Terrorist incidents in Pakistan in 2017 include, in chronological order:
January
4 January an explosion took place on Bannu Road in
Dera Ismail Khan. The
police van was on routine patrolling when it was targeted by remote control bomb that was planted in the center of the road.[1] According to police the bomb weighed between 5 and 7 kilograms.[2] In the attack, 15 people including five police officers and a woman were injured. The injured police officers include constable Atta-ur-Rehman, BaqarMukhtarHussain, Asif and Akram while among other injures was the security guard of
Gomal University, Muhammad Ali who was referred to
Multan for medical treatment.[3]
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.[4][5] Parachinar is the administrative headquarters of the Kurram Agency near the Afghan border.[6] The same area has previously seen several blasts in
2008, February 2012,[7] September 2012,[8]2013 and in
December 2015.[9]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.[10][11]Lashkar-e-Jhangvi al-Alami and the
Pakistani Taliban splinter Shehryar Mehsud group both separately issued a joint claim of responsibility.[12] Seven suspects were arrested following a search operation after the blast.[13]
February
12 February - Samaa TV assistant cameraman Taimoor Khan killed in an incident.
Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan claimed the responsibility.[14]
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.[15]
15 February - At least two people killed and seven others injured in a
suicide blast in
Peshawar's Hyatabad area.[16]
15 February - 5 People including 3 Levies personnel killed in a suicide attack in
Mohmand Agency.[17]
17 February Five people, including four police officers, were killed after unidentified suspects opened fire on police van near Mission Mor,
Dera Ismail Khan.[22]
5 April - a
suicide bomber killed at least eight people and wounded 24 near a Pakistan Army vehicle taking part in the census in the city of
Lahore, Pakistan. The injured were shifted to the Combined Military Hospital (CMH) and General Hospital.
Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan claimed responsibility, saying it was carried out in revenge against security personnel.[26][27][28] On the 8th of April, Pakistani police killed 10 Taliban gunmen in a gun battle in Lahore.[29]
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.[30][31] In 21 May, four assailants from Aalmi Majlis-i-Tahfuz-i-Khatam-i-Nubuwaat were held in relation of the attack.[32]
14 April - 4 Rangers personnel killed and 3 were injured and Rangers kill 10 TTP militants in operation near DG khan.[33]
25 April - 14, including six children, killed and 9, including 4 Khasadar officials, injured in a roadside blast in
Kurram Agency.[34]
13 May - 10 laborers were killed after two gunmen opened fire on laborers working in Gwadar.[36] The two gunmen fired on labourers at Pishgan and Gant, which are 20 kilometres from each other.[37] Eight labourers died on the spot; two died shortly afterwards.[38] According to an eyewitness, both gunmen came from the Pashkun area and they spoke in
Balochi. A
C-130 aircraft belonging to the
Pakistan Air Force was used to fly the labourers to their native areas after the funeral, which was held in Senator Marwoon Ishaq Cricket ground at around 3 pm.[39] Law enforcement agencies rushed to the site of the attack and started a search operation.[40]
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.[41]
10 July - 4 people were killed and over 20 injured when a suicide bomber blew himself up at Bogra Chowk in
Chaman,
Baluchistan.[43] The deceased were two
police officers, the bomber and a passerby. According to police sources, a suicide bomber on a motorcycle rode into District Police Officer of Killa Abdullah, Sajid Khan Mohammad's vehicle killing both of them, his guard and a passerby as well as wounding 20 others.[44] At the time of the
explosion, the DPO was at Bogra Chowk.[45] The head and legs of the bomber were found. Initial reports suggested that the explosion was caused by an
improvised explosive device; police sources later said that a suicide bomber blew himself up.[46] Reports also stated that gunfire was heard after the
explosion.[47]Assistant Commissioner of Chaman Kashif confirmed the attack. Using a helicopter, the bodies of the injured were brought to hospitals where an emergency had been declared.[48]
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.[50]
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.[51]
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.[52] 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. Noorr and his guard were killed, as well as the bomber, and eight other police in the AIG's squad were injured.[53][54][55]
^Firdous, Iftikhar (15 February 2017).
"One killed in suicide attack on Peshawar judges".At least one person was killed and seven people were injured on Wednesday in an explosion in Peshawar’s Hayatabad area.