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Lawyers killed in Pakistan: 2001-2018
|
Incidents
|
Killed
|
Injured
|
2001
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
2002
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
2003
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
2004
|
1
|
1
|
0
|
2005
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
2006
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
2007
|
2
|
16
|
54
|
2008
|
1
|
7
|
80
|
2009
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
2010
|
2
|
2
|
0
|
2011
|
1
|
1
|
0
|
2012
|
3
|
5
|
0
|
2013
|
6
|
6
|
1
|
2014
|
3
|
13
|
25
|
2015
|
2
|
2
|
0
|
2016
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
2017
|
1
|
1
|
0
|
2018
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
Total*
|
22
|
54
|
160
|
*Data till June
17, 2018
+The exact number is not specified
2004
S.N.
|
Date
|
Place
/ District |
Incidents
|
killed
|
Injured
|
1
|
December 29
|
North West Frontier
Province |
A lawyer and an activist of
a banned religious party are shot dead in suspected sectarian
attacks at Dera Ismail Khan in the North West Frontier Province.
|
1
|
0
|
Total
|
1
|
0
|
2007
S.N.
|
Date
|
Place
/ District |
Incidents
|
killed
|
Injured
|
1
|
May 6
|
Multan / Punjab |
Unidentified gunmen
shot dead two Shia clerics in a suspected sectarian
attack at Chaubara town near Multan in the Punjab province.
The attackers, reportedly Sunni militants, attacked
the clerics who were sleeping in the guesthouse of a
Shia leader. The clerics died on the spot while another
guest, a Shia lawyer, was wounded.
|
0
|
1
|
2
|
July 17 |
Islamabad |
A suicide bomber struck outside the
venue of a lawyers rally in Islamabad, killing 16 people
and injuring at least 63, including 10 police officials.
|
16
|
53
|
Total
|
16
|
54
|
2008
S.N.
|
Date
|
Place
/ District |
Incidents
|
killed
|
Injured
|
1
|
January 10
|
Lahore High
Court / Lahore / Punjab |
At least 24 people,
including 17 policemen, were killed and 80 others injured
in a suicide bomb blast outside the Lahore High Court,
minutes before the arrival of an anti-government lawyers'
procession.
|
7
|
80
|
Total
|
7
|
80
|
2010
S.N.
|
Date
|
Place
/ District |
Incidents
|
killed
|
Injured
|
1
|
September 6
|
Mastung / Balochistan |
The bullet-riddled dead body
of an abducted lawyer, Zaman Marri, was recovered from Mastung
in Balochistan.
|
1
|
0
|
2
|
September 24 |
Khuzdar / Balochistan |
A bullet-riddled dead body of an abducted
Baloch lawyer, Ali Sher Kurd, was found from a desolate place
in Khuzdar.
|
1
|
0
|
Total
|
2
|
0
|
2011
S.N.
|
Date
|
Place
/ District |
Incidents
|
killed
|
Injured
|
1
|
June 13
|
North Nazimabad /
Karachi / Sindh |
Unidentified armed militants
shot dead Zia Alam Advocate, lawyer of Ajmal Pahari in North
Nazimabad within the jurisdiction of Sir Syed Police Station.
|
1
|
0
|
Total
|
1
|
0
|
2012
S.N.
|
Date
|
Place
/ District |
Incidents
|
killed
|
Injured
|
1
|
January 25
|
Maulana Din
Muhammad Wafai Road / Karachi / Sindh |
Unidentified assailants
shot dead three members of the Shia Lawyers' Forum on
Maulana Din Muhammad Wafai Road of Karachi.
|
3
|
0
|
2
|
October 19 |
Lahore / Punjab |
Unidentified armed militants shot dead
a Senior Lawyer and Shia activist Shakir Ali Rizvi near
the Jain Mandir area in Lahore District while he was
heading to the Lahore High Court with a colleague.
|
1
|
0
|
3
|
November 20 |
Sumundari / Faisalabad / Punjab
|
The dead body of senior lawyer, Chaudhary
Manzoor Akhtar, who was abducted on November 14, 2012,
was recovered from a canal in Sumundari city of Faisalabad
District of Punjab.
|
1
|
0
|
Total
|
5
|
0
|
2013
S.N.
|
Date
|
Place
/ District |
Incidents
|
killed
|
Injured
|
1
|
February 8
|
Gulistan-e-Jauhar
town / Karachi / Sindh |
Mian Mohammad Tariq
(55), the senior advocate of the Sindh High Court,
was shot dead in Gulistan-e-Jauhar town in Karachi
of Sindh.
|
1
|
0
|
2
|
February
8 |
Gulbahar
/ Peshawar / KP |
Unidentified assailants shot dead
a senior Shia lawyer, Malik Jarrar Hussain, in the
Gulbahar area of Peshawar.
|
1
|
0
|
3
|
February
22 |
Paharipura PS / Peshawar / KP
|
Unidentified assailants shot dead
a lawyer in the limits of Paharipura Police Station
of Peshawar, the provincial capital of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
|
1
|
0
|
4
|
March 18 |
Dalazak
Road / Peshawar / KP |
An unidentified assailant shot dead
a Shia lawyer and injured his assistant seriously
on Dalazak Road in Peshawar.
|
1
|
1
|
5
|
March 28 |
Fauji Foundation / Rawalpindi /
Punjab
|
Unidentified assailants shot dead
a senior lawyer, identified as Chaudhry Aslam of
the Supreme Court, near Fauji Foundation Hospital
of Rawalpindi.
|
1
|
0
|
6
|
May 3 |
ICI Bridge / Baghdadi / Karachi
/ Sindh
|
A lawyer, Shakeel Ahmed Jan Bangash,
was killed and his father Ali Ahmed Jan was injured
by unidentified assailants in a targeted attack
at ICI Bridge of Baghdadi area of Karachi in Sindh.
|
1
|
0
|
Total
|
6
|
1
|
2014
S.N.
|
Date
|
Place
/ District |
Incidents
|
killed
|
Injured
|
1
|
March 3
|
Court house complex
/ Islamabad |
At least 11 people, including
Additional District and Sessions Judge Rafaqat Awan, a woman
lawyer, and a Policeman, were killed and 25 others were injured
when militants attacked the courthouse complex in Islamabad.
|
11
|
25
|
2
|
April 11 |
Martin Quarters /
Martin Road / Jamshed Town / Karachi / Sindh |
A Shia lawyer, identified as Advocate Syed
Ghulam Haider (52), was shot dead in Martin Quarters on Martin
Road in Jamshed Town of Karachi.
|
1
|
0
|
3
|
May 3 |
Orangi Town / Karachi
/ Sindh |
A lawyer, identified as Mohammad Idris and
his driver Noman Shah were killed in Karachi's Orangi Town.
Member of MQM's Rabita Committee Saif Yar Khan said that the
driver was a MQM worker.
|
1
|
0
|
Total
|
13
|
25
|
2015
S.N.
|
Date
|
Place
/ District |
Incidents
|
killed
|
Injured
|
1
|
July 7
|
Agra / Khairpur
/ Sindh |
Unidentified assailants
shot dead a lawyer of the Sindh High Court, identified
as Wakeel Sahib Khan, in Agra area of Khairpur District
in Sindh. The assailants managed to flee from the scene
after committing the murder.
|
1
|
0
|
2
|
August 3 |
Agra / Khairpur / Sindh
|
A lawyer, identified as Ashfaq Qaimkhani,
while his friend Rifaat Zaidi was injured when unidentified
armed assailants opened fire on his car near Mian University
Road in Gulshan Town of Karachi in Sindh.
|
1
|
0
|
3
|
August 28 |
Hassan Square / Gulshan-e-Iqbal Town
/ Karachi / Sindh
|
A Shia advocate of Sindh High Court
(SHC), identified as Syed Ameer Hyder Shah, was shot
dead by unidentified militants while he was travelling
in his car near Hassan Square in Gulshan-e-Iqbal Town.
|
1
|
0
|
Total*
|
3
|
0
|
2016
S.N.
|
Date
|
Place
/ District |
Incidents
|
killed
|
Injured
|
Total*
|
0
|
0
|
2017
S.N.
|
Date
|
Place
/ District |
Incidents
|
killed
|
Injured
|
1
|
March 4 |
Shabqadar / Charsadda / KP
|
Unidentified gunmen killed a lawyer,
identified as Mohammed Jan Gigyani apparently in a targeted
shooting near the Afghanistan border in Shabqadar in
Charsadda District in the KP.
|
1
|
0
|
Total*
|
1
|
0
|
2018
S.N.
|
Date
|
Place
/ District |
Incidents
|
killed
|
Injured
|
1
|
January
|
|
|
0
|
0
|
Total*
|
0
|
0
|
*Data till June
17, 2018
Note:Compiled from news reports and
are provisional.
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