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Terrorist Incidents In Pakistan In 2021
This article is an incomplete outline of terrorist incidents in Pakistan in 2021 in chronological order. January *3 January - Machh attack February * 22 February - Ippi shooting March * 24 March - 2021 Chaman bombings April * 21 April - Quetta Serena Hotel bombing May * 21 May - 2021 Chaman bombings * 31 May - May 2021 Balochistan attacks June * 1 June - At least 4 terrorists were killed and 8 were injured in two separate attacks in Balochistan. Four soldiers were also killed and eight others were injured in the attacks. * 4 June - 2 policemen were killed in a terror attack in Islamabad. * 9 June - Two police officers protecting polio team were killed by unknown motorcyclists in Mardan. * 23 June - 2021 Lahore bombing * 28 June - 1 soldier of Frontier Corps Balochistan was killed in terrorist attack in Shapak, District Hoshab Balochistan. July *14 July- A Bus carrying Chinese workers in the Dasu area of Upper Kohistan District fell into a ravine after an e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Machh Attack
On 3 January 2021, a group of Islamic State (IS) militants killed 11 Hazara coal miners after being kidnapped in Machh, Balochistan, Pakistan. The attack The miners were on their way to work when the gunmen ambushed and dragged them into the nearby mountains. All 11 miners were blindfolded and had their hands tied behind their backs before having their throats slit. Video of the miners' murders shows the dead men strewn out on the floor of a village hut. The victims were members of the minority Shia community. Protests Not long after the attack, Hazaras blocked roads and burned tires in Quetta, the capital of Balochistan province. They gathered to protest the terror attacks on them and to demonstrate their minority rights. They demanded that the Prime Minister visit them and personally assure them that justice would be served in the case of the lynched miners. A demonstration organized by the Majlis Wahdat-e-Muslimeen in Karachi continued for three days at over twenty lo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gwadar Suicide Attack
On 20 August 2021, a suicide attack on a convoy of Chinese workers on the Gwadar Expressway project, as a result two local children were killed and three were injured in southwestern Pakistan. The bombing The Pakistan interior ministry said that the attack took place on an expressway under construction in the Nagori ward area, when three vehicles were taking Chinese citizens under military and police surveillance. As the convoy approached the fishermen's colony on the East Bay Expressway, a young boy came out and ran to hit the vehicles. The attacker blew themselves up 15 to 20 meters away from the convoy when plainclothes army personnel rushed and stop the attacker. The injured Chinese national was shifted to Gwadar Hospital where his condition was out of danger. Claim of responsibility The attack was claimed by the Balochistan Liberation Army (BLA), a separatist militant organization. "BLA carried out a 'self-sacrificing' attack against a convoy of Chinese engineers," t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
December 2021 Karachi Explosion
On 18 December 2021, an explosion at a bank branch in the Sher Shah area of Karachi, Sindh Sindh (; ; ur, , ; historically romanized as Sind) is one of the four provinces of Pakistan. Located in the southeastern region of the country, Sindh is the third-largest province of Pakistan by land area and the second-largest province ..., Pakistan, killed 17 people and injured at least 16 others. Explosion A gas leak exploded near Paracha Chowk in the Sher Shah area of Karachi, killing 14 people and injuring several others, including the father of Alamgir Khan (politician), Alamgir Khan, a member of the National Assembly (Pakistan), National Assembly. The blast destroyed a private bank building on the drain, damaged vehicles, and according to an initial report from the bomb disposal squad, the blast was caused by a gas leak in the Sewerage, sewer line. Murtaza Wahab, the administrator of Karachi issued a statement on Twitter that initially 15 people had died and 16 were inju ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harnai
Harnai ( ps, هرنای, ur, ) is the capital of Harnai District in the Balochistan province of Pakistan. It was previously in Sibi District. It is located in the northeast of Balochistan province. The town is surrounded by the cities Ziarat, Loralai and the state capital, Quetta. The population is predominantly Pashtun followed by Baloch. The language spoken in the town is Wanetsi or Tareeno mainly spoken by Spin Tareen's, a unique and archaic dialect of Pashto. There is also a thinly populated tribe in the town named Wanechi (not to be confused with Wanetsi language). The other name of the Language is Tareeno. The town is inhabited by Marri and Baloch tribes with a Pashtuns majority such as the Tareen and Kakar. History The old name of Harnai was Zawara in Local Tareeno Language. Some people still pronounced Harnai as Zawara. The name Harnai refers to an influential Hindu personality, Harnam Das, supposed founder of Harnai town, the capital of Harnai District. The town is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Awaran
Awaran ( Balochi and ur, ), is the main city of Awaran District in the Balochistan province of Pakistan. As well serving as the district headquarters the town is also the tehsil A tehsil (, also known as tahsil, taluka, or taluk) is a local unit of administrative division in some countries of South Asia. It is a subdistrict of the area within a district including the designated populated place that serves as its administr ... headquarters and a Union Council. References Populated places in Awaran District {{Balochistan-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Takht Bhai Tehsil
Takht Bhai is a tehsil located in Mardan District, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. The population is 626,523 according to the 2017 census. See also * List of tehsils of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa In Pakistan, a tehsil is an administrative sub-division of a District. Those are sub-divided into union councils. Here is a list of all the tehsils of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. Bannu Division Bannu District # Bannu Tehsil # Domel Tehsil # Kakki ... References Tehsils of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Populated places in Mardan District {{MardanPK-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
South Waziristan
South Waziristan District ( ps, سويلي وزیرستان ولسوالۍ, ur, ) was a district in Dera Ismail Khan Division of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa before splitting in to Lower South Waziristan District and Upper South Waziristan District and the southern part of Waziristan, a mountainous region of northwest Pakistan, that covers some 11,585 km2 (4,473 mi²). Waziristan comprises the area west and southwest of Peshawar between the Tochi River to the north and the Gomal River to the south. The region was an independent tribal territory from 1893, remaining outside of British-ruled empire and Afghanistan. Tribal raiding into British-ruled territory was a constant problem for the British, requiring frequent punitive expeditions between 1860 and 1945. Troops of the British Raj coined a name for this region "Hell's Door Knocker" in recognition of the fearsome reputation of the local fighters and inhospitable terrain. The capital city of South Waziristan is Wanna. South Wazi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pakistan Army
The Pakistan Army (, ) is the Army, land service branch of the Pakistan Armed Forces. The roots of its modern existence trace back to the British Indian Army that ceased to exist following the partition of India, Partition of British India, which occurred as a result of the Indian Independence Act 1947, 1947 Indian Independence Act of the United Kingdom. According to statistics provided by the International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS) in 2021, the Pakistan Army has approximately 560,000 active duty, active-duty personnel, supported by the #Combat maneuvering organizations, Army Reserve and National Guard of Pakistan, National Guard. Pakistani citizens can enlist for voluntary military service upon reaching 16 years of age, but cannot be deployed for combat until the age of 18 in accordance with the Constitution of Pakistan. The primary objective and constitutional mission of the Pakistan Army is to ensure the national security and national unity of Pakistan by defend ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kech District
The Kech District ( ur, ) is a district located in the Balochistan province of Pakistan. Administration The district of Kech is administratively subdivided into the following tehsils, each of which contains several villages: * * * * Mand * Dasht * Tump * Hoshab Demographics At the time of the 2017 census the district had a pop ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frontier Corps Balochistan (South)
The Frontier Corps Balochistan (South) ( ur, , reporting name: FCB(S)), is a group of paramilitary forces of Pakistan, operating in the southwestern part of the province of Balochistan, to overseeing the country's borders with Afghanistan and Iran and assist with maintaining law and order. It is one of four Frontier Corps with the others being: FC Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (North) and FC Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (South) stationed in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, and FC Balochistan (North) stationed in the northern part of Balochistan province. The Corps is headed by a seconded inspector general, who is a Pakistan Army officer of at least major-general rank, although the force itself is officially under the jurisdiction of the Interior Ministry. The Corps consists of several infantry regiments, themselves composed of one or more battalion-sized wings. Some of the regiments were raised during the colonial era. History The Frontier Corps was created in 1907 by Lord Curzon, the viceroy of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2021 Quetta Suicide Attack
On 5 September 2021, in Quetta, a terrorist on a motorcycle targeted a check post on Mastung Road, killing 4 FC personnel and injuring 20 others. The bombing Police said the attack was carried out by a suicide bomber who drove his motorbike packed with six kilograms of explosives into a convoy of a law enforcement agency vehicle. Police and law enforcement agencies immediately began an investigation at the scene of the blast, led by a bomb squad. Emergency services arrived on the scene shortly after the explosion. According to police officials, the injured were shifted to Combined Military Hospital (CMH) and Sheikh Khalifah Bin Zayyad Hospital for medical treatment. Prime Minister Imran Khan, Federal Human Rights Minister Shireen Mazari, Governor Balochistan Syed Zahoor Ahmad Agha, Shahbaz Shareef and others condemned the suicide attack. Claim of responsibility TTP claimed the responsibility, which, according to Shireen Mazari, was sponsored by the RAW. See also * Quet ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
26 August 2021 Balochistan Attacks
On 26 August 2021, four security personnel were killed and six others were injured in attacks by terrorist in Balochistan's Ziarat and Panjgur districts. Ziarat explosion The Levies Force had received reports of the abduction of four workers working on the Mangi Dam. A Levies Force team launched a search operation to rescue the workers. However, a Levies officer hit a landmine while chasing the kidnappers' vehicle. The blast killed three Levies and injured three others in the other vehicle. The kidnappers released the two workers when Levies began chasing them. Protests The heirs of the Levies martyrs, the people of Ziarat, Harnai, Sanjawi and various political parties and tribes placed the bodies on the main highway near Kuch Mor, Ziarat, Quetta and closed the highway to all kinds of traffic. Traffic on the main national highway of North Balochistan remained suspended for hours. The protesters said that the bodies would not be buried till the formation of the Judicial Commis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
