| |
|
Sectarian attacks in mosques in Pakistan,
2000-2018
Sectarian Attacks on
mosques in Pakistan: 2002-2018
|
Year
|
Incidents
|
Killed
|
Injured
|
|
2002
|
1
|
1
|
0
|
|
2003
|
3
|
65
|
66
|
|
2004
|
7
|
89
|
372
|
|
2005
|
2
|
8
|
23
|
|
2006
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
2007
|
5
|
87
|
156
|
|
2008
|
9
|
98
|
238
|
|
2009
|
15
|
273
|
672
|
|
2010
|
10
|
274
|
385
|
|
2011
|
9
|
69
|
172
|
|
2012
|
18
|
82
|
102
|
|
2013
|
9
|
159
|
293
|
|
2014
|
7
|
14
|
75
|
|
2015
|
6
|
111
|
157
|
|
2016
|
1
|
37
|
37
|
|
2017
|
1
|
1
|
0
|
|
2018
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
|
Total*
|
104
|
1368
|
2748
|
*Data till June
17 , 2018
2018
|
S.N.
|
Date
|
Target
|
Incidents
|
killed
|
Injured
|
|
1
|
May
23
|
Sialkot
/ Punjab
|
In the latest attack on the minority group in the Muslim-majority
country, the Sunni extremists mob in the night have demolished
a historical mosque belonging to the Ahmadiyya community in Sialkot
Town of Punjab.
|
0
|
0
|
|
Total*
|
0
|
0
|
*Data till June
17, 2018
2017
|
S.N.
|
Date
|
Target
|
Incidents
|
killed
|
Injured
|
|
1
|
April 7
|
Sabzazar / Lahore
/ Punjab
|
One
veterinary doctor Prof. Dr. Ashfaq Ahmed (68) who belongs to Ahmadi
community was shot dead in a sectarian target killing in the Sabzazar
area of Lahore in Punjab.
|
1
|
0
|
|
Total*
|
1
|
0
|
2016
|
S.N.
|
Date
|
Target
|
Incidents
|
killed
|
Injured
|
|
1
|
September
16
|
Pekhan
Killay / Anbar / Mohmand Agency / FATA
|
A
suicide bomber killed at least 36 people and wounded more than
37 others as they attended Friday prayers at a mosque in Pekhan
Killay area of Anbar tehsil in Mohmand Agency of FATA.
|
37
|
37
|
|
Total*
|
37
|
37
|
2015
|
S.N.
|
Date
|
Target
|
Incidents
|
killed
|
Injured
|
|
1
|
January
9
|
Chittian
Hattian / Rawalpindi / Punjab
|
Eight
persons were killed and 25 others wounded in a bomb blast on
Imambargah Aun Muhammad Rizvi at Chittian Hattian locality of
Rawalpindi city of Punjab.
|
8
|
25
|
|
2
|
January
9
|
Kalaya
/ Orakzai Agency / FATA
|
One
soldier was killed and five others injured in a rocket attack
on a mosque of military centre in Kalaya area of Orakzai Agency
in FATA. The militants fired two rockets at mosque in the Military
Headquarters when Friday prayer was underway.
|
1
|
5
|
|
3
|
January
30
|
Lakhi
Dar / Shikarpur / Sindh
|
At
least 61 Shias were killed and 50 others were injured in a bomb
explosion at Karbala Maula Imambargah in Lakhi Dar area of Shikarpur
District in Sindh.
|
61
|
50
|
|
4
|
February
13
|
Hayatabad
/ Peshawar / KP
|
At
least 22 Shia persons were killed and another 50 were injured
during a gun and bomb attack at an Imambargah in Phase-5 locality
of Hayatabad area in Peshawar, the provincial capital of KP
when suicide attackers and gunmen -dressed in police uniform
- attacked worshippers offering Friday prayers.
|
24
|
50
|
|
5
|
February
18
|
Kurri
Road / New Shakrial / Rawalpindi / Punjab
|
At
least four Shias were killed and six others were injured when
a suicide bomber blew himself up during evening prayers at the
mosque in Qasr-e-Sakina Imambargah (Shia place of commemoration)
located on Kurri Road in New Shakrial area of Rawalpindi in
Punjab.
|
5
|
6
|
| 6 |
October 22 |
Bhaag / Bolan / Balochistan
|
At least 12 people were killed while 21 others
received injuries when a blast ripped through an Imambargah
in Bhaag area of Bolan District in Balochistan.
|
12
|
21
|
|
Total*
|
111
|
157
|
2014
|
S.N.
|
Date
|
Target
|
Incidents
|
killed
|
Injured
|
|
1
|
January
10
|
Karachi
/ Sindh
|
Three
people, including prayer leader Maulana Iqrar and two students
of the seminary, identified as Salahuddin (16), and Naseer (17),
were injured in a bomb blast at the rooftop of Jannat Masjid
in Gulshan-e-Ghazi area of Al-Falah Society in Malir Town.
|
0
|
3
|
|
2
|
January
16
|
Pajaggi
Road / Peshawar / KP
|
At
least ten people were killed and more than 60 others were injured
in the evening when a bomb exploded at a Tablighi Markaz on
Pajaggi Road in Peshawar.
|
10
|
60
|
|
3
|
February
15
|
Kuchi
bazaar / Peshawar / KP
|
Unidentified
persons attacked an Imambargah in Kuchi bazaar area of old Peshawar
city with a hand grenade, damaging the place.
|
0
|
0
|
|
4
|
February
23
|
Peerabad
/ Orangi Town / Karachi / Sindh
|
A
man, identified as Ali Yar (50), was killed and two others,
identified as Ishaq (8) and Muhammad Shahid (35), were injured
in a firing incident at a mosque in Peerabad area of Orangi
Town in Karachi of Sindh.
|
1
|
2
|
|
5
|
May
13
|
Bafa
/ Mansehra / KP
|
Unidentified
militants blew up a Shia mosque in an Imambargah (Shia place
of commemoration) of Hazrat Ali in Bafa village of Mansehra
District.
|
0
|
0
|
| 6 |
October 28 |
Federal B / Karachi / Sind
|
A nine-month-old girl died and eight people
suffered injuries in an explosion caused by a hand grenade hurled
outside an Imambargah in the Federal B area of Karachi (Karachi
District), the provincial capital of Sindh.
|
1
|
8
|
| 7 |
November 10 |
Sadiqabad / Rawalpindi / Punjab
|
Two Police Constables, identified as Muhammad
Waheed and Qamar Shah, were killed and two others, identified
as Adeel and Yasir, were injured when unidentified militants
opened fire on them while they were stationed outside an Imambargah
within the limits of Sadiqabad Police Station in Rawalpindi
District.
|
2
|
2
|
|
Total
|
14
|
75
|
2013
|
S.N.
|
Date
|
Target
|
Incidents
|
killed
|
Injured
|
|
1
|
March
3
|
Abbas
town / Karachi / Sindh
|
At
least 48 persons were killed and another 70 were injured in a
huge explosion that ripped through a Shia-majority neighbourhood
in Karachi (Karachi District), the provincial capital of Sindh.
Worshippers were offering Maghribain prayers at an Imambargah
in Abbas town when the bomb went off.
|
48
|
70
|
|
2
|
June
21
|
Gulshan
Colony / Peshawar / KP
|
15
Shia persons were killed and 25 others were injured in a suicide
attack at an Imambargah in largely Shia area of Gulshan Colony
in Peshawar (Peshawar District), the provincial capital of KP.
|
16
|
25
|
|
3
|
June
30
|
Aliabad
/ Hazara Town / Quetta / Balochistan
|
At
least 28 persons were killed and 60 others injured when a suicide
bomber blew himself up near an Imambargah in Aliabad area of Hazara
Town in Quetta, the provincial capital of Balochistan. According
to CCPO, the suicide bomber detonated the explosive strapped to
his body when he was stopped from entering the premises of the
Imambargah Abu Talib.
|
29
|
60
|
|
4
|
July
26
|
Parachinar
/ Kurram Agency / FATA
|
At
least 48 persons were killed and 100 others were injured in a
coordinated twin suicide attacks at Parachinar in the Kurram Agency
of FATA. Suicide bombers on motorcycles blew themselves up within
a minute of each other outside an Imambargah in Parachinar bazaar.
|
50
|
100
|
|
5
|
August
29
|
Jamshed
Town / Karachi / Sindh
|
A cleric,
identified as Ahmed Nadeem Farooqi, was shot dead inside a mosque
on Jamshed Road within the limits of Jamshed Quarter Police Station
in Jamshed Town.
|
1
|
0
|
|
6
|
September
19
|
Majeed
Colony / Landhi / Karachi / Sindh
|
Three
Shia people were killed and 12 others were injured when unidentified
militants hurled hand grenades at an Imambargah in Majeed Colony
of Landhi Town in Karachi District, the provincial capital of
Sindh.
|
3
|
12
|
|
7
|
November
9
|
Gujranwala
/ Punjab
|
At
least three people were killed when gunmen opened fire on two
Imambargahs in Gujranwala. According to Police reports, the first
incident took place close to dawn when unidentified gunmen opened
fire as Muhammad Yousuf, the prayer leader of the Qasr-i-Abu Talib
Imambargah in Mominpura area, had just finished leading Fajr prayers.
Yousuf and another person present at the mosque died on the spot.
A short while later, gunmen entered the Qasr-i-Zainabiya Imambargah
in Shahrukh Colony located a short distance from the first mosque
and opened indiscriminate firing, killing worshiper Syed Javed
on the spot.
|
3
|
0
|
|
8
|
December
17
|
Gracy
Line / Rawalpindi / Punjab
|
Four
persons, including a SI, were killed while 13 others were injured
when a suicide bomber blew himself up in a sectarian attack outside
an Imambargah in Gracy Line area near airport in Rawalpindi District
of Punjab.
|
5
|
13
|
|
9
|
December
24
|
Qasba
Colony / Orangi Town / Karachi / Sindh
|
A bomb
exploded outside Azakhana-e-Kauser Imambargah in Qasba Colony
area of Orangi Town in Karachi of Sindh, killing at least four
people and injuring 13 others.
|
4
|
13
|
|
Total
|
159
|
293
|
2012
|
S.N.
|
Date
|
Target
|
Incidents
|
killed
|
Injured
|
|
1
|
February
1
|
Gulshan-e-Iqbal
/ Karachi / Sindh
|
A private
security guard and a suspected militant were wounded in a clash
that took place outside the Madinatul-Ilm-Imambargah in Gulshan-e-Iqbal
area of Karachi in Sindh in an attempt to foil a sectarian attack
at the Imambargah.
|
0
|
2
|
|
2
|
February
3
|
Motharey
/ Tirah Valley / Khyber Agency / FATA
|
The
main mosque was blown up in Motharey area of Tirah Valley in Khyber
Agency of FATA.
|
0
|
0
|
|
3
|
February
17
|
Kurmi
bazaar / Parachinar / Kurram Agency / FATA
|
At
least 26 Shias were reportedly killed while 36 others injured,
after a suicide bomber detonated his explosives just near the
targeted mosque in the Kurmi bazaar of Parachinar, the main town
of Kurram Agency in FATA.
|
27
|
36
|
|
4
|
March
2
|
Tirah
Valley / Khyber Agency / FATA
|
23
people were killed and 20 others were injured in a suicide attack
targeting a mosque after Friday prayers in Tirah Valley of Khyber
Agency in FATA.
|
24
|
20
|
|
5
|
March
23
|
Sandapal
/ Bara / Khyber Agency / FATA
|
At
least 13 persons, including eight LI militants, were killed and
four others got injured when a TTP suicide bomber blew himself
up at Dars Jumat mosque in Sandapal area of Bara tehsil in Khyber
Agency of FATA.
|
14
|
4
|
|
6
|
June
21
|
Ghousabad
/ Quetta / Balochistan
|
Two
people died in the bomb explosion that took place at a Tablighi
Markaz near Farooqia mosque in Ghousabad near Quetta, the Provincial
capital of Balochistan.
|
2
|
0
|
|
7
|
August
13
|
Saro
Wano / Bajaur Agency / FATA
|
A member
of a Tablighi Jamaat was killed and another injured when unidentified
assailants attacked them inside a mosque in the border area of
Saro Wano in Bajaur Agency of FATA.
|
1
|
1
|
|
8
|
August
18
|
Gulberg
/ Karachi / Sindh
|
Unidentified
men barged into Taqwa Mosque in Gulberg of Karachi and shot injured
two members Qari Asif and Qari Shakirullah of the mosque committee
who succumbed to their injuries later.
|
2
|
0
|
|
9
|
September
27
|
Bilal
Colony / Karachi / Sindh
|
The
caretaker of the Wali Hassan Imambargah, Shabeer Hussain (40),
was shot dead just outside the Imambargah in North Karachi within
the Bilal Colony Police jurisdiction of Karachi in Sindh.
|
1
|
0
|
|
10
|
October
12
|
Haleemzai
/ Mohmand Agency / FATA
|
A mosque
was destroyed in Roudh Mandi area of Haleemzai tehsil in Mohmand
Agency of FATA after explosives planted on the premises exploded.
|
0
|
0
|
|
11
|
November 9
|
Dera
Bugti District / Balochistan
|
At
least 12 persons, including a MNA, Mir Ahmadan Bugti and his son
Shaukat Khan, were injured in a remote-controlled bomb blast near
a mosque in Dera Bugti District. BRA claimed responsibility for
the attack.
|
0
|
12
|
|
12
|
November 9
|
Rabbani
Mosque / Quaidabad / Karachi / Sindh
|
A watchman,
identified as Shah Nazir (32), was killed near Rabbani Mosque
in New Muzafarabad Colony within the limits of Quaidabad Police
Station.
|
1
|
0
|
|
13
|
November
11
|
Jamai
Masjid Taqwa / Manghopir / Karachi / Sindh
|
A prayer
leader, identified as Haroon, was killed inside a mosque at Sultanabad
in Manghopir area. Police said that a man from the Mehsud tribe
entered Jama Masjid Taqwa and later shot dead the prayer leader
of the mosque.
|
1
|
0
|
|
14
|
November
18
|
Abbas
Town, / Mobina Town PS / Karachi
|
At
least three persons, identified as Azhar Ali, Irfan Lai and Anwer,
were killed and 12 others were injured when a five-kilogramme
IED planted on a motorbike, exploded near an Imambargah Mustafa
in Abbas Town, within the Mobina Town Police Station in Karachi.
|
3
|
12
|
|
15
|
November
21
|
Haider-e-Karrar
Imambargah / Orangi Town / Peerabad PS / Karachi / Sindh
|
At
least three persons, including a suicide bomber, were killed and
11 others were injured in two bomb blasts near the Haider-e-Karrar
Imambargah in Orangi Town area within Peerabad Police Station
of Karachi. In the first explosion which was a suicide blast,
two persons were killed and four others were injured. In the second
explosion, seven persons were injured.
|
3
|
11
|
|
16
|
November
25
|
Kolab
Jeeal / Khairpur / Sindh
|
A person,
identified as Noor Mohammad (28), was killed and three others
were injured in an attack by armed assailants, outside an Imambargah
in Kolab Jeeal town of Khairpur District of Sindh.
|
1
|
3
|
|
17
|
November
30
|
Green
Town / Karachi / Sindh
|
A Shia
person, identified as Riaz Hussain (48) was killed and another
identified as Mehdi Shah (40) was injured near an Imambargah in
Green Town of Karachi in Sindh.
|
1
|
1
|
|
18
|
December
5
|
Bilal
Colony / New Karachi / Karachi / Sindh
|
A prayer
leader, identified as Peshimam Ahsanullah (38) was shot dead by
three armed assailants inside a mosque in Sector 5-C within the
remit of the Bilal Colony Police Station of New Karachi in Karachi
of Sindh.
|
1
|
0
|
|
Total
|
82
|
102
|
2011
|
S.N.
|
Date
|
Target
|
Incidents
|
killed
|
Injured
|
|
1
|
January
18
|
Diamer
/ Gilgit-Baltistan
|
Three
pre-dawn bomb blasts occurring one after another destroyed two
girls’ schools and partially damaged a mosque in Chilas town of
Diamer District in Gilgit-Baltistan.
|
0
|
0
|
|
2
|
March
4
|
Akhwand
Panju Baba Shrine / Akbarpura / Nowshera / KP
|
At
least 10 persons were killed and 40 others injured in a powerful
bomb blast at a mosque located in the premises of Akhwand Panju
Baba’s shrine in Akbarpura near Nowshera District of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
|
10
|
40
|
|
3
|
March
11
|
Shahabkhel
mosque / Peshawar / KP
|
A bomb
prematurely exploded inside Shahabkhel mosque in Peshawar shortly
before Friday prayers caused no loss of life.
|
0
|
0
|
|
4
|
March
23
|
Jamia
Masjid Mustafa / Kala Pul / Malir Cantonment / Karachi / Sindh
|
Malir
Cantonment in Malir town of Karachi escaped a rocket attack and
damaged a mosque named Jamia Masjid Mustafa near Kala Pul.
|
0
|
0
|
|
5
|
August
19
|
Ghundai
/ Jamrud / Khyber Agency FATA
|
At
least 56 persons were killed and 123 injured in a suicide attack
during the Friday prayer at Jamia Masjid Madina in Ghundai area
of Jamrud area of Khyber Agency in FATA.
|
57
|
123
|
|
6
|
October
14
|
Kharkai
/ Lower Dir / KP
|
Two
civilians, identified as Mahmod Khan and Amir Zaman, were killed
and six others injured when four mortar shells fired from Afghanistan
hit a mosque during Friday prayers in Kharkai village of Lower
Dir District.
|
2
|
6
|
|
7
|
October
18
|
Landikotal
/ Khyber Agency / FATA
|
A mosque
adjacent to the house of MNA Noorul Haq Qadri was hit by a rocket
fired by unidentified militants from a nearby hilltop in Landikotal
area of Khyber Agency in FATA.
|
0
|
0
|
|
8
|
October
18
|
Akkakhel
/ Khyber Agency / FATA
|
A prayer
leader Mulana Naseeb and two worshippers identified as Shafeeq
and Salim Afridi were critically injured when a mortar shell fell
on Charsiyano mosque in Akkakhel area of Khyber Agency in FATA.
|
0
|
3
|
|
9
|
December
25
|
Hissar
Khan Kallay / Khyber Agency / FATA
|
A mosque
and an overhead water tank were also damaged in Hissar Khan Kallay
area of Khyber Agency in FATA by the mortar shells.
|
0
|
0
|
|
Total
|
69
|
172
|
2010
|
S.N.
|
Date
|
Target
|
Incidents
|
killed
|
Injured
|
|
1
|
February
18
|
Akakhel
/ Khyber Agency / FATA
|
At
least 30 persons, including a LI 'commander', were killed and
110 others injured in a suicide attack near a mosque in Akakhel
area of Tirah valley in Khyber Agency of FATA.
|
30
|
110
|
|
2
|
May
28
|
Model
Town / Garhi Shahu / Lahore / Punjab
|
At
least 100 worshippers killed and 92 others injured as seven assailants
including three suicide bomber attacked Ahmadiyya place of worship
in Model Town and Garhi Shahu areas of Lahore in Punjab.
|
103
|
92
|
|
3
|
July 14
|
Landi
Kotal / Khyber Agency / FATA
|
A powerful
explosion shattered Masjid-e-Ishkhel mosque and some shrines in
Landi Kotal tehsil of Khyber Agency.
|
0
|
0
|
|
4
|
July 18
|
Sargodha
/ Punjab
|
Three
persons were killed and more than 20 others were injured when
a suicide bomber blew himself up outside an Imambargah in Sargodha
town of Punjab in the evening.
|
4
|
20
|
|
5
|
August 23
|
Wana
/ South Waziristan Agency / FATA
|
26
persons, including a former member of the National Assembly (NA)
were killed and 40 others injured when a suicide bomber blew himself
up inside a mosque in Wana town of South Waziristan in FATA at
3 pm (PST).
|
27
|
40
|
|
6
|
September 26
|
Bahawalpur
/ Punjab
|
Two
persons were killed and seven others injured when unidentified
assailants attacked a mosque in a suspected sectarian attack in
Bahawalpur of Punjab in the morning.
|
2
|
7
|
|
7
|
October 22
|
Pishtakhara
/ Peshawar / KP
|
An
IED, detonated through a remote control, killed five persons and
injured 22 others inside a mosque in Pishtakhara suburb of Peshawar,
the provincial capital of KP.
|
5
|
22
|
|
8
|
November 5
|
Darra
Adamkhel / Kohat / KP
|
At
least 97 persons were killed and 70 injured in a suicide attack
on the Friday congregation in the mosque in Darra Adamkhel area
of Kohat District in KP.
|
97
|
70
|
|
9
|
November 5
|
Sulemankhel
/ Badbher / Peshawar / KP
|
At
least three persons were killed and 17 other injured in the militant
attack on a mosque in Sulemankhel area of Badbher near Peshawar
in KP.
|
3
|
17
|
|
10
|
December 12
|
Talozan
Tangi / Kurram Agency / FATA
|
Three
children were killed and seven others received injuries when militants
fired mortar shells at an Imambargah in Talozan Tangi area of
Kurram Agency in FATA.
|
3
|
7
|
|
Total
|
274
|
385
|
2009
|
S.N.
|
Date
|
Target
|
Incidents
|
killed
|
Injured
|
|
1
|
February
3
|
Mohallah
Joginwala / Dera Ismail Khan / NWFP
|
A
man was killed and 18 others injured in a hand grenade attack
on a Sunni mosque at Mohallah Joginwala in the Dera Ismail Khan
District of NWFP.
|
1
|
18
|
|
2
|
February
5
|
Dera
Ghazi Khan / Punjab
|
32
persons were killed and 48 others wounded when a suspected suicide
bomber blew himself amidst a crowd of Shia worshippers outside
a mosque in Dera Ghazi Khan in the Punjab province.
|
33
|
48
|
|
3
|
March
5
|
Dera
Ismail Khan / NWFP
|
One
person was killed and 19 others sustained injuries when a hand-grenade
hurled by unidentified miscreants at the worshippers exploded
in Ameer Hamza mosque on Circular Road in Dera Ismail Khan.
|
1
|
19
|
|
4
|
March
22
|
Tank
/ NWFP
|
An
Imambargah (a Shia place of worship) was partially damaged by
an explosion near the building in Tank city.
|
0
|
0
|
|
5
|
March
27
|
Jamrud
/ Khyber Agency / FATA
|
83
persons, including 16 Security Force personnel, were killed
and over 100 injured in a suicide attack on a mosque at Peshawar-Torkham
Highway in the Jamrud sub-division of Khyber Agency in FATA.
|
84
|
100
|
|
6
|
April
5
|
Chakwal
/ Punjab
|
A
suicide bomber blew himself up at the entrance of an Imambargah
(Shia place of worship) at Chakwal in Punjab province, killing
24 people, including three children, and injuring 140 others,
at a religious gathering.
|
25
|
140
|
|
7
|
May
6
|
Dera
Ismail Khan / NWFP
|
14
worshippers were wounded when unidentified motorcyclists lobbed
a hand grenade at a mosque in Dera Ismail Khan.
|
0
|
14
|
|
8
|
June
5
|
Upper
Dir / NWFP
|
A
suicide bomber killed 49 worshippers, including 12 children,
at a mosque in a remote village of the Upper Dir District of
NWFP.
|
50
|
3
|
|
9
|
June
12
|
Nowshera
/ NWFP
|
Five
worshippers were killed and 105 others sustained injuries when
a suicide bomber rammed his explosives-laden van into a mosque
during the Friday prayers in the Cantonment area of Nowshera
in the NWFP.
|
6
|
105
|
|
10
|
August
23
|
Mamoonzai
/ Bajaur Agency / FATA
|
A
security official was killed and two others wounded when unidentified
gunmen opened fire in a mosque during the Taraveeh prayers in
Mamoonzai area in Khar sub-division of Bajaur Agency.
|
1
|
2
|
|
11
|
September
18
|
Hangu
/ NWFP
|
Hangu
District Nazim (Mayor) Haji Khan Afzal was killed and three
others injured in a bomb attack at a mosque in the Wajh area
of Hangu District.
|
1
|
3
|
|
12
|
December
4
|
Rawalpindi
/ Punjab
|
40
persons, including 17 children besides serving and retired Army
officers and personnel, were killed and over 86 others injured,
when a Friday congregation at the Parade Lanes mosque in Rawalpindi
was attacked by a group of terrorists.
|
40
|
86
|
|
13
|
December
18
|
Lower
Dir / NWFP
|
12
persons, mostly worshippers, were killed and 32 others sustained
injuries when a suicide bomber blew up his explosives-laden
van near a mosque in the Police Lines in Lower Dir District
of NWFP.
|
13
|
32
|
|
14
|
December
24
|
Rawalpindi
/ Punjab
|
A
six-year-old girl, Arooj, was killed and two people, including
a head constable, were injured when a suicide bomber blew himself
up outside an Imambargah on Kurri Road in Rawalpindi.
|
2
|
2
|
|
15
|
December
27
|
Muzaffarabad
/ PoK
|
At
least 15 persons, including two Policemen were killed and over
100 injured when a suicide bomber ripped through a Muharram
procession near an Imambargah in Muzaffarabad of PoK.
|
16
|
100
|
|
Total
|
273
|
672
|
2008
|
S.N.
|
Date
|
Target
|
Incidents
|
killed
|
Injured
|
|
1
|
January
17
|
Peshawar
/ NWFP
|
At
least 12 persons were killed and 25 others wounded when a suicide
bomber blew himself up in an Imambargah in Peshawar.
|
13
|
25
|
|
2
|
June
16
|
Dera
Ismail Khan / NWFP
|
A
bomb exploded inside a Shia mosque killing at least four people
and injuring two others in the Dera Ismail Khan District of
NWFP.
|
4
|
2
|
|
3
|
September
10
|
Maskanai
/ Lower Dir / NWFP
|
At
least 25 worshippers were killed and 50 others injured in a
grenade-and-gun attack inside a mosque in the Maskanai area
of lower Dir in NWFP.
|
25
|
50
|
|
4
|
September
25
|
Khyber
Agency / FATA
|
Suspected
Taliban militants killed one person and abducted another from
the Jamia Azizia mosque in the Khyber Agency of FATA.
|
1
|
0
|
|
5
|
October
27
|
Baldia
/ Karachi
|
Four
persons, including an imam (prayer leader) and a seminary teacher
were killed and several others injured, when suspected militants
opened fire on them as they were leaving the mosque after offering
Asr (afternoon) prayers at Baldia Town in Karachi.
|
4
|
NS
|
|
6
|
November
20
|
Badan
/ FATA
|
The
chief of a tribal Lashkar and eight other persons were killed
when a suicide bomber blew himself up in a mosque in the Badan
village of Bajaur Agency.
|
10
|
0
|
|
7
|
November
22
|
Tull
/ NWFP
|
Five
people, including two children, were killed and seven others
injured when a bomb exploded in a mosque in the Tull tehsil
of Hangu district in the NWFP.
|
5
|
7
|
|
8
|
December
5
|
Peshawar
/ NWFP
|
A
car bomb explosion outside an Imambargah near the Qissa Khwani
Bazaar in Peshawar, capital of the NWFP, killed at least 34
persons and injured more than 150.
|
34
|
150
|
|
9
|
December
9
|
Buner
/ NWFP
|
A
child was killed and four others were injured in a suicide blast
on an Eidgah (open-air mosque) in the Nari Oba area of Buner
District in NWFP.
|
2
|
4
|
|
Total
|
98
|
238
|
2007
|
S.N.
|
Date
|
Target
|
Incidents
|
killed
|
Injured
|
|
1
|
January
27
|
Peshawar
/ NWFP
|
15
people, including six police officials, were killed and 60 others
injured in a suicide attack targeting a Muharram procession
near Qasim Ali Khan Mosque in the Dilgaran area of Qissa Khawani
Bazaar in Peshawar, capital of NWFP.
|
15
|
60
|
|
2
|
April
6
|
Kurram
Agency / FATA
|
Three
people were killed and 13 injured when Shias were attacked in
an Imambargah in Kurram Agency of FATA.
|
3
|
13
|
|
3
|
May
22
|
Bara
/ FATA
|
Two
activists of the Lashkar-i-Islam were killed and three others
wounded when supporters of the rival Ansar-ul-Islam attacked
a mosque with mortar shells in the Shah Kot area of Bara in
FATA.
|
2
|
3
|
|
4
|
July
19
|
Kohat
/ NWFP
|
15
persons, including a prayer leader and two children, were killed
and several people injured when a suicide bomber blew himself
up during night prayers at a mosque at Pathan Lines Centre in
the Kohat Cantonment area of NWFP.
|
16
|
0
|
|
5
|
Dec
21
|
Charsadda
/ NWFP
|
At
least 50 persons were killed and 80 others injured when a suicide
bomber blew himself up in the midst of worshippers offering
Id-ul-Adha prayers at the Markazi Jamia Masjid Sherpao in Charsadda,
20-km from Peshawar in the NWFP.
|
51
|
80
|
|
Total
|
87
|
156
|
2005
|
S.N.
|
Date
|
Target
|
Incidents
|
killed
|
Injured
|
|
1
|
May
30
|
Karachi
/ Sindh
|
Six
people, including two of the three assailants, among them a
suicide bomber, are killed and 19 persons sustain injuries during
an explosion in the courtyard of a Shia mosque at Gulshan-e-Iqbal
in Karachi.
|
6
|
19
|
|
2
|
July
21
|
Khapyanga
/ NWFP
|
At
least two members of a Tablighi Jamaat, Salahuddin and Muhammad
Rahman, are killed and four persons sustain injuries when some
unidentified people hurled a hand grenade at them in a mosque
in the Khapyanga village of Kurram Agency in the NWFP.
|
2
|
4
|
|
Total
|
8
|
23
|
2004
|
S.N.
|
Date
|
Target
|
Incidents
|
killed
|
Injured
|
|
1
|
February
28
|
Rawalpindi
/ Punjab
|
A
suicide bomber is killed and four worshippers sustain injuries
in an attack on a mosque in the Satellite Town area of Rawalpindi.
|
1
|
4
|
|
2
|
May
7
|
Karachi
/ Sindh
|
At
least 15 Shia worshippers and a suspected suicide bomber are
killed and over 200 persons sustain injuries when a powerful
bomb exploded at Hyderi Mosque in the Mithadar area of Karachi.
|
16
|
200
|
|
3
|
May
30
|
Karachi
/ Sindh
|
The
pro-Taliban Sunni cleric and chief of Binoria mosque in Karachi,
Mufti Nizamuddin Shamzai, is killed and his son, nephew and
driver are wounded, when armed men ambushed their vehicle in
front of the mosque.
|
1
|
3
|
|
4
|
May
31
|
Karachi
/ Sindh
|
At
least 24 worshippers are killed and 34 others sustain injuries
when a high-intensity bomb explodes during the evening prayers
at a Shia mosque situated on the MA Jinnah Road in Karachi.
|
24
|
34
|
|
5
|
August
8
|
Karachi
/ Sindh
|
At
least 10 people, including a three-year-old boy, are killed
and 50 others sustain injuries in two bomb explosions near the
Binoria mosque and seminary in Karachi.
|
10
|
50
|
|
6
|
October
1
|
Sialkot
/ Punjab
|
At
least 31 people are killed and 75 others sustain injuries in
a suspected suicide bombing at a Shia mosque at Sialkot in the
Punjab during the Friday prayers.
|
31
|
75
|
|
7
|
October
10
|
Lahore
/ Punjab
|
Five
people killed and six others injured as a suicide bomber blows
himself up at a Shia mosque in the Mochi Gate area of Lahore.
|
6
|
6
|
|
Total
|
89
|
372
|
2003
|
S.N.
|
Date
|
Target
|
Incidents
|
killed
|
Injured
|
|
1
|
January
31
|
Faisalabad
/ Punjab
|
Unidentified
assailants kill a prayer leader and a worshipper and injure
two others after opening indiscriminate fire inside a mosque
in Faisalabad.
|
2
|
2
|
|
2
|
Feb
22
|
Karachi
/ Sindh
|
Nine
persons are shot dead and seven more wounded in an attack by
LeJ militants on a mosque in Rafah-i-Aam Society of Karachi.
|
9
|
7
|
|
3
|
July
4
|
Quetta
/ Balochistan
|
At
least 53 persons are killed and 57 others injured as three LeJ
militants, including a suspected suicide bomber, attack a Shiite
Muslim mosque in Quetta, capital of the Southwestern Balochistan
province, during the Friday prayers.
|
54
|
57
|
|
Total
|
65
|
66
|
2002
|
S.N.
|
Date
|
Target
|
Incidents
|
killed
|
Injured
|
|
1
|
November
17
|
Karachi
/ Sindh
|
Four
unidentified assailants kill an Afghan Taliban, the chief priest
at a Karachi mosque, within the mosque compound.
|
1
|
0
|
|
Total
|
1
|
0
|
|
