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Terrorism-related Incidents in Peshawar - 2016

No
Date
Incident
Killed
Injured
1

January 3

Two soldiers suffered injuries when their convoy was damaged in a roadside bomb blast near the Peshawar-Islamabad Motorway Toll Plaza in Peshawar.

0
2
2
January 7

KP's SPU claimed to have arrested three suspects for campaigning for proscribed militant organisations in Dir Colony of provincial capital Peshawar.

Arrest
3
January 12

Special Police unit arrested an Afghan terrorist, Hamidullah alias Hamzaullah, involved in the attack on Pishtakhara Police Station van in Academy town on September 11, 2015, during a raid at Board bazaar bus stop in Peshawar.

Arrest
4
January 15

Unidentified militants attacked the residence of an Afghan consulate official in cantonment area of Peshawar.

0
0
5
January 20

An improvised explosive device, weighing three to four kilograms, was defused by BDS personnel near the Haji Camp Bus Stand in Peshawar.

0
0
6
January 22

Unidentified militants shot dead personnel of Police Elite Force Unit in Rasheed Ghari area of Peshawar.

1
0
7
January 22

The CTD of Peshawar arrested a terrorist wanted for attacks on Police personnel. According to CTD Peshawar, the force took action in Bannu and arrested a terrorist named Sadaqat Ullah who is a resident of Suleman Khel Peshawar.

Arrest
8
January 24

Four persons suffered injuries when a roadside bomb exploded near Phandu Chowk area of Peshawar.

0
4
9
January 26

An IED, allegedly meant to target a school, was defused by BDS personnel in Bashirabad area of Peshawar.

Bomb Neutralised
10
January 27

A joint team comprising Police and Intelligence Officials recovered a huge cache of weapons and ammunition from warehouses on GT Road and Kohat Road areas of Peshawar.

Explosive recovery
11
January 28

Police defused five bombs planted under a 132KV electric tower in Phando area of Peshawar.

Bomb Neutralised
12
February 9

A Shia elder was shot dead while his son escaped unhurt in an attack near the Kohati Gate area of Peshawar.

1
0
13
February 9

Traders' leader, identified as Haji Abdul Haleem Jan (70), was killed in a targeted attack in his shop located in Qissa Khwani Bazaar of Peshawar.

1
0
14
February 13

A Jewellery shop owner, identified as Wahidullah, was shot at and injured in Gulbahar area of Peshawar.

0
1
15
February 21

Rashid Baloch, a member of the Baba Ladla gang in Lyari area of Karachi, was arrested in the Bhana Mari area of Peshawar.

Arrest
16
February 25

The Police claimed to have arrested 40 suspects including 11 Afghans and recovered arms and ammunition from their possession during search operations in Hayatabad and Nasir Bhag areas of Peshawar.

Arrest
17
February 27

In a search operation in Peshawar, the police and officials of the law enforcing agencies arrested 45 suspects including Afghan nationals from different areas. Police carried out search operations in Faqirabad, Pathang Chowk and Ring Road area. At least 45 suspects including five Afghans were arrested during the search operations. The police also recovered weapons and drugs from some of the suspects.

Arrest
18
March 10

The Special Police Unit of CTD arrested a woman who has been accused of facilitating the attack on September 18, 2015, on Pakistan Air Force base in Badabher area of Peshawar.

Arrest
19
March 11

Lieutenant Colonel, Tariq Ghafoor, was shot dead while he was on his way to a nearby mosque to offer Friday prayers near Ring Road in Hayatabad area of provincial capital Peshawar.

1
0
20

March 15

At least 15 persons were killed and 25 others injured when a powerful bomb ripped through a Civil Secretariat bus, carrying Government employees, near Sunehri Masjid in Peshawar.

15
25
21

March 17

The CTD arrested four suspected militants while distributing pamphlets of banned militant organisation on the Pajagi Road near Tableeghi Markaz in Peshawar.

Arrest
22
March 23

A former regional director of ISI was shot dead in a drive-by shooting in Phase 7 area of Hayatabad in Peshawar.

1
0
23
March 23

Police arrested 32 suspected persons including 12 Afghans during a search operation in the Faqirabad area of Peshawar.

Arrest
24
March 31

The CTD arrested a target killer of banned outfit and recovered arms near Charsadda Bus Terminal in Peshawar.

Arrest
25
April 7

A Policeman was killed while two others - a civilian and a Police official - were injured in a roadside blast in Badhu Samar Bagh area of Peshawar.

1
2
26
April 7

The Peshawar CTD arrested an alleged Afghan terrorist, identified as Ismail, during a search operation in provincial capital Peshawar.

Arrest
27
April 26

An alleged facilitator, identified as Musa, of a 'commander' of the IS in Afghanistan, identified as Abdullah alias Cheeta, was arrested from Regi Lalma area in Peshawar.

Arrest
28
April 27

An ASI of the Phandu Police Station, identified as Qaisar Ali Shah, was shot dead in a targeted attack in Yakatoot area of Peshawar.

1
0
29
May 1

At least 13 people were injured when unidentified assailants threw a hand grenade outside a private guest house in Tehkal Bala area of Peshawar.

0
13
30
May 2

At least 15 people, including three children, were injured in a grenade attack on JuD madrassa, Baitul Mukarrama Al-hadees, in Tehkal area of provincial capital Peshawar.

0
15
31
May 5

A Revenue Assistant Officer, identified as Anwar Zeb, was shot dead by unidentified armed assailants while he was travelling home on Dalazak Road in Peshawar.

1
0
32
May 12

In a targeted killing incident unidentified assailants shot dead a SI of the Traffic Police in Peshawar. A Police official said that two unidentified motorcyclists opened fire on SI, Aftab Khan of the Traffic Police, when he was going for duty on a motorcycle.

1
0
33
May 18

A Policeman was killed and 19 others, mostly security personnel, were injured in twin IED blasts in the Mathra area of Peshawar.

1
19
34
May 20

Three militants were killed after the explosive vest one of them was wearing accidentally exploded on Sufidsang Road within the jurisdiction of Regi Police Station in provincial capital Peshawar.

3
0
35
May 25

Three FC personnel, including District Officer Ameer Badshah and two constables, Gul Rehman and Gul Rasool, were killed when three unidentified militants opened fire on their vehicle at Patang Chowk in provincial capital Peshawar.

3
0
36
May 26

The SFs conducted raids in Sirband, Hayatabad, Faqeerabad areas of Peshawar, the provincial capital of KP, and rounded up 95 suspects including 20 Afghans.

Arrest
37
May 27

The CTD arrested two alleged terrorists belonging to Afghanistan from Tehkal area of Peshawar.

Arrest
38
May 27

The JuD, the frontal organisation of LeT, held funeral prayers in absentia for the deceased Afghan Taliban chief Mullah Akhtar Mansour in Peshawar, the provincial capital of KP.

Condolence meeting
39
June 2

Unidentified armed assailants shot dead a retired non-commissioned officer of Pakistan Army, identified as Raj Wali, in the limits of Faqirabad Police Station in Peshawar.

1
0
40
June 4

The CTD arrested a suspected militant, identified as Tawab Gul, along with explosives near Pishtakhara in Peshawar.

Arrest
41
June 12

Police arrested 27 suspects in a search operation in in Gur Mandi, Sukhera Ram, Kalu Ram areas of Peshawar.

Arrest
42
June 14

The CTD thwarted a major terror bid and recovered two suicide jackets and explosives from an alleged terrorist in Shabqadar area of Peshawar.

Arrest and Recovery
43
June 20

A Police constable, identified as Gulzar, was shot dead by unidentified assailants near Maqsoodabad within the jurisdiction of Khazana Police Station on the outskirts of Peshawar.

1
0
44
June 20

Four Police constables were injured in a roadside bomb attack while they were on a foot patrol on Shakarpura Road, within the jurisdiction of Daudzai Police Station in Peshawar.

0
4
45
June 22

A Civil Secretariat officer, identified as Nawab Safi (34), was shot dead by unidentified militants in a target killing incident while he was coming out of the mosque after Maghrib prayers in Yakatoot area of provincial capital Peshawar.

1
0
46
June 26

Unidentified militants lobbed a hand-grenade into a house in Jatti Payan area under Daudzai Police Station in Peshawar.

0
0
47
June 30

A Police constable, identified as Farmanullah, was killed and six other civilians were injured in a roadside bomb blast on Pajagi Road in Peshawar.

1
6
48
June 30

Unidentified assailants shot dead a Policeman, Shahzeb, near his house after he withdrew money from an automated telling machine in Madina Colony of Peshawar.

1
0
49
June 30

Unidentified assailants shot dead a member of Afghan Taliban on Nasir Bagh Road in Peshawar.

1
0
50
July 18

CTD arrested a wanted terrorist, identified as Sher Rehman, and recovered two bombs from his possession during snap checking at Ring Road Achini Cross locality in Peshawar.

Arrest
51
July 24

Police arrested 78 suspected persons from various localities of Peshawar, the provincial capital of KP, including Hayatabad residential area during a search operation.

Arrest
52
July 29

At least seven people, including a traffic Police warden, identified as Sajjad Khan, were injured in a remote controlled bomb blast near Charsadda Bus Stand within the jurisdiction of Faqirabad Police Station in Peshawar.

0
7
53
August 1

An IB official, identified as Usman Gul, and a passer-by, identified as Iftikhar, were killed when unidentified militants opened fire at the officer on Wazir Bagh Road in Tauheedabad locality within the limits of Yakatoot Police Station Police Station of Peshawar.

2
0
54
August 19

In a sectarian attack, two members of a family of Afghan origin were killed while the female member of the family got injured in a firing incident at a car in Phandu area Peshawar.

2
1
55
August 19

An Afghan cleric identified as Sheikh Rahimullah, who was a teacher at a seminary, was shot and injured in Dir Colony of Peshawar.

1
0
56
August 29

An official of the Special Branch Police, Iftikhar Khattak, was killed near his house at Chughulpura in Peshawar, the provincial capital of KP, when unidentified motorcycle bourne assailants opened fire on him.

1
0
57
September 1

One five kilogram IED along with two hand-grenades was recovered and defused near the Karkhano Market of Peshawar.

Bomb recovery
58
September 2

Two persons, including a civilian and a Levies official, were killed when a group of four terrorists attacked Christian Colony in Warsak Dam area of provincial capital Peshawar. Four terrorists were also killed in the retaliatory fire of SFs. Two FC personnel, a Policeman and two private guards sustained injuries in the attack.

6
5
59
September 3

Police arrested at least 120 suspects during search operation in Christian Colony of Peshawar and its adjacent areas.

Arrest
60
September 4

A Policeman was killed while two other persons were wounded in a bomb attack on a police patrol near Aslam Dheri on Pajagi Road of Peshawar.

1
2
61
September 9

One SI, identified as Ibrahim, was shot dead in a target killing incident in Akhunabad area of Peshawar.

1
0
62
September 9

A terrorism bid was foiled while a militant was arrested while was carrying a four-kilograms of IEDs in Hassan Garhi situated within the jurisdiction of Machni Gate Police Station in Peshawar.

Arrest and Ammunitions recovery
63
September 11

A senior member of the polio eradication campaign, identified as Doctor Zakaullah Khan, was shot dead in a targeted attack in provincial capital Peshawar.

1
0
64
September 18

Three Army personnel were killed when unidentified militants opened fire at their van in Garhi Sohbat Khan area of Peshawar.

3
0
65
September 21

The CTD arrested suspected Islamic State (IS/ also known as Daesh) militant, identified as Muhammad Farid, from Qazi Kaley area of provincial capital Peshawar.

Arrest
66
September 23

Police thwarted major terror bid by neutralising three Kilogrammes bomb at Bacha Khan square in Peshawar.

Bomb Neutralised
67
September 26

A 12-year old boy, Ishaq, was killed when an explosive device went off in a house in Pishtakhara area of Peshawar.

1
0
69
October 6

Unidentified assailants shot and injured a doctor, identified as Professor Asmatullah of Hayatabad Medical Complex (HMC), in a targeted attack outside his house in Phase 4 of Hayatabad in Peshawar.

0
1
69
October 6

The CTD arrested a terrorist affiliated with a banned militant outfit and identified as Muhammad Tariq alias Qari from Charsadda Road in Peshawar.

Arrest
70
October 18

The CTD arrested two militants, identified as Muhammad Izhar and Abdul Kabir, for distributing Daesh pamphlets in Palosi area of provincial capital Peshawar.

Arrest
71
October 20

Unidentified motorcycle bourne assailants shot dead a Police Constable Rahman Ali, a resident of Swabi District, while he was on duty in Parda Bagh area under the precincts of Faqirabad Police Station in Peshawar.

1
0
72
October 24

A Police Constable deployed for the protection of polio eradication teams was killed in a bomb attack near the Muslim Children Academy school area under Daudzai Police Station on the outskirts of Peshawar.

1
0
73
October 25

BDU officer, identified as Zahid, escaped unhurt when an IED bomb he was defusing exploded in Peshawar.

0
0
74
November 21

At least three FCB personnel were killed and seven others were injured in an IED blast targeting their vehicle in Bashirabad area of Peshawar.

3
7
75
November 23

The CTD claimed to have arrested a suspected terrorist, Feroz Khan, allegedly involved in October 2009 bomb blast at Khyber Bazaar in the Peshawar area of KP that claimed lives of 60 people.

Arrest
76
November 26

SFs carried out joint search and strike operation in Daudzai area of Peshawar and arrested over 200 suspects.

Arrest
77
November 28

An ASI was killed while two cops and a passer-by sustained injuries when a car of the newly launched City Police Patrol came under militant attack on the Ring Road of Peshawar.

1
3
78
December 1

Police arrested 51 suspects and recovered huge illegal arms from them in Phandu area of Peshawar during the Search and Strike operations.

Arrest
79
December 5

Police arrested 12 suspects during search operations and recovered arms and ammunition from their possession in different parts of Peshawar.

Arrest
80
December 10

The DSP of CTD, Riazul Islam was killed and his son was injured as militants opened fire on them at Charsadda Road under the Faqirabad Police Station in Peshawar

1
1
Total*
58
107
*Data till December 31, 2016

Source:Compiled from news reports and are provisional.

 

 

 

 

 
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