|
|
Shias killed in Pakistan since 2001
|
Incidents
|
Killed
|
Injured
|
2001
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
2002
|
4
|
6
|
0
|
2003
|
4
|
24
|
17
|
2004
|
8
|
129
|
466+
|
2005
|
10
|
86
|
223
|
2006
|
9
|
60
|
61
|
2007
|
28
|
258+
|
195+
|
2008
|
23
|
150
|
371+
|
2009
|
17
|
183
|
455
|
2010
|
34
|
245
|
693
|
2011
|
24
|
136
|
199
|
2012
|
115
|
399
|
439
|
2013
|
81
|
504
|
965
|
2014 |
45
|
116
|
116
|
2015 |
38
|
251
|
316
|
2016 |
16
|
25
|
19
|
2017 |
10
|
114
|
308
|
2018 |
5
|
7
|
4
|
Total*
|
471
|
2693
|
4847
|
*Data till June
17, 2018
+The exact number is not specified
2002
S.N.
|
Date
|
Place
/ District |
Incidents
|
killed
|
Injured
|
1
|
June 17
|
Multan / Punjab
|
Three Shia worshippers killed
in suspected sectarian attack outside a mosque in Multan.
|
3
|
0
|
2
|
June 27 |
Multan / Punjab
|
Shia activist killed in sectarian attack in
Multan.
|
1
|
0
|
3
|
June 28 |
Multan / Punjab
|
A senior official of the proscribed Shia group
Tehreek-e-Jaferia Pakistan (TJP) killed in Multan in suspected
sectarian attack.
|
1
|
0
|
4
|
November 1 |
Upper Mall / Lahore / Punjab
|
A Shia doctor is killed by unidentified assailant
in the Upper Mall locality, Lahore.
|
1
|
0
|
Total
|
6
|
0
|
2003
S.N.
|
Date
|
Place
/ District |
Incidents
|
killed
|
Injured
|
1
|
February 22
|
Imam Bargha Mehdi / Karachi / Sindh
|
LeJ militants entered
the Shiite mosque, Imam Bargha Mehdi, in Karachi and
killed nine worshippers and injured at least nine others.
|
9
|
9
|
2
|
June 8 |
Sariab Road / Quetta / Balochistan
|
13 trainee Police personnel belonging
to the local Hazara community of the Shia sect are killed
and eight others injured at Sariab Road in Quetta.
|
13
|
8
|
3
|
June 12 |
Nazimabad / Karachi / Sindh
|
A retired civil engineer from the Shia
community is killed in the Nazimabad area of Karachi.
|
1
|
0
|
4
|
September 4 |
People's Colony / Lahore / Punjab
|
In a suspected sectarian incident, two
unidentified assailants kill Javed Hussain Dogar, a
Shia religious leader, at the People's Colony area in
Lahore.
|
1
|
0
|
Total
|
24
|
17
|
2004
S.N.
|
Date
|
Place
/ District |
Incidents
|
killed
|
Injured
|
1
|
March 2
|
Liaquat Bazaar
/ Quetta / Balochistan |
At least 47 persons
are killed and more than 150 wounded when a procession
of the Shia sect is attacked by rival Sunni extremists
at Liaquat Bazaar in Quetta, capital of Balochistan.
|
47
|
150
|
2
|
May 7 |
Hyderi Mosque / Sindh Madrasa-tul-Islam
/ Mithadar / 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,
situated within the premises of the seminary Sindh Madrasa-tul-Islam,
in the Mithadar area of Karachi.
|
15
|
200
|
3
|
May 31 |
MA Jinnah Road / 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
|
4
|
June 3 |
Gilgit city / Gilgit-Baltistan / PoK
|
One person is killed and several others
sustain injuries when Shia protestors clashed with troops
in the Gilgit city during a curfew that was imposed
in the city's municipal limits.
|
1
|
NS
|
5
|
June 6 |
Gilgit city / Gilgit-Baltistan / PoK
|
Three persons are killed in the Gilgit
city of Northern Areas when troops opened fire on a
vehicle violating a round-the-clock curfew imposed on
June 3 due to sectarian unrest amid agitation by the
Shia community demanding changes to Islamic textbooks.
|
3
|
0
|
6
|
September 21 |
Ratta Kalachi / Dera Ismail Khan / Khyber
Pakhtunkhwa
|
Unidentified attackers kill three members
of a Shia family and wounded another at village Ratta
Kalachi in Dera Ismail Khan.
|
3
|
1
|
7
|
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 province during
the Friday prayers.
|
31
|
75
|
8
|
October 10 |
Mochi Gate / 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.
|
5
|
6
|
Total
|
129
|
466
|
2005
S.N.
|
Date
|
Place
/ District |
Incidents
|
killed
|
Injured
|
1
|
January 13 |
Gilgit city / Gilgit-Baltistan
/ PoK
|
A prominent Shia scholar,
Syed Agha Ziauddin Rizvi, who was wounded during the sectarian
clashes on January 8 at Gilgit in the Northern Areas of
Pakistan occupied Kashmir (PoK), succumbs to his injuries
at a hospital in Rawalpindi.
|
1
|
0
|
2
|
February 25 |
Gilgit city / Gilgit-Baltistan
/ PoK
|
A Shia man is killed and
two Sunnis are wounded when the two rival groups clashed
at Gilgit in the Northern Areas of PoK.
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
March 10 |
Gilgit city / Gilgit-Baltistan
/ PoK
|
One Shia person is reported
to have died during sectarian violence between Shia and
Sunni groups at Gilgit.
|
1
|
0
|
4
|
March 19 |
Fatehpur / Jhal Magsi /
Balochistan
|
At least 50 people are killed
and over 100 others sustain injuries during a bomb explosion
at a crowded gathering near the shrine of a Shia saint at
Fatehpur village in the Jhal Magsi district of Balochistan.
|
50
|
100
|
5
|
April 1 |
Model Colony / Lahore /
Punjab
|
Allama Ghulam Hussain Najafi,
Vice Principal of a leading Shia seminary Jamia-ul-Muntazir,
is shot dead, while his daughter and a teenage student sustain
injuries, during a terrorist attack in the Model Colony
area of Lahore.
|
1
|
2
|
6
|
May 27 |
Diplomatic enclave / Islamabad
|
At least 25 people, including
a suspected suicide bomber, are killed and approximately
100 others sustain injuries during a powerful explosion
at the Bari Imam shrine of the Shia sect located in vicinity
of the diplomatic enclave in capital Islamabad.
|
25
|
100
|
7
|
May 30 |
Gulshan-e-Iqbal / 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.
|
4
|
19
|
8
|
September 14 |
Quetta / Balochistan
|
Unidentified assailants
shot dead a Shia man, Ejazul Hasan, in Quetta, capital of
Balochistan.
|
1
|
0
|
9
|
October 26 |
Quetta / Balochistan
|
A Shia teacher, Murid Abbas,
is killed on his way to school in Quetta.
|
1
|
0
|
10
|
December 2 |
Dera Murad Jamali / Balochistan
|
Gunmen on a motorcycle shot
dead a Shia cleric, Allama Badar-ud-Din, as he left his
home to go to a mosque in Dera Murad Jamali of Balochistan.
|
1
|
0
|
Total
|
86
|
223
|
2006
S.N.
|
Date
|
Place
/ District |
Incidents
|
killed
|
Injured
|
1
|
February 9 |
Hangu / Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
|
At least 31 people are
killed and 50 others wounded in a suspected suicide
attack on a Muharram procession of Shia Muslims in the
Hangu town of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
|
31
|
50
|
2
|
April 6 |
Karachi / Sindh
|
Allama Hasan Turabi,
a leader of the Shia Ulema Council and the Muttahida
Majlis-e-Amal, escaped unhurt while four people, including
his son and a guard, suffered injuries in a bomb blast
in Karachi.
|
0
|
4
|
3
|
April 18 |
Faisalabad / Punjab
|
A prominent Shia cleric,
identified as Fazal Hussain Alvi, and his driver are
shot dead at Faisalabad in the Punjab.
|
2
|
0
|
4
|
July 14 |
Abbas / Karachi / Sindh
|
A suicide bomber kills
a high profile Shia scholar and political leader, Allama
Hasan Turabi along with his nephew near his residence
in Abbas town in the Sindh province. Three policemen
are wounded in the attack.
|
2
|
0
|
5
|
September 21
|
Muslim Bazaar / Sargodha
/ Punjab
|
The former district
president of the outlawed Shia group Tehreek-e-Jaferia
Pakistan (TJP), Syed Bashir Hussain Bukhari, is shot
dead by two assailants in the Muslim Bazaar of Sargodha
in Punjab
|
1
|
0
|
6
|
October 2 |
Orakzai Agency / FATA
|
Two persons are killed
while seven others sustain injuries in a sectarian clash
between the Ahl-e-Sunnat and Shia sects over a controversial
shrine in the Orakzai Agency of FATA.
|
2
|
7
|
7
|
October 6 |
Kalay / Orakzai Agency
/ FATA
|
At least 20 people were
killed in continued exchange of mortar fire between
Shias and Sunnis fighting that erupted on October 2
over control of the Mian Anwar shrine in the Kalay area
of Lower Orakzai Agency in FATA.
|
20
|
0
|
8
|
October 7 |
Tank / Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
|
Unidentified gunmen
shot and killed a Shia tribal elder, identified as Syed
Mqbool Shah, in the town of Tank in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
|
1
|
0
|
9
|
October 22 |
Bahawalpur / Punjab
|
A Shia cleric, identified
as Syed Asif Ali Shah, is shot dead by unidentified
armed assailants in a suspected sectarian killing at
Bahawalpur in the Punjab province.
|
1
|
0
|
Total
|
60
|
61
|
2007
S.N.
|
Date
|
Place
/ District |
Incidents
|
killed
|
Injured
|
1
|
January 4
|
Kotwali PS / Peshawar
/ Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
|
Unidentified gunmen
shot dead a Shia leader, Syed Ali Imam Jaffari, in the
Kotwali police precincts of Peshawar. He was the President
of the local unit of the Shia outfit TNFJ and caretaker
of Imam Bargah Ali Imam in Kotwali.
|
1
|
0
|
2
|
January 30
|
Hangu / Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
|
Two people died in Hangu
town of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa where a pre-dawn rocket attack
on a Shiite Muslim procession sparked a burst of sectarian
violence.
|
2
|
0
|
3
|
January 31
|
Hangu / Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
|
Two people were killed
in a shooting incident at an unauthorised procession
of Muharram in the under-curfew town of Hangu in Khyber
Pakhtunkhwa.
|
2
|
0
|
4
|
February 14
|
Dera Ismail Khan / Khyber
Pakhtunkhwa
|
In a suspected sectarian
incident, two unidentified gunmen killed Shia leader
Jawad Hussain in the Dera Ismail Khan city of Khyber
Pakhtunkhwa. Hussain was a local leader of the Shia
group TNFJ.
|
1
|
0
|
5
|
March 9
|
Dera Ismail Khan / Khyber
Pakhtunkhwa
|
Two gunmen on a motorcycle
killed a Shia businessman, Anwar Ali Shah at Dera Ismail
Khan city of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
|
1
|
0
|
6
|
March 10
|
Dera Ismail Khan / Khyber
Pakhtunkhwa
|
Unidentified assailants
shot dead a retired Shia soldier in Dera Ismail Khan
of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and a government employee from
the community in the same region.
|
2
|
0
|
7
|
March 12
|
Dera Ismail Khan / Khyber
Pakhtunkhwa
|
Suspected Sunni militants
shot dead a Shia man, identified as Syed Arshad Abbas,
in Dera Ismail Khan of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
|
1
|
0
|
8
|
March 13
|
Dera Ismail Khan / Khyber
Pakhtunkhwa
|
Gunmen shot dead one
Niaz Ahmed, a teacher from the minority Shia community,
by unknown assailants on a motorcycle when he was going
to school in Dera Ismail Khan of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
|
1
|
0
|
9
|
April 6
|
Kurram Agency / FATA
|
Three people were killed
and 13 injured when Shias were attacked in an Imambargah
in Kurram Agency of FATA. Trouble erupted when Shias
staged a demonstration outside their mosque against
local Sunnis who allegedly chanted anti-Shia slogans
during a religious rally.
|
3
|
13
|
10
|
April 7
|
Parachinar / Kurram
Agency / FATA
|
At least 40 persons
were killed and an unspecified number of them wounded
at Parachinar and other parts of the Kurram tribal agency
in the FATA on the second day of sectarian clashes.
|
20+
|
NS
|
11
|
April 8
|
Kurram Agency / FATA
|
16 more persons were
killed in the Kurram Agency of FATA as sectarian clashes
spread to most parts of the tribal region bordering
Afghanistan. Nine Shias and seven Sunnis were reportedly
killed in different villages of the Kurram Agency.
|
9
|
0
|
12-13
|
April 10-11
|
Kurram Agency / FATA
|
At least 45 more people
were killed during sectarian clashes in the Kurram Agency
of FATA as Shia and Sunni combatants continued to attack
each other’s villages with heavy weapons despite warnings
of military action by the government against those refusing
to stop fighting.
|
25+
|
NS
|
14
|
April 25
|
Dera Ismail Khan / Khyber
Pakhtunkhwa
|
Unidentified militants
shot dead three people in a targeted sectarian attack
in the Dera Ismail Khan District of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
The assailants fired from a Kalashnikov rifle on a vehicle
in which two brothers from a prominent Shia family,
Najaf Ali Shah and Syed Ali Shah, and their Sunni employee
were travelling.
|
2
|
0
|
15
|
May 5
|
Dera Ismail Khan / Khyber
Pakhtunkhwa
|
Two unidentified gunmen
killed a Shia man, identified as Imdad Hussain, at Dera
Ismail Khan in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, days after a
weeklong curfew was lifted.
|
1
|
0
|
16
|
May 6
|
Chaubara / Multan /
Punjab
|
Unidentified gunmen
shot dead two Shia clerics in a suspected sectarian
attack at Chaubara town near Multan in the Punjab.
|
2
|
0
|
17
|
November 16
|
Parachinar / Kurram
Agency / FATA
|
At least 20 persons,
including two doctors, were killed and over 50 others
were injured during a sectarian clash at Parachinar,
the headquarters of Kurram Agency, in FATA.
|
10+
|
50
|
18
|
November 18
|
Parachinar / Kurram
Agency / FATA
|
Security forces used
Cobra helicopters in an attempt to end the sectarian
violence in which at least 86 persons were killed and
an unspecified number of them injured in Parachinar,
the headquarters of Kurram Agency, in FATA.
|
45+
|
NS
|
19
|
November 19
|
Parachinar / Kurram
Agency / FATA
|
28 people were killed
and 27 others injured on the fourth day of sectarian
clashes in the Kurram Agency of FATA.
|
28
|
27
|
20
|
November 19
|
Darra Adamkhel / Khyber
Pakhtunkhwa
|
In what appears to be
a revenge action for sectarian killings at Parachinar
in the FATA, the Taliban beheaded three truck drivers
near Darra Adamkhel in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
|
3
|
0
|
21
|
November 20
|
Kurram Agency / FATA
|
Six persons died as
sectarian clashes continued in the Kurram Agency of
the FATA.
|
6
|
0
|
22
|
November 22
|
Kurram Agency / FATA
|
Two more persons were
killed in sectarian clashes in the Kurram Agency of
the FATA, as the jirga (council) from Orakzai and Hangu
succeeded in brokering a cease-fire in Sadda and Balishkhel.
|
2
|
0
|
23
|
November 23
|
Kurram Agency / FATA
|
Three more people were
killed as sectarian violence continued in the Pewar,
Teri Mangal, Qunj Alizai and Maqbal areas of Upper and
Mengak and Tangi of Lower Kurram.
|
3
|
0
|
24
|
November 24
|
Parachinar / Kurram
Agency / FATA
|
At least 50 people were
killed in renewed sectarian violence in Parachinar in
the FATA.
|
30+
|
NS
|
25
|
December 24
|
Parachinar / Kurram
Agency / FATA
|
Three persons were killed
and 20 others injured in sectarian clashes at Parachinar
in the Kurram Agency of the FATA.
|
3
|
20
|
26
|
December 25
|
Kurram Agency / FATA
|
At least 31 persons
have died and more than 50 wounded so far in the continuing
sectarian violence in the Kurram Agency.
|
20+
|
30+
|
27
|
December 26
|
Kurram Agency / FATA
|
32 persons, including
five children, a woman and two Frontier Constabulary
personnel, were killed and scores of others injured
in continued sectarian violence in Kurram Agency on
the fourth consecutive day.
|
20+
|
30+
|
28
|
December 27
|
Kurram Agency / FATA
|
27 people were killed
and 42 others sustained injuries in fresh sectarian
clashes between rival groups in the Kurram Agency of
FATA.
|
15+
|
25+
|
Total
|
258
|
195
|
2008
S.N.
|
Date
|
Place
/ District |
Incidents
|
killed
|
Injured
|
1
|
January 1 |
Kurram Agency / FATA
|
Two people were killed
and five injured on the 11th consecutive day of sectarian
clashes in the Kurram Agency of FATA.
|
2
|
5
|
2
|
January 4 |
Jalmai and Meangak areas
/ Kurram Agency / FATA
|
Three persons were killed
as sectarian violence continued in the Kurram Agency
of FATA. The clashes were reported from Jalmai and Meangak
areas of Lower Kurram.
|
3
|
0
|
3
|
January 17 |
Peshawar / Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
|
At least 12 persons
were killed and 25 others wounded when a suicide bomber
blew himself up in an Imambargah (congregation hall
for Shia rituals) in Peshawar.
|
12
|
25
|
4
|
February 26 |
Khan Raziq Shaheed /
Peshawar / Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
|
A Shia leader, Haji
Ghulab Hussain, shot dead by unidentified assailants
when he was going to his shop at around 9:15am (PST)
in the jurisdiction of Khan Raziq Shaheed Police Station
in Peshawar.
|
1
|
0
|
5
|
March 21 |
Hangu / Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
|
Four persons were killed
and 28 others injured after clashes erupted between
Shia and Sunni Muslims during a Nauroz procession
in the Hangu District of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
|
2
|
25+
|
6
|
April 6 |
Kurram Agency / FATA
|
Sectarian violence broke
out between Shia and Sunni sects in three villages of
Kurram Agency in the FATA after a bomb exploded at Khurmana
Pul, killing three people and injuring 22 others.
|
3
|
22
|
7
|
April 12 |
Kurram Agency / FATA
|
Eight people were killed
and 10 others injured in fresh violence between rival
groups of the Kurram Agency.
|
8
|
10
|
8
|
April 14 |
Parachinar / Kurram
Agency / FATA
|
In the ongoing sectarian
violence, seven more persons were killed and 16 others
sustained injuries in Parachinar, the headquarters of
Kurram Agency
|
7
|
16
|
9
|
May 10 |
Dera Ismail Khan / Khyber
Pakhtunkhwa
|
Unidentified assailants
shot dead three Shia community members in the Dera Ismail
Khan area of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa in an incident of suspected
sectarian violence.
|
3
|
0
|
10
|
May 26 |
Dera Ismail Khan / Khyber
Pakhtunkhwa
|
Six persons were killed
and five others sustained injuries in incidents of sectarian
violence at Dera Ismail Khan. Witnesses said four people
from the Shia community were killed when they were attacked
while going to a court.
|
6
|
5
|
11
|
June 16 |
Dera Ismail Khan / Khyber
Pakhtunkhwa
|
A bomb exploded inside
a Shia mosque killing at least four people and injuring
two others in the Dera Ismail Khan of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
|
4
|
2
|
12
|
June 23 |
Kurram Agency / FATA
|
Gunmen shot dead eight
members from a Shia tribe in the Kurram Agency in the
FATA.
|
8
|
0
|
13
|
July 10 |
Kharadar / Karachi
|
A trustee of the Hussainian
Iranian Imambargah in Kharadar in Karachi was shot dead.
25-year old Agha Mansoor Ahmed was attacked while he
was sitting with some friends at his restaurant on the
MA Jinnah Road.
|
1
|
0
|
14
|
July 13 |
Kotly Imam Hussain /
Dera Ismail Khan / Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
|
Four persons were injured
when a suicide bomber blew himself up soon after the
concluding session of the Shuhada-e-Islam Conference
of the Shias held in Kotly Imam Hussain area of Dera
Ismail Khan in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
|
4
|
0
|
15
|
October 6 |
Bhakkar / Islamabad
/ Punjab
|
A suicide bomber blew
himself up in a crowd of people at the house of Rashid
Akbar Niwani, a Shia Member of National Assembly from
the PML-N, in Bhakkar, 260-km southwest of Islamabad
in Punjab, killing 25 people and wounding 60 others,
including Niwani.
|
25
|
60
|
16-17
|
September 22 |
Quetta / Balochistan
|
Three Hazara tribesmen
were shot dead at two places in Quetta, the provincial
capital of Balochistan.
|
3
|
0
|
18
|
November 20 |
Dera Ismail Khan / Khyber
Pakhtunkhwa
|
10 persons were killed
and approximately 40 others were wounded in the blast
at the funeral procession of a slain Shia cleric in
Dera Ismail of Khan Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
|
10
|
40
|
19-20
|
November 25 |
Hangu / Kohat / Khyber
Pakhtunkhwa
|
Eight persons, including
six Shias and two Sunnis, were killed and several injured
in separate acts aimed at fanning sectarian violence
in the Hangu and Kohat Districts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
|
6
|
10+
|
21
|
December 5 |
Qisakhwani Bazaar /
Peshawar / Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
|
A car bomb explosion
outside an Imambargah (congregation hall for Shia rituals)
near the Qisakhwani Bazaar in Peshawar, capital of the
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, killed at least 34 persons and injured
more than 150.
|
34
|
150
|
22
|
December 18 |
Hangu / Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
|
Four persons, including
a Security Force official, were killed and another injured
in separate incidents of suspected sectarian violence
in the Hangu District of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
|
3
|
1
|
23
|
December 26 |
Gilgit city / Gilgit-Baltistan
/ PoK
|
Unidentified gunmen
shot dead five persons, including a senior Government
official, in the vicinity of Gilgit town. Abdul Wahid,
the Director of Agriculture Department, one of his associates,
his wife and a child and his driver were killed in the
ambush after more than one of the assailants opened
indiscriminate firing on his vehicle.
|
5
|
0
|
Total
|
150
|
371
|
2009
S.N.
|
Date
|
Place
/ District |
Incidents
|
killed
|
Injured
|
1
|
January
9 |
Hangu / Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
|
Four people are
reported to have died and dozens of others injured
after sectarian clashes erupted in the Hangu town
and its surrounding areas of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
|
4
|
12
|
2
|
January
10 |
Hangu / Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
|
At least 17 people
were killed and 30 others injured in the ongoing
sectarian clashes in Hangu in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
|
17
|
30
|
3
|
January
14 |
Sariab Road / Quetta
/ Balochistan
|
Unidentified assailants
killed four Policemen, including a DSP, in a shootout
in Quetta, capital of Balochistan. Motorcyclists
ambushed a Police team on Sariab Road at around
11am, killing four Policemen. Three of the murdered
Policemen belonged to Hazara community and were
Shia.
|
3
|
0
|
4
|
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 Punjab.
|
32
|
48
|
5
|
February
20 |
Shubra Square /
Dera Ismail Khan / Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
|
32 persons were
killed and 145 others injured when a suicide bomber
exploded himself in the Shia funeral procession
of a slain employee of the Tehsil Municipal Administration
near the Shubra Square in Dera Ismail Khan.
|
32
|
145
|
6
|
February
24 |
Quetta / Balochistan
|
A Shia trader and
three of his sons were shot dead in an apparent
sectarian attack in Quetta, capital of Balochistan.
|
4
|
0
|
7
|
March 3 |
Quetta / Balochistan
|
Five Shias were
killed when unidentified assailants attacked members
of a family in the eastern bypass of Quetta, capital
of Balochistan.
|
5
|
0
|
8
|
March 9 |
Kirani road Quetta
/ Balochistan
|
Unidentified men
on a motorbike killed two Shias in an apparent sectarian
attack in Quetta. The victims were shot in their
car on Kirani road, on the outskirts of the Balochistan
capital.
|
2
|
0
|
9
|
April 05 |
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.
|
24
|
140
|
10
|
May 25 |
Dera Ismail Khan
/ Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
|
Unidentified gunmen
shot dead three Shia labourers in a drive-by shooting
in Dera Ismail Khan of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
|
3
|
0
|
11
|
June 16 |
Kurram Agency /
FATA
|
At least three persons
were killed and four others sustained injuries in
clashes between two groups in the Kurram Agency.
The clashes which erupted when the rivals belonging
to Balishkhel and Khar villages started building
bunkers, sparked sectarian tension.
|
3
|
4
|
12
|
June 22 |
Quetta / Balochistan
|
Three Shias, including
a union council chief, were killed in Quetta, the
Balochistan capital, by unidentified men in a suspected
sectarian incident.
|
3
|
0
|
13
|
July 1 |
Kurram Agency /
FATA
|
14 persons were
killed and 26 others injured in a sectarian clashes
between rival groups in Kurram Agency of FATA.
|
14
|
26
|
14
|
July 6 |
Dera Ismail Khan
/ Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
|
Five persons, including
a prayer leader and two brothers, were killed in
separate incidents of sectarian violence in Dera
Ismail Khan of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
|
5
|
0
|
15
|
September
18 |
Kacha Pakka / Kohat
/ Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
|
30 people were killed
and more than 50 injured in a suicide attack in
Kohat District of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. The blast
took place in Kacha Pakka area, 17 kilometres from
Kohat city. Shopkeepers said most of the victims
were Shias and coalminers waiting for buses. "It
appears the attack was carried out to target Shias,"
they said.
|
30
|
50
|
16
|
November
12 |
Gulbarg / Peshawar
/ Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
|
Syed Abul Hassan
Jaffry, media manager of the Iranian consulate in
Peshawar, the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa capital, was shot
dead near his home in Gulbarg.
|
1
|
0
|
17
|
December
7 |
Brigade PS / Karachi
/ Sindh
|
The leader of Pasban-e-Aza,
a Shia organization was shot dead by unidentified
militants in a suspected sectarian attack in the
remit of the Brigade Police Station of Karachi.
|
1
|
0
|
Total
|
183
|
455
|
2010
S.N.
|
Date
|
Place
/ District |
Incidents
|
killed
|
Injured
|
1
|
January 29
|
Quetta / Balochistan
|
Unidentified assailants
opened fire on pilgrims, killing three Shias and
injuring seven others, in a sectarian attack in
Quetta in Balochistan.
|
3
|
7
|
2
|
February 22
|
Yakatoot / Peshawar
/ Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
|
A prominent member
of the Shia community was shot dead while his friend
sustained injuries when unidentified attackers opened
fire on them in Yakatoot area of Peshawar in Khyber
Pakhtunkhwa.
|
1
|
1
|
3
|
February 27
|
Dhaki More / Dera
Ismail Khan / Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
|
Unidentified gunmen
opened fire on a religious procession in the Dhaki
More neighbourhood of Dera Ismail Khan District
of NWFP, killing a person and wounding several others.
|
1
|
NS
|
4
|
March 1
|
Paharpur / Dera
Ismail Khan / Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
|
Seven people were
killed and 44 others injured in sectarian violence
in Dera Ismail Khan area of NWFP.
|
7
|
44
|
5
|
March 5
|
Tull / Hangu / Khyber
Pakhtunkhwa
|
Twelve persons,
including four women, were killed and 33 others
injured when a suicide bomber targeted a Parachinar-bound
civilian convoy carrying Shia passengers in Tull
area of Hangu in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
|
12
|
33
|
6
|
March 16
|
Civil hospital /
Quetta / Balochistan
|
A suicide bomber
blew himself up in a suspected sectarian attack
inside civil hospital in Quetta, killing 11 persons
and injuring 35 others. Sources said unidentified
assailants riding a motorcycle killed Ashraf Zaidi,
the son of the chief of the Shia Conference Balochistan.
Hundreds of people, including a local parliamentarian
and dozens of journalists, rushed to the hospital
where the body was lying. As the crowd gathered
at the casualty ward, a suicide bomber blew himself
up.
|
13
|
35
|
7
|
April 17
|
Kacha Pakka / Kohat
/ Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
|
Two burqa-clad suicide
bombers targeted a crowd of IDP waiting to get them
registered and receive relief goods at the Kacha
Pakka IDP camp on the outskirts of Kohat in NWFP,
killing at least 44 and injuring more than 70. The
Lashkar-e-Jhangvi's Al-Aalmi faction claimed responsibility
for the bombings, and cited the presence of Shias
at the IDP camp as the reason for the attack.
|
44
|
70
|
8
|
May 10
|
Mominabad / Karachi
/ Sindh
|
A doctor was shot
dead in suspected sectarian attack in Karachi of
Sindh. The victim, Haider Abbas, was on his way
to the AKM Specialist Hospital in Mominabad in his
car when two persons on a motorcycle fired at him,
killing him on the spot.
|
1
|
0
|
9
|
May 24
|
Hub / Lasbela /
Balochistan
|
In suspected sectarian
attack, unidentified assailants shot dead the vice
principal of a Hub Technical Training Centre on
Pircas Road in Hub in Lasbela District.
|
1
|
0
|
10
|
May 24
|
Airport Road / Quetta
/ Balochistan
|
Two persons were
killed and 15 others injured in a bomb explosion
at the Airport Road in Quetta in Balochistan in
a suspected sectarian attack. In a statement issued
soon after the blast, the Shia Ulema Council claimed
that the main target was renowned Shia scholar Allama
Najfi who remained unhurt.
|
2
|
15
|
11
|
May 28
|
Islam Chowk / Orangi
Town / Karachi / Sindh
|
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.
|
1
|
NS
|
12
|
May 28
|
Satellite Town /
Quetta / Balochistan
|
Unidentified militants
killed four Policemen in Satellite Town area of
Quetta in Balochistan. LeJ claimed responsibility
for the attack.
|
4
|
0
|
13
|
May 31
|
Mezan Chowk / Quetta
/ Balochistan
|
Unidentified assailants
shot dead a prayer leader and his companion at Taughi
Road near Mezan Chowk in Quetta of Balochistan.
|
2
|
0
|
14
|
June 1
|
Nazimabad / Karachi
/ Sindh
|
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.
|
1
|
0
|
15
|
June 3
|
Railway Colony /
Karachi / Sindh
|
A doctor, identified
as Hassan Hyder, belonging to the Shia sect was
shot dead by unidentified assailants near the Railway
Colony of Karachi.
|
1
|
0
|
16
|
June 9
|
Karachi / 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.
|
1
|
0
|
17
|
June 28
|
Karachi / Sindh
|
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.
|
1
|
0
|
18
|
July 2
|
Saryab / Quetta
/ Balochistan
|
Unidentified assailants
killed a Shia scholar, Ali Muhammad, in a suspected
sectarian attack in Saryab area of Quetta in Balochistan.
|
1
|
0
|
19
|
July 6
|
Orangi Town / Quetta
/ Balochistan
|
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.
|
1
|
0
|
20
|
July 16
|
Char Khel / Kurram
Agency / FATA
|
At least 16 Shia
persons were killed while four others sustained
critical injuries as their vehicles were ambushed
by unidentified militants in Char Khel locality
of Kurram Agency in FATA.
|
18
|
2
|
21
|
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.
|
3
|
20
|
22
|
August 11
|
Tariq Road / Karachi
/ Sindh
|
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.
|
1
|
0
|
23
|
August 16
|
Shalimar Park /
Nazimabad / Karachi / Sindh
|
Khadim Hussain (37),
the son of Shia Action Committee chief and MWM central
leader Maulana Mirza Yousuf Hussain, was shot dead
in a sectarian attack near the Shalimar Park in
the Nazimabad locality of Karachi.
|
1
|
1
|
24
|
September 1
|
Karbala Gamay Shah
/ Data Darbar / Lahore / Punjab
|
43 persons were
killed and another 233 injured in two suicide attacks
and one grenade attack on a Shia procession marking
Hazrat Ali’s martyrdom in Lahore.
|
43
|
230
|
25
|
September 1
|
Empress Market /
Karachi / Sindh
|
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).
|
0
|
7
|
26
|
September 2
|
Pidrak / Turbat
/ Balochistan
|
Two civilians were
killed and eight others injured when unidentified
assailants opened fire on a passenger bus carrying
Shia pilgrims in Pidrak area near Turbat in Balochistan.
|
2
|
8
|
27
|
September 3
|
Mezan Chowk / Quetta
/ Balochistan
|
At least 67 persons
were killed while over 190 others were injured after
a suicide bomber blew himself up amidst participants
of a rally held to mark the Al-Quds Day in Mezan
Chowk of Quetta.
|
67
|
190
|
28
|
September 19
|
Old Golimar Chowrangi
/ Karachi / Sindh
|
A person belonging
to the Shia community was killed in the Rizvia Police
Station area in Karachi, the province capital of
Sindh.
|
1
|
0
|
29
|
September 27
|
Gulshan-e-Hadeed
/ Karachi / Sindh
|
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.
|
1
|
0
|
30
|
October 28
|
Quetta / Balochistan
|
Four Shia persons
were shot dead by unidentified assailants in Quetta,
the provincial capital of Balochistan.
|
4
|
0
|
31
|
November 29
|
Mehmoodabad / Karachi
/ 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.
|
1
|
0
|
32
|
December 15
|
Arbab Karam Khan Road / Quetta /
Balochistan
|
Three persons, including two brothers
and a child, were shot dead and another sustained
bullet injures in an incident of sectarian attack
on Arbab Karam Khan Road in Quetta.
|
3
|
1
|
33
|
December 16
|
Yadgar Chowk / Peshawar / Khyber
Pakhtunkhwa
|
A child was killed while 25 mourners,
including eight women and three children, sustained
injuries when militants threw a hand grenade at
Muharram mourning procession at Yadgar Chowk in
Peshawar.
|
1
|
25
|
34
|
December 17
|
Khanpur / Shikarpur / Sindh
|
SFs shot dead a suspected militant
who tried to enter the Ashura procession along with
a bag in a village near Khanpur in Shikarpur District
of Sindh.
|
1
|
4
|
Total
|
245
|
693
|
2011
S.N.
|
Date
|
Place
/ District |
Incidents
|
killed
|
Injured
|
1
|
January 13
|
Moosa Lane / Karachi
/ Sindh
|
A Shia man, identified
as Anwar Raza, was killed in an incident of sectarian
target killing at Moosa Lane of Karachi.
|
1
|
0
|
2
|
January 25
|
Ghora Chowk / Urdu
Bazaar / Lahore / Punjab
|
A suicide bomber
struck at the Ghora Chowk in the Urdu Bazaar area
of Lahore, the Provincial Capital of Punjab, killing
at least 10 people, including a woman and three
Policemen, and injured at least 85 others.
|
10
|
85
|
3
|
March 13
|
Mamo Khwar / Hangu
/ KP
|
In a suspected sectarian
attack, 11 passengers, including 9 Shias, were killed
and another six injured when unidentified militants
intercepted a passenger coach in Mamo Khwar area
of Hangu District in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
|
11
|
6
|
4
|
March 25
|
Chapari / Kurram
Agency / FATA
|
At least 13 passengers
were killed and eight injured, while around 33 were
abducted by suspected militants in an attack on
a convoy of passenger vehicles in the Kurram Agency
of FATA. The area where the attack took place is
situated five kilometres from the Chapari check-post,
inside Kurram Agency.
|
13
|
8
|
5
|
May 06
|
Hazara town / Quetta
/ Balochistan
|
Unidentified militants
today fired rockets on a group of Shia Muslims in
Quetta, killing at least eight and injuring 15 others.
|
8
|
15
|
6
|
May 18
|
Killi Kamalo / Quetta
/ Balochistan
|
At least seven Shia
people, including a passerby girl, were killed and
six others sustained bullet injuries in an attack
near Killi Kamalo area of Quetta.
|
7
|
6
|
7
|
May 25
|
Balishkhel / Kurram
Agency / FATA
|
Four persons were
killed and 18 others received injuries in the Balishkhel
area of Upper Kurram Agency of FATA ahead of ceasefire
agreement between the warring tribes of Shia and
Sunni sects.
|
4
|
18
|
8
|
May 29
|
Spiny Road / Quetta
/ Balochistan
|
Two Shia Policemen
were killed and three other people, including a
woman and a Sub-Inspector of the CID were injured
in a sectarian attack on Spiny Road in Quetta.
|
2
|
3
|
9
|
June 2
|
Orangi Town / Karachi
|
A Shia activist
of the MQM, identified as Sadaqat Hussain, was shot
dead in a sectarian attack in Orangi Town of Karachi.
|
1
|
0
|
10
|
June 22
|
Akhtarabad / Quetta
/ Balochistan
|
Three Shia people
were killed and nine others got injured when four
armed militants fired at a bus carrying Shia pilgrims
to Iran in Akhtarabad area of Quetta.
|
3
|
9
|
11
|
July 10
|
Qambrani Road /
Quetta / Balochistan
|
Three persons, belonging
to Shia community, were shot dead while coming from
Qambrani Road in Quetta.
|
3
|
0
|
12
|
July 29
|
Taftan bus terminal
/ Saryab Road / Quetta / Balochistan
|
LeJ militants killed
at least seven people, including four Shias, waiting
to travel to Mashhad in Iran, at Taftan bus terminal
on Saryab Road.
|
7
|
0
|
13
|
August 31
|
Quetta / Balochistan
|
A suicide car bomb
blast killed at least 11 Shia persons and injured
22 others celebrating Eidul Fitr in Quetta.
|
12
|
22
|
14
|
September 20
|
Ganjidori / Mastung
District / Balochistan
|
The LeJ militants
shot dead 26 Shia pilgrims travelling to Taftan,
a town that shares border with Iran, in Ganjidori
area of Mastung District and Quetta city of Balochistan.
|
26
|
0
|
15
|
September 20
|
Quetta / Balochistan
|
Unidentified gunmen
killed three Shias on the outskirts of Quetta whom
Police said were relatives of victims of the Shia
pilgrims, who were killed in Ganjidori area of Mastung
District.
|
3
|
0
|
16
|
September 23
|
Sibi Road / Sayrab
/ Quetta / Balochistan
|
Three people from
the Hazara community were killed and three others,
including a child, sustained injuries when a passenger
van was attacked by unidentified assailants on Sibi
Road in Sayrab area of the provincial capital of
Balochistan, Quetta.
|
3
|
3
|
17
|
October 4
|
Akhtarabad area
/ Quetta / Balochistan
|
At least 12 people
of Hazara community were killed and seven seriously
injured after unknown militants fired indiscriminately
at a bus in Akhtarabad area of Quetta in Balochistan.
The death toll of the sectarian attack on the Hazara
community rose to 14.
|
14
|
5
|
18
|
November 25
|
North Nazimabad
PS / Karachi / Sindh
|
A Shia man, identified
as Ghulam Hussain, was shot dead in a sectarian
attack at his shop within the limits of North Nazimabad
Police Station of Karachi by unidentified armed
assailants.
|
1
|
0
|
19
|
November 27
|
Numaish Chowrangi
/ Karachi
|
Two Shia SF personnel,
identified as Zain-ul-Abideen and Azhar Hussain
were shot dead and 11 others wounded when some participants
of a protest rally organized by SSP opened indiscriminate
fire on Shia camps at Numaish Chowrangi area while
returning from Karachi Press Club in Karachi.
|
2
|
11
|
20
|
November 27
|
Metro Cinema / Orangi
Town / Karachi
|
A Shia man, identified
as Raza, was shot dead near Metro Cinema in the
precincts of Orangi Town Police Station.
|
1
|
0
|
21
|
December 3
|
Chenesar Goth /
Tipu Sultan PS / Karachi
|
A man was shot dead
near his house at Chenesar Goth within the limits
of Tipu Sultan Police Station. The deceased was
identified as Shahid Raza.
|
1
|
0
|
22
|
December 21
|
Shah Faisal Colony
/ Jamia Farooqia / Karachi / Sindh
|
One person was killed
and seven others were injured in sectarian violence
during 25th Muharram procession in Shah Faisal Colony
near Jamia Farooqia in Karachi.
|
1
|
7
|
23
|
December 27
|
Sajjadia Imambargah
/ Orangi / Mominabad PS / Karachi / Sindh
|
A man, identified
as Nayyar Abbas, belonging to the Shia sect was
shot dead near Sajjadia Imambargah in Orangi Town
within the limits of Mominabad Police Station in
Karachi.
|
1
|
0
|
24
|
December 31
|
Rashid Minhas Road
/ Gulshan-e-Iqbal PS / Karachi
|
A Shia leader of
the Pasban-e-Jaffaria, Askari Raza, was killed and
his companion, Ali Mehdi, was injured in an assault
on Rashid Minhas Road within the limits of Gulshan-e-Iqbal
Police Station in Karachi.
|
1
|
1
|
Total
|
136
|
199
|
2012
S.N.
|
Date
|
Place
/ District |
Incidents
|
killed
|
Injured
|
1
|
January
5 |
Nawan Killi / Quetta
|
One ASI, Ghulam
Raza Bangash, was shot dead by unidentified militants
in Nawan Killi area of Quetta. It is believed to
be a sectarian attack.
|
1
|
0
|
2
|
January
7 |
Surjani Town / Karachi
/ Sindh
|
A Shia man, identified
as Syed Qalb-e-Abbas Rizvi, who was also the member
of MQM Elders Committee succumbed to his injuries.
Surjani Police said that the victim had been shot
and injured on January 7 by unidentified armed assailants
while at a general store in Surjani Town.
|
1
|
0
|
3
|
January
15 |
Khanpur / Rahim
Yar Khan / Punjab
|
At least 18 people,
belonging to the Shia sect, were killed while 30
others were wounded when a bomb exploded near a
procession marking Arbain or the chehlum (40th day)
of Hazrat Imam Hussain's martyrdom in Khanpur city
of Rahim Yar Khan District.
|
21
|
27
|
4
|
January
25 |
AG Office / Quetta
/ Balochistan
|
An Inspector of
the FIA, Walayat Hussain, Quetta television artiste
Abid Hussain Nazish and Mohammad Anwar Hussain,
an accounts officer at the Balochistan Accountant
General's Office, were shot dead by unidentified
armed assailants in a sectarian attack in Quetta.
|
3
|
0
|
5
|
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 in
Sindh.
|
3
|
0
|
6
|
January
28 |
Gulberg / Karachi
/ Sindh
|
A former trustee
of Aal-Aba Imambargah, identified as Jaffar Mohsin
Rizvi (60), was shot dead in the Gulberg area of
Karachi.
|
1
|
0
|
7
|
January
30 |
Ancholi / Karachi
/ Sindh
|
A Shia man, identified
as Syed Taseer Abbas Zaidi (24), was shot dead by
unidentified assailants in Ancholi area of Karachi.
|
1
|
0
|
8
|
January
31 |
Mughal Hazara Goth
/ Karachi / Sindh
|
Naeem Abbas (25)
was standing in Mughal Hazara Goth of Karachi when
unidentified militants opened fire on him, injuring
him seriously. Police said that the victim belonged
to the Shia community.
|
1
|
0
|
9
|
February
17 |
Kurmi bazaar / Parachinar
/ Kurram Agency / FATA
|
At least 40 Shias
were reportedly killed while 24 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.
|
41
|
24
|
10
|
February
28 |
Harban Nullah /
Kohistan / KP
|
Armed militants
dressed in military uniforms killed at least 18
Shias, all men, from Gilgit-Baltistan, on the Karakoram
Highway in Kohistan District while they were returning
in a convoy from a pilgrimage in Iran.
|
18
|
0
|
11
|
March 12 |
Sadda / Kurram Agency
/ FATA
|
Two people were
killed and 20 others injured when a bomb ripped
through a bus near Sadda town in Kurram Agency.
One official requesting anonymity said the victims
were from the Shia community.
|
2
|
20
|
12
|
March 19 |
Shahu Square / Mohallah
Sangerh / Hangu / KP
|
Unidentified motorcycle
borne assailants shot dead one Zakir Ali, chief
of Shia Peace Committee, at Shahu Square in Mohallah
Sangerh of Hangu District in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
|
1
|
0
|
13
|
March 24 |
Malir City / Karachi
/ Sindh
|
Former President
of Malir Bar Association Salahuddin Jaffery (64),
and his son, identified as Ali Raza Jaffery (35),
were shot dead in the fresh spate of sectarian target
killing within the jurisdiction of Malir City Police
Station in Karachi.
|
2
|
0
|
14
|
March 28 |
Dasht / Mastung
/ Balochistan
|
Two people, identified
as Jawad Ahmed and Khadem Hussain, belonging to
the Hazara community, were injured when the car
they were riding was attacked by unidentified assailants
in a suspected incidents of sectarian violence near
Dasht area in Mastung District.
|
0
|
2
|
15
|
March 29 |
Spiny Road / Quetta
/ Balochistan
|
At least five Hazara-Shias
were killed and seven others injured when unidentified
militants opened fire on their car on Spiny Road
in Quetta in a suspected sectarian attack.
|
5
|
7
|
16
|
April 3 |
Mecongi Road / Quetta
/ Balochistan
|
Two persons, Akbar
Ali and Ali Raza, were shot dead by unidentified
assailants in an incident of sectarian violence
on Mecongi Road of Quetta, the provincial capital
of Balochistan.
|
2
|
0
|
17
|
April 9 |
Prince Road / Quetta
/ Balochistan
|
Six Shia persons
belonging to the Hazara community were killed and
three others were injured when armed militants opened
fire at a cobblers shop on Prince Road in Quetta.
|
6
|
3
|
18
|
April 12 |
Archer Road / Quetta
/ Balochistan
|
Armed assailants
attacked another shop on Archer Road of Quetta,
killing two people belonging to the Hazara community,
Nor Ali and Nor Ahmed on the spot.
|
2
|
0
|
19
|
April 13 |
Sattar Road / Quetta
/ Balochistan
|
Targeted killings
in Quetta continued as another member of the Hazara
community, identified as Mohammad Ali Hazara, was
shot dead by unidentified armed militants while
he was sitting outside a shop on Abdul Sattar Road
after Friday prayers.
|
1
|
0
|
20
|
April 14 |
Killi Ibrahim Zai
/ Quetta / Balochistan
|
Unidentified assailants
opened fire on a taxi, killing six Shia persons
of Hazara community on Brewery Road in Killi Ibrahim
Zai area of Quetta. Later, they shot and killed
another two Shias in a rickshaw in the same area.
|
8
|
0
|
21
|
April 15 |
Quivery Road / Quetta
/ Balochistan
|
Unidentified armed
militants opened fire on a tyre shop on Quivery
Road in Quetta killing one Hazara, identified as
Salam Ali.
|
1
|
0
|
22
|
April 21 |
Brewery Road / Quetta
/ Balochistan
|
Two Shia Hazaras,
Baban Ali and Hussain Ali, were killed on Brewery
Road of Quetta in Balochistan in a spate of sectarian
killing.
|
2
|
0
|
23
|
April 22 |
McCongy Road / Quetta
/ Balochistan
|
A man, identified
as Sajjad Ali, belonging to the Hazara community
was shot at and injured on McCongy Road in Quetta
in a sectarian attack.
|
0
|
1
|
24
|
May 6 |
Arawali Sakhi Ahmed
Shah / Kurram Agency / FATA
|
Nine Shias, including
four women, sustained injuries when unidentified
militants ambushed a passenger van at Arawali Sakhi
Ahmed Shah village in Lower Kurram Agency.
|
0
|
9
|
25
|
May 6 |
Dasht / Mastung
/ Balochistan
|
Unidentified armed
militants shot dead a Hazara man, identified as
Muhammad Ali, in Dasht area of Mastung District.
|
1
|
0
|
26
|
May 8 |
Chamcha Hotel /
Orangi Town / Karachi / Sindh
|
A Shia man and an
activist of MQM, identified as Mirza Sarfaraz (38),
was shot dead by two unidentified armed assailants
near Chamcha Hotel in Orangi Town within the limits
of Orangi Town Police Station in Karachi.
|
1
|
0
|
27
|
May 10 |
Site B Police Station
/ Karachi / Sindh
|
A Shia man, Syed
Zain Hassan (24), was shot dead at Labour Square,
Site within the jurisdiction of Site B Police Station
in Karachi.
|
1
|
0
|
28
|
May 13 |
Bhutto Nagar / Karachi
/ Sindh
|
Two dead bodies
of Hazara men, identified as Bahadur Khan (36) and
Shay Shah Faisal, were found in Bhutto Nagar area.
|
2
|
0
|
29
|
May 15 |
Inquiry Office /
Nazimabad / Karachi / Sindh
|
A Shia man, identified
as Syed Mehdi Raza (32), was killed in a targeted
sectarian attack near the Inquiry Office in Nazimabad
area while he was going to offer prayers at Jamia
Imamia Imambargah.
|
1
|
0
|
30
|
May 15 |
Regional passport
office / Joint Road / Quetta / Balochistan
|
Two brothers belonging
to Hazara community, identified as Muhammad Tahir
and Muhammad Qadir, were shot dead in front of the
regional passport office on Joint Road in Quetta.
|
2
|
0
|
31
|
May 17 |
Sardar Karez / Quetta
/ Balochistan
|
Two Police constables,
Ghulam Murtaza and Sanaullah, belonging to Shia
sect, were shot dead and another two, ASI Muhammad
Hussain and Constable Deen Muhammad, were injured
in a targeted sectarian attack in the Sardar Karez
area of Eastern Bypass in Quetta.
|
2
|
2
|
32
|
May 24 |
Killi Chakar / Sariab
Road / Quetta / Balochistan
|
A member of the
Shia Hazara community, identified as Amir Muhammad,
was killed in Killi Chakar area of Sariab Road in
Quetta.
|
1
|
0
|
33
|
May 28 |
Charkhel / Parachinar
/ Kurram Agency / FATA
|
Three Shias were
killed and another six injured when unidentified
militants ambushed a Peshawar-bound bus in Charkhel
village of Parachinar in Kurram Agency.
|
3
|
6
|
34
|
May 30 |
Hariana Colony /
Orangi Town / Karachi / Sindh
|
Two Shias, identified
as Syed Mehdi Raza (35) and Ahmer Raza (22), were
killed in a sectarian target killing in the Hariana
Colony of Orangi Town in Karachi of Sindh.
|
3
|
0
|
35
|
May 30 |
Joint Road / Quetta
/ Balochistan
|
A man belonging
to Hazara community, identified as Ali Muhammad,
was shot dead near a roadside hotel on Joint Road
in Quetta in a sectarian attack.
|
1
|
0
|
36
|
June 2 |
Sariab Road / Quetta
/ Balochistan
|
Unidentified militants
killed a person of the Hazara community, Muhammad
Ali, and another injured near a bus stop on Sariab
Road in Quetta.
|
1
|
0
|
37
|
June 3 |
Essa Khan Road /
Quetta / Balochistan
|
At least six persons,
including four Shias and a policeman, were killed
and another Policeman injured when a group of unidentified
assailants attacked a welding shop on Essa Khan
Road in Quetta of Balochistan.
|
6
|
1
|
38
|
June 11 |
Dringarh / Mastung
/ Balochistan
|
At least six people
were killed and over two dozen people were injured
when a remote-controlled bomb hidden in a motorcycle
exploded near a bus in the Dringarh area of Mastung
District in a suspected sectarian attack.
|
6
|
24
|
39
|
June 18 |
Jinnah Town / Quetta
/ Balochistan
|
At least five students
and one professor were killed, while around 30 were
injured when a powerful blast occurred near an IT
University located in Jinnah Town of Quetta, the
provincial capital of Balochistan. LeJ claimed the
responsibility for the attack. The bus was carrying
Shia students.
|
7
|
30
|
40
|
June 28 |
Hazar Ganji / Quetta
/ Balochistan
|
At least 15 persons,
including two policemen and a woman, were killed
and 30 others, including women and children, sustained
injuries in a suicide attack on a bus of pilgrims
coming from Iran, at Hazar Ganji area of Quetta.
|
16
|
30
|
41
|
July 4 |
Kuchlak / Quetta
/ Balochistan
|
At least three persons,
including a local government assistant director,
were shot dead in a sectarian attack in Kuchlak,
some 25 kilometres from the provincial capital of
Balochistan, Quetta.
|
3
|
0
|
42
|
July 11 |
Mian Gundi / Quetta
/ Balochistan
|
Two bodies, including
that of an Imambargah leader, were recovered in
Mian Gundi area, an outskirt of Quetta, the provincial
capital of Balochistan. A slip was found from one
of the body in which LeJ claimed the responsibility
of the killings.
|
2
|
0
|
43
|
July 18 |
Spai / Orakzai Agency
/ FATA
|
At least 12 Shiite
Muslims were killed when a roadside bomb hit their
minibus at Spai village in the Orakzai Agency of
FATA.
|
12
|
0
|
44
|
July 24 |
Shahwakshah Road
/ Quetta / Balochistan
|
One militant was
killed in Quetta, the provincial capital of Balochistan.
Two unidentified armed militants opened fire on
the Deputy Director of Schools, Abrar Hussain, belonging
to the Shia Hazara community, injuring him and his
colleague on Shahwakshah Road, but despite having
been hit by three bullets, the officer retaliated
and hit one of them with his car, killing one militant
on the spot.
|
1
|
2
|
45
|
July 28 |
Quarry Road / Quetta
/ Balochistan
|
Unidentified militant
opened fire on a veterinary store at Quarry Road
in Quetta and killed a veterinary doctor identified
as Dr Noor Ali, belonging to the Hazara community.
|
1
|
0
|
46
|
August 4 |
Killi Karak area
/ Mastung / Balochistan
|
Unidentified assailants
killed a prayer leader of Killi Bacha Jama Mosque,
Abdul Hakeem, at Killi Karak area of Mastung District
in Balochistan.
|
1
|
0
|
47
|
August 16 |
Lulusar / Manshera
/ Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
|
Militants forced
passengers to step out of three buses in the Lulusar
area of Manshera District in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
and shot dead 25 of them in an apparent sectarian
attack.
|
25
|
0
|
48
|
August 16 |
Arbab Karam Khan
Road / Sariab / Quetta / Balochistan
|
As many as three
Shias were shot dead on Arbab Karam Khan Road in
the Sariab Police Station area of Quetta, the provincial
capital of Balochistan.
|
3
|
0
|
49
|
August 17 |
Safari Park / University
Road / Karachi / Sindh
|
Two persons lost
their lives and 18 others sustained injuries after
a roadside bomb went off when participants were
on their way to Youm-e-Quds rally near Safari Park
on University Road in Karachi, the provincial capital
of Sindh.
|
2
|
18
|
50
|
August 17 |
Petal Wali Gali
/ Gulbahar PS / Karachi / Sindh
|
A young man Abbas
Raza, son of Aqeel Raza, belonging to the Shia sect
was gunned down in a targeted killing incident in
Petal Wali Gali within Gulbahar Police limits of
Karachi.
|
1
|
0
|
51
|
August 25 |
Rizvia Society /
Rizvia PS / Karachi / Balochistan
|
A Shia man, identified
as Syed Faraz (25), affiliated with MWM was killed
at Rizvia Society within the limits of Rizvia Police
Station. Police suspected that he was killed over
sectarian bias.
|
1
|
0
|
52
|
August 25 |
Baldia Town / Baldia
PS / Karachi / Balochistan
|
A Policeman belonging
to the Shia community, identified as Gohar Abbas
(48), was shot dead in Baldia Town within the jurisdiction
of Baldia Police Station.
|
1
|
0
|
53
|
August 27 |
Killi Mubarak area
/ Spiny Road / Quetta / Balochistan
|
Three men, identified
as Habibullah, Muhammad Ali and Mustafa, belonging
to Hazara community were shot dead and two others,
including a two-year-old child passing by, sustained
critical injuries in a sectarian attack at Killi
Mubarak Chowk on Spiny Road in Quetta.
|
3
|
2
|
54
|
August 30 |
Munir Mengal Road
/ Quetta / Balochistan
|
Three people, including
a Session Judge, identified as Zulfiqar Naqvi, his
guard and driver were shot dead by unidentified
armed militants in a sectarian attack on Munir Mengal
Road in Quetta while he was going to his office.
|
3
|
0
|
55
|
September
1 |
Sabzi Mandi / Hazar
Ganji area / Quetta / Balochistan
|
Unidentified armed
militants ambushed a vehicle carrying five passengers
and killed all of them near Sabzi Mandi in Hazar
Ganji area of the District.
|
5
|
0
|
56
|
September
1 |
Hazar Ganji / Quetta
/ Balochistan
|
Two Shias were shot
dead by unidentified militants in Hazar Ganji area
of Quetta.
|
2
|
0
|
57
|
September
1 |
Quetta / Balochistan
|
Two Shia men were
killed and 10 others were injured while protesting
against the killing of Shias in Quetta.
|
2
|
10
|
58
|
September
5 |
Kinrani Road / Quetta
/ Balochistan
|
A dentist, identified
as Niamatullah, belonging to Hazara-Shia community
was killed when unidentified armed militants opened
indiscriminate fire on Shaukat Clinic on Kinrani
Road in Quetta.
|
1
|
0
|
59
|
September
10 |
Kashmir Chowk /
Parachinar / Kurram Agency / FATA
|
At least 15 Shias
were killed and 40 others injured in a suspected
sectarian suicide attack in a crowded Hamid Market
in Kashmir Chowk area of Parachinar town, the headquarter
of Kurram Agency. There was no immediate claim of
responsibility.
|
16
|
40
|
60
|
September
18 |
Mastung / Balochistan
|
Three Shia Muslim
pilgrims were killed and at least 18 others injured
in a roadside bomb attack on a passenger bus carrying
in Mastung District.
|
3
|
18
|
61
|
September
18 |
North Nazimabad
/ Karachi / Sindh
|
At least seven people
belonging to the Dawoodi Bohra community were killed
and 22 others injured in twin bomb blasts on a road
between two apartment buildings — Qasr-e-Kutbuddin
and Burhani Bagh — in Block C of North Nazimabad,
commonly called Bohra Compound.
|
7
|
22
|
62
|
September
22 |
Orangi Town / Karachi
/ Sindh
|
A Shia, identified
as Ali Hassan (26), was shot dead in Chishti Nagar
within the vicinity of Orangi Town Police in Karachi
of Sindh.
|
1
|
0
|
63
|
September
27 |
Double Road / Quetta
/ Balochistan
|
A Shia man, identified
as Ghulam Shaki, was shot dead by unidentified armed
militants at a shop in Langove Plaza in Double Road
area of Quetta. He worked for Geological Survey
of Pakistan.
|
1
|
0
|
64
|
September
27 |
Ayesha Manzil /
Karachi / Sindh
|
One Shia person,
Qasim Raza (35), was shot dead near Ayesha Manzil
by armed militants wielding automatic weapons.
|
1
|
0
|
65
|
September
27 |
North Karachi /
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.
|
1
|
0
|
66
|
October
4 |
Nishtar Road / Karachi
/ Sindh
|
The bullet-riddled
dead body of a trustee of the Imambargah Bara
Imam, identified as Qamar Allah Ditta (43),
was found from his car on Nishtar Road within the
precincts of Garden Police Station.
|
1
|
0
|
67
|
October
7 |
Musa Colony / Quetta
/ Balochistan
|
A Shia man, identified
as Muhammad Yaseen, was sprayed with bullets by
unidentified militants in Musa Colony in Quetta.
"The deceased belonged to the Shia community,"
Police said.
|
1
|
0
|
68
|
October
8 |
Nazimabad / Karachi
/ Sindh
|
A Shia man, identified
as Qamber Naqvi (30), associated with MWM was shot
dead in a sectarian attack at an inquiry office
in Nazimabad within the precincts of Rizvia Police
Station.
|
1
|
0
|
69
|
October
12 |
Durrani / Kurram
Agency / FATA
|
Three Shia students,
including a girl who was identified as Nabila, were
injured when the vehicle carrying them from Kohat
to Parachinar came under attack near Durrani area
in Kurram Agency.
|
0
|
3
|
70
|
October
14 |
Sattar Road / Quetta
/ Balochistan
|
Unidentified armed
militants shot dead two brothers belonging to Shia
community, Mohammad Ismail and Ishaq Islmail, and
injured three others in a sectarian attack on Sattar
Road in Quetta.
|
2
|
3
|
71
|
October
16 |
Quetta / Balochistan
|
Four members of
the Hazara community were shot dead in a sectarian
attack in the Kabari Market scrap market of Quetta.
|
4
|
0
|
72
|
October
17 |
Qasba Colony / Karachi
|
A Shia man, identified
as Ali Raza, was shot dead near Imambargah
in Qasba Colony.
|
1
|
0
|
73
|
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
|
74
|
October
22 |
Khadda Market /
Lyari / Karachi / Sindh
|
A Shia sport reporter
of Janbaz Newspaper, identified as Ali Raza,
was shot dead within Baghdadi Police remits at Khadda
Market in Lyari area of Karachi.
|
1
|
0
|
75
|
October
29 |
Gulbahar / Karachi
/ Sindh
|
In a sectarian attack,
a man, identified as Mehmood Abbas, was killed and
his friend Ejaz was injured in Gulbahar area.
|
1
|
1
|
76
|
October
29 |
Kalat Town / Kalat
/ Balochistan
|
A prayer leader
of Kalat civil hospital mosque, identified as Qari
Ziaullah, was shot dead in Kalat Town of Kalat District.
|
1
|
0
|
77
|
October
31 |
Nazimabad / Karachi
/ Sindh
|
One Shabbir (54),
belonging to Bohra community, was shot dead in Nazimabad
area of North Karachi.
|
1
|
0
|
78
|
November
3 |
Hyderabad city /
Hyderabad / Sindh
|
Two men belonging
to the Dawoodi Bohra community, identified as Shabbir
and his cousin Murtaza, were shot dead and another
brother Hatim was injured in an incident of target
killings near former Rahat cinema in Hyderabad city
of Hyderabad District.
|
2
|
1
|
79
|
November
6 |
Spiny Road / Quetta
/ Balochistan
|
In an incident of
target killing three people belonging to Shia Hazara
community were killed and two others injured when
unidentified militants opened fire at a yellow cab
on Spiny Road area in Quetta.
|
3
|
2
|
80
|
November
6 |
Risala Road / Hyderabad
District / Sindh
|
At least three more
people, belonging to Bohra community, were killed
and three others sustained injuries when unidentified
militants opened fire at a shop on Risala Road in
Hyderabad District.
|
3
|
3
|
81
|
November
6 |
Sadar / Brigade
PS / Karachi / Sindh
|
Two men belonging
to Shiite community, identified as Allama Agha Aftab
Jaffery (42) and Mirza Shahid Ali were shot dead
in a sectarian attack near Parking Plaza, Sadar
within the precincts of Brigade Police Station in
Karachi.
|
2
|
0
|
82
|
November
6 |
Liaquatabad / Karachi
/ Sindh
|
Two participants
of Allama Jaffery's funeral procession, identified
as Ali Hassan and Qasim Ali, were killed and five
others, were wounded in firing by Rangers in Liaquatabad
Town
|
2
|
5
|
83
|
November
7 |
Liaquatabad / Karachi
|
Three Shia men,
identified as Faraz Haider, Qasim Ali and Waseem
Ali were killed in a sectarian attack in Liaqutabad
area of Karachi.
|
3
|
0
|
84
|
November
7 |
Baldia / SITE B
/ Karachi / Sindh
|
A man belonging
to Shiite community, identified as Shaban Ali (40),
was shot dead at Haroonabad, Baldia area within
the precincts of SITE B Police Station.
|
1
|
0
|
85
|
November
7 |
North Nazimabad
/ Karachi / Sindh
|
One Sajjad Hussain
Rizvi was killed while Jawwad Hussain Rizvi received
injuries when unidentified militants opened fire
on them at KDA Chowrangi, North Nazimabad within
the vicinity of North Nazimabad Police Station.
|
1
|
1
|
86
|
November
8 |
Pirabad / Karachi
/ Sindh
|
Two men belonging
to Shiite sect were shot dead at Orangi Town within
the precincts of Pirabad Police Station
|
2
|
0
|
87
|
November
9 |
Arbab Khan Road
/ Quetta / Balochistan
|
A Hazara Shia, identified
as Ghulam Raza, was shot dead by unidentified armed
assailants in a sectarian targeted killing on Arbab
Karam Khan Road in Quetta.
|
1
|
0
|
88
|
November
10 |
Mezan Chowk / Quetta
/ Balochistan
|
Three people from
the Hazara community were killed and one injured
in an incident of target killing while they were
on their way home from Mezan Chowk in Quetta.
|
3
|
1
|
89
|
November
11 |
Orangi Town / Karachi
/ Sindh
|
Three Shias were
shot dead and another was injured by unidentified
armed assailants near Islam Chowk in Orangi Town
in Karachi.
|
3
|
0
|
90
|
November
11 |
Soldier Bazaar /
Karachi / Sindh
|
A Shia person was
shot dead by unidentified armed assailants within
the Soldier Bazaar Police Station.
|
1
|
0
|
91
|
November
11 |
Jamshed Quarters
/ Karachi / Sindh
|
Another Shia person,
identified as Mukhtiar Zaidi, was shot dead in Jamshed
Quarters Police Station.
|
1
|
0
|
92
|
November
12 |
Machh Bazaar / Bolan
District
|
Three persons belonging
to the Hazara community were killed, while two others
sustained injuries in Machh Bazaar of Bolan District
in Balochistan.
|
3
|
2
|
93
|
November
14 |
Orangi Town / Karachi
|
A Shia teenage boy,
Shaujat Ali Naqvi (18), was shot dead in a suspected
a sectarian attack near the Toori Bangash Police
kiosk at Raja Taveer Colony in Orangi Town of Karachi,
the capital of Sindh.
|
1
|
0
|
94
|
November
15 |
Mengalaband / Quetta
|
Two Hazara Shias,
identified as Zakir and Ibrahim, were injured when
militants opened fire on them at Western Bypass
near Mengalabad area in Quetta, Balochistan.
|
0
|
2
|
95
|
November
16 |
Kirani Road / Quetta
|
A Hazara Shia, identified
as Jalil, was killed in a sectarian attack on Kirani
road in Quetta, the provincial capital of Balochistan.
|
1
|
0
|
96
|
November
16 |
Hazarganj / Quetta
|
A Hazara Shia was
injured in a target attack in Hazargangi area of
Quetta while he was going home from the vegetable
market.
|
0
|
1
|
97
|
November
18 |
Abbas Town / 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, Sindh.
|
3
|
12
|
98
|
November
21 |
Rawalpindi / Punjab
|
At least 20 mourners,
including two minors, were killed and more than
30, including three Police personnel and five children,
were wounded in a suicide blast at a mourning procession
taken out from the Imambargah Qasar-e-Shabbir in
Dhok Syedan area on Misrial Road in Rawalpindi District.
|
21
|
30
|
99
|
November
21 |
Orangi Town / 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.
|
3
|
11
|
100
|
November
23 |
Lakki Marwat / KP
|
A suicide bomber
blew himself up near a Shia gathering worship place
in Lakki Marwat town of the same District injuring
two Policemen.
|
1
|
2
|
101
|
November
24 |
Dera Ismail / KP
|
Eight persons were
killed and 30 others were injured in a remote-controlled
bomb blast near a Muharram procession in the Dera
Ismail Khan District.
|
8
|
30
|
102
|
November
25 |
Khairpur District
/ 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.
|
1
|
3
|
103
|
November
28 |
Quetta / Balochistan
|
A Hazara Shia, identified
as Hussain Ali Hazara, was shot dead by unidentified
armed assailants on Circular Road in Quetta. No
group claimed responsibility of the incident.
|
1
|
0
|
104
|
November
28 |
Gulbahar / Karachi
/ Sindh
|
A trustee of a Jamia
Imamia Imambargah from Shiite community,
identified as Hassan Mohsin (70), was shot dead
by two unidentified armed assailants in Nazimabad
area within the precincts of Gulbahar Police Station
in Karachi.
|
1
|
0
|
105
|
November
30 |
Ferozabad / Karachi
/ Sindh
|
A Shia man, identified
as Nazar Abbas (45), was killed and his daughter
was injured by unidentified armed assailants near
Jail Chowrangi within the precincts of Ferozabad
Police Station
|
1
|
1
|
106
|
November
30 |
Baldia Town / Karachi
/ Sindh
|
Two Shia persons,
a father, identified as Ghulam Qadir (63), and his
son, identified as Ghulam Abbas (32), were shot
dead in Yousuf Goth, Baldia Town, within the limits
of Saeedabad Police Station.
|
2
|
0
|
107
|
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.
|
1
|
0
|
108
|
December
4 |
Airport Road / Askari
Park / Quetta / Balochistan
|
A man, Ashfaq was
killed and his brother was injured on Airport Road
near Askari Park in Quetta. The victims belonged
to the Shia Hazara community.
|
1
|
1
|
109
|
December
11 |
Salman Farsi mosque
/ Toori Bangash Colony / Orangi Town / Karachi /
Sindh
|
Two persons, Hashmat
Ali and Zaheer Hussain, were killed in sectarian
attack outside Salman Farsi mosque in Toori Bangash
Colony of Orangi Town.
|
2
|
0
|
110
|
December
17 |
Shahrah-i-Iqbal
/ Quetta / Balochistan
|
The Balochistan
Government's public relations Director and two Policemen
were shot dead near Shahrah-i-Iqbal area of Quetta,
the provincial capital of Balochistan in the morning.
The LeJ claimed responsibility for the killings.
|
3
|
1
|
111
|
December
20 |
Thanvi Masjid /
Lines Area / Brigade PS / Karachi / Sindh
|
The dead body of
Ashiq Abbas (45), a Shia community member was found
near Thanvi Masjid in Lines Area of Brigade Police
Station in Karachi.
|
1
|
0
|
112
|
December
23 |
Shah Faisal colony
/ Shah Faisal colony PS / Karachi / Sindh
|
A Shia trader, identified
as Azmat Ali, was killed inside the area of Shah
Faisal Colony within the limits of Shah Faisal colony
Police Station.
|
1
|
0
|
113
|
December
24 |
Nazimabad No 2 /
Karachi / Sindh
|
Three Shia traders
were killed within a couple of minutes in Nazimabad
No 2 of Karachi.
|
3
|
0
|
114
|
December
25 |
Raees Amrohi Colony
/ Orangi Town / Karachi / Sindh
|
A Shia man, identified
as Shahid Hussain (28) was killed in his vegetable
stall in Raees Amrohi Colony in Orangi Town of Karachi.
|
1
|
0
|
115
|
December
30 |
RCD Highway / Dringer
/ Mastung / Balochistan
|
A car bomb exploded
near a convoy of buses taking Shia pilgrims to Iran,
killing 20 persons and injuring 25, on the RCD Highway
in the Dringer area in Mastung District of Balochistan.
|
20
|
25
|
Total
|
399
|
439
|
2013
S.N.
|
Date
|
Place
/ District |
Incidents
|
killed
|
Injured
|
1
|
January 1 |
Machh bazaar / Bolan
District / Balochistan
|
The warden of Machh
jail, Mohammad Ali, who belonged to the Hazara community,
was shot dead in Machh bazaar of Bolan District.
|
1
|
0
|
2
|
January 7 |
Ayesha Manzil / Karachi
/ Sindh
|
In an incident of sectarian
violence, a person and his minor daughter were killed
while his wife and other daughter sustained injuries
near Ayesha Manzil within the limits of Gulberg Police
Station.
|
2
|
2
|
3
|
January 7 |
Block 13-D / Gulshan-e-Iqbal
/ Karachi / Sindh
|
Ali Raza Naqvi (26)
was killed in a sectarian attack in Block 13-D of Gulshan-e-Iqbal
within the precincts of Gulshan-e- Iqbal Police Station
of Karachi.
|
1
|
0
|
4
|
January 9 |
Dabgari / Peshawar /
KP
|
Unidentified assailants
shot dead a Shia doctor associated with the ruling PPP
in the Dabgari area of Peshawar (Peshawar District),
the provincial capital of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
|
1
|
0
|
5
|
January 10 |
Alamdar Road / Quetta
Balochistan
|
At least 105 persons
were killed and over 169 persons were injured in two
separate bomb blasts on Alamdar Road in Quetta of Balochistan.
|
106
|
169
|
6
|
January 15 |
Sector 7/C / Surjani
Town PS / Karachi / Sindh
|
A person, identified
as Asghar Ali Shah (30), was shot dead by unidentified
assailants in Sector 7/C in the Surjani Town Police
Jurisdiction. Victim belonged to Shia community and
he was an organiser of a mourning procession. Police
said that it was a sectarian killing.
|
1
|
0
|
7
|
January 16 |
Malir-15 / Saudabad
PS / Karachi / Sindh
|
Ibne Hassan (50) was
shot dead by unidentified armed assailants outside his
residence near Ghousia Market in Muhammadi Dara, just
opposite Naeem Hospital, in Malir-15 in the Saudabad
Police Limits. According to SHO, Saudabad Hassan Haider,
the man was production manager in General Tyres and
he belonged to the Shia community. Police said that
it was a sectarian killing.
|
1
|
0
|
8
|
January 22 |
Liaquat Street / Saddar Bazaar / Peshawar
/ KP
|
In a sectarian related attack, one doctor,
Dr Shah Nawaz Ali, was shot dead by unidentified assailants
in his cantonment area clinic on Liaquat Street in Saddar
Bazaar of Peshawar.
|
1
|
0
|
9
|
January 29 |
Sabzal road / Quetta / Balochistan
|
Two Police constables, identified as
Ali Dad Hazara and Shamir Baloch, were shot dead on
Sabzal road of Quetta.
|
2
|
0
|
10
|
February 1 |
Pat Bazaar / Hangu / KP
|
Twenty-eight Shia persons were killed
and 46 others injured when a suicide bomber struck outside
a mosque just after the Friday prayers in Pat Bazaar
in Hangu Town of same District in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
|
28
|
46
|
11
|
February 2 |
Shah Abdul Latif Bhittai road / Agra
Taj / Kalri PS / Karachi / Sindh
|
A Shia man, identified as Sarwar Hussain
(38), was killed by unidentified assailants on Shah
Abdul Latif Bhittai road in Agra Taj within the limits
of Kalri Police Station in Karachi.
|
1
|
0
|
12 |
February 7 |
Lines Area /
Karachi / Sindh |
A man identified
as Syed Zahid Ali Jafri (35), who was injured on February
5, 2013 in a sectarian attack in Lines Area died during
treatment. |
1
|
0
|
13
|
February 8 |
Gulbahar / Peshawar
/ KP |
Unidentified
assailants shot dead a senior Shia lawyer, Malik Jarrar
Hussain, in the Gulbahar area of Peshawar. |
1
|
0
|
14
|
February 15 |
Baloch Goth / Orangi / Karachi / Sindh
|
A Shia man was killed on sectarian attack
at Baloch Goth of Orangi Town within the precincts of
Orangi Town Police Station.
|
1
|
0
|
15
|
February 16 |
Hazara town / Quetta / Balochistan
|
A remote-controlled bomb targeting Shias
killed 84 people including women and children and wounded
more than 169 in Hazara town of Quetta, the provincial
capital of Balochistan
|
84
|
169
|
16
|
February 18 |
Gulberg / Lahore / Punjab
|
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.
|
1
|
0
|
17
|
February 19 |
Star Gate / Karachi / Sindh
|
Syed Safdar Ali Kazmi (25), one of the
people who had become to attend the sit-in at Star Gate
in Karachi, was on his way back home from the demonstration
when unidentified assailants shot him dead.
|
1
|
0
|
18
|
February 23 |
Tooba Apartment / Gol Masjid / Defence
Phase-I / Defence PS / Karachi
|
A trader belonging to Bohra community,
identified as Mubasshir Hussain, was killed at his shop
at Tooba Apartment near Gol Masjid, Defence Phase-I
within the precincts of Defence Police Station.
|
1
|
0
|
19
|
February 27 |
Baba Morr /North Karachi / Khawaja Ajmer
Nagri
|
A Shia man, identified as Wajid Ali
(46), was killed near Baba Morr of North Karachi within
the precincts of Khawaja Ajmer Nagri Police Station.
|
1
|
0
|
20
|
March 1 |
Kochi Bazaar / Peshawar / Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
|
Unidentified assailants killed a Shia
trader and injured another at a shop in Kochi Bazaar
in Peshawar, the provincial capital of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa,
in the evening.
|
1
|
0
|
21
|
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. Three relatives
of Sindh Assembly Deputy Speaker Shehla Raza and several
women and children were among the victims.
|
48
|
70
|
22
|
March 18 |
Kochi Bazaar
/ Peshawar / KP |
Unidentified assailants killed a Shia
trader and injured another at a shop in Kochi Bazaar
in Peshawar, the provincial capital of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa,
in the evening.
|
1
|
0
|
23
|
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
|
24
|
March 18 |
Karachi / Sindh |
Principal of a college, a campaigner
of sectarian harmony, Prof Sibt-e-Jafar Zaidi, was shot
dead. The killing came as a shock to the Shia community,
his students and educationists.
|
1
|
0
|
25
|
March 20 |
Hyderi Imambargah
/ Lasbela / Karachi / Sindh |
A Shia man, identified as Imran Haider
Naqvi (25), was shot dead near Hyderi Imambargah of
Lasbela area.
|
1
|
0
|
26
|
March 27 |
Gulbahar / Peshawar / Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
|
A senior Federal Government official
was shot dead, in what Police said was an incident of
sectarian killing in the Gulbahar area of Peshawar,
the provincial capital of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. "Unidentified
gunmen opened fire on a WAPDA vehicle carrying Town-2
SDO Khawaja Imran in the Gulbahar area," a Police official
said. Gulbahar Police said the WAPDA official was targeted
because he belonged to Shia sect.
|
1
|
0
|
27 |
April 2 |
Malir / Karachi / Sindh
|
A Shia, identified as Syed Ashraf Hussain
Zaidi (59), was shot dead at his general store in Malir
area.
|
1
|
0
|
28 |
April 7 |
Muhammad Mustafa / Karachi / Sindh
|
Syed Jaffar Zaidi (40), a businessman
and a Shia community member, was killed in Lane 7 of
Muhammad Mustafa Colony.
|
1
|
0
|
29 |
April 12 |
Turi Bangash Colony / Nazimabad Karachi
/ Sindh
|
A Shia scholar, Allama Ghazanfar Ali
(70), was shot dead in Turi Bangash Colony of Nazimabad.
|
1
|
0
|
30 |
April 15 |
Shamsi / Pakistan Bazaar / Karachi /
Sindh
|
An ASI, identified as Syed Murtaza Hussain
(40), was shot dead in a targeted attack at Shamsi area
within the jurisdiction of Pakistan Bazaar Police Station.
Police said the victim belonged to Shia community.
|
1
|
0
|
31 |
May 27 |
Nishan-e-Haider
Chowk /Karachi / Sindh |
A Shia person, identified as Haider
Abbas (35) was shot dead by unidentified assailants
near the Nishan-e-Haider Chowk. A passerby named Jumma
also suffered bullet wounds in the attack.
|
1
|
0
|
32 |
May 28 |
Imamia Colony
/Peshawar / Khyber Pakhtunkhwa |
At least three persons were killed and
14 others were injured when a bomb attached to a motorcycle
exploded in the Imamia Colony in Peshawar (Peshawar
District), the provincial capital of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
The explosives were planted in a motorcycle detonated
by remote control. Most of the people living in the
area belonged to the Shia community which appeared to
be the target of the attack.
|
3
|
14
|
33 |
June 13 |
Aleemabad area
/ Karachi / Sindh |
A person belonging to Shia community,
identified as Ali Abbas, was shot dead in Aleemabad
area.
|
1
|
0
|
34 |
June 19 |
Khwaja Ajmer Nagri / Karachi / Sindh
|
A school van driver, Imran Rizvi (35),
was killed by unidentified assailants in Sector 5C/2
of Khwaja Ajmer Nagri. Central District Senior Superintendent
of Police (SSP) Amir Farooqi said the victim was a member
of the Shia community.
|
1
|
0
|
35 |
June 21 |
Gulshan Colony / Peshawar / Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
|
15 Shia persons were killed and 25 others
were injured in a suicide attack at an Imambargah in
largely Shia area of Gulshan Colony on the edge of Peshawar
(Peshawar District), the provincial capital of Khyber
Pakhtunkhwa.
|
15
|
25
|
36 |
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 (Quetta District), the provincial capital
of Balochistan.
|
29
|
60
|
37
|
July 15 |
Masjid Road / Quetta / Balochistan
|
At least four people belonging to the
Shia community were killed when unidentified militants
opened fire on Raza Hussain's vehicle on Masjid Road
area of Quetta.
|
4
|
2
|
38
|
July 22 |
Shahrah-e-Iqbal Road / Quetta / Balochistan
|
Two Shia Hazaras were killed when unidentified
militants opened fire at a taxi on Shahrah-e-Iqbal Road
in Quetta, the provincial capital of Balochistan.
|
2
|
0
|
39
|
July 26 |
Parachinar / Kurram Agency / FATA
|
At least 60 persons were killed and
180 others were injured in a coordinated twin suicide
attacks at Parachinar in the Kurram Agency of FATA.
|
62
|
180
|
40
|
August 2 |
Umar Block / Abbasia Town / Rahim Yar
Khan / Punjab
|
Six unidentified militants shot dead
Shia Council's Divisional President Sheikh Manzoor Hussain
and his younger son Haider Ali while they were leaving
their house located at Umar Block in Abbasia Town of
Rahim Yar Khan District.
|
2
|
0
|
41 |
August 13 |
Gulberg Town
/ Karachi / Sindh |
At least two people belonging to the
Ismaili community were killed and 40 others were injured
when unidentified militants hurled two hand grenades
in Gulberg Town of Karachi in Sindh.
|
2
|
40
|
42 |
August 13 |
SITE Town / Karachi
/ Sindh |
At least 2 Ismaili Shias were injured
in second hand grenade attack Ismaili Jama'at Khana
in Metroville area of SITE Town in Karachi District
of Sindh.
|
0
|
2
|
43 |
August 22 |
Liaquatabad Town
/ Karachi / Sindh |
A Shia doctor, identified as Doctor
Ghazanfar Ali Zaidi (58), was killed in a sectarian
attack near Dak-khana in Shahrah-i-Altaf Brelvi
area of Liaquatabad Town. "Dr Zaidi's murder was a clear
case of sectarianism," said SSP Central Amir Farooqui.
|
1
|
0
|
44 |
August 23 |
Bhakkar District
/ Punjab |
A clash between ASWJ and members of
Shias community killed at least 5 Shias in Kotla Jam
area of Bhakkar District.
|
5
|
0
|
45
|
August 26 |
Gulshan Town / Karachi / Sindh
|
A Shia man, identified as Qamar Sajjad
(55), was shot dead in a sectarian attack on University
Road within the remits of Aziz Bhatti Police Station
in Gulshan Town of Karachi District.
|
1
|
0
|
46
|
August 28 |
Liaquatabad Town / Karachi / Sindh
|
The owner of United Book Shop, identified
as Akhtar Hussain (40), was killed at Urdu Bazaar in
Nazimabad area of Liaquatabad Town. Police investigators
believe that as the victim was a member of the Shia
community, the murder could be sectarian in nature.
|
1
|
0
|
47
|
August 31 |
Orangi Town / Karachi / Sindh
|
A trustee of Salman-e-Farsi Imambargah,
identified as Bostaan Ali, was shot dead at Turi Bangash
Colony in Orangi Town.
|
1
|
0
|
48
|
September 3 |
Jauhar Complex / University Road / Gulshan-e-Iqbal
Town / Karachi
|
A Shia driver at National Database and
Registration Authority (NADRA), identified as Zaheer
Hussain (45), was shot dead near Jauhar Complex on University
Road in Gulshan-e-Iqbal Town of Gulshan Town of Karachi.
|
1
|
0
|
49
|
September 10
|
Tayyaba Bakery / UP Morr / New Karachi
Town / Karachi / Sindh
|
Two people belonging to Bohra community,
identified as Mustansar Al (38) and his son Mustunisa
(8), were shot dead in a targeted sectarian attack
near Tayyaba Bakery at UP Morr in New Karachi Town
of Karachi.
|
2
|
0
|
50
|
September 10 |
Gol Market / Nazimabad Town / Karachi
/ Sindh
|
A Shia scholar, identified as Syed
Raza Rizvi (45), was shot dead in a sectarian attack
outside his house in Gol Market area of Nazimabad
Town in Karachi.
|
1
|
0
|
51
|
September 15 |
Super Highway / Sacchal PS / Karachi
/ Sindh
|
A man belonging to the Shia community,
identified as Badar Ali, was shot dead at Super Highway
within the precincts of Sacchal Police Station in
Karachi.
|
1
|
0
|
52
|
September 19 |
Majeed Colony / Landhi Town / Karachi
/ Sindh
|
Three Shia people were killed and 12
others were injured when unidentified militants hurled
hand grenades at an Imambargah (Shia place of congregation)
in Majeed Colony of Landhi Town in Karachi of Sindh.
|
3
|
12
|
53 |
September 19 |
Majeed Colony
/ Landhi Town / Karachi / Sindh |
Three Shia people were killed and 12
others were injured when unidentified militants hurled
hand grenades at an Imambargah (Shia place of congregation)
in Majeed Colony of Landhi Town in Karachi of Sindh.
|
3
|
12
|
54 |
September 26 |
Metroville /
Mominabad PS / Orangi Town / Karachi / Sindh |
A Shia man, identified as Haider Raza,
was shot dead within the jurisdiction of Mominabad Police
Station in the Metroville area of Orangi Town of Karachi
in Sindh.
|
1
|
0
|
55
|
September 30 |
Power House Chowrangi / New Karachi
Town / Karachi / Sindh
|
Two people, including a Shia property
deader, identified as Hassan Ali, and his driver Majeed
Rehman, were shot dead in a sectarian attack near Power
House Chowrangi in New Karachi Town of Sindh.
|
2
|
0
|
56 |
October 7 |
Ath Chowk / Lyari
Town / Karachi / Sindh |
A man was killed in a sectarian target
killing at Ath Chowk in Lyari Town of Karachi in Sindh.
According to Police, the killing was of a sectarian
nature.
|
1
|
0
|
57 |
October 13 |
Chaba Gali /
Jodia Bazaar / Saddar Town / Karachi / Sindh |
A trader belonging to the Bohra community,
identified as Uzeefa (30), was shot dead and his nephew,
Muhammad Dani (12), was injured in a sectarian attack
at a shop in the Chaba Gali area of Jodia Bazaar in
Saddar Town of Karachi in Sindh.
|
1
|
1
|
58 |
October 24 |
Ittehad Town / Baldia Town / Karachi
/ Sindh
|
A Shia man, identified as Ali Raza (32),
succumbed to his injuries during medical treatment.
Raza was injured in a firing incident in Ittehad Town
area of Baldia Town on October 21, 2013.
|
1
|
0
|
59 |
November 1 |
Mach / Bolan / Balochistan
|
Unidentified militants shot dead at
least six Hazara Shia coal miners and injured another
in a sectarian attack in Mach town of Bolan District
in Balochistan.
|
6
|
0
|
60 |
November 4 |
FC Area / Liaquatabad Town / Karachi
/ Sindh
|
Two people, including a tailor from
the Shia community, identified as Nadeem Raza, was shot
dead along with his friend, Shoaib, while three others
were injured in an attack in the FC Area of Liaquatabad
Town of Karachi.
|
2
|
3
|
61 |
November 4 |
Garam Chashma / Manghopir / Gadap Town
/ Karachi / Sindh
|
A medical technician at the Leprosy
Hospital, identified as Sher Ali, was shot dead in a
sectarian attack in the Garam Chashma area of Manghopir
in Gadap Town of Karachi.
|
1
|
0
|
62 |
November 4 |
Liberty Chowk / Tariq Road / Jamshed
Town / Karachi / Sindh
|
A Shia doctor, identified as Doctor
Naseem Abbas, was shot dead near Liberty Chowk on Tariq
Road in the Jamshed Town of Karachi.
|
1
|
0
|
63 |
November 4 |
Gulshan-e-Iqbal / Gulshan Town / Karachi
/ Sindh
|
A Shia man, identified as Muhammad Shan,
was shot dead in the Gulshan-e-Iqbal area of Gulshan
Town in Karachi.
|
1
|
0
|
64 |
November 6 |
Malir / Khokhrapar PS / Malir Town /
Karachi / Sindh
|
An elderly man belonging to Shia community
was killed in a firing incident in Malir locality within
the limits of Khokhrapar Police Station in Malir Town.
|
1
|
0
|
65 |
November 9 |
Gujranwala town / Gujranwala Punjab
|
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
|
66 |
November 15 |
Fawara Chowk / Rawalpindi / Punjab
|
At least 10 persons were killed and
over 78 injured after sectarian clashes erupted at a
10th of Muharram (the mourning period observed by the
Shias, commemorating the tragedy of Karbala) procession
near Fawara Chowk in Rawalpindi of Punjab.
|
10
|
78
|
67 |
November 18 |
Kohat / KP |
Two persons, including a Policeman,
were killed when fire reported outside an Imambargah
in Kohat town of same District.
|
2
|
0
|
68 |
November 19 |
Gujrat / Punjab |
LeJ militants killed a senior Shia university
director, Syed Shabir Hussain Shah, along with his driver
in an apparent sectarian attack in Gujrat town of same
District.
|
2
|
0
|
69 |
November 22 |
Rawalpindi /
Punjab |
A Shia man, identified as Razzaq Ali,
was shot dead by two unidentified armed assailants at
a grocery shop in front of Imambargah Qasr-e-Abbas
near Baraf Khana Chowk in Rawalpindi District.
|
1
|
0
|
70 |
November 22 |
Gulberg Town
/ Karachi / Sindh |
At least seven people were killed and
40 others were injured in twin suicide blasts near a
roadside tea stall in Shia dominated Ancholi area of
Gulberg Town in Karachi.
|
9
|
40
|
71 |
November 24 |
Quetta / Balochistan |
A Hazara Shia man, identified as Arif
Hussain, was shot dead in a targeted sectarian attack
on Kirani Road in Quetta.
|
1
|
0
|
72 |
November 25 |
Karachi / Sindh |
Two people, including a Shia man, identified
as Munir Hussain (43), and his wife, Razia Hussain (40),
were killed near Sanobar Cottage within the jurisdiction
of New Karachi Police Station in North Karachi area
of North Nazimabad Town in Karachi.
|
2
|
0
|
73 |
November 29 |
Karachi / Sindh |
A student of the University of Karachi,
identified as Shadab Hussain (27) was shot dead near
Maskan Chowrangi in Gulshan-e-Iqbal area of Gulshan
Town in Karachi.
|
1
|
0
|
74 |
December 1 |
Karachi / Sindh |
Two brothers belonging to the Shia community,
identified as Mudabar Raza (35) and Haider Raza (33),
were shot dead in a sectarian attack on the New M.A
Jinnah Road in Jamshed Town of Karachi.
|
2
|
0
|
75 |
December 8 |
Karachi / Sindh |
A Shia man, identified as Syed Iftikhar
Abbas Rizvi (42), was shot dead near Babulilm Imambargah
in Five Star Chowrangi within the remits of Hyderi Police
Station in North Nazimabad Town of Karachi.
|
1
|
0
|
76 |
December 15 |
Lahore / Punjab |
A Shia leader associated with TNFJ Nasir
Abbas was shot dead near FC College in Lahore.
|
1
|
0
|
77 |
December 17 |
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
|
78 |
December 18 |
Karachi / Sindh |
A woman, identified Nasreen (45), was
killed and her daughter-in-law, Azra, was injured when
a low-intensity explosion took place near Imambargah
on Khalid Bin Waleed Road in Ferozabad area of Jamshed
Town in Karachi.
|
1
|
1
|
79 |
December 24 |
Karachi / Sindh |
Four IED blasts killed four people including
two teenagers and injured 23 others on Chehlum procession
in Orangi Town of Karachi.
|
4
|
23
|
80 |
December 28 |
Karachi / Sindh |
At least two people were killed and
another one was injured when unidentified militants
opened fire at the vehicle of MWM Shia leader Mirza
Yousuf in Gulistan-e-Jauhar area of Gulshan Town in
Karachi.
|
2
|
1
|
81 |
December 29 |
Karachi / Sindh |
Three Shia MWM activists, identified
as Safdar Abbas and Abdul Aleem, and Syed Ali Shah,
were shot dead, while a female companion, Sakeena, sustained
injuries when unidentified armed assailants opened fire
targeting their cab while they were returning after
filing their nomination papers at the ECO on Dalmia
Road in Gulistan-e-Jauhar area of Gulshan Town in Karachi.
|
3
|
1
|
Total
|
504
|
965
|
2014
S.N.
|
Date
|
Place
/ District |
Incidents
|
killed
|
Injured
|
1
|
January 1 |
Quetta / Balochistan
|
At least three people
were killed and 30 injured in a suicide attack targeting
Shia pilgrims in Akhtarabad area of the provincial capital
Quetta.
|
4
|
30
|
2
|
January 4 |
Karachi / Sindh
|
At least three Shia
men were killed and four others were injured in an incident
of firing by armed assailants Maskan Chowrangi in Gulshan-e-Iqbal
area of Karachi.
|
3
|
4
|
3
|
January 5 |
Rajanpur / Punjab
|
The President of the
MWM Rajanpur District, identified as Doctor Azhar Hussain
(59), was shot dead by unidentified armed assailants
in a sectarian attack at his residence in the District.
Hussain was a doctor by profession.
|
1
|
0
|
4
|
January 6 |
Hangu / KP
|
A teenage boy, identified
as Aitazaz Hassan (14), was killed when a suicide bomber
blew himself up outside a Government school Ibrahimzai
area of Hangu District.
|
2
|
0
|
5
|
January 8 |
Rawalpindi / Punjab
|
A College Professor
and a Shia religious leader, identified as Nazir Hussain
Imrani, was shot at and critically injured by unidentified
assailants in a targeted sectarian attack in Dhoke Kashmirian
area of Rawalpindi District.
|
0
|
1
|
6
|
January 20 |
Kissa Khwani / Peshawar
|
Unidentified assailants
killed a Shia Muslim scholar Allama Alim Al-Musvi who
was walking to the mosque in Kissa Khwani market of
Peshawar.
|
1
|
0
|
7
|
January 21 |
Khusak / Kanak / Mastung
/ Balochistan
|
At least 24 Shia pilgrims
returning from Iran were killed and 40 others were injured
in a bomb attack targeting their bus in the Khusak area
of Kanak in Mastung District of Balochistan.
|
24
|
40
|
8
|
January 29 |
Khanpur area / Rahim
Yar Khan / Punjab
|
Shia leader and a member
of the Jamia Ali Akbar Trust, identified as Ghulam Mustafa,
was shot dead by unidentified militants near his house
in the Khanpur area of Rahim Yar Khan District.
|
1
|
0
|
9
|
January 30 |
Ajmer Nagri / North
Karachi / Karachi / Sindh
|
Caretaker, identified
as Akbar Hussain (30) of an Imambargah, was shot dead
when unidentified militants opened fire at him in Ajmer
Nagri area of North Karachi in New Karachi Town of Karachi
in Sindh.
|
1
|
0
|
10
|
February 4 |
Donga Gali / Kohati
/ Peshawar / KP
|
Unidentified militants
shot dead the Provincial President of a Shia organization,
Tehreek-Nifaz-e-Fiqah Jafria (TNFJ-Mousavi Group), Syed
Asghar Ali Shah (75), in a targeted attack in the Donga
Gali near Kohati locality in Peshawar of KP.
|
1
|
0
|
11
|
February 22 |
Gari Nawaz Khan / Kohat
/ KP
|
Unidentified gunman
shot dead a Shia leader and administrator of an Imambargah,
Sher Muhammad Tori, at Gari Nawaz Khan in Kohat.
|
1
|
0
|
12
|
February 27 |
North Nazimabad Town
/ Karachi / Sindh
|
A Shia scholar, identified
as Allama Taqi Hadi Naqvi, was shot dead in an incident
of target killing near board office located in North
Nazimabad Town of Karachi in Sindh.
|
1
|
0
|
13
|
April 9 |
Gulistan-e-Jauhar /
Gulshan-e-Iqbal Town / Karachi / Sindh
|
A Shia doctor, identified
as Haider Raza, was shot dead while another man accompanying
him was injured when unidentified militants opened fire
at his car in front of Darul Sehat Hospital in Gulistan-e-Jauhar
area of Gulshan-e-Iqbal Town in Karachi.
|
1
|
1
|
14
|
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
|
15
|
April 12 |
Sariab Road / Quetta
/ Balochistan
|
Two bus passengers belonging
to Shia Hazara community were killed in an incident
of target killing on Sariab Road in Quetta of Balochistan.
|
2
|
0
|
16
|
May 12 |
North Karachi Town /
Karachi / Sindh
|
Two Shia workers of
the MQM, identified as Gauhar Ali Abidi and Syed Rizwan,
were shot dead in North Karachi Town of Karachi in Sindh.
|
2
|
0
|
17
|
May 12 |
Karasaz Market / Shara-e-Faisal
/ Shah Faisal Town / Karachi / Sindh
|
A Shia Pakistan Navy
officer, identified as Ghulam Akbar, was shot dead near
Karasaz Market in Shara-e-Faisal area of Shah Faisal
Town in Karachi of Sindh.
|
1
|
0
|
18
|
May 19 |
Mithadar / Sherazia
Imambargah / Saddar Town / Karachi / Sindh
|
Two Shia men, identified
as Shaukat Sherazi (45) and Qaiser Hussain (50) were
killed when unknown armed assailants opened fire on
them at Mithadar near Sherazia Imambargah in Saddar
Town of Karachi in Sindh.
|
2
|
0
|
19
|
May 19 |
Dakkhana / Liaquatabad
Town / Karachi / Sindh
|
A Shia man, identified
as Mohsin Agha (50), was shot dead by unidentified armed
assailants near Dakkhana bus stop in Liaquatabad Town
of Karachi in Sindh.
|
1
|
0
|
20
|
May 20 |
Korangi Town / Karachi
/ Sindh
|
A Shia man, identified
as Syed Hassan Zaidi, was shot dead when unidentified
militants opened fire at his car in Korangi Town.
|
1
|
0
|
21
|
June 2 |
Sharea Pakistan / Dak
Khana / Liaquatabad / Karachi / Sindh
|
A Government employee
from Shia community, identified as Syed Ahmed Ali Zaidi
(35), was shot dead in an apparent sectarian attack
on a newly-constructed bridge on Sharea Pakistan near
Dak Khana in Liaquatabad area of Karachi.
|
1
|
0
|
22
|
June 2 |
Bangoria Goth / Azizabad
/ Karachi / Sindh
|
A trader from Shia community,
identified as Sajid Ali Jafri (38), was shot dead by
unidentified assailants in Bangoria Goth of Azizabad
area in Karachi.
|
1
|
0
|
23
|
June 8 |
Taftan / Chaghai / Balochistan
|
As many as 30 Shia pilgrims
were killed and many injured in bomb explosions and
firing in Taftan tehsil of Chaghai District in Balochistan.
|
30
|
0
|
24
|
June 9 |
Nazimabad / Karachi
/ Sindh
|
Two brothers from Shia
community, identified as Nazeer Ali and Basheer Ali,
were killed by unidentified assailants in Nazimabad
area of Karachi.
|
2
|
0
|
25
|
July 11 |
Hassan Town / Kakul
Road / Abbottabad / KP
|
Two motorcycle-bourne
unidentified assailants killed a man and his son in
Hassan Town on Kakul Road in Abbottabad town of Khyber
Pakhtunkhwa in suspected incidents of sectarian killing.
|
2
|
0
|
26
|
July 29 |
Sabzal road / Quetta
/ Balochistan
|
Two Shia Hazara persons,
identified as Zakir Hussain and Ghulam Hussain, were
killed by unidentified assailants in Sabzal road area
of Quetta.
|
2
|
0
|
27
|
August 10 |
Khuda Ki Basti / Surjani
Town / Gadap Town / Karachi / Sindh
|
A Shia man, identified
as Syed Kazim Shah (60), and his daughter, identified
as Aroosa, was killed, while his wife and another daughter
sustained injuries in a sectarian attack outside his
home in Khuda Ki Basti area of Surjani Town in Gadap
Town of Karachi.
|
1
|
2
|
28
|
August 11 |
Landhi / Karachi / Sindh
|
One doctor, identified
as Amir Mehdi (56) was shot dead in a sectarian attack
in Landhi area of Karachi in the evening. Amir Mehdi
was sitting at his 'Rifah-i-Aam Clinic' in Landhi-2
when two assailants riding on a motorcycle emerged there,
fired shots and rode away. The doctor and his compounder
brother, Nihal Ali, suffered bullet wounds. Amir Mehdi
later succumbed to his injuries.
|
1
|
1
|
29
|
August 11 |
Bara Board / Pak Colony
/ Karachi / Sindh
|
40-year-old Abbas Haider
Zaidi was travelling in a car when four assailants riding
two motorcycles intercepted him at the Kamal petrol
pump near Bara Board in the Pak Colony area of Karachi
and fired at him. Police said it's a sectarian attack.
|
1
|
0
|
30
|
August 27 |
Korangi Town / Karachi
/ Sindh
|
A Shia doctor, identified
as Dr. Naseem Hussain Jaffri (50), was shot dead by
unidentified militants in Korangi Town of Karachi in
Sindh.
|
1
|
0
|
31
|
September 5 |
Federal B Area / Gulberg
Town / Karachi
|
A person, identified
as Syed Mohsin Raza (50), a member of the Shia community,
was killed by unidentified assailants in Federal B Area
in Gulberg Town of Karachi.
|
1
|
0
|
32
|
September 5 |
Nazimabad No-1 / Rizvia
/ Karachi
|
Syed Kashif Hussain
(35), a member of the Shia community, was shot dead
at his electronics shop in Nazimabad No-1 of Rizvia
area in Karachi.
|
1
|
0
|
33
|
September 6 |
Bhangoria Goth / Azizabad
/ Karachi
|
A prominent Shia leader,
identified as Allama Ali Akbar Kumaili and his guard
were shot dead by unidentified assailants near Bhangoria
Goth in Azizabad area of Karachi.
|
2
|
0
|
34
|
September 11 |
Madni Mosque / Korangi
Town / Karachi / Sindh
|
One Shia Doctor Dr Abdul
Aziz was gunned down by unidentified assailants at his
clinic near Madni Mosque in Korangi Town of Karachi,
the provincial capital of Sindh.
|
1
|
0
|
35
|
September 14 |
Latifabad / Hyderabad
/ Sindh
|
The head of a local
Shia organisation, identified as Mohsin Raza, was shot
dead by unidentified assailants in Latifabad Locality
of Hyderabad city (Hyderabad District).
|
1
|
0
|
36
|
September 17 |
Sarki / Shah Qabool
PS / Peshawar / KP
|
A Shia man, Ali Haider
who is an employee of Central Prison in Peshawar, the
provincial capital of KP was shot dead by unidentified
assailants in an incident of sectarian violence in Sarki
area under Shah Qabool Police Station in Peshawar.
|
1
|
0
|
37
|
October 23 |
Hazarganji / Quetta
/ Balochistan
|
Eight Hazara Shias were
killed in sectarian target killings in the Hazarganji
area of Quetta in Balochistan.
|
8
|
0
|
38
|
October 23 |
Kirani Road / Quetta
/ Balochistan
|
Armed men on a motorbike
shot dead a member of the Hazara community in Kirani
Road area of Quetta in Balochistan.
|
1
|
0
|
39
|
October 28 |
Federal B / Karachi
/ Sindh
|
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, in the night. The
blast occurred when a Muharram congregation of women
was underway at around 9pm. Unidentified militants come
from the Karimabad side who hurled an explosive device
from a newly built flyover.
|
1
|
8
|
40
|
November 5 |
Merazai / Lower Orakzai
Agency / FATA
|
Two mourners, identified
as Mir Ahmed Khan and Ghulam Akbar, were killed and
28 others were injured when militants fired rockets
at Ashura procession that was taken out from an Imambargah
in Merazai area of Lower Orakzai Agency in FATA.
|
2
|
28
|
41
|
November 6 |
Gujrat town / Gujrat
District
|
A Police officer Mukhtar
Ahmed revealed that a Shia man, identified as Syed Tufail
Hyder, was killed by Police Officer Sarfraz Naveed in
police custody on grounds of blasphemy in Gujrat city
of the same District.
|
1
|
0
|
42
|
November 26
|
Golrah PS / Islamabad
|
A Shia cleric and senior leader of MWM,
Allama Muhammad Nawaz Irfani, shot dead in a drive-by
shooting in the limits of Golrah Police Station in the
Federal capital Islamabad.
|
1
|
0
|
43
|
November 30 |
Korangi Town / Karachi / Sindh
|
Unidentified armed assailants shot dead
a Shia doctor, identified as identified as Shamim Raza,
in his private clinic located in Korangi Town of Karachi.
|
1
|
0
|
44
|
December 18 |
Sohrab Goth / Gadap Town / Karachi /
Sindh
|
A Shia man, identified as Syed Jaffar
Naqvi (40), was shot at and injured by unidentified
armed assailants in Sohrab Goth area of Gadap Town of
Karachi.
|
0
|
1
|
45
|
December 30 |
Hub River Road / Mawach Goth / Baldia
Town / Karachi / Sindh
|
A tortured dead body of a Shia man,
identified as Sikandar Rizvi (40) was found from Hub
River Road in Mawach Goth area of Baldia Town in Karachi
of Sindh.
|
1
|
0
|
Total
|
116
|
116
|
2015
S.N.
|
Date
|
Place
/ District |
Incidents
|
killed
|
Injured
|
1
|
January 4 |
Hussaini ground / Kalaya
/ Orakzai Agency / FATA
|
A bomb targeting Shias
at a volleyball match killed at least four persons and
injured eight at the Hussaini ground in the Kalaya area
of Orakzai Agency in FATA.
|
4
|
8
|
2
|
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
|
3
|
January 16 |
Rawalpindi / Punjab
|
Three Shia men, identified as lawyer
Fayyaz Hussain Shah (40), and his two nephews Mir Ghazi
Shah (20) and Mir Hamza Shah (22) were shot dead while
they were returning home from a religious gathering
in Rawalpindi District.
|
3
|
0
|
4
|
January 30 |
Karbala Maula Imambargah / 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 of
Sindh.
|
61
|
50
|
5
|
February 13 |
Phase-5 / 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
|
6
|
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 located on Kurri Road in New Shakrial area
of Rawalpindi District in Punjab.
|
5
|
6
|
7
|
February 18 |
Ali Garden / North Nazimabad Town /
Karachi / Sindh
|
Two people, including an Ismaili Shia,
identified as Karim Hashwani, and his driver, Nawaz
(45), were shot dead in a sectarian attack at Ali Garden
in North Nazimabad Town of Karachi, the provincial capital
of Sindh.
|
2
|
0
|
8
|
February 27 |
Orangi Town / Karachi / Sindh
|
Two Shia men, identified as the employees
of Qatar Hospital, Saleem Akbar and Ali Haider Rizvi,
were shot dead at Ghausia Chowk in Orangi Town of Karachi
in Sindh, while they were returning home from their
duties.
|
2
|
0
|
9
|
February 27 |
Hayatabad / Peshawar / KP
|
A Shia man, identified as Qaisar Hussain,
who was working at a pharmaceutical unit in Hayatabad
Industrial Estate was shot dead in a targeted sectarian
attack in Hayatabad area of Peshawar in KP.
|
1
|
0
|
10
|
March 4 |
Korangi Town / Karachi / Sindh
|
A senior Shia lawyer, who was also a
counsel for several activists of the MQM, identified
as Advocate Ali Hasnain Bukhari, was shot dead by two
unidentified militants in Korangi Town of Karachi in
Sindh.
|
1
|
0
|
11 |
March 20 |
Saleh Mosque / Saddar Town / Karachi
/ Sindh
|
Two Shia Bohras were killed and several
others were injured in a sectarian attack when an IED
fixed to a motorcycle exploded outside Shia-Bohra community's
Saleh Mosque in Saddar Town of Karachi during the Friday
prayer.
|
2
|
NS
|
12 |
March 20 |
Bahadurabad / Gulshan Town / Karachi
/ Sindh
|
ASWJ militants killed two Shia Bohras
and injured four others in a sectarian attack in Bahadurabad
area of Gulshan Town in Karachi.
|
2
|
4
|
13 |
April 13 |
Gulberg Town / Karachi / Sindh
|
The Deputy Director of KMC, identified
as Ashraf Abbas (50) alias Ashu, was shot dead and his
daughter who was accompanying him in his car was injured
in a targeted sectarian attack in Azizabad area of Gulberg
Town in Karachi of Sindh. Ashraf was a Shia and was
the trustee of Azizabad Imambargah Sakina.
|
1
|
1
|
14 |
April 27 |
Satellite Town / Quetta / Balochistan
|
At least three Shia Hazaras were shot
dead in a targeted attack at local bus stop in Satellite
Town area of Quetta, the provincial capital of Balochistan.
|
3
|
0
|
15 |
May 6 |
Alizai / Kurram Agency / FATA
|
One person lost his life while three
others sustained injuries in a terrorist attack at a
school ground when a football match was going on in
Alizai area of Kurram Agency in FATA. Security Forces
sprung to action and killed one suicide bomber while
another bomber blew himself up. Where the incident happened
is a Shia-dominated area.
|
1
|
0
|
16 |
May 9 |
Eidgah Ground / Shah Faisal Town / Karachi
/ Sindh
|
Unidentified assailants opened fire
at Shia Police officer, DSP Syed Zulfiqar Abbas, and
his friend, identified as Shahzad, killing them on spot
in a targeted sectarian attack at a restaurant near
Eidgah Ground in Shah Faisal area of Shah Faisal Town
in Karachi of Sindh.
|
2
|
0
|
17 |
May 9 |
Paposh Nagar / North Nazimabad Town
/ Karachi / Sindh
|
A Shia homoeopathic doctor, Dr Anwar
Ali Abidi, was shot dead while another person sustained
injuries when unidentified militants opened fire at
his clinic in Paposh Nagar area of North Nazimabad Town
in Karachi of Sindh.
|
1
|
1
|
18 |
May 12 |
Kasi Road / Quetta / Balochistan
|
A man belonging to the Hazara community
was killed and five others, including two Policemen,
were injured, apparently in a targeted attack at Kasi
Road of Quetta, the provincial capital of the Balochistan.
|
1
|
5
|
19 |
May 13 |
Safora Chowrangi / Gulshan-e-Iqbal Town
/ Karachi / Sindh
|
At least 45 Ismaili Shias were killed
and 24 others were injured when unidentified militants
opened fire on their Bus in Safora Chowrangi area near
Dow Medical College in Gulshan-e-Iqbal Town of Karachi,
the provincial capital of Sindh.
|
45
|
24
|
20
|
May 15 |
Pehlwan Goth / Gulistan-e-Johar / Karachi
/ Sindh
|
A Shia SSP, Ejaz Haider, was killed
in a sectarian targeted attack on May 15 when unidentified
assailants opened fire his vehicle near Pehlwan Goth
in Gulistan-e-Johar area of Karachi in Sindh.
|
1
|
3
|
21
|
May 21 |
Karachi / Sindh |
An unidentified man was shot dead near
Bab-e-Fatima Imambargah at Liaquatabad furniture
market in Liaquatabad Town.
|
1
|
0
|
22
|
May 22 |
Peshawar / KP |
One Shia man, identified as Ali Murtaza,
was killed and two others were injured when unidentified
assailants opened fire at a vehicle in Hayatabad area
of Peshawar. One of the injured was his father Wali
Ahmad Jan and the other his brother Awais.
|
1
|
2
|
23
|
May 25 |
Quetta / Balochistan
|
At least three Hazara Shias were killed
and nine others were injured when unidentified militants
opened fire at two separate buildings on M.A. Jinnah
Road in Quetta.
|
3
|
9
|
24
|
May 25 |
Quetta / Balochistan
|
A local trader, identified as Anwar
Ali Hazara, was shot dead by unidentified militants
on Fatima Jinnah Road in Quetta.
|
1
|
0
|
25
|
May 27 |
Quetta / Balochistan
|
Two Shia Hazaras, identified as Mohammad
Arif and Mohammad Hussain, were shot dead, while another,
Mohammad Essa, was injured, when unidentified militants
opened fire at their cloth shop in a shopping plaza
in MeCongi road area in Quetta.
|
2
|
1
|
26
|
June 9 |
Shah Latif Town / Karachi / Sindh
|
A Shia DSP Majeed Abbasi was killed
when militants belonging to Swat Chapter of TTP opened
fire at his vehicle in Shah Latif Town of Karachi in
Sindh.
|
1
|
0
|
27
|
July 6 |
Joint Road /
Quetta / Balochistan |
Three Hazara Shia, including a Policeman
among them, were killed while another woman inured in
a suspected sectarian attack when unidentified assailants
opened fire outside the passport office on the Joint
Road area of Quetta, the provincial capital of Balochistan.
|
3
|
1
|
28
|
July 25 |
Marton Quarters / PIB Colony / Gulshan-e-Iqbal
Town / Karachi / Sindh
|
An Imambargah trustee, identified as
Syed Rais Jafferi (57), was shot dead while he was on
his way to Central Prison to attend a court hearing
near Marton Quarters in PIB Colony of Gulshan-e-Iqbal
Town in Karachi, the provincial capital of Sindh.
|
1
|
0
|
29
|
August 10 |
Quetta / Balochistan |
Unidentified militants shot dead a Shia
Hazara, identified as Ghulam Raza, while he was on his
way home in Quetta of Balochistan.
|
1
|
0
|
30
|
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
|
31
|
September 18 |
North Nazimabad Town / Karachi / Sindh
|
A Shia general store shopkeeper, identified
as Syed Irfan Zaidi, was shot dead in a targeted sectarian
attack in the North Nazimabad Town of Karachi in Sindh.
|
1
|
0
|
32
|
October 8 |
Mohammad Ali Johar Road / Peshawar /
KP
|
A Shia, identified as Malik Jarrar Ali
Haider, was killed and his two minor daughters were
injured when their motorbike was ambushed by unidentified
armed assailants in a sectarian attack on Mohammad Ali
Johar Road in Peshawar, the provincial capital of KP.
|
1
|
2
|
33
|
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
|
34
|
October 23 |
Lashari / Jacobabad
/ Sindh |
At least 22 persons including eight
children were killed in a suicide blast targetting a
9th Muharram (Shia mourning period) procession near
a park in the Lashari area of Jacobabad District in
Sindh in the evening. 40 others including several children,
have been injured in the attack.
|
22
|
40
|
35 |
November 6 |
Kirani Road / Quetta / Balochistan
|
A Shia, identified as Jafar Ali, was
shot dead while another, identified as Tanveer Ali,
was injured when unidentified militants opened fire
at their vehicle in Kirani Road area of provincial capital
Quetta.
|
1
|
1
|
36 |
November 7 |
Spiny road / Quetta / Balochistan
|
Armed assailants killed two Shia Hazaras
in Spiny road in Quetta of Balochistan.
|
2
|
0
|
37 |
November 14 |
Sachal / Gulshan-e-Iqbal Town / Karachi
/ Sindh
|
Two Shia Policemen, identified as Police
constables Ali Raza (50) and Ghulam Jaffer (46), guarding
Ismaili community's residential complex were shot dead
by four unidentified militants at a checkpoint outside
Jeewani Heights in the Sachal area of Gulshan-e-Iqbal
Town in Karachi, the provincial capital of Sindh.
|
2
|
0
|
38
|
December 13 |
Parachinar / Kurram Agency / FATA
|
At least 25 persons were killed and
62 injured in a sectarian attack when a device containing
about 35 kilograms of explosives ripped through a makeshift
market in Parachinar town of Kurram Agency in FATA.
|
25
|
62
|
Total*
|
251
|
316
|
2016
S.N.
|
Date
|
Place
/ District |
Incidents
|
killed
|
Injured
|
1
|
February
8 |
Kohati Gate / Peshawar / KP
|
A Shia elder was shot dead while
his son escaped unhurt in an attack near the Kohati
Gate area of Peshawar, the provincial capital of
KP.
|
1
|
1
|
2
|
March
29 |
Kareemabad / Gulberg Town / Karachi
/ Sindh
|
A Shia Special Security Unit (SSU)
commando, identified as Zahid Jaffri (31), who had
been doing security duty, at the State Guest House
was shot dead in the Kareemabad area of Gulberg
Town in Karachi, the provincial capital of Sindh.
|
1
|
0
|
3
|
April
7 |
Najaf Imambargah / North Karachi
Town / Karachi / Sindh
|
Three Shias were shot dead in a
sectarian attack at the Najaf Imambargah in North
Karachi Town of Karachi, the provincial capital
of Sindh.
|
3
|
0
|
4
|
May
6 |
DI Khan / KP
|
Two Shia school teachers, identified
as Mukhtiar Hussain and Akhtar Hussain, were shot
dead by unidentified militants in a targeted killing
incident in Miryali area of DI Khan District.
|
2
|
0
|
5
|
May
6 |
DI Khan / KP
|
Two Shia lawyers, identified as
Atif Zaidi and Ali Muntazir, were shot dead in
a targeted attack on Gird Road in DI Khan District.
Police said all the four were victims of target
killings and belonged to Shia community.
|
2
|
0
|
6
|
May
7 |
Karachi / Sindh
|
Unidentified militants killed
two people, including Shia religious scholar and
rights activist Syed Khurram Zaki and his journalist
friend Rao Khalid, in a sectarian attack in North
Karachi Town of Karachi. Both the victims belonged
to the Shia community.
|
2
|
1
|
7
|
May
27 |
Jaffar Tayyar Society / Malir Town
/ Karachi / Sindh
|
Two Shias, identified as Malik Asim
and Ameer Haider, were killed and another, identified
as Hasan, sustained injured when unidentified armed
assailants opened fire at them in Jaffar Tayyar
Society of Malir Town in Karachi, the provincial
capital of Sindh.
|
2
|
1
|
8
|
August
1 |
Sariab Road / Quetta / Balochistan
|
Two Hazara Shias, identified as
Ghulam Nabi and Mohammad Nabi, were killed in a
targeted attack near the Government Boys Degree
College while they on their way home on Sariab Road
in Quetta, the provincial capital Balochistan.
|
2
|
0
|
9
|
August
23 |
Medina Masjid / Gulshan-e-Iqbal
Town / Karachi / Sindh
|
Two cadres of ASWJ, identified as
Mufti Kamran (46), and Mufti Ghulam Akbar (50),
were killed when unidentified militants opened fire
at them inside the Medina Masjid in Gulshan-e-Iqbal
Town of Karachi.
|
2
|
0
|
10
|
August
23 |
Sughra Imambargah / Korangi Town
/ Karachi / Sindh
|
A Shia, identified as identified
as Qasim Abbas Raza (34), was shot dead in targeted
killing incident near the Sughra Imambargah in Korangi
Town of Karachi.
|
1
|
0
|
11
|
October
4 |
Kirani Road / Pud Gali Chowk / Quetta
/ Balochistan
|
At least four Hazara Shia women
were killed and one injured when unidentified armed
assailants opened fire on a bus on Kirani Road near
Pud Gali Chowk area of Quetta, provincial capital
of Balochistan.
|
4
|
1
|
12
|
October
7 |
Block-8 / Gulistan-e-Jauhar / Karachi
/ Sindh
|
A trustee of an Imambargah and a
senior office-bearer of private schools association,
Mansoor Zaidi, was shot dead while his son was critically
injured in a suspected sectarian attack by unidentified
assailants outside their home in Block-8 area of
Gulistan-e-Jauhar area in Karachi, the provincial
capital of Sindh.
|
1
|
1
|
13
|
October
12 |
Kotli Loharana Mashriqi / Sialkot
/ Punjab
|
More than 10 Shia mourners were
injured when armed assailants affiliated with ASWJ
opened fire at Ashura procession in Kotli Loharana
Mashriqi area of Sialkot District in Punjab.
|
0
|
10
|
14 |
November
11 |
Block 4 / Gulistan-e-Jauhar / Gulshan
Town / Karachi / Sindh
|
The unidentified assailants opened
fire at three students from Karachi University,
who were riding on their motorcycle in Block 4 of
Gulistan-e-Jauhar area under Gulshan Town in Karachi
of Sindh. As a result one student identified as
Murtaza died instantly while his colleagues Shahid
and Ehsan were crucially injured. "The dead and
injured belonged to the Shia community and it appeared
to be target killing incident," said Police official.
|
1
|
2
|
15 |
November
25 |
86/6-R village / Sahiwal / Punjab
|
Two unidentified assailants shot
dead the caretaker of an Imambargah and critically
injured his 24-year-old son when the duo was en
route to the Imambargah in 86/6-R village in Sahiwal
District.
|
0
|
2
|
16 |
December
8 |
Satellite town / Quetta / Balochistan
|
Suspected militants shot dead a
Hazara man in Satellite town area of Quetta, the
provincial capital of Balochistan.
|
1
|
0
|
Total*
|
25
|
19
|
2017
S.N.
|
Date
|
Place
/ District |
Incidents
|
killed
|
Injured
|
1 |
January
6 |
Spiny Road / Qila Mubarak /
Quetta / Balochistan
|
Unidentified assailants shot
and injured five Hazara Shias in a suspected
sectarian attack community on Spiny Road in
the Qila Mubarak area of Quetta, the provincial
capital of Balochistan.
|
0
|
5
|
2 |
January
24 |
Gulistan-e-Jauhar / Gulshan
Town / Karachi / Sindh
|
A Shia man, Mohammed Kazim Raza
(39), was gunned down in suspected sectarian
attack in Gulistan-i-Jauhar area of Karachi,
the provincial capital of Sindh, in the night.
|
1
|
0
|
3 |
February
26 |
Paroa / Dera Ismail Khan / KP
|
Three persons belonging to the
Shia community were gunned downed under Paroa
Police Station area in Dera Ismail Khan District
of KP.
|
3
|
0
|
4 |
March
31 |
Noor market / Parachinar / Kurram
Agency / FATA
|
At least 24 persons were killed
and another 100 injured in a suicide attack
on an Imambargah in the Noor market area of
Parachinar town in Kurram Agency of FATA.
|
25
|
100
|
5 |
June
4 |
Spiny Road / Quetta / Balochistan
|
A man and his younger sister
belonging to the Shia Hazara community were
shot dead in the Spiny Road area of Quetta,
the provincial capital of Balochistan.
|
2
|
0
|
6 |
June
24 |
Turi
Bazaar / Parachinar / Kurram Agency / FATA |
At least 67 persons were killed
and more than 200 injured in back-to-back explosions
in the Turi Bazaar area of Parachinar, the headquarter
of Kurram Agency, in FATA when the market was
crowed for Iftar and Eid shopping.
|
67
|
200
|
7 |
July
19 |
RCD
highway / Mastung / Balochistan |
At least four persons belonging
to the ethnic Hazara Shia community were shot
dead when unidentified assailants opened fire
on their vehicle on the main RCD highway in
Mastung town in the same District of Balochistan.
|
4
|
0
|
8 |
September
10 |
Kuchlak
/ Quetta / Balochistan |
Unidentified assailants opened
fire at a vehicle coming from Chaman in Kuchlak
area of Quetta, the provincial capital of Balochistan,
in the evening, leaving five Shia Hazara persons
dead.
|
5
|
0
|
9 |
October
9 |
Kasi
road / Gawalmandi / Quetta / Balochistan |
At least five Shia Hazara persons
were killed and one other was seriously injured
when unidentified assailants opened fire at
their vehicle on Kasi road in Gawalmandi area
of Quetta, the provincial capital of Balochistan.
|
5
|
1
|
10 |
December 22
|
Western Bypass / Nakhailabad
/ Quetta / Balochistan
|
Two persons belonging to the
Hazara community were killed and two others
were injured when they were targeted near Western
Bypass in Nakhailabad area of Quetta, provincial
capital of Balochistan.
|
2
|
2
|
Total*
|
114
|
308
|
2018
S.N.
|
Date
|
Place
/ District |
Incidents
|
killed
|
Injured
|
1 |
March 22 |
Sachal / Malir Town / Karachi / Sindh
|
A Shia man was shot dead and two others - including
an infant - were injured in a suspected sectarian attack
in Sachal area of Malir Town in Karachi, the provincial
capital of Sindh.
|
1
|
2
|
2 |
April
1 |
Kandahari Bazaar / Quetta / Balochistan
|
In a suspected targeted killing incident,
one member of the Shia Hazara community was killed and
another was injured when unidentified assailants opened
fire on their vehicle in Kandahari Bazaar area of Quetta,
the provincial capital of Balochistan.
|
1
|
1
|
3 |
April
18 |
Abdul Sattar Road / Quetta / Balochistan
|
A shopkeeper belonging to the Shia Hazara
community, identified as Muhammad Asif (50), son of
Ghulam Nabi, was killed in a drive-by shooting at an
auto parts shop on Abdul Sattar Road in Quetta, the
provincial capital of Balochistan.
|
1
|
0
|
4 |
April
22 |
Western Bypass / Quetta / Balochistan
|
Two persons belonging to the Hazara
community, identified as Muhammad Ali and Muhammad Zaman,
were killed, while a third was injured in an incident
of firing in Western Bypass area of Quetta, the provincial
capital of Balochistan.
|
2
|
1
|
5 |
April
29 |
Jamaluddin Afghani Road / Quetta / Balochistan
|
Two shopkeepers belonging to the Shia
Hazara community were killed in a drive-by shooting
at Jamaluddin Afghani Road area in Quetta, the provincial
capital of Balochistan.
|
2
|
0
|
Total*
|
7
|
4
|
* Data till June
17, 2018
Note:Compiled from news reports
and are provisional.
|