Italics indicates attacks resulting in more than 40 deaths ‡ indicates attacks resulting in more than 100 deaths Underline indicates the deadliest terrorist attack/s to date
10 April:- At least one person was killed and three others were wounded when a bomb
exploded in a parking area near a hall where hundreds of people were attending a concert by
Indian singer
Sonu Nigam.
7 May:- A suicide bomber attacked a crowded
Shiamosque in Sindh Madrassatul Islam in
Karachi,
Sindh, killing at least 15 worshippers. More than 100 people were also injured, 25 of them critically in the attack. One person was killed in the
riots that followed the attack.[4]
14 May:- Six members of Shia family was shot dead in
Mughalpura locality of
Lahore, Punjab.[5]
26 May:- Two car bombs explode within 20 minutes of each other outside the Pakistan-American Cultural Center and near the US consul general's residence in Karachi, killing two men and injuring more than 27 people, most of whom were policemen and
journalists.[6]
31 May:- A suicide bomber blew up the Imambarghah Ali Raza mosque in Karachi in the middle of evening prayers, killing 16 worshippers and injuring 35 others. Two people were killed in riots over the mosque attack and Shamzai's
assassination.[8]
June - August
10 June:- Gunmen opened fire on a convoy carrying the corps commander
Lt GenAhsan Saleem Hyat in Karachi, killing 11 people. The corps commander who escaped unhurt later became the vice chief of army staff under General
Pervez Musharraf. This was the first such attack on the
Pakistan Army, not counting the earlier assassination attempts on General Pervez Musharraf who was also the
President of the country, since the
military began operations in
Waziristan in 2004.[9]
30 July:- Assassination attempt on the
Prime Minister-elect
Shaukat Aziz, while he was campaigning for by-election in
Fateh Jang,
Attock District, Punjab. Even though he survived the attempt, nine people were killed due to the suicide bombing.[10]
8 August:- At least eight people were killed and over 40 others injured when two bombs exploded in quick succession near the
Jamia Binoria madrasa, Karachi.[12]
31 August:- Three people were killed and three others injured in a bombing at a shop in
Kalat, Balochistan.[13]
September - December
21 September:- Suspected Sipah-e-Sahaba members gunned down at least three members of a Shi'a family in a sectarian attack in
Dera Ismail Khan,
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.[14]
1 October:- A suicide bombing left 25 people dead and dozen injured at a Shia mosque during
Friday prayers in
Sialkot, Punjab.[15]
7 October:- A powerful car bomb left 40 people dead and wounded over 100 during a Deobandi rally to commemorate
MaulanaAzam Tariq, assassinated leader of
Sipah-e-Sahaba Pakistan, in
Multan, Punjab. This was most probably in retaliation to the Sialkot bombing six days earlier.[16]
10 October:- An explosion by a suicide bomber at a mosque used by Shia Muslims in Lahore killed at least four people and injured another eight.[17]
10 December:- At least 10 people were killed and 30 injured in a bombing at a market in Quetta. The bomb exploded near an Army truck, as
Balochistan Liberation Army claimed responsibility.[17]