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/PlaceDateLocationDeathsNotesRef
1947 Kamoke train massacre 24 September 1947 Kamoke 408Muslim attack against Hindus and Sikhs [1]
1948 Gujrat train massacre 12 January 1948 Gujrat railway station 1,300-1,600By 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 70By Sindh Police against protesting Muhajir women and children [4]
2003 Quetta mosque bombing 4 July 2003 Jumah Prayers shiya mosque 53By Lashkar e Jhangvi [5]
Pearl Continental hotel bombing 9 June 2009 Peshawar 17By Fedayeen al-Islam [6]
2010 Ahmadiyya mosques massacre 28 May 2010 Lahore 86By Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan [7] [8]
June 2013 Pakistan bombings 30 June 2013 Quetta 52One 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. [9]
2014 Peshawar school massacre 16 December 2014 Army Public School Peshawar 148By Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan [10]
2015 Karachi bus shooting May 13, 2015 Safoora Goth 45+By Jundallah [11]
2016 Punjab sweet poisoning 20 April to 8 May 2016District Layyah, Punjab 33Least 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, 201795 Shomaali, Sargodha, Punjab, Pakistan 20 died 3 injured.
Sahiwal killings January 19, 2019Highway, Sahiwal 4By CTD Punjab
2024 Kurram attack 21 Nov 2024 Kurram District, KPK, Pakistan 54By Islamic State (suspected). At least 86 were injured in the attack with 16 critically injured.

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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. ↑ "Suicide attack on Pakistani hotel". BBC. 2009-06-10. Retrieved 2016-02-02.
  7. ↑ "Clarification - 86 Ahmadis died in the Lahore attacks | Islam Ahmadiyya" . Retrieved 2020-10-07.
  8. ↑ "Pakistan: Massacre of Minority Ahmadis". Human Rights Watch. 2010-06-01. Retrieved 2020-10-07.
  9. ↑ "Bombs Kill 49 Amid UK PM's Visit To Pakistan". The Huffington Post. Retrieved 2016-02-02.
  10. ↑ "Peshawar school attack: Over 10 killed in Pakistani Taliban attack, hundreds of students hostage". DNA India. 16 December 2014. Retrieved 16 December 2014.
  11. ↑ 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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