Major incidents of Terrorism-related violence in Pakistan - 2012

2012

December 31: The bullet-riddled bodies of nine TTP militants were found dumped on the side of the road in Peer Kaley village in North Waziristan Agency in Federally Administered Tribal Areas FATA.

Eight militants were killed as a clash erupted following an attack by SFs on a militant hideout in the Tirah Valley of Khyber Agency.

December 30: A car bomb exploded near a convoy of buses taking Shia pilgrims to Iran, killing 20 persons and injuring 25, on the RCD Highway in the Dringer area in Mastung District of Balochistan.

December 29: The TTP militants executed 22 Levies personnel, three days after they were abducted during synchronised attacks on three security checkpoints in the Frontier Region Peshawar of FATA.

At least six persons, including a woman and a child, were killed and 50 others were injured in a mysterious blast in an intercity bus near Cantonment Station of Karachi.

December 28: Seven militants were killed and three others injured when missiles fired by drones hit a militant compound at Gurbaz town in North Waziristan Agency of FATA.

At least three persons, including a Policeman, were shot dead and another was injured by unidentified armed assailants in Garmkan area on the outskirts of Panjgur town of same District.

December 27: More than 400 TTP militants stormed security checkpoints in FR Peshawar in FATA late in the night, killing two Levies personnel and abducting 22 others. The militants destroyed two checkposts and also took away weapons, a double cabin pick-up, besides setting a vehicle ablaze.

Three bullet-riddled bodies of militants were found in Kakary Bagh area in Kurram Agency.

December 25: Information Secretary of the ASWJ, Maulana Aurangzeb Farooqi, survived an armed attack at Moti Mahal of Gulshan-e-Iqbal area in which his driver, a private security guard and four Policemen were killed.

December 24: Three Shia traders were killed within a couple of minutes in Nazimabad No 2 area of Karachi in Sindh.

December 23: At least three persons, including a militant 'commander', Ahmad Khan, were killed in a firing incident in Tirah valley of Khyber Agency in FATA.

December 22: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Senior Minister Bashir Ahmed Bilour and at least eight other persons were killed and 17 injured in a suicide bomb explosion in Qissa Khawani Bazaar area of Peshawar.

December 21: At least 11 persons, including six Pakistanis and five Afghan nationals were killed in Pothan area near Pakistan-Iran border in Gwadar District while trying to illegally cross into neighbouring Iran in three vehicles.

At least four suspected militants were killed in a US drone strike in the Hisukhel area of Mir Ali in North Waziristan Agency. The drones fired two missiles, destroying a house and killing four militants inside, said the sources on condition of anonymity.

The pro-Uzbek TTP 'commander' Maulvi Abbas was among three killed in a bomb blast in Wana bazaar of South Waziristan Agency.

December 20: A local journalist and two other persons were shot dead when a group of armed assailants intercepted a bus coming from Quetta on its way to Punjab and opened fire on the passengers and abducted six passengers on Quetta-Sukkur highway in the Machh area of Bolan District.

December 17: At least 19 persons, among them women and children, were killed and 71 others injured when a powerful car bomb ripped through the Jamrud bazaar in Khyber Agency of FATA.

The Balochistan Government's public relations Director and two Policemen were shot dead near Shahrah-i-Iqbal area of Quetta, the provincial capital of Balochistan in the morning.

At least three soldiers were killed and three others sustained injuries in clashes between SFs and militants in Lakki Marwat District of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.

December 16: Security Forces killed five more militants - said to be Uzbeks - in a fierce encounter in Pawaki village, just one kilometre from the PAF airbase in Peshawar (provincial capital of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa), clearing the area off miscreants after the December 15 night's attack on the Bacha Khan International Airport and PAF base. All together 10 militants, two civilians and two SFs were killed in the two days operation.

December 15: The PAF base inside the Bacha Khan International Airport of Peshawar (provincial capital of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa) was attacked by militants, with a simultaneous rocket barrage, resulting in the killing of seven people, including five militants, and injuries to 40 others.

December 12: Three persons were killed and seven other were injured in sectarian clash in the Konodas area of Gilgit-Baltistan. Students of Karakoram University belonging to different sects clashed over a religious function at the University.

December 10: Nine persons - three Policemen, a soldier, two civilians and three suicide bombers - were killed while five others, including a SHO, sustained injuries in a suicide attack targeting the Kakki Police Station in Bannu Districts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.

December 9: A US drone attack killed four militants, including a senior al Qaeda 'commander' Muhammad Ahmed Almansoor, in Tappi village in the North Waziristan Agency of FATA.

Unidentified assailants shot dead five persons and injured three others near Shaikh Yousaf Chowk in Dera Ismail Khan town of same District in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.

December 7: Seven persons killed and at least four injured as the wave of violence and killings continued in Karachi.

December 6: Four suspected militants were killed when a US drone fired two missiles at a house in Mir Ali tehsil of North Waziristan Agency in FATA.

December 5: At least six militants were killed and eight others sustained bullet injuries when LI militants attacked pro-government Lashkar TI post in Bukar area of Zakhakhel in Khyber Agency of FATA.

Three soldiers were killed and 20 others sustained injuries in a suicide blast near the Ziari Noor Camp on the Angoor Adda Road in South Waziristan Agency.

At least three militants, identified as Hakim Shahsawar, Rasool Bukhsh and Maula Bukhsh, were killed in an exchange of fire with FC in the Gebon area of Turbat District.

November 29: Seven militants were killed and 15 others, including Mullah Nazir, who is considered a pro-Government local TTP 'chief', sustained injuries when a suicide bomber riding a motorbike blew himself up near the vehicle of the militant commander in Rustam Adda in South Waziristan Agency of FATA.

Four suspected militants were killed when a US drone fired three missiles at a house in the Sheen Warsak area of Wana town in South Waziristan Agnecy. Other sources said that a vehicle was targeted in the drone strike.

Three MQM-Haqiqi cadres and a taxi driver were shot to death on the National Highway near Mansehra Colony in Karachi, the provincial capital of Sindh.

November 28: Four militants were killed when a clash erupted between SFs and militants in Akkakhel area of Bara sub-division in Khyber Agency of FATA.

November 27: SFs killed four militants, identified as Mohammad Asim and Shah Faisal, during a clash at Zawa area in Bara tehsil of Khyber Agency in FATA.

November 24: Eight persons were killed and 30 others were injured in a remote-controlled bomb blast near a Muharram procession in the Dera Ismail Khan District of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.

Five persons were killed and one person injured when unidentified militants opened fire on a motorcar near Molaghori area of Jamrud tehsil in Khyber Agency of FATA.

November 21: At least 20 mourners, including two minors, were killed and more than 30, including three Police personnel and five children, were wounded in a suicide blast at a mourning procession taken out from the Imambargah Qasar-e-Shabbir in Dhok Syedan area on Misrial Road in Rawalpindi District of Punjab.

As many as five people, including three soldiers and a woman, were killed and over 20 seriously injured in a bomb blast on a Pakistan Army vehicle outside City Hall close to Fauji Foundation School in a high security zone of Shahbaz Town in Quetta.

November 19: At least four persons were killed and several others were injured when gunship attacked militant hideouts in Mir Ali area of the North Waziristan Agency in FATA.

November 18: Three persons, identified as Jehanzeb, Shenay and Saifur Rehman were killed in a roadside bomb blast in Shinkamar area of Bara tehsil of Khyber Agency in FATA.

At least three persons, identified as Azhar Ali, Irfan Lai and Anwer, were killed and 12 others were injured when a five-kilogramme IED planted on a motorbike, exploded near an Imambargah Mustafa in Abbas Town, within the Mobina Town Police Station in Karachi, the provincial capital of Sindh.

November 14: At least five militants were killed and six were injured during a search operation by SFs in South Waziristan Agency of FATA.

November 12: Three persons belonging to the Hazara community were killed, while two others sustained injuries in Machh Bazaar of Bolan District in Balochistan.

November 11: Three Shias were shot dead and another was injured by unidentified armed assailants near Islam Chowk in Orangi Town in Karachi, the capital of Sindh.

At least four Pakistani civilians, including two children, were killed when Afghan National Army troops fired three 122mm mortar shells from K.K. Top at a vehicle carrying a group of civilians in north of Niz Narai area of Rawalpindi District of Punjab.

Two militants and a Policeman were killed, during an encounter at Abshar Chowk in the limits of Patakhel Police Station in Bannu District of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.

November 10: At least six students from the Deoband school of thought were killed and 14 others were injured while they were sitting in a tea shop in the Gulshan-e-Iqbal area of Karachi in Sindh.

Four bullet-riddled bodies were found from Rexer Line. Police said the men belonged to Lyari and had been abducted on November 9 after an argument with rival group members.

Three people from the Hazara community were killed and one injured in an incident of target killing while they were on their way home from Mezan Chowk in Quetta.

November 9: Six militants and one soldier were killed while 13 militants and one soldier was injured during a clash at the Toi Khula fort area in Wana, headquarters of South Waziristan Agency of FATA.

November 8: At least three Rangers personnel were killed and 14 others injured in a suicide attack outside the Sachal Rangers Headquarters in North Nazimabad Block B area of Karachi, the provincial capital of Sindh.

November 7: Three Shia men, identified as Faraz Haider, Qasim Ali and Waseem Ali were killed in a sectarian attack in Liaqutabad area of Karachi in Sindh.

Six persons, including SP, Investigation, Hilal Haider and four other Policemen, were killed in a suicide attack in Qissa Khawani Bazaar of Peshawar, the provincial capital of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. TTP claimed responsibility for the attack.

November 6: At least three more people, belonging to Bohra community, were killed and three others sustained injuries when unidentified militants opened fire at a shop on Risala Road in Hyderabad District of Sindh.

In an incident of target killing three people belonging to Shia Hazara community were killed and two others injured when unidentified militants opened fire at a yellow cab on Spiny Road area in Quetta, the provincial capital of Balochistan.

November 5: Five militants were killed and two other militants injured during a clash with SFs in the Dro Adda and Charsiyano Chowk areas of Akkakhel in Bara tehsil of Khyber Agency in FATA. The incident also injured two soldiers.

Three members of Wazir tribe were killed when their vehicle was attacked by unidentified assailants near Epi area of Mir Ali tehsil in North Waziristan Agency.

November 4: Three migrant labourers hailing from Punjab were shot dead at a bus stand in Mund bazaar in Turbat town of the same District in Balochistan.

November 3: Six people, including Fateh Khan, the commander of Aman Lashkar, an anti-Taliban group, and his two guards were killed, and five others were injured in a suicide attack in Daggar area of Buner District in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. The TTP claimed responsibility for the attack, saying it had targeted Fateh Khan for leading an armed resistance against the group.

November 2: At least 18 people, including seven women and four children, were killed and five others injured as unidentified assailants fired indiscriminately at a local passenger van parked outside a petrol pump in the Jhalawan Complex area of the Khuzdar District.

Three dead bodies were recovered from separate places in Bara tehsil of Khyber Agency in FATA. The number of bodies recovered from Bara in a month has reached 30. All the bodies were said to be that of civilians.

November 1: At least 10 militants were killed and six injured as gunship helicopters and jet fighters pounded militant hideouts in Sairi village of Tirah Valley under Bara tehsil in Khyber Agency of FATA.

October 31: The TTP went on a shooting rampage and killed four persons, including three ANP activists, including the party's Sherpao Colony ward President, outside the Al-Naseer PCO under Quaidabad Police Station in Karachi.

October 30: At least three persons, including two children, were killed when a mortar shell hit a house in the area of Sipah area of Bara tehsil in Khyber Agency of FATA.

October 29: Ten militants were killed when helicopter gunships targeted their hideouts in Nala Malikdinkhel area of Bara tehsil in Khyber Agency of FATA. .

Three soldiers were killed when militants attacked their convoy in Nala area. No official details were available about the assault. The militants, however, claimed to be in possession of the soldiers' bodies.

Eight militants were killed and a security official was injured in a clash in Mamozai area in Orakzai Agency.

October 28: Four persons were killed and 23 others injured in a bomb blast outside the shrine of Sunni Muslim saint Kaka Sahib in Nowshehra town of same District in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.

October 26: At least nine militants were killed and several others injured in the ongoing operation in Akkakhel area of Bara tehsil in Khyber Agency of FATA.

October 25: Nine militants were killed and five hideouts were destroyed when the Army gunship helicopters bombed hideouts of militants in Akkakhel area of Bara tehsil in Khyber Agency of FATA.

At least five cadres of ASWJ were shot dead in a sectarian attack at 'Gulzar-e-Habib' restaurant in FB area of Karachi.

October 24: A US drone fired two missiles at a suspected militant compound in Miranshah, the headquarters of North Waziristan Agency in FATA killing three people.

October 22: In a retaliatory attack, the SFs fired shells using light artillery and heavy machineguns in civilian dominated villages, killing at least three civilians, identified as Khwaja Mohammad, his son Jan Mohammad and one Ghaffar Khan, and injuring 25 others, including women and children in Miranshah, the headquarters of North Waziristan Agency in FATA.

October 21: At least eight militants were killed and six others injured during an operation by SFs in Mamoonzai and Khadezai area of Orakzai Agency in FATA.

October 19: Three cadres of ASWJ and students of the Darul Khair Madrassa in Gulistan-e-Jauhar, identified as Qari Mujahid, Qari Azizur Rehman and Abdul Rauf, were shot dead in a suspected sectarian attack on Abul Hasan Ispahani Road, near the SUI Head Office in Karachi, the provincial capital of Sindh.

At least three personnel of FC were killed and ten others, including five security men and a woman, were wounded in a remote-controlled blast at the Badini intersection area in Quetta.

Two militants and a trooper were killed and two passers-by were injured in an exchange of fire at a checkpost in Civil Colony of Miranshah, Headquarter of North Waziristan Agency in FATA.

October 18: At least eight militants were killed and seven others injured when SF backed by fighter planes bombed suspected militants' positions in different parts of Bara in Khyber Agency in Khyber Agency in FATA.

October 17: Three ANP workers were shot dead in Par Hoti area of Mardan District. Locals said unidentified armed militants opened fire on one Omar, his brother Farman and two associates, including Bilal Khattak, resultantly killing three of them and critically injuring Khattak.

October 16: Four members of the Hazara community were shot dead in a sectarian attack in the Kabari Market scrap market of Quetta in Balochistan.

October 15: Four cadres of ASWJ were shot dead within the precincts of Mobina Town Police Station near Siddique-e-Akbar mosque in Karachi, provincial capital of Sindh. The victims were identified as Umer (30), Qari Abdul Shakoor (28), Imran (23) and Asadullah (29).

October 14: Five SF personnel, including SP Rural Khurshid Khan, were killed while 10 Police and FC men were injured when TTP militants attacked two check posts of Mattani Police Station on the outskirts of Peshawar, the provincial capital of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.

Five militants and a soldier of Frontier Constabulary were killed in Shaikhan village under Badhaber Police Station in Peshawar.

At least six militants were killed and one soldier sustained injuries in a clash in the Barlas area of Mamozai in Orakzai Agency of FATA.

October 13: A car-bomb suicide attack killed 18 civilians and injured 40 others in Darra Adam Khel town of Kohat District in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.

October 12: Six militants and two SF personnel were killed during a clash in Asma Manza area of Laddah tehsil in South Waziristan Agency of FATA.

October 11: At least 18 militants, mostly Afghans, were killed in a US drone attack on October 11 at a militant compound in the Baland Khel area of Orakzai Agency in the FATA near the border with Afghanistan. The building belonged to Maulvi Shakirullah, a 'commander' in the forces of Hafiz Gul Bahadur group.

Militants attacked passenger van in Hasan Zai Bazaar in Orakzai Agency with a remote-controlled IED, killing eight anti-Taliban Mushti tribesmen and injuring 22 others.

As many as 11 persons were killed and 21 others sustained critical injuries in a bomb blast on Nishtar Road in Sibi town of the same District in Balochistan.

Three SF personnel were killed and five others sustained injuries in a landmine blast in Borbaj area of Dera Bugti District.

A pro-government tribal elder, Malik Masher Khan, and his two bodyguards, Zarin Khan and Zer Jan, were shot dead and his nephew was injured when unidentified militants sprayed bullets on their vehicle at Derga Mandai village in Miramshah of North Waziristan Agency.

October 9: Six militants of LI and their 'commander' Khan Mohammad were killed when a bomb exploded in a bunker they had occupied after a clash with their rival outfit TI in Sipah area of Bara tehsil in Khyber Agency of FATA.

Bullet-riddled bodies of seven TI militants were found in a drain in Sipah area. There were marks of torture on the bodies. The TI militants had been abducted from Zakhakhel Bazaar area.

A US drone strike targeting a militant compound killed five militants in Hurmuz area, east of Miranshah, the Headquarter of North Waziristan Agency, near the Afghan border.

October 7: Seven people, including six activists of PPP and a reporter of Dharti TV Channel Mushtaque Khand were killed and 10 people, including three reporters and Administrator of Khairpur Taluka Municipal Administration (KTMA), injured when armed militants opened fire at a public meeting on in Sadoro Janwari village of Khairpur District in Sindh.

October 6: Five members of a peace militia were killed and seven others injured in militants attack in Akkakhel area of Bara tehsil in Khyber Agency of FATA.

October 5: Six militants and one soldier were killed in exchange of fire when militants from Afghanistan side attacked a border security post in Gursal area in Mohmand Agency of FATA.

October 1: At least seven militants were killed as troops retaliated after a landmine blast killed a security officer in the Mamozai area of Orakzai Agency in FATA.

At least four militants were killed when a US drone fired four missiles targeting a vehicle in Khwaidadkhel area of Mir Ali tehsil in North Waziristan Agency.

September 30: Three militants, among them a 'commander', were killed and nine others injured when militants of LI clashed with the militants of pro-Government outfit TI in the Zakhakhel bazaar area of Khyber Agency in FATA.

September 29: At least 14 militants were killed and several others injured during an operation by SFs in different areas of the Orakzai Agency in FATA.

September 27: Five militants and a security official belonging to the 33 Baloch Regiment were killed when TTP attacked a security checkpost in the Kadakard area of Upper Dir District of KP.

September 25: At least eight militants were killed during clashes with SFs in Barlas area of Orakzai Agency in FATA.

September 24: At least eight suspected militants were killed when a US drone fired missiles on a house near Khaisura road in Mir Ali sub-division of North Waziristan Agency in FATA.

September 22: A US drone strike killed at least four militants targeting a moving vehicle in Datta Khel area of North Waziristan Agency of FATA. The drone fired two missiles, officials added.

September 19: The Pakistan Army said it killed 29 TTP fighters in the final stage of an operation in Batwar valley of Bajaur Agency in FATA.

SFs claimed to have found 18 bodies of militants during a search operation in Salarzai tehsil of Bajaur Agency in FATA.

A powerful car bomb targeting a vehicle of the PAF near Scheme Chowk on Kohat Road in Peshawar killed 10 people and wounded 34 others, including women and children.

September 18: At least seven people belonging to the Dawoodi Bohra community were killed and 22 others injured in twin bomb blasts on a road between two apartment buildings - Qasr-e-Kutbuddin and Burhani Bagh - in Block C of North Nazimabad, commonly called Bohra Compound in Karachi.

Three Shia Mulim pilgrims were killed and a dozen wounded in a roadside bomb attack on a passenger bus carrying in Mastung District of Balochistan. Six security personnel who were assigned to provide security to the bus also received injuries.

September 16: Sixteen persons were killed and 13 others injured when a remote-controlled bomb ripped through a passenger van in the Inzaro Kandao area of Lower Dir District in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.

Eight militants were killed when SFs pounded their positions in Khadezai area of Orakzai Agency in FATA. Sources said that three hideouts of militants were also destroyed in the artillery shelling.

September 13: As many as 10 labourers were killed and another four sustained injuries in the Dasht area of Mastung District of Balochistan after unidentified assailants opened fire on them. The BULA claimed responsibility for the killings.

Unidentified armed assailants shot dead a tribal elder, Mir Saeed Ahmed Qalandarani, and his five guards at Tutak area of Khuzdar District.

Five members of a pro-Government armed group died when they drove over an improvised explosive device in Zawodin-Bhukkar village in the Tirah Valley of Khyber Agency in FATA. Local administrator Khalid Mumtaz Khundi said the victims were members of TI, a pro-Government group fighting LI militants in the Zakhakhel Bazaar area.

Four civilians were killed and two others injured when a mortar fired by militants struck a house in Akkakhel area of Bara tehsil in Khyber Agency. LI militants have been targeting the homes of Akkakhel tribesmen since area residents formed a peace committee almost a year ago, Political Tehsildar Ghulam Farooq said.

September 10: At least 15 persons killed and 40 others injured in a suicide attack in a crowded Hamid Market in Kashmir Chowk area of Parachinar town, the headquterer of Kurram Agency, in FATA. There was no immediate claim of responsibility.

At least four bullet-riddled dead bodies were found in the Mohammad Toway area of Kalat District in Balochistan. The sources said that hands and legs of the deceased were tied up and they were also blind folded, and that the victims included a Balochistan Constabulary Official.

September 9: The SFs claimed to have recovered 19 bodies of militants during a search operation in areas along the border in Salarzai tehsil of Bajaur Agency in FATA.

September 6: Three persons, including a minor girl, were killed when a mortar shell fell on the house of one Kaptan Khan, a resident of Kandawo village in Sipah area of Khyber Agency in FATA.

Dead bodies of three persons were found in Badi Sia area of Mamond tehsil in Bajaur Agency.

Police recovered dead bodies of three suicide bombers from a building in Ali Khel area near the border of Bhakkar District about 30 kilometres away from a nuclear plant in Garot, Khushab District of Punjab.

September 4: Seven militants were killed in Batwar Khas, Chachagi, Kambeli, Tendo Dag and Kumbat areas of Salarzai tehsil in Bajaur Agency of FATA, near the Afghan border, as SFs kept up their attempts to drive out the fighters from their hideouts.

Two security men and a civilian were killed when their vehicle was attacked on Miramshah-Dattakhel Road near Kharh Qamar area in North Waziristan Agency.

September 3: At least four persons, including two Americans, were reportedly killed and 19 others injured in when a suicide bomber detonated his explosives-laden vehicle in the University Town area of Peshawar, the provincial capital of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. Officials said the target of the bombing was apparently a vehicle in use by US nationals.

September 2: At least nine militants, among them key TTP 'commanders', were killed and several others in clashes with the SFs and volunteers of a local peace committee in Batwar area of Salarzai tehsil of Bajaur Agency in FATA.

At least seven militants were killed while 13 were injured during an operation launched by the SFs in South Waziristan Agency.

September 1: Six suspected militants were killed in a US drone strike on a vehicle and a house in Dattakhel area of North Waziristan Agency in FATA.

Unidentified armed militants ambushed a vehicle carrying five passengers and killed all of them near Sabzi Mandi in Hazar Ganji area of Quetta.

August 31: At least 14 militants, among them a key 'commander', were killed and seven others injured in gun battles with SFs at Gul Kadda in Mamozai area of Upper Orakzai Agency in FATA.

The TTP released a video showing the severed heads of 12 soldiers, as security officials said 15 troops had gone missing following fighting with militants in Batwar area of Bajaur Agency in FATA. TTP spokesman Sirajuddin sent a video showing a militant 'commander' posing with 12 heads arranged on the ground, which he claimed were of the soldiers they had killed.

At least 12 people were killed and another 12 injured in a car bomb attack near a mosque in Matni Bazaar of Peshawar. The political tehsildar of North Waziristan Agency Hashim Gul, his son Sajeel, brother Zahir Shah, and a cousin, identified as Ajab Gul, were killed in the car bomb blast.

August 30: SFs killed 18 TTP militants, including two TTP Swat Chapter 'commanders', identifieid as Khatir and Turbai, in Bajaur Agency of FATA.

Three people, including a Session Judge, identified as Zulfiqar Naqvi, his guard and driver were shot dead by unidentified armed militants in a sectarian attack on Munir Mengal Road in Quetta while he was going to his office.

August 29: Nine SF personnel and six militants were killed while several others wounded in a clash between SFs and militants in Baba Ziarat locality of Ghat Badr in South Waziristan Agency of FATA. Sources said that fierce fighting erupted when militants led by Sher Azam of Waliur Rehman group of TTP attacked an advancing party of SFs in Baba Ziarat area.

Six militants were killed and three SF personnel and two members of a peace committee were injured in fighting in parts of Salarzai tehsil in Bajaur Agency.

August 28: Eleven TTP militants, three SF personnel and a member of Salarzai Qaumi lashkar were killed and several others injured as fighting intensified in Salarzai tehsil of Bajaur Agency in FATA. According to a TTP 'spokesman', 15 security personnel were killed in the fighting, but official sources rejected the claim.

Three alleged gangsters, identified as Fida Baloch, Khalil Baloch and Imam Baloch, were killed in encounter with Police in Malir City of Karachi.

August 27: An operation to clear militants from Batwar area of Bajaur Agency in FATA left 36 dead including three soldiers and two members of a government supported peace committee. SFs launched the operation to clear the Batwar area, which lies in along the Af-Pak border, of militants who had crossed over from the neighbouring Kunar province of Afghanistan.

Eight militants were killed and two security personnel suffered injuries in a clash in Masozai area of Kurram Agency.

Three men, identified as Habibullah, Muhammad Ali and Mustafa, belonging to Hazara community were shot dead and two others, including a two-year-old child passing by, sustained critical injuries in a sectarian attack at Killi Mubarak Chowk on Spiny Road in Quetta

August 26: SFs killed at least 20 militants and injured 10 others in a clash during a raid in Batwar area of Salarzai tehsil in Bajaur Agency of FATA.

August 25: At least 28 militants and four members of the Salarzai Qaumi Lashkar were killed and 10 militants and four security personnel injured as the fighting continued for the second day along the border area of Batwar in Bajaur Agency of FATA.

Seven persons belonging to one family were killed and eight others, including women and children, were injured when two mortar shells hit a house in Qambarkhel area of Bara region in Khyber Agency.

Three dead bodies were recovered from the rubble, said a worker of the Al Khidmat Foundation.

August 24: At least 18 suspected militants were killed and another six were injured when missiles fired by US drones slammed into suspected militants' hideouts in Shawal area of North Waziristan Agency of FATA. Three compounds reported to be used as hideouts by the TTP were targeted in the area adjacent to Afghanistan.

Eight militants were killed and two of their hideouts destroyed after SFs shelling in Gawaki area of Orakzai Agency.

Six militants and two Lashkar men were killed and five civilians injured when at least 100 militants from across the Afghanistan border entered Batwar village in Salarzai tehsil in Bajaur Agency and started firing on the posts set up by Salarzai Qaumi Lashkar.

August 23: Army soldiers killed five militants attempting to infiltrate to Pakistan side of border at Maskini Darra area of Lower Dir District. Sources said the militants belonging to the Hafiz Kochwan group of TTP sneaked into the villages of Ankal Sar and Maskini Darra from Afghanistan and fired rockets on check-posts. SFs retaliated with heavy gunfire and killed five militants.

Three Policemen were killed when a mobile van of Police patrolling the highway linking Hangu District with Orakzai and Kurram Agencies of FATA was ambushed by unidentified militants near Kotkai on Hangu-Thal Road in Hangu District of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.

August 21: Five militants were killed and two others injured when an US drone fired missiles at a vehicle near Shnakhura village in North Waziristan Agency of FATA. Sources said the area of the drone attacks is dominated by Hafiz Gul Bahadur group.

August 19: Thirteen suspected militants were killed and nine others injured in two US drone attacks on Mana village in the Shawal tehsil of North Waziristan Agency in FATA.

At least six militants were killed and five others injured in jet planes shelling by SFs on suspected militant hideouts in Tirah Valley of Khyber Agency. Sources said that the militants killed in the SFs' action belonged to the TTP.

August 18: At least six militants were killed in a drone attacks in Shuwedar village in North Waziristan Agency of FATA.

Six persons including five security officials were killed in a suicide car bomb explosion at Qambrani Road in Quetta, the provincial capital of Balochistan.

Three Deobandi were shot dead in Sector 5C-4 of North Karachi of Karachi, the provincial capital of Sindh. Police said Maulana Muhammad Yahya, Faizan Ilyas and Mujahid Aleem were sitting outside their house when gunmen, riding motorcycles, opened fire on them.

Armed motorcyclists opened fire at a teashop in Disco Mor of North Karachi, killing five Deobandi.

August 17: At least eight terrorists were killed and four others injured in clashes with SFs in Mamuzai area of Orakzai Agency in FATA.

Four bodies, including that of a father and son, were found in Yakh Ghund area of Mohmand Agency. According to political administration in Mohmand, the deceased were identified as Jannat Khan, his son Zahir and two relatives named Dedan and Ahsanullah.

August 16: Militants forced passengers to step out of three buses in the Lulusar area of Manshera District in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and shot dead 25 of them in an apparent sectarian attack.

Nine terrorists and two security officials were killed when SFs foiled their attack on Minhas PAF base of Kamra in Attock District of Punjab.

As many as three Shias were shot dead on Arbab Karam Khan Road in the Sariab Police Station area of Quetta, the provincial capital of Balochistan.

August 14: Around 20 militants and five soldiers were killed in a clash in Ghaljo area of Orakzai Agency in FATA.

August 13: armed men shot at and injured ANP leader, Ameer Sardar, and three other party activists while they were sitting outside a house. The victims were identified as Bakht Nawaz, Rehmat Ali alias Toor Khan and Zahid Khan.

August 10: 13 militants were killed and eight others got injured when warplanes pounded in Bootakhel and Toorsimath areas of Mamozai areas in Orakzai Agency of FATA.

August 9: Nine militants were killed and 13 others injured when Security Forces repulsed a cross-border attack near Teripao Kandao in Lower Dir District of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. Two security personnel died when a landmine exploded near the border area.

August 8: Four SF personnel of the Balochistan Constabulary were killed and 12 others injured in a bomb attack near the Sami area in Kech District of Balochistan.

August 5: One LI 'commander' along with four other militants were killed in a remote bomb attack in Akkakhel area of Bara tehsil in Khyber Agency of FATA.

Five people, including two children and a woman, were killed while ten others were injured in a car explosion that occurred at a house located in Faizabad area on Sariab Road in Quetta.

August 1: Seven militants and a security man were killed in a clash at Kago Qamar Darra in Dabori area of Orakzai Agency in FATA.

July 30: Unidentified armed militants opened fire on a jeep and killed four persons in the limits of Sahro Shah Police Station in Takht Bhai area of Mardan District in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.

Five militants of the Tariq Afridi group of TTP, including two key 'commanders', were killed by an IED planted by the rival Momin Khan group near Khormatang in Dara Adamkhel area of Kohat District.

July 29: At least seven Uzbek militants were killed in a US drone attack on a residential compound in Khushali Turikhel area near Miranshah in North Waziristan Agency of FATA.

July 27: Seven militants were killed by SFs in Janduli and Bootakhel villages of Dabori area in Orakzai Agency of FATA.

At least four LI militants were killed and four others critically injured when a blast ripped through an LI hideout in the Akkakhel area of Bara tehsil in Khyber Agency.

July 26: Fifteen persons were killed and 23 others injured when an explosive-laden pick-up went off in a market in Salarzai tehsil of Bajaur Agency in FATA.

SFs claimed to have killed eight militants, including three commanders, and secured strategically important positions in Bootakhel area of Mamozai in Orakzai Agency.

July 25: Two troopers were killed in landmine blast and at least 13 militants were killed in helicopters' shelling on militants' hideout that followed the landmine blast in Badami Kali and Gall villages of Dabori area in Orakzai Agency of FATA.

July 24: At least seven militants were killed and several others injured when SFs pounded militants' hideouts in Mamozai and Kotakhel areas of Orakzai Agency in FATA.

Seven militants were killed and many others received severe injuries when the fighter planes hit their hideouts in Tirah Valley of Jamrud tehsil in Khyber Agency.

July 23: A US drone attack killed at least 12 suspected militants in Dray Nashtar village of Shawal area in North Waziristan Agency of FATA.

July 22: Fighter jets bombed suspected militant hideouts in Dabori area of Orakzai Agency in FATA, killing 15 militants and injuring eight others.

July 21: A suicide bomber detonated an explosive laden vehicle near the house of a pro-Government militant commander Maulvi Nabi, killing at least nine persons, including four children, three of them being girls, and injuring 13 others, in a war of attrition between two militant outfits in Speen Tall area of Orakzai Agency in FATA.

At least eight security personnel were killed and three others were injured in an attack on the Pakistan Coast Guards camp in Pishukan coastal settlement, some 40 kilometres from the port city of Gwadar in Gwadar District.

Four people, including three members of the same family, died and eight others suffered injuries when an IED was detonated using a remote-controlled device near a pick-up truck in Doog Darra area of Upper Dir District.

July 18: At least 12 Shiite Muslims were killed when a roadside bomb hit their minibus at Spai village in the Orakzai Agency of FATA.

At least six militants were killed when SFs retaliated to a militants' attack on the Gambhir and Arandu security checkposts in Chitral District in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.

July 17: At least five militants were killed in a clash with SFs when they attacked a FC checkpost in Dhand area of Thall tehsil of Hangu District in KP.

July 16: Army and Police commandos foiled an attack by burqa-clad TTP militants who planned to take over a Police Station in Bannu city of KP. Four militants were killed.

July 15: A stray mortar bomb smashed through a house in a Sheikhan village, a suburb of Peshawar, the provincial capital of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, killing three children and their mother and injuring their father.

July 13: At least eight persons were killed and 22 others injured in a bomb blast during a political rally organised by the ANP in Kuchlak area of Quetta.

July 12: Eleven militants were killed in fighting with SFs after dozens of militants, who allegedly crossed from Afghanistan into Pakistan, attacked Katkot village in the Mamond area of Bajaur Agency in FATA.

Militants shot dead nine trainee jail staffs and wounded three others after storming a building in Ichra complex in Lahore in Punjab where they were sleeping.

The Balochistan Levies found the bodies of seven coal miners who were abducted on July 7, in the Degari area, some 28 kilometres from the provincial capital of Balochistan, Quetta.

July 10: Five militants were killed in clash with SFs in Otmela area of Kurram Agency in FATA.

Three persons including a female were shot dead by unidentified assailants inside their home at Tajpura Scheme area under Ghaziabad Police Station of Lahore in Punjab.

July 9: Unidentified militants killed eight security personnel at an Army camp near Wazirabad town in Gujranwala District of Punjab, officials said, hours after a protest march of the DPC passed through the area.

July 8: At least 14 persons were killed while seven others injured in a landmine blast in the Tooba Achakzai area near the Pak-Afghan border in the border town of Chaman in Balochistan.

At least six militants were killed and four others arrested in an exchange of fire and a raid in Mastung and Quetta.

July 7: Militants attacked a convoy of SFs, which was passing through Tiyarza tehsil of Serwakai sub-division of South Waziristan Agency in FATA. Four security personnel were killed in the attack while three others sustained injuries.

Three SSP militants, identified as Saad, Hamza and Talha were shot dead in Surjani Town, sector 7-A within the limits of Surjani Police Station.

July 6: Twenty four persons were killed and 10 others were injured in US drone strikes in the Gorwaik village of Dattakhel area in North Waziristan Agency of FATA.

Eighteen Punjabi-speaking persons, who were travelling to Iran, were shot dead and two others injured when BLT militants attacked their vehicles in the Basoli area of Turbat District in Balochistan in the night.

July 4: At least three persons, including a local government assistant director, were shot dead in a sectarian attack in Kuchlak, some 25 kilometres from the provincial capital of Balochistan, Quetta.

July 3: At least four women were killed and four others injured, including women and children, in a grenade attack at a home in Malik Din Khel area of Khyber Agency in FATA.

July 1: TTP 'spokesman' Mullah Mansoor was among 34 militants killed in clashes with SFs since last three days (June 29-July 1) along Pak-Afghan border in Upper Dir District of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.

At least eight militants were killed in a US drone attack on a compound in the Kund Ghar area of Shawal tehsil, 50 kilometres southwest of Miranshah, the headquterer of North Waziristan Agency in FATA.

June 30: Five LI militants were killed in an IED blast on their post on a mountain in Tirah Valley of Khyber Agency in FATA.

June 29: Eight bullet-riddled bodies were found in different areas of Bara tehsil in Khyber Agency of FATA. The sources said that five bodies were dumped on roadside in Karigar Garhi adjacent to Al-Haj Market in Bara tehsil where a day earlier a vehicle of SFs was targeted by militants with an IED.

At least four militants were killed in retaliatory firing of FC while three FC personnel also sustained injuries when their check post in Dhand area of Hangu District came under attack of the militants.

June 28: At least 15 persons, including two policemen and a woman, were killed and 30 others, including women and children, sustained injuries in a suicide attack on a bus of pilgrims coming from Iran, at Hazar Ganji area of Quetta.

Eight troops, including a captain, were killed and three others injured in a remote-controlled bomb blast near Alhaj Market in Bara town of Khyber Agency in FATA.

SFs repulsed another major attack on the Pakistani-Afghan border in the Sabir Kalley area of Upper Dir District in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, reportedly killed seven militants.

June 27: At least seven persons were killed and as many as 30 injured, when a remote-controlled bomb went off at the Sibi Railway Station of Balochistan. The blast took place soon after the Jaffar Express reached the railway station and passengers rushed to a shop to buy some edibles.

The bullet-riddled body of chief of the anti-Taliban Bazidkhel Qaumi Lashkar (community militia), Fahim-ur-Rehman, who escaped at least seven attempts on his life since 2008, was found in his white Land Cruiser on the Ring Road of Peshawar, the provincial capital of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.

June 26: At least eight militants were killed during a crackdown in Mamuzai and Bootakhel areas of Orakzai Agency in FATA.

A US drone strike targeting a militant compound in the Shawal area, some 50 kilometres southwest of Miranshah, the main town of North Waziristan Agency, killed at least five militants.

SFs camp situated in Miranshah was targeted with two missiles by militants. In retaliation, the SFs destroyed several hideouts of the militants. No casualties were reported in the attack.

June 24: The Afghanistan-based Pakistan militants attacked a military convoy in Upper Dir District of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, resulting in the killing of at least 21 persons, including 11 militants and 10 soldiers.

At least four Policemen were shot dead in an ambush at Bakra Mandi area of Eastern Bypass, on outskirts of Quetta, the capital of Balochistan.

June 23: At least eight persons (Sindhis), including a Policeman, were killed and another was injured in an attack by unidentified militants in Mill area of Sariab Road area of Quetta in Balochistan.

June 22: The TTP claimed on June 22 that they had beheaded seven SF personnel, who were kidnapped on June 21 after a clash with SFs near Laddah in South Waziristan Agency of FATA.

As many as 15 militants and one SF official were killed and two SFs were injured, when terrorists from Afghanistan attacked Karakar security checkpost (near Afghan border) in the Barawal area of Upper Dir District.

June 21: At least 11 militants were killed and three others received injuries when jetfighters pounded their positions in Sharqi and Janata areas of South Waziristan Agency in FATA.

In Dera Bugti District, Muhammad Irfan, Hafeezullah and Ahmed of Bugti tribe were killed when their motorcycle hit a landmine in Pat Feeder area, Levies sources said.

A bomb on a donkey cart killed three people at a Sufi shrine in Peshawar, the Provincial capital of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.

June 20: At least 13 TTP militants were killed and several others injured when helicopter gunships bombed their positions in Tirah valley of Khyber Agency in FATA.

June 18: Three people, identified as Murtaza Khan, Jaffar Khan and Namdar Khan, were killed and two others Mir Shah Gul and Noor Din, received injuries when mortar shells hit a caravan of migrating tribesmen, (IDP) at Mandani Kallay locality of Ali Sherzai area in Orakzai Agency of FATA.

At least five students and one professor were killed, while around 30 were injured when a powerful blast occurred near an IT University located in Jinnah Town of Quetta, the provincial capital of Balochistan in the morning.

Three bullet-riddled dead bodies of MQM's activists were recovered from an abandoned car at Mirza Adam Khan Road within the limits of Chakiwara Police Station in Karachi.

June 17: Seven terrorists were killed and several of their hideouts destroyed in bombing by aircraft in NWA of FATA.

June 16: A car bomb ripped through parking area of Bazaar Zakhakhel in Landikotal town of FATA, killing 25 people and injuring more than 65.

A roadside bomb targeting a Police van killed six Police officers and one civilian in Kohat District of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.

June 14: At least nine suspected militants were killed and four others were injured when military planes attacked their positions in upper tehsil of Orakzai Agency in FATA.

A US drone attack killed at least three more militants by firing two missiles on a building in the central market of Miranshah in North Waziristan Agency, quoting Pakistani Officials.

SFs and a tribal lashkar repulsed a TTP attack on a check post in Upper Dir District of KP from Afghan Province of Kunar, killing six attackers and injuring many, official sources said.

June 13: A US drone fired two missiles on a car near Miranshah in North Waziristan Agency of FATA killing four suspects inside the car.

June 12: At least two Policemen, identified as Abdul Jabbar (40) and Naheedullah (38), were killed and five others, including three civilians were injured in a suicide attack targeting the convoy of Faheem-ur-Rehman, the head of the anti-Taliban Bazidkhel Qaumi Lashkar at Bazidkhel Chowk in Badhaber area of Peshawar.

June 10: At least 10 people, including one security official, were killed, and 10 others injured when terrorists fired rockets at a security check post in South Waziristan Agency of FATA.

June 9: At least five more persons were killed on the second day of gun fight between the SFs and militants in Chagai District.

Armed militants killed four Policemen on Sariab Road in Quetta.

At least four people were killed and two others injured in intense exchange of fire between two groups of drug peddlers at Al-Asif Square in Sohrab Goth area of Karachi.

June 8: At least 18 persons, including 13 cadres of a militant outfit, were killed in a fierce gun battle with SFs in Chagai District.

At least 21 persons were killed and over 40 others injured when a powerful bomb ripped through a bus carrying Government employees in Gulbela area on the Charsadda Road in the jurisdiction of Daudzai Police Station in Peshawar.

June 7: At least 15 people, including five children, were killed and more than 48 got injured in a remote-controlled bomb blast outside a madrassa, Jamia Islamia Miftahul Uloom, near Bank Chowk on Sariab Link Road in Quetta. Majority of the victims were students of the madrassa.

At least three people, including two militants, were killed and another was injured in a firing incident in Chaghai District.

June 6: Nine militants, including a local TTP 'commander', were killed during the clash between the volunteers of Kukikhel tribe in Tirah valley of Khyber Agency in FATA.

June 5: At least 20 TTP militants were killed in retaliatory fire by SFs when a group of militants attacked the Salala checkpost along the Af-Pak international border in Mohammad Agency of FATA.

At least six militants were killed when Kukikhel peace lashkar clashed with Tariq Afridi group of TTP in Dwa Thoe area of Tirah valley in Khyber Agency.

June 4: US drone attack killed 15 militants in Hisokhel, east of Miranshah, the headquarter of North Waziristan Agency of FATA. Officials said two missiles slammed into a compound in the village of Hisokhel before dawn.

10 militants were killed in aerial shelling in Dwa Thoe area of Tirah valley in Khyber Agency.

June 3: The US drone attack killed 10 militants in the Birmal area of South Waziristan Agency in FATA.

The LI militants killed two men and a woman in Qambar Khel area of Bara tehsil in Khyber Agency after accusing them of being involved in illicit affair.

At least six persons, including four Shias and a policeman, were killed and another Policeman injured when a group of unidentified assailants attacked a welding shop on Essa Khan Road in Quetta of Balochistan.

June 2: More than 30 militants were killed in clashes with SFs in Tirah Valley of Khyber Agency in FATA.

At least four militants were killed in a drone attack in Ghwa Khwa area near Wana in South Waziristan Agency of FATA in the early morning.

June 1: Militants attacked troops near the Nadir Mela area of Kurram Agency in FATA, leading to a shootout that killed six militants and injured two soldiers, including a captain.

Eight militants were killed and three were injured when gunship helicopters pounded militants' positions in Mela Village of Orakzai Agency.

May 30: A militant, identified as Mohammad Arshad alias Taliban, shot dead three brothers, Mohammad Jamshed, Mohammad Mushtaq and Mohammad Ishtiaq, in Badra area of Mansehra District before being killed by the locals in the area.

Two abductees were recovered and three persons, including one abductee, one Policeman and an abductor, were killed during an encounter in a joint raid by AVCC and CPLC at Alamdar Chowk, Qasimabad area in Karachi.

May 29: Fourteen militants were killed in air forces' jet planes-shelling in Mamozai area of the Orakzai Agency in FATA.

SFs killed seven militants and injured four others in air strikes conducted by the air forces' jets in Dwa Toai area of Jamrud tehsil in Khyber Agency.

May 28: At least 10 militants were killed when SFs fighter jets pounded various suspected militant hideouts in Mamozai, Jandarkhel and Samaa Bazaar areas of Orakzai Agency in FATA.

Two separate US drone attacks killed at least nine militants near Miranshah, the main town of North Waziristan Agency.

Air forces jets killed five suspected militants in Tirah valley area of Khyber Agency.

Three Shias were killed and another six injured when unidentified militants ambushed a Peshawar-bound bus in Charkhel village of Parachinar in Kurram Agency.

At least three tortured bullet-riddled bodies stuffed in a bag were found in the Ferozabad area of Quetta.

May 27: US drone strike killed at least seven militants in Sokhel area of Mir Ali in North Waziristan Agency of FATA.

Six militants were killed and two others injured in a gunfight with SFs in Gandi Tal area of Orakzai Agency.

At least three people were killed and nine others, including a Policeman, were injured in a remote-controlled blast on Saryab Road in Quetta.

May 26: A US drone attack killed at least four militants in Miramshah, the main town of North Waziristan Agency of FATA.

May 25: At least seven passengers on a Swabi-bound bus were shot dead three others were wounded when armed militants opened fire on the bus on National Highway at Rinn Shakh, near Qazi Ahmed Taluka town in Shaheed Benazirabad District.

May 24: Eight militants were killed when a US drone attacked a militant hideout and a mosque in the Mir Ali tehsil of North Waziristan Agency in FATA.

May 23: As many as 12 militants were killed after gunship helicopters pounded several hideouts in Mamozai, Sama Bazaar and Manzar Taap areas of the Orakzai Agency in FATA.

At least five more people were killed over a dozen others injured in the ongoing in Karachi due to a strike call by Awami Tehreek President Ayaz Latif Palijo.

Three militants and a peace volunteer were killed and one was injured in a clash in Tirah valley in Khyber Agency.

May 22: A rally opposing creation of Mohajir Province in Sindh, titled 'Mohabbat-e-Sindh' (Love of Sindh), organised by the Awami Tehreek (AT), a Sindh-based nationalist party, was attacked by unidentified armed militants at Napier Road in Karachi killing at least 13 people and injuring 35 others.

At least 10 militants were killed in a US drone strike on a militant compound in the Tabai area near Miramshah, the main town of North Waziristan Agency, in FATA.

May 21: At least four militants and one volunteer of a peace committee were killed while several others were injured in clashes with SFs in Bukarh area of Tirah Valley in Khyber Agency of FATA.

May 15: Nine militants were killed when SFs pounded their hideouts in Mamozai area of Orakzai Agency in FATA.

May 14: 12 militants were killed and several others injured when SFs pounded their hideouts with artillery and helicopter gunships in two different areas of Kurram Agency of FATA.

Eight LI militants were killed and two soldiers were injured in a clash with SFs at Qamberabad Chowk in Bara tehsil of Khyber Agency.

Two civilians and two FC persons were killed, while 58 others, including 11 FC personnel, two children and a woman, were injured when a car bomb exploded as a FC convoy passed by in the Almo Chowk area of Quetta.

May 13: Four persons were killed and three received injuries in clashes between rival militant groups in Tirah valley of Khyber Agency in FATA.

A tribal leader, Sultan Bachazad, was shot dead in the Mamonzai area of Kurram Agency. Sources said that unidentified militants opened fire on the tribal leader as he came out of his house.

A roadside bomb injured two SF personnel near Thal Pikkat when a convoy of security officials was passing on the Razmak-Miranshah Road in NWA.

Eight mortar shells fired from Afghanistan reportedly landed into Pakistani territory in North Waziristan Agency. The mortar shells were fired by the NATO forces in Khost but landed at Ghulam Khan Border area adjacent to NWA. According to sources, Pakistani Forces retaliated to the firing. However, no casualties were reported.

May 11: Four children - one girl and three boys - were killed and two women got injured on May 11 when a mortar slammed into their pick-up truck in the Qamberabad area of Bara tehsil in Khyber Agency of FATA.

May 9: At least 10 TTP militants were killed and several others injured when Army helicopter gunships heavily pounded suspected hideouts in Tirah Valley of Khyber Agency in FATA near Afghan border.

Six militants were killed during a clash between the LI and AI in Toorikhel area of Tirah Valley. Clashes between the two groups take place frequently as Ansarul Islam fights the LI to gain control of the area.

May 8: 39 persons were killed in two days of clashes between SFs and militants in Miranshah area of North Waziristan Agency of FATA.

May 7: The TTP killed 14 soldiers in Miranshah, the main town in the North Waziristan Agency of FATA along the Afghan border.

May 6: Nine soldiers were killed and 12 more injured when unidentified militants ambushed a military convoy at Amin Check post, a security outpost on a hilltop outside Miranshah, in North Waziristan Agency of FATA.

Eight militants were killed in Mamozai and Khadizai areas of Orakzai Agency.

May 5: At least 10 persons were killed while one was injured when US drone attacked a house in Darr-e-Nishtar area of North Waziristan Agency in FATA.

May 4: A suicide attack targeting SFs killed at least 29 persons, including four Policemen, and injured over 73 others at Khar Bazaar in Khar town of Bajaur Agency in FATA.

May 3: Five persons, among them three SF personnel, were killed in two back-to-back bomb explosions in Chamarkand area, some 25 kilometres from Khar town, in Bajaur Agency of FATA.

At least five Policemen and four criminals were killed in a gun battle between the Police and gangsters on the seventh day of Lyari operation in Lyari area of Karachi.

Police claimed to have killed four cadres of PAC. The gangsters removed dead bodies of two of the four killed - Junaid and Shehzad, Police said.

May 1: Three persons were killed due to shelling of SFs in the Khan Mir Garhi area of Mamonzai in Orakzai Agency of FATA.

April 30: At least eight people, including a Police Official, were killed and another 35 injured in the ongoing Police operation against gangsters in Lyari area of Karachi.

April 29: Ten persons, including five militants, were killed and 14 others injured in a clash between LI militants and volunteers of Akkakhel peace committee in Bara tehsil of Khyber Agency in FATA.

April 27: Four suspected militants were killed and seven arrested by SF during a search operation in Gaybun area near Turbat District.

April 25: Three TTP militants and as many members of a peace committee were killed during a clash in Darra Adamkhel area of Kohat District in KP.

April 24: At least three people, including a Railway Police official, died and around 45 others received injuries when a bomb exploded at the counter of Business Train on Platform No 2 of the Lahore Railway Station.

April 22: Unidentified assailants opened fire on a car, which was going from Peshawar to Adezai village, killing four persons, including two brothers, in the limits of Mattani Police Station of Peshawar, the provincial capital of KP.

April 20: At least 18 persons were killed and 10 others injured in ethnic violence in Orangi Town area of Karachi. Among those killed were 11 Pashtuns, four Urdu-speaking people, and one Punjabi, Kutchi and Baloch person each.

April 19: Clashes between tribesmen backed by SFs' helicopter gunships and militants left at least nine persons dead and several others injured in Shawa tehsil of NWA in FATA.

Seven militants were killed and more than a dozen others injured in clashes with Security Forces in Jogi area of Kurram Agency.

April 18: SFs secured an important strategic height 'Tur Nazun' from the terrorists in central Kurram Agency of FATA during an operation, killing seven militants and injuring 12 others.

April 17: Three people were killed while two others, identified as Nazer Muhammad and Bilal, sustained injuries in a firing incident that occurred at a hotel located in Pahar Ganj area of North Nazimabad in Karachi.

April 14: Unidentified assailants riding motorcycles killed eight Shias, belonging to Hazara community, in two incidents of sectarian attacks in Quetta, the provincial capital of Balochistan.

April 12: At least 15 militants were killed when Army gunship helicopters heavily pounded terrorist's positions near the Afghan border in Joki Zaranna areas of Kurram Agency in FATA.

April 11: LI militants shot dead five Zakhakhel tribe persons in Bara tehsil of Khyber Agency in FATA.

Four alleged militants were killed and six others arrested by the FC after an exchange of fire with them at Sangsilla area in Dera Bugti District of Balochistan.

April 9: Six Shia persons belonging to the Hazara community were killed and three others were injured when armed militants opened fire at a cobblers shop on Prince Road in Quetta of Balochistan.

Four militants and two soldiers were killed during a clash when a group of 20 militants attacked a military checkpost in the Khapyanga area of Kurram Agency in FATA.

April 8: Army gunship helicopters pounded militant positions in Mamozai area of Orakzai Agency in FATA and killed 14 militants.

April 5: A suicide bomber targeted a senior Police Officer, Superintendent of Police (SP) Anwar Ahmed Khan, said to be a leading name in the crackdown on militants, killing four passers-by and injuring 17 others in the Malir area of Karachi, the provincial capital of Sindh.

Earlier in a pre-dawn attack, three Policemen were shot dead in PIB Colony. A car carrying the Policemen was ambushed by unidentified militants who came on six motorcycles and two cars.

Three FC soldiers were killed and another two were injured in a remote-controlled bomb blast at Balingor near Mand in Turbat District of Balochistan.

April 4: Seven people were killed and three others injured when a passenger van was blown up in a roadside bomb blast at Shah Kas area in Jamrud tehsil of Khyber Agency in FATA.

April 3: As many as 20 people lost their lives and another 55 were injured in a fresh wave of sectarian violence across Gilgit-Baltistan, which erupted after clashes between ASWJ and Police in which five persons were killed in Gilgit city. Police officer Basharat Ali said that the violence began when five people were killed in Gilgit city in clashes between Police and protesting ASWJ cadres and sympathizers.

April 2: Five SF personnel were killed when a group of TTP militants from across the Afghanistan border attacked a security post at Olai checkpoint in Mohmand Agency of FATA. Four other SF personnel were injured and another one was stated to be missing.

March 31: At least 14 militants were killed when the Army helicopters targeted militant hideouts in Akhunkot area of Upper Orakzai Agency in FATA.

March 30: At least 21 militants were killed by the SFs in an retaliatory fire in the Khadizai area, around 75 kilometres southwest of Kalaya, which is the main town of Orakzai Agency in FATA.

March 29: At least five Hazaras were killed and seven others injured when unidentified militants opened fire on their car on Spiny Road in Quetta in a suspected sectarian attack.

A US drone launched a missile attack on a militant compound in a market area of Miramshah, the main town in North Waziristan Agency, in FATA, killing four TTP militants and injuring two others.

March 28: At least five people were killed after a worker of ANP Sindh Chapter, Zianul Abideen, was shot dead and his two companions injured near Matric Board Office in Nazimabad area of Karachi.

March 27: 10 people were killed and 17 others injured while 46 vehicles were set ablaze after the killing of two MQM workers in PIB Police precincts in Karachi.

March 25: Four persons were killed and two others sustained bullet injuries when unidentified armed militants opened fire at them near Shero Jhangi area on Charsadda Road in Peshawar.

March 24: At least 12 militants and four soldiers were killed in a clash between SFs and TTP during a search operation in Shin Warsak area of South Waziristan Agency in FATA.

10 militants and three soldiers were killed after TTP militants stormed a check post in Khadizai area of Orakzai Agency, a senior military officer said.

At least eight militants were killed in Khyber Agency area in an explosion inside their hideout.

At least three devotees, including a tribal leader, were killed and nine others, including women and children, sustained injuries when their vehicle, owned by local tribal leader Muhammad Nawaz, was attacked by a group of unidentified militants in Tambo tehsil of Kohlu District.

March 23: At least 13 persons, including eight LI militants, were killed and four others got injured when a TTP suicide bomber blew himself up at Dars Jumat mosque in Sandapal area of Bara tehsil in Khyber Agency of FATA.

In a pre-dawn attack on a paramilitary check post in Paswara area of Mugha Kot in Sheerani District of Balochistan TTP militants killed at least four BFC personnel and injured three others.

March 21: At least five militants were killed and two SF personnel were reportedly injured during clashes in an unspecified place of central part of Kurram Agency in FATA.

The volunteers of TuI killed three alleged LI militants, who were suspected to be involved in bomb blasts in the area, at Bazaar Zakhakhel area of Landikotal in Khyber Agency.

March 19: At least eight persons were killed and 15 others injured in clashes between SFs and militants in Dattakhel area near Miranshah, the main town of NWA, in FATA.

March 18: At least 26 terrorists were killed in air strikes by fighter jets in the bordering areas of Orakzai and Kurram Agencies in FATA.

14 bullet-riddled bodies were found in Speen Qabar area of Bara tehsil in Khyber Agency, a day after SFs left the area after an operation.

SFs resorted to indiscriminate firing and shelling in Mir Ali tehsil of North Waziristan Agency, killing five civilians, one of them a child, after two military convoys were attacked.

Unidentified armed assailants shot dead three persons, including the leader of Kachchi Rabita Committee (KRC), Rasheed Kutchi (37), ASI Khalil, and security guard Zubair (33), at Ghausia Road in Agra Taj Colony area of Karachi in Sindh.

March 17: 23 suspected militants were killed when Army planes targeted their positions in Dabori and Mamozai areas of Orakzai Agency.

Eight terrorists were killed and several others injured in aerial bombing in the areas of Samaa Bazaar, Toor Semath, Kagu Qamar, Mamuzai, Jabba, and Balaras of Orakzai Agency.

The volunteers of TuI, a Zakhakhel-based group killed three suspects militants involved in bomb blasts at Zakhakhel and Tirah areas of Khyber Agency in FATA.

Three women were killed in a roadside bomb explosion, while two others sustained injuries at Mundi Kas area in Bara tehsil.

March 14: 16 civilians and six suspected militants, including an Afghan national, were killed during operation in Sipah area of Bara tehsil in Khyber Agency of FATA.

At least six members of an anti-Taliban militia were killed and three others injured in an IED blast during a meeting of tribal elders at Kotkai village of Mamond tehsil in Bajaur Agency.

March 13: The US drones struck twice in the regions along the border with Afghanistan in SWA of FATA, killing 15 militants, including two senior 'commanders', security and intelligence officials said.

Three persons were killed by unidentified militants in Tirah Kukikhel near Spean Khwar in Khyber Agency.

NWA APA Azmat Jamal and his two associates were killed when unidentified militants ambushed their vehicle in Mir Ali tehsil of NWA.

Unidentified assailants shot dead four Police constables and injured another two at a picket in the jurisdiction of Sadar Police Station in Gujrat District of Punjab.

March 12: SFs killed eight militants during operations in different areas of Upper Orakzai Agency in FATA and destroyed three hideouts.

March 11: At least 39 militants were killed in clashes at various places during a SFs' operation in Alam Godhar Area of Khyber Agency in FATA.

Five security personnel including a high-ranking officer were killed when they stepped over a land mine in Ghalanai area of Mohammad Agency. Seven others were injured in the incident.

A suicide bomber blew himself up at a funeral in the suburban Badbher area of Peshawar, the provincial capital of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, killing 17 persons and injuring 32 others.

March 10: Pakistani fighter jets bombed several terrorists' hideouts in the northwestern Orakzai Agency, near the Afghanistan border, killing 33 terrorists and injuring 23, military officials said.

Four terrorist hideouts in the Khadezai and Mamozai areas of tribal region were destroyed by bombardment of jet fighters, killing at least 21 terrorists.

At least five terrorists were killed by SFs after they attacked convoy of the SFs in Bara tehsil of Khyber Agency, political authorities said.

Six members of a pro-Government tribal militia were killed when they were ambushed by militants in the Dera Bugti area of Balochistan, security officials said.

March 9: At least 18 militants, among them six foreigners, were killed when US drones fired missiles on a compound and a vehicle in two different areas of South Waziristan Agency in FATA.

TTP militants ambushed a military convoy, killing seven soldiers at Khar Qamar, 30 kilometres west of Miranshah, the main town of North Waziristan Agency.

March 7: At least four persons, including two women, were killed and two others injured when unidentified armed assailants opened fire after entering a house in Shaheen town area on University Road in Peshawar.

Unidentified militants killed three labourers and injured six others in a town close to the Iranian border in Kech District of Balochistan.

At least three militants were killed when rival outfits clashed in Tirah valley of Khyber Agency in FATA.

March 6: At least 17 militants, including two al Qaeda 'commanders' and seven suicide bombers, were killed in separate SFs actions in Upper Orakzai and Malakhel area of Dabori in Orakzai Agency of FATA.

Seven unidentified militants were killed while nine others were wounded during a clash with SFs at the RD 238 Uch area of Naseerabad District.

March 5: Four militants were killed when rival outfits clashed with each other to get control over an important bunker in Dwa Thoe area of Tirah valley in Khyber Agency of FATA.

Three militants were killed as a Balochistan FC patrol team retaliated to their attack in Hameedpur area in Naseerabad District.

March 3: Four militants were killed and two others received injuries in clashes between two rival groups in Tirah Valley of Khyber Agency in FATA.

Bullet-riddled bodies of three missing Frontier Corps personnel were found near Machh town in Bolan District.

A Policeman and a five-year old girl were killed when a suicide bomber attacked the motorcade of former Interior Minister Aftab Ahmad Sherpao near Kangra village soon after he left the venue of a public meeting in nearby Battagram village of Shabqadar tehsil in Charsadda District.

March 2: 25 people were killed and another 18 injured in a suicide attack targeting a mosque after Friday prayers in Tirah Valley of Khyber Agency in FATA.

23 LI militants and 10 army personnel were killed in fresh clashes in Lakaro Baba area of Tirah Valley.

17 TTP militants, including two key 'commanders' were killed and 13 injured, while five of their hideouts were destroyed after jetfighters pounded their hideouts in Akhun Kot, Bilrass and Chappar areas of Manozai areas of Upper Orakzai Agency.

Three alleged militants were killed in a clash with FC in Pir Sori area of Dera Bugti District.

March 1: At least 20 militants were killed and their five hideouts were destroyed by SFs in different areas of Orakzai Agency in FATA.

February 29: Two women and a child were killed when a bomb ripped through their vehicle on the outskirts of Bara tehsil in Khyber Agency of FATA.

February 28: Armed militants dressed in military uniforms killed at least 18 Shias, all men, from Gilgit-Baltistan, on the Karakoram Highway in Kohistan District while they were returning in a convoy from a pilgrimage in Iran.

February 27: Seven people were killed and 20 others wounded when a bomb planted in a motorcycle exploded after senior ANP leadership left a public meeting in Nowshera District.

February 26: 10 militants and two SF personnel were killed in a clash between SFs and militants in the Siplatoi area of South Waziristan Agency in FATA during a search operation.

Six LI militants were killed when helicopter gunships targeted their hideouts in Nangrosa and Nari Baba areas in Landikotal town of Khyber Agency.

Three children and a woman were killed while two women received injuries when a mortar shell fell on a house in Akkakhel area of Bara tehsil in Khyber Agency.

February 24: Seven militants and three soldiers were killed when militants attacked troops deployed in Malikdinkhel area of Khyber Agency in FATA.

At least four Policemen were killed and six others injured when three suicide bombers blew themselves up in a Police Station on Circular Road in Peshawar.

February 23: At least 17 TTP militants were killed in an air strike in Khadizai, Samar bazar and Bermela areas of Upper Orakzai Agency in FATA.

At least 15 people, including two children, were killed and 38 injured when in a car bomb attack at bus stand on Peshawar-Kohat Road in Peshawar.

February 18: At least nine members of Zakakhel lashkar were killed and four others injured when a bomb planted by militants exploded at Stana checkpoint of Nari Baba area in Tirah Valley of Khyber Agency in FATA.

February 17: At least 40 Shias were reportedly killed while 24 others injured, after a suicide bomber detonated his explosives just near the targeted mosque in the Kurmi bazaar of Parachinar, the main town of Kurram Agency in FATA.

SFs took possession of a strategic bunker on Sallo Sar (hill) in the Bara area of Khyber Agency after a fierce clash in which 17 militants, two security personnel and three militiamen died.

February 16: Two US drone strikes killed at least 21 militants near the Afghan border in Miranshah, the main town of North Waziristan Agency of FATA.

Eight militants and a security man were killed and four personnel, among them a captain, suffered injuries during a raid on a hotel at Rustam Bazaar in Wana, the headquarters of South Waziristan Agency.

Three persons were killed and nine other injured when a suicide bomber blew himself up near the office of the DCO in Upper Dir District of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.

February 14: Seven labourers were shot dead and two others injured when a group of militants opened fire on them while they were engaged in the construction of Turbat-Bulieda Road in Turbat District.

February 10: SFs killed 11 militants and injured 19 others in a crackdown in the Mamozai area of Kurram Agency in FATA.

February 9: A US drone fired two missiles that hit a compound located in Miranshah, the main town in North Waziristan Agency of FATA, killing four militants.

February 8: A US drone fired two missiles at a house suspected of being a militant hideout in the village of Tapi 15 kilometres east of in Miranshah in North Waziristan Agency of FATA, killing 10 suspected militants.

February 6: Security Forces pounded militant hideouts with jet fighters, killing at least 15 and injuring eight militants in Khadezai, Mamozai and Torsamant areas of Upper Orakzai sub-division in Orakzai Agency of FATA.

February 4: Two civilians were killed and four others, including a TV cameraman, were injured as the SFs opened fire on protesters in Sibi District.

February 3: Eighteen militants and seven soldiers were killed and three others injured during a clash that broke out when a group of 40 TTP militants attacked on SFs checkpost in Shidano Dand area of Kurram Agency in FATA.

Three militants and a volunteer of the tribal lashkar were killed in fresh fighting between the LI and the Zakhakhel tribe in Sherkhel area in Tirah Valley of Khyber Agency.

Four persons were killed and several others injured in a car bomb attack on the house of a tribal elder in the Pishtakhara area of Peshawar, the provincial capital of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.

February 2: Three persons were killed when unidentified militants opened fire on a car in the Mashkil area of Quetta, the provincial capital of Balochistan.

February 1: Army fighter jets pounded militant hideouts in the Mamozai area of Orakzai Agency in FATA before dawn, killing at least 20 TTP militants.

At least 15 personnel of the FC were killed and 12 others were injured when militants belonging to the BLA attacked four FC check posts near Margat coalmines in Mach area of Bolan District.

Three Policemen were killed when their patrol vehicle was ambushed by unidentified militants near Buland Khel Mod in Shahbaz Khel area of Lakki Marwat District in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.

January 31: At least 35 militants and eight soldiers were killed in a gun-battle after a newly-established security checkpost was attacked in Jogi heights of Mamozai tehsil in Kurram Agency of FATA.

Six militants were killed in a clash with security personnel, the third day of an operation in the Frontier Region Kohat.

Sixteen FC personnel were killed and three others injured when some unidentified assailants opened fire on three FC check posts in the Killi Pir Ismail area of Ziarat District.

One Balochistan MPA, identified as Mir Bakhtiar Domki, his wife and daughter were shot dead when unidentified armed assailants opened fire on their car near a flyover in the Gizri area of Clifton Police Station in Karachi.

January 30: A 'commander' of AI, identified as Haji Akhunzada, and three others, including his nephew and son-in-law, were killed in a suicide attack in Pakha Ghulam area, on the outskirts of Peshawar.

Three members of the MQM were killed when unidentified armed assailants resorted to indiscriminate firing in New Karachi area.

January 29: Three tribal volunteers including a 'commander' of a pro-government peace lashkar were killed when unidentified armed militants attacked their check post in Lop area of the Sui tehsil of Dera Bugti District.

January 26: Militants killed six soldiers, including a non-commissioned officer, in an attack on a check post of the FC at Kachhi canal area in Dera Bugti District. BRA claimed responsibility for the attack and said its men had taken away an FC man, along with weapons that included four G-3 rifles, one light machine gun and other small weapons.

Iranian SFs killed eight traders and injured others on Zaran hills, an area between Chabahar District of Iran and Gwadar District of Balochistan.

January 25: Twenty two militants and six soldiers were killed during a clash when SFs captured a TTP stronghold in the Jogi area of Central tehsil of Kurram Agency in FATA.

An Inspector of the FIA, Walayat Hussain, Quetta television artiste Abid Hussain Nazish and Mohammad Anwar Hussain, an accounts officer at the Balochistan Accountant General's Office, were shot dead by unidentified armed assailants in a sectarian attack in Quetta of Balochistan.

Unidentified assailants shot dead three members of the Shia Lawyers' Forum on Maulana Din Muhammad Wafai Road of Karachi in Sindh.

January 24: Seven militants and two soldiers were killed during a clash in Jogi area of the Central tehsil in Kurram Agency of FATA.

January 23: At least five militants were killed when US drone fired two missiles on a house and a vehicle at Mohammad Khel and Degan village in Dattakhel area of North Waziristan Agency in FATA.

January 20: Four militants, two each from both sides, were killed when cadres of LI clashed with the TTP militants in Tirah valley of Khyber Agency in FATA.

January 18: At least three LI militants were killed when they clashed with volunteers of Akkakhel peace committee in Bara tehsil of Khyber Agency in FATA.

January 16: At least 10 militants were killed in an armed clash with SFs in the Bahlol area of Kohlu District of Balochistan.

January 15: At least 18 people, belonging to the Shia sect, were killed while 30 others were wounded when a bomb exploded near a procession marking Arbain or the chehlum (40th day) of Hazrat Imam Hussain's martyrdom in Khanpur city of Rahim Yar Khan District.

January 14: Four suicide bombers attacked the DPO's office in Dera Ismail Khan District of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, killing four people.

January 12: At least 15 militants were killed and several others got injured while 3 terrorist hideouts destroyed in an air attack by SFs in different areas of Orakzai Agency in FATA.

At least seven LI militants and three SF personnel were killed in an attack on a checkpost in Sarbanda, a suburb of Peshawar, the provincial capital of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa in the late night.

At least six militants were killed and two others injured when a US drone fired two missiles at two vehicles in the Dattakhel area of North Waziristan Agency.

Five people, including four children and a woman were killed when a mortar shell fell on a house in Bara tehsil of Khyber Agency.

January 11: At least 14 of FC personnel, including two junior commissioned officers, were killed in an ambush in the Wakai area near Nawano check post in Turbat city of Turbat District.

At least 11 militants were killed and six others got injured when jet fighters pounded their hideouts in Jabba, Toor Semath, Akhunkot, and Mir Qalamkhel localities in Mamozai tehsil in Orakzai Agency of FATA.

January 10: A powerful bomb planted in a pick-up van exploded at a petrol station in Jamrud bazaar in Khyber Agency of FATA, killing 35 persons, four of them Khasadar personnel, and injuring 78 others.

After a lull of about 55 days, the US resumed its drone operation by killing four suspected militants in the out skirts of Miranshah in the North Waziristan Agency.

January 9: The dead bodies of 10 FCB paramilitary troops were recovered from in Dabori town of Orakzai Agency in FATA. One security official said 23 soldiers were attacked late in the night on December 21 by nearly 100 heavily armed militants.

January 6: At least six militants were killed and 12 got injured after LI and its rival Zakhakhel tribal force exchanged gunfire to gain control of a key base in Bazaar Zakhakhel area of Landikotal in Khyber Agency of FATA.

January 5: TTP militants killed 15 Frontier Constabulary (FC) personnel in Mir Ali area of North Waziristan Agency in FATA to avenge, in the words of a TTP spokesman, the death of one of their 'commanders' in another tribal area at the hands of SFs.

January 4: SFs killed 10 militants and injured five others during an operation in the Central Kurram Agency in FATA.

At least six LI militants and a volunteer of Zakhakhel lashkar were killed in renewed clashes between LI and the Lashkar in Bazaar-Zakhakhel area of Khyber Agency.

Five TTP militants were killed and 13 others arrested in a clash with the Frontier FC troops in Murgha Kibzai area of Zhob District of Balochistan.

January 3: Three persons including two Levies personnel were killed and eight civilians were injured when a powerful car bomb exploded in Landi Kotal Bazaar of Khyber Agency in FATA.

January 2: At least 20 militants were killed in two separate operations by the Army on January 1-2 in Upper tehsil of Orakzai Agency in FATA.

12 militants were killed and nine others got injured when jet fighters pounded their hideouts in Bilras, Bar Mella and Toor Semath area of Mamozai tehsil. Sources said that hideouts were destroyed.

Three militants and a volunteer of Qaumi lashkar were killed during a clash in Landikotal tehsil of Khyber Agency.

January 1: Fifteen militants were killed and five hideouts were destroyed when fighter jets bombed militant hideouts in Torsmat, Jabba Kellay, Akhunkot and Sama Bazaar in Upper tehsil of Orakzai Agency in FATA.

At least 12 militants were killed and three hostages were rescued from their custody after an encounter with SFs in the Alamgir Killay of the Karmina area in Landikotal tehsil of Khyber Agency. Khasadar Force sources said that a FC soldier was also killed and another injured during the encounter.

Four security personnel were killed and two others injured in a landmine explosion in Surali area, some10 kilometres from Sui town of Dera Bugti District in Balochistan.