 | This article needs to be updated.(May 2019) |
This is a list of terrorist incidents in Lahore since 2000.
| This article needs to be updated.(May 2019) |
This is a list of terrorist incidents in Lahore since 2000.
| Date | Area | Type of Incident | Deaths | Injured People | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 10 October 2004 [1] | At the entrance of Jamia Masjid Kashmirian in Mochi Gate | Suicide Bombing | 4 People | 10 |
| Date | Area | Type of Incident | Deaths | Injured People | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | 22 September 2005 [2] | Near a food stall outside the Minar-e-Pakistan park | Time Bomb | 1 Person | 9 |
| 3 | 22 September 2005 [2] | Outside a Jewelry shop in Ichra | Time Bomb | 5 People | 18 |
| Date | Area | Type of Incident | Deaths | Injured People | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | 29 August 2006 [3] | Inside a dustbin between two cars in a Liberty Market | Remote Controlled Bomb | -- | 20 |
| 5 | 17 November 2006 [4] | Inside a small dustbin near a FC College stop # 2 on a Ferozepur Road | Remote Controlled Bomb | -- | 25 |
| Date | Area | Type of Incident | Deaths | Injured People | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 | 10 January 2008 [5] | Outside the Lahore High Court | Suicide Bombing | 22 Police Soldiers 4 Civilians | 73 |
| 7 | 4 March 2008 [6] | Inside a Naval War College | Suicide Bombing | Deputy Chief Officer Khalid 2 FCS Soldiers 1 Security Guard 1 Sanitary Worker | 15 |
| 8 | 11 March 2008 [7] | Inside a FIA Headquarters on Temple road | Suicide Bombing | 16 FIA Soldiers 10 People | 175+ |
| 9 | 11 March 2008 [7] | Outside a Advertising Agency in a Model Town | Suicide Bombing | 4 People | 3 |
| 10 | 13 August 2008 [8] | Outside a Iqbal Town Police Station | Suicide Bombing | 3 Police Soldiers 5 Civilians | 20 |
| 11 | 7 October 2008 [9] | Outside a Juice shop in Garhi Shahu | Remote Controlled Bomb | -- | 10 |
| 12 | 22 November 2008 [10] | Inside a Alhamra Art Cultural Complex | Remote Controlled Bomb | -- | 7 |
| 13 | 24 December 2008 [11] | Inside a mini truck at GOR-2 | Remote Controlled Bomb | 1 Woman | 4 |
| Date | Area | Type of Incident | Deaths | Injured People | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14 | 9 January 2009 [12] | Outside a Theatre on Mall Road | Remote Controlled Bomb | -- | 5 |
| 15 | 3 March 2009 [13] | On Sri Lankan Cricket Team Bus at Liberty Chowk | Attacked | 6 Policeman 2 Civilians | 24 |
| 16 | 30 March 2009 [14] | Manawan Police Training School | Attacked | 6 Policeman 1 Civilian | 95+ |
| 17 | 27 May 2009 [15] | Outside Rescue 15 and Intelligence Office | Remote Controlled Bomb | Kernal Mirza Amir Baig 2 Officers 5 Soldiers 20 Civilians | 300+ |
| 18 | 12 June 2009 [16] | Inside a Jamia-e-Naeemia Mosque | Suicide Bombing | Mufti Sarfraz Naeemi 6 People | 12+ |
| 19 | 15 October 2009 [17] | FIA Headquarter,Manawan Police Training School and Elite Training School | Attacked | 16 Policeman 2 Civilians | 50+ |
| 20 | 7 December 2009 [18] | Inside a Moon Market on Allama Iqbal Town | Suicide Bombing,Shooting | 40 People | 100+ |
| Date | Area | Type of Incident | Deaths | Injured People | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21 | 8 March 2010 [19] | Outside the office of Special Intelligence Agency in K-Block Model Town | Suicide Bombing | Inspector S.I.A 7 Soldiers 6 Civilians | 100+ |
| 22 | 12 March 2010 [20] | At bus stop "R.A Bazar" in Lahore Cantt | Suicide Bombing | 8 Army Soldiers 49 Civilians | 100+ |
| 23 | 12 March 2010 [21] | Near the Moon Market on Allama Iqbal Town | Remote Controlled Bomb | -- | 3 |
| 24 | 21 May 2010 [22] | Inside a Tibbi City Bazar | Remote Controlled Bomb | -- | 4 |
| 25 | 28 May 2010 [23] | Ahmaddiya Mosques Massacre | Suicide Bombing | ||
| 26 | 1 July 2010 [24] | Inside a Sufi shrine, Data Durbar Complex | Suicide Bombing | 42 | 170+ |
| 27 | 1 September 2010 [25] | In Youm-e-Ali (a.s.) Procession | Suicide Bombing | 29 | 200 |
| Date | Area | Type of Incident | Deaths | Injured People | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28 | 25 January 2011 [26] | In Urdu Bazar | Suicide Bombing | 13 | 51 |
| 29 | 3 February 2011 [27] | Near Baba Haider Saeen Darbar | Remote Controlled Bomb | 2 | 28 |
| Date | Area | Type of Incident | Deaths | Injured People | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 | 24 April 2012 [28] | On Railway Station | Remote Controlled Bomb | 2 | 58 |
| 31 | 1 August 2012 [29] | In a Badami Bagh Fruit Market | Remote Controlled Bomb | -- | 23 |
| Date | Area | Type of Incident | Deaths | Injured People | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 32 | 6 July 2013 [30] | In a Food Street old Anarkali | Remote Controlled Bomb | 5 | 50 |
| 33 | 10 October 2013 [31] | In a Food Street old Anarkali | Remote Controlled Bomb | 1 | 16 |
| Date | Area | Type of Incident | Deaths | Injured People | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 34 | 17 February 2015 [32] | On the main gate of Qila Gujjar Singh Police Lines on Empress Road | Suicide Bombing | 2 Police Soldiers 3 Civilians | 31 |
| 35 | 15 March 2015 [33] | Youhanabad Churches | Suicide Bombing | 15 | 70 |
| 36 | 29 May 2015 [34] | Near Gaddafi Stadium | Suicide Bombing | Sub-Inspector Abdul Majeed 1 Civilian | 6 |
| Date | Area | Type of Incident | Deaths | Injured People | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 37 | 27 March 2016 [35] | On Gate # 1 near Children's play area in Gulshan-e-Iqbal Park | Suicide Bombing | 78 (Mostly women and children) | 350+ |
| 38 | 26 October 2016 [36] | Inside a Mochi Gate | Explosion | 1 Person | 10 |
| Date | Area | Type of Incident | Deaths | Injured People | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 39 | 13 February 2017 [37] | At Chairing Cross outside the Punjab Assembly on Mall Road | Suicide Bombing | DIG Traffic Capt (r) Ahmad Mubeen SSP Zahid Mahmood Gondal ASI Ameen Head Constable Asmat Ullah 3 FC Soldiers 7 Civilians | 85 |
| 40 | 5 April 2017 [38] | On Census team in Bedian Road area | Suicide Bombing | 4 Army soldiers 1 Air Force airman 1 Person | 19 |
This is a list of violent incidents in Pakistan from 2006 to 2009. Violence increased in 2006, in part because the US/NATO strategy from 2005 of attacking the Taliban in their stronghold in South Afghanistan, lead to incidents on the Pakistani side of the border.
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.
This is a list of terrorist incidents in Pakistan in 2014.
This is a list of terrorist incidents in Pakistan in 2015.
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.
This is a list of terrorist incidents in Pakistan in 2016. Pakistan was the 10th most dangerous country by criminality index in 2016.
On 27 March 2016, Easter Sunday, at least 75 people were killed and over 340 injured in a suicide bombing that hit the main entrance of Gulshan-e-Iqbal Park, one of the largest parks in Lahore, Pakistan. The attack targeted Christians who were celebrating Catholic Easter. However, as both Christians and Muslims were mingled in the park, Muslims were also killed. The majority of victims were women and children. Jamaat-ul-Ahrar, a group affiliated with the Pakistani Taliban, claimed responsibility for the attack. The attack led to worldwide condemnation and national mourning throughout Pakistan. Pakistan also launched a widespread counter-terrorism operation in South Punjab, arresting more than 200 people.
On 8 August 2016, terrorists attacked the Government Hospital of Quetta in Pakistan with a suicide bombing and shooting. They killed more than 70 people, mainly lawyers, and injured more than 130 others. The fatalities were mainly advocates (lawyers) who had assembled at the hospital where the body of Advocate Bilal Anwar Kasi, the president of Balochistan Bar Association, was brought after he was shot dead by an unknown gunman. Responsibility for the attack has been claimed by various Islamist groups like Jamaat-ul-Ahrar and the Islamic State. Between 70 and 94 people were killed and over 120 injured. 54 of those killed were lawyers.
On 16 September 2016, a bombing in a mosque left 36 people dead and 34 injured. The bombing comes only a few days after another one that killed at least 14 people and wounded 60.
This article is an outline of terrorist incidents in Pakistan in 2017 in chronological order.
On 13 February 2017, a suicide bombing took place on the Mall Road in Lahore, Pakistan, where a large crowd of Pharmaceutical manufacturers and owners, herbal manufactureres, homeopathic manufactureres, wholesellers, pharmaceutical marketeers, chemists, stockists, distributors, doctors 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 February 2017, Jamaat-ul-Ahrar released a video announcing the launch of "Operation Ghazi", named after Abdul Rashid Ghazi who was killed in July 2007 inside the Lal Masjid. The operation started with the suicide bombing at the Mall, in which 12 civilians and six police officers were killed.
On 16 February 2017, a suicide bombing took place inside the Shrine of Lal Shahbaz Qalandar in Sehwan, Sindh, Pakistan, where pilgrims were performing a Sufi ritual after the evening prayers. At least 90 people were killed and over 300 injured.
Operation Radd-ul-Fasaad is a codename of a combined military operation by the Pakistani military in support of local law enforcement agencies to disarm and eliminate the terrorist sleeper cells across all states of Pakistan, started on 22 February 2017. The operation is aimed to eliminate the threat of terrorism, and consolidating the gains of Operation Zarb-e-Azb which was launched in 2014 as a joint military offensive. It is further aimed at ensuring the security of Pakistan's borders. The operation is ongoing active participation from Pakistan Army, Pakistan Air Force, Pakistan Navy, Pakistan Police and other Warfare and Civil Armed Forces managed under the Government of Pakistan. This Operation has been mostly acknowledged after Operation Zarb e Azb.
On 24 July 2017, a suicide bombing took place in a vegetable market in Lahore, Pakistan. 26 people were killed and 58 others were wounded as a result of the explosion. Security officials believe that the attack targeted policemen, as there were 9 killed and 6 wounded. Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan claimed responsibility for the attack.
On 7 August 2017, a truck carrying explosive material accidentally went off at Band Road in Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan. As a result of explosion, two people were killed while 35 people were wounded. Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan is suspected to have perpetrated the attack.
On 5 October 2017, a suicide bomber targeted the shrine of Pir Rakhel Shah situated in Fatehpur, a small town in Gandawah tehsil of Jhal Magsi district in Pakistan's southwestern Balochistan province. At least 20 people, including two policemen, were killed and more than 30 others injured in the suicide attack.
This article is an outline of terrorist incidents in Pakistan in 2018 in chronological order.
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.