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incidents in

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. The

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had a major impact on Pakistan, with terrorism in

sectarian Sectarianism is a political or cultural conflict between two groups which are often related to the form of government which they live under. Prejudice, discrimination, or hatred can arise in these conflicts, depending on the political status quo ...

violence, but after the

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in the United States in 2001, it also had to combat the threat of

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and

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militants, who fled from

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and usually targeted high-profile political figures. Terrorism in Pakistan peaked in the late 2000s and early 2010s.

Summary

In 2006, 657 terrorist attacks, including 41 of a sectarian nature, took place, leaving 907 people dead and 1,543 others injured according to Pak Institute for Peace Studies (PIPS) security report. In 2007, 1,515 terrorist attacks and clashes, including all the suicide attacks, target killings and assassinations, resulted in 3,448 casualties and 5,353 injuries, according to the PIPS security report. These casualties figure 128 percent and 491.7 percent higher as compared with 2006 and 2005, respectively. The report states that Pakistan faced 60 suicide attacks (mostly targeted at security forces) during 2007, which killed at least 770, besides injuring another 1,574 people. PIPS report shows visible increase in suicide attacks after Lal Masjid operation. Fatalities in Terrorist Violence in Pakistan

Fatalities in Terrorist Violence in Pakistan

In 2008, the country saw 2,148 terrorist attacks, which caused 2,267 fatalities and 4,558 injuries.

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(HRCP) in its annual report indicated that there were at least 67 suicide attacks across Pakistan killing 973 people and injuring 2,318. Further, a source in the investigation agencies disclosed that the total number of suicide blasts in Pakistan since 2002 rose to 140 (till 21 December 2008) while 56 bombers had struck in 2007. In 2009, the worst of any year, 2,586 terrorist, insurgent and sectarian-related incidents were reported, killing 3,021 people and injured 7,334, according to the "Pakistan Security Report 2009" published by PIPS. These casualties figure 48 percent higher as compared to 2008. On the other hand, the rate of suicide attacks surged by one third to 87 bombings that killed 1,300 people and injured 3,600. Terrorist attacks staged in Pakistan have killed over 35,000 people, 5,000 of which are law enforcement personnel, and caused material damage to the Pakistani economy totalling US$67 billion by the IMF and the World Bank. According to an independent research site pakistanbodycount.org maintained by Dr. Zeeshan-ul-hassan Usmani a Fulbright scholar deaths from suicide bombings up to October 2011 were 5,067 with over 13,000 injured. The website also provides analysis on the data showing an evident increase in suicide bombing after the Lal Masjid operation. All death counts are verifiable from news sources placed online.

Overview

Lists by year

Terrorist incidents in Pakistan in 1987 234 people were killed and 1200 wounded from 127 Afghan inspired attacks in Pakistan in 1987. Overall, the country was target of half of the state sponsored attacks worldwide. Below is the timeline of few main attacks. *July 14 — 1987 Karachi car ...

Terrorist incidents in Pakistan in 1990 * May 7 — 21 people were killed and 30 injured in a train bombing near Lahore. State authorities said they had no suspect but local newspapers blamed the flurry of bombings in Lahore, Rawalpindi and Islamabad on Indian secret agents. * May 18 — ...

Terrorist incidents in Pakistan in 1991 Terrorism, in its broadest sense, is the use of criminal violence to provoke a state of terror or fear, mostly with the intention to achieve political or religious aims. The term is used in this regard primarily to refer to intentional violen ...

Terrorist incidents in Pakistan in 1992 Terrorism, in its broadest sense, is the use of criminal violence to provoke a state of terror or fear, mostly with the intention to achieve political or religious aims. The term is used in this regard primarily to refer to intentional violen ...

Terrorist incidents in Pakistan in 1993 Terrorism, in its broadest sense, is the use of criminal violence to provoke a state of terror or fear, mostly with the intention to achieve political or religious aims. The term is used in this regard primarily to refer to intentional violen ...

Terrorist incidents in Pakistan in 1994 Terrorism, in its broadest sense, is the use of criminal violence to provoke a state of terror or fear, mostly with the intention to achieve political or religious aims. The term is used in this regard primarily to refer to intentional violen ...

Terrorist incidents in Pakistan in 1995 *November 19 — Egyptian Embassy bombing: At least 16 people were killed and 60 others injured by the bombing of the Egyptian Embassy in Islamabad. Ten people were later arrested in connection with the incident. *December 21 — 1995 Peshawar bo ...

Terrorist incidents in Pakistan in 1996 January * 15 January: Poet Mohsin Naqvi is assassinated in Moon Market, Lahore. April * April 15 — 6 people were killed in bombing in chemotherapy ward clinic's waiting room of then newly built Shaukat Khanum Memorial Cancer Hospital & Researc ...

Terrorist incidents in Pakistan in 1997 February *February 28 — In two separate incidents, 5 people were killed and 2 wounded in Lahore. 3 people were killed and 11 injured by a bomb explosion outside Lahore Railway Station in a minibus station. Another 2 people were killed and 2 injur ...

Terrorist incidents in Pakistan in 1998 * 28 February — 8 people were killed on Saturday by two bombs exploding 20 minutes apart in the eastern neighborhood of Karachi. A music store and a hardware shop were targeted in the attack. Earlier on Thursday and Friday, 3 bombs exploded in the ...

Terrorist incidents in Pakistan in 1999 *January 3 - 4 people were killed and 3 wounded as a bomb explosion shattered a bridge at 4:50am shortly before Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif was to cross it while traveling from his private residence in Raiwind to Lahore. A delay in the Prime Ministe ...

Terrorist incidents in Pakistan in 2000 *17 January — At least 7 people killed when a bomb exploded in Karachi. *28 January— At least 4 people killed during two separate bomb blasts exploded in Karachi *5 February — At least 5 people killed in a bomb attack in a train in Hyderaba ...

Terrorist incidents in Pakistan in 2001 In 2001, it saw 2 terrorist attacks resulting over 20 deaths and 10 injuries. This was the beginning of War on Terror after the 9/11 attacks *28 October — Attack on a Protestant church in southern Punjab city of Bahawalpur resulted in 16 deaths ...

Terrorist incidents in Pakistan in 2002 In 2002, 14 terrorist, insurgent and sectarian-related incidents were reported that killed 60 people and injured 150. February * 22 February — The American journalist Daniel Pearl was kidnapped and murdered in Karachi. * 26 February — At lea ...

Terrorist incidents in Pakistan in 2003 There are only a few terrorist attacks in Pakistan, resulting over 50 deaths. February – March * 28 February:- Two policemen were shot dead outside the United States consulate in Karachi, the same place where 12 people were killed by a car bo ...

Terrorist incidents in Pakistan in 2004 This is a list of terrorist incidents in Pakistan in 2004. February - May * 28 February:- An apparent suicide bomber was killed and three worshippers injured in an attack on Imambargah in Satellite Town, Rawalpindi, Punjab. * 2 March:- At leas ...

Terrorist incidents in Pakistan in 2005 This is a list of terrorist incidents in Pakistan in 2005. January- March * 8 January:- At least 10 people were killed in sectarian violence in the city of Gilgit, Gilgit-Baltistan. The shooting of a Shia Muslim cleric earlier sparked clashe ...

Terrorist incidents in Pakistan in 2006 In 2006, 30 terrorist attacks, including 10 of a sectarian nature, took place, leaving 100 people dead and 230 others injured. January - April *25 January:- At least six people were killed and five others hurt after a bus ran over a landmine in ...

Terrorist incidents in Pakistan in 2007 In 2007, 34 terrorist attacks and clashes, including suicide attacks, killings, and assassinations, resulted in 134 casualties and 245 injuries, according to the PIPS security report. The report states that Pakistan faced 20 suicide attacks (mos ...

Terrorist incidents in Pakistan in 2008 In 2008, Pakistan saw 40 terrorist attacks, which caused 154 fatalities and 256 injuries. January – March * 10 January:- 24 people were killed and 73 injured in a suicide attack when the policemen were deliberately targeted outside Lahore High ...

Terrorist incidents in Pakistan in 2009 In 2009, Pakistan suffered 50 terrorist, insurgent and sectarian-related incidents that killed 180 people and injured 300. January – March * 4 January:- At least seven people, three of them policemen and two journalists, were killed when a su ...

Terrorist incidents in Pakistan in 2010 These are the list of Terrorist attacks in Pakistan in 2010. January – March *1 January:- At least 130+ people were killed and 253 injured when a suicide bomber blew up his vehicle in a crowd watching a volleyball game in Lakki Marwat, Khyber-P ...

Terrorist incidents in Pakistan in 2011 This is a list of terrorist attacks in Pakistan in the calendar year 2011. January – March 2011 *January 12:- At least 17 people were killed and more than 20 others injured, after a suicide car-bomber rammed his explosive-laden vehicle into a h ...

Terrorist incidents in Pakistan in 2012 This is a list of terrorist incidents in Pakistan in 2012. Pakistan has faced numerous attacks by insurgents as a result of the ongoing War in North-West Pakistan by the Pakistani military against militant groups, part of the War on Terror. At t ...

Terrorist incidents in Pakistan in 2013 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. January – March * January 1 — Malik Mukhtar Hussain, was a prominent licensed organ ...

Terrorist incidents in Pakistan in 2014 This is a List of terrorist incidents in Pakistan since 2001, list of terrorist incidents in Pakistan in 2014. January – March * 1 January — A bomb blasted on the Qambrani road in Akhtarabad, Quetta near a bus, which was carrying at least ...

Terrorist incidents in Pakistan in 2015 This is a List of terrorist incidents in Pakistan since 2001, list of terrorist incidents in Pakistan in 2015. January 9 January – Time bomb in drainpipe explosion killed at least eight people took place near Imambargah Aun Muhammad Rizvi ...

Terrorist incidents in Pakistan in 2016 This is a List of terrorist incidents in Pakistan since 2001, list of terrorist incidents in Pakistan in 2016. Pakistan was the 10th most dangerous country by criminality index in 2016. January 13 January - At least 15 people are killed and severa ...

Terrorist incidents in Pakistan in 2017 This article is an outline of terrorist incidents in Pakistan in 2017 in chronological order. January *21 January - a bomb was detonated at a vegetable market in Parachinar, in the Kurram Valley of the Federally Administered Tribal Areas of Pakist ...

Terrorist incidents in Pakistan in 2018 This article is a chronological outline of terrorist incidents in Pakistan in 2018. January *15 January - Security personnel were killed when their vehicle was ambushed in Balochistan. *16 January - Gunmen killed a police constable in Quetta. *16 ...

Terrorist incidents in Pakistan in 2019 Terrorist incidents in Pakistan in 2019 include: January * 5 January - Six people, including two women, were injured in an improvised explosive device (IED) blast in Peshawar. The IED was planted car bomb, in a car parked next to Sunehri Masjid in ...

Terrorist incidents in Pakistan in 2020 This article is an incomplete outline of terrorist incidents in Pakistan in 2021 in chronological order. January * 10 January - January 2020 Quetta bombing February * 17 February - February 2020 Quetta bombing June * 22 June - A bomb blast o ...

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 - ...

Terrorist incidents in Pakistan in 2022 Terrorist incidents in Pakistan in 2022 include: January–March * 8 January - Threee people were killed and three were injured in a attack on the brother of former caretaker Chief Minister Nawab Ghous Bakhsh Barozai in the Loni Road area in Si ...

Terrorist incidents in Pakistan in 2023 This article is an incomplete outline of terrorist incidents in Pakistan in 2023 in chronological order. January *3 January – Two intelligence officers, including the director of the provincial counterterrorism department, were shot dead outsid ...

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Huffington Post, 9, Sep 2011
Pakistan Body Count (PBC)Pak Institute for Peace Studies (PIPS)
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