List of massacres in Pakistan

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A massacre is the deliberate slaughter of members of one group by one or more members of another more powerful group. A massacre may be indiscriminate or highly methodical in application. A massacre is a single event, though it may occur during the course of an extended military campaign or war. A massacre is separate from a battle (an event in which opposing sides fight), but may follow in its immediate aftermath, when one side has surrendered or lost the ability to fight, yet the victors persist in killing their opponents.

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Massacres

Name/PlaceDateLocationDeathsInjuriesNotesRef
1947 Kamoke train massacre 24 September 1947 Kamoke, Punjab 408587Muslim attack against Hindus and Sikhs [1]
1948 Gujrat train massacre 12 January 1948 Gujrat railway station 1,300-1,600150By Muslim Pathans against Hindus and Sikhs [2]
Qasba Aligarh massacre 14 December 1986 Orangi town 400+-By Tribal Pashtuns [3]
Pucca Qila Massacre 27 May 1990 Hyderabad, Sindh 70-By Sindh Police against protesting Muhajir women and children [4]
2003 Quetta Mosque Bombing 4 July 2003 Quetta, Balochistan 5365+By Lashkar e Jhangvi [5]
2008 Wah Bombings 21 August 2008 Wah Cantt, Punjab 7080+By Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan. Termed as the deadliest attack on a Mlitary Installation in Pakistan's history at that time. [6]
2008 Marriot Bombings 20 September 2008 Islamabad 54266 [7]
2009 Pearl Continental bombing 9 June 2009 Peshawar 1746By Fedayeen al-Islam [8]
2010 Ahmadiyya mosques massacre 28 May 2010 Lahore 86120+By Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan [9] [10]
June 2013 Pakistan bombings 30 June 2013 Quetta 52119One attack near a Muslim mosque in Hazara Town, Quetta in which at least 28 people killed. Another attack near the Badhaber Police Station in Peshawar in which 18 people killed. Other in a check post in Miranshah, North Waziristan in which four security officers were killed. [11]
2014 Peshawar school massacre 16 December 2014 Army Public School Peshawar 148114By Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan [12]
2015 Karachi bus shooting May 13, 2015 Safoora Goth, Karachi 45+-By Jundallah [13]
2016 Punjab sweet poisoning 20 April to 8 May 2016 Layyah, Punjab 33-Least 33 people, including five children, died after eating a purposely poisoned laddu, a baked confection. A sweet shop owner, Khalid Mahmood, confessed to mixing the pesticide into the sweets after an argument with his brother and co-owner
2017 Sargodha shrine massacre April 1, 2017 Sargodha, Punjab 203By Shrine custodian, Abdul Washed, and his associates
2024 Kurram attack 21 Nov 2024 Kurram, KPK 5486By Islamic State (suspected). At least 86 were injured in the attack with 16 critically injured.
2025 Darul Uloom Haqqania bombing 28 February 2025 Akora Khattak, KPK 720By Islamic State – Khorasan Province (suspected)

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References

  1. ↑ Ahmed, Ishtiaq (2022). The Punjab: Bloodied, Partitioned and Cleansed. New Delhi: Rupa Publications. pp. 456–457. ISBN   978-93-5520-578-0.
  2. ↑ "Refugees Killed In Punjab". 16 January 1948. Retrieved 21 March 2023.
  3. ↑ Shafique, Khurram Ali (ed.). "1986: Orangi killings". The Chronicle of Pakistan. Republic of Rumi. Archived from the original on January 22, 2013.
  4. ↑ ASHRAF, ZUBAIR (2017-05-28). "MQM observes 27th anniversary of Pucca Qila tragedy". The Express Tribune. Retrieved 2024-07-07.
  5. ↑ "19 arrested after attack on mosque". The Guardian. Reuters. 2003-07-07. ISSN   0261-3077 . Retrieved 2020-10-07.
  6. ↑ "Death toll in Wah blasts climbs to 70". Archived from the original on 2008-09-04.
  7. ↑ "More Bodies Pulled From Hotel Rubble in Pakistan".
  8. ↑ "Suicide attack on Pakistani hotel". BBC. 2009-06-10. Retrieved 2016-02-02.
  9. ↑ "Clarification - 86 Ahmadis died in the Lahore attacks | Islam Ahmadiyya" . Retrieved 2020-10-07.
  10. ↑ "Pakistan: Massacre of Minority Ahmadis". Human Rights Watch. 2010-06-01. Retrieved 2020-10-07.
  11. ↑ "Bombs Kill 49 Amid UK PM's Visit To Pakistan". The Huffington Post. Retrieved 2016-02-02.
  12. ↑ "Peshawar school attack: Over 10 killed in Pakistani Taliban attack, hundreds of students hostage". DNA India. 16 December 2014. Retrieved 16 December 2014.
  13. ↑ Abbas, Munira (14 May 2015). "Safora massacre death toll rises to 45 as Ismaili community say their last goodbyes". The Express Tribune. Retrieved 17 May 2015.
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