List of massacres in Pakistan

A massacre is the deliberate slaughter of members of one group by one or more members of another more powerful group. A massacre may be indiscriminate or highly methodical in application. A massacre is a single event, though it may occur during the course of an extended military campaign or war. A massacre is separate from a battle (an event in which opposing sides fight), but may follow in its immediate aftermath, when one side has surrendered or lost the ability to fight, yet the victors persist in killing their opponents.

Massacres

Name/Place Date Location Deaths Notes Ref
Qasba Aligarh massacre 14 December 1986 Orangi town 400+ By Tribal Pashtuns [1]
2003 Quetta mosque bombing 4 July 2003 Jumah Prayers shiya mosque 53 By Lashkar e Jhangvi [2]
Pearl Continental hotel bombing 9 June 2009 Peshawar 17 By Fedayeen al-Islam [3]
2010 Ahmadiyya mosques massacre 28 May 2010 Lahore 86 By Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan [4][5]
June 2013 Pakistan bombings 30 June 2013 Quetta 52 One attack near a Muslim mosque in Hazara Town, Quetta in which at least 28 people killed. Another attack near the Badhaber Police Station in Peshawar in which 18 people killed. Other in a check post in Miranshah, North Waziristan in which four security officers were killed. [6]
2014 Peshawar school massacre 16 December 2014 Army Public School Peshawar 148 By Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan [7]
2015 Karachi bus shooting May 13, 2015 Safoora Goth 45+ By Jundallah [8]
2016 Punjab sweet poisoning 20 April to 8 May 2016 District Layyah, Punjab 33 Least 33 people, including five children, died after eating a purposely poisoned laddu, a baked confection. A sweet shop owner, Khalid Mahmood, confessed to mixing the pesticide into the sweets after an argument with his brother and co-owner
2017 Sargodha shrine massacre April 1, 2017 95 Shomaali, Sargodha, Punjab, Pakistan 20 died 3 injured.
Sahiwal killings January 19, 2019 Highway, Sahiwal 4 By CTD Punjab


See also

References

  1. ^ Shafique, Khurram Ali (ed.). "1986: Orangi killings". The Chronicle of Pakistan. Republic of Rumi. Archived from the original on January 22, 2013.
  2. ^ "19 arrested after attack on mosque". The Guardian. Reuters. 2003-07-07. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2020-10-07.
  3. ^ "Suicide attack on Pakistani hotel". BBC. 2009-06-10. Retrieved 2016-02-02.
  4. ^ "Clarification - 86 Ahmadis died in the Lahore attacks | Islam Ahmadiyya". Retrieved 2020-10-07.
  5. ^ "Pakistan: Massacre of Minority Ahmadis". Human Rights Watch. 2010-06-01. Retrieved 2020-10-07.
  6. ^ "Bombs Kill 49 Amid UK PM's Visit To Pakistan". The Huffington Post. Retrieved 2016-02-02.
  7. ^ "Peshawar school attack: Over 10 killed in Pakistani Taliban attack, hundreds of students hostage". DNA India. 16 December 2014. Retrieved 16 December 2014.
  8. ^ Abbas, Munira (14 May 2015). "Safora massacre death toll rises to 45 as Ismaili community say their last goodbyes". The Express Tribune. Retrieved 17 May 2015.