Terrorism-related Incidents in Islamabad - 2015

March 1

Police in the Federal Capital Islamabad foiled a terrorist attack that aimed to the strike Pakistan Day parade on 23 March. Police sources said that two suspected terrorists were arrested during recent raids and confessed to planning an attack. The terrorists were arrested from Ghouri Town in connection with the attack on the Qasar-e-Sakina Imambargah which occurred on February 19. Sources said the arrested terrorists confessed to planning an attack during their interrogation. A large cache of weapons was also seized from their possession.

A Pakistani man, identified as Iqbal Baig, who was an employee at the United States Embassy in Islamabad was shot dead by unidentified armed assailants in G-9/1 area of Islamabad.

The ISI arrested a gang of around 52 hundi and Hawala dealers, all of whom are Afghan nationals and majority of them hold a Pakistani ID, from an unspecified area of Islamabad.

Islamabad Police arrested four target killers, who the officials say, are affiliated with a Karachi-based political party. The Police said, the arrested men have confessed to killing people, carrying-out dacoities in Islamabad and Karachi. They said the alleged target killers were involved in target killings in various areas of Karachi including Korangi and used to submit money collected from extortion and robberies to a political party's head office in Karachi.