Terrorist incidents in Pakistan in 2017 include, in chronological order:
January
- 21 January - a bomb was detonated at a vegetable market in Parachinar, in the Kurram Valley of the Federally Administered Tribal Areas of Pakistan. At least 25 people were killed and 87 injured by the explosion.[1][2] Parachinar is the administrative headquarters of the Kurram Agency near the Afghan border.[3] The same area has previously seen several blasts in 2008, February 2012,[4] September 2012,[5] 2013 and in December 2015.[6]
Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Qamar Bajwa visited Parachinar and paid a visit to the injured of the bomb blast in Agency Headquarters Hospital.[7][8]
Lashkar-e-Jhangvi al-Alami and the Pakistani Taliban splinter Shehryar Mehsud group both separately issued a joint claim of responsibility.[9]
Seven suspects were arrested following a search operation after the blast.[10]
February
- 12 February - Samaa TV assistant cameraman Taimoor Khan killed in an incident. Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan claimed the responsibility.[11]
- 13 February - A blast outside the provincial assembly in Lahore killed at least 14 people including DIG Police and SSP Operations and injured more than 87 others.[12]
- 15 February - At least two people killed and seven others injured in a suicide blast in Peshawar's Hyatabad area.[13]
- 15 February - 5 People including 3 Levies personnel killed in a suicide attack in Mohmand Agency.[14]
- 15 February - 2017 Hayatabad suicide bombing
- 16 February - Three soldiers killed, including an army captain, two injured in an IED explosion in Awaran.[15]
- 16 February - At least 88 people were killed and over 350 others injured when a suicide bomber blew himself up in the Shrine of Lal Shahbaz Qalandar in Sehwan, 125 kilometers north of Jamshoro.[16]
- 17 February Five people, including four police officers, were killed after unidentified suspects opened fire on police van near Mission Mor, Dera Ismail Khan.[17]
- 21 February Three suicide bombers targeted a sessions court in Tangi, Charsadda District, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, killing 7 people and injuring more than 20 others.[18]
March
- 6 March - Five soldiers of Pakistan army and 10 militants were killed in a cross border attack at three border checkpoints in Mohmand Agency.[19]
- 31 March- At least 25 people were killed and 90 injured in a blast outside a Shia Imambargah in Parachinar.[20]
April
- 5 April - April 2017 Lahore suicide bombing
- 7 April - Ashfaq Ahmed, a retired University of Veterinary Sciences professor and Ahmadi civilian, were shot death for assailants in Sabzazar neighborhood, Lahore, Pakistan. Al-Alami faction of Lashkar-e-Jhangvi and the Jamaat-ul-Ahrar faction of Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) separately claimed responsibility for the attack, but sources also attributed the incident to Aalmi Majlis-i-Tahfuz-i-Khatam-i-Nubuwaat.[21][22] In 21 May, four assailants from Aalmi Majlis-i-Tahfuz-i-Khatam-i-Nubuwaat were held in relation of the attack.[23]
- 14 April - 4 Rangers personnel killed and 3 were injured and Rangers kill 10 TTP militants in operation near DG khan.[24]
- 25 April - 14, including six children, killed and 9, including 4 Khasadar officials, injured in a roadside blast in Kurram Agency.[25]
May
- 12 May - An attack targeting Abdul Ghafoor Haideri killed 25 people in Mastung District. Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant claimed responsibility of attack.[26]
- 13 May - 10 laborers were killed after two gunmen opened fire on laborers working in Gwadar.[27]
June
- 23 June - 14 people ─ including seven policeman ─ lost their lives, while 19 others were injured in a suicide blast that shook Shuhada Chowk in Quetta's Gulistan Road area on Friday morning.[28]
- 23 June- At least 75 people were killed and more than 150 wounded when twin blasts tore through a market in Parachinar. Lashkar-i-Jhangvi al-Alami claimed the responsibility.[29]
July
- 10 July - 3 people were killed and over 20 injured when a suicide bomber blew himself up at Bogra Chowk in Chaman, Baluchistan.[30]
- 24 July- At least 25 people were killed and 53 others wounded in suicide attack in Lahore.[31]
August
- 7 August - August 2017 Lahore bombing a truck bombing occurred at Band Road in Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan. Two people were killed and 35 others were wounded.
- 12 August - A blast targeting military personnel killed 15 people (8 soldiers and 7 civilians) and injured 32 in Quetta, the provincial capital of Balochistan, Pakistan.
October
- 5 October - 21 people, including a police constable, were killed and more than 30 injured in a suicide bombing at Dargah Pir Rakhel Shah in Fatehpur, a small town in the Jhal Magsi District of Balochistan.[32]
- 18 October - At least eight people, including seven policemen, were killed and 24 others injured in an explosion targeting a truck carrying police officials in the Sariab Mill area of Quetta.[33]
November
- 9 November - A senior police officer was among three suspected militants involved in ISI Clandestine activities who died in a suicide attack on Quetta the provincial capital of Balochistan.[34] However there is no valid argument about the role of operation being performed.
- 24 November - A motorcycle suicide bomber targeted a police vehicle of AIG Asharf Noor while he was travelling to work, Asharf Noorr and his guard are killed and eight others police in the AIG's squad were injured.[35][36][37]
the above reference is for peshawar and not quetta.
December
- 1 December - Nine dead as gunmen storm hostel of Agricultural Training Institute, Peshawar.[38]
- 17 December - A bomb killed nine and injured fifty-seven at a Methodist church in Balochistan.[39] The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant took responsibility.[40]
See also
References
- ↑ "21 Dead, 54 Injured in Parachinar Blast". Radio Pakistan. January 21, 2017. Retrieved January 21, 2017.
- ↑ "News from The Associated Press". Retrieved 21 January 2017.
- ↑ Agencies & Ali Akbar (January 21, 2017). "Blast in Parachinar vegetable market kills 25". Dawn News. Retrieved January 21, 2017.
- ↑ "28 killed, 36 injured in Parachinar blast". Express Tribune. February 17, 2012. Retrieved 22 January 2017.
- ↑ "14 Shias killed, 80 injured in Parachinar bombing: Officials". Express Tribune. AFP. September 10, 2012. Retrieved 22 January 2017.
- ↑ "Parachinar blast kills 25, 54 injured". Daily Times. January 21, 2017. Retrieved January 21, 2017.
- ↑ "Parachinar blast: Army chief inquires on health of the injured". Dunya News tv. January 22, 2017. Retrieved January 22, 2017.
- ↑ Ali Akbar (January 22, 2017). "Seven suspects arrested in search operation after Parachinar blast". Dawn News. Retrieved January 22, 2017.
- ↑ Afzal, Hussain (Jan 22, 2017). "Carnage at Parachinar market; 25 killed, 87 injured". Dawn newspaper. Retrieved 22 January 2017.
- ↑ Akbar, Ali (January 22, 2017). "Seven suspects arrested in search operation after Parachinar blast". Dawn newspaper. Retrieved 23 January 2017.
- ↑ "TTP claims responsibility for attack on Samaa TV van in Karachi - The Express Tribune". 13 February 2017. Retrieved 4 March 2017.
- ↑ "Senior police officers among 13 killed as suicide bomber strikes Lahore". 13 February 2017. Retrieved 4 March 2017.
- ↑ "One killed in suicide attack on Peshawar judges - The Express Tribune". 15 February 2017. Retrieved 4 March 2017.
- ↑ "Five, including three Levies men, killed in Mohmand Agency suicide attack - The Express Tribune". 15 February 2017. Retrieved 4 March 2017.
- ↑ "Three personnel, including army captain killed in Balochistan IED blast - The Express Tribune". 16 February 2017. Retrieved 4 March 2017.
- ↑ "At least 70 dead as bomb rips through Lal Shahbaz shrine in Sehwan, Sindh". 16 February 2017. Retrieved 4 March 2017.
- ↑ "Four policemen killed in Dera Ismail Khan". Geo News. 17 February 2017. Retrieved 3 March 2017.
- ↑ "3 bombers killed during attack on Charsadda court: officials". Dawn. February 21, 2017. Retrieved 21 February 2017.
- ↑ "Pakistan: 6 soldiers martyred in Militant attack on border posts - Yahoo News". 6 March 2017.
- ↑ "LIVE: 22 killed, over 60 injured as blast rocks Parachinar - The Express Tribune". The Express Tribune. 2017-03-31. Retrieved 2017-03-31.
- ↑ "Ahmadi professor found murdered in Pakistan; second such attack this month". Hindustan Times. Retrieved 2023-01-24.
- ↑ "Ahmadi professor found murdered". Dawn. Retrieved 2023-01-24.
- ↑ "Four held in Ahmadi professor's murder case". Dawn. Retrieved 2023-01-24.
- ↑ "Rangers kill 10 TTP militants in operation near DG Khan". www.thenews.com.pk.
- ↑ "10, including six children, killed in Kurram Agency blast - The Express Tribune". The Express Tribune. 2017-04-25. Retrieved 2017-04-25.
- ↑ "Terror in Mastung: Suicide blast targeting Maulana Haideri kills 25 - The Express Tribune". The Express Tribune. 2017-05-12. Retrieved 2017-05-16.
- ↑ "BLA kills 10 Sindhi labourers in Gwadar". The Nation. 13 May 2017. Retrieved 13 July 2017.
- ↑ Shah, AP | Dawn.com | Syed Ali (2017-06-23). "13 killed in suicide attack on Quetta's Gulistan Road". DAWN.COM. Retrieved 2017-06-24.
- ↑ Afzal, Hussain (2017-06-25). "Parachinar twin blasts toll rises to 67". DAWN.COM. Retrieved 2017-06-25.
- ↑ "DPO killed in Chaman blast". Samaa TV. 10 July 2017. Retrieved 4 August 2017.
- ↑ Gabol, Imran (24 July 2017). "25 killed in blast near Lahore's Ferozepur Road: Lahore deputy commissioner". Dawn.com.
- ↑ Shah, Syed Ali (2017-10-07). "Death toll from Jhal Magsi blast climbs to 21". DAWN.COM. Retrieved 2017-10-07.
- ↑ Shah, AFP | AP | Dawn.com | Syed Ali (2017-10-18). "7 killed, 24 others wounded in blast targeting police vehicle in Quetta". DAWN.COM. Retrieved 2017-10-18.
- ↑ "AIG Hamid Shakeel among three martyred in Quetta suicide blast | Pakistan Today".
- ↑ "Suicide attack kills senior police official in Peshawar". www.aljazeera.com.
- ↑ "Additional IG, gunman killed in Peshawar blast". www.samaa.tv.
- ↑ "AIG martyred in suicide blast targeting Peshawar police". www.dawn.com. 2017-11-24.
- ↑ "Nine dead as gunmen storm hostel of Peshawar's Agricultural Training Institute". www.dawn.com. December 2017.
- ↑ "9 killed in suicide attack on Quetta's Bethel Memorial Methodist Church". 2017-12-17.
- ↑ "ISIS claims responsibility for Quetta church blast". The Nation. Retrieved 2017-12-17.
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