Chronology of blasts in Pakistan
Pak police officers carry an injured person after a bomb explosion at an hotel in Islamabad. Photo Courtesy: AP.
Chronology of blasts in Pakistan in 2008
Sat-Sep 20, 2008
Islamabad / Press Trust of India
Major attacks that rocked Pakistan since January 2008:
January 10: Twenty people killed in suicide bomb attack outside Lahore High Court.
January 14: Bomb kills 10 people at a market in Karachi.
February 9: Suicide bomber kills 25 people at an opposition election rally in the northwestern town of Charsadda.
February 11: Nine killed in suicide bombing at an election meeting of an independent candidate in North Waziristan.
February 16: Suicide car bomber strikes a rally of Pakistan People's Party in the northwestern town of Parachinar, killing 37.
February 22: Roadside bomb hits wedding party in Swat, killing at least 14.
February 25: Suicide bomber kills army surgeon Lieutenant General Mushtaq Baig and seven others in Rawalpindi.
February 29: Forty-four killed in a suicide blast in Mingora in northwest Swat valley during the funeral of three policemen killed by a roadside bomb earlier in the day.
March 2: Suicide bomber kills 43 at tribal elders convention in the northwestern district of Darra Adam Khel.
March 4: Two suicide bombers attack Pakistan Naval War College in Lahore, killing five people.
March 10: Suicide truck bombings target Federal Investigation Agency building in Lahore; 26 killed.
March 15: Bomb blast at a restaurant in Islamabad kills a woman and wounds 10 others, including four FBI men.
July 2: Suicide car bomb outside the Danish embassy in Islamabad kills eight.
July 6: Fifteen killed in suicide attack on policemen during a rally to mark the anniversary of Lal Masjid raid.
August 12: Roadside bomb attack targets Pakistan Air Force bus in Peshawar, killing 13.
August 19: Twenty-three killed in suicide attack on a hospital in northwestern Dera Ismail Khan town.
August 21: At least 78 killed in twin suicide attacks outside Pakistan's main ordnance factory in Wah.
August 28: Nine persons, mostly policemen, killed in roadside bombing in North West Frontier Province.
September 6: Thirty people were killed and 70 injured in suicide bombing near a police check post in Peshawar.
January 10: Twenty people killed in suicide bomb attack outside Lahore High Court.
January 14: Bomb kills 10 people at a market in Karachi.
February 9: Suicide bomber kills 25 people at an opposition election rally in the northwestern town of Charsadda.
February 11: Nine killed in suicide bombing at an election meeting of an independent candidate in North Waziristan.
February 16: Suicide car bomber strikes a rally of Pakistan People's Party in the northwestern town of Parachinar, killing 37.
February 22: Roadside bomb hits wedding party in Swat, killing at least 14.
February 25: Suicide bomber kills army surgeon Lieutenant General Mushtaq Baig and seven others in Rawalpindi.
February 29: Forty-four killed in a suicide blast in Mingora in northwest Swat valley during the funeral of three policemen killed by a roadside bomb earlier in the day.
March 2: Suicide bomber kills 43 at tribal elders convention in the northwestern district of Darra Adam Khel.
March 4: Two suicide bombers attack Pakistan Naval War College in Lahore, killing five people.
March 10: Suicide truck bombings target Federal Investigation Agency building in Lahore; 26 killed.
March 15: Bomb blast at a restaurant in Islamabad kills a woman and wounds 10 others, including four FBI men.
July 2: Suicide car bomb outside the Danish embassy in Islamabad kills eight.
July 6: Fifteen killed in suicide attack on policemen during a rally to mark the anniversary of Lal Masjid raid.
August 12: Roadside bomb attack targets Pakistan Air Force bus in Peshawar, killing 13.
August 19: Twenty-three killed in suicide attack on a hospital in northwestern Dera Ismail Khan town.
August 21: At least 78 killed in twin suicide attacks outside Pakistan's main ordnance factory in Wah.
August 28: Nine persons, mostly policemen, killed in roadside bombing in North West Frontier Province.
September 6: Thirty people were killed and 70 injured in suicide bombing near a police check post in Peshawar.
CHRONOLOGY-At least 350 dead in three months of Pakistan blasts
Thu Oct 18, 2007Oct 19 - A suspected suicide bomber killed at least 123 people on Friday in an attack on former Pakistani prime minister Benazir Bhutto as she was driven through Karachi to greet supporters on her return from eight years in exile.
Here is a chronology showing the worst suicide bombings and attacks in recent months:
-- JULY: More than 140 people are killed in about 13 suicide attacks after the siege and storming by security forces of Islamabad's of Red Mosque. The worse attacks include:
* July 14: Suicide car-bomber kills 24 paramilitary soldiers and wounds 29 in North Waziristan; two security officials are wounded in another blast in North West Frontier Province (NWFP).
* July 15: Sixteen people, most of them paramilitary soldiers, are killed in suicide-bomb ambush on patrol in Swat valley in NWFP. Separately, suicide bomber targets police recruiting centre in Dera Ismail Khan in NWFP, killing 29.
* July 17: Suicide bomber kills 16 people outside court in Islamabad where country's suspended chief justice, Iftikhar Chaudhry, was due to speak. Separately, suicide bomber kills four, including three soldiers, in North Waziristan.
* July 19: Three suicide attacks kill at least 52 people. At least 30 are killed in southern town of Hub. In northwest city of Hangu a car bomber kills seven people. And at least 15 worshippers are killed at a mosque at army training centre in northwest Kohat.
* July 27: Suicide bomb attack in restaurant near Islamabad's Red Mosque kills 13 people, most of them policemen.
-- AUGUST: At least 13 killed in three suicide attacks:
* Aug. 20: Three paramilitary soldiers are killed and eight wounded when bomber rams checkpost in northwestern town of Thal.
* Aug. 24: Suicide bomber kills five soldiers and wounds 30 in attack on convoy in Waziristan. Hours later another suicide bomber kills another soldier in region.
* Aug. 26: Four policemen are killed and two wounded in suicide bomb attack in Swat valley.
-- SEPTEMBER: At least 61 people killed in four suicide attacks.
* Sept. 1: Suicide bomber kills three paramilitary soldiers and two civilians in northwest Bajaur.
* Sept 4: Two suicide bombers kill 25 and wound 70 in Rawalpindi.
* Sept. 11: Suicide bomber kills 16 people in northwest Dera Ismail Khan.
* Sept 13: At least 15 soldiers killed in suicide bombing in an army canteen near Islamabad.
-- OCTOBER:
* Oct 3: Landmine blast kills 14 bus passengers in North Waziristan.
* 19: At least 123 people killed by a suspected suicide bomb attack on former Benazir Bhutto as she is driven through Karachi after eight years in exile. The attack is one of the deadliest in Pakistan's history.
Source: Reuters
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