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Terrorism-related Incidents in Lahore - 2013

 

Date

Incident
Killed

Injured

1

February 8

The LEA arrested four suspected militants from Saggian Bridge of Lahore.

Arrest
2

February 18

In a sectarian attack, the Lahore General Hospital Ophthalmology Department head Professor Dr Ali Haider and his son were shot dead by two unidentified assailants in the Gulberg area of Lahore city (Lahore District), the provincial capital of Punjab.

2
0
3
May 17

A central leader of the JuD, Khalid Bashir (42), was found dead in Sheikhupura area of Lahore city of same District. JuD's Ameer (chief) Hamza told that Bashir was abducted by some unidentified militants two days ago.

1
0
4
July 3

As a measure to beef up security in the wake of recent wave of terrorism in the country, the DIG Operations Lahore Muhammad Tahir Rai said 30 percent additional force had been deployed for the security of judges and courts, including Lahore High Court, sessions courts and civil courts. Additional patrolling by Police would ensure the security of courts and judges, he added.

Statement
5
July 6

Explosives concealed in a polythene bag went off inside a restaurant on the busy Food Street of the Old Anarkali area of Lahore city, killing at least five people and injuring 46 others.

5
46
6
July 19

The Islamabad Koral Police and the traffic Police arrested four abductors and recovered a vehicle, two pistols and ammunition from their possession from Muhammad Ali Park area of Lahore.

Arrest
7
July 24

Lahore Investigation Police arrested a suspect for allegedly demanding extortion money from local traders in the Lahore District. The traders in different areas of Lahore had lodged several complaints with the Police about threatening phone calls they had been receiving for the past many days.

Arrest
8
July 29

Four TTP militants responsible for the July 12, 2012, attack on a jail in the Rasool Park area of Ichra in the Lahore District that killed at least 10 jail personnel were arrested by the Lahore CIA officials.

Arrest
9
August 6

Investigating authorities traced another case of extortion and arrested two persons from the Punjab Housing Society of Lahore (Lahore District) who demanded PKR two million from a doctor in the name of TTP.

Extortion
10
August 8

Police arrested three alleged TTP militants attempting to force a citizen to pay them in Lahore.

Arrest
11
August 14

While addressing a meeting in Lahore District, the LeT founder and JuD 'chief' Hafiz Mohammad Saeed, who is wanted in India for the November 26, 2008, Mumbai terror attacks, said that he was not a terrorist, and asked for an independent probe by judges from India and Pakistan to find out whether he was guilty. "You (India) are continuously calling me a terrorist. But I am not a terrorist, and if you are not satisfied, an independent judicial commission comprising senior lawyers and judges from India and Pakistan should investigate whether I am guilty," said Saeed.

Meeting
12
August 20

Security Agencies raided an alleged technical hub of al Qaeda in Lahore District and arrested 13 suspected terrorists, including seven women. The alleged tech hub was being used to trace phone numbers of influential and affluent people across the country in order to make phone calls for extortion and kidnapping-for-ransom, an unnamed official said.

Arrest
13
August 20

Intelligence Agency uncovered a plot to abduct Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif from his residence in the Jati Umra town of Raiwind in Lahore District. The conspiracy was unearthed after a militant of the TTP Punjab Chapter, identified as Muhammad Usman, arrested on suspicion, revealed they had completed their reconnaissance and had chalked out a plan to abduct the Chief Minister.

Plot busted
14
August 23

A fugitive militant with PKR 500,000 as bounty on his head, identified as Atique, was killed in an exchange of fire with the Police in Sabzazar Colony.

1
0
15
September 3 Nishtar Colony Police of Lahore (Lahore District, the provincial capital of Punjab) arrested a woman allegedly for proclaiming herself 'prophet' and booked her under blasphemy charges. Model Town SP (Operations) Tariq Aziz said Salma alias Fatima (40), principal of a private school and wife of Tanveer, a resident of Bahadarabad, started distributing pamphlets in the neighbourhood around 6am allegedly inscribed with blasphemous remarks and proclaiming herself 'prophet'.
Arrest
16
September 5

At least seven alleged terrorists were arrested during a raid by Intelligence Agencies at residential apartments in the Liaquatabad area of Lahore District. They also seized huge cache of explosives and four suicide jackets from their possession.

Arrest
17
September 6

Anti-Shia and anti-Government rally was held by ASWJ cadres in Lahore District. Thousands of ASWJ cadres joined a procession at the Lower Mall in Lahore District and held a conference on the road after several activists were arrested from Nasser Bagh, the scheduled venue for the conference.

0
0
18
September 8

Police foiled a major terrorism bid at a park adjacent to Lahore Railway Station as it recovered and defused bomb weighing 3 kilogram.

Bomb Neutralise
19
September 8

Law Enforcement Agencies arrested four alleged terrorists and recovered explosive material from Model Town and Liaquatabad areas of Lahore.

Arrest
20
September 11

An Intelligence Agency detained seven al Qaeda militants from Punjab University Campus in Lahore District.

Arrest
21
September 12

The intelligence agency and Police jointly raided in Johar Town and Sabzazar Police Station area in Lahore and arrested four more suspected terrorists, with one hardened criminal disguised as a beggar.

Arrest
22
September 16

The law enforcing and Intelligence Agencies in a joint action arrested an alleged militants belonging to al Qaeda from Lahore District in the night. According to sources the accused was a student in Science College Lahore.

Arrest
23
September 16

After receiving threats of a Dera-Ismail-Khan-jailbreak like attack, the security has been fortified at Central Jail Lahore also known as Kot Lakpat jail.

Threat
24
September 20

Officials of a secret agency arrested three terror suspects during a raid at the office of property dealer Mohammad Anwar in Imamia Colony in Shahdara of Lahore.

Arrest
25 September 24

The security personnel arrested a prime accused of Karachi Lyari gang war named Sheraz Comrade and his two accomplices when they were trying to escape to Dubai from the Allama Iqbal International Airport in Lahore.

Arrest
26 September 25

Two Lyari gang war criminals, identified as Owais Tipu and Amin, were arrested at Allama Iqbal International Airport in Lahore. Sources in Intelligence Agencies said that they were allegedly involved in the armed gang-wars in Lyari Town of Karachi District in Sindh.

Arrest
27 October 10

At least one person was killed and injured 14 others were injured in a bomb explosion outside a restaurant in the Old Anarkali area of Lahore.

1
14
28 October 17

Lahore Police stopped various members of the Ahmadi community in Lahore from slaughtering animals as part of 'Qurbani' ritual on Eidul Azha, proclaiming that the ritual of animal sacrifice was an Islamic injunction whereas Ahmadis were not Muslims.

Ahmadi Discrimination
29
October 21

Police arrested three suspected terrorists, identified as Jafar Khan (23), Ameer Baqi (26) and Saleh Baloch (29), from Jail Road in Lahore District for their alleged involvement in the October 10, 2013 blast in the Old Anarkali area of Lahore. According to sources, the suspects have connections with the BLA.

Arrest
30
December 6

The provincial head of ASWJ, identified as Maulana Shamsur Rehman Muawiya, was shot dead in an incident of target killing on Ravi Road in Lahore District.

1
0
31
December 20

The Police claimed to have arrested three alleged terrorists during a raid on a house in Harbans Pura in Lahore District. According to Police, weapons, explosives, and remote controls were also recovered from their possession.

Arrest
Total
11
60

Note:Compiled from news reports and are provisional.

 

 

 

 

 
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