Azam Tariq was the leader of the politico-religious organisation Sipah-e-Sahaba Pakistan,a Deobandi organization,which was officially banned by the government of Pakistan in August 2001.On 26 June 2018,Pakistan lifted the ban.
Counter Terrorism Command (CTC) or SO15 is a Specialist Operations branch within London's Metropolitan Police Service. The Counter Terrorism Command was established as a result of the merging of the Anti-Terrorist Branch (SO13) and Special Branch (SO12) in October 2006,bringing together intelligence,operations,and investigative functions to form a single command. CTC has over 1,500 police officers and staff,and a number of investigators based overseas and also hosts the National Counter Terrorism Policing Network headquarters.
General elections were held in Pakistan on 18 February 2008 to elect members of the 13th National Assembly and the four Provincial Assemblies.
Sipah-e-Sahaba Pakistan,renamed to Millat-e-Islamia,is a Islamist organisation in Pakistan,which also functioned as a political party. It broke away from the main Deobandi Sunni organisation Jamiatul Ulema-e-Islam in 1985. Established in Jhang by Haq Nawaz Jhangvi,it was banned by President Pervez Musharraf in 2002 as a terrorist organization under the Anti-Terrorism Act of 1997. In March 2012,the government of Pakistan banned Sipah-e-Sahaba again. The government of the United Kingdom banned the group earlier in 2001.
Law enforcement in Pakistan is one of the three main components of the criminal justice system of Pakistan,alongside the judiciary and the prisons. The country has a mix of federal,provincial and territorial police forces with both general and specialised functions,but the senior ranks of all the provincial forces and most of the federal ones are manned by members of the Police Service of Pakistan (PSP). The PSP is one of the most prestigious parts of the Central Superior Services,Pakistan's main civil service organisation. Federal law enforcement agencies are generally overseen by the Ministry of Interior of the Government of Pakistan,while provincial police forces are overseen by a department of the government of that province.
Hafiz Abdul Basit is a citizen of Pakistan who is believed to have been detained on suspicion of involvement to assassinate Pakistan's leader President Pervez Musharraf.
Events from the year 2008 in Pakistan.
The Federal Investigation Agency is a border control,criminal investigation,counter-intelligence and security agency under the control of the Interior Secretary of Pakistan,tasked with investigative jurisdiction on undertaking operations against terrorism,espionage,federal crimes,smuggling as well as infringement and other specific crimes.
The July 2010 Lahore bombings occurred on 1 July 2010 in Lahore,Punjab,Pakistan. Two suicide bombers blew themselves up at the Sufi shrine,Data Darbar Complex. At least 50 people were killed and 200 others were hurt in the blasts. It was the biggest attack on a Sufi shrine in Pakistan since 2001.
This is a list of terrorist incidents in Pakistan in 2004.
There are only a few terrorist attacks in Pakistan,resulting over 50 deaths.
Malik Ishaq was a Pakistani militant,and leader of globally designated Lashkar-e-Jhangvi (LeJ).
On 2 November 2014,a suicide bombing took place at Wagah border following the daily border ceremony in Pakistan. The attack was claimed by three rival militant groups.
The National Counter Terrorism Authority (NACTA),commonly called Nacta,is a Pakistani internal security organization responsible for making counter terrorism and counter extremism policies and strategies. It also develops action plans against terrorism and extremism and reviews their implementation. It is mandated to devise a counter-terrorism strategy that should address short,medium and long-term goals and devise action plans for their implementation. It formulates threat assessments with periodic reviews. It advises the Federal Government on making adequate and timely efforts to counter terrorism and extremism.
The Counter Terrorism Department formerly known as the Crime Investigation Department (CID),are crime scene investigation,interrogation,anti-terrorism,and intelligence bureaus of the provincial police services of Pakistan.
On 16 August 2015,two suspected suicide bombers detonated explosives at the home office of Punjab Interior Minister Shuja Khanzada in the Attock District village of Shadikhan,80 km (50 mi) from the Pakistani capital of Islamabad. The blasts killed the minister and 18 other people;at least 17 people were injured and taken to hospitals. Lashkar-e-Jhangvi (LeJ),a Deobandi militant group with ties to Al-Qaeda,claimed responsibility for the attack,and it was later determined that Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan was also involved.
On 13 February 2017,a suicide bombing took place on the Mall Road in Lahore,Pakistan,where a group of chemists and pharmacists were holding a protest at Charing Cross in front of the Punjab provincial assembly. According to Punjab Police sources,18 people were killed,including several police officials,and at least 87 were injured.
On 13 July 2018,ahead of Pakistan's general election,two bombings took place at election rallies in Bannu and Mastung.
On 22 July 2018,3 days before general elections,a suicide bomber blew himself near the vehicle of former KPK provincial minister of Agriculture Ikramullah Khan Gandapur in Kulachi,Dera Ismail Khan District,Pakistan. The prime target of attack,Gandapur was brought to Dera Ismail Khan in critical condition where he succumbed to his wounds. Apart from Gandapur,his driver and one of his guards was also killed and three more people were injured. Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) claimed responsibility for the assault describing Gandapur's killing of their colleague militants as the motive. The attack was widely condemned across Pakistan.
On 23 June 2021,a car bomb exploded in Lahore,Punjab,Pakistan,killing three people.
