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 Pakistan. At least 25 people were killed and 87 injured by the explosion. Parachinar is the administrative headquarters of the Kurram Agency near the Afghan border. The same area has previously seen several blasts in

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and in December 2015. Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Qamar Bajwa visited Parachinar and paid a visit to the injured of the bomb blast in Agency Headquarters Hospital.

Lashkar-e-Jhangvi The Lashkar-e-Jhangvi (LeJ; ur, ) or "Army of Jhangvi", is a Deobandi Sunni supremacist, terrorist and jihadist militant organisation based in Afghanistan. The organisation operates in Pakistan and Afghanistan and is an offshoot of anti-Shia ...

al-Alami and the

Pakistani Taliban The Pakistani Taliban (), formally called the Tehreek-e-Taliban-e-Pakistan (Urdu/ ps, , lit=Student Movement of Pakistan, TTP), is an umbrella organization of various Islamist armed militant groups operating along the Afghan–Pakistani bor ...

splinter Shehryar Mehsud group both separately issued a joint claim of responsibility. Seven suspects were arrested following a search operation after the blast.

February

*12 February - Samaa TV assistant cameraman Taimoor Khan killed in an incident.

Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan The Pakistani Taliban (), formally called the Tehreek-e-Taliban-e-Pakistan (Urdu/ ps, , lit=Student Movement of Pakistan, TTP), is an umbrella organization of various Islamist armed militant groups operating along the Afghan–Pakistani bor ...

claimed the responsibility. *13 February - A

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outside the

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in Lahore killed at least 14 people including DIG Police and SSP Operations and injured more than 87 others. *15 February - At least two people killed and seven others injured in a suicide blast in

Peshawar Peshawar (; ps, پېښور ; hnd, ; ; ur, ) is the sixth most populous city in Pakistan, with a population of over 2.3 million. It is situated in the north-west of the country, close to the International border with Afghanistan. It is ...

's Hyatabad area. *15 February - 5 People including 3 Levies personnel killed in a suicide attack in

Mohmand Agency Mohmand District ( ps, مومندو ولسوالۍ, ur, ) is a district in Peshawar Division of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province in Pakistan. Until 2018, it was an agency of Federally Administered Tribal Areas, with merger of FATA with Khyber Pakhtun ...

. *15 February - 2017 Hayatabad suicide bombing *16 February - Three soldiers killed, including an army captain, two injured in an IED explosion in Awaran. *16 February - At least 88 people were killed and over 350 others injured when a suicide bomber blew himself up in the

Shrine of Lal Shahbaz Qalandar The Shrine of Lal Shabaz Qalandar ( ur, ; sd, لال شهباز قلندر جي مزار) is a shrine and mausoleum dedicated to the 13th century Muslim and Sufi saint, Lal Shahbaz Qalandar. The shrine is located in Sehwan Sharif, in the Pakista ...

Sehwan Sehwan ( sd, سيوهڻ شريف, ur, ; also commonly referred to as Sehwan Sharif or ''Noble Sehwan'') is a historic city located in Jamshoro District of Sindh province in Pakistan and on the west bank of the Indus north-west of Hyderabad. The ...

, 125 kilometers north of

Jamshoro Jamshoro ( sd, ڄام شورو, ur, ) is a city and the capital of Jamshoro District, located in Sindh, Pakistan. It is located on the right bank of the Indus River, approximately northwest of Hyderabad and northeast from the provincial capi ...

. *17 February Five people, including four police officers, were killed after unidentified suspects opened fire on police van near Mission Mor,

Dera Ismail Khan Dera Ismail Khan (; bal, , Urdu and skr, , ps, ډېره اسماعيل خان), abbreviated as D.I. Khan, is a city and capital of Dera Ismail Khan District, located in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. It is the 37th largest city of Pakistan ...

. *21 February Three

suicide bombers A suicide attack is any violent attack, usually entailing the attacker detonating an explosive, where the attacker has accepted their own death as a direct result of the attacking method used. Suicide attacks have occurred throughout histor ...

targeted a sessions court in Tangi, Charsadda District,

Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (; ps, خېبر پښتونخوا; Urdu, Hindko: خیبر پختونخوا) commonly abbreviated as KP or KPK, is one of the Administrative units of Pakistan, four provinces of Pakistan. Located in the Geography of Pakistan, ...

, killing 7 people and injuring more than 20 others.

March

*6 March - Five soldiers of Pakistan army and 10 militants were killed in a cross border attack at three border checkpoints in Mohmand Agency. *31 March- At least 25 people were killed and 90 injured in a blast outside a Shia

Imambargah A ḥosayniya or hussainiya (Arabic: حسينية ''husayniyya''), also known as an ashurkhana, imambargah, or imambara, is a congregation hall for Twelver Shia Muslim commemoration ceremonies, especially those associated with the Mourning of M ...

Parachinar Parachinar ( ps, پاړه چنار; ur, ) is a small Pashtun ( Turi and Bangash tribe) town which is the capital of Kurram District in the province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. Parachinar is situated on a neck of Pakistani territory west ...

April

*5 April -

April 2017 Lahore suicide bombing On 5 April 2017, a suicide bomber killed at least eight people and wounded 24 near a Pakistan Army vehicle taking part in the census in the city of Lahore, Pakistan. The injured were shifted to the Combined Military Hospital (CMH) and General Hos ...

*7 April - Ashfaq Ahmed, a retired University of Veterinary Sciences professor and Ahmadi civilian, were shot death for assailants in Sabzazar neighborhood,

Lahore Lahore ( ; pnb, ; ur, ) is the second most populous city in Pakistan after Karachi and 26th most populous city in the world, with a population of over 13 million. It is the capital of the province of Punjab where it is the largest city. ...

, Pakistan. Al-Alami faction of

and the

Jamaat-ul-Ahrar Jamaat-ul-Ahrar (, "Assembly of the Free," abbreviated as JuA) was a terrorist organization that split away from Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan in August 2014. The group came to prominence after it claimed responsibility for the 2014 Wagah border suic ...

faction of

Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan The Pakistani Taliban (), formally called the Tehreek-e-Taliban-e-Pakistan (Urdu/ ps, , lit=Student Movement of Pakistan, TTP), is an umbrella organization of various Islamist armed militant groups operating along the Afghan–Pakistani bo ...

(TTP) separately claimed responsibility for the attack, but sources also attributed the incident to Aalmi Majlis-i-Tahfuz-i-Khatam-i-Nubuwaat. In 21 May, four assailants from Aalmi Majlis-i-Tahfuz-i-Khatam-i-Nubuwaat were held in relation of the attack. *14 April - 4 Rangers personnel killed and 3 were injured and Rangers kill 10 TTP militants in operation near DG khan. *25 April - 14, including six children, killed and 9, including 4 Khasadar officials, injured in a roadside blast in

Kurram Agency Kurram District ( ps, کرم ولسوالۍ, ur, ) is a district in Kohat Division of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province in Pakistan.The name Kurram comes from the river Kuramá ( ps, کورمه) in Pashto which itself derives from the Sanskrit name Kr ...

May

*12 May - An attack targeting

Abdul Ghafoor Haideri Maulana Abdul Ghafoor Haideri (; born ) is a Pakistani politician. He has served as the Deputy Chairman of the Senate of Pakistan since 12 March 2015 and has been the central General Secretary of the Jamiat Ulama-e-Islam party since 1995., Ret ...

killed 25 people in

Mastung District Mastung District ( bal, مستونگ; ur, ) is a district located in the northwest of Balochistan province, Pakistan. Prior to its creation as a separate district in 1991, Mastung was part of Kalat District. Administration The district cons ...

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claimed responsibility of attack. *13 May - 10 laborers were killed after two gunmen opened fire on laborers working in Gwadar.

June

*23 June - 14 people ─ including seven policeman ─ lost their lives, while 19 others were injured in a suicide blast that shook Shuhada Chowk in

Quetta Quetta (; ur, ; ; ps, کوټه‎) is the tenth List of cities in Pakistan by population, most populous city in Pakistan with a population of over 1.1 million. It is situated in Geography of Pakistan, south-west of the country close to the ...

's Gulistan Road area on Friday morning. *23 June- At least 75 people were killed and more than 150 wounded when twin blasts tore through a market in

. Lashkar-i-Jhangvi al-Alami claimed the responsibility.

July

*10 July - 3 people were killed and over 20 injured when a

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bomber blew himself up at Bogra Chowk in

Chaman Chaman ( Balochi, Pashto and ur, ) is a city and recently claimed as a new district of Balochistan named Chaman District as it was earlier a part of district Qila Abdullah District located on the Afghanistan-Pakistan border. It is the capital o ...

Baluchistan Balochistan ( ; bal, بلۏچستان; also romanised as Baluchistan and Baluchestan) is a historical region in Western and South Asia, located in the Iranian plateau's far southeast and bordering the Indian Plate and the Arabian Sea coastline. ...

. *24 July- At least 25 people were killed and 53 others wounded in

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August

*7 August - August 2017 Lahore bombing a truck bombing occurred at Band Road in Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan. Two people were killed and 35 others were wounded. *12 August - A blast targeting military personnel killed 15 people (8 soldiers and 7 civilians) and injured 32 in

, the provincial capital of

Balochistan, Pakistan Balochistan (; bal, بلۏچستان; ) is one of the four provinces of Pakistan. Located in the southwestern region of the country, Balochistan is the largest province of Pakistan by land area but is the least populated one. It shares land ...

October

*5 October - 21 people, including a police constable, were killed and more than 30 injured in a suicide bombing at Dargah Pir Rakhel Shah in Fatehpur, a small town in the

Jhal Magsi District Jhal Magsi District ( ur, ) is a district in central Balochistan in Pakistan. Previously part of Kachhi District, it was established as a district of its own in December 1991 and after a brief period in which it was known as ''Kachhi'' (the rema ...

of Balochistan. *18 October - At least eight people, including seven policemen, were killed and 24 others injured in an explosion targeting a truck carrying police officials in the Sariab Mill area of

November

*9 November - A senior police officer was among three suspected militants involved in ISI Clandestine activities who died in a suicide attack on

the provincial capital of Balochistan. However there is no valid argument about the role of operation being performed. *24 November - A motorcycle suicide bomber targeted a police vehicle of AIG Asharf Noor while he was travelling to work, Asharf Noorr and his guard are killed and eight others police in the AIG's squad were injured. the above reference is for peshawar and not quetta.

December

* 1 December - Nine dead as gunmen storm hostel of

Agricultural Training Institute, Peshawar Agricultural Training Institute (ATI; ps, زرعى تربيتى ادارہ پېښور) was established in 1922 in Peshawar, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. The ATI is working under the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Department of Agriculture. History The cur ...

. * 17 December - A bomb killed nine and injured fifty-seven at a

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church in

Balochistan Balochistan ( ; bal, بلۏچستان; also romanised as Baluchistan and Baluchestan) is a historical region in Western and South Asia, located in the Iranian plateau's far southeast and bordering the Indian Plate and the Arabian Sea coastline. ...

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took responsibility.

References

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