Map 11 · Conflict
Militant attacks in Pakistan, 2000–2006
- Region
- Pakistan, 2000–2006
- Data
- SATP major incidents, 2000 to 2006, plus 4 attacks SATP misses, from Wikipedia.
- Rule
- Same rules and circle scale as map 4. Reports of one attack in the same district within four days are merged, keeping the highest toll.
182 attacks between 2000 and 2006 killed 1,398 people, not counting the attackers. Before the TTP: sectarian killings, the first suicide bombings and the Baloch revolt of 2004–06. The list is the South Asia Terrorism Portal’s record of major incidents, those with three or more deaths, plus 4 deadly attacks it misses, taken from Wikipedia’s yearly lists. Attacks launched by militants are kept; security-force operations, drone strikes, militant infighting, tribal feuds and party or ethnic violence in Karachi are left out. Each circle sits at the named village or town where one could be matched, otherwise at the district.
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Who was blamed
| Group | Attacks | Killed | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unclaimed or unidentified | 159 | 1,217 | 87% |
| TTP and allied jihadist groups | 10 | 107 | 8% |
| Baloch separatist groups | 9 | 48 | 3% |
| Sectarian groups | 4 | 26 | 2% |
Deadliest attacks
| Date | Place | Blamed on | Killed |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2006-04-11 | Nishtar Park Karachi, Sindh | unknown | 57 |
| 2003-07-04 | Kalaan Quetta, Balochistan | unknown | 53 |
| 2005-03-19 | Fatehpur village Jhal Magsi, Balochistan | unknown | 50 |
| 2004-03-02 | Liaquat Bazaar Quetta, Balochistan | unknown | 42 |
| 2006-11-08 | Dargai Malakand, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa | unknown | 42 |
| 2006-02-10 | Hangu Hangu, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa | unknown | 40 |
| 2004-10-07 | Multan Multan, Punjab | unknown | 38 |
| 2004-10-01 | Zainabia mosque Sialkot, Punjab | unknown | 31 |
| 2006-03-10 | Dera Bugti District Dera Bugti, Balochistan | unknown | 26 |
| 2005-05-27 | Bari Imam shrine Islamabad Capital Territory, Islamabad | unknown | 24 |
| 2004-06-10 | Wana South Waziristan, FATA | Al Qaeda | 21 |
| 2000-09-19 | Islamabad Capital Territory Islamabad Capital Territory, Islamabad | unknown | 20 |
- Attacks with one or two deaths are not in the source list, so the map undercounts the total toll. SATP’s list is thin before 2004.
- A group is named only when it claimed the attack or was blamed in the report; most attacks in these years were never claimed, so the grey share is large.
- The former tribal areas (FATA) are counted separately in the province totals, as they were administered then; they are drawn inside today’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
All attacks
Every attack on the map. Select a row to find it on the plate.
182 attacks
| Suicide bombing at Nishtar Park, KarachiNishtar Park, Karachi, SindhAt least 57 people, including prominent religious personalities, are reported to have died and more than 50 people sustained injuries in a suspected suicide bomb attack at Nishtar Park in Karachi on April 11. | 57 | |
| Quetta mosque toll rises to 53Kalaan, Quetta, BalochistanThe death toll in the July 4 massacre at a Shia mosque in Quetta city increased to 53 from 44 as nine more injured persons died in different hospitals. | 53 | |
| Bomb at Fatehpur shrine Urs, Jhal MagsiFatehpur village, Jhal Magsi, BalochistanAt least 50 people were reportedly killed and over 100 others sustained injuries on March 19 when a bomb explosion occurred at a crowded gathering near the shrine of a Shia saint at Fatehpur village in the Jhal Magsi district of Balochistan province. | 50 | |
| Grenade and gunfire on Quetta Muharram processionLiaquat Bazaar, Quetta, BalochistanAt least 42 persons are reported to have died and more than 150 sustained injuries when a procession of the Shia sect was attacked by rival Sunni extremists at Liaquat Bazaar in Quetta, capital of Baluchistan, on March 2, observed as Youm-i-Ashur, the 10th day. | 42 | |
| Suicide bombing at Dargai training centreDargai, Malakand, Khyber PakhtunkhwaA suicide bomber blew himself up at an army training centre at Dargai in the North West Frontier Province (NWFP) on November 8-morning, killing 42 and injuring 39 recruits of the Punjab Regiment Centre (PRC) and their instructor, according to Daily Times. | 42 | |
| Suicide attack on Hangu Muharram processionHangu, Khyber PakhtunkhwaThe death toll in the suicide attack on a Muharram procession at Hangu in North West Frontier Province (NWFP) on February 10 is reported to have increased to 40, according to Daily Times. | 40 | |
| Twin bombings at Multan gatheringMultan, PunjabAt least 38 people have reportedly been killed and more than 100 injured in two bomb blasts in the city of Multan on October 7, today. | 38 | |
| Suicide bombing at Sialkot Shia mosqueZainabia mosque, Sialkot, PunjabAt least 31 people were killed and 75 others sustained injuries in a suspected suicide bombing at a Shia mosque at Sialkot in the Punjab province on October 1 during the Friday prayers. | 31 | |
| Landmine kills 26 on busDera Bugti District, Dera Bugti, BalochistanAt least 26 people, mostly women and children, were killed in Dera Bugti District, Balochistan after their bus hit a landmine. | 26 | |
| Suicide bombing at Bari Imam shrine, IslamabadBari Imam shrine, Islamabad Capital Territory, IslamabadAt least 25 people, including a suspected suicide bomber, were killed and approximately 100 others sustained injuries during a powerful explosion at the Bari Imam shrine located in vicinity of the diplomatic enclave in capital Islamabad on May 27. | 24 | |
| South Waziristan militant assaults, toll 41Wana, South Waziristan, FATAAttacks on military and paramilitary forces continued for the second day in the South Waziristan Agency even as bodies of four more suspected foreign terrorists were reportedly found on June 10, increasing the death toll to 41. | 21 | |
| Islamabad market bomb, toll revised to 20Islamabad Capital Territory, IslamabadThe official death count in the explosion has now been revised to 20. | 20 | |
| Gunmen massacre church congregation, BahawalpurModel Town, Bahawalpur, Punjab17 members of the Christian community including five children were killed and nine others injured when six unidentified gunmen opened indiscriminate fire on a church in Model Town, Bahawalpur on October 28. | 18 | |
| Karachi Shia mosque bomb on MA Jinnah RoadMA Jinnah Road, Karachi, SindhAt least 18 worshippers were killed and 40 others sustained injuries when a high-intensity bomb exploded during the evening prayers at a Shia mosque situated on the MA Jinnah Road in Karachi on May 31. | 18 | |
| Lashkar-i-Islam Bara clashes, KhyberSur Dand, Khyber, FATAAccording to Dawn, at least 25 persons were killed and as many injured in gun-battles between followers of two religious groups at Bara in the North West Frontier Province. | 18 | |
| Tiyarza attack on army camp and FC postsTiyarza, South Waziristan, FATAAt least 25 persons, including 17 security force personnel, were reportedly killed and 11 persons sustained injuries during a gun-battle with terrorists in the Tiyarza area of South Waziristan on June 9. | 17 | |
| Rocket attack on Mahsud jirgaSheikh Ziarat near Jandola, South Waziristan, FATADaily Times reports that 17 tribesmen of the Mahsud jirga were killed and many were injured in a rocket attack near Jandola, 65 kilometres east of Wana in the South Waziristan agency on October 26 afternoon. | 17 | |
| Musharraf convoy bombing, RawalpindiRawalpindi, PunjabAnother attempt was carried on the president 11 days later when two suicide bombers tried to assassinate Musharraf, but their car bombs failed to kill the president; 16 others nearby died instead. | 16 | |
| Hangu sectarian toll rises to 15Hangu, Khyber PakhtunkhwaThe death toll in the sectarian violence at Hangu on March 1 increased to 15 as two more bodies, including a woman's, were recovered on March 2. | 15 | |
| Al Qaeda prisoners seize weapons, KurramKurram, FATAAccording to Pakistani media reports, approximately 15 persons, including six security force personnel, were killed on December 19 when Al Qaeda terrorists, being transported to Kohat by Pakistani security agencies, seized weapons and opened fire in the Kurram. | 15 | |
| Karachi Hyderi mosque toll rises to 16Mithadar, Karachi, SindhThe death till in the bomb blast at a Shia mosque in Karachi on May 7 reached 16 with the death of one more person. | 15 | |
| Bomb on Lahore-bound bus, KolpurKolpur, Mastung, BalochistanAt least 14 people were killed and 19 injured when a powerful bomb exploded on a passenger bus on February 5 in the Mastung district of Balochistan province. | 14 | |
| Sheikhupura attacks by six gunmenSheikhpura, Punjab13 persons, including two police personnel, were killed and four others injured in four separate incidents of terrorism by a group of six terrorists in Sheikhpura on March 4. | 13 | |
| Karachi bus bombing kills French nationalsSheraton Hotel, Karachi, SindhAccording to media reports, at least nine French nationals and five Pakistani nationals, including a suspected suicide bomber, were killed and 34 more injured in a bomb explosion inside a bus on May 8, today, opposite the Sheraton Hotel, Karachi. | 13 | |
| Quetta ambush kills 13 Hazara police traineesVillagate, Quetta, BalochistanIn a sectarian attack, 13 trainee police personnel belonging to the local Hazara community of the Shia sect were killed and eight others injured at Sariab Road in Quetta on June 8. | 13 | |
| Ambush on army convoy near WanaWana, South Waziristan, FATAAt least 13 soldiers were killed and 22 others sustained injuries as terrorists ambushed a Pakistan Army convoy on March 22 near the town of Wana in South Waziristan. | 13 | |
| Taliban clash with bandits near MiranshahMiranshah, North Waziristan, FATAAccording to The News, at least 17 persons were killed on December 6-7 in clashes involving local Taliban cadre and bandits in North Waziristan. | 13 | |
| Bhakkar Shia congregation bombingQadeem Imambargah, Bhakkar, PunjabAccording to media reports, 12 persons, including seven women and five children, were killed while 25 others were injured in a bomb explosion in the women's section of a religious ceremony at Bhakkar in Lahore on April 25. | 12 | |
| Car bomb outside US Consulate, KarachiAbdullah Haroon Road, Karachi, SindhIn a suspected incident of suicide bombing, approximately 12 persons, including five women, were killed and 51 others injured when a car containing explosives exploded outside the boundary wall of the US Consulate in Karachi on June 14. | 12 | |
| Bomb at Jandola Bazaar near FC compoundJandola Bazaar, South Waziristan, FATAAt least 12 people were killed and 50 others sustained injuries in a powerful bomb explosion at Jandola Bazaar in the Tank tribal area of South Waziristan on December 8, according to Dawn. | 12 | |
| Rawalpindi mosque toll 11, LeJ suspectedKhayaban-e-Sir Syed, Rawalpindi, PunjabPakistani police said on February 28 that two outlawed Sunni sectarian groups were likely behind the February 26-massacre at a Shiite mosque in Rawalpindi. | 11 | |
| Ambush on Corps Commander's convoy, KarachiClifton Bridge, Karachi, SindhAt least 11 persons, including seven Army personnel and three police personnel, were killed and 12 others sustained injuries when a group of seven to eight unidentified terrorists ambushed the convoy of Corps Commander, Karachi, Lt. | 11 | |
| Ambush on military convoy, Karwan ManzaKarwan Manza, South Waziristan, FATAAccording to The News, 13 more people, including seven soldiers and six suspected terrorists, were killed during clashes in the Kanigoram and Karwan Manza areas of South Waziristan on September 10. | 11 | |
| Quetta bicycle bomb kills 11Mezeen Chowk, Quetta, BalochistanEleven persons, including two army personnel, were reportedly killed and 26 others sustained injuries when a bomb attached to a bicycle exploded at Quetta in the Baluchistan province on December 10. | 11 | |
| Two bombs at Binoria seminary area, KarachiBinoria Hotel, Karachi, SindhAt least 10 people, including a three-year-old boy, were killed and 50 others sustained injuries in two bomb explosions near the Binoria mosque and seminary in Karachi on August 8. | 10 | |
| Gun battle with Bugti tribesmen, Dera BugtiDera Bugti, BalochistanAccording to Daily Times, a fierce gun-battle between tribal insurgents and the Frontier Corps (FC) in the Dera Bugti district of Balochistan province that ended early on March 18 left up to 31 people dead, including 10 FC personnel, and more than 70 injured. | 10 | |
| Time bomb on Hyderabad trainHyderabad, SindhA powerful explosion in a train, caused by a time bomb, killed nine persons and injured 35 others in Sindh's Hyderabad. | 9 | |
| Lahore mosque attack kills nine SSP worshippersHayat-e-Islam mosque, Lahore, PunjabNine persons including the chief of the local Sipah-e-Sahaba Pakistan (SSP) were killed and 11 others were injured as three unidentified terrorists opened indiscriminate fire on a congregation at the Hayat-e-Islam mosque in Lahore on March 12. | 9 | |
| Karachi imambargah shooting kills nineRafah-i-Aam Society, Karachi, SindhNine persons were shot dead and seven more wounded in an attack by unidentified, armed men outside an Imambargah in Rafah- i-Aam Society, Karachi, on February 22. | 9 | |
| Shaukat Aziz assassination attempt, Fateh JangFateh Jang, Attock, PunjabAssassination attempt on the Prime Minister-elect Shaukat Aziz, while he was campaigning for by-election in Fateh Jang, Attock District, Punjab. | 9 | |
| Lahore twin bombing toll rises to nineIchhra, Lahore, PunjabAccording to Dawn, the death toll in September 22 twin bombings in Lahore increased to nine after two more victims died on September 25. | 9 | |
| Sheikhupura public gathering shot upSheikhpura, PunjabIn the first incident, a group of six terrorists opened indiscriminate fire in which one person was killed and another injured. | 8 | |
| Bodies of eight missing soldiers foundSarwakai, South Waziristan, FATAAccording to The News, the casualties suffered by the Pakistan Army in the ongoing military operations against Taliban and Al Qaeda in South Waziristan rose to 43 on March 26 when bodies of eight missing soldiers were found by members of a pro-government triba. | 8 | |
| Ambush on army convoy at Khomrang (unconfirmed)Khomrang, South Waziristan, FATAAccording to The News, at least 11 persons were killed and 12 others sustained injuries in an exchange of fire between troops and terrorists in different parts of South Waziristan on August 5. | 8 | |
| Clashes at Laddha, South WaziristanLaddha, South Waziristan, FATAAccording to Daily Times, eight soldiers and four terrorists were killed during clashes between security forces and terrorists in the Laddha area of South Waziristan on September 15. | 8 | |
| Remote-controlled mine kills eight soldiersKanigoram, South Waziristan, FATAEight soldiers were killed and six others wounded when their vehicle hit a landmine planted by militants near Kanigoram in South Waziristan on November 4, Dawn reported. | 8 | |
| Ahmadiyya worship place shooting, Mandi BahauddinMong village, Mandi Bahauddin, PunjabEight persons were killed and 19 others were injured when unidentified assailants opened fire in an Ahmadiyya place of worship at Mong village near Mandi Bahauddin in the Punjab province on October 7. | 8 | |
| Heavy-weapons attack on FC checkpoint near Mir AliKhasokhel bridge, North Waziristan, FATATerrorists armed with heavy weapons attacked a new Frontier Corps (FC) checkpoint on Khasokhel bridge near Mir Ali, the main town in North Waziristan, killing eight FC personnel. | 8 | |
| Convoy ambush near Spilga village, MiranshahSpilga village, North Waziristan, FATAAt least eight paramilitary soldiers were killed and 27 others wounded when a convoy of security forces (SFs) was ambushed near Miranshah in North Waziristan on April 20, according to Dawn. | 8 | |
| Karachi bomb blast, JanuaryKarachi, Sindh17 January — At least 7 people killed when a bomb exploded in Karachi. | 7 |
Sources
- South Asia Terrorism Portal, Major incidents of terrorism-related violence in Pakistan, 2021–2026 (satp.org).
- Wikipedia, Terrorist incidents in Pakistan in 2000 to … in 2020 (raw wikitext), used only to add attacks missing from SATP; each added row is marked in the CSV.
- Place names: GeoNames gazetteer for Pakistan, India and Saudi Arabia. Neighbouring countries: Natural Earth.
- District geometry: Blank Districts of Pakistan.svg by Abbasi786786 on Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0); geoBoundaries IND ADM2 (Local Government Directory, 2021) and CHN ADM0, aligned to the Commons map.