up his vehicle in a crowd watching
a volleyball game in Lakki Marwat, Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa
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3 January
In the north-western Pakistani town of Hangu, a former provincial minister and two other people were killed in a
roadside bomb attack, police have said. The blast reportedly killed Ghani-ur Rehman, his driver and his
bodyguard. The minister was reported as being a former Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa education minister, for the area.
6 January
In Pakistani-administered Kashmir, at least three soldiers were killed and another 11 injured after a bomb attack
occurred outside an army barracks, police say. No group has claimed responsibility.
8 January
In Karachi unknown gunmen went on the rampage killing at least 7 people within the area, police say. The gunmen
were apparently targeting ethnic Balochis in parts of the city. The armed men were reportedly riding motorcycles
as they were carrying out their attack on the civilians.
9 January
A suicide bomber detonated himself and wounded seven policemen in the village of Adezai, Peshawar, Khyber-
Pakhtunkhwa.
11 January
Five bullet-riddled bodies were found in the Pakistani city of Karachi, police say. This latest attack appears to be
part of a renewed war among rival political factions, officials claim. Since the start of this year, when a dead
political activist was discovered, at least 31 people are known to have been murdered in killings. Political violence
has reportedly intensified in the city of Karachi.
16 January
At least two soldiers have been injured after a suicide bomber attacked a military convoy in Pakistani-controlled
Kashmir, police say.
20 January
A politician and member, for the Awami National Party, Aurangzeb Khan, was seriously injured after a bomb
blast occurred in Peshawar. Three others are also known to have been injured, police say.
23 January
A suicide bomber killed five people including children outside a police station in Gumal, Tank District.
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30 January
A suspected suicide bomber killed at least 16 people and wounded 20 others, when he attacked a checkpoint, in
the North-Western Pakistani town of Khar.
1 February
In Karachi, ethnic and political clashes resulted in the target killings of least 26 people. These latest clashes come
as dozens more have been killed in similar attacks over the past few weeks, across the city.
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3 February
At least 10 people were killed, including three US soldiers, when a bomb blast hit a convoy near a school in the
north-west region of Pakistan. Three schoolgirls were also among the dead and it is believed that this blast injured
up to another 70 people, within the area.
5 February
KARACHI: At least 13 dead and 50 injured from 10 kg blast in mini bus near Nursery Road. The injured taken
to government Jinnah hospital. After 2 hours the second planted bomb blasted at motorcycle stand emergency
gate of government Jinnah hospital killing 10 injuring dozens and rescuers also. Relatives of the first blast victims
were present in the Emergency Ward. Later a 3rd bomb was found in a TV set in the hospital.
9 February
A senior Pakistani politician was attacked by militants in the city of Rawalpindi, in the Punjab province. The
politician, Sheikh Rashid Ahmed, survived this attack however 3 of his security guards were killed, police have
said.
10 February
At least 15 security personnel, a brigadier and a pilot among them, and seven civilians lost their lives in a gun
attack, a suicide bombing and a helicopter crash in Khyber Agency in the northwestern province. The brigadier
was killed and two other officers, a major and a lieutenant, were injured when Taliban insurgents ambushed an
army rescue party searching for bodies of the pilot and a gunner of a helicopter gunship which had crashed in the
Tirah valley.
11 February
Two bomb explosions occurred in north-western Pakistan, near a police compound. In these bombings it has been
reported that at least 12 people were killed and another 20 were injured. Unconfirmed reports have claimed that
these bombings were caused by suicide bombers.
18 February
A bomb attack in a crowded market selling hashish, in north western Pakistan, has resulted in the deaths of at least
15 people and has wounded more than 100 others. The blast had occurred in the Khyber tribal region of Pakistan,
in an area where the Taliban are known to have a strong presence. The bomb had reportedly detonated near a
mosque in the Tirah valley of the Khyber region, officials have said.
22 February
Two Sikh men were kidnapped by unknown gunmen in the tribal regions of north-west Pakistan. They were later
beheaded by their kidnappers, their bodies were then found in the Khyber and Orakzai areas, officials claim. At
least 5 people were killed and many others injured, after a bomb attack occurred in Mingora, the main city in the
Swat region of north-west Pakistan. The target for this attack appears to have been an army convoy and it has
been confirmed that two of those killed were soldiers.
24 February
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Four civilians were killed in the north-western Pakistani city of Peshawar, after Taliban militants fired a rocket
into a residential area. Witnesses claim that a two-storey house was also destroyed in this attack. Officials are now
claiming that this explosion was caused by a gas leak however residents still insist that rockets were used against
them and that these devices caused the explosion.
27 February
A suicide bomber targeted a police station in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan. The attack killed at least
three police officers and 13 other people were wounded as a result of this explosion, some are said to be in a
critical condition. The blast also damaged a nearby mosque, as well as part of the police station. It has been
reported that many more people could be trapped under the debris caused by this blast. No group has claimed
responsibility for the bombing.
5 March
In the Hangu district of north-west Pakistan, a suicide bomber targeted a convoy of vehicles travelling from the
Hangu district to the Kurram region. The bomber allegedly detonated next to a bus full of passengers. In this
bombing it has been reported that at least 12 people were killed and that another 25 were injured. No-one has yet
said that they carried out this attack.
8 March
A suicide bomb attack has killed at least 13 people in Lahore and wounded more than 60 others. The bomber
reportedly rammed his explosive-laden vehicle into a building that housed an anti-terrorist wing of the federal
investigative agency. The explosion was so large it allegedly brought down the two-storey building,
correspondents have said. A nearby religious school was also known to have been damaged in this bombing and
passerby, including children are believed to be among the dead and the injured.
10 March
Unidentified gunmen have attacked the office of a Western aid agency, in the Mansehra district of Pakistan, which
is only 40 miles (64 km) north of the capital Islamabad. It is known that 6 people were killed in this assault and it
has been reported that there was also an explosion as well as firing inside the building when the militants stormed
into the agency. One aid worker has claimed that the gunmen have now engaged in a battle with police inside the
building. The agency has also claimed that seven members of staff had been injured in this attack.
11 March
A suicide bomber's explosive vest detonated prematurely, as he was trying to target a convoy of security forces,
along the boundary between Peshawar and the Khyber tribal region. In the explosion it is known that 5 people
were killed and that a dozen others were injured. Some of the injured are reportedly in a critical condition, officials
have claimed.
12 March
Two suicide bomb attacks in the Pakistani city of Lahore has resulted in the deaths of at least 45 people and has
wounded 100 others. Both bomb attacks reportedly targeted military vehicles, as they were passing through a
crowded area. The blasts occurred within 15–20 seconds of each other. It is known that at least 9 soldiers were
killed in these two suicide bombings. These two blasts occurred very close to the RA bazaar, which is in a busy
residential and shopping area where the army and security agencies have facilities. Later on, however several
other smaller blasts occurred across the city. These smaller blasts were reportedly designed to cause confusion
and there were no reports of any serious injuries due to their effects. No group has yet said that it had carried out
the bombings although the Pakistani Taliban are strong suspects.
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13 March
A suicide bomber targeted a rickshaw near to a security checkpoint. The bombing occurred near the city of
Mingora, which is the main city in the Swat Valley. In this bombing it is known that at least 10 people were killed
and that another 37 were wounded. The bomber was reportedly trying to enter a government facility used by the
police and security forces however he blew himself up after being stopped by the police. This attack follows
threats by the Taliban militants, as they intend to deploy thousands of suicide bombers in retaliation for an army
offensive.
16 March
A blast occurred near Chandni Chowk in Garden area of Karachi on Tuesday, killing one woman and injuring
three others, including children.
17 March
Militants attacked a security checkpoint in North-west Pakistan, on the southern outskirts of the city Peshawar. In
this rocket and gun attack it is known that five security personnel were killed. More than a dozen militants were
reportedly involved in this assault which apparently occurred upon Peshawar's border with the Khyber district,
within the country. No group has claimed responsibility for the attack.
18 March
Loud blast heard near Lahore airport. A loud blast is reported to have been heard near Allama Iqbal International
airport, Geo News reported Thursday. Chaotic activity was witnessed at the airport immediately after the blast,
creating panic in the surrounding area sources said.
21 March
At least 3 people were killed and another 14 were wounded after a bicycle bomb exploded in Quetta, the capital
town of Balochistan. The bomb reportedly detonated just as a police vehicle was passing nearby and it is known
that at least two police personnel were among the dead. The blast was so powerful that it apparently rattled several
nearby buildings, shops and vehicles.
22 March
A roadside bomb has killed one person and injured three others, in the city of Quetta, located in southwestern
Pakistan. The bomb was reportedly planted beside a rickshaw near a busy intersection, a senior police officer has
said.
26 March
At least 5 Pakistani soldiers were killed in a clash with Taliban militants and foreign fighters in the Orakzai tribal
district of the country.
28 March
A bomb planted near a music shop exploded in a bazaar and wounded five people, as well as destroying the shop
in the city of Peshawar, Pakistan. It is known that two nearby grocery shops were also damaged in this blast. No
group has claimed responsibility although Taliban militants are suspected to be behind this bombing.
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31 March
Militants stormed into a Pakistan army camp in the Khyber region after a car bomb explosion blew a hole in one
of the walls to the compound. In this attack it has been reported that at least 6 Pakistani soldiers were killed and
that another 15 were injured. The Pakistan army reported that 25 militants were also killed in this attack however
this claim cannot be independently verified.
April – June 2010
5 April – At least 43 people were killed, and more than 50 others were wounded after a suicide bomber attacked
a political party rally in the Lower Dir district of north-western Pakistan. The bomber had reportedly detonated
his explosives near to the stage of this outdoor rally, as hundreds of people were attending the event. The Lower
Dir district was the scene of a major offensive against the Taliban by the Pakistani Army last year. In the city of
Peshawar in north-western Pakistan, unknown militants attacked the U.S. consulate. It has been reported that at
least seven people were killed in this attack; the number of injuries however has not been specified yet. The dead
included four militants and 3 security personnel. It has also been reported that several explosions occurred in the
area and that some buildings collapsed as a result of these blasts. Shortly after these explosions a gun battle
followed between the militants and the police forces at the scene of these attacks. Officials have claimed that the
attack was well organised but say order has now been restored to the area. The Pakistani Taliban later claimed
responsibility for this attack and admitted that the U.S. consulate was the target for this attack.
7 April – One person was killed after a bomb attached to a tanker carrying fuel to NATO forces in Afghanistan
detonated in the Khyber tribal region of Pakistan. The victim was reportedly riding in the van from behind and it
is known that four other people were also wounded in this attack. In a separate incident with the capital city of
Islamabad, an explosion occurred within the parking lot of a market place. The explosion caused minor damage
in the area however no casualties were reported because of this blast.
8 April – Militants attacked and bombed three girls' schools, which were located on the outskirts of the Pakistani
city of Peshawar. Nobody was killed or injured in these bombings, but damage was inflicted upon the schools.
The Pakistani Taliban have been blamed for these recent attacks and the education minister has accused them of
trying to spread panic across the country. The militants had reportedly planted the explosive materials near to the
schools before detonating them later.
13 April
A bomb exploded in the Pakistani capital of Islamabad. The bomb was reportedly planted inside a dustbin and it
is believed to have been only a low-intensity explosion. No casualties have been reported yet and security
personnel have apparently cordoned off the area where this explosion had occurred.
16 April – At least ten people were killed, and another 35 others were injured after a suicide bomb attack took
place at a hospital, in the Pakistani city of Quetta. Reports are claiming that a TV cameraman, as well as two
police officers, were among the dead for this attack. It is believed that the suicide bomber had walked into the
hospital and had detonated his explosives at the entrance to the emergency room inside the hospital. Soon after
this bombing it has been reported that gunfire was heard from surrounding rooftops and side-streets located nearby
to this bombing. The authorities believe that the Taliban, as well as some Al-Qaeda leaders, have set up a de facto
headquarters in this city, known as the Quetta Shura.
17 April
At least 41 people were killed, and more than 60 others were injured after two suicide bombers attacked the Kacha
Pukha camp, near to the Pakistani city of Kohat. The first suicide bomber had reportedly detonated his explosives
after walking into a gathering of people, as they were receiving relief aid from the authorities. The second suicide
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bomber then struck, in the middle of a gathering crowd only a few minutes after the first blast. It is also known
that both bombers were wearing burqas, as they were carrying out each of their suicide attacks on this refugee
camp.
18 April
A suicide bomber detonated his explosive-laden vehicle near to a police station in the north-western Pakistani city
of Kohat. In this attack, it is known that 7 people were killed and that another 21 others were reportedly injured.
It is known that the bomber had detonated up to 200 kg of explosives on the back side of the police station, which
he was targeting. This latest attack, along with others in the past few days, appears to be a reaction towards the
military operations that are being conducted by the Pakistani army, in the tribal areas of the country.
19 April
At least 23 people were killed, and more than 40 others were wounded after two bomb attacks hit the Pakistani
city of Peshawar. The first attack occurred when a bomb exploded outside a school run by a police welfare
foundation, killing 1 person and injuring another 10 others. The second attack involved a suicide bomber who had
targeted a political rally near to a crowded market area. In this specific attack it is also known that at least 22
people were killed, and more than 30 others were reportedly wounded. It has been reported that police officers
and political protesters were among those who had been killed in this blast. In a separate incident within the
Khyber region of the country, suspected Taliban militants attacked a pair of NATO oil tankers detonating two
bombs near to them. Nobody was reportedly killed or wounded in this attack, but a fire engulfed a flatbed truck
and nearby shops that were located within the local area.
22 April
Unidentified gunmen attacked and killed a former member of parliament, 'Mr Omarzai' while he was driving his
car in the Charsadda district of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province. It has been reported that 3 other people were also
killed in this attack after militants sprayed their vehicle with bullets, as the politician was leaving his office, a
local police official has claimed. The politician, 'Mr Omarzai' reportedly died at the scene of this attack whereas
his other 3 companions died later at hospital due to the wounds that they had sustained in this attack.
23 April
Taliban militants ambushed a Pakistan Army convoy, as they were carrying out a routine movement in the
Pakistani tribal region of North Waziristan. In this ambush, it is known that at least 7 soldiers were killed and that
at least another 16 had been injured. It has been reported by officials that the militants attacked the convoy in the
Datta Khel area of North Waziristan. In a separate incident, Taliban militants killed 4 people within the same
region after they accused them of spying for the U.S. This area is part of the lawless tribal region, which borders
Afghanistan and officials claim that the area is a stronghold for the Pakistani Taliban and Al-Qaeda.
24 April
A suicide bomber detonated his explosive-laden car near to a police van. However, it has been reported that no
policemen were in the van, at the time of this attack so no fatalities were sustained upon the security forces. The
attack occurred within the town of Timergara in the Lower Dir district of north-west Pakistan. It is known that 10
policemen were injured in this bombing and it has also been reported that two of these police personnel were
seriously wounded, as a result of this suicide blast.
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25 April
A bomb exploded at a confectionery shop, within the Pakistani city of Quetta. In this bombing, it is known that
around 11 people had been injured, five of these people however were reported to have been very seriously
wounded in this blast. It is also known that this bomb had been placed behind the refrigerator within the
confectionery shop, as it had detonated in the store.
27 April
In Quetta, a woman teacher was killed, in a drive-by shooting within Baluchistan, police have said. This latest
attack is part of an ongoing spate of killings within the southwestern province where separatist militants have
reportedly waged a low-level insurgency down there, for many decades.
28 April
A suicide car bomber rammed his explosive-laden vehicle into a police vehicle at a checkpoint, in the north-
western Pakistani city of Peshawar. In this bombing, it is known that 4 people were killed and at least another 10
had been injured. No group has yet claimed responsibility for this attack, but the Taliban are strong suspects,
considering that they have carried out dozens of recent bombings across the country.
30 April
A Pakistani human rights activist, Khalid Khawaja, was kidnapped and killed by unidentified militants. His body
was reportedly discovered in a ditch near to the town of Mir Ali within the tribal areas of North Waziristan,
according to officials in the area. It is known that a note was apparently attached to his body claiming that this
man who was a former Pakistani intelligence officer is now an agent working for the United States. The militants
have threatened that the same fate will await those who try to spy for America, in the same way that he had
supposedly done so for them.
1 May
A remote-control bomb attack wounded six police personnel on the Qambrani road with the Pakistani city of
Quetta. It is known that the police officers were on a routine patrol at the Qambrani road when the blast had
occurred. It has also been reported that 2 of those who were injured in this explosion are now believed to be in a
critical condition.
7 May
Suspected militants killed 4 policemen and injured one other policeman, after they stormed into a police officer
checkpost in a pre-dawn attack, within the north-western Pakistani town of Mansehra.
10 May
At least 9 Pakistani soldiers were killed in clashes with hundreds of Taliban militants within Pakistan's north-
western tribal region of Orakzai, according to army officials within the local area.
12 May
A grenade attack within the north-western Pakistani city of Peshawar has killed 2 people and injured another 2
others. No group has yet claimed responsibility for this attack although Taliban militants are suspected.
13 May
A roadside bomb detonated near to a police checkpoint in the outskirts of the north-western Pakistani city of
Peshawar. In this roadside bombing, it is known that 3 people were killed and that another 2 others had been
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injured in the particular blast. A car bomb explosion occurred within the Pakistani city of Chitral. In this bombing
it is known that 3 people were badly injured and were then later hospitalised for their injuries, which they had
sustained in this bomb blast.
18 May
At least 12 people were killed, and 15 others were injured after a bike bomb exploded near to a police station
within the Pakistani town of Dera Ismail Khan, in north-western Pakistan. This bombing was reportedly targeting
the town's deputy police superintendent, who was apparently killed in this blast along with his guard and their
driver. The dead also apparently included some women and children, according to hospital officials within the
local area. It is also known that this bicycle bomb was detonated by remote control and local police in the area
have confirmed this claim. Nobody has yet claimed responsibility although Taliban militants are the most likely
of perpetrators.
20 May
Sectarian clashes between rival ethnic groups resulted in the deaths of up to 23 people in the Pakistani port city
of Karachi. The death toll is expected to rise, as some of those injured are believed to be in a critical condition
and it is known that most of these deaths were attributed to drive-by shootings within this city.
21 May
Two men were killed by Taliban militants after they strapped explosives to the two men, whom they had accused
of spying for the U.S. These two men were reportedly killed by the militants at a public execution within North
Waziristan, in the volatile north-west of the country.
25 May
A bomb blast occurred near to the office of the National Highway Authority on the main airport road, in the city
of Quetta. In this bombing it is known that two people were killed and that 16 others were reportedly injured. It
has been reported that the bomb itself was planted inside a rickshaw and that this blast had apparently damaged
the power transmission lines within the local area and had plunged the surrounding areas into darkness. The
injured people, in this explosion were later rushed to the civil hospital due to the injuries that they had sustained
in this blast. In another incident within the city of Quetta, unknown militants attacked an office using explosives.
In this attack however, only 2 people were injured due to this bombing.
28 May
Two Ahmadi mosques in Lahore were attacked by an unknown group. The two attacks were carried out nearly
simultaneously, at Garhi Shahu and Lahore Model Town, 15 km apart. More than 95 people were killed, and 108
others were injured. One attacker was killed; another Suicide bomber was captured by worshipers. In the Pakistani
city of Quetta within south-western Pakistan, it is known that four police officers were killed after they were
attacked by militants brandishing weapons, whilst riding on a motorcycle. In this attack, it is known that the head
of the police station, along with two of his constables and a driver were killed. The head of the police station was
apparently driving from to the police station from his home, as he was attacked by these armed militants.
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30 May
Militants ambushed a van within the tribal region of Kurram near to the Afghan-Pakistan border. In this attack, it
is known that two people were killed and that another 4 other people were injured, as a result of this militant
ambush upon their vehicle according to a paramilitary official within the area.
31 May
At least 8 people were killed and up to 40 others were reportedly injured after at least three armed militants
stormed into a hospital within the eastern Pakistani city of Lahore. It has been reported that the militants had
stormed into the building and opened fire indiscriminately upon hospital guards and attendants, who were all later
known to be among those who had been killed in the attack. The attackers apparently managed to flee from the
scene of this attack, after seizing hostages briefly inside the hospital complex. Some reports have even claimed
that the militants were dressed in police uniform, as they carried out this attack and there has been speculation
that the militants had intended to reach a captured militant who had been detained by the authorities in the Ahmadi
mosque attacks only three days before this assault.
3 June
Two low intensity bomb explosions occurred within the eastern Pakistani city of Lahore. In these two explosions
it has been reported that around 5 people were injured, as a result of the two blasts. A stampede reportedly ensued
after these blasts due to the large numbers of people present at the Urs in Dori Bury Darbar. The injured were later
transported to Mayo Hospital, for the injuries that they had sustained in these explosions.
8 June
At a football ground in Miranshah, North Waziristan within the tribal zones of north-western Pakistan, the Taliban
killed one person in a public execution, which was witnessed by up to 700 people. It was later reported that masked
militants had blindfolded and bound the man, before shooting him dead at a football ground within the main town
of Miranshah, in the volatile region of North-Waziristan within Pakistan's tribal areas.
9 June
At least 7 people were killed, and another 4 others were reportedly injured after Taliban militants attacked and
destroyed a NATO convoy near to Pakistan's capital city of Islamabad. It was later reported that up to 20 vehicles
had been destroyed and set on fire by up to a dozen suspected militants who had stormed into the depot and started
firing their weapons indiscriminately killing mostly drivers of the trucks, as well as their assistants. These NATO
trucks were reportedly carrying supplies to alliance troops in Afghanistan who are currently engaged in fighting
against the Taliban and it is known that the local police are currently searching for these suspected militants after
they escaped in two cars, as on motorbikes to a nearby forest area, which is close by to where this assault had
actually taken place on the NATO convoy.
10 June
In Karachi, a bomb planted on a motorbike exploded killing 1 person and wounding another 2 others. It was later
reported that the two people injured in this blast had been police officials, according to the city's police chief. In
the Khuzdar district within the south-western Baluchistan Province, unidentified militants opened fire on a group
of paramilitary troops. In this attack it has been reported that 1 soldier had been killed while another 2 others had
been injured in this assault, according to security officials in the local area.
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12 June
Sectarian and political violence within the southern Pakistani city of Karachi resulted in the deaths of up to 5
people, local police officials have claimed.
14 June
At least 7 paramilitary soldiers were killed, and more than 10 others were captured by militants after they attacked
a security checkpoint in the tribal region of Mohmand near to the Afghan-Pakistan border. Paramilitary official
later confirmed this overnight attack however they refused to give details concerning the casualties unlike the
Taliban spokesman who had given details surrounding this attack.
18 June
Two people were killed in sectarian violence within the Pakistani city of Karachi. It was later reported that these
two people included both a doctor, as well as a soldier and that these two men appeared to have targeted because
they were Shia Muslims.
19 June
At least 1 person was killed, and another 8 others were injured after a roadside bomb exploded near to a police
vehicle in north-western Pakistan. It was later reported by a Pakistani police official that this blast had occurred
within the town of Dera Ismail Khan, in the north-west of the country, as a police patrol vehicle was patrolling
this town. The authorities have reportedly cordoned off this area, in which this blast occurred for further
investigation into this roadside bombing.
21 June
At least 3 Pakistani army soldiers were killed, and another 5 other soldiers were injured, as a result of a militant
ambush within the village of Kasha, in the Orakzai Agency tribal district of north-western Pakistan. The ambush
apparently sparked pitched battles between the Pakistani army and Taliban militants within the local area. This
latest ambush occurred amid escalating violence, which is drastically affecting this volatile region of the country.
25 June
At least 2 Pakistani army soldiers were killed, and 9 other soldiers were wounded, as a result of three roadside
bombing incidents within the Khyber and South Waziristan agencies, which are both located within the restive
north-western sectors of Pakistan. Security forces have reportedly cordoned off the areas of these attacks and
shifted the injured security personnel to local hospitals within the area. These latest attacks have apparently
demonstrated that militants within the region are still active despite army offensives and a lull with regards to the
number of suicide bombings that have occurred lately within the country.
26 June
A series of consecutive bomb explosions occurred within the Pakistani city of Lahore near a business district
within the city. These bomb explosions were later described as only being low-intensity explosions and only 7
people were injured with no reports of any deaths within this crowded area of the city.
28 June
At least 18 people were killed and over 40 others were injured after a bomb-laden truck detonated within the
Pakistani city of Hyderabad, which is located north from Pakistan's southern financial capital of Karachi. It was
not yet immediately known whether this bomb explosion was an act of terrorism and no specific group has yet
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claimed responsibility for this latest attack. At least 5 people were killed, and another 8 others were critically
injured in a series of killings across the southern Pakistani city of Karachi. At least 4 Pakistani soldiers were killed
when Taliban militants ambushed their army patrol in the tribal district of Bajaur near to the Afghan border.
30 June
At least two policemen were killed in the Mastung district of Pakistan's southwestern province of Baluchistan,
after unidentified militants opened fire at a vehicle carrying security forces. Security forces later cordoned off the
area and even started a search operation within the area after this attack. In a separate incident, it was reported
that one man was injured in a bomb explosion at the Fatima Jinnah Road in the Pakistani city of Quetta.
1 July
At least 2 people were killed, and 3 others were wounded in a bomb explosion within Pakistan's south-western
Balochistan Province, according to local police officials in the area.
1 July
At least 42 people were killed, and more than 180 others were wounded after two suicide bombers attacked a Sufi
Islamic shrine at the Data Durbar Complex within the eastern Pakistani city of Lahore. It was reported that the
first suicide bomber struck in the underground section of the complex, where visitors sleep and prepare themselves
for prayer, according to local officials. The second suicide bomber reportedly then struck in the upstairs area of
the complex, as people fled from the initial suicide explosion. It is known that the impact of these two suicide
blasts ripped open the courtyard of the shrine, therefore rescuers at the scene had to shift and clamber throughout
the rubble, as they attempted to carry out the victims who were affected in these attacks. Both the suicide bombers
are known to have used explosive devices packed with ball-bearings, in order to maximise the impact of their
suicide attacks.
This attack was later proclaimed the biggest of attacks as yet, to target a Sufi shrine since militant attacks began
in the country in the year of 2001. This shrine holds the remains of a Persian Sufi saint and is often visited by
hundreds of thousands of people each year from both the Sunni and Shia traditions of Islam.
3 July
At least 11 people were killed including four soldiers in separate terrorist-related incidents across the country, as
Pakistan continues to struggle with ongoing violence. It was reported that a remote-controlled bomb blast struck
a Pakistani security force convoy, near to Malik Din Khel within Pakistan's northwestern Khyber tribal region
killing 4 soldiers and wounding another 4 others in the process. Security forces later cordoned off the area to this
bomb blast and shifted the injured soldiers to hospitals within the Pakistani city of Peshawar. In the northwestern
parts of the country, in a separate incident, an armed militant ambush killed 2 people and left 1 other injured.
Meanwhile, unknown militants killed at least 5 people in killings within the southern Pakistani port city of
Karachi.
4 July
At least 4 people were killed in two separate terrorist-related incidents in the Shabaqadar and Kohat areas of north-
western Pakistan. The dead also reportedly included two security men who had been killed along with one civilian
in a shooting incident after unknown militants opened fire at security forces within a market, in the Shabaqadar
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area which is adjacent to the Mohmand agency. In a separate incident, one person was killed, and another person
was injured, as a result of a remote-controlled bomb explosion within the Javeki area in the town of Kohat.
5 July
At least 1 Pakistani soldier was killed and 13 other people, including twelve soldiers were injured after a suicide
car bomber opened fire at guards and then proceeded to detonate his explosives at the gate of a paramilitary base.
It was later reported that this attack took place within the town of Timargarah, in the Lower Dir district of north-
western Pakistan, which is located near to the Afghan border.
8 July
At least 1 person was killed, and 6 others were injured after two separate terrorist-related incidents occurred within
the Khyber Agency, in north-western Pakistan. In one of the incidents, it was reported that a mortar shell had hit
a house in the Malik Din Khel area of the region, killing 1 woman and wounding a further 3 others, of whom at
least one of them was said to be in a critical condition.
All of those injured in this mortar blast were later hospitalised to a local hospital within the area for the injuries
that they had sustained. Meanwhile, it was reported that 3 security men were injured after a remote-controlled
bomb explosion hit a convoy of security forces in the Sepah Speen Qambar area of Bara Tehsil. The Pakistani
security forces later cordoned off the area surrounding this blast and started conducting search operations within
the local area.
9 July
At least 100 people were killed and more than 120 others were reportedly injured after a suicide bomber on a
motorbike attacked a local administrator's office within the Pakistani tribal village of Yakaghund, in the Mohmand
Agency, which is located near to the border between the two countries of both Afghanistan and Pakistan. It was
later known that this suicide blast took place at the gate to the local administrator's office, according to witnesses
within the local area. This blast also reportedly struck near to a commercial area of the village and it is known that
many shops and vehicles were damaged in this explosion. A local prison, as well as many government offices
were also nearby to where this explosion occurred within the village and it was later apparently reportedly that
many people at the time were waiting outside the administrator's office when this suicide blast occurred near to
this office. A witness later claimed that the bike itself used in this suicide attack apparently lost its balance and
was about to fall when a huge explosion occurred, a soldier on duty at this administrator's office has claimed. The
dead apparently included both women and children and the injured have been shifted to local hospitals whereas
the 40 most seriously injured people have been taken to hospitals within the Pakistani city of Peshawar. Security
forces later cordoned off the area where this suicide blast took place and it is known that rescue teams are currently
working at the scene of this bomb explosion within this village
10 July
At least 3 Pakistani soldiers were killed, and 8 others were reportedly injured, as a result of a militant ambush
upon an army patrol within the Makeen district of South Waziristan. In a separate incident, it was reported that
five Pakistani soldiers were injured after Taliban militants attacked a security post within the Anagram valley,
which is located to the north of the region's main town of Wana, another security official later confirmed.
12 July
Unidentified gunmen killed 2 Pakistani politicians in different parts of the country. In one incident, gunmen
opened fire upon the vehicle of the leader of the National Party and the former district mayor in the city of Turbat
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within Pakistan's southwestern Baluchistan Province. He was reportedly killed in this attack and his driver was
apparently injured, according to local police officials. Meanwhile, in the Buner district of the Khyber Agency,
unidentified gunmen killed, Muhammed Khan Baba Jan, who had acted as the local leader of ruling Awami
National Party within the district.
13 July
In the agency of Bajaur within north-western Pakistan, it was reported that suspected Taliban militants blew up a
girl’s school, in the latest wave of attacks targeting schools near to the Afghan border. No casualties were
reportedly sustained in this attack.
14 July
Unidentified gunmen assassinated a former senator and nationalist leader for the Balochistan National Party in
Pakistan's south-western city of Quetta, which is located within the Baluchistan Province. It was later reported
that unidentified gunmen had apparently killed, Habib Jalib, the secretary general of the opposition faction of the
Balochistan National Party, as he was leaving his house on the outskirts in the city of Quetta.
15 July
At least 6 people were killed, and another 47 others were reportedly injured in a suicide bomb attack next to a bus
stop within the town of Mingora in Pakistan's Swat Valley, which is located within north-western Pakistan. This
suicide blast reportedly struck a busy street next to the bus terminal and local police have indicated that a passing
army patrol could have possibly been the intended target for this bombing. It is known that at least two of those
killed were women and reports have even claimed that children were amongst those wounded in this suicide blast.
Correspondents are claiming that this recent suicide bombing shows that militants are still very active within the
Swat Valley despite military offensives conducted by the Pakistan Army, in order to remove Taliban militants
from the area.
The authorities have warned that the death toll could rise, as this suicide bomb explosion apparently occurred
within a crowded area. In the town of Charsadda within north-western Pakistan, a bomb explosion struck a police
vehicle and wounded at least six police officers within this volatile region of the country. Meanwhile, in the
Pakistani southern port city of Karachi, unidentified gunmen killed at least 4 people within this particular city in
a series of killings.
16 July
At least 10 people were killed, and 20 others were reportedly injured in a bomb explosion at a weekly market,
which was selling second-hand cars within Pakistan's tribal region of Khyber, in north-western Pakistan. It was
later reported that this bomb blast occurred inside a bazaar in the town of Kuki Khel within Tirah, which is in a
region of the country near to the Afghan-Pakistan border. This bomb was also apparently a timed device and was
planted inside a ditch near to the busy used car market, a senior local administration official later confirmed. It is
also known that Pakistani security forces have conducted several operations against Taliban militants within this
area of the Khyber region and that the town itself is on the NATO supply route into Afghanistan. There have
reportedly been numerous attacks, which have been perpetuated by Taliban militants in the past, upon these NATO
convoys within this tribal region of the country.
17 July
At least 16 people were killed, and several others were reportedly injured after militants armed with assault rifles
attacked a convoy of civilian vehicles, which was being escorted by security forces in the Kurram region, of north-
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western Pakistan. It is known that this convoy was apparently heading towards the main regional city of Peshawar
however it was then ambushed within the village of Char Khel, which is located within the Kurram region. It was
also reported that some of those wounded in this attack are in a critical condition and that some unconfirmed
reports have apparently claimed that the death toll is even as high as 18, in this ambush. Two low-intensity bomb
explosions detonated in different parts of the eastern Pakistani city of Lahore. It was reported that several people
were injured in these two bomb explosions. No group has yet claimed responsibility for these latest bombings.
18 July
At least 1 person was killed, and more than 20 others were apparently injured after a suicide bomber attacked a
Shia worship hall in the city of Sargodha within Pakistan's Punjab (Pakistani province). The injured were
reportedly rushed to hospital and it is known that the condition of 3 of those injured was described as serious, by
officials at the scene. Witnesses at the scene of this attack have claimed that this attack was perpetuated by a
teenager suicide bomber. An emergency was later declared at hospitals within Sargodha and police cordoned off
the imambargah and asked people to clear the area where this suicide attack had reportedly taken place.
19 July
Unidentified militants killed 2 Pakistani Christian brothers and wounded 1 policeman, as they were leaving a court
within the eastern Pakistani city of Faisalabad. They were reportedly accused of blasphemy against Islam and they
were reportedly chained together outside the court, as this attack occurred. The perpetrators reportedly managed
to flee from the scene of this attack and some people have claimed that they were falsely accused of blasphemy
by people who had a grudge against them, according to the victims’ families who have maintained their innocence.
21 July
Unidentified militants fired a mortar at a security post within the Mohmand Agency, which is a tribal region close
to the Pakistan-Afghan border. In this attack, it was later reported that 1 soldier was killed and that this security
post was damaged.
23 July
A series of killings across the major southern port city of Karachi, in southern Pakistan, over the past four days
has resulted in the deaths of at least 23 people. It is known that many of these attacks had occurred within different
areas of the city.
24 July
Unidentified militants opened fire with automatic weapons, killing a Pakistani provincial minister's son and
critically injuring his cousin, outside the north-western Pakistani city of Peshawar. The perpetrators reportedly
fled from the scene by car after they had conducted their assault and a local official had later proclaimed this
attack to be a targeted killing.
26 July
At least 8 people were killed and around 21 others were apparently injured after a suicide bombing struck near a
gathering, which was mourning the death of a cabinet minister's son who had reportedly been killed in a Taliban
attack two days ago. The suicide bomber reportedly targeted this gathering on foot and had apparently detonated
his explosives close to the home of the Provincial Information Minister, as well as fairly close by to a nearby
mosque within the town of Pabbi, which is near to the Pakistani city of Peshawar. It was later reported that of the
fatalities, it was known that 3 policemen and 5 civilians were amongst those who had been killed. It has also been
speculated by a senior police officer that the suicide bomber appeared to have been a young boy and that the
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attacker had apparently been dropped off by a man on a motorcycle near to the minister's home, before he then
proceeds to detonate his explosives after policemen caught him trying to cross the checkpost.
2 August
At least 13 people were killed, and 16 others were apparently injured in violence and separate incidents of killings
within the southern Pakistani port city of Karachi.
3 August
At least 35 people were killed, and 80 others were reportedly wounded in Pakistani's largest southern port city of
Karachi. The violence erupted as protesters torched dozens of shops and vehicles following the assassination of a
lawmaker, Raza Haider, who was apparently shot dead by unidentified militants in the city.
4 August
At least 5 people were killed, and 12 others were reportedly injured after a suicide bomber targeted a paramilitary
police headquarters in the Pakistani city of Peshawar. It is known that the Chief of Pakistan's Frontier Constabulary
was amongst those who had been killed in this particular attack. It has also been speculated that the death toll is
expected to rise as some of those injured in this bombing are said to be in critical condition.
6 August
Unidentified militants launched an attack upon a NATO oil tanker within Pakistan's south-western Baluchistan
Province. In this militant attack, it was later reported that at least 1 person was killed and that 2 others were
apparently injured in the assault.
14 August
At least 10 people were killed, and 8 others were apparently injured in a series of militant attacks within Pakistan's
south-western Balochistan Province.
17 August
Unidentified gunmen killed the son of a prominent Shia cleric and 3 policemen within the southern Pakistani port
city of Karachi in a series of targeted attacks. It is known that a woman was also apparently injured in these
killings.
19 August
At least 16 people were injured in a grenade attack at a crowded market within the town of Bannu, in the north-
western province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, which is located in north-western Pakistan.
20 August
Unidentified armed militants attacked two NATO trucks carrying supplies to NATO and U.S forces in
Afghanistan, setting them ablaze within Pakistan's south-western Baluchistan Province.
21 August
At least 6 people were killed, and 5 others were reportedly injured in a remote-controlled bomb explosion at a
checkpoint, which targeted security officials and anti-Taliban tribal elders within the Mohmand Agency tribal
district, of north-western Pakistan.
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23 August
At least 24 people were killed, and more than 25 others were reportedly injured after a suicide bomber detonated
his explosives at a mosque within the town of Wana, which is located in the tribal region of South Waziristan. It
is known that this suicide blast apparently occurred within the main bazaar area of the town and that a former
member of Pakistan's National Assembly, Maulvi Noor Mohammad was reportedly killed in this suicide bombing.
The attacker reportedly struck however as he was greeting members of the congregation outside the local mosque.
Meanwhile, it was reported that at least 7 people were reportedly killed in a separate bomb attack within the
Kurram Agency of north-western Pakistan, which is located near to the Afghan-Pakistan border.
25 August
Unidentified gunmen killed a former lawmaker whilst he was making his way home within the Pakistani city of
Quetta, which is located within Pakistan's southern Balochistan Province.
27 August
Unidentified militants blew up a government-run girls’ middle school in north-western Pakistan in the Sipah area
of Baratehsil, which is located within the Khyber tribal region of north-western Pakistan. There were no reported
casualties in this militant bombing.
28 August
Unidentified gunmen launched an attack upon a government building near to the U.S consulate within the
Pakistani city of Peshawar. It is known that 4 gunmen apparently took several soldiers hostage however they later
surrendered to the Pakistani security forces after a nine-hour siege at the building.
29 August
At least 3 people were killed, and 7 others were reportedly injured after a bomb explosion occurred within a shop,
in a local village, which was in the South Waziristan Agency. Those wounded in this bomb explosion were later
shifted to hospitals within the agency, as local police are trying to establish the cause of this bomb blast.
31 August
Unidentified militants destroyed two NATO fuel tankers in Pakistan's southern towns of Mastung and Khuzdar,
which are located within the Baluchistan Province. No casualties were reported in these two attacks.
1 September
At least 30 people were killed, and more than 250 others were reportedly injured in a series of three bomb
explosions, which occurred during a Shia procession within the eastern Pakistani city of Lahore. It was later
reported by the head of Lahore's police force, who claimed that at least two of these bomb explosions, were as a
result of suicide bombings and that apparently at least 35 of those who were injured in these three bomb explosions
were confirmed as being in a critical condition. These attacks have occurred, despite a lull in such bombings
within the past month due to the Pakistan floods.
The eastern Pakistani city of Lahore has previously been the scene of sectarian violence between the predominant
Sunni Muslim majority and their Shia Muslim counterparts. This procession was marking the death of the Shia
imam, Ali bin Abi Talib and it is known that thousands of Shias Muslims had taken to the streets of Lahore to
commemorate this occasion. Following these three bomb blasts, it was later reported that angry members of the
general public apparently turned upon the local police, targeting both police officers and their facilities within the
local area. It was also known that at least one police station, as well as a police truck and many other vehicles
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within the city were torched by protesters in response to these bombings. The Pakistani Prime Minister, Yousef
Raza Gilani later condemned these bombings, in a statement that came in a response to these suicide bomb attacks.
2 September
Unidentified militants killed a female school teacher and wounded two of her colleagues after they opened
indiscriminate fire upon the teachers, as they were leaving for their homes after attending the school in the town
of Khar, which is located within the Bajaur tribal region of north-western Pakistan.
3 September
At least 73 people were killed, and more than 200 others were reportedly injured in a suspected suicide bombing
upon a Shia Muslim rally within the south-western Pakistani city of Quetta. This suicide blast was also reportedly
followed by firing, according to local reports within the area. This suicide attack reportedly took place within the
Meezan Chowk area of the city and it is known that this rally was reportedly a Palestinian solidarity march, which
had been organised by Shia Muslim students in the city.
This suicide attack is very significant, considering that it is the second such suicide attack to target Shia Muslims
this week. It is known that some reports have claimed that several Pakistani journalists were amongst those who
had been injured in this suicide bombing and that the media itself relayed pictures of the chaotic street scenes,
with injured people being ferried to local hospitals within the area. These rallies are not uncommon, considering
that these events usually take place every year on the last day of Ramadan, especially in supporting the Palestinian
people's personal demands for their own homeland. The Pakistani Taliban later claimed responsibility for this
suicide attack.
3 September
A suicide bomber blew himself up outside a mosque belonging to the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community in Mardan,
killing himself and an Ahmadi. Four other people were injured in the attack. Ahmadi Muslims are considered
heretical and have been persecuted in the Muslim world.
4 September
At least 4 people were killed, including two soldiers, in two separate terrorist attacks in the southern Pakistani city
of Karachi and the south-western Balochistan Province. No group has yet claimed responsibility for these two
militant attacks. Unidentified militants attacked a NATO container in Pakistan's Punjab Province, which is located
within the east of the country. It was later reported that at least 1 person was killed in this militant attack and that
another 2 others were reportedly injured.
5 September
Unidentified militants torched three NATO oil tankers, in Pakistan's south-western Balochistan Province, which
were carrying fuel supplies to NATO and U.S forces, which are currently stationed within neighbouring
Afghanistan. No casualties were reported in this militant attack.
6 September
At least 19 people were killed, and more than 40 others were reportedly injured in a suicide car-bomb attack upon
a police station, in the town of Lakki Marwat, which is located south of Peshawar within the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
province of north-western Pakistan. It is known that at least 11 police officers, as well as 4 school children were
killed in this suicide attack and that a large undisclosed number of these two groups of people were apparently
injured. It was later reported that the suicide car-bomber had struck a school van before he had rammed his
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explosive-laden vehicle into the back of the police station, to which he then proceeded to detonate his explosives.
It is believed that rescue workers are currently digging through the rubble, which was left over from this bombing,
in order to find any possible survivors who are trapped or more possible bodies under the debris.
The police sub-inspector, Ameen Khan Marwat, was later pulled out alive from the rubble and it is believed that
the death toll was quite high because all of the morning staff were at the station, at the time of this suicide attack
because they had not yet all left for their own duties. It was also later reported that a neighbourhood shop, as well
as a local mosque in the area were apparently damaged in this suicide bomb attack. The Pakistani Prime Minister,
Yousuf Raza Gilani, later condemned this suicide attack. It is known that the Pakistani Taliban had later claimed
responsibility for carrying out this suicide bombing. The militant group pledged more such attacks for the future
unless these anti-Taliban militias dibanded.
The situation in Pakistan, is getting increasingly more precarious, as correspondents within the area have claimed
that this string of suicide attacks across the past week, shows that the Pakistani Taliban has regrouped and
strengthened itself within the tribal regions of north-western Pakistan. It has also shown that despite such setbacks
in Swat and Waziristan over the last two years, they are now quite capable of carrying out such suicide attacks
across the entire country
7 September
At least 21 people were killed and nearly 100 others were reportedly injured after a suicide car bomber attacked
the gates to a police headquarters, in the north-western Pakistani town of Kohat, local police officials in the area
have claimed. It was later reported that this suicide car bomb explosion had reportedly targeted a police family
compound, as people were apparently breaking their fast during the holy month of Ramadan. It is known that
many buildings had reportedly collapsed or sustained damage in this suicide car bombing and that rescue workers
are currently working at the scene of this bomb explosion. The Pakistani town of Kohat is located to the south-
west of the Pakistani city of Peshawar and is based near Pakistani Taliban strongholds, which are located within
the lawless tribal areas of the country. This attack comes only a day after, yet another suicide car bombing killed
19 people and wounded more than 40 others in the Pakistani town of Lakki Marwat.
The Kohat police spokesman, Fazal Naeem, later confirmed to local reporters that women and children were
reportedly amongst those killed in this suicide bomb explosion. It is known that Pakistan's Interior Minister,
Rehman Malik, later condemned this suicide car bomb attack, in a political statement that he made shortly
afterwards. Correspondents within the area are also currently claiming that the Pakistani Taliban are once again
back in business, with regards to their suicide attacks on military and civilian targets across the entire nation,
despite a lull in such attacks during the recent Pakistan floods, which have affected a large proportion of the
country.
8 September
At least 3 people were killed, and 7 others were reportedly injured in a bomb explosion that occurred within a
marketplace in the city of Hub, which is located west of the major city of Karachi within Pakistan's south-western
Balochistan Province. It is known that the death toll is expected to rise, as some of those injured in this bomb
explosion are reported to be in a critical condition. The scene surrounding this bomb explosion was later cordoned
off by the local security forces, as rescue operations commenced within this area. No militant group has yet
claimed responsibility for this latest bomb attack, although the Pakistani Taliban are strong suspects, considering
that they have recently unleashed a new wave of suicide bombings across the entire country.
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9 September
At least 10 people were killed, and another 6 others were reportedly injured after a passenger van struck a roadside
bomb within the Kurram tribal region, which is located near to the Afghan border. It is known that this roadside
bomb attack had occurred within the village of Palaseen, which is positioned to the north-east of the region's main
town of Parachinar, a government official later claimed. The region's deputy administrator, Hamid Khan, later
reported that this roadside bomb was a remote-controlled explosive device and that it was detonated by
unidentified militants as soon as a passenger van was over this device. This region of north-western Pakistan has
recently been hit by numerous such attacks, robberies and kidnappings for ransom within the last three years. No
group has yet claimed responsibility for this latest attack however the Pakistani Taliban are strong suspects for
this bombing.
10 September
At least 5 people were killed, and 2 others were apparently injured after a suicide car bomb attack struck the
Baluchistan’s provincial finance minister, Asim Ali Kurd's own personal residence in the south-western Pakistani
city of Quetta. It is known that this bomb explosion was equivalent to 15 kg of TNT and that this bomb blast had
apparently also occurred near to Quetta's Railway Housing Society area within the city.
23 September
Four NATO oil tankers carrying fuel supplies to foreign forces in Afghanistan, were destroyed by unidentified
militants within Pakistan's south-western Balochistan Province. No casualties were reported in these certain
militant attacks.
25 September
Unidentified militants torched 3 NATO containers within the Kalat district of the Balochistan Province in south-
western Pakistan, which were apparently carrying supplies to foreign forces within neighbouring Afghanistan.
26 September
Unidentified militants killed a driver and torched around 4 NATO oil tankers within the Kalat district of Pakistan's
south-western Balochistan Province, which were carrying fuel supplies to foreign forces within neighbouring
Afghanistan.
1 October
Unidentified militants killed 3 people and injured 5 others, as they torched around 40 NATO tankers near to the
Shikarpur district of the Sindh province, which were carrying supplies to foreign forces in neighbouring
Afghanistan.
3 October
Unidentified militants killed 3 people and injured 8 others, as they torched more than 20 NATO tankers near to
Islamabad, which were carrying fuel to foreign forces fighting within neighbouring Afghanistan.
5 October
A remote-controlled roadside bomb explosion struck a military convoy, traveling from the major town of
Miranshah to the nearby town of Datta Khel. It was later reported that 2 Pakistani soldiers were killed, and 5
others were apparently injured in this roadside bomb blast within the tribal region of North Waziristan, which is
located in north-western Pakistan.
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6 October
Unidentified militants killed a truck driver and torched some 20 NATO tankers on the outskirts of the south-
western Pakistani city of Quetta, which were carrying fuel supplies to foreign forces fighting within neighbouring
Afghanistan.
7 October
At least 9 people were killed, and another 55 others were apparently injured after two suicide bombings occurred
near to the entrance of a Sufi shrine in the southern Pakistani city of Karachi. These two simultaneous suicide
blasts reportedly struck the busy Abdullah Shah Ghazi Shrine, which is located within the Clifton district of the
city, as worshipers were apparently leaving the complex after evening prayers. A local police official later
confirmed that at least two children were amongst those killed, in these twin suicide bomb blasts. The bombings
took place outside the complex, on Thursday night, which is deemed by many to be the busiest night of the week
as people gathered to distribute food to poor people within society.
After the blasts, it is known that dozens of security forces personnel had apparently arrived at the scene of these
explosions, where blood was apparently splattered on the pavements, according to local correspondents within
the area. It has also been reported that crowds of people are reportedly gathering outside the shrine to hear the fate
and news, which is currently surrounding their loved ones as the security forces still continue and proceed in the
cleaning up operation within the local area. It is known that the Sufi community within Karachi has apparently
declared three days of national mourning in response to these twin suicide attacks. Security is apparently being
tightened up significantly at mosques and other sensitive areas of the city.
The Provincial Home Minister, Zulfiqar Mirza, said that the Sufi shrine had the best available security, however
he did candidly admit that it was impossible to stop such suicide bombers from conducting their very own suicide
attacks. These twin suicide bombings appeared to have echoed another previous twin suicide bomb attack, which
had previously occurred at yet another Sufi shrine within the eastern Pakistani city of Lahore much earlier this
year. Later, firing in different areas wounded 7. The Pakistani President, Asif Ali Zardari later condemned these
suicide attacks in the strongest possible terms and blamed the bombings on those who wanted to impose an
extremist mind-set, as well as a strict lifestyle upon the citizens of the country.
9 October
Unidentified militants, in south-western Pakistan, attacked and torched 30 NATO oil tankers, which were carrying
fuel to foreign forces in neighbouring Afghanistan. No details surrounding the number of casualties sustained,
were apparently specified from this militant attack.
15 October
At least 5 Pakistani paramilitary soldiers were killed in an overnight militant attack upon their military checkpoint
within the South Waziristan region, of north-western Pakistan. This region is considered by many, to be a Pakistani
Taliban militant stronghold who are most active within the local area, correspondents have apparently claimed. A
group of about a dozen, Pakistani Taliban insurgents, attacked a NATO supply truck within the Khyber tribal
district, of north-western Pakistan. It was later reported that 2 people were killed, and the truck was apparently
later torched in this militant attack.
17 October
At least 22 people were killed, and several others injured in pre-election violence within Pakistan's biggest city of
Karachi, which is in southern Pakistan. This spate of violence comes as the city is set to hold a by-election for a
seat in the provincial assembly.
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18 October
Unidentified militants attacked and torched several NATO trucks near the south-western Pakistani city of Quetta,
which were apparently carrying fuel supplies to foreign forces in neighbouring Afghanistan. The suspected Pro-
Taliban insurgents apparently later fled from the scene on motorbikes, after conducting their militant attack. No
casualties were reportedly specified from this attack.
19 October
Unidentified militants attacked and torched 2 NATO vehicles in the town of Dasht Bado, which is in Pakistan's
south-western Balochistan Province. No casualties were reported in this militant attack.
20 October
At least 16 people were killed in political and ethnic violence within Pakistan's biggest, volatile city of Karachi,
which is located in southern Pakistan. It is also known that in one such single attack that at least 8 were killed and
10 others injured after unidentified gunmen on motorbikes opened fire indiscriminately upon the Shershah Kabari
market of the city. Whereas at least another 8 others were killed in other such violent incidents across this major
Pakistani city. It is now known that at least 60 people, including several political activists, are now known to have
been killed in a recent spate of violence to sweep across the city in as many such days.
22 October
At least 6 Pakistani paramilitary soldiers, including a Pakistani Army colonel, were killed and 3 others injured in
a roadside bomb explosion within the Yakh Kandaw area of the Orakzai Agency, which is located near to the
Afghan border, of north-western Pakistan. It was later reported that the attack occurred, as a convoy of
paramilitary troops was hit by a remote-controlled landmine and reports are claiming that this was the third bomb
attack targeting soldiers on patrol in the area, in as many days. This bomb attack occurred amid claims that the
Pakistani military has declared victory over the Pakistani Taliban this Summer. However local residents in the
area have claimed that not all the Taliban hideouts in the area were wiped out, in the Pakistani military offensive,
which was conducted earlier this year. At least 5 people were killed, and 22 others injured, in a bomb attack at a
mosque within the provincial capital of the north-western Pakistani city of Peshawar. It was later known that the
bomb was detonated during Friday prayers, to maximize casualties. The Pakistani Taliban are strong suspects in
the executing of this bomb attack.
24 October
Unidentified militants torched 2 NATO vehicles in two separate incidents, within Pakistan's south-western
Balochistan Province, which were carrying supplies to foreign forces fighting within neighbouring Afghanistan.
No casualties were reported in this militant attack.
25 October
At least 6 people were killed, and more than 15 others injured in a motorcycle bomb attack outside a famous Sufi
shrine within the eastern Pakistani city of Pakpattan, which is located in Pakistan's eastern Punjab Province. It
was later known that two young men riding a motorcycle, had planted the explosive device in a milk churn on a
motorcycle and had left it near the gate of the shrine of Baba Farid, a 12th-century Sufi Islamic saint within the
city. It is known that at least 1 woman was amongst those killed in this bomb attack and that some of those injured
in this bomb blast, are known to be in a critical condition at hospital. However, a doctor at a local hospital later
claimed that at least 2 women were among those killed in this bomb attack. Local police suspected that this
explosive device was detonated by remote control only a few minutes after it was planted in the area. Several
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nearby shops were reportedly damaged in this bomb explosion, although the marble mausoleum of Baba Farid
itself was largely undamaged in this bomb attack. It is known that local TV footage later showed the twisted and
charred remains of the motorcycle, in which the bomb was planted upon, as well as the debris from the nearby
shops damaged in this bomb explosion.
A prominent Sufi scholar later accused the government of not doing enough to prevent his community from
coming under such terrorist-related attacks. This attack is the latest as yet to target the Sufi minority, as suicide
bombers have recently targeted such Sufi Shrines right across the country, such as in the Pakistani cities of both
Karachi and Lahore. No group has yet claimed responsibility for this latest bomb attack, although the Pakistani
Taliban are strong suspects for carrying out this bomb attack. At least 3 people were killed, and 2 others injured,
after a roadside bomb struck a passenger van within the Orakzai tribal region, of north-western Pakistan. It was
reported by witnesses that this bomb blast tore apart the vehicle, which was apparently passing near the village of
Tanda, when this roadside bomb attack occurred. The Pakistani Taliban are suspected of carrying out this roadside
bombing.
1 November
At least 2 police officers were killed, and 13 others injured in a suicide bombing outside the Shah Mansoor
compound. The compound reportedly housed both police offices and residences in the Swabi district, of north-
western Pakistan. The suicide bomber's accomplices apparently fled after security forces opened fire at them after
this suicide attack.
3 November
Unidentified militants blew up two girls’ schools in the town of Safi tehsil, which is located within the Mohmand
Agency, of north-western Pakistan. No casualties were reported by the local authorities.
5 November
At least 72 people were killed and around 100 others injured in a suicide bombing at a mosque during Friday
prayers within the village of Akhurwal, which is in the Darra Adam Khel area near the FATA, of north-western
Pakistan. It was later reported that the force of the bomb explosion was so powerful that the roof of the mosque
apparently caved in and reportedly all that was left remaining was one wall of the building. Witnesses in the local
area claimed that the bomber who was on foot, detonated his explosives at the main gate to the mosque, just after
Friday prayers had finished and worshippers were departing from the mosque. The force of this explosion was
apparently so powerful that some witnesses have apparently reported about being tossed in the air by the blast,
being knocked to the ground or even simply hearing a big explosion.
Witnesses have also claimed that the scene of the suicide blast resembled that of a graveyard, and it is known that
several children were among those killed and injured in this suicide bombing. It is known that local ambulances,
volunteers and medical personnel ferried the survivors no nearby hospitals, including the Lady Reading Hospital
in the major Pakistani city of Peshawar, which is located 30 miles north of the village. The authorities have claimed
that the death toll is likely to rise, as some of those injured are apparently in a critical condition and they fear more
bodies may be salvaged from the debris. It has been reported that a local tribal elder who encouraged people to
take a stand against the Taliban may have possibly been the target for this suicide bombing. There has been a
number of militant attacks culminating in mosque and shrine bombings recently however it was not immediately
clear who carried out this suicide bombing. However, it is known that the Pakistani Taliban have previously
claimed responsibility for such similar attacks in the past and are known to have been most active in the Darra
area of the region. This particular suicide attack is the deadliest such attack since a suicide bomber targeted a Shia
Muslim rally in the south-western Pakistani city of Quetta. Media correspondents are claiming that this latest
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suicide bombing may have been a response by Taliban militants to the recent military and army offensives
occurring within the Darra region, of north-western Pakistan.
11 November
At least 20 people were killed, and more than 100 others injured in a suicide truck bombing, which targeted the
Criminal Investigation Department building within Pakistan's major, southern city of Karachi. It was later reported
by police witnesses, that they had exchanged fire with the militants for at least 15 minutes, as they tried to storm
the building. However, then a truck which was laden with explosives detonated as it struck the boundary wall,
almost completely destroying the structure. This truck bomb explosion was apparently so large that it was heard
across some several miles of Pakistan's biggest city of Karachi. Eyewitnesses have also claimed that the blast left
a crater some three meters wide. TV footage later showed bloodied victims being shifted away on stretchers and
dozens of security personnel combing through the wreckage of this bomb explosion. A government spokeswoman,
Sharmilla Farooqi, later claimed that 5 police officers were known to be among the fatalities of this truck bombing.
There are some reports claiming that women police officers may be among the casualties, as there was a women's
police station inside the building that was targeted. The site of this bomb explosion is within a high-security area
of this major city, near to the Sindh Province chief minister's residence and several luxury hotels. Surrounding
buildings were also apparently damaged in this bomb explosion, which shattered windows within a two-mile
radius. This latest attack comes a day after the same such unit arrested some several wanted militants within the
city, said to have been linked to Pakistan's most dangerous militant group of Lashkar-e-Jhangvi, which is linked
to al-Qaeda and has been involved in a spate of high-profile attacks across the country. No group has yet claimed
responsibility for this latest truck bomb attack, although the Pakistani Taliban have recently been behind a spate
of similar such bombings targeting police and army compounds within recent months and years.
30 November
At least 6 people were killed and around 20 others injured in a suicide bombing, which targeted a police van
within the Pakistani city of Bannu. It is known that the suicide bomber had attacked the police vehicle on foot
within the city, which is located within the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province, of north-western Pakistan. The
fatalities of this suicide blast apparently included at least 1 police officer, 2 children and 3 other civilians. The
area in which this suicide attack took place is positioned close to the Afghan-Pakistan border and is apparently a
stronghold for the Pakistani Taliban and al-Qaeda. The Pakistan Army has launched military offensives within
the region however these suicide attacks still occur throughout the north-west of the country with near impunity.
6 December
At least 50 people were killed, and more than 100 others injured, after two suicide bombers targeted a government
compound within the main town of Ghalanai, which is located in the Mohmand Agency, of north-western
Pakistan. It was later reported that two suicide bombers disguised in police uniforms perpetrated the attacks, as
they targeted government officials meeting anti-Taliban allies. It is known that over 100 people were said to be
inside the compound at the time of these two suicide attacks, as talks were in progression between government
officials, tribal elders and local anti-Taliban groups. Witnesses are claiming that an undisclosed number of tribal
elders, police officers and at least two journalists were amongst those killed. Eyewitnesses who witnessed the
blasts claim that a deafening sound occurred followed by clouds of dust and smoke, with dozens of people on the
ground, who were bleeding and crying, with reports of body parts scattered within the compound.
A local administration later confirmed to the media that a suicide bomber on a motorbike had detonated his
explosives, after he had driven up to a sitting area at the meeting. Whereas the second suicide attacker, also on a
motorcycle had detonated his explosive device at the gate to this government compound. A possible target for
these suicide attacks was Mohmand's top political official, Amjad Ali Khan, who was not killed or injured in these
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bombings. This top political official later confirmed that the suicide bombers had packed their suicide vests with
ball-bearings, thus increasing the number of casualties. It was reported that about 25 people of whom were
seriously injured in these suicide attacks, were taken for hospital treatment in the north-western Pakistani city of
Peshawar. The area in which these attacks occurred borders neighbouring Afghanistan and is a known stronghold
for the Taliban and Al-Qaeda. The Pakistani Taliban later claimed responsibility for these two suicide attacks.
Despite Pakistan Army military offensives within this region, it is known that militant attacks still continue on a
regular basis.
7 December
At least 2 people were killed, and 8 others injured, after a suicide bomber attempted to assassinate Chief Minister,
Nawab Muhammad Aslam Khan Raisani, within the Pakistani city of Quetta, which is located in Pakistan's south-
western Balochistan Province. It was later reported however that the Chief Minister was not harmed in this suicide
attack. As he was in another vehicle when the suicide bomber attacked his motorcade. Chief Minister Raisani acts
as an influential tribal leader, as well as a member of the country's ruling Pakistan People’s Party. This bombing
is the second such occasion, in which a senior government official has been attacked in the Balochistan Province.
As Provincial Governor, Nawab Zulfiqar Magsi, managed to escape death or injury, after his convoy was struck
by a roadside bomb in the Kalat district of the province earlier this month. The Balochistan Province has been the
centre of a decade-long separatist insurgency and it is known that the Pakistani Taliban and other Radical Islamist
militant groups operate within its provincial capital and northern districts. The Baloch Liberation Army, an
insurgent group, later claimed responsibility for this suicide attack within the provincial capital city.
8 December
At least 19 people were killed, and 25 others injured, after a suicide bomber detonated his explosives at a bus
terminal in the main bazaar within the Pakistani town of Kohat, which is located in north-western Pakistan. It was
later claimed by a police spokesman that the suicide bomber had approached the door of a bus, to which he had
then set off his explosives. The bus was apparently carrying passengers to the nearby Orakzai Agency and it is
known that many of those killed in this suicide blast were on board the bus itself. Of those 25 injured, it is known
that some of them are seriously wounded and it has been reported that many shops within the nearby market were
also damaged in this explosion.
The remains of a boy suicide bomber aged between 15-16 were later discovered, as the severed head and legs
were found, according to Dilawar Bangash, the Kohat police chief for the local area. The Pakistani town of Kohat
is located close to the Afghan-Pakistan border, where the Pakistani Taliban have a strong regional presence. These
militant groups have carried out scores of suicide bomb attacks recently, despite Pakistan Army offensives against
their strongholds within this region of the country. The banned radical Islamist group, Lashkar-e-Jhangvi, later
claimed responsibility for this suicide attack within this town of Kohat, in north-western Pakistan.
10 December
At least 16 people were killed, and more than 20 others injured, after a suicide-car bomber rammed his explosive-
laden vehicle into a hospital, which acted as a Shia Muslim-run facility within the district of Hangu, in north-
western Pakistan. This suicide car-bomb explosion follows the start of Muharram, which acts as an Islamic holy
month, especially most important for Pakistan's Shia minority. Local investigators within the area are claiming
that this suicide attack was most likely a sectarian attack, perpetrated by Sunni militant groups, which often target
the Shia minority during this holy month of Muharram.
Witnesses at the scene later claimed that an explosive-laden tractor and trailer had rammed into the hospital whilst
people were praying in a hall within this facility. It was also reported by Hangu police chief, Abdul Rashid, that
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some 250 kg or (550 lb) of explosive material was used to conduct the suicide attack. This particular suicide car
bombing acts as the fourth major suicide attack in just this week across the country. Most of these suicide attacks,
including this particular car bombing, have occurred within the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, of north-western
Pakistan.
13 December
At least 2 people were killed and 4 others seriously injured, after a bomb explosion struck a school bus on Kohut
road in the Bhana Marri area within the Pakistani city of Peshawar, which is located in north-western Pakistan. It
was later reported that the bus driver and a 13-year-old boy were among the fatalities in this roadside bombing.
Whereas it was reported that two girls of 13 and 6 years of age were apparently injured in this roadside bomb
blast. The explosive device was apparently placed within a bin, similar to that which targets NATO forces in
neighbouring Afghanistan. It is known that local police are examining the possibility that this bomb may have
potentially missed or not hit its intended target, being that of police patrols that frequently pass this area.
It was reported that the bus was hit by the blast near to a private school, which apparently ripped through the
vehicle leaving charred wreckage and remains, as well as leaving a crater on the nearby ground. The north-western
Pakistani city of Peshawar is located close to Pakistani Taliban heartland tribal regions, as well as the nearby
Afghan-Pakistan border. Local correspondents claim that militants have regularly attacked schools, especially
those of girls' schools, but usually when no children are present or around. Such bomb attacks within the city
however are not uncommon as the city has been the scene of numerous such bomb attacks, including those which
target Pakistani security facilities and government instillations.
25 December
At least 47 people were killed and over 100 others injured, after a female suicide bomber detonated her explosives
in a large crowd of people displaced by fighting, who were collecting food at a distribution centre of the World
Food Programme in the Pakistani town of Khar, which is located within the Bajaur tribal region, of north-western
Pakistan.

These are the list of Terrorist attacks in Pakistan since 2011 of January
January - March 2011

January 12
At least 17 people were killed, and more than 20 others injured, after a suicide car-bomber rammed his explosive-
laden vehicle into a heavily fortified police station in the Bannu district, of north-western Pakistan. It was later
confirmed, presumably by eyewitnesses that a Toyota Stout had apparently been used to conduct this suicide
attack upon the Merian police station. There were also witness reports who had claimed that parts of the building
to this police station, as well as a nearby mosque inside the compound were known to have collapsed due to the
force of this suicide car bomb explosion. Witnesses reportedly stated that the sheer force of this suicide car-bomb
explosion apparently also plunged the local area into darkness, as the blast damaged electricity lines within this
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area of the district. It was also established that the car bomber had specifically targeted the outer wall of the police
station, which was consequently based within a densely populated area of the district.
Reports have suggested that more than 50 police officers were inside the police complex at the time of this suicide
attack, with local reports suggesting that all those killed were Frontier Corps officials, who act as a federal
paramilitary police force within the country. These police station that was targeted, is known to be based near to
the Janikhel tribal area, which is known to act as a buffer zone to the militancy-infested North Waziristan tribal
region of north-western Pakistan. This suicide car bombing occurred as U.S. Vice-President, Joe Biden arrived in
Islamabad whilst denying that the United States had imposed a war on terror on Pakistan. The Tehreek-I-Taliban
Pakistan later claimed responsibility for this suicide car-bomb attack, whilst threatening that such attacks would
continue, unless drone attacks were halted against their Al Qaeda and Pakistani Taliban affiliated militant
networks and sanctuaries, located most especially within the highly volatile North Waziristan tribal region, which
is located on the Afghan-Pakistan border, of north-western Pakistan.
25 January At least thirteen people are killed while 70 others injured in a suicide bomb explosion in a mourning
procession of Hazrat Imam Hussain near its concluding point at Kerbala Gamay Shah at Bhat Gate in Lahore and
few minutes after Lahore blast, A suicide bomber rammed his explosive-laden motorbike into a police van at
Malir 15 area of Karachi, killing at least three people while 5 people were injured.
2 March Pakistan minister Shahbaz Bhatti shot dead in Islamabad
1 March At least three people were killed, and one was wounded in two bomb blasts in Mohmand tribal region’s
Safi tehsil.
8 March A car-bomb at a compressed natural gas filling station in Faisalabad on Tuesday killed 20 people and
wounded more than 100, Regional Police Officer (RPO) Faisalabad, Aftab Cheema said. The blast set off gas
cylinders at the station and the explosion destroyed or severely damaged nearby buildings and numerous vehicles.
"An explosive-laden car was parked at the CNG station," police official told reporters. Aftab Cheema said 20
people had been killed and more than 100 wounded.
9 March Just a day after the Faisalabad bombing, an explosion occurred at the funeral of the wife of an anti-
Taliban militia leader in Peshawar, northwest Pakistan. The bombing left nearly 40 people dead and scores injured.
The Taliban claimed responsibility for the attack.
31 March An unsuccessful suicide bombing assassination attempt on Fazlur Rehman, the chief of Pakistan's
Jamiat-e-Ulema-Islam political party, in Swabi killed 10 people and left another 20 injured.
April - June 2011
April 1
A second assassination attempt on Fazlur Rehman occurred, this time in the city of Charsadda. At least 13 people
were killed and more than 31 injured as a suicide bomber blew himself up next to the leader’s convoy vehicle.
April 3
Over 50 people were killed and 120 wounded when two suicide bombers detonated explosives at a Sufi shrine in
Dera Ghazi Khan, Punjab.
April 5
A suicide attack at a market in Lower Dir, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa killed seven people including a local anti-Taliban
leader and his son.
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April 22
Militants detonate a bomb near a gambling casino in Karachi, killing 19 people.
April 26
Four men on motorcycles opened fire on a bus full of passengers, then sprinkled petrol on it and set it on fire,
killing everyone inside in Quetta, Balochistan.
May 2
US Special forces kill Osama bin Laden at a local compound in Abbottabad, Pakistan.
May 13
Two suicide bombers attacked a paramilitary academy training young cadet in Charsadda, more than 80 people
were killed and at least 15 injured, the attack was called by the Taliban as revenge for the killing of Osama bin
Laden.
May 18
Terrorists of a banned outfit attacked a pick-up bringing members of the Hazara community to Quetta with
automatic weapons on Wednesday, killing seven of them.
May 22
Militants attack Mehran Naval Station, killing at least 9 people and destroying 2 Pakistani P-3C Orion maritime
surveillance aircraft.
June 12
Three sets of bombings in the Khyber Market area of Peshawar left 34 civilians dead and over 100 injured. The
attack was blamed on the Taliban, although a spokesman for the Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan denied responsibility
and instead blamed the attack on "foreign agents."
June 13
A suicide bomber detonated himself outside a bank in the I-8 Markaz sector of Islamabad after a security guard
tried to stop him. The suicide bomber and the guard both died on the spot while a few people were left injured.
June 25
Five militants attacked a police station in Kalachi tehseel of Dera Ismail Khan, a district which borders South
Waziristan in northwest Pakistan. The militants were disguised in the burqa dress; two of the terrorists also wore
suicide bombing vests. They used grenades and gunfire to launch the attack, killing at least ten police personnel.
By the end of the operation, all of the attackers were reported as having been killed. A few dozen police officers
were left trapped in the building as a result of the incident.
June 26
A small blast occurred in Multan in the premises of a police station, injuring ten people, four of which were police
officers. About 10 kg of explosives were used to cause the explosion. The police arrested a suspect immediately
following the incident.
July - September 2011
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Multiple target killings in Karachi throughout the months of July and August left hundreds of people dead. The
month has been recorded as the deadliest and most violent in the history of Karachi since the last two decades -
in fighting related to religious and ethnic tensions. This was followed by 44 more fatalities in the following month
of August, amidst ongoing violence.
August 11
A female suicide bomber detonated herself and killed five policemen in Peshawar. Two other separate incidents
also took place in the city, killing two more people. 42 others were injured.
August 19
A blast in a mosque in the town of Jamrud in Khyber Agency left over 50 people dead.
A blast outside a hotel in Risalpur Tehsil, Nowshera in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa kills 11 and injures 15 people.
August 29
At least three people were killed, and 19 others injured when a group of armed men opened fire and lobbed rockets
on a passenger train near Mach Town, which is 60 kilometres southeast of Quetta in Balochistan.
August 31
Eleven people were killed in Quetta following a bombing outside a mosque on the day of Eid ul-Fitr, when Shi'a
Muslim worshippers belonging to the Hazara community were conducting Eid prayers.
September 2
Twelve people were killed in Lakki Marwat following a suicide car bombing near a police officer checkpost.
September 7
Twin explosions in the city of Quetta left at least 26 people dead.
September 13
Four school children along with a bus driver were killed in Peshawar during an attack on their school bus by
unidentified gunmen. Seventeen others also sustained injuries.
September 13
A makeshift bomb exploded near the vehicle of Sher Khan, head of the Awami National Party in the Lower Dir
area, killing the leader.
September 15
A Taliban suicide bomber struck the funeral ceremony of a tribal elder who belonged to an anti-Taliban militia in
Peshawar, killing at least 25 people on the funeral.
September 19
Eight people died and several others were injured when a suicide bomber belonging to the Tehreek-I-Taliban
Pakistan rammed an explosives-laden car outside the house of SSP Chaudhry Aslam Khan, a senior police officer
living in the posh Defence Housing Authority area of Karachi, Sindh. Khan and his family managed to escape the
attack although his house was destroyed by the blast and a few other civilians near the blast site were killed when
the incident occurred.
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Khan works at the Crime Investigation Department (CID) and is infamous for having led tough measures and
police operations against notorious criminal elements and members of underworld groups in Karachi (including
the likes of Rehman Deceit); a column published in The Express Tribune dubbed Chaudhry Aslam Khan as the
"Sultan Rahi" of Sindh Police. He is a recipient of the Pakistan Police Medal, Quaid-e-Azam Police Medal and
the Tamgha-I-Imtiaz, which was awarded to him by the President in early 2011.
This was the second attempt on his life, with police officials confirming that Khan had apparently been on the hit
list of militant groups for quite a long time. Neighbouring houses were also severely damaged as a result of the
attack while other houses located not far from the vicinity of the blast site had their windows shattered. There
were also schools located near the house which had their buildings and infrastructure damaged, such as the Haque
Academy, Beaconhouse and the Washington International School; the schools were temporarily closed for repair.
Among the victims of the blast included a female schoolteacher from the Washington International School and
her son, Khan's police guards and cook, and the son and driver of a neighbour. When responding to the attack on
his house, Khan remarked that he will not step back or be cowed and would carry on his "jihad against the
terrorists. “He also added: "Why don’t they come attack me in the open? I didn’t know these terrorists are such
cowards that they will attack sleeping children" and threatened that he would teach the terrorists who attacked his
house a lesson that "even their next generations would remember."
September 19
Five people were killed and over two dozen injured after a remote-controlled bomb ripped through a market selling
CDs in Peshawar.
September 20
At least 26 people were killed when armed militants affiliated with the Lashkar-e-Jhangvi attacked a bus travelling
in Mastung near the city of Quetta in Balochistan. The victims were pilgrims who were travelling towards Tafton
and belonged to the Shi'a Muslim Hazara community, suggesting the attack to have been a targeted killing of
sectarian nature.
September 23
Three people were killed and two injured when unidentified gunmen opened fire on a van carrying passengers
who belonged to the Hazara Shi'a community. The attack came just three days after the Mastung bus incident, in
which members of the Hazara community were also targeted.
September 23
Four people, including two women, were killed and six others injured when two roadside bombs targeted a
passenger vehicle in Bajaur.
September 28 Three people were killed and four injured when militants affiliated with the Balochistan Liberation
Army opened fire on men who were conducting oil and gas exploration in Baluchistan’s Harnai District.
October - December 2011
October 2
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A police van carrying 32 recruits which was heading towards a training facility in Abbottabad was attacked by a
remote-controlled bomb near Mansehra. The bomb killed four recruits and injured fifteen others. The dead and
injured were shifted to the Ayyub Medical Complex immediately.
October 4
Unknown gunmen riding a motorbike opened fire on a schoolteacher in Khuzdar, Balochistan, killing him on the
spot. A woman was also reported injured.
October 9
Four people were killed, and six others injured in various separate incidents in Quetta, Balochistan.
October 25
A Frontier Corps (FC) officer was killed after a landmine exploded near the So range coal mines in Quetta. In a
separate incident also in Quetta, a doctor was shot and injured by unknown assailants in the Satellite Town suburb.
October 26
Twelve people, including a woman and two children, were injured in a low-intensity bomb blast in a Peshawar
market.
October 27
Two-kilogram explosives packed in a ghee container exploded in a market in Peshawar, injuring fourteen people.
October 29
A seventeen-year-old suicide bomber detonated his explosives near a police car in Nowshera, killing two
policemen. The dead policemen included Ajmer Shah, a regional police inspector in Risalpur, and one of his
gunmen. According to an official, Shah was the main target of the attack because he had played an important role
in the killing a senior Tehreek-e-Taliban leader in the area a few months back. Shah was awarded with various
distinctions, including a Pride of Performance award for his crackdowns on criminals and anti-militant activities.
His body was laid to rest a day later, in a funeral attended by 300 people.
November 2
An explosion took place in Peshawar's Karkhano Market, injuring eleven people. The bomb was planted inside a
car.
November 3
Two members of the Frontier Corps were killed after their vehicle was hit by a remote-controlled bomb in Turbat,
Balochistan.
November 5 A man who was planting explosives in the Hazara Town suburb of Quetta fell victim to his own plot
when his explosives blew up prematurely. The man died on the spot. According to a police official, the explosives
were meant to target members of the Shi'a Hazara community, who are the residents of Hazara Town.
November 5
Two security personnel were killed and three injured when a security force convoy came under ambush in the
Razmak region of North Waziristan in FATA.
November 7
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Three people including a former Awami National Party tehsil nazim Hanif Gul Jadon, were killed and another
nine injured during a suicide attack in Swabi. Jadon was reportedly on his way back after attending Eid prayers
on the day when his vehicle was targeted. One of Jadon’s two sons who were accompanying him, fourteen-year-
old Ahmed Jadon, also succumbed to injuries a day later at the Lady Reading Hospital in Peshawar.
November 16
Suicide bombers inside a vehicle were pursued by police in Karachi's beachfront area of Seaview, leading to a
shoot-out incident. During the melee, one of the militants detonated his suicide explosives, causing the car which
the militants were travelling in, to blow up. The casualties in the incident included four militants as well as two
policemen. One of the officers, Maula Bukhsh died on the spot, while the second officer, Mumraiz Iqbal,
succumbed to his injuries at the Jinnah Post Graduate Medical Centre.
November 17
Eight people, including five of them of the same family, were killed by a roadside bomb in Khyber Agency.
November 19
Two Frontier Corps personnel died and another three were injured when a landmine blast occurred near the Sui
area of Balochistan province. Members of the Balochistan Liberation Army claimed responsibility for the incident.
November 21
Fourteen soldiers of the Frontier Corps, including a Major, were killed when Balochistan Liberation Army
militants attacked their convoy with sophisticated weapons near Musa Khel in Balochistan.
December 6 A loud blast attributed to an exploding gas cylinder occurred in Karachi, during the Muslim
observance day of Muharram. No casualties or injuries were reported. Hours later, another explosion occurred on
Karachi’s Kala Pull bridge. One man was injured in the explosion. Both blasts may have possibly been targeting
nearby Shi'a Muslim processions.
December 9
A landmine blast occurred in Kurram Agency in FATA when a contingent of security forces stepped on it. One
soldier sustained injury.
December 9
A remote-controlled roadside bomb exploded in the Gulistan-e-Jauhar area of Karachi. Three paramilitary troops
from Pakistan Rangers were killed and another four injured.
December 10
At least seven people were injured and one motorcyclist, identified as Abdul Manaf, was killed after a bomb which
had been planted outside the main gate of the University of Karachi exploded. According to police estimates,
explosives weighing between five and eight kilograms were used in the blast. The bomb left a two-feet crater in
the site. The injured were shifted to hospital. Members of the bomb disposal squad arrived to carry out
investigations, while police cordoned off the site.
December 10
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Tehreek-I-Taliban militants blew up two shrines in Khyber Agency. A caretaker of one of the shrines was killed
by unknown gunmen.
December 14
Two FC personnel were killed in Balochistan due to a landmine explosion.
December 24
A suicide bomber killed five paramilitary troops in Bannu.
December 29
Two assailants on a motorbike opened fire on the vehicle of a police surgeon, Dr Syed Baqir Shah in Quetta,
Balochistan. Shah was a key witness in the controversial Kharotabad incident. He carried out autopsies of five
foreigners, including two women, who were shot dead by security personnel in Quetta's suburb of Kharotabad in
May on the pretext of being suspected "terrorists". Shah disputed the account of law enforcement agencies,
claiming that the victims were civilians who had died of gunshot wounds instead of their own hand grenades,
which police officials alleged them of carrying.
December 30
A remote-controlled bomb in Bajaur agency killed two children.
December 30
A suicide bomber affiliated with the Balochistan Liberation Army killed 13 people in Quetta.
December 31 Two schoolchildren were killed, and seven others injured after a bomb went off during a jirga being
held in Landi Kotal, Khyber Agency.

This is a list of terrorist incidents in Pakistan in 2012. Pakistan has faced numerous attacks by insurgents as a
result of the ongoing War in North-West Pakistan by the Pakistani military against militant groups, part of the
War on Terror. At the same time, there have also been numerous drone attacks in Pakistan carried out by the
United States which exclusively target members of militant groups along the Afghan border regions.
January - March 2012
January 1 Askari Raza, leader of a Shi'a political organisation Pasban-e-Jaferia, was shot dead in a sectarian-
motivated target killing in Karachi by two armed men riding a motorcycle a day earlier. He was accompanied by
a friend in his car, who was injured in the attack. The attackers were also said to be injured when two other men
accompanying Raza fired in retaliation although they managed to escape safely. At least 15,000 Shi'a protestors
staged a sit-in outside the Sindh Governor House on the first day of January to protest the assassination.
January 3
Three blasts took place in three different cities: Gujrat, Peshawar and Landi Kotal (Khyber Agency), killing in
total at least five people and injuring dozens of others.
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January 4
A remote-controlled blast in Sui, Balochistan killed an Amn force guard and injured two other tribesmen.
January 5
The Pakistani Taliban (TTP) murdered 15 Frontier Constabulary soldiers in Orakzai Agency who had been
kidnapped and kept in custody for over a year. The bodies were recovered in North Waziristan, sustaining 40
bullets each and bearing signs of torture. Terming the killings, a "new year gift", the TTP called the incident a
retaliation for the killing of Taliban comrades earlier by Pakistani security forces, saying that their military
operations were against Islam and Pashtun tribal traditions, and vowed further violence. The funeral prayers for
the soldiers were offered at an FC headquarters in Peshawar and the bodies buried with honours. The killings were
condemned by numerous political figures, including Imran Khan.
January 7
Four people were killed in various sectarian target killing incidents in Gilgit. The government of Gilgit-Baltistan
issues shoot-to-kill orders for target killers.
January 9
Ten soldiers who had earlier gone missing in December 2011 after a raid by militants were found dead in the
Upper Orakzai area. A lesser known militant group working under the TTP umbrella claimed responsibility for
the executions. The bodies were flown to Peshawar, where their funeral prayers were offered. The incident came
just days after 15 FC soldiers were killed, also in Orakzai Agency.
January 10
A bomb exploded near a petrol pump in the town of Jamrud near the Afghan border in Khyber Agency, FATA.
The bombing killed at least 30 people while over 70 others were critically injured.
January 12
Baloch Liberation Front insurgents ambushed a convoy of paramilitary troops near Turbat, killing fourteen
soldiers.
January 12
Over a hundred militants launched an attack on a police officer checkpost in Sarband, an area on the outskirts of
Peshawar. Two policemen were killed, and eleven others injured.
January 13
Police say about 100 militants have ambushed a police station in the northwestern city of Peshawar, shooting dead
three officers.
January 14
Four suicide bombers sent by the Tehreek-I-Taliban attacked a district police office in Dera Ismail Khan. The
suicide bombers had attempted to take over the building and conduct a hostage-type attack although were
unsuccessful when security forces managed to contain them in a firefight. Three bombers detonated their
explosives, dying instantly, while another was shot dead by troops. Two of the dead bombers were identified as
foreigners. Some of the bombers were disguised in police uniforms. Apart from the militants, three civilians and
one police official also died in the attack while eight others were injured.
January 15
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A remote-controlled bomb went off during a Shi'a Muslim Chehlum procession in the tehsil of Kanpur in Rahim
Yar Khan District, Punjab. Eighteen people were killed, and dozens of others injured from the incident.
January 18
A regional sales officer at a Warid Telecom franchise outlet in Karachi, Ahsan Kamal, died when two armed men
entered the store and attempted to loot it. When Kamal attempted to resist the men, he was shot dead.
January 24
A party activist of the Ahle Sunnat wall Jamaat was gunned down in Karachi.
January 25
Three lawyers belonging to the Shi'a sect were killed during a firing incident initiated by unknown gunmen near
a city court in Karachi.
January 30
A commander of a banned militant outfit (Ansar-ul-Islam), Haji Akhundzada, and three others were killed
following a suicide attack outside the commander's home in the outskirts of Peshawar. According to Akhundzada’s
son, a rival militant group Lashkar-e-Islam (LeI) led by Mangal Bagh Afridi had long been targeting Akhundzada,
and had also murdered some his close relatives before, because he "was helping the government against extremist
group Lashkar-e-Islam (LeI)."
January 31
One security guard and a woman were killed when unknown terrorists opened fire inside a Telenor franchise in
Nazimabad, Karachi.
February 1
at least 15 Fc soldiers killed and 15 to 20 injured and 3 captured during an attack on their check posts in Margat
Bolan Balochistan by Baloch Liberation Army
February 17
A suicide bombing in a bazaar in Parachinar, targeting Shi'a Muslims, killed 41 people. A splinter group of the
Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan claimed responsibility for the attack, alleging the local Shi'a community of being
involved in activities against them.
February 23
A remote-control car blast in Peshawar killed at least 12 people and injured 32 people.
February 24
Three suicide bombers attacked a police officer checkpost in Peshawar, killing four policemen and injuring six.
The attack was a reaction to the killing of a top Taliban commander in Waziristan. When the bombers were
engaged by the policemen in firing, they blew themselves up.
February 27
A blast after an Awami National Party rally in Nowshera killed seven and injured over twenty others. It was a
remote-control bomb, parked along with the road side, confirmed by Bomb Disposal Squad.
February 28
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Militants ambushed a bus carrying Shi'a Muslims in Kohistan, killing all 18 people on board.
March 11
A suicide bomber attacked a funeral attended by an anti-Taliban politician in northwest Pakistan on Sunday,
killing at least 15 mourners.
March 15
A suicide attack on Thursday killed a senior Pakistani police officer and wounded his bodyguard in the
northwestern city of Peshawar.
March 20
A bomb planted in a rickshaw killed two policemen and wounded four other people in the northwestern Pakistani
city of Peshawar on Tuesday, police and hospital officials said.
March 23
Peshawar - A suicide bomber blew himself up outside a mosque on Friday, killing 5-13 people in Pakistan's
lawless tribal belt, a Taliban and Al-Qaeda stronghold on the Afghan border, officials said.
March 24
At least seven soldiers and 22 militants died in clashes between Pakistani troops and militants in the restive
northwestern tribal belt
March 24
Gunmen ambushed a Pakistani paramilitary checkpost on Friday, killing four soldiers and abducting four others
in the southwestern province of Balochistan
March 25
PESHAWAR, Pakistan - At least three soldiers were killed after dozens of Taliban militants stormed a check post
in Pakistan's northwest tribal region near the Afghan border, officials said Saturday.
April - June 2012
April 4
Khyber Agency - A bomb blasts in a passenger van in Jamrud, at least six people killed and three injured.
April 24 A five-kilogram bomb was implanted at platform no. 2, Railway Station, Lahore. The blast killed at least
three people and injured over thirty others. A banned group called the "Lashkar-e-Balochistan" claimed
responsibility for the attack, calling it a retaliation for the ongoing kill and dump operations in Balochistan. A
spokesman for the group said that the group did not want to target common citizens, but the state machinery had
"forced them to commit such acts". He also warned that Islamabad and Rawalpindi were next targets if the killings
of Baloch civilians did not stop.
May 3
Two bomb attacks killed at least five people in Pakistan's tribal areas
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June 7
At least 15 people, including 5 children, were killed and over 48 injured when a remote-controlled bomb blast
triggered outside a madrassa in Quetta.
June 8
A bus carrying government employees near Peshawar exploded when a bomb which had been planted inside it
beforehand went off. Nineteen people were killed in the attack.
June 16
A bomb blast in a market in Landi Kotal, Khyber Agency killed 23 people and injured over 50 others.
June 17
A car bomb hit a crowded bazaar in the town of Landi Kotal in the Khyber region killing 26 people and wounded
over 50 others.
June 17
A bomb hidden in a handcart killed seven people in the district of Kohat
June 18
Bus carrying Shias is bombed in Pakistan's Quetta city
June 21
A bomb on a donkey cart killed three people at a Sufi shrine in Peshawar
June 21
A bomb exploded in a mosque in the southwestern city of Quetta, killing two worshippers and wounding 13 others
June 23
A gunman on motorcycles shot dead eight men at a laundry in a busy area of Quetta
June 24
Two gunmen riding a motorbike opened fire on a police mobile van, killing three policemen
June 24
Terrorists from Afghanistan crossed over the border and killed six soldiers in gun battles, while eleven others
went missing. A day later, news emerged that seven of those soldiers had been killed and beheaded by the militants
who infiltrated from Afghanistan.
June 25
Seven captured Pakistani soldiers 'beheaded by Taliban
June 27
A bomb has exploded at a railway station in western Pakistan, killing at least five people.
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June 28
A remote-controlled bomb killed four Frontier Corps paramilitary personnel in the town of Bara in Khyber
Agency, FATA.
June 28
14 people were killed, and 30 others injured when a suicide attack occurred on a bus in Quetta which was returning
from Iran carrying pilgrims belonging to the Hazara community.
July - September 2012
July 6
18 Shi'a pilgrims who were travelling to Iran were killed when unidentified assailants opened fire on their vehicle
in the town of Turbat, Balochistan.
July 8
14 people were killed by a landmine blast in Chaman, Balochistan near the Afghan border.
July 9
Gunmen attacked a military camp near Wazirabad in Punjab, killing seven security personnel. The attack came at
a time when Pakistan reopened NATO supply lines to Afghanistan, which had previously been closed for eight
months to protest the 2011 NATO attack in Pakistan.
July 11
One person was killed, and nineteen others injured when a blast targeted a bus carrying employees of the Space
and Upper Atmosphere Research Commission (SUPARCO) on the Hub River Road in Karachi. The bomb was
planted on a bicycle and was remote-controlled. According to news, the person killed was a passer-by. There were
up to 40 people on board the bus. Most injuries occurred due to the shattering of the glass windows of the bus.
July 12
Tehreek-I-Taliban gunmen wearing masks attacked a police academy in early morning hours in Lahore, killing
nine police cadets. This was the second militant attack against a security force installation in the relatively peaceful
province of Punjab. The victims were mainly from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa near the Afghan border. According to
TTP spokesman Ehsanullah, police officers from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa had been specifically targeted in Lahore
because of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Police's record of "treating Taliban detainees poorly." The TTP threatened
more similar attacks.
July 12
The miners were abducted on July 7 in the Soorang area, 25 kilometres east of the provincial capital Quetta, and
their bullet-ridden bodies were found dumped on a roadside in the hills of nearby Degari, The Baluchistan
Liberation Army, which is fighting for independence from the federal government, had claimed responsibility for
their kidnapping
July 13
Five persons were killed and ten injured in a bomb explosion at busy Kuchlak Bazar in Quetta suburban area.
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July 15
A mortar bomb fell on a house in Peshawar's Shaikhan village area on Sunday, killing four
July 15
18 people were killed in incidents of target killings in Karachi.
July 18
A bomb targeted a vehicle in Orakzai Agency, FATA. Fourteen people of the same clan were killed in the incident.
The bombing was said to be motivated by sectarianism.
July 18
At least eight people were killed when a passenger van hit a landmine on the border between Pakistan's Orakzai
tribal region and Kohat district.
July 21
A suicide bomb attack has killed at least nine people in north-western Pakistan.
July 21
A bomb explosion at a compound in Orakzai killed nine people and wounded 20.
July 21
Militants suspected to be allied with the banned Balochistan Liberation Army attacked a coast guard post in the
port city of Gwadar in Balochistan, killing six security personnel.
July 21
Roadside bomb kills three in Upper Dir
July 21
At least eight security men were killed and two were injured in an attack on the coast guard's checkpost
July 26
Nine people were killed, and 23 others injured after a bomb exploded in a market in the Salarzai area of Bajaur
Agency.
August 1
Two bomb explosions in the fruit market area of Lahore injured 20 people, 5 of them seriously.
August 6
Five militants, including a key commander, were killed in a roadside bomb blast in the northwestern tribal region
of Khyber.
August 6
A woman and two children were killed in a blast around house in Quetta. The blast had been triggered by a bomb
placed in a car.
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August 6
Militants in Pakistan attack NATO truck in north-west Pakistan
August 7
A bomb killed four policemen and wounded 14 others in Pakistan's troubled southwestern province of Balochistan
August 12
A remote-controlled bomb attack on Sunday killed three soldiers in Pakistan's troubled Waziristan district
August 15
At least one security personnel were killed and three others injured when a landmine exploded in Pakistan's
northwestern Khurram.
August 16
Tehreek-I-Taliban militants staged an attack on the Kamra Air Base of the Pakistan Air Force in Attock, Punjab.
One security official was killed in the exchange while all eight militants who participated in the attack were shot
dead by security forces. The TTP claimed the attack was in revenge for the deaths of Baitullah Mehsud and Osama
bin Laden.
August 16
Gunmen in Mansehra pulled 20 Shi'a Muslims out of a bus and shot them dead, in an incident of sectarian killing.
August 17
Two people were killed, and 18 others injured after a bomb went off near the Safari Park in Karachi. The blast
happened as a bus was crossing the area. The bus was reportedly carrying passengers affiliated with the Imamia
Students Organisation, a Shi'a student body, who were travelling to attend a Shi'a procession. The injured were
shifted to Jinnah hospital.
August 18
A suicide bomber blew up his explosive-laden car at a check post in Quetta overnight killing five people including
three soldiers
August 21
A blast ripped through Sariab road near Moosa Colony in Quetta killing two persons.
August 23
Militants on Thursday shot dead three police officers in the area of Hangu in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province.
August 27
Gunmen shot dead eight people in attacks on two buses as rebels in Balochistan staged a strike to mark the
anniversary of a tribal leader's death.
August 27
Three Shi'a Muslims were gunned down in Quetta.
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August 29
Taliban militants have attacked a Pakistani army post near the Afghan border killing at least eight soldiers.
August 29
Two people were killed and a further 10 injured when a bomb exploded on railway tracks Jacobabad.
August 30
Unidentified gunmen shot dead a Shia Muslim judge along with his driver and police bodyguard in Quetta.
August 31
A bomb ripped through a market in Peshawar, killing 11 people and injuring 16.
September 1
Unidentified gunmen shot dead seven Shi'a Hazara civilians in the Hazar Ganji area of Quetta.
September 3
A suicide bomber killed himself and two others when he drove a car bomb into a US consular vehicle in the
Pakistani city of Peshawar.
September 10
Pakistan blast: Bomb 'kills 12' in Parachinar market.
September 15
An alleged terrorist was killed while preparing a suicide jacket in Dhoda area in Kohat.
September 16
Eight militants were killed when security forces pounded their positions in Khadezai area of Orakzai Agency.
September 16
Northwest Pakistan roadside bomb 'kills 14'.
September 17
The driver of a trailer, supplying goods to Nato forces in Afghanistan, was killed and his assistant received critical
injuries when their vehicle was targeted by an explosive device on Peshawar-Torkham road.
September 18
Two policemen were injured when their vehicle was targeted by a roadside remote-controlled bomb in Shagai
Maidan, Lower Dir.
September 18
In Charsadda, the wife of a former councillor sustained injuries in a bomb blast in Shabqadar area.
September 19
At least six persons including an industrialist and two employees of a cellular phone company were kidnapped by
suspected militants at gunpoint from main Peshawar-Kohat Road in Matani area.
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September 19
Pakistan bomb blast kills 'at least nine' in Peshawar.
September 22
Two persons were killed in a roadside bomb blast while another explosive device was defused in lower Kurram
Agency.
September 24
A security man was killed and another sustained injury in a bomb blast in Jamrud tehsil of Khyber Agency.
September 24
In Nowshera, three policemen and two passers-by were injured when a van carrying prisoners was hit by a remote-
controlled bomb near Rashakai on Monday.
September 25
Eight militants were killed, and a security man injured in a clash in upper Orakzai Agency
September 26
Unidentified gunmen shot dead three people including a senior official of the Geological Survey of Pakistan on
Wednesday in Balochistan.
September 26
Mohsin Anwar Kazim, a member of the minority Shia community, was gunned down outside his office in Quetta,
the Balochistan capital.
September 26
PPP activist Owais aka Fazlu who suffered serious wounds in an attack by assailants on Sep 26 in Surjani Town
sector 7A died during treatment at a private hospital on October 18.
September 27
Unknown assailants riding a motorcycle opened fire killing 2 people at Kala Groh area in the jurisdiction of
Paharpur police station.
September 28
Militants destroy peace activist's house in Bara
September 28
Peshawar blast kills top Pakistan bomb disposal officer and injured three police officers.
September 29
A woman was killed and two others received injuries when two mortar shells hit a residential area in Bara tehsil
of Khyber Agency.
September 30
Unidentified assailants killed a policeman and injured another in an attack in Wari area of Upper Dir.
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September 30
In Khurram Agency, a security man was killed, and two others were injured in a landmine explosion on Sunday.
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October 2
Police foiled a sabotage bid by defusing a five-kilogram bomb at Shaikhan area on the outskirts of Peshawar.
October 3
Three security men were injured in a blast near Gora Parai checkpost in Baizai tehsil of Mohmand tribal region.
October 3
A school was blown up by unidentified militants in Akora Khattak area in the small hours of Wednesday. Officials
said that the building of government high school Adamzai was destroyed when explosives planted there by
unidentified militants went off.
October 3
In Peshawar, police defused a heavy bomb, planted on Frontier Road near Shaikhan village. An official said that
the 10-kilogram bomb was planted at a bicycle, probably to target police.
October 4
Peshawar: Frontier Corps (FC) man was killed by unknown gunmen in Ghani Kallay area in the vicinity of Dauda
police station.
October 5
Seven suspects from a feared Al-Qaeda-linked group had been arrested for allegedly plotting to attack school
buses and prisons in Karachi. Police also recovered seven explosive-filled jackets, rockets and detonators.
October 5
Six militants and one soldier were killed in exchange of fire when militants from Afghanistan side attacked a
border security post in Gursal area.
October 6
At least five volunteers of a local tribal peace Lashkar were killed, and seven others injured as militants attacked
a position of the peace Lashkar in Bara tehsil of Khyber Agency.
October 6
The miscreants blew up a NATO container through an IED explosion in Jamrud Bazaar. No human losses reported
in the explosion.
October 6
The supply of electricity to Shalobar and adjoining areas was disrupted when militants blew up a power pylon at
Naw Gazi Baba area of Bara tehsil in Khyber Agency.
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October 7
At least six people lost lives and scores got injured when unknown gunmen opened fire during PPP's rally in
Khairpur.
October 7
Miscreants attacked a car of security forces with remote control bomb in Risalpur city of Nowhere district,
wounding two personnel.
October 7
A remote-controlled bomb planted in the middle of Nowshera-Mardan Road exploded when an army truck was
passing through the area. Two army men sustained injuries in the blast.
October 7
An unidentified militant blew up gas supply line in Hassanzai area on Saturday night, disrupting gas supply to
several villages.
October 7
The flour mill owner at Wah Cantonment, which was attacked allegedly by militants on Saturday evening in
demand of large sum of money near Rawalpindi.
October 8
A roadside bomb near a police checkpoint in Pakistan's south-west has left one person dead and at least 10 injured.
October 8
Seven people were killed and 10 more injured when gunmen opened fire on a public meeting in a southern Pakistan
village on Sunday night, according to Pakistani news outlet Dawn.
October 8
A remote-controlled bomb planted in the middle of Nowshera-Mardan Road exploded when an army truck was
passing through the area near NOWSHERA.
October 8
Eight persons were killed, including three gunned down in sectarian attacks, across the city Karachi.
October 8
At least twelve people including a child were injured when a bomb exploded near Zarghoon Road in Quetta.
October 9
Four people were killed, and two others injured when a mortar fell on a house in the Orakzai tribal region in
Peshawar.
October 9
Malala Yousafzai: Pakistan activist, 14, shot in Swat.
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October 9
Three persons were injured when militants attacked a passenger vehicle near Paro village in lower Kurram
Agency.
October 9
Two children were killed, and one was seriously injured in a hand grenade blast. The children were playing with
the hand grenade when it exploded with a bang in a street in College Town. Police said that the children had found
the hand grenade in the street.
October 9
In Peshawar, suspected militants blew up a government primary school for boys at Fakirabad Chowk in Badhber
area. police official said that two bombs were planted under the foundation of the building that went off after at
midnight. The blast, he said, damaged the building and furniture.
October 9
In Charsadda, a government school was blown up in Malka Dhar area on Tuesday. Sources said that unidentified
militants planted an explosive device at the school that went off on Tuesday morning. As a result, the two rooms
of building were destroyed completely. The furniture and record of the school was also destroyed. About 5
kilograms of explosives were used in the blast.
October 10
PPP activist, policeman among nine killed across city.
October 10
A government primary school was blown up by unidentified militants at Osmanabad area of Akora Khattak,
Nowshera. 4 to 6 kilograms of explosives were used in the blast.
October 11
11 people were killed and 26 injured when a powerful bomb strapped to a motorbike exploded near a restaurant
on Nishtar Road in Sibi. Police said the 15 kg explosive device damaged 12 shops and five vehicles.
October 11
In Dera Bugti district, three security personnel were killed and two severely injured when their vehicle struck a
landmine in Maro area.
October 11
A worker of a construction company was killed when a bomb exploded on G.T. Road, NOWSHERA. three to
four kilograms of explosive were used in the blast.
October 11
At least four people were killed and nine injured in incidents of violence across the city Karachi
October 12
Masked gunmen killed three people, including a pro-government tribal elder in an attack on his car on the outskirts
of Miranshah, officials said.
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October 12
Five persons were killed, and 22 others injured when twin blasts ripped through a local market in Orakzai Agency.
The Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), Orakzai Agency chapter, claimed responsibility for the two blasts. 25 kg
of explosives were used in the blasts.
October 12 Eleven persons were killed in a blast in Sibi on Thursday TV reported that a remote-controlled bomb
planted in a rickshaw went off on Nishtar Road in Sibi, killing 11 persons including two children and injuring 26
others.
October 12
Three personnel were killed and another sustained injury in a landmine blast in Dera Bugti.
October 13
At least 15 people were killed and 25 were wounded in a car bomb blast in Kohat's Darra Adam Khel area.
October 13
Five people were killed and four seriously injured in a clash between two militant groups in the Orakzai tribal
region, Peshawar.
October 14
A policeman killed when militants opened fire on a police officer raiding party in Peshawar's Bara Shaikhan area,
one militant was also killed in retaliatory firing by the police.
October 14
A soldier of Frontier Constabulary was killed when militants attacked a party of law enforcers in Shaikhan village
in Peshawar. Police and FC were patrolling Shaikhan village when militants attacked them. Mohammad Ayaz, a
soldier of FC, was killed on the spot.
October 14
In Khyber Agency, a security man and a militant were killed in an exchange of fire in Bara tehsil on Sunday.
Officials said that a joint patrolling party of Khasadar and Frontier Constabulary was ambushed by militants in
Akkakhel.
October 14
A homemade bomb was recovered from Nagshah Chowk, Multan. Two blasts had occurred at the same place last
night, where this evening former prime minister Yusuf Raza Gilani is scheduled to address a Pakistan People's
Party (PPP) public meeting.
October 14
A political activist was gunned down by unknown motorcycle-riding attackers in Landhi, Karachi, on Sunday.
Another man and a four-year-old girl also suffered injuries in the attack.
October 15
Armed men on a motorbike opened fire at a vehicle on Sattar Road, killing Mohammad Ismail and his brother
Ishaq. They belonged to the Shia community, also injured 3 others.
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October 15
Superintendent of Police (Rural) Khurshid Khan and six others, including police and Frontier Constabulary (FC)
personnel, were killed whereas 12 others were injured when more 300 militants attacked a police officer check
post set up on the main Peshawar-Kohat Road in the Matni area on the outskirts of Peshawar. Khurshid Khan's
severed head was later reunited with his body when his family paid Rs 3.5 million.
October 15
According to the TTP spokesman Ihsanullah Ihsan, the banned group killed SP, ten police and FC men, and
abducted several personnel. Ihsanullah Ihsan said that the attack was in return to the raid which was launched by
the security forces on Taliban training camps in Peshawar.
October 15
A community health centre was partially damaged in a blast in Bar Taras area of Salarzia tehsil in Bajaur Agency.
October 15
Five workers of the outlawed Ahle Sunnat Wal Jamaat were gunned down in two separate acts of violence in
Karachi.
October 15
An activist of the Sunni Tehreek was shot dead in New Karachi on Monday.
October 15
A 13-year-old boy was seriously injured when explosive device went off in Hilalkhail area of Charming on
Monday. Local sources said that some boys were playing in a field when an explosive device planted by militants
exploded, seriously injuring Usman.
October 16
Gunmen shot dead four people from the Shia community on Tuesday, in what appears to be a fresh sectarian
attack in Pakistan's troubled southwestern province of Balochistan.
October 16
Four members of the ethnic Hazara community were killed in an attack apparently motivated by sectarian hatred
in Quetta on Tuesday.
October 17
An inspector of the Karachi Municipal Corporation was gunned down by gunmen on Shahrah-i-Noor Jehan on
Wednesday.
October 17
Another policeman was killed, and his colleague was wounded in an attack on a police kiosk in F.B Industrial
Area of Karachi.
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October 17
Three Awami National Party workers were gunned down in Par Hoti area, Mardan on Wednesday night.
October 17
Militants fired 12 rockets on Mina, Sapary and Bandagi villages close to Pak-Afghan border. He said two rockets
hit a house injuring a 14-year-old girl.
October 17
Police on Wednesday evening repulsed a militant attack on their checkpost in Mashogagar area on the outskirts
of Peshawar. An official said, several militants armed with rocket launchers and Kalashnikovs attacked the post,
but they had to flee after police opened fire on them.
October 17
A gunman opened fire on the two men in Buleda, killing them on the spot. The victims belonged to Khyber-
Pakhtunkhwa.
October 17
An armed man opened fire on a tanker on National Highway, in the jurisdiction of Saddar Police Station, Dera
Murad Jamali. As a result, a person identified as Muhammad Umair lost his life while the driver sustained injuries.
October 18
PPP activist Mohammad Zeeshan was killed, and his colleague suffered bullet wounded when assailants riding a
motorcycle opened fire on them near a roundabout in Sector 11-L near Hussain Chowk Orangi Town Karachi.
October 18
A man (identified as Mohammad Arshad) was gunned down by motorcycle-riding attackers in Nazimabad Karachi
on Thursday.
October 18
A man identified as Shahbaz Memon, was gunned down by motorcycle-riding attackers and another was wounded
in old city area on Thursday.
October 19
In the Saeedabad area of Karachi, a car carrying four persons was targeted by armed attackers. The attack left one
dead and three injured.
October 19
Two people were killed, and one was injured in a firing incident near Abul Hassan Ispahani Road, Karachi after
the rally organised by ASWJ
October 19
PPP MPA injured in firing incident in Karachi.
October 19
A bomb planted on a bicycle killed at least three paramilitary soldiers in a restive southwestern Pakistani city
Quetta and wounded 10 other people on Friday.
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October 19
A police head constable and a Pakistan Qaumi Razakar volunteer were shot dead by four armed men riding two
motorcycles in Sohrab Goth, Karachi, raising the death toll of policemen killed in the city during the year to 69.
October 19
Military gunship helicopters pounded suspected militant hideouts after unidentified gunmen killed a security
official in Civil Colony Miranshah, headquarters of North Waziristan on Friday.
October 19
A Frontier Corps constable was killed, and five others were wounded when armed men attacked a check post in
restive Dera Bugti district on Friday
October 20
Four armed assailants on two motorcycles fired a volley of bullets at family killing a person and injured 3 others
near Dakkhana Chowrangi, Karachi.
October 20
Twin blasts were reported in the suburban areas of Peshawar Saturday morning and fortunately no casualty was
reported.
October 20
A young worker of the Muttahida Qaumi Movement, hailing from Mansehra, was shot dead in the city of Karachi.
October 20
Police said, two bombs planted by suspected militants along Bara-Shaikhan Road of Peshawar went off at around
7am.
October 22
Twin blasts in Swabi: K-P chief minister's convoy escapes bomb attack. Eight people, including police personnel,
were injured in two explosions in Swabi district on Monday.
October 23
Two members of the Ahmadi community, a policeman was gunned down in Sector 8, Karachi on Tuesday.
October 23
Two persons including a suspected militant were shot dead while another was injured during a search operation
in Akkakhel area of Bara. Sources said that the operation was conducted jointly by army and Frontier Corps.
October 23
Three personnel of Frontier Constabulary (FC) were injured in a blast on Frontier Road on the outskirts of
Peshawar on Tuesday. militants had planted a four-kilogram heavy bomb along the roadside.
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October 23
In Lakki Marwat, a villager was seriously injured in a bomb explosion near a primary school in Nar Bakhmal
Ahmadzai area on Tuesday. while police and security forces reached the area and defused another homemade
explosive device planted inside the school building.
October 23
Commandant Khyber Rifles Col Fayaz on Tuesday handed over 35 Kukikhel and three Zakhakhel tribesmen,
arrested during Ghundi operation. The commandant also returned 24 light weapons, seized during the operation.
October 24
A bridge and few houses were damaged in a blast near Bacha Khan Markaz, Peshawar. the bomb was planted
along Pejagi Road to target the law-enforcers. However, terrorists failed to achieve their target, no casualty was
reported in the blast.
October 24
A labourer was critically injured along with three other colleagues when a mortar shell fell on a factory in
Alamgudar area of Sipah, near Landi Kotal.
October 24
In Mohmand Agency, suspected militants blew up two government primary schools in Halim Zia Tehsil on
Wednesday morning. Sources said that militants planted explosive devices at the buildings of primary schools for
boys in Wazir Kallay and Khwajawas Kor areas in the night that went off on Wednesday morning. As a result,
both the buildings were destroyed completely.
October 24
In Swabi, suspected militants blew up a government middle school in New Nehar Jahangira on Wednesday. Police
said that two classrooms of the school were destroyed completely while the third one was damaged in the pre-
dawn blast.
October 25
Eight militants were killed when helicopter gunships pounded militant hideouts in Bara tehsil of Khyber Agency.
October 25
In Hangu, a girl was killed, and three persons were injured in a bomb blast in Gulshan Colony on Thursday. A
six-kilogram heavy bomb was planted in the backyard of the house, City police station registered a case against
unidentified terrorists and launched investigations.
October 25
Security forces claimed on Thursday to have killed a suspected militant in Bagan area of lower Kurram. A pistol
and a hand grenade were reportedly recovered from his possession.
October 28
Three killed, 25 injured in Nowshera blast.
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November 2
At least 18 people, including women and children, were killed and several injured in a fire when unknown gunmen
opened fire on a bus outside a petrol station in Khuzdar, south-west Pakistan.
November 3
At least Four people, including two Bohras and an MQM office bearer killed in shooting incidents in Hyderabad.
November 3
Human rights activist and journalist Marvi Sirmed was shot at in Islamabad but escaped unhurt.
November 3
The Phandu baba Sufi shrine at Chamkani, near Peshawar was bombed and partially destroyed. This was the third
such incident in a week.
November 3
Fateh Khan, the head of the local anti-Taliban militia, and five others were killed by a TTP suicide bomber in
Daggr, north-west Pakistan.
November 3
A doctor reported treating two girls in Parachinar, northern Pakistan, in October, who had been victims of an acid
attack by Pakistani Taliban opposed to female education. One boy was shot and one injured in the same incident.
November 4
Three killed in a shooting incident in Hyderabad.
November 5
Two Pakistani Khasadar militia personnel injured in a blast during search operations in Pakistan's tribal belt.
November 6
Agha Aftab Haider Jafari, a prominent Shia leader was shot dead in Quetta. The past few months have witnessed
hundreds of Shia Muslims across Pakistan being killed by pro-Taliban elements.
November 6
Four people, including three Hazaras were killed and two injured in shooting incidents in Quetta.
November 7
Assistant Superintendent of Police Hilal Haider and at least four others were killed and 30 injured by a TTP suicide
bomber in Peshawar.
November 7
At least three killed and ten, including a police officer, injured in a blast at Sadda, Khurram Agency, Pakistan.
November 8
Two killed and 21 injured in suicide bombing at the gate of Pakistani Rangers' headquarter in Karachi.
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November 19
The former chief of the Jamaat-i-Islami (JI), Pakistan’s largest religion-political party, narrowly escaped a bomb
attack on Monday as a female suicide bomber detonated her explosives near his convoy in northwest Mohmand
tribal agency Four people, including the bodyguard of the former JI chief, were injured in the attack, officials said.
A vehicle was also damaged although Ahmad’s vehicle was not damaged or hit by the force of the blast.
November 22
A series of three bomb attacks in Pakistan (Karachi, Rawalpindi & Quetta) killed at least 37 people, and 92 others
injured.
November 24
8 people were killed and several injured after bomb exploded in Ashoura procession of Shi'ites in
procession of Shi'ites in Dera Ismail Khan.

December 15
At least 5 dead over 25 injured as rockets hit an airport near Peshawar.
December 22
A suicide blast in the Qissa Khawani Bazaar area of Peshawar killed KP Senior Minister Bashir Ahmad Bilour
and 8 others

This is a list of terrorist incidents in Pakistan in 2013. Some of the incidents are sectarian in nature and the TTP
is responsible for a majority of them
January 1
Malik Mukhtar Hussain, was a prominent licensed organizer of Shia processions and majalis in Chiniot. He was
gunned down in an Imambargah on 31 December 2012 by six armed men. After few days, an injured 16 years old
Moazam Ali martyred. He was admitted at local hospital.
January 1
A bomb mounted to a motorcycle exploded near Ayesha Manzil in Karachi after the address of MQM by Dr.
Tahir-ul-Qadri, killing four people and injured more than 45.
January 4
Haider and Jamal, twin brothers, were going to the university on January 2, 2013 when unknown gunmen attacked
them. Haider Lateef Qadri, who along with his twin brother Jamal Jafar Qadri, had suffered gunshot wounds died
at a private hospital on Friday. His brother (jamal) had expired on the spot. The 20-year-old BCom student and
his brother were attacked by two motorcyclists at the intersection of Mirza Adam Khan Road in Agra Taj Colony.
Haider had been under treatment for three days. The motive behind the attack remains unclear.
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January 9
A private school owner was shot dead in North Karachi in what police described as a ‘sectarian’ attack on
Wednesday morning. Engineer Syed Ali Hider Jafri, a 48-year-old Shia Muslim, was shot dead in Sector 11-A,
North Karachi, after he dropped his wife to a campus of their school, said an official at the Sir Syed police station.
"It was surly a sectarian killing considering the ongoing spate of the killings in the city," the SP said.
Another incident took place in Peshawar when Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) president for Khurram Agency Dr.
Riaz Hussain was gunned down in Dabgari Garden near his clinic. He belonged to an influential Sadat family of
Parachinar and had much influence over Shia Muslims in the province. Zawar Shah, a Hazara Shia Muslim, was
targeted outside his shop on Seerat Chowk, Khuzdar, Balochistan. He is a resident of Quetta and, according to
reports, that's where his body is being taken.
January 10
Four bombings in Quetta and the Swat Valley killed over a hundred people and injured an estimated 270. Many
of the casualties were caused by the second blast as police and media rushed to the scene. The bombed area is
predominantly Shia Muslim. The banned Sunni group Lashkar-e-Jhangvi (LeJ) claimed responsibility for the
attack in a predominantly Shi'ite neighbourhood where the residents are ethnic Hazara.
January 23
Five people were killed and 3 injured in a blast in Orakzai Agency.
January 24
At least six people including three policemen were killed and seven injured after twin blasts in Karachi.
January 30
At least 3 people were killed and 4 injured in a blast outside a commercial plaza in Karachi at night.
January 31
Two polio vaccination doctors died in a roadside bomb blast in Waziristan on their way to Khurram.
February 1
A suicide blast killed 19 people and wounded 45 in a market targeting Shias outside a mosque in Hangu. The
death toll was reported variously above 20 and up to 24.
February 7
A policeman was killed, and five others were wounded in a bomb attack targeting a police van in Karachi's Orangi
Town.
February 8
A bomb exploded near a marketplace in Kalaya, Orakzai, killing 16 people, and Baloch militants fired rocket-
propelled grenades, killing one soldier and sounding five others in Turbat district, Balochistan.
February 11
At least six persons including an Assistant Sub Inspector were killed on Monday in various target killings in
Karachi.
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February 14
Seven people died in a blast at a police checkpoint in Hangu. Later the toll rose to 11. Then seven militia men
were killed in a bomb attack on an anti-Taliban tribe. Two passenger vehicles were struck by landmines killing 9
people near Hassan Khel, Orakzai region. At least six suicide bombers were killed while attacking a police station
outside Bannu.
February 16
Pakistani police have said 83 people killed on Saturday, saying a suicide bomber was behind the attack that
pulverized a busy marketplace in Quetta. The death toll rose to 91 after two days.
February 17
Eight people were killed in target killings in Karachi on Sunday, Dawn reported the next day.
February 18
Gunmen in police uniforms attacked the compound of a senior government official killing four security guards
were killed in Peshawar. Two explosions occurred. Eight more people died in targeted killings in Karachi. Two
blasts in Karachi injured at least two people. In a separate incident, prominent Professor of Vitreoretinal Surgery,
Dr. Syed Ali Haider and his 11-year-old son, Murtaza, were shot dead, while on the way to Murtaza's school. It
is suspected that the attacks were carried out by the banned Sunni extremist group, Lashkar-e-Jhangvi (LeJ).
February 26
A police official says a blast at a Sufi shrine in southern Pakistan has killed two people.
March 3
A powerful explosion ripped through a crowd of Shiites as they left a mosque in Karachi, Pakistan's largest city,
on Sunday, killing at least 45 people.
March 9
A blast happened in the Jamia Chishtia mosque during Zuhr prayer in Peshawar, killed four at board and at least
twenty-seven injuries. Bomb was detonated in the walls of mosque.
March 11
A suicide bomber blew himself up near a police van in northwestern Pakistan on Tuesday, killing at least two
people and wounding 10, police said.
March 15
Pakistan officials say a bomb blast in the country's largest city Karachi has killed three people and wounded five
others.
March 18
A suicide bomber blew himself up in a courtroom in the north-west Pakistani city of Peshawar, killing four people
and wounding 47 others, officials said.
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March 21
A car bomb exploded amid scores of people lining up at a food distribution centre in northwest Pakistan on
Thursday, killing at least 17 people and injuring 28 others in what appeared to be a rare attack on Pakistanis
displaced by the country's war against insurgents
March 22
A bomb planted on a motorbike killed six people and wounded another 15 on Friday in a crowded Pakistani
market in troubled southwestern province Baluchistan, police said.
March 24
At least 17 Pakistani soldiers were killed when a suicide bomber rammed an explosives-laden water tanker into a
check post in the restive North Waziristan tribal region of the country.
March 29
Twelve people were killed, and 28 others sustained injuries when a suicide bomber attacked the convoy of the
commandant of Frontier Constabulary (FC) near an army checkpost on the Fakhr-e-Alam Road in Peshawar
Cantonment here on Friday.
March 30
A suicide bomber on Saturday struck a police patrol in a town of Peshawar in northwestern Pakistan, killing a
policeman and wounding six others, police said.
March 31
The principal of a private secondary school in Ittehad Town was killed and several children, including his
daughter, were injured after an attack and shooting at the school on Saturday morning in Karachi.
March 31
Two persons were killed and six others, including a former provincial legislator, injured in a bomb blast in
Pakistan's restive northwest on Sunday, police said.
April – June 2013
April 2
At least 7 people have been killed in an attack by dozens of militants on an electricity plant in the Pakistani city
of Peshawar, officials say.
April 4
Suspected militants threw a grenade at a vehicle carrying paramilitary security officers in Karachi (southern
Pakistan) on Wednesday, killing 3 and wounding 3 others.
April 10
Gunmen shot to death a policeman protecting a team of female polio workers in northwestern Pakistan on
Wednesday, the latest in a series of attacks on people working on the U.N.-backed vaccination campaign, police
said.
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April 11
Fakhrul Islam, A Muttahida Qaumi Movement leader, who was a candidate for Pakistan's upcoming polls, was
shot dead by unidentified gunmen in southern Sindh province on Thursday, police said.
April 13
A bomb planted in a bus killed at least 8 passengers and wounded 7 others in northwestern Pakistan on Saturday,
police said.
April 14
A Pakistani police officer says a bomb blast has killed a local leader in an anti-Taliban political party ANP in the
northwestern Swat valley.
April 16
QUETTA: At least 4 people were killed, including the son of the provincial chief of the Pakistan Muslim League
– Nawaz (PML-N) Sanaullah Zehri, when a blast targeted his convoy in restive Balochistan's Khuzdar district.
April 16
At least 17 people including policemen and minors were killed and near 60 more wounded in a suicide bomb blast
that tore through an Awami National Party (ANP) corner meeting in Peshawar on Tuesday evening.
April 21
A woman suicide bomber today detonated a bomb outside a hospital in a lawless tribal area of northwest Pakistan,
killing at least 4 people and injuring five others.
April 21
At least 6 people have been killed and four others injured in two separate attacks carried out by unknown gunmen
in northwestern and southern parts of Pakistan, Press TV reports.
April 22
Six soldiers have been killed and two others wounded in a roadside bomb attack in Pakistan's northwestern tribal
region of North Waziristan, officials say.
April 24
Eight bomb explosions in 24 hours in Pakistan's three provincial capitals left 11 people dead and around 60
injured, heightening security fears ahead of the May 11 general election in the country, according to police and
media reports.
April 25
A bomb exploded outside an election office of MQM, one of Pakistan's main political parties Thursday evening,
killing five people and wounding 9 in the latest attack ahead of the nation's May 11 elections in Karachi.
April 27
A bomb exploded on Friday near the office of a main Pakistan political party that had received threats from the
Taliban, killing nine people in the latest attack in the run-up to next month's parliamentary election.
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April 28
Bomb blasts targeting the election offices of two candidates in northwest Pakistan killed at least 11 people and
injured 30 Sunday, the latest in a string of terror attacks that have cast a shadow over parliamentary elections
slated for mid-May.
April 29
Pakistani authorities say a suicide bomber targeting policemen has killed 8 people in the main northwestern city
of Peshawar.
May 4
Three people have been killed by two blasts near the offices of a political party (MQM) in the Pakistani city of
Karachi.
May 6
A suicide bomber targeted an election rally organized by a religious party Jamiat Ulema-e- Islam in Pakistan on
Monday, killing 25 people & wounding 65, officials said.
May 7
A suicide bomber killed at least nine people and wounded a candidate campaigning in northwest Pakistan town
of Hangu on Tuesday.
May 8
Officials in northwestern Pakistan say a suicide car bomber has killed two people and wounded at least 23.
May 11
Bomb attacks kill 29 on Pakistan Election.
May 12
At least six people were killed and 45 got injured in a suicide car attack on Balochistan province 's police chief
house in Pakistan's southwest city of Quetta on Sunday night.
May 17
Blasts targeting two mosques in northwestern Pakistan on Friday have left 15 people dead and others injured, a
police official said.
June 15
Quaid-e-Azam Residency attacked and series of bombing in Quetta.
June 18
A suicide bombing in Shergarh, Mardan killed 28 people.
June 20
A suicide bombing at a Shiite mosque in Peshawar killed 15 people.
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June 23
An attack on Foreign tourists in Nanga Parbat in which 10 foreign tourists were killed.
June 26
Bomb attacks in Pakistan killed 10 people and wounded nine others on Wednesday, including a senior judge who
was critically injured following a blast in the business capital Karachi, officials said.
June 30
At least 52 people have been killed in Pakistan, on the same day Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and British
counterpart David Cameron met to discuss security.
July 7
A blast in a food street in the Anarkali area of Lahore killed three people and injured dozens of others.
July 8
At least nine people, including two bomb disposal officers were killed in two separate blasts in Khyber
Pakhtunkhwa province.
July 10
President Asif Ali Zardari's chief security officer and two others was killed in a bomb attack in Karachi.
July 11
A Bomb explodes near minority Shiite mosque in northwest Pakistan killed two people and injured six others.
July 15
Motorcycle-riding gunmen killed seven people in the restive Pakistani city of Quetta on Monday, with four
members of the country's Hazara religious minority among the victims, police said.
July 20
Blasts in Karachi kill four people.
July 27
A twin suicide bomb blast in Parachinar market killed 60 people and 200.
July 29
Militants attacked on Central Jail in Dera Ismail Khan and freed more than 300 prisoners. TTP claimed
responsibility of attack.
August 8
A suicide bomber exploded at a funeral being held for a police officer. The bomb exploded in Quetta, Pakistan,
and killed as many as thirty-one people and injured over fifty people.
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September 6
7 shia people killed with firing in jassoki Punjab.
September 15
Major General Sanaullah Niazi, in charge of military operations in Swat, was killed along with two subordinates
in a bomb attack in Upper Dir district near the Afghan border.
September 22
A twin suicide bomb blast in Peshawar church killed 78 people and 130.
September 27
A bomb blast on a bus in Peshawar killed at least 19 people.
September 29
A car bomb in the Qissa Khawani Bazaar of Peshawar killed at least 41 people.
October 10
A blast occurred outside a restaurant in the busy Anarkali district of Lahore, killing one person and injuring 16
others. This was the second blast in Lahore this year, the earlier one also occurring in the Anarkali area on 7 July.
October 10
A bomb explosion outside a city police station in Quetta killed 5 people and injured 37 others.
Nov 15, 2013 - The clashes erupted in Rawalpindi, when an Ashura procession in the main downtown area
coincided with a sermon in a nearby mosque at least 8 dead and 44 injured.
December 17
Suicide Blast outside an Imambargah situated in the Gracey Lines area Rawalpindi killed three people, including
two policemen and left 14 injured.

This is a list of terrorist incidents in Pakistan in 2014.
1 January
A bomb blasted on the Qambrani road in Akhtarabad, Quetta near a bus, which was carrying at least 50 pilgrims
from Iran to Pakistan. Police confirmed that three of the passengers are killed and at least twenty-four injured.
9 January
A car suicide-bomb was blasted by Tehreek-I-Taliban Pakistan near the car of a senior police officer Chaudhry
Aslam Khan, in which Khan was killed with two others.
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19 January
13 people including five security personnel were killed and 29 others injured after a suicide bomber exploded
himself at R.A Bazar in Rawalpindi.
1 March
A bomb killed at least 11 people and another 10 injured in Federally Administered Tribal Areas.
4 March
An attack at the district court in sector F-8 in Islamabad killed at least 11 people. Several gunmen attacked the
court's premises and detonated two explosive devices (possibly one suicide bomber). Responsibility for the attack
was claimed by a splinter group of the Tehreek-I-Taliban Pakistan, called Ahrarul Hind.
April – August 2014
8 April
At least 16 people were killed when militants detonated an IED on a train at Sibi railway station. The separatist
United Baloch Army claimed responsibility for the attack.
9 April
At least 24 people were killed when militants detonated an explosive device at a vegetable market in sector I-11
in Islamabad. The separatist United Baloch Army claimed responsibility for the attack.
8 June
At least 24 people were killed when militants attacked a Bus carrying Shia pilgrims from Iran to Quetta in
Balochistan province of Pakistan.
8 June
Jinnah International Airport attack
At least 30 people were killed when terrorists attacked Jinnah International Airport in Karachi on the night of June
8. The 10 Militants were killed in a combat that lasted for 5 hours.
11 June — Tirah air strike
At least 25 suspected militants were killed and 15 injured when military planes bombed their hideouts in Tirah
valley of Khyber Agency
11 June
Five killed in separate clashes near Swat Valley
In the first incident, unidentified men fired at a car in the Kooza Bandi village of Swat Valley, killing three people
including a police guard.
In a separate incident, up to six militants stormed a checkpoint in the northwestern town of Dargai, that lies in the
Malakand region neighbouring Swat. Two Levies personnel were killed in the attack, Express News reported.
15 August 2014- 2014 Quetta Airbase attack, 12 Militants, and 11 persons injured after a failed attack on PAF
bases in Quetta
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6 September - Pakistani Navy frigate PNS Zulfiquar was attacked and briefly captured by al-Qaeda and rogue
Pakistani Navy officers before being recaptured by Pakistani forces. The attack was intended to use the Zulfiquar's
anti-ship missiles to attack the U.S. Navy fleet in the Arabian Sea. 10 militants which including 4 rogue Pakistani
navy officers were killed in ensuing operation to recapture the ship. One rogue officer detonated a suicide bomb
inside the ship after being surrounded. 4 other officers who were involved but who did not participate in the attack
were later apprehended.
2 November
2014 Wagah border suicide attack: An attack on the Wagah Border, close to the Pakistani city of Lahore and the
Indian city of Amritsar killed more than 60 people with more than 110 injured. There were no initial claims of
responsibility.
7 November
At least 6 people were killed and 4 wounded in two explosions in Mohmand Agency.
16 December 2014 Peshawar school massacre: At least 132 children among over 141 killed by Taliban militants
who stormed an army-run school in Peshawar city. Seven militants were also killed during the SSG rescue
operation
18 December At least 3 paramilitary soldiers die in roadside bomb in Bajaur Agency, Federally Administered
Tribal Areas.

This is a list of terrorist incidents in Pakistan in 2015
January
9 January
Time bomb in drainpipe explosion killed at least eight people took place near Imambargah Aun Muhammad Rizvi
in Rawalpindi s Chatian Hattian area
13 January
Insurgents shoot and killed at least 7 security forces and 2 others were wounded in Loralai District, Balochistan.
14 January
At least 2 security personnel killed and another 3 were wounded after a vehicle hit a landmine in Kurram Agency,
Federally Administered Tribal Areas.
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16 January
At least 1 person killed and 8 were wounded in a remote-control blast in chani goth area of bahawalpur
Bahawalpur District, Punjab.
30 January
At least 53 people have been killed in a bomb blast at a Shia mosque in southern Pakistan.
February
1 February
A landmine explosion killed a Captain and injured two personnel of FC Balochistan on Sunday evening in
Balochistan's Naseerabad district.
13 February
At least 19 dead as Taliban militants storm Pak Shiite mosque in Peshawar.
17 February
At least 8 people were killed in a blast near Police Lines in Qila Gujar Singh area of Lahore on Tuesday and 19
others injured.
18 February
3 people were killed and several injured in an explosion at Qasar-e-Sakina Imambargah on Kurri Road,
Rawalpindi located at Islamabad Expressway.
24 February
Bomb killed at least one and another 8 were injured in Chaman district, Balochistan.
March
15 March
Suicide Bombers belonging to the terror outfit Tehreek-I-Taliban Pakistan targeted two churches in the Christian
neighbourhood of Youhana Abad, Lahore as worshippers were gathering for Sunday mass. At least fourteen
people were killed in the blasts and another 70 were reported injured.
20 March
At least 2 people have been killed and 7 wounded after a bomb planted on a motorcycle exploded outside a mosque
in Pakistan's largest city Karachi, police have said.
27 March
Lt Col FC Alamdar Hussain killed in an ambush at Sibi Tali Gang Road Balochistan during Survey of Area.
April
11 April
Militants gun down 20 laborers and injure 3 others in Turbat's Gogdan area in Balochistan.
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24 April
Social activist, Sabeen Mahmud is murdered in Karachi after hosting a session on the disappeared people of
Balochistan at T2F (The Second Floor), the cafe and discussion space she founded.
May
4 May
Lt Col Ahsan(5AK) 82 Wing Commander & 3 troops injured in two different ambushes on Turbat-Buleda Mand
road Balochistan.
13 May
46 people were killed when eight gunmen attacked a bus a Karachi. Most of the victims belonged to the Ismaili,
Shia minority
29 May
35 people are forced off a bus and kidnapped by members of the United Baluch Army. 23 of those passengers
were killed.
August
16 August
14 people, including the Punjab home minister Shuja Khan Zada died in the suicide blast in Shadi Khan village.
September
13 September
At least 10 people died when an explosion occurred near a packed rickshaw stand in Multan.
18 September
At least 29 people, including an army captain, were killed as militants attacked a Pakistan Air Force base in
Badhaber area on the outskirts of Peshawar.
October
19 October
At least 11 people were killed and another 22 were wounded after a bomb exploded in a bus in Quetta, Balochistan,
On 14th October 09 people were killed in blast in Taunsa sharif District Dera ghazi Khan Punjab, Pakistan
Balochistan
December
13 December
At least 23 killed, 30 injured in blast of crowded bazaar in Parachinar.
23 Dec
Lt Col Haroon Mazhar wing commander 125 Makran scoute got injured during action near Dasht Baluchistan.
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29 December
At least 26 killed, 56 injured in suicide blast at NADRA office in Mardan.

This is a list of terrorist incidents in Pakistan in 2016. Pakistan was the 10th most dangerous country by criminality
index in 2016
January
13 January
At least 15 people are killed and several injured after a bomb explodes near a polio centre near the Pakistani city
of Quetta.
20 January
At least 20 people are killed and 60 wounded after gunmen open fire at Bacha Khan University.
29 January
A suicide bomber attempted to enter Cantonment area in Zhob District when the Friday prayers were underway
and blew himself at a check-post after security personnel signalled him to stop. Seven people were injured.
Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan claimed responsibility.
February
6 February
At least 9 people were killed, and several others were wounded when a suicide bomber hit a vehicle of Frontier
Corps (FC) in Quetta.
March
7 March
At least 10 people including three police constables were killed and 14 others were injured in a suicide blast in
the premises of a local court in Charsadda district in Pakistan's troubled northwest, DPO Charsadda Khalid Sohail
told Dunaya News.
16 March
A bomb detonates in a bus carrying government employees in Peshawar, Pakistan, killing 17 and injuring at least
53.
27 March
At least 74 people were killed, and 338 others were injured in a suicide bombing that hit the main entrance of
Gulshan-e-Iqbal Park, one of the largest parks in Lahore.
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April
19 April - At least one person was killed, and 17 others wounded on April 19 after a suicide bomber attacked an
Excise and Taxation office in Mardan, police and officials said.
June
22 June - Pakistani Sufi singer Amjad Sabri shot dead in Karachi.
August
8 August
A bomb blast outside a hospital where lawyers had gathered to mourn the death of a prominent lawyer killed at
least 70 people in Quetta
September
2 September
At least 14 killed, 52 wounded in suicide blast at Mardan district courts in Peshawar.
13 September
A suicide bomber injured between 10 and 13 people, four of where policemen. The attack occurred in Shikarpur
a city in Sindh. Other Suicide bomber, who was arrested in Shikarpur had got training in Afghanistan.
16 September
At least 23 people were killed and dozens more injured when a suicide bomber detonated his vest in the veranda
of a mosque during Friday prayers in the Mohmand Tribal District, bordering Afghanistan.
24 October
At least 3 militants stormed a police training centre in Quetta and took between 200 and 500 cadets’ hostage. Two
of the attackers blew themselves up while the third attacker was killed. At least 60 people were killed, and more
than 190 people were injured. The attack was claimed by Islamic State.
25 October
A police officer was killed when an IED bomb targeting polio workers went off in the city of Peshawar.
26 October
A polio vaccinator was gunned down on Wednesday. The attack occurred in Jamrud and town in Khyber
Pakhtunkhwa.
28 October
Lt Col Sufiyan FC Awaran received sniper bullets injuries to both legs during an ambush near Doleji post Awaran
Balochistan.
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29 October
5 people were killed when unidentified assailants opened fire at a religious gathering in Karachi's Nazimabad
area.
November
12 November - At least 52 people were killed and over 100 others were injured when a suicide bomber blew
himself up inside the shrine of Shah Noorani in Khuzdar, Balochistan after evening prayers.
22 November
3 Frontier Corps (FC) personnel were killed and 5 others were injured after a grenade attack on a funeral in
Peshawar.
22 November
A man was killed, and 3 others were injured in a bomb attack in Chaman near Quetta,
26 November
2 Frontier Corps (FC) personnel were killed and 14 others injured when 4 suicide bombers attacked a camp in
Mohmand. All 4 attackers were killed. The attack was claimed by Jamaat-ul-Ahrar, a Taliban splinter group.
26 November
Two security guards were killed when militants attacked the vehicle of an oil exploration company in Gwadar

Terrorist incidents in Pakistan in 2017 in chronological order.
January
20 January
An IED placed in a vegetable crate exploded at a vegetable market in Parachinar, a city in Pakistan's Kurram
Agency tribal area. The Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan claimed responsibility for the explosion. The blast killed at
least 25 people and injured at least 87 others
February
12 February
Samaa TV assistant cameraman Taimoor Khan killed in an incident. Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan claimed the
responsibility.
13 February
A blast outside the provincial assembly in Lahore killed at least 14 people including DIG Police and SSP
Operations and injured more than 87 others.
15 February
At least two people killed, and seven others injured in a suicide blast in Peshawar's Hyatabad area.
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15 February
5 People including 3 Levies personnel killed in a suicide attack in Mohmand Agency.
16 February
Three soldiers killed including an army captain, two injured in an IED explosion in Awaran.
16 February
At least 88 people were killed and over 350 others injured when a suicide bomber blew himself up in the Shrine
of Lal Shahbaz Qalandar in Sehwan, 125 kilometres north of Jamshoro.
17 February
Five people, including four police officers, were killed after unidentified suspects opened fire on police van near
Mission Mor, Dera Ismail Khan.
21 February
Three suicide bombers targeted a sessions court in Tangi, Charsadda District, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, killing 7
people and injuring more than 20 others.
March
6 March
Five soldiers of Pakistan army and 10 militants were killed in a cross-border attack at three border checkpoints in
Mohmand Agency.
31 March
At least 25 people were killed and 90 injured in a blast outside a Shia Imambargah in Parachinar.
April
14 April - 4 Rangers personnel martyred and 3 were injured and Rangers kill 10 TTP militants in operation near
DG khan.
25 April
14, including six children, killed and 9, including 4 Khasadar officials, injured in a roadside blast in Khurram
Agency.
May
12 May
An attack targeting Abdul Ghafoor Haideri killed 25 people in Mastung District. Islamic State of Iraq and the
Levant claimed responsibility of attack.
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13 May
10 laborers were killed after two gunmen opened fire on laborers working in Gwadar.
23 June
14 people including seven policemen ─ lost their lives, while 19 others were injured in a suicide blast that shook
Shuhada Chowk in Quetta's Gulistan Road area on Friday morning.
23 June
At least 75 people were killed and more than 150 wounded when twin blasts tore through a market in Parachinar.
Lashkar-i-Jhangvi al-Alami claimed the responsibility.
July
10 July
3 people were killed and over 20 injured when a suicide bomber blew himself up at Bogra Chowk in Chaman,
Baluchistan.
24 July
At least 25 people were killed, and 53 others wounded in suicide attack in Lahore.
August
12 August
A blast targeting military personnel killed 15 people (8 soldiers and 7 civilians) and injured 32 in Quetta, the
provincial capital of Balochistan, Pakistan.
October
5 October
21 people, including a police constable, were killed and more than 30 injured in an explosion at Dargah Pir Rakhel
Shah in Fatehpur, a small town in the Jhal Magsi District of Balochistan.
18 October
At least eight people, including seven policemen, were killed and 24 others injured in an explosion targeting a
truck carrying police officials in the Sariab Mill area of Quetta.
November
9 November
A senior police officer was among three suspected militants involved in ISI Clandestine activities who died in a
suicide attack on Quetta the provincial capital of Balochistan.
24 November
A motorcycle suicide bomber targeted a police vehicle of AIG Asharf Noor while he was travelling to work,
Asharf Noorr and his guard are killed and eight other police in the AIG's squad were injured.
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December
1 December
Nine dead as gunmen storm hostel of Agricultural Training Institute, Peshawar.
17 December
A bomb killed nine and injured fifty-seven at a Methodist church in Balochistan. The Islamic State of Iraq and
the Levant took responsibility

Terrorist incidents in Pakistan in 2018 in chronological order
January
15 January
Security personnel were killed when their vehicle was ambushed in Balochistan.
16 January
Gunmen killed a police constable in Quetta.
16 January
A suicide bomber on a motorcycle in Karachi, aided by gunmen, targeted a senior officer known for leading raids
on militant hideouts. The officer survived, and his guards killed two of the gunmen.
18 January
Gunmen killed a mother and daughter working on polio vaccination in Quetta.
30 January
A bomb explosion in the Upper Kurram Agency killed multiple members of the same family.
February
2 February
A suicide bomber injured two guards.
3 February
Eleven soldiers of the Pakistan Army were killed from a suicide attack near a military camp in Khyber-
Pakhtunkhwa.
5 February
Multiple casualties from a bomb that targeted a pro-government leader in Panjgur.
5 February
Gunmen attacked two Chinese nationals in Karachi.
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5 February
Multiple casualties when a vehicle was attacked in North Waziristan.
7 February
Multiple casualties from a remote-controlled explosion in Bajaur Agency.
14 February
Tehreek-I-Taliban gunmen killed paramilitary soldiers in Quetta.
16 February
A leading tribal elder and chief of a local peace committee was killed by a bomb in Bajaur Agency.
21 February
A police checkpoint in Peshawar was attacked by people with hand grenades.
23 February
The car of a senior government official on Peshawar’s Ring Road was targeted with a bomb.
28 February
Paramilitary soldiers were killed in a suicide bombing outside Quetta. Elsewhere in Quetta, gunmen killed two
guards in a senior police officer's convoy.
March
8 March
Two people were shot in Quetta.
14 March
Multiple casualties in a suicide bombing at a police checkpoint outside Lahore.
17 March
Terrorists killed polio workers and a paramilitary Frontier Corps soldier in Mohmand Agency.
24 March
A hand grenade thrown at a spring festival in Dera Ismail Khan injured dozens of people.
30 March
An IED killed policemen in the district police officer's convoy in Dera Ismail Khan.
31 March
Gunfire during an operation in Balochistan resulted in the death of one soldier and one terrorist.
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April
1 April
Gunmen attacked a vehicle in Quetta, killing a member of the Shia Hazara community.
9 April
A suicide bomber injured multiple people near a Balochistan Frontier Corps vehicle in Quetta.
15 April
Christians were shot and killed outside a church in Quetta.
18 April
A shopkeeper in the Shia Hazara community was shot and killed in Quetta.
22 April
Gunmen on a motorcycle killed Shiites outside Quetta.
24 April
Three suicide bombings killed multiple policemen in Quetta.
26 April
Multiple people were killed by a hand grenade attack at a wedding in North Waziristan.
28 April
Two shopkeepers in the Hazara community were shot and killed in Quetta.
May
2 May
A roadside bomb exploded in Safi Tehsil.
3 May
A bomb injured three security personnel in Jani Khel.
3 May
A vehicle carrying civilian employees of an atomic agency PAEC was attacked in Attock. There were multiple
casualties.
4 May
Six labourers of Punjabi descent were shot dead in Balochistan.
6 May
Ahsan Iqbal, Interior Minister, was shot in the shoulder while getting out of his car to attend a political meeting
in Punjab province.
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11 May
A bomb targeted a police patrol at a bus stop in Bannu.
14 May
A Shiite religious scholar was shot by Lashkar-e-Jhangvi terrorists in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
27 May
Two Policemen and two militants were killed when unidentified militants opened fire on Policemen at Sarki Road
in Quetta, Balochistan.
July
10 July
A suicide bombing left 20 people dead and 63 others wounded in Peshawar.
12 July
A spokesperson for former Member of National Assembly Alhaj Shah Jee Gul Afridi was killed and another
citizen was injured after unidentified men opened fire at the spokesperson's car in Peshawar.
13 July
5 citizens were killed and 10 were injured after a planted bomb exploded near the car of JUI-F candidate Akram
Khan Durrani in Bannu.
13 July
A blast killed at least 131 including BAP candidate for Balochistan Assembly, Nawabzada Siraj Raisani and
injured one hundred twenty.
22 July
A suicide bombing targeting Ikramullah Gandapur left 3 people dead and 3 wounded in Kulachi, Dera Ismail
Khan District.
24 July
At least three security personnel and a civilian were martyred while 13 others sustained injuries after a military
convoy on election duty came under attack in Turbat.
25 July
A bomb blast killed 31 people during poling in the polling station Quetta.
August
2 August
13 schools were attacked and set on fire by militants in villages of the Diamer district of the administrative territory
of Gilgit-Baltistan in Pakistan.
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4 August
A government girls' school was torched in the Darel tehsil of the Diamer District in Gilgit-Baltistan in Pakistan.
In another incident, one policeman was killed and another wounded in a gun battle in the Tangir tehsil of the same
district. A militant was also killed in the incident.
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ARMY Operation
1-Operation Enduring Freedom and Pakistan
After the terrible tragedy of 9/11, the United States chalked out a plan to initiate a military operation on the Taliban
and their guest terrorist organization al- Qaeda, which was alleged of these horrific attacks on WTC and Pentagon.
Pakistan became a key player and the major non-NATO ally in OEF on October 7, 2001. The government of
Pakistan provided strategic and information-based support to the United States. Pakistan also offered access to its
bases in Jacobabad and Sind, gave intelligence and immigration services to the United States. Pakistan at once cut
off all the logistic, political and social support to the Taliban on the pressure and demand of the United States.
The US-led forces were allowed to use the bases of Dalbadin, Jacobabad, and Shamsi to launch OEF against the
perpetrators of the 9/11 terrorism. The United States military-installed radar equipment for the extensive coverage
of Pakistan’s air space on the soil of Pakistan. Pakistan is an important and strategic non-NATO ally had deployed
the regular military units, the frontier corps (FC), special services group (SSG) and ISI to conduct the operation
along the infiltration roots from Afghanistan to Pakistan.
The FC forces clashed with the foreign militants in October 2001. These terrorists had crossed the border near
Nawa Pass; area of Bajour Agency. Pakistan deployed its security forces in Khyber and Khurram tribal agencies
in December 2001, aided the US military in hunting al-Qaeda’s dissidents and the foreign activists who were
pushed into FATA because of the operation in Tora Bora. The strength and strong momentum of OEF dislocated
al-Qaeda and Taliban from their hideouts in the mountains of Tora Bora in Afghanistan. Pakistan had deployed
two infantry brigades of the 9th division of 11th corps for border and security missions in the FATA regions in
regard to strengthen the US-led military operation OEF. Pakistan also stationed its SSG in Kohat and Wana as he
parts of its counter-terrorism policy.
The Islamabad administration increased the level of its forces deployed in northern and southern Waziristan to
hunt the suspect terrorists of al-Qaeda and Taliban. In March 2002, Pakistan extended great personnel and logistic
support to the US-led NATO forces in the ‘operation Anaconda’ which was commenced in Shah-i-hot Valley of
Paktia and Khost provinces of Afghanistan. Pakistan army experienced short term and small range operations in
northern areas prior to OEF. The prime objective of the operations OEF and Anaconda was to eliminate the
Taliban government. Pakistan contributed substantially to facilitate American forces to acquire maximum success
against the terrorists. Abu Zubaidah a senior al-Qaeda commander was detained in a joint raid of Pakistan and the
US forces at Faisalabad in March 2002. The operatives of ISI and CIA detained Ramzi bin Al-Shibh and another
key suspect of 9/11 attacks. The OEF was partly successful in its objectives but could not capture the prime figures
of al-Qaeda, Osama bin Laden, and Aiman-al-Zawahari. On the other hand, many militants of al-Qaeda and the
Taliban continued to use Pakistan as a safe haven for their terrorist campaigns.
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2-Operation Al-Mizan (Justice) June 2002
The fall of the Taliban regime in Afghanistan led the Afghan, Uzbek and other international militants belonging
to al-Qaeda started to take refuge in the northern areas (FATA and PATA). These al-Qaeda and Taliban operatives
got reasonable support from the local militants and arranged to conduct destructive strikes on the security forces
of Pakistan in the area of Azam Warsak situated South Waziristan and killed 12 Pakistani security personnel in
June 2002.
Hence, Pakistan decided to launch small and large security operations in the name Al-Mizan to target the terrorists
in FATA with a major focus on South Waziristan in June 2002. The objective of operation Al-Mizan was to clear
the area of militants, extremists and the jihadists especially of those international militants who had threatened
Pakistan’s security, solidarity, and sovereign status. The Operation Al-Mizan was aimed to capture the
mastermind and operatives of these terrorist organizations making a plan to deepen its roots in the PATA and
FATA regions. These terrorists had begun their offenses not only against Pakistan army but targeted the US and
NATO forces, as they attacked the US firebases, skin on the Pak-Afghan border. The key objective behind the
operation Al-Mizan was to kill and detain the foreign militants who were posing a big threat to the government
of Pakistan. President Musharraf had a personal motive and means to clear the key portions of South Waziristan
because a fatwa was issued by Zawahiri that called for Musharraf’s death as President Musharraf was providing
help to the US-led NATO forces in Afghanistan and was internationally praised for his efforts against terrorists.
The Islamabad government decided to deploy almost 80,000 troops in the FATA to conduct military operations
against the terrorists.
The convoys of Pakistan army including the 20 infantry battalions, six engineer battalions, one SSG battalion,
two signal battalion, and thirty-nine FC wings were involved in the operation Al-Mizan. These units were under
the eight-brigade headquarters. Heavy artillery and aviation escorted the troops. Military forces started creeping
into the region of South Waziristan by the beginning of 2002. The check posts were set up by the two brigades
along the border in Waziristan to carry out regular operations. The United States had granted massive financial
assistance $2 billion per year to Pakistan for the operation Al- Mizan. The operation Al-Mizan could not acquire
its determined results as the foreign militants didn’t vacate the area, whereas a strong resistance from tribesmen
like Ahmadzai Wazir’s and others have been faced by the government of Pakistan.
The Islamabad administration led by General Musharraf decided to deploy its army into the frontier provinces,
North West Pakistan beside the Afghan border. Pakistan was well aware of the terrorist activities in the FATA
and PATA regions even before the event of 9/11. Pakistan status of front-line state and decision to become an
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active participant country in the WOT heighten the matter in the context of lunching organized and well-
disciplined military operation against the preparator of terrorism.
3-Operation Kalosha March 2004 (Wana)
Pakistan army was targeted in January 2004 by the militants when they fired a rocket on army camps in Wana
from three sides. The terrorists launched many rockets of Pak army camps in the village of Bajour in South
Waziristan. A military check post in Shu lama had to face a massive loss and made the situation worst. The
military operation was launched by the Pakistan army in the reaction of a terrorist attack on Pakistan army camp.
Moreover, the deterioration of security situation led Pakistan army to launch a major “search-and-destroy”
movement known as “Operation Kalosha”.
Once again, the major objective of the search-and-destroy operation was to clear the area from the foreign
militants. The operation continued for thirteen days but could not dislocate the international terrorists contrary to
the claim made by the Pakistan army. The eight soldiers of Pak army were killed who were left behind from their
convoy on the main highway of Wana that was occupied by the local Taliban who was harbouring the international
terrorists, Including Naik Muhammad Wazir, Mulavi Abbas, and Mulavi Muhammad Aziz. The frontier crops
conquered three forts of the militants. These hideouts were considered as the headquarter of Naik Muhammad
Wazir, Noor-ul-Islam and Haji Sharif in Kalosha village of Wana a town of southern Waziristan. The Ahmad Zai
Wazir Tribe kept fighting on and Pakistan’s army including frontier have lost corps 15 lives. The militant also
brought to a halt, destroyed or burn a dozen army truck pickups and personnel carrier and light artillery. During
the operation, Kalosha Pakistan army had to face a difficult time and tough confrontation in the remote areas of
Karikot and Shinwarsak. The barrier pinched all around Kalosha and its adjoining areas could not the movement
of the terrorist.
Different militants were disappeared and fled away via underground warren. Almost 700 soldiers participated in
the operation Kalosha initially but later on the number was increased into 7000 to crush the force and hideouts of
the militants by March 19, 2002, in the southwest of Wana. About a dozen Cobra helicopters Pakistan air force
fighters were fighting against the militants in this operation. The military killed many domestic and international
terrorists and dislocated the commanding authorities of al-Qaeda. Pakistan army also destroyed the underground
hideouts and ammunition of the targeted terrorists. Resultantly attacks on military and FC increased in places as
such Shah Alam, Bermal, Sarweki, Angoor Adda, Laddha, Tiarza, and Wana. On June 10 Pakistan army-installed
10000 troops and the US-trained special operation task force and frontier corps forces. Almost 3000 soldiers
establish an outer cordon. The security forces raided through indirect artillery fire and launched rocket attacks
through helicopters.
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The special operation task force was deployed to search the hideout of the terrorists. On the other hand, infantry
troops initiated a simultaneous operation to vacate the area from the militants. And other 3000 troops were
deployed to vacate the area. During this expedition over 50 militants were executed whereas 4 soldiers sacrificed
their lives and 12 were injured.
4-The Operation Silence July 2007
President Musharraf ordered a military operation against the students and Clerics of Lal Masjid in the downtown
of Islamabad in response to increasing criminal activities, destabilizing and challenging the writ of the
government. The red mosque administration flushed out the radicals hold up in the complex. The operation silence
was a counterproductive action which resulted in a huge number of causalities on both sides. The militant's groups
reacted by unleashing the wave of suicide attacks against Pakistan armed forces in different areas of the country
which has created an environment of fear, terror, and chaos in the entire country including the capital city
Islamabad. The Taliban commander Maulvi Abdul Khaliq Haqqani stated on July 21, 2007, “Mujahideen of the
north and south Waziristan agencies will avenge the martyred brothers, sisters, and sons. Praise be to Allah,
Mujahideen have launched activities and have been conducting guerrilla and suicide attacks against the army and
paramilitary forces. They will take revenge of the Lal Masjid and Jamia Hafsa operation”.
5-Operation Rah-e-Haq (the Path of Truth) October-November 2007
The operation Rah-e-Haq was conducted by the security forces of Pakistan in Swat district of KPK. The Swat
valley had been one of the prized tourist resort and destination of Pakistan with beautiful mountains. TNSM under
the control and command of Sufi Mohammed gradually established its political and military strength in the areas
of Swat valley. The security forces of Pakistan conducted the first episode of the operation in November 2007.
Consequently, the dissidents began to rein filter in the major cities of Pakistan. Pakistan army restarted the
operation Rah-e-Haq in middle of 2008 that lasted through the year. The security forces of Pakistan initiated the
third round of operation Rah-e-Haq and decided to shoot on sight in the populated areas of Swat region. The
rebellion forces receded back after demolishing schools and hitting over military troops. The encounter between
Pakistan security forces and militants was concluded by a peace contract i.e. “Malakand Agreement”.
6-Operation Zalzala (Earthquake) Jan 2008
After reviving the Shakai agreement Pakistani forces turned their attention towards the Mehsood tribe of the South
Waziristan. Pakistan army designed an operation namely ‘operation Zalzala (earthquake) against the chiefs of
Mehsood tribe i.e. Abdullah Mehsood and Baitullah Mehsood who were wanted to Pakistan army accused in
different terrorist activities especially attacks Pakistan army. The operation Zalzala was aimed at clearing the area
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from the hold of Mehsood tribe forces. The terrorists had captured the Srarogha Fort which became the significant
motive to start the operation Zalzala in South Waziristan. A few military soldiers died and many wounded in a
clash with the Mehsood tribe forces. The operation Zalzala continued from January to May 2008 and army vacated
most of the area till May 2008 and decided to withdraw after claiming its victory.
7-Operation Sirat-e-Mustaqeem (Right Path) June 2008
Pakistan army decided to launch another operation named ‘Sirat-e- Mustaqeem’ (right path) into Khyber Agency
on 29th June 2008. The Khyber Agency had emerged as a sectarian conflict-prone area between two sectarian
groups i.e. Barelvi Ansar-ul-Islam and Deobandi Lashkar-e-Islami. Resultantly this area became the center of
terrorist activities. The operation Sirat-e-Mustaqeem was unable to dislocate militants.
8-Operation Sher-Dill (Lionheart) Sep 2008
The security forces of Pakistan launched another operation in Bajaur known as ‘Operation Sher Dil’ (lion heart)
in September 2008. This operation was initiated against the militant networks led by Zia ur Rehman and Faqir
Mohammed both of whom were believed to have links with al-Qaeda network. Baitullah Mehsood provided armed
services and weaponry support to militants in Bajaur and Swat to accelerate insurgency and the attacks on Pak
army, government officials and security agencies. The operation Sher Dil was commenced against the TNSM
another terrorist group and the militants of TTP. The local police were engaged to launch the operation and to
vacate the Swat valley from the militants.
The major objective of Lion Heart operation was to curb the militant factions which had challenged the writ of
the state. The operation Sher-Dil was conducted and concluded in the use aerial bombing and heavy ammunition
along with a potential infantry troop in the areas of Loesam, Nawagai, Alizai and Khar that had become a major
hub of militant activities against the government and troops of Pakistan army. During the operation, Pakistan’s
security forces found out an extensive tunnel system in the village of Loesam. Every house was razed, connected
to the tunnel that was used as a sanctuary of militant and the ammunition storage. Pakistan army got success in
clearing several villages of militants in the areas of Bajaur connecting with the north-south corridor. Pakistan
army required the support from local inhabitants to protect the roads from the militants which were to be used as
a protective shield by the terrorists. Pakistan army conveyed leaflets in different areas of Mohmand Agency to
persuade the people following the example of tribes in the areas of Bajaur, On November 4 and 5th, 2008 the
military authorities dropped leaflets in some areas of Mohmand agency calling for people to follow the example
of tribes in Bajaur, Darra Adam Khel, and Orakzai and to assemble Lashkar against the dissidents.
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9-Operation Rah-e-Haq-III (January 2009)
Pakistan security forces initiated the final phase of operation Rah-i-Haq in January 2009 with the motto of “shoot-
on-sight’ in the densely populated cities of Swat. The FC infantry troops assisted with four army Infantry brigades.
Militants, as a result, attacked security forces and destroyed girls’ schools. Unfortunately, unlike the primary two
expeditions, the final phase was not a big success to eliminate terrorism from the Swat region. In response, it
signed a peace treaty with militants. The accord did, however, provide Islamabad the moral authority to move in
by force when the militants violated it. In May 2009, the Pakistani military launched Operation Rah-e-Rast to
clear out TTP militants in Swat District.
10-Operation Sher Dil: Battle for Bajaur (September 2009)
Operation Sher Dil was propelled in Bajaur Agency between August 2008 and February 2009. It brought about
slaughtering of no less than 1000 Taliban aggressors and the removal of a huge number of local people in the
battle zones. The high-force showdown between the military and Taliban aggressors and subsidiary gatherings in
FATA in 2008 prompted the passing of 3,067 individuals. Baitullah Mehsood gave some contenders and help to
militants in Bajaur and Swat as a feature of his methodology to better facilitate the insurgencies through his
Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan. In any case, the militants relentlessly invaded into the real urban areas. This was one
of the largest operations. Bajaur is the Northernmost Agency lying close to Afghanistan’s Kunar province. This
agency was the hub of foreign militants with round about 2,000 militants including local as well. Consequently,
on September 9, 2008, Operation ‘Sher Dil’ (Lion Heart) was launched. Main aims of this operation were, to
eradicate militants from Bajaur, to clear and hold Bajaur population and to secure Lines of Communication (LOC).
Faqir Muhammad was the main militant leader. The foremost objective of civil and military authorities of Pakistan
to conduct the operation Sher Dil was pinpoint the sanctuaries, militant and terrorist activities of the anti-state
elements who had been grown up in the areas of Bajaur including the foreign fighters.
This operation was completed on the solicitation of the provincial government. Pakistan utilized a brigade central
command, four infantry brigades, one squadron, the base camp of the Bajaur Scouts, and seven Frontier Corps
wings. The operation was ponderous and depended on elevated besieging fights, bulldozers, and tanks, which
moved through Bajaur towns. Ground powers launched their campaign in the targeted areas of Loe Sam, Nawagai,
Khar and Alizai to acquire maximum results of the operation. Resultantly, the security forces achieved reasonable
success to destroy hideouts and tunnels of the enemy. After completing Operation Sher Dil, Pakistan Army and
Frontier Corps forces moved to Mohmand agency, where they conducted additional operations.
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11-Operation Rah-e-Rast (May 2009)
In May 2009, Pakistan army launched an operation to vacate the areas of Swat and to kill the prime militants like
Muslim Khan, Mahmud Khan and multiple faithful commanders of Moulana Fazlullah, Sufi Muhammad and
Baitullah Mehsood. For operational purposes, Swat was divided into North and South Swat. In this operation three
divisions were used; 52,000 troops were employed. Two wings of FC forces were also deployed in operation.
Pakistani security forces used helicopter gunships, fighter jets, artillery (including 130-mm field gun batteries),
and infantry advances to target militants.
Battling initiated in the biggest city, Mingora, between Special Services Group commandos and around 300
aggressors situated in forsook structures. Aggressors of TNSM utilized their insight into the landscape and booby
traps to bring about losses to the military. Extraordinary Services Group commandos, Pakistan's Special Forces,
endeavored to keep aggressors from utilizing mountain goes to enter and way out the Swat Valley toward the
north of Mingora. In spite of the fact that the arrangement had been to utilize air bolster in uninhabited territories
to minimize blow-back, the military occupied with dangerous strategies that incorporated the utilization of "assault
helicopters" to draw in aggressor forts in Mingora. The military additionally utilized gunship helicopters to draw
in a "passage" that served as a "refuge of heels at Qamber Ridge" on 11 May. Operations came to their stature in
mid-May when the military reported up to 200 aggressors killed by security drives in a solitary day.
Almost a month after operations started; the military entered Mingora on 23 May, beginning the "most imperative
period of Operation Rah-e-Rast. Security Forces burned through one week "moving from road to road" to secure
the city. In the midst of Heavy Street battling, the Pakistan Army caught extensive parts of the city, including a
few key convergences and squares. On May 24, the Pakistan Army declared that it had retaken extensive parts of
Mingora. Pakistani troopers kept on captivating aggressors in road battling and to scan structures for contenders.
Pakistani troops additionally retook a few close-by towns beforehand under activist control, despite the fact that
the range was cleared, TNSM administration got away to Dir and afterward, they got away to Afghanistan. On
May 30, "the military declared it had recovered control of all of Mingora had demolished solid dugouts and had
taken arms, ammo, and explosives covered up in hollows. The armed force and Frontier Corps had additionally
retaken different urban communities in Swat; however consequent exercises proceeded around the region,
especially in the Peochar Valley.
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12-Operation Rah-e-Nijat (2009-2010)
The disappointment of the Operation Zalzala turned out to be extremely clear as Baitullah Mehsood ran a dread
in the years 2008-09 operating from his hideout in South Waziristan Agency. Baitullah Mehsood raised savagery
crosswise over Pakistan in 2008 and 2009 from them headquarter in the region of South Waziristan. There were
2,148 terrorists, extremist and partisan assaults in 2008 in Pakistan. From that point, the Pakistani military
propelled a fourth Operation Rah- e-Nijat, in South Waziristan on October 17, 2009.
Armed force was being extended thin over the locale, however, the open risk by India's Home Minister of a
"Heavy hammer" blow, simply after the operation started, couldn't be disregarded. Debilitated inside and
remotely, Pakistan was set in a most troublesome circumstance as respect troop redeployment. It would be nearly
basic in military terms to send 100,000 or significantly more troops to Waziristan -yet they would need to originate
from the eastern outskirt and this wasn't possible given the earnestness of the notice conveyed by one of India's
most noteworthy government pastors. The armed force and Frontier Corps were going to need to tackle aggressors
with what they as of now had in both numbers notice gear. The primary focus of the operation was secure key
lines of interchanges and to decimate the alcoves of the terrorists and their base in South Waziristan Agency. Both
the Pakistan armed force and Air Force led introductory focusing on operations in South Waziristan amid the mid-
year of 2009, with some help from the US military and the CIA. The 11th Corps was in general order, with three
divisions: the 7th situated in Miranshah; the 9th in Wana and the 14th corps forward sent to Jandola. Furthermore,
two Special Services Groups contingents and two infantry detachments were sent from the Eastern outskirt with
India, and also the FC and different units. Pakistan used defensively covered units, for example, fight tanks, and
in addition, infantry units- furnished with overwhelming big guns and mortars-that led standard foot watches. The
primary goal of these operations was to obliterate TTP fortress at Laddha, Makin and Srarogha as the command
and control structure of the Taliban existed in these ranges.
A key Pakistan military offensive Operation Rah-e-Nijat, to demolish the Mehsood led Taliban bases in South
Waziristan has coordinated someplace around 2009 and 2010 with some support from the US military and the
CIA basically through encouraged machine strikes. TTP aggressors retaliated. On June 30, activists trapped a
Pakistani guard close to the Afghani fringe, slaughtering 12 Pakistani troopers. On 5 August Baitullah was killed
as a result of o CIA Drone in South Waziristan. Hakim Ullah Mehsud became his successor, who was slaughtered
by a Drone attack in January 2010. On 5 October, a suicide bomber wearing a Frontier Corps uniform assaulted
the World Food Program office in Islamabad, executed five staff individuals. On 9 October, a suicide assault in
Peshawar slaughtered more than 50 regular citizens. On 10 October almost twelve activists wearing armed force
regalia raged Pakistan Army General Headquarters in Rawalpindi, assuming control more than 40 hostages. Amid
this operation, the Pakistan military initiated ground operations in South Waziristan, sent covering units with
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guideline battle tanks, infantry units equipped with considerable weapons and mortars, helicopter gunships, and
fixed-wing aerial shuttle. Pakistan’s operation focused on clearing the TTP strongholds of Laddha, Makin, and
Srarogha. Pakistan ground units started by directing inquiry and leeway operations along a few key streets in
South Waziristan, for example, the Central Waziristan Road and the street going through Ahmadwam and Ragha.
On 12 November Pakistani military experienced solid resistance and losses were substantial in the Alizai Mehsood
town of Kaniguram. Be that as it may, the next week, the 7th Division progressed into the town of Makin with
little restriction. On 19 November, the 14th Division entered Janata with the obvious exemption, again showing
little resistance. As in different operations, Pakistani units levelled parts of a few towns in South Waziristan.
13-Operation Koh-e-Sufaid (White Mountain) July 2011
Pakistan security forces launched the ‘operation Koh-e-Sufaid’ in Kurram agency on 4 July 2011 against the
militants of TTP. The TTP’s activists had captured the Thal-Parachinar road, the main artery that connects the
Kurram agency to Peshawar. The Taliban forces claimed the occupation of Kurram agency overwhelms the local
Shiite population of the agency. Pakistan army continued ‘operation White Mountain’ with 4000 troops, heavy
artillery, and air power. The military forces continued their untiring efforts to afflict TTP militant till June 2013
when the operation Koh-e-Sufaid was concluded. Pakistan military forces claimed to regain the control of Khyber
agency and also cleared the Maidan area of Tirah valley that was conceded a strong centre of the TTP militants
and a major sanctuary of the terrorists. Moreover, Pakistan Rangers, police and intelligence agencies carried out
different swift manhunt operations in the context to capture the al-Qaeda leadership to encourage and strengthen
the momentum of Pakistan military operations against al-Qaeda and Taliban.
14-Operation AL Mizaan (2002-2006)
This was the first major operation of Pakistan Army against the militant groups working against Pakistan. At that
time the Army Chief was General Pervez Musharraf, who deployed forces in FATA of around 70,000-80,000
men. The loss security personnel’ was around 1200-1500 soldiers as it was the first major operation inside the
country and the army faced a huge loss due to lack of information about the methodology of the enemy, their
hideouts and barely know-how of the terrain. Full convoys were targeted by the Taliban militants in the initial
stages causing many casualties. Besides the basic infantry, Special Force units of the Pakistan Army, the elite
SSG (Special Service Group) were also directly engaged in fighting. This operation comprised of many small
operations too such as Operation Kalosha II, which took place in South Waziristan. Lack of public and national
support at that time created hurdles in the smooth progress of the operation.
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15-Operation Rah-e-Haq (November 2007)
In May 2004 clashes erupted between Pakistan Troops and Al- Qaeda and the other militants joined by local rebels
and pro-Taliban forces. The offensive was poorly coordinated and the Pakistan Army suffered heavy casualties.
After a two-year conflict (2004-2006) The Pakistan Military negotiated a ceasefire with the tribesmen from the
region where they pledged to hunt down Al-Qaeda, stop Talibanisation of the region and to stop attacks in Pakistan
and Afghanistan. However, the militants did not keep their word and started to rebuild and took over Lal Masjid
in Islamabad. After a six-month standoff, a fight erupted in 2007 when the Pakistan Military decided to use force
to end the Lal Masjid threat. Once the operation was over the newly formed Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), an
umbrella group of militants based in the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) vowed revenge and
launched a wave of attacks and suicide bombings in North-West Pakistan and major cities. The militants expanded
their base of operations and moved to the Swat Valley. The first phase of Operation Rah-e-Haq commenced in
November 2007 in collaboration with the local police against Tehreek-e-Nafaz-e-Shariat-e-Mohammadi (TNSM)
in the Swat Valley. The militants however gradually infiltrated into key cities. The second phase began in July
2008 and continued throughout the year. This operation resulted in the deaths of 36 security persons, 9 civilians’
and 615 militants. The third was launched in January 2009, which ended after a peace accord, known as Malakand
Accord that was signed between the Government and TNSM.
16-Operation Zalzala (2008-2009)
This operation was launched in South Waziristan Agency in January 2008 against Baitullah Mehsud and his
supporters. Around 200,000 locals are estimated to have been displaced, though it cleared most of SWA and
security forces destroyed over 40,000 houses.
17-Operation Sirat-e-Mustaqeem (2008)
Commenced in June 2008 but was halted by the Army on July 9, 2008, in Bara Tehsil, Khyber Agency- FATA.
It was launched by Pakistan Army’s 40m infantry Division. PM Yousuf Raza Gillani’s government ordered the
Army against the Taliban forces in Khyber Agency. The immediate trigger for the operation was two kidnappings
in Peshawar of six women and a group of 16 Christians by the Islamic group Lashkar-e-Islam. Two militants and
one soldier were killed in this operation. However, the major leader managed to escape to an unknown location.
Soon after the capture of Bara Tehsil the operation was put to a stop.
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18-Operation Rah-e-Rast (2009)
In May 2009 an operation in Swat was launched after the accord failed to ensure peace in the region. Major
offensive took place in Mingora in the last week of May and by the end of the month, Pakistan Army regained its
control over Mingora.
19-Operation Rah-e-Nijat (2009)
October 2009 the army launched combat against militants in South Waziristan with the help of gunship helicopters
and aircraft. The major objective of this operation was to destroy the militant stronghold in the region.
20-Operation Koh-e-Sufaid (July 2011)
July 4, 2011, the Pakistan Army launched another operation against the militants in Kurram Agency located within
the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA). Operation Koh-e-Sufaid (White Mountain) targeted militants
in Kurram with the principal objective of securing and re-opening Thall Parachinar road which had been
repeatedly under attack by Sunni Militants.
21-Operation Zarb-e-Azb (2013)
In 2012, the Pakistan Army was able to take control of major towns of the Malakand Division and many tribal
agencies. The only swamp left was North Waziristan. Even though Chief of General Staff (CGS) and Corps
Commanders gave a nod for the operation COAS General Ashfaq Pervez Kayani didn’t give the final go. The
reason for this was that the general public wasn’t in favor of military operations and also that the army wasn’t
well trained for the major task and difficult terrain. When General Raheel Sharif succeeded Kayani in November
2013, he gave the final order and by June 2014 the operation was underway.
Operation Zarb-e-Azb was conducted against the following militant groups: Tehrik-i-Pakistan (TTP), Islamic
Movement of Uzbekistan, East Turkestan Islamic Movement, Lashkar-e-Jhangvi, Al-Qaeda, Jundallah and the
Haqqani Network. The military strategy used for this was SEEK-DESTROY-CLEAR-HOLD. Seek and Destroy
component is from the Vietnam War, while Clear and Hold component is from the Iraq War. Pakistan military
combined the two doctrines as one for the operation to be successful. The way forward for this would be that the
military will seek the target, once found it will be destroyed then the infrastructure, bodies, and weapons would
be cleared and the area will be held both during and after its completion to ensure post operation and infrastructure
rebuilding or rehabilitation doesn’t take place. After one and a half years of Zarb-e-Azb phenomenal success was
achieved. The terrorists’ backbone was broken and its structure dismantled. Nexus sleeper cells largely disrupted
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and with the Intelligence Based Operations (IBO’s) the remaining sleeper cells were busted. 3400 terrorists were
killed, 837 hideouts destroyed from where the activities were being conducted. And another 183 hardcore
terrorists killed, 21193 arrested. However, this success came with a high price, 488 valiant officers, men of
Pakistan Army, Frontier Corps KPK, Balochistan, Rangers Sindh sacrificed their lives and 1914 were injured.
The result of this was the overall improved security situation and the terrorist attacks in Pakistan had dropped to
a six-year low since 2008.
While comparing the first operation to the last, there is a huge learning process for the Pakistan Military as well.
Besides being trained as a force for conventional warfare, presently the military forces have become well equipped
and trained to fight unconventional warfare effectively. The ground forces are now well acquainted with the
terrain, surrounding areas’ and local tribal population. The last decade, though witnessed a huge loss of civilians
and military personnel, was the hardest and most effective training the Pakistan Army would or could undergo.
The more sophisticated and precise weapon has been used by the Pakistan Army in the recent combat missions.
Successful operations
Among all major military operations in Pakistan, Operation Rah-e-Rast and Zarb-e-Azb have been the most
successful in eliminating terrorists. As per Director Major General Asim Bajwa of Inter-Services Public Relations
(ISPR) states, ‘Operation Zarb-e-Azb is the biggest and most well-co-ordinated operation ever conducted against
terrorists.’ And that it is a ‘war of survival’ hence this operation holds greater significance among all the operations
conducted so far.
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Islamic military alliance
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Islamic Military Counter Terrorism Coalition
[37] The Islamic Military Counter Terrorism Coalition (IMCTC) is an intergovernmental counter-terrorist alliance of
countries in the Muslim world, united around military intervention against ISIL and other counter-terrorist activities. Its
creation was first announced by Saudi Arabian defence minister Mohammad bin Salman Al Saud, on 15 December
2015. The alliance was to have a joint operations centre in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
When the coalition was announced there were 34 members. Additional countries joined and the number of members reached
41 when Oman joined in December 2016. On 6 January 2017, the Pakistani former chief of Army Staff, General
(retd.) Raheel Sharif was named the IMCTC's first commander-in-chief. Most of its participants are members of
the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation.
1-Objectives
“It was the best response to those who are trying to associate terror and Islam.”
IMCTC has stated that its primary objective is to protect Muslim countries from all terrorist groups and terrorist
organizations irrespective of their sect and name. The IMCTC affirmed that it would operate in line with the United
Nations and Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) provisions on terrorism
At the press conference to launch the IMCTC, Mohammad bin Salman said it would "coordinate" efforts to fight terrorism
in Iraq, Syria, Libya, Egypt and Afghanistan. He said, "There will be international coordination with major powers and
international organisations ... in terms of operations in Syria and Iraq."
To date, all members are countries with Sunni-dominated governments. The alliance does not include any countries
with Shia-dominated governments, such as Iran, Iraq and Syria. According to a Euro news report, some analysts see
formation of the alliance as part of Saudi Arabian efforts to take the leading role in the Middle East and the Muslim world,
in rivalry with Iran
In March 2016 it was reported that Saudi Arabia had asked General Raheel Sharif, Pakistan's Chief of Army Staff, to become
commander-in-chief of the Islamic Military Alliance once he had retired from the Pakistan Army at the end of 2016.
2- Members
Saudi Arabia's original announcement of the alliance on 15 December 2015 listed 34 countries as participants,
each also a member of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), and forming about 60% of all OIC member
states. As of November, 2017, there are 41member countries.
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Country Membership announcement Military roleα Supporter
Afghanistan 18 October 2016 Yes Yes
Bahrain Original Yes Yes
Bangladesh Original Yes Yes
Benin Original N/A N/A
Brunei
Burkina Faso
Chad Original Yes Yes
Comoros Original N/A N/A
Cote d'Ivoire Original N/A N/A
Djibouti Original N/A N/A
Egypt Original Yes Yes
Gabon Original N/A N/A
Gambia
Guinea Original N/A N/A
Guinea-Bissau
Jordan Original Yes Yes
Kuwait Original Yes Yes
Lebanon Original N/A Yes
Libya Original Yes Yes
Malaysia Original Yes Yes
Maldives Original N/A N/A
Mali Original N/A N/A
Mauritania Original Yes Yes
Morocco Original Yes Yes
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Country Membership announcement Military roleα Supporter
Niger Original Yes Yes
Nigeria Original Yes Yes
Oman 28 December 2016 Yes Yes
Pakistan Original Yes Yes
Palestine Original N/A N/A
Qatar Original N/A N/A
Saudi Arabia Original Yes Yes
Senegal Original Yes N/A
Sierra Leone Original N/A N/A
Somalia Original Yes Yes
Sudan Original Yes Yes
Togo Original N/A N/A
Tunisia Original Yes Yes
Turkey Original Yes Yes
Uganda
United Arab Emirates Original Yes Yes
Yemen Original Y
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Pakistan and Islamic Military Alliance
[38] The 41-nation alliance was first announced by Saudi Arabia in December 2015. But key countries such as Iran, Syria
and Iraq were not invited to join it, something that strengthened fears that the Saudi initiative was meant to target certain
countries.
This put the Pakistani government in a tight spot because it neither wanted to annoy Saudi Arabia nor undermine its ties
with neighbouring Iran. That was the reason Army chief General Qamar Javed Bajwa recently travelled to Tehran and held
wide-ranging talks with the Iranian leadership on the issue.
The Saudi-alliance is headed by former Army chief Gen (retd) Raheel Sharif, who in his address dispelled the impression
that the group was sectarian in nature and had any sinister plans.
Speaking at the conference, the IMCTC’s Military Commander General Raheel insisted that the sole objective of the alliance
“is to counter terrorism and it is not against any country or any sect”.
He said while all individual states were making efforts against the menace of terrorism, the required level of synergy and
resources were lacking. He said the IMCTC would support its partners mainly through intelligence sharing and capacity
building.
General Raheel said Muslim world was the biggest victim of the menace of terrorism and in the last 6 years alone, more
than 70% of all deaths attributed to terrorism, had occurred in Muslim countries.
“The fight against the faceless enemy with extremist ideology is complex and challenging, requiring collaboration. Pakistan
has turned the tide and has defeated the menace,” he said.
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Pakistan nears its moment of truth
Reaffirming Pakistan’s historical and fraternal relations with the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, the defense minister – in his
address – assured Saudi Arabia and the participating countries of its support and cooperation within the mutually agreed
framework of the IMCTC.
Dastagir acknowledged and appreciated efforts of the Saudi leadership in building partnerships to counter the scourge of
terrorism and extremism. He highlighted Pakistan’s key role in the global fight against terrorism and showcased Pakistan’s
successful counter terrorism operations and the comprehensive National Action Plan.
Meanwhile, Saudi Arabia’s crown prince vowed to “pursue terrorists until they are wiped from the face of the earth” as
officials from 40 Muslim countries gathered on Sunday in the first meeting of the counter-terrorism alliance.
“In past years, terrorism has been functioning in all of our countries… with no coordination” among national authorities,
Prince Mohammed bin Salman, who is also the Saudi defence minister, said in his keynote speech at the gathering in Riyadh.
“This ends today, with this alliance.”
Prince Mohammed said Friday’s “painful event” was a reminder of the “danger of terrorism and extremism”.
“Beyond the killing of innocent people and the spread of hatred, terrorism and extremism distort the image of our religion,”
he said.
With additional input from AFP
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Success and achievements
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Success and achievements of Pakistan in war against terrorism
[32] The biggest success against terrorism is the operations as we discussed in successful operations. Pakistan is
fighting war against terrorism for the last Eighteen years, for which the nation has rendered a huge cost in human
and economic terms, which is more than any other country in the world. It suffered more than 60000 causalities
of civilian and armed forces personnel and economic losses worth US$ 108 billion so far. Moreover, terrorism
has adversely affected social fabric of Pakistan.
Achievement varies from tangible to the abstract phenomenon as saving lives, defeating enemy, protecting some
ideology, doing something for others or some personal level achievement. One soldier referred as, "we not only
defeated them physically, but also morally, ethically and psychologically. This is my gain." Another soldier, who
was commanding the troops, feels the motivated and sensible behavior of the troops as his achievement. Not
losing the territory to enemy and completing a difficult task with meagre resources was also an achievement.
[33] In recent report; Pakistan only success story in world against terrorism, says DG ISPR. He said that “We
want to tell the world and they should also hear that achievements we have made in the war against terror are
spanning over two decades,”. He said that three tiers including the state, people and armed forces jointly fought
the war against terrorism, which was the main reason behind unprecedented success. “The United States also
acknowledges our success while Pakistan’s success story is also taught as case study in many institutions,” he
said. The DG ISPR also gave credit of the success against terrorism to the military leadership starting from the
year 2000. “Now General Qamar Javed Bajwa’s leadership is moving forward to consolidate our successes,” he
said.
Major General Asif Ghafoor pointed out that the main objective of Operation Raddul Fassad, which has been
in progress for the last two years is to bring normalcy to the country having ‘Rule of Constitution’ in the country
where prerogative of violence rests with the state. “We have achieved unprecedented successes against terrorism
in the country in the last two decades and will not take such a step, which can derail the country from path to
progress, “he said adding that in the last few years, Pakistan Army had extended more support to the democratic
system.
The Ministry of Interior referred 717 cases of terrorists to the military courts since their establishment. In these
cases, 345 terrorists were awarded death sentence and 55 of them have been executed while 656 miscreants were
awarded other sentences and five were acquitted due to lack of evidences. The military courts have proved good
deterrence against terrorism and resulted in bringing down the graph of acts of terror.
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1-Pakistan is winning its war on terror
[34] Until a few years ago, Pakistan was one of the most dangerous countries on earth. The tribal areas in the
north were infested by the Taleban, whose bases stretched to within 100 miles of the capital, Islamabad. Western
intelligence agencies feared that the Taleban could seize one of the country’s nuclear installations, then hold the
world to ransom. Large parts of the country elsewhere were lawless or terrorised by armed groups.
It would be foolish to claim that Pakistan’s security problems are over. But something extraordinary and
unexpected has certainly happened. Since it fails to fit the established narrative of Pakistan as a dangerous nation,
it’s gone unacknowledged in the West. Violence has not just dropped a bit. It is down by three quarters in the last
two years. The country is safer than at any point since George W. Bush launched his war on terror 15 years ago.
In 2013 there were 2,789 killings in Karachi. In the first 11 months of 2016 there were 592. In 2013 there were
51 terrorist bomb blasts. Up to late November this year, there were two. Three years ago, Karachi suffered from
an orgy of kidnapping for ransom. There were 78 cases in 2013, rising to 110 the following year. This year, there
have been 19. Some 533 extortion cases were reported in 2013; in 2016, only 133. Sectarian killing is sharply
down: while 38 members of the Shia minority (who are brutally targeted in Pakistan) were killed in 2013, that
figure was down by two thirds in 2016.
Major-General Bilal told us: ‘We have apprehended 919 target killers from the militant wings of political parties
since September 2013. They confessed to over 7,300 killings. The daily homicide rate in the city is less than two
now. It used to be ten or 15, and during ethnic clashes we could lose 100 lives a day.’
North Waziristan had not just provided a base for the Taleban leadership. It was a centre for the manufacture of
explosives, suicide vests and military equipment, and for training camps, as well as drawing in foreign fighters
from al-Qaeda. It was the epicentre of terrorism in Pakistan, which is why this intractable and remote area had
been left alone by the army for so long.
In June 2014, General Raheel Sharif (now a national hero, and no relation of Nawaz Sharif) took charge of a
massive military offensive, [35] Zarb-e-Azb. Taleban groups responded with a series of atrocities of which the
most grotesque was the attack on the Army Public School in Peshawar, in which a reported 140 children were
killed.
That stimulated the National Action Plan in January 2015, hailed by Nawaz Sharif [36] as the defining moment
in the fight against terrorism. It established special military courts and outlawed terror groups which had
previously been given latitude by the state.
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At the same time, the army stepped up its operations. According to official figures, it has killed about 3,500
Taleban fighters, destroyed 992 hideouts and cleared 3,600 square kilometres of territory. Nearly 500 soldiers
have died.
The Taleban has been gravely weakened. According to Bakhtiar Mohamed, director of the National Counter
Terrorism Authority. ‘The army has gone very deeply into every nook and corner of the tribal areas. There is no
possibility of any revival of extremism.’
Some of the methods have been brutal. There is very little testimony from the tribal areas, but one expert says
Miranshah, capital of North Waziristan, has been turned into a ‘car park’. The Human Rights Commission of
Pakistan protests that more than 430 people have been executed since the moratorium on the death penalty was
ended in 2014. The Human Rights Commission is also alarmed about the new military courts. The APS tragedy
united all political parties and military leadership of the country to unanimously condemn the APS attack and
make a National Action Plan (NAP) to eradicate terrorism.
2- Success through National Action Plan
Thus, a powerful national narrative emerged: “A line has been drawn. On one side are the coward terrorists and
on the other stands the whole nation,” stated Nawaz Sharif. In his televised speech on December 24, 2014, he
outlined 20-point NAP where he promised to eradicate the mindset of terrorism by defeating extremism and
sectarianism in the country. The 20 points of NAP appeared as a national narrative against terrorism and all forms
of extremism. After adoption of the NAP by All Parties Conference and its subsequent implementation, which is
being overseen by the apex committees of the provinces, major improvements have been witnessed in overall
security situation of country.
As outlined in the NAP, religious extremism is on top of the list considering that terrorism is a consequence of
religious extremism. One of its kinds is sectarianism, which not only harvests hate and intolerance in society but
also causes sectarian strife and terrorism in the country. Accordingly, special measures have been taken in 20-
points of the NAP to control sectarianism. It includes banning of sectarian organizations under new names,
countering hate speech and dissemination of extremist material, ban on glorification of terrorism and terrorist
organizations through print and electronic media and punishment on the wrong usage of loudspeakers.
Moreover, measures to choke internal and foreign funding and freezing their accounts are also included in the
NAP. The central bank has frozen almostRs.1 billion of 126 accounts linked to proscribed groups. Law-
enforcement agencies have also recovered Rs.251.2 million being transferred through ‘Hawala’. In addition,
security agencies have arrested a number of culprits, who are involved in money laundering. Parallel to this, the
National Assembly passed an Anti-Money Laundering (Amendment) Bill, 2015 that would help the government
to ensure that finances and property involved in money laundering are effectively detected, investigated and
prosecuted. Another measure taken against terrorism is regarding supervision of madaris and their registration.
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The state-level registration and supervision of all madaris is now indispensable to curb the anti-state activities.
This action is bound to cause general satisfaction, reflecting overall national narrative. The dismantling of
terrorists’ communication system such as internet and social media is an important factor in war against terrorism.
The federal government has ordered the Ministry of Information &Technology to remove all websites of terrorist
organizations so that the miscreants are deprived the means to spread violent and poisonous propaganda.
Previously, there was a perception that frontier region of Pakistan was the sole epicentre of terrorism. Other parts
of the country where terrorist network was potentially established were, by and large, ignored in the counter
terrorism strategy. Now other suspected areas including urban belts of the country are also included in the NAP.
It was decided that Karachi operation, which had started in September 2013 under the supervision of Police and
Rangers was reinforced with special powers such as investigating powers, etc. Likewise, to control security
situation in Balochistan, not only enough resources and powers have been allocated to Provincial Govt but its
capacity-building is also being enhanced.
Priority is now given in the award and execution of sentences to terrorists. It was decided that sentences awarded
by judiciary to criminals found guilty in terrorist cases, should be immediately executed, besides establishing
military courts for rapid trials. In this regard, a total of 11 military courts was established and 142 cases referred
to them, out of which 55 cases have been decided, 87 cases are in process, besides convicting 31 hardcore
terrorists. The centuries-old socio-economic and political structures of frontier region and insurgency in
Afghanistan have been the prime factors in making the FATA an epicentre of terrorism. Some individuals of the
community became involved in acts of terrorism and other criminal activities. They got opportunities to promote
their terrorist activities due to lack of an effective legal system. Therefore, the NAP included the development in
the region on priority bases and equal rights and opportunities be granted to the people to bring them at par with
others in the rest of the country.
It is evident that since the initiation of NAP, there has been a decline in violence in the country. The year 2015
witnessed the lowest number of terror attacks since 2007. Phenomenal successes have been achieved after the
launch of Operation Zarb-i-Azb. Terrorists’ backbone has been broken, dismantling their main infrastructure and
disrupting their nexus with sleeper cells. According to ISPR, 3,400 terrorists including 183 hardcore were killed,
837 hideouts destroyed, and 21,193terrorist were arrested. In this context about 488 officers and men of Pak Army,
FC and Rangers sacrificed their lives and 1914 were injured in the operation. Successes in this operation have
created space for decisive surge against terrorists in urban areas as well.
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Dedication

(Salma, Anum Zafar, Aqsa Zahid, Qurat ul Ain)

Anum Zafar _____________

Aqsa Zahid _____________

Qurat ul Ain _____________

6-Abu Nidal Organization (ANO)

World Trade Centre

Twin Towers Collapse

How Many People Died in 9/11 Attacks?

i) End the state sponsorship of terrorism

4. Diminish the underlying conditions that terrorists seek to exploit

i) Integrate the National Strategy for Homeland Security

2-Pak and War on Terror

The answer to this is:

3-According to president Musharraf why Pakistan joined war on terror?

4-US demanded from Pakistan

1. Access to Pakistani air and land bases.

II. Air Bases Under US

III. Land Routes

1-9/11 and Change in Pakistan’s Foreign Policy toward Afghanistan

3-Benefits of the Post 9/11 Pakistan’s Afghan Policy

Table 1: Impacts of terrorism

Sectors Impacts of terrorism

1) Economic impact of the War

Table 2: Estimated Loses

Year Billion$ % Change

a. Gross Domestic Product

Table:3 FDI economy rate since 2004-onward

Year FDI in millions of US dollar

2) Social and Political Impact of the War

a) Incidence of Terrorism and Human Cost

Dec. 31, 2017 4.04%

c) Media’s Overtly Negative Role

1-The Shakai Peace Agreement, April 2004

2-Srarogha Peace Agreement, February 2005

3-The Swat Agreement, May 2008

Details of the accord

1) Terrorist incidents in Pakistan in 2001

2) Terrorist incidents in Pakistan in 2002

3) Terrorist incidents in Pakistan in 2003

February – March 2003

4) Terrorist incidents in Pakistan in 2004

February - May 2004

5) Terrorist incidents in Pakistan in 2005

This is a list of terrorist incidents in Pakistan in 2005

September - November 2006

7) Terrorist incidents in Pakistan in 2007

October – December 2007

8) Terrorist incidents in Pakistan in 2008

January – March 2008

October – December 2008

October – December 2009

10) Terrorist incidents in Pakistan in 2010

11) Terrorist incidents in Pakistan in 2011

January - March 2011

12) Terrorist incidents in Pakistan in 2012

procession of Shi'ites in Dera Ismail Khan.

1) Terrorist incidents in Pakistan in 2013

1) Terrorist incidents in Pakistan in 2014

2) Terrorist incidents in Pakistan in 2015

3) Terrorist incidents in Pakistan in 2016

4) Terrorist incidents in Pakistan in 2017

5) Terrorist incidents in Pakistan in 2018