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Gwadar suicide attack
Date
20 March 2024
Time
(UTC+05:00)
Location
Gwadar, Balochistan, Pakistan
Target
Gwadar Port Authority Complex
Deaths
10
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Terrorist attacks in Pakistan (since 2001)
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
2001
1st Bahawalpur
2002
1st Karachi
2003
1st Quetta
2004
2nd Quetta
1st Multan
2005
1st Mandi Bahauddin (Ahmadiyya)
2006
4th Karachi
Dargai
2007
1st Dera Ismail Khan
1st Charsadda
July bombings ‡
2nd Rawalpindi
5th Karachi ‡
2nd Charsadda
3rd Rawalpindi (Bhutto assassination)
2008
3rd Charsadda
2nd Parachinar
1st Swat
1st Islamabad
2nd Islamabad
2nd Dera Ismail Khan
1st Wah
1st Peshawar
3rd Islamabad
1st Orakzai ‡
2nd Peshawar
2009
4th/5th Dera Ismail Khan (January violence)
6th Dera Ismail Khan
2nd Lahore (Sri Lankan cricket)
1st Khyber
3rd Lahore
Chakwal
7th/8th Dera Ismail Khan (May attacks)
4th Lahore
3rd Peshawar
5th Lahore
Usterzai
4th Peshawar
4th Rawalpindi
Alpuri
6th Lahore
5th Islamabad
5th Peshawar ‡
5th Rawalpindi
6th Peshawar
6th Rawalpindi
7th Lahore
1st Dera Ghazi Khan
1st Lower Dir
6th Karachi
2010
1st Lakki Marwat ‡
1st Bajaur
2nd Lower Dir
7th Karachi
2nd Khyber
3rd Khyber
8th, 9th & 10th Lahore
U.S consulate/Timergarah attack
2nd/3rd Kohat
8th Peshawar
11th Lahore (Ahmadiyya)
9th Dera Ismail Khan
12th Lahore (Sufi)
1st Mohmand ‡
13th Lahore (Shia)
3rd Quetta
2nd Darra Adam Khel
8th Karachi (CID)
2nd Mohmand
2nd Bajaur
2011
Faisalabad
9th Peshawar
2nd Dera Ghazi Khan
4th Quetta
4th Charsadda
9th Karachi (PNS Mehran)
10th Peshawar
10th Dera Ismail Khan (police station)
4th Khyber
5th Quetta
Karachi targeted killings ‡
1st Mastung
2012
5th Khyber
1st Rahim Yar Khan
1st Kohistan
Mansehra
13th Peshawar (airport)
11th Dera Ismail Khan
2013
8th Quetta/3rd Swat ‡
9th Quetta
10th Karachi
Election day
Quaid-e-Azam residency
10th Quetta
Mardan
Nanga Parbat
11th Quetta/17th Peshawar
14th Lahore
5th Parachinar
12th Dera Ismail Khan (prison attack)
11th Karachi
12th Quetta
13th Quetta
18th Peshawar ‡
19th Peshawar
2014
12th Karachi (Chaudhry Aslam assassination)
1st Bannu
2nd Mastung
20th Peshawar
13th Karachi (Jinnah International Airport)
14th Quetta
Wagah border
21st Peshawar (school massacre) ‡
2015
Shikarpur
22nd Peshawar
15th Lahore
14th Karachi
3rd Mastung
Attock
Camp Badaber
Taunsa Sharif
15th Quetta
Jacobabad
6th Parachinar
2016
16th Quetta
5th Charsadda (Bacha Khan University)
23rd Peshawar
16th Lahore
17th Quetta
3rd Mohmand
18th Quetta
2nd Khuzdar
2017
13th Dera Ismail Khan
7th Parachinar
17th Lahore
24th Peshawar
Sehwan
6th Charsadda
8th Parachinar
18th Lahore
25th Peshawar
4th Mastung
19th Quetta/9th Parachinar
Chaman
19th Lahore
20th Lahore
4th Bajaur
20th Quetta
1st Harnai
14th Dera Ismail Khan (Ataullah Shah)
Jhal Magsi
27th Peshawar
21st Quetta
2018
28th Peshawar
5th Mastung/2nd Bannu ‡
15th Dera Ismail Khan
2018 election violence
22nd Quetta
2nd Orakzai
15th Karachi (Chinese consulate)
2019
1st Loralai
2nd Loralai/Panjgur
23rd Quetta
20th Lahore
1st Gwadar
2020
24th Quetta
25th Quetta
16th Karachi (Stock Exchange)
2021
2021 Machh attack
3rd Chaman
26th Quetta (Serena Hotel)
21st Lahore
17th Karachi
27th Quetta
28th Quetta
2022
22nd Lahore
1st Kech
Panjgur and Naushki
29th Quetta
Sibi
29th Peshawar
Sangan
18th Karachi
19th Karachi
1st Miranshah
4th Swat
2nd Lakki Marwat
30th Quetta
2nd Miranshah
3rd Bannu
7th Islamabad
2023
31st Peshawar
20th Karachi
Barkhan
Bolan
Havelian
3rd Lakki Marwat
8th Khyber
31st Quetta
Muslim Bagh
32nd Peshawar
Zhob
1st N Waziristan
Bara
Khar
2nd N Waziristan
6th Mastung
Hangu
16th Dera Ismail Khan
2nd Gwadar
Mianwali
Chilas
Daraban]
2024
2024 Balochistan
BLA Gwadar attack
Shangla
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^"Gwadar attack and Pakistan Army's failures: Beyond the 'foreign hand' excuse". The Indian Express. March 21, 2024. Retrieved March 23, 2024.
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