Terrorism-related Incidents in Karachi - 2010

Date

Incident

January 1

The Police recovered a bomb from a local video shop in the Shadman Town area under Sharea Noor Jehan Police Station of Karachi. The BDS said it was a remote controlled bomb. They said that the militants used C-4 explosives. The SHO of Sharea Noor Jehan Police Station, Amjad Kiyani, said that it was January 1 afternoon when they received a call from Shadman Town No 2 area in which the caller told the Police that a suspicious bag was lying a short distance from a video shop situated under Crown Plaza on the roadside. A patrolling mobile along with the BDS personnel immediately rushed to the place and evacuated the building, houses and shops and carried out an operation. The BDS personnel after an hour managed to defuse the bomb.

January 4

The investigation team, investigating the Ashura blast in Karachi that the blast was not suicide attack. The bomb was planted inside a box that had the portrait of a killed leader of a banned religious outfit. In the afternoon, Interior Minister Rehman Malik also confirmed the fact that the Ashura blast was not a suicide attack. He said that a complete report would be submitted within two to three days.

January 5

An Ahmadi leader Muhammad Yousaf (70) was shot dead allegedly for seeking Police protection against sectarian zealots in Ferozewala Police Station area of Karachi. The family of Muhammad Yousaf, leader of the Ahmadi community in Ferozewala, alleged that unidentified persons killed him for demanding Police to stop them from creating religious strife in the area. Fatehul Deen, the son of the deceased, said that two unidentified persons on a motorbike opened fire at his father around 8 am (PST) when he was sitting at his general store, where he (Fateh) and his brother were also present. He said his father died instantly while he and his brother narrowly escaped the attack. Ferozewala Police Station SHO Muhammad Munir said that Police had registered the FIR against unidentified persons for Yousaf’s murder.

One person, identified as Sajid (25), who had sustained injuries in the Ashura procession on M.A. Jinnah Road in Karachi on December 28, 2009, passed away at the hospital. This brings the death toll of blast victims to 45.

January 8

Six persons, including one civilian killed in an explosion in a house near Babri mosque in Baldia town locality of Karachi in the morning. An initial investigation stated that six militants had come to the house at about 3 am (PST) on three motorcycles. They were guests of Ayaz, younger brother of Riaz who was living in the house with his mother, wife and three children. All the militants were in their late teens or early twenties. Five of the dead militants were identified as Riazul Hasan, Mohammad Husain, Shahbaz Lahori, Asif and Zahid. Ayaz was also killed in the blast, while his brother Ibrar was injured. A portion of a house was destroyed in what was described as an accidental blast. "We heard a loud bang at about 7:45am and saw two bodies lying in the debris. A Kalashnikov rifle was beside the bodies," an eyewitness said. Police found a cache of arms and ammunition and suicide vests strapped to the two bodies in the house. The suicide vests were fitted with grenades, they added. The suicide vest of the third militant accidentally triggered the explosion, causing a grenade to explode, investigators said. Police recovered several cartons of tinned food, jihadi literature, books and CDs, stickers of LeJ and SSP pasted inside a trunk containing certifications of graduation from a seminary, cell phones and several SIMs from the debris of the house. Three AK-47 rifles with several dozen rounds, over 25 hand grenades, anti-personnel mines and a pistol were also recovered, Baldia town Superintendent of Police Zahid Husain said. Interior Minister Rehman Malik said that the militants were from Swat.

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January 10

A bomb hoaxes created panic among the employees of Jang Group and the Wapda House for over three hours in Karachi on January 10. Some unknown caller, from his cell number 0322-4173846, called at the exchange of the Jang Office situated on 13-Davis Road of Karachi at around 10:15 pm (PST). The caller asked the operator to recite ‘Kalima’ on the plea that a bomb had been planted in the Jang building, which would explode within 20 minutes. Police and bomb disposal squad reached the spot within minutes and vacated the buildings of Geo, The News and Jang. The search operation continued for over two hours, which created severe panic among the staff of the Jang Group. However, the building was cleared by the squad. Police said the same caller had also created panic at Wapda House at around 9.15 pm after which the building was evacuated for thorough search.

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January 11

Police arrested a key TTP ‘commander’, Hayatullah alias Humayun, from a house in Baloch Goth in Orangi Town area of Karachi. Police sources said Hayatullah alias Humayun was on the 181 position in the list of the most wanted militants in the country. Senior Superintendent of Police Raja Umar Khatab said the ‘commander’ had confessed that four of his accomplices, Abdul Shakoor, Mehboob Ali, Abdul Waheed and Abdul Wahab were hiding in the city.

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January 13

The CID of Sindh Police arrested one TTP ‘commander’ during a raid in the Manghopir area of Karachi. Official sources said, Ali Rehman was arrested from his hideout in the Pakhtoonabad area in Manghopir and one TT pistol was recovered from his possession. CID official Haji Nadeem said Rehman was a TTP ‘commander’ for the Mohmand Agency. His other associates are also present in the city, he added.

At least 25 persons were killed and over 100 others, including women and children, wounded in twin blasts in Karachi as the city marked Hazrat Imam Hussain's chehlum (40^th Day after death) ceremony. The sources said that the first explosion occurred at around 3:03pm (PST) in the Shahrah-e-Faisal area of Karachi targeting a bus taking 30-40 mourners to the city's main chehlum procession at Nishtar Park. The second explosion took place at around 4:55pm at Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre, where those injured or killed in the first explosion were being taken amid a crowd of victims' relatives and the media. The blast at the medical centre targeted the building's parking lot in front of the emergency ward.

Death toll in the February 5 Karachi twin blasts raised to 33 as six more persons succumbed to injuries.

Karachi Anti-Terrorism Court's Administrative Judge Justice Amir Hani Muslim on February 6 remanded two accused, stated to be activists of the banned outfit Jundullah, to judicial custody until February 13 in the Karachi Ashura bomb blast of December 28, 2009.

Daily Times quoting New York Times on February 16 reported that the US and Pakistani intelligence services arrested the top military 'commander' of Taliban, Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar, in Karachi. Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar was arrested in Karachi "several days ago" by US and Pakistani intelligence services, said the New York Times and other US media, citing unnamed US Government officials. Confirming the report, Reuters quoted a US official as saying that the Taliban's top military 'commander' had been arrested in Pakistan in a joint raid. "I would call it significant," said another US official of Mullah Baradar's arrest. "But even when you get their leaders, they've shown an amazing resilience to bounce back. It's an adaptive organisation," he added. The details of Baradar's apparent arrest were unclear, but the New York Times said the Taliban 'commander' was arrested by operatives from ISI and US's CIA. One Pakistani officer said Baradar was arrested 10 days ago with the assistance of the US and "was talking" to his interrogators. Baradar is in charge of the Taliban's military operations and leadership council, and was a close associate of al Qaeda leader Osama Bin Laden before the September 11, 2001, attacks.

The CID arrested a 'Taliban commander', Abdullah alias Abu Waqas, who was about to train 270 teenage girls as suicide bombers. As per CID officials, Abdullah alias Abu Waqas, a TTP 'commander' of Bajaur Agency's Naimatullah group, was arrested near Safoora Goth Chowrangi in Karachi. A loaded TT pistol, jihadi literature and CDs were recovered from his possession. During interrogation, he confessed that he had to train 270 teenage girls aged between 13 and 16 for suicide attacks.

The SFs arrested one Sipah-e-Mohammad Pakistan militant, Syed Hammad Riaz, from Karachi allegedly involved in the assassination of the SSP, Ameer (Chief) Maulana Azam Tariq. Syed Hammad Riaz was arrested in the premises of the Karachi City Courts when he went there for a hearing. Maulana Azam Tariq, the chief of SSP was slain along with three security guards and driver on October 6, 2003 near a toll plaza in the outskirts of Islamabad.

A militant of the Jalaluddin Haqqani Network, identified as Amanullah Mehsud, was arrested by the Security Force personnel from the Clifton area of Karachi.

The CID of the Sindh Police arrested three militants belonging to the LeJ outfit from a hideout near Jamshed Road in Karachi.

Personnel of Intelligence Agencies arrested two militants from Saeedabad in Karachi. The arrestees were identified as Mullah Tayyab Popalzai and Hakeemuddin Mehsud.

Motasim Agha Jan, son-in-law of Taliban 'supreme' leader Mullah Omar was arrested by Intelligence Officials from a house in Ahsanabad area in Karachi.

The CID of Sindh Police arrested a TTP 'commander' from Surjani town in Karachi. The arrestee was identified as Alam Mehsud.

Daily Times quoting a Government official source reports that Adam Gadahn, the American-born spokesman for al-Qaeda, was recently arrested by the Pakistani intelligence personnel in Karachi.

An activist of the MQM, Zulfiqar-ul-Hasan alias Papu, was shot dead by unidentified assailants in the Saeedabad Police Station area of Karachi.

The noted religious leader and chief of the Aalmi Majlis-e-Tahafuza-e-Khatam-e-Naboowat (AMTKN), Mufti Saeed Jalalpuri, was shot dead along with three associates in Karachi.

An attempt was also made on Maulana Abdul Ghafoor Nadeem, a leader of the SSP, in which he was injured, while his son lost his life.

A suspected cadre of the TTP, identified as Hidayatullah Barki (32), was shot dead and one of his associates, Usman Khan (22), got injured during foiled bid to abduct a property dealer in Manghopir Police station area of Karachi.

Police arrested one, Salman Mehsud, a TTP 'commander', who was wanted for abduction and various other charges from Karachi. Mehsud was arrested along with two kilogrammes of explosives and a pistol, Senior Police Officer Sarwar Commando said.

The law enforcement agencies arrested three suspected members of the TTP and recovered explosives from their possession. Sources said Police arrested Ishtiaq Azmi and Faiz, an imam and cleric of a mosque in Orangi Town Sector 14-I. Both Azmi and Faiz are reportedly affiliated with the TTP as well as the LeJ.

The law enforcement agencies arrested another alleged TTP commander, Ismail Mehsud. The sources said that the alleged TTP commander was a close aide of former TTP chief Baitullah Mehsud and Qari Hussain Mehsud. He was arrested near Sohrab Goth in Gadap Town Police Station area of Karachi.

The Sindh Police Special Investigation Unit on March 19 claimed to have arrested a wanted militant of Lower Dir chapter of TTP, from Jamshed Quarters of Patel Para area in Karachi. The arrested militant was identified as Hassan Khan. A pistol was recovered from his possession. Hassan was a key member of Maulana Shahid faction in Lower Dir.

The CID of the Sindh Police arrested four members of a gang, which used to provide logistical support to militants belonging to the tribal areas as well as a neighbouring country, from unspecified location of Karachi.

Three high-profile militants, including an operational 'commander' of the banned outfit LeJ, were arrested by the Anti-Extremist Cell of the Sindh Police's CID during a raid in Rehri Goth area of Bin Qasim Town in Karachi.

The Sindh Police's Anti-Violent Crime Unit arrested four suspected militants affiliated with unspecified banned militant outfits in Wana and Waziristan, after an encounter at Hub River Road in Karachi. The arrestees were identified as Yasin, Sher Ayaz, Fateh Sher and Rasool Niaz.

A SSP cadre was shot dead by unidentified motorcyclists in Karachi. According to the Police, the deceased, Mohammed Nisaar, was sitting at his shop in Godhraan Camp Wali Gali, when four men on two motorcycles came over and opened indiscriminate fire at him, killing him on the spot.

Two TTP militants were arrested by the Police in Karachi. According to officials of Sindh Police Crime Investigation Department's anti-Extremist Cell, the arrestees were identified as Sardar Shah alias Sardar Khan and Tahir.

A HuMA cadre, Jamal Iqbal, was shot dead by unidentified assailants near Babar Kanta area of Karachi.

The BDS defused four bombs planted in an electricity pylon near the Mochko check post in Mauripur Police limits in Karachi.

A senior cadre of the SSP, Athar, was critically injured following a shot at incident near Darul Uloom locality under Awami Colony Police Station of Korangi town in Karachi. Landhi Town SP Haider Sultan said the incident occurred in Sector 28 of Korangi where unidentified assailants opened fire on the victim Athar while he was passing by on his motorcycle.

A Sipah-e-Sahaba Pakistan (SSP) cadre, Athar Jadoon, who was injured in an attack, succumbed to his injuries. Athar was shot at near the Darul Uloom at Korangi in Karachi on April 22.

The CID of Sindh Police arrested a high-profile militant belonging to TTP in Karachi and recovered a loaded TT pistol from his possession. CID (Operations) SSP Fayyaz Khan said the arrested militant Hakimullah Wali Swati was a close associate of the Amir (Chief) of the TTP in Swat District in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.

The Police arrested three LJ militants who had robbed at least PNR 4.3 million from a private bank under the Memon Goth Police Station area in Karachi.

The Anti-Extremist Cell of Sindh Police's CID arrested Ahsanullah alias Ahsan Bhai, a top militant of the HuM, from a slum in Karachi.

One person was killed and five others were injured when a bomb went off in Karachi's Soldier Bazaar. The bomb was fixed to a motorcycle parked near a trash site in Hindu Para area of Soldier Bazaar.

Karachi Police arrested a key commander of the TTP from Baldia Town area of Karachi. The arrested militant, Fazl Akbar, belonged to TTP Fazl group and was working under a 'commander' named Yasin.

An activist of the ANP was shot dead in Al Falah Police station area of Karachi. Police officials said the victim Jahangir Shah, was outside his house at the Jamia Millia Road of Malir township when two men on motorcycles arrived and shot him five times.

A cadre of the LeJ was arrested by the Police on suspicion that he was involved in a bank robbery that took place on April 26 in Gadap town of Karachi. Police also claimed of having defused a bomb found following the information provided by three LeJ men who were earlier arrested in the bank heist case.

Aneesur Rehman, a former Colonel of the Pakistan Army, who was currently working as pilot for the FC Director General, was abducted from Gadap Town of Karachi along with two of his friends.

The Airport Security Forces arrested an alleged suicide bomber at the Jinnah International Airport in Karachi and successfully foiled a likely plane bombing or hijacking incident.

A doctor, Haider Abbas, was shot dead in suspected sectarian attack on May 10 in Karachi of Sindh.

The intelligence agencies arrested TTP cadre, identified as Qari Abdullah bin Usman, from Karachi of Sindh.

The CID Operations of Sindh Police arrested a LeJ cadre, Saleem Qaiser Baloch, from Kalakot area of Karachi, who was allegedly involved in a bank heist of PNR 3.2 million.

Police released a person, Faiz Mohammad, who was detained at the Quaid-e-Azam International Airport in Karachi, as he tried to board a plane for the Middle East with batteries and an electrical circuit in his shoes.

A leader of the ANP and a child was shot dead in separate incidents of targeted killing in Karachi.

Unidentified militants shot dead an activist of the ANP, Nabi Khan, in the Shah Faisal Colony in Karachi.

The militants from FATA and Swat District of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa are behind the recent wave of target killings in Karachi, the capital of Sindh, a private television channel quoted Interior Minister Senator Rehman Malik as saying.

A person belonging to the Shia community was killed and some others were wounded in a clash between two rival sects at Islam Chowk in Orangi Town of Karachi in Sindh.

Nine persons were injured in a clash in Sector 19 of Awami Colony in Karachi in Sindh. Calling the incident sectarian violence, Station House Officer Zawar Hussain said the clash was a reaction to an incident of May 30, in which a person, Noor Ahmed, was injured at Singer Chowrangi.

A person belonging to Shia community, Asif Raza Rizvi (42), was killed in an alleged sectarian targeted killing near the Inquiry Office at Nazimabad of Karachi City in Sindh.

The LeJ allegedly threatened to kill the MS of the Sindh Government Hospital of Saudabad in Khokhrapar area of Karachi in a suicide attack.

One LeJ militant was shot dead and three others arrested during a bid to escape after robbing a private bank in Orangi Town Police Station area of Karachi in Sindh.

A doctor, identified as Hassan Hyder, belonging to the Shia sect was shot dead by unidentified assailants near the Railway Colony of Karachi.

Unidentified assailants riding a motorcycle shot dead a SSP cadre, Shehzad (25), in Petal Wali Gali under Gulbahar Police Station area of Karachi in Sindh in the night.

Police arrested three persons allegedly affiliated with a banned Shia outfit and seized weapons from their possession in Karachi in Sindh.

A person belonging to the Shia community was shot dead at Karachi in Sindh in the continuing wave of sectarian violence in the city. The victim was identified as Shahzad Raza Rizvi.

A Pakistan Naval Police official was killed and three others injured in a bomb explosion at the main gate of the naval base on Hub River Road in Baldia Town in Sindh. An outfit called Lashkar-e-Balochistan, linked with the BLA, has claimed responsibility for the attack.

The CID of the Sindh Police arrested two suspected 'commanders' of the TTP during a raid in Lyari Expressway in Karachi. During the preliminary interrogation, the TTP commanders revealed they had kidnapped and later released an Afghan NGO activist in North Waziristan after receiving PNR four million as ransom.

Two persons were shot dead in two sectarian targeted attacks at Karachi in Sindh and violence continued for the third consecutive day, sparking riots in various parts of the city.

A Policeman was killed in Karachi in Sindh. Constable Imran was shot dead in the Sardeed Sector-11-C1 area when two armed assailants on a motorcycle opened indiscriminate fire, killing him on the spot.

The bullet-ridden body of Abdul Latif Baloch, a former employee of the People's Peace Committee, was found from the Maripur area of Karachi.

A militant along with his son, were arrested in Karachi. The arrestees were identified as 'commander' Gul Raheem and Anwar Ali.

A leader of the SSP was shot dead by two unidentified assailants in the Mobina Town Police limits at Karachi in Sindh.

Deputy Jailer of the Karachi Central Jail, Ishaq Meo, was shot dead by two unidentified motorcyclists while he was on his way home.

A Police Officer, identified as ASI Riaz was killed by unidentified assailants in Khwaja Ajmer Nagri area of Karachi in Sindh.

A JeM, identified as Owais, cadre was shot dead by unidentified assailants in Karachi in Sindh.

An alleged Police informer, identified as Bahadur Khan (50), was shot dead by unidentified militants outside his residence in Pathan Colony.

A doctor was shot dead in a sectarian attack in Karachi in Sindh. According to eyewitness accounts, the victim identified as Dr Zahid Hussain was in his car when unidentified assailants opened fire on him and managed to escape from the incident site.

An official of the Pakistan Rangers, identified as Sohail Abbas, as was shot dead on Bagh-e-Halar Road in Garden Police precinct area of Karachi.

A person, identified as Naimat Habib, was shot dead by unidentified assailants near Qasab Colony in Karachi in Sindh.

Unidentified assailants shot dead a person and injured his two brothers in Gulistan-e-Jauhar in the remit of Shahrah-e-Faisal Police Station in Karachi in Sindh. The deceased was identified as Abdul Wahab. Separately, a watchman was shot and injured in Block 17 of the same area.

The Anti-Extremist Cell of the CID arrested a TTP militant from Kunwari Colony. The arrestee, identified as Azmatullah alias Asmatullah, is the brother Wahabullah, a TTP 'commander' for North Waziristan in FATA.

The CID arrested two cadres of the MQM-H in a raid in the Pakistan Bazaar Police jurisdiction in Karachi in Sindh.

The CID arrested three LeJ cadres from Liaquatabad and Orangi Town in Karachi in Sindh. The arrestees, identified as Hafiz Muhammad Ali Qureshi, Talha Zubair and Muhammad Zahid were suspected to be involved in targeted killings.

Five bomb explosions hit railway tracks in lower Sindh. Four bomb explosions hit the railway track near Tandi Phatak, Ghotki while the fifth one took place in Bin Qasim area of Karachi.

In Hyderabad, a Police patrol found two bombs that had been planted near the railway track in Sherishnager. Personnel of the Bomb Disposal Squad defused both the bombs.

One of the most wanted cadres of the TTP was arrested by the Police after a brief encounter in Baldia Town in Karachi in Sindh. The arrestee was identified as 'commander' Zafar Hussain. Initial interrogation revealed the arrested man was a close associate of the TTP Commander in Swat (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa) Shah Doran.

An activist of the PPP was shot dead by unidentified assailants near Pak Colony Police Station in Karachi in Sindh. The deceased, identified as Arif, was an associate of the PPP Pak Colony Union Council No 1 information secretary.

A person, identified as Sardar Khan, was shot dead by unidentified assailants near the Afghan Camp in Sohrab Goth Police Station precincts.

Five persons, including two members each from the Shia and Barelvi sects, were shot dead in different areas of the Karachi City in the ongoing spree of target killings.

A member of the Dawat-e-Islami, a religious organisation of the Barelvi sect, was killed by two unidentified men on a motorcycle in the Liaquat Market area in Malir.

Ali Muhammad was murdered outside his house in Muslimabad.

An unidentified man's bullet-riddled body was recovered in Haji Miandad Goth and taken to the hospital where doctors pronounced him dead.

A SHO associated with the Brigade Police, and his guard, were shot dead near German Chowk under Brigade Police Station of Karachi in Sindh in the night.

A cadre of the SSP, Qari Noor Muhammad (35), was shot dead in Khokhrapar Police Station area of Karachi.

The CID of Karachi Police arrested a LeJ militant, Zahid Khan alias Shakeel, from the Sohrab Goth area of Karachi.

July 6

Two unidentified assailants riding a motorcycle shot dead a member of the Shia community Fayyaz Hussain Naqvi (24) in Orangi Town of Karachi in Sindh.

July 22

Two cadres of the MQM were killed in different parts of Karachi in Sindh. The victims, identified as Asgar and Fahran Baig were shot dead by armed assailants in the Pakistan Bazaar Police limits and in Sector 7/A in the Surjani Town police jurisdiction respectively.

July 22

Muhammad Fazal, a cadre of the MQM-H, a splinter outfit of the erstwhile MQM, was shot dead by four armed assailants riding two motorcycles near the Sauidi College in the Sauidabad Police area.

August 1

A Police Officer was shot dead by unidentified assailants in Karachi in Sindh. The deceased, identified as ASI Zahoor Ahmed, was shot dead near the Al Sadaf turn in Sector 10 of Orangi Town while he was on his way to work.

A MQM leader and a member of the Sindh Assembly, Raza Haider, and his security guard, Khalid Khan were shot dead by unidentified assailants inside a mosque in the Nazimabad area of Karachi in Sindh.

The Police arrested several suspects for alleged links to the LeJ as investigators suspected their involvement in the murder of MQM MPA Raza Haider.

The Karachi Police and the Intelligence Bureau is investigating the role of a top leader of the TTP, Qari Muhammad Zafar alias Ustad-e-Fidayeen, in the assassination of MQM leader Raza Haider on August 2.

Two Policemen were shot dead by unidentified assailants in the Sikandarabad area under Jackson Police Station of Keamari Town in Karachi.

A sessions court in Karachi acquitted two suspects stated to be associated with a banned militant outfit in an explosive material case for want of evidence.

A Shia person, Zakir Hussain (24), was shot dead by unidentified assailants riding a motorcycle in sectarian attack near the Madni Mosque in the Tariq Road area of Karachi in Sindh.

Two MQM-H cadres were shot dead in separate incidents of targeted killings in Karachi, the provincial capital of Sindh.

A DSP, his security guard, the son of the Shia Action Committee head and a doctor were shot dead in three separate incidents in Karachi.

A prayer leader Mufti Furqan (50), son of Babu Ansari, belonging to the Deobandi sect, was shot dead by unidentified assailants while he was heading home in Marwari Mohalla on his motorcycle near Sabri Masjid on Nishtar Road under Nabi Bux Police Station in Karachi.

A doctor, Javed, son of Abdul Shakoor, allegedly belonging to the HuM outfit was shot dead near the AO Clinic in Nazimabad area of Karachi, the provincial capital of Sindh. SHO Jahanzaib informed that the deceased doctor was released from the Azizabad Police Station a month ago and was to report there as scheduled, defined by the home department because of his alleged involvement with the HuM.

City Police arrested two alleged members of the LeJ accused of being involved in over 10 targeted killings in the city, including the assassination of MQM legislator Raza Haider in the Jama Masjid in Nazimabad on August 2.

The Judicial Magistrate of Karachi West granted the physical remand for seven days of two alleged cadres of the LeJ accused of 10 target killings.

CID officials arrested two men allegedly affiliated with the banned outfit LeJ and involved in the killing of the MPA Raza Haider. The Police recovered two pistols and nine rounds from their possession.

The Police arrested two persons, identified as Mohammad Adnan and Shah Jahan alias Munna, for their associations with LeJ and JeM after an alleged encounter in Korangi in Karachi.

August 23

Two activists of a religious group were arrested after an alleged encounter on from Abdullah College roundabout near Paposh Nagar graveyard within the jurisdiction of North Nazimabad Police Station in Karachi.

August 24

A young activist of the MQM and a Head Constable associated with the CID of Police were shot dead in separate incidents in Korangi town in Karachi.

The Karachi Police arrested three suspected cadres of the TTP in two raids. The Sohrab Goth Police neutralised a hideout in Gulshan-i-Maymar area and arrested two persons, Asghar and Riaz.

The CID of the Sindh Police arrested one Fawad Ali allegedly associated with the Fazlullah faction of the TTP from Shahzad Cinema area near Pirabad Chowki in the Qasba Colony of Karachi.

At least seven persons including a Police constable sustained minor injuries when unidentified assailants in a building near Empress Market of Karachi, the provincial capital of Sindh, opened fire near the main Youm-e-Ali procession at 5:30 pm (PST).

A Policeman and an unidentified militant were killed in an encounter in the export processing zone of the Korangi Industrial Area of Karachi. A TT pistol was recovered from the encounter site.

35-year-old Jameela, the wife of a Sub-Inspector Muhammad Waseem and her nephew, Abdul Rasheed (25), were shot dead in a pre-dawn ambush on their car near Dawood College of Engineering and Technology in Karachi.

An anti-terrorism court in Karachi indicted three suspected militants, Abdul Baqi alias Talha, Mohammad Ismail and Yousuf, in explosive substance and illicit weapons cases. Three were stated to be associated with the militant outfit LeJ, have been charged with planning to target an Eid Milad-un-Nabi congregation at Nishtar Park in February 2010 and possessing explosive material and unlicensed weapons, which were recovered by Police.

A 32-year-old Naeem Hussain, associated with a youth organisation, was shot dead by unidentified assailants in the Lyari area of Karachi, the capital of Sindh.

The SFs raided a house near Sindhi Hotel and Madrassa-e-Arabia Faizanul Quran in the Liaquatabad area of Karachi in Sindh and recovered a cache weapons, including explosive materials, while arresting three alleged suspects.

A person belonging to the Shia community was killed in the Rizvia Police Station area in Karachi, the province capital of Sindh. DSP said the victim, identified as 37-year-old Tanveer Abbas, was at Old Golimar Chowrangi area when two unidentified assailants on a motorcycle shot him dead and managed to escape.

A person belonging to the Shia community, identified as Zaheer Abbas, was shot dead in a suspected sectarian attack near his house in Gulshan-e-Hadeed area of Karachi, the provincial capital of Sindh.

A teacher of the Jamia Binoria Al Almia shot dead in Site area. Police said 50-year-old Maulana Mohammad Amin was going to visit his relatives when at least four assailants fired from the front and rear at the jeep he was driving. According to the Police, Maulana Amin was once associated with the SSP as its divisional chief in Karachi and later quit the party after it was banned.

Nine persons, including two children, were killed and over 65 others sustained injuries when two suicide bombers blew themselves up at the shrine of Abdullah Shah Ghazi in the Clifton area of Karachi in Sindh.

A person was killed and several others injured in the violence that followed the twin blasts at the Abdullah Shah Ghazi shrine. Unidentified assailants also set ablaze a vehicle each in the Garden, Landhi and Preedy areas of Karachi. Intense firing was also reported in various other parts of the city.

The Police foiled plans of militants to attack a worship place of Ahmadis and a private clinic by arresting two suspects LeJ militants, Naseem Haider alias Ferron and Asif Rasheed alias Dumba, from Orangi Town area of Karachi.

The City Police's CID identified one of the suicide bombers of the Abdullah Shah Ghazi shrine blasts of Karachi in Sindh and issued a copy of his Computerised National Identity Card.

The CID of the Police arrested a SMP militant, Jawad Hussain, from the SITE area of Karachi in Sindh.

A teenaged under-training suicide bomber was rescued as the SFs arrested two TTP militants from Sohrab Goth area of Karachi in Sindh. The Anti-Extremism Cell of the Sindh Police's Crime Investigation Department arrested two TTP militants, identified as Sher Rehman and Zainullah alias Bilal, during a raid and rescued, the 16-year-old boy, identified as Mohammad Salam, who was being prepared for a suicide-bombing mission.

A SSP militant, identified as Abdullah, son of Amanullah, was arrested by Police under Chaki Wara Police Station area near Lyari Town in Karachi, the provincial capital of Sindh.

The Anti Extremism Cell of the CID arrested a top ranking TTP militant from Mominabad area of Orangi Town in Karachi, the provincial capital of Sindh. Yousuf alias Qari was a TTP 'commander' in Swat District of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and had fled to Karachi during the Swat operation.

The CID arrested six most wanted LeJ militants and recovered a huge cache of weapon in Peerabad area of Karachi.

CID arrested a most wanted criminal affiliated with the TTP from the Manghopir area in the north of Karachi. Iqbal alias Bajori, son of Shehzada Allakhail, was arrested in a raid in Manghopir and a TT pistol recovered from his possession.

At least 20 persons, including FC officials and Policemen, were killed and over 100 injured when an explosive-laden truck blew up inside the head office of the CID, which is located inside the main red zone of Karachi in Sindh, on the night.

The AVCC personnel arrested five militants belonging to the TTP. These militants used to send the ransom and looted amount to Waziristan as funding for their outfit.

Seven suspected militants were remanded into Police custody for six days in a number of cases in Karachi.

A local leader of the SSP, Abdur Rehman, was killed while his friend, Mohammed Faisal, injured in the Sharifabad Police Station area of Karachi, the provincial capital of Sindh.

A Shia leader, Nayyar Zaidi (50), the president of Pasban-e-Aza, was shot dead by unidentified assailants in a suspected sectarian attack in Mehmoodabad area of Karachi, the provincial capital of Sindh.

A cadre of a banned outfit JeM, Muzaffar (24), was shot dead by two unidentified assailants outside his house within the limits of Sir Syed Police Station in North Karachi of Sindh.

Law enforcement agencies foiled a bid of terror attacks in the Karachi and arrested four militants of TTP and recovered three suicide jackets from their possession.

Thar Express escaped bomb blast and the blast could only result in derailment of two compartments of rail at Dhabeji place near Karachi the provincial capital of Sindh.

The Rangers Special Force (RSF) launched a search operation at Pirabad (Manghopir) area of Karachi in Sindh on the morning of December 7 and arrested 13 terrorists belonging to TTP.

December 14

The Sindh Police CID arrested a militant associated with TTP suspected of involvement in the CID office blast from the Sohrab Goth area in Karachi in Sindh on November 11.

December 15

The CID of Sindh Police arrested two LeJ militants in different raids from Ayub Goth in Karachi. The confession of the arrested TTP militant revealed the information about the presence LeJ militants in Ayub Goth area.

December 19

A Police constable, who participated in the Operation Clean-up (also known as Operation Blue Fox) of 1992, was shot dead by unidentified assailants in Malir town in the eastern part of Karachi.

Daily Times confirmed that two al Qaeda operatives who were arrested in Sohrab Goth area of Karachi, the capital of Sindh, during a joint operation by Pakistani and American Special Forces in November 17 were Umar Misri, a top aide of al Qaeda's number two Ayman al Zawahiri and Muhammad Muhammad, the operational manager of al Qaeda.

Five persons, including a minor girl, were killed and three others were injured in sectarian violence in different parts of Karachi, the provincial capital of Sindh.

Qadir Khan, a resident of Bajaur Agency in the FATA, who had apparently provided vital information to Law Enforcement Agencies that led to the arrest of several militants of the banned TTP in the tribal areas, was shot dead by unidentified assailants inside his small tea stall in Pak Colony area near SITE town in Karachi.

A low-intensity blast at the cafeteria lawn of Karachi University in Karachi left four students of the Imamia Students Organisation injured.

A cadre of SSP, Imran, was shot dead by unidentified assailants in Sector 11-G near Nullah Stop in the limits of New Karachi Industrial Area Police station.

Unidentified assailants shot at and critically injured Aslam, an ST worker in Godhra Camp in the jurisdiction of New Karachi Industrial Area Police station.