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Sectarian Violence in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa - 2013

S.N.

Date

Place / District

Incidents

killed
Injured

1

January 9

Dabgari / Peshawar

Unidentified assailants shot dead a Shia doctor associated with the ruling PPP in the Dabgari area of Peshawar (Peshawar District), the provincial capital of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.

1
0
2 January 22

Liaquat Street / Saddar Bazaar / Peshawar

In a sectarian related attack, one doctor, Dr Shah Nawaz Ali, was shot dead by unidentified assailants in his cantonment area clinic on Liaquat Street in Saddar Bazaar of Peshawar.

1
0
3 February 1 Pat Bazaar / Hangu District

Twenty-eight Shia persons were killed and 46 others injured when a suicide bomber struck outside a mosque just after the Friday prayers in Pat Bazaar in Hangu Town of same District in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.

28
46
4 February 8

Gulbahar / Peshawar

Unidentified assailants shot dead a senior Shia lawyer, Malik Jarrar Hussain, in the Gulbahar area of Peshawar.

1
0
5 March 18 Dalazak Road / Peshawar

An unidentified assailant shot dead a Shia lawyer and injured his assistant seriously on Dalazak Road in Peshawar.

1
1
6 March 27

Gulbahar / Peshawar / Khyber Pakhtunkhwa

A senior Federal Government official was shot dead, in what Police said was an incident of sectarian killing in the Gulbahar area of Peshawar, the provincial capital of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. "Unidentified gunmen opened fire on a WAPDA vehicle carrying Town-2 SDO Khawaja Imran in the Gulbahar area," a Police official said. Gulbahar Police said the WAPDA official was targeted because he belonged to Shia sect.

1
0
7 May 28 Imamia Colony /Peshawar / Khyber Pakhtunkhwa

At least three persons were killed and 14 others were injured when a bomb attached to a motorcycle exploded in the Imamia Colony in Peshawar (Peshawar District), the provincial capital of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. The explosives were planted in a motorcycle detonated by remote control. Most of the people living in the area belonged to the Shia community which appeared to be the target of the attack.

3
14
8 June 21

Gulshan Colony / Peshawar / Khyber Pakhtunkhwa

15 Shia persons were killed and 25 others were injured in a suicide attack at an Imambargah in largely Shia area of Gulshan Colony on the edge of Peshawar (Peshawar District), the provincial capital of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.

15
25
9 November 18 Kohat town / Kohat District

Two persons, including a Policeman, were killed when fire reported outside an Imambargah in Kohat town of same District.

2
0
Total
51
86
Source: Figures are compiled from news reports and are provisional.

 

 

 

 

 
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