Major incidents of Terrorism-related violence in Pakistan - 2012
June 24: The Afghanistan-based Pakistan militants attacked a military convoy in Upper Dir District of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, resulting in the killing of at least 21 persons, including 11 militants and 10 soldiers.
At least four Policemen were shot dead in an ambush at Bakra Mandi area of Eastern Bypass, on outskirts of Quetta, the capital of Balochistan.
June 23: At least eight persons (Sindhis), including a Policeman, were killed and another was injured in an attack by unidentified militants in Mill area of Sariab Road area of Quetta in Balochistan.
June 22: The TTP claimed on June 22 that they had beheaded seven SF personnel, who were kidnapped on June 21 after a clash with SFs near Laddah in South Waziristan Agency of FATA.
As many as 15 militants and one SF official were killed and two SFs were injured, when terrorists from Afghanistan attacked Karakar security checkpost (near Afghan border) in the Barawal area of Upper Dir District.
June 21: At least 11 militants were killed and three others received injuries when jetfighters pounded their positions in Sharqi and Janata areas of South Waziristan Agency in FATA.
In Dera Bugti District, Muhammad Irfan, Hafeezullah and Ahmed of Bugti tribe were killed when their motorcycle hit a landmine in Pat Feeder area, Levies sources said.
A bomb on a donkey cart killed three people at a Sufi shrine in Peshawar, the Provincial capital of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
June 20: At least 13 TTP militants were killed and several others injured when helicopter gunships bombed their positions in Tirah valley of Khyber Agency in FATA.
June 18: Three people, identified as Murtaza Khan, Jaffar Khan and Namdar Khan, were killed and two others Mir Shah Gul and Noor Din, received injuries when mortar shells hit a caravan of migrating tribesmen, (IDP) at Mandani Kallay locality of Ali Sherzai area in Orakzai Agency of FATA.
At least five students and one professor were killed, while around 30 were injured when a powerful blast occurred near an IT University located in Jinnah Town of Quetta, the provincial capital of Balochistan in the morning.
Three bullet-riddled dead bodies of MQM's activists were recovered from an abandoned car at Mirza Adam Khan Road within the limits of Chakiwara Police Station in Karachi.
June 17: Seven terrorists were killed and several of their hideouts destroyed in bombing by aircraft in NWA of FATA.
June 16: A car bomb ripped through parking area of Bazaar Zakhakhel in Landikotal town of FATA, killing 25 people and injuring more than 65.
A roadside bomb targeting a Police van killed six Police officers and one civilian in Kohat District of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
June 14: At least nine suspected militants were killed and four others were injured when military planes attacked their positions in upper tehsil of Orakzai Agency in FATA.
A US drone attack killed at least three more militants by firing two missiles on a building in the central market of Miranshah in North Waziristan Agency, quoting Pakistani Officials.
SFs and a tribal lashkar repulsed a TTP attack on a check post in Upper Dir District of KP from Afghan Province of Kunar, killing six attackers and injuring many, official sources said.
June 13: A US drone fired two missiles on a car near Miranshah in North Waziristan Agency of FATA killing four suspects inside the car.
June 12: At least two Policemen, identified as Abdul Jabbar (40) and Naheedullah (38), were killed and five others, including three civilians were injured in a suicide attack targeting the convoy of Faheem-ur-Rehman, the head of the anti-Taliban Bazidkhel Qaumi Lashkar at Bazidkhel Chowk in Badhaber area of Peshawar.
June 10: At least 10 people, including one security official, were killed, and 10 others injured when terrorists fired rockets at a security check post in South Waziristan Agency of FATA.
June 9: At least five more persons were killed on the second day of gun fight between the SFs and militants in Chagai District.
Armed militants killed four Policemen on Sariab Road in Quetta.
At least four people were killed and two others injured in intense exchange of fire between two groups of drug peddlers at Al-Asif Square in Sohrab Goth area of Karachi.
June 8: At least 18 persons, including 13 cadres of a militant outfit, were killed in a fierce gun battle with SFs in Chagai District.
At least 21 persons were killed and over 40 others injured when a powerful bomb ripped through a bus carrying Government employees in Gulbela area on the Charsadda Road in the jurisdiction of Daudzai Police Station in Peshawar.
June 7: At least 15 people, including five children, were killed and more than 48 got injured in a remote-controlled bomb blast outside a madrassa, Jamia Islamia Miftahul Uloom, near Bank Chowk on Sariab Link Road in Quetta. Majority of the victims were students of the madrassa.
At least three people, including two militants, were killed and another was injured in a firing incident in Chaghai District.
June 6: Nine militants, including a local TTP 'commander', were killed during the clash between the volunteers of Kukikhel tribe in Tirah valley of Khyber Agency in FATA.
June 5: At least 20 TTP militants were killed in retaliatory fire by SFs when a group of militants attacked the Salala checkpost along the ******* international border in Mohammad Agency of FATA.
At least six militants were killed when Kukikhel peace lashkar clashed with Tariq Afridi group of TTP in Dwa Thoe area of Tirah valley in Khyber Agency.
June 4: US drone attack killed 15 militants in Hisokhel, east of Miranshah, the headquarter of North Waziristan Agency of FATA. Officials said two missiles slammed into a compound in the village of Hisokhel before dawn.
10 militants were killed in aerial shelling in Dwa Thoe area of Tirah valley in Khyber Agency.
June 3: The US drone attack killed 10 militants in the Birmal area of South Waziristan Agency in FATA.
The LI militants killed two men and a woman in Qambar Khel area of Bara tehsil in Khyber Agency after accusing them of being involved in illicit affair.
At least six persons, including four Shias and a policeman, were killed and another Policeman injured when a group of unidentified assailants attacked a welding shop on Essa Khan Road in Quetta of Balochistan.
June 2: More than 30 militants were killed in clashes with SFs in Tirah Valley of Khyber Agency in FATA.
At least four militants were killed in a drone attack in Ghwa Khwa area near Wana in South Waziristan Agency of FATA in the early morning.
June 1: Militants attacked troops near the Nadir Mela area of Kurram Agency in FATA, leading to a shootout that killed six militants and injured two soldiers, including a captain.
Eight militants were killed and three were injured when gunship helicopters pounded militants' positions in Mela Village of Orakzai Agency.
May 30: A militant, identified as Mohammad Arshad alias Taliban, shot dead three brothers, Mohammad Jamshed, Mohammad Mushtaq and Mohammad Ishtiaq, in Badra area of Mansehra District before being killed by the locals in the area.
Two abductees were recovered and three persons, including one abductee, one Policeman and an abductor, were killed during an encounter in a joint raid by AVCC and CPLC at Alamdar Chowk, Qasimabad area in Karachi.
May 29: Fourteen militants were killed in air forces' jet planes-shelling in Mamozai area of the Orakzai Agency in FATA.
SFs killed seven militants and injured four others in air strikes conducted by the air forces' jets in Dwa Toai area of Jamrud tehsil in Khyber Agency.
May 28: At least 10 militants were killed when SFs fighter jets pounded various suspected militant hideouts in Mamozai, Jandarkhel and Samaa Bazaar areas of Orakzai Agency in FATA.
Two separate US drone attacks killed at least nine militants near Miranshah, the main town of North Waziristan Agency.
Air forces jets killed five suspected militants in Tirah valley area of Khyber Agency.
Three Shias were killed and another six injured when unidentified militants ambushed a Peshawar-bound bus in Charkhel village of Parachinar in Kurram Agency.
At least three tortured bullet-riddled bodies stuffed in a bag were found in the Ferozabad area of Quetta.
May 27: US drone strike killed at least seven militants in Sokhel area of Mir Ali in North Waziristan Agency of FATA.
Six militants were killed and two others injured in a gunfight with SFs in Gandi Tal area of Orakzai Agency.
At least three people were killed and nine others, including a Policeman, were injured in a remote-controlled blast on Saryab Road in Quetta.
May 26: A US drone attack killed at least four militants in Miramshah, the main town of North Waziristan Agency of FATA.
May 25: At least seven passengers on a Swabi-bound bus were shot dead three others were wounded when armed militants opened fire on the bus on National Highway at Rinn Shakh, near Qazi Ahmed Taluka town in Shaheed Benazirabad District.
May 24: Eight militants were killed when a US drone attacked a militant hideout and a mosque in the Mir Ali tehsil of North Waziristan Agency in FATA.
May 23: As many as 12 militants were killed after gunship helicopters pounded several hideouts in Mamozai, Sama Bazaar and Manzar Taap areas of the Orakzai Agency in FATA.
At least five more people were killed over a dozen others injured in the ongoing in Karachi due to a strike call by Awami Tehreek President Ayaz Latif Palijo.
Three militants and a peace volunteer were killed and one was injured in a clash in Tirah valley in Khyber Agency.
May 22: A rally opposing creation of Mohajir Province in Sindh, titled 'Mohabbat-e-Sindh' (Love of Sindh), organised by the Awami Tehreek (AT), a Sindh-based nationalist party, was attacked by unidentified armed militants at Napier Road in Karachi killing at least 13 people and injuring 35 others.
At least 10 militants were killed in a US drone strike on a militant compound in the Tabai area near Miramshah, the main town of North Waziristan Agency, in FATA.
May 21: At least four militants and one volunteer of a peace committee were killed while several others were injured in clashes with SFs in Bukarh area of Tirah Valley in Khyber Agency of FATA.
May 15: Nine militants were killed when SFs pounded their hideouts in Mamozai area of Orakzai Agency in FATA.
May 14: 12 militants were killed and several others injured when SFs pounded their hideouts with artillery and helicopter gunships in two different areas of Kurram Agency of FATA.
Eight LI militants were killed and two soldiers were injured in a clash with SFs at Qamberabad Chowk in Bara tehsil of Khyber Agency.
Two civilians and two FC persons were killed, while 58 others, including 11 FC personnel, two children and a woman, were injured when a car bomb exploded as a FC convoy passed by in the Almo Chowk area of Quetta.
May 13: Four persons were killed and three received injuries in clashes between rival militant groups in Tirah valley of Khyber Agency in FATA.
A tribal leader, Sultan Bachazad, was shot dead in the Mamonzai area of Kurram Agency. Sources said that unidentified militants opened fire on the tribal leader as he came out of his house.
A roadside bomb injured two SF personnel near Thal Pikkat when a convoy of security officials was passing on the Razmak-Miranshah Road in NWA.
Eight mortar shells fired from Afghanistan reportedly landed into Pakistani territory in North Waziristan Agency. The mortar shells were fired by the NATO forces in Khost but landed at Ghulam Khan Border area adjacent to NWA. According to sources, Pakistani Forces retaliated to the firing. However, no casualties were reported.
May 11: Four children - one girl and three boys - were killed and two women got injured on May 11 when a mortar slammed into their pick-up truck in the Qamberabad area of Bara tehsil in Khyber Agency of FATA.
May 9: At least 10 TTP militants were killed and several others injured when Army helicopter gunships heavily pounded suspected hideouts in Tirah Valley of Khyber Agency in FATA near Afghan border.
Six militants were killed during a clash between the LI and AI in Toorikhel area of Tirah Valley. Clashes between the two groups take place frequently as Ansarul Islam fights the LI to gain control of the area.
May 8: 39 persons were killed in two days of clashes between SFs and militants in Miranshah area of North Waziristan Agency of FATA.
May 7: The TTP killed 14 soldiers in Miranshah, the main town in the North Waziristan Agency of FATA along the Afghan border.
May 6: Nine soldiers were killed and 12 more injured when unidentified militants ambushed a military convoy at Amin Check post, a security outpost on a hilltop outside Miranshah, in North Waziristan Agency of FATA.
Eight militants were killed in Mamozai and Khadizai areas of Orakzai Agency.
May 5: At least 10 persons were killed while one was injured when US drone attacked a house in Darr-e-Nishtar area of North Waziristan Agency in FATA.
May 4: A suicide attack targeting SFs killed at least 29 persons, including four Policemen, and injured over 73 others at Khar Bazaar in Khar town of Bajaur Agency in FATA.
May 3: Five persons, among them three SF personnel, were killed in two back-to-back bomb explosions in Chamarkand area, some 25 kilometres from Khar town, in Bajaur Agency of FATA.
At least five Policemen and four criminals were killed in a gun battle between the Police and gangsters on the seventh day of Lyari operation in Lyari area of Karachi.
Police claimed to have killed four cadres of PAC. The gangsters removed dead bodies of two of the four killed - Junaid and Shehzad, Police said.
May 1: Three persons were killed due to shelling of SFs in the Khan Mir Garhi area of Mamonzai in Orakzai Agency of FATA.
April 30: At least eight people, including a Police Official, were killed and another 35 injured in the ongoing Police operation against gangsters in Lyari area of Karachi.
April 29: Ten persons, including five militants, were killed and 14 others injured in a clash between LI militants and volunteers of Akkakhel peace committee in Bara tehsil of Khyber Agency in FATA.
April 27: Four suspected militants were killed and seven arrested by SF during a search operation in Gaybun area near Turbat District.
April 25: Three TTP militants and as many members of a peace committee were killed during a clash in Darra Adamkhel area of Kohat District in KP.
April 24: At least three people, including a Railway Police official, died and around 45 others received injuries when a bomb exploded at the counter of Business Train on Platform No 2 of the Lahore Railway Station.
April 22: Unidentified assailants opened fire on a car, which was going from Peshawar to Adezai village, killing four persons, including two brothers, in the limits of Mattani Police Station of Peshawar, the provincial capital of KP.
April 20: At least 18 persons were killed and 10 others injured in ethnic violence in Orangi Town area of Karachi. Among those killed were 11 Pashtuns, four Urdu-speaking people, and one Punjabi, Kutchi and Baloch person each.
April 19: Clashes between tribesmen backed by SFs' helicopter gunships and militants left at least nine persons dead and several others injured in Shawa tehsil of NWA in FATA.
Seven militants were killed and more than a dozen others injured in clashes with Security Forces in Jogi area of Kurram Agency.
April 18: SFs secured an important strategic height 'Tur Nazun' from the terrorists in central Kurram Agency of FATA during an operation, killing seven militants and injuring 12 others.
April 17: Three people were killed while two others, identified as Nazer Muhammad and Bilal, sustained injuries in a firing incident that occurred at a hotel located in Pahar Ganj area of North Nazimabad in Karachi.
April 14: Unidentified assailants riding motorcycles killed eight Shias, belonging to Hazara community, in two incidents of sectarian attacks in Quetta, the provincial capital of Balochistan.
April 12: At least 15 militants were killed when Army gunship helicopters heavily pounded terrorist's positions near the Afghan border in Joki Zaranna areas of Kurram Agency in FATA.
April 11: LI militants shot dead five Zakhakhel tribe persons in Bara tehsil of Khyber Agency in FATA.
Four alleged militants were killed and six others arrested by the FC after an exchange of fire with them at Sangsilla area in Dera Bugti District of Balochistan.
April 9: Six Shia persons belonging to the Hazara community were killed and three others were injured when armed militants opened fire at a cobblers shop on Prince Road in Quetta of Balochistan.
Four militants and two soldiers were killed during a clash when a group of 20 militants attacked a military checkpost in the Khapyanga area of Kurram Agency in FATA.
April 8: Army gunship helicopters pounded militant positions in Mamozai area of Orakzai Agency in FATA and killed 14 militants.
April 5: A suicide bomber targeted a senior Police Officer, Superintendent of Police (SP) Anwar Ahmed Khan, said to be a leading name in the crackdown on militants, killing four passers-by and injuring 17 others in the Malir area of Karachi, the provincial capital of Sindh.
Earlier in a pre-dawn attack, three Policemen were shot dead in PIB Colony. A car carrying the Policemen was ambushed by unidentified militants who came on six motorcycles and two cars.
Three FC soldiers were killed and another two were injured in a remote-controlled bomb blast at Balingor near Mand in Turbat District of Balochistan.
April 4: Seven people were killed and three others injured when a passenger van was blown up in a roadside bomb blast at Shah Kas area in Jamrud tehsil of Khyber Agency in FATA.
April 3: As many as 20 people lost their lives and another 55 were injured in a fresh wave of sectarian violence across Gilgit-Baltistan, which erupted after clashes between ASWJ and Police in which five persons were killed in Gilgit city. Police officer Basharat Ali said that the violence began when five people were killed in Gilgit city in clashes between Police and protesting ASWJ cadres and sympathizers.
April 2: Five SF personnel were killed when a group of TTP militants from across the Afghanistan border attacked a security post at Olai checkpoint in Mohmand Agency of FATA. Four other SF personnel were injured and another one was stated to be missing.
March 31: At least 14 militants were killed when the Army helicopters targeted militant hideouts in Akhunkot area of Upper Orakzai Agency in FATA.
March 30: At least 21 militants were killed by the SFs in an retaliatory fire in the Khadizai area, around 75 kilometres southwest of Kalaya, which is the main town of Orakzai Agency in FATA.
March 29: At least five Hazaras were killed and seven others injured when unidentified militants opened fire on their car on Spiny Road in Quetta in a suspected sectarian attack.
A US drone launched a missile attack on a militant compound in a market area of Miramshah, the main town in North Waziristan Agency, in FATA, killing four TTP militants and injuring two others.
March 28: At least five people were killed after a worker of ANP Sindh Chapter, Zianul Abideen, was shot dead and his two companions injured near Matric Board Office in Nazimabad area of Karachi.
March 27: 10 people were killed and 17 others injured while 46 vehicles were set ablaze after the killing of two MQM workers in PIB Police precincts in Karachi.
March 25: Four persons were killed and two others sustained bullet injuries when unidentified armed militants opened fire at them near Shero Jhangi area on Charsadda Road in Peshawar.
March 24: At least 12 militants and four soldiers were killed in a clash between SFs and TTP during a search operation in Shin Warsak area of South Waziristan Agency in FATA.
10 militants and three soldiers were killed after TTP militants stormed a check post in Khadizai area of Orakzai Agency, a senior military officer said.
At least eight militants were killed in Khyber Agency area in an explosion inside their hideout.
At least three devotees, including a tribal leader, were killed and nine others, including women and children, sustained injuries when their vehicle, owned by local tribal leader Muhammad Nawaz, was attacked by a group of unidentified militants in Tambo tehsil of Kohlu District.
March 23: At least 13 persons, including eight LI militants, were killed and four others got injured when a TTP suicide bomber blew himself up at Dars Jumat mosque in Sandapal area of Bara tehsil in Khyber Agency of FATA.
In a pre-dawn attack on a paramilitary check post in Paswara area of Mugha Kot in Sheerani District of Balochistan TTP militants killed at least four BFC personnel and injured three others.
March 21: At least five militants were killed and two SF personnel were reportedly injured during clashes in an unspecified place of central part of Kurram Agency in FATA.
The volunteers of TuI killed three alleged LI militants, who were suspected to be involved in bomb blasts in the area, at Bazaar Zakhakhel area of Landikotal in Khyber Agency.
March 19: At least eight persons were killed and 15 others injured in clashes between SFs and militants in Dattakhel area near Miranshah, the main town of NWA, in FATA.
March 18: At least 26 terrorists were killed in air strikes by fighter jets in the bordering areas of Orakzai and Kurram Agencies in FATA.
14 bullet-riddled bodies were found in Speen Qabar area of Bara tehsil in Khyber Agency, a day after SFs left the area after an operation.
SFs resorted to indiscriminate firing and shelling in Mir Ali tehsil of North Waziristan Agency, killing five civilians, one of them a child, after two military convoys were attacked.
Unidentified armed assailants shot dead three persons, including the leader of Kachchi Rabita Committee (KRC), Rasheed Kutchi (37), ASI Khalil, and security guard Zubair (33), at Ghausia Road in Agra Taj Colony area of Karachi in Sindh.
March 17: 23 suspected militants were killed when Army planes targeted their positions in Dabori and Mamozai areas of Orakzai Agency.
Eight terrorists were killed and several others injured in aerial bombing in the areas of Samaa Bazaar, Toor Semath, Kagu Qamar, Mamuzai, Jabba, and Balaras of Orakzai Agency.
The volunteers of TuI, a Zakhakhel-based group killed three suspects militants involved in bomb blasts at Zakhakhel and Tirah areas of Khyber Agency in FATA.
Three women were killed in a roadside bomb explosion, while two others sustained injuries at Mundi Kas area in Bara tehsil.
March 14: 16 civilians and six suspected militants, including an Afghan national, were killed during operation in Sipah area of Bara tehsil in Khyber Agency of FATA.
At least six members of an anti-Taliban militia were killed and three others injured in an IED blast during a meeting of tribal elders at Kotkai village of Mamond tehsil in Bajaur Agency.
March 13: The US drones struck twice in the regions along the border with Afghanistan in SWA of FATA, killing 15 militants, including two senior 'commanders', security and intelligence officials said.
Three persons were killed by unidentified militants in Tirah Kukikhel near Spean Khwar in Khyber Agency.
NWA APA Azmat Jamal and his two associates were killed when unidentified militants ambushed their vehicle in Mir Ali tehsil of NWA.
Unidentified assailants shot dead four Police constables and injured another two at a picket in the jurisdiction of Sadar Police Station in Gujrat District of Punjab.
March 12: SFs killed eight militants during operations in different areas of Upper Orakzai Agency in FATA and destroyed three hideouts.
March 11: At least 39 militants were killed in clashes at various places during a SFs' operation in Alam Godhar Area of Khyber Agency in FATA.
Five security personnel including a high-ranking officer were killed when they stepped over a land mine in Ghalanai area of Mohammad Agency. Seven others were injured in the incident.
A suicide bomber blew himself up at a funeral in the suburban Badbher area of Peshawar, the provincial capital of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, killing 17 persons and injuring 32 others.
March 10: Pakistani fighter jets bombed several terrorists' hideouts in the northwestern Orakzai Agency, near the Afghanistan border, killing 33 terrorists and injuring 23, military officials said.
Four terrorist hideouts in the Khadezai and Mamozai areas of tribal region were destroyed by bombardment of jet fighters, killing at least 21 terrorists.
At least five terrorists were killed by SFs after they attacked convoy of the SFs in Bara tehsil of Khyber Agency, political authorities said.
Six members of a pro-Government tribal militia were killed when they were ambushed by militants in the Dera Bugti area of Balochistan, security officials said.
March 9: At least 18 militants, among them six foreigners, were killed when US drones fired missiles on a compound and a vehicle in two different areas of South Waziristan Agency in FATA.
TTP militants ambushed a military convoy, killing seven soldiers at Khar Qamar, 30 kilometres west of Miranshah, the main town of North Waziristan Agency.
March 7: At least four persons, including two women, were killed and two others injured when unidentified armed assailants opened fire after entering a house in Shaheen town area on University Road in Peshawar.
Unidentified militants killed three labourers and injured six others in a town close to the Iranian border in Kech District of Balochistan.
At least three militants were killed when rival outfits clashed in Tirah valley of Khyber Agency in FATA.
March 6: At least 17 militants, including two al Qaeda 'commanders' and seven suicide bombers, were killed in separate SFs actions in Upper Orakzai and Malakhel area of Dabori in Orakzai Agency of FATA.
Seven unidentified militants were killed while nine others were wounded during a clash with SFs at the RD 238 Uch area of Naseerabad District.
March 5: Four militants were killed when rival outfits clashed with each other to get control over an important bunker in Dwa Thoe area of Tirah valley in Khyber Agency of FATA.
Three militants were killed as a Balochistan FC patrol team retaliated to their attack in Hameedpur area in Naseerabad District.
March 3: Four militants were killed and two others received injuries in clashes between two rival groups in Tirah Valley of Khyber Agency in FATA.
Bullet-riddled bodies of three missing Frontier Corps personnel were found near Machh town in Bolan District.
A Policeman and a five-year old girl were killed when a suicide bomber attacked the motorcade of former Interior Minister Aftab Ahmad Sherpao near Kangra village soon after he left the venue of a public meeting in nearby Battagram village of Shabqadar tehsil in Charsadda District.
March 2: 25 people were killed and another 18 injured in a suicide attack targeting a mosque after Friday prayers in Tirah Valley of Khyber Agency in FATA.
23 LI militants and 10 army personnel were killed in fresh clashes in Lakaro Baba area of Tirah Valley.
17 TTP militants, including two key 'commanders' were killed and 13 injured, while five of their hideouts were destroyed after jetfighters pounded their hideouts in Akhun Kot, Bilrass and Chappar areas of Manozai areas of Upper Orakzai Agency.
Three alleged militants were killed in a clash with FC in Pir Sori area of Dera Bugti District.
March 1: At least 20 militants were killed and their five hideouts were destroyed by SFs in different areas of Orakzai Agency in FATA.
February 29: Two women and a child were killed when a bomb ripped through their vehicle on the outskirts of Bara tehsil in Khyber Agency of FATA.
February 28: Armed militants dressed in military uniforms killed at least 18 Shias, all men, from Gilgit-Baltistan, on the Karakoram Highway in Kohistan District while they were returning in a convoy from a pilgrimage in Iran.
February 27: Seven people were killed and 20 others wounded when a bomb planted in a motorcycle exploded after senior ANP leadership left a public meeting in Nowshera District.
February 26: 10 militants and two SF personnel were killed in a clash between SFs and militants in the Siplatoi area of South Waziristan Agency in FATA during a search operation.
Six LI militants were killed when helicopter gunships targeted their hideouts in Nangrosa and Nari Baba areas in Landikotal town of Khyber Agency.
Three children and a woman were killed while two women received injuries when a mortar shell fell on a house in Akkakhel area of Bara tehsil in Khyber Agency.
February 24: Seven militants and three soldiers were killed when militants attacked troops deployed in Malikdinkhel area of Khyber Agency in FATA.
At least four Policemen were killed and six others injured when three suicide bombers blew themselves up in a Police Station on Circular Road in Peshawar.
February 23: At least 17 TTP militants were killed in an air strike in Khadizai, Samar bazar and Bermela areas of Upper Orakzai Agency in FATA.
At least 15 people, including two children, were killed and 38 injured when in a car bomb attack at bus stand on Peshawar-Kohat Road in Peshawar.
February 18: At least nine members of Zakakhel lashkar were killed and four others injured when a bomb planted by militants exploded at Stana checkpoint of Nari Baba area in Tirah Valley of Khyber Agency in FATA.
February 17: At least 40 Shias were reportedly killed while 24 others injured, after a suicide bomber detonated his explosives just near the targeted mosque in the Kurmi bazaar of Parachinar, the main town of Kurram Agency in FATA.
SFs took possession of a strategic bunker on Sallo Sar (hill) in the Bara area of Khyber Agency after a fierce clash in which 17 militants, two security personnel and three militiamen died.
February 16: Two US drone strikes killed at least 21 militants near the Afghan border in Miranshah, the main town of North Waziristan Agency of FATA.
Eight militants and a security man were killed and four personnel, among them a captain, suffered injuries during a raid on a hotel at Rustam Bazaar in Wana, the headquarters of South Waziristan Agency.
Three persons were killed and nine other injured when a suicide bomber blew himself up near the office of the DCO in Upper Dir District of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
February 14: Seven labourers were shot dead and two others injured when a group of militants opened fire on them while they were engaged in the construction of Turbat-Bulieda Road in Turbat District.
February 10: SFs killed 11 militants and injured 19 others in a crackdown in the Mamozai area of Kurram Agency in FATA.
February 9: A US drone fired two missiles that hit a compound located in Miranshah, the main town in North Waziristan Agency of FATA, killing four militants.
February 8: A US drone fired two missiles at a house suspected of being a militant hideout in the village of Tapi 15 kilometres east of in Miranshah in North Waziristan Agency of FATA, killing 10 suspected militants.
February 6: Security Forces pounded militant hideouts with jet fighters, killing at least 15 and injuring eight militants in Khadezai, Mamozai and Torsamant areas of Upper Orakzai sub-division in Orakzai Agency of FATA.
February 4: Two civilians were killed and four others, including a TV cameraman, were injured as the SFs opened fire on protesters in Sibi District.
February 3: Eighteen militants and seven soldiers were killed and three others injured during a clash that broke out when a group of 40 TTP militants attacked on SFs checkpost in Shidano Dand area of Kurram Agency in FATA.
Three militants and a volunteer of the tribal lashkar were killed in fresh fighting between the LI and the Zakhakhel tribe in Sherkhel area in Tirah Valley of Khyber Agency.
Four persons were killed and several others injured in a car bomb attack on the house of a tribal elder in the Pishtakhara area of Peshawar, the provincial capital of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
February 2: Three persons were killed when unidentified militants opened fire on a car in the Mashkil area of Quetta, the provincial capital of Balochistan.
February 1: Army fighter jets pounded militant hideouts in the Mamozai area of Orakzai Agency in FATA before dawn, killing at least 20 TTP militants.
At least 15 personnel of the FC were killed and 12 others were injured when militants belonging to the BLA attacked four FC check posts near Margat coalmines in Mach area of Bolan District.
Three Policemen were killed when their patrol vehicle was ambushed by unidentified militants near Buland Khel Mod in Shahbaz Khel area of Lakki Marwat District in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
January 31: At least 35 militants and eight soldiers were killed in a gun-battle after a newly-established security checkpost was attacked in Jogi heights of Mamozai tehsil in Kurram Agency of FATA.
Six militants were killed in a clash with security personnel, the third day of an operation in the Frontier Region Kohat.
Sixteen FC personnel were killed and three others injured when some unidentified assailants opened fire on three FC check posts in the Killi Pir Ismail area of Ziarat District.
One Balochistan MPA, identified as Mir Bakhtiar Domki, his wife and daughter were shot dead when unidentified armed assailants opened fire on their car near a flyover in the Gizri area of Clifton Police Station in Karachi.
January 30: A 'commander' of AI, identified as Haji Akhunzada, and three others, including his nephew and son-in-law, were killed in a suicide attack in Pakha Ghulam area, on the outskirts of Peshawar.
Three members of the MQM were killed when unidentified armed assailants resorted to indiscriminate firing in New Karachi area.
January 29: Three tribal volunteers including a 'commander' of a pro-government peace lashkar were killed when unidentified armed militants attacked their check post in Lop area of the Sui tehsil of Dera Bugti District.
January 26: Militants killed six soldiers, including a non-commissioned officer, in an attack on a check post of the FC at Kachhi canal area in Dera Bugti District. BRA claimed responsibility for the attack and said its men had taken away an FC man, along with weapons that included four G-3 rifles, one light machine gun and other small weapons.
Iranian SFs killed eight traders and injured others on Zaran hills, an area between Chabahar District of Iran and Gwadar District of Balochistan.
January 25: Twenty two militants and six soldiers were killed during a clash when SFs captured a TTP stronghold in the Jogi area of Central tehsil of Kurram Agency in FATA.
An Inspector of the FIA, Walayat Hussain, Quetta television artiste Abid Hussain Nazish and Mohammad Anwar Hussain, an accounts officer at the Balochistan Accountant General's Office, were shot dead by unidentified armed assailants in a sectarian attack in Quetta of Balochistan.
Unidentified assailants shot dead three members of the Shia Lawyers' Forum on Maulana Din Muhammad Wafai Road of Karachi in Sindh.
January 24: Seven militants and two soldiers were killed during a clash in Jogi area of the Central tehsil in Kurram Agency of FATA.
January 23: At least five militants were killed when US drone fired two missiles on a house and a vehicle at Mohammad Khel and Degan village in Dattakhel area of North Waziristan Agency in FATA.
January 20: Four militants, two each from both sides, were killed when cadres of LI clashed with the TTP militants in Tirah valley of Khyber Agency in FATA.
January 18: At least three LI militants were killed when they clashed with volunteers of Akkakhel peace committee in Bara tehsil of Khyber Agency in FATA.
January 16: At least 10 militants were killed in an armed clash with SFs in the Bahlol area of Kohlu District of Balochistan.
January 15: At least 18 people, belonging to the Shia sect, were killed while 30 others were wounded when a bomb exploded near a procession marking Arbain or the chehlum (40th day) of Hazrat Imam Hussain's martyrdom in Khanpur city of Rahim Yar Khan District.
January 14: Four suicide bombers attacked the DPO's office in Dera Ismail Khan District of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, killing four people.
January 12: At least 15 militants were killed and several others got injured while 3 terrorist hideouts destroyed in an air attack by SFs in different areas of Orakzai Agency in FATA.
At least seven LI militants and three SF personnel were killed in an attack on a checkpost in Sarbanda, a suburb of Peshawar, the provincial capital of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa in the late night.
At least six militants were killed and two others injured when a US drone fired two missiles at two vehicles in the Dattakhel area of North Waziristan Agency.
Five people, including four children and a woman were killed when a mortar shell fell on a house in Bara tehsil of Khyber Agency.
January 11: At least 14 of FC personnel, including two junior commissioned officers, were killed in an ambush in the Wakai area near Nawano check post in Turbat city of Turbat District.
At least 11 militants were killed and six others got injured when jet fighters pounded their hideouts in Jabba, Toor Semath, Akhunkot, and Mir Qalamkhel localities in Mamozai tehsil in Orakzai Agency of FATA.
January 10: A powerful bomb planted in a pick-up van exploded at a petrol station in Jamrud bazaar in Khyber Agency of FATA, killing 35 persons, four of them Khasadar personnel, and injuring 78 others.
After a lull of about 55 days, the US resumed its drone operation by killing four suspected militants in the out skirts of Miranshah in the North Waziristan Agency.
January 9: The dead bodies of 10 FCB paramilitary troops were recovered from in Dabori town of Orakzai Agency in FATA. One security official said 23 soldiers were attacked late in the night on December 21 by nearly 100 heavily armed militants.
January 6: At least six militants were killed and 12 got injured after LI and its rival Zakhakhel tribal force exchanged gunfire to gain control of a key base in Bazaar Zakhakhel area of Landikotal in Khyber Agency of FATA.
January 5: TTP militants killed 15 Frontier Constabulary (FC) personnel in Mir Ali area of North Waziristan Agency in FATA to avenge, in the words of a TTP spokesman, the death of one of their 'commanders' in another tribal area at the hands of SFs.
January 4: SFs killed 10 militants and injured five others during an operation in the Central Kurram Agency in FATA.
At least six LI militants and a volunteer of Zakhakhel lashkar were killed in renewed clashes between LI and the Lashkar in Bazaar-Zakhakhel area of Khyber Agency.
Five TTP militants were killed and 13 others arrested in a clash with the Frontier FC troops in Murgha Kibzai area of Zhob District of Balochistan.
January 3: Three persons including two Levies personnel were killed and eight civilians were injured when a powerful car bomb exploded in Landi Kotal Bazaar of Khyber Agency in FATA.
January 2: At least 20 militants were killed in two separate operations by the Army on January 1-2 in Upper tehsil of Orakzai Agency in FATA.
12 militants were killed and nine others got injured when jet fighters pounded their hideouts in Bilras, Bar Mella and Toor Semath area of Mamozai tehsil. Sources said that hideouts were destroyed.
Three militants and a volunteer of Qaumi lashkar were killed during a clash in Landikotal tehsil of Khyber Agency.
January 1: Fifteen militants were killed and five hideouts were destroyed when fighter jets bombed militant hideouts in Torsmat, Jabba Kellay, Akhunkot and Sama Bazaar in Upper tehsil of Orakzai Agency in FATA.
At least 12 militants were killed and three hostages were rescued from their custody after an encounter with SFs in the Alamgir Killay of the Karmina area in Landikotal tehsil of Khyber Agency. Khasadar Force sources said that a FC soldier was also killed and another injured during the encounter.
Four security personnel were killed and two others injured in a landmine explosion in Surali area, some10 kilometres from Sui town of Dera Bugti District in Balochistan.
