In 2007, 34 terrorist attacks and clashes, including suicide attacks, killings, and assassinations, resulted in 134 fatalities and 245 injuries, according to the PIPS security report. The report states that Pakistan faced 20 suicide attacks (mostly targeted at security forces) during 2007, which killed at least 111 people, besides injuring 234 people. The PIPS report shows visible increase in suicide attacks after the siege of Lal Masjid.
January – March 15 January:- A powerful blast in the Jalozai refugee camp destroyed a mud-house, killed four people and injured five others."Four die in refugee camp blast" Dawn, 16 January 2007 26 January:- Two people were killed and five injured in a suspected suicide attack. The bomber and a security guard were killed in the blast at the Marriott hotel in the capital city of Islamabad."Suicide bomber attacks hotel in Pakistani capital" Dawn, 26 January 2007 27 January:- At least 13 people, including the Chief of Peshawar City Police Malik Saad, were killed in the evening in a suicide bombing near a crowded Shiite mosque in Peshawar, North-West Frontier Province. About 60 people were wounded, 17 critically, in the 9:20 p.m. blast. About 2,000 Shiite Muslims were in and around the mosque, police said."13 killed in bombing near mosque in Pakistan" CNN, 27 January 2007 29 January:- 2 people were killed and 7 wounded when suicide bomber blew himself up in Dera Ismail Khan, NWFP.
6 February:- A suicide bomber detonated his explosives in a parking area outside Islamabad International Airport injuring 5 people."Suicide bomber rocks Islamabad airport" CNN, 6 February 2007 17 February:- A suicide bomber killed 15 people—including a judge—after blowing himself up inside a courtroom in Quetta, Balochistan. At least 24 people were wounded in the suicide attack."15 Killed In Pakistan Courtroom Bombing" CBS News, 17 February 2007 20 February:- Punjab the Minister for social welfare Zil-e-Huma Usman was shot and killed in Gujranwala. Her assassin, Mohammed Sarwar, was reported to have been motivated by her refusal to abide by the Islamic code of dress and a dislike for the involvement of women in political affairs.Devika Bhat and Zahid Hussain: "Female Pakistani minister shot dead for 'breaking Islamic dress code'", The Times, 20 February 2007 :- 19–22 March:- Clashes between pro-government forces under Maulvi Nazir and al-Qaeda remnants in the Waziristan region killed at least 135 people on both sides. A ceasefire was declared after four days of fighting enforced by officials from both sides."Ceasefire brokered in Waziristan" Daily Times, 23 March 2007
April – June :- 10–11 April:- Up to 35 people were killed and scores of others wounded in heavy fighting between rival Shia and Sunni (Deobandi) groups in different areas of the Kurram Agency."15 killed in attack on two villages" Dawn, 12 April 2007 28 April:- An assassination attempt on Aftab Ahmad Khan Sherpao, who was the Interior minister that killed 28 people in Charsadda, NWFP. This time again an attempt on a high-ranking officer of the Pakistani government was unsuccessful."Pakistan suicide bomb kills at least 28, injures minister" CNN
12 May:- As many as 50 people were killed and hundreds injured when party workers of opposing parties; MQM, ANP and PPP clashed in Karachi, Sindh. The riots started when rival political rallies took the same route amid lawyers protests for restoration of Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry as the Chief Justice of Supreme Court.
15 May:- A bomb blast at the local Marhaba hotel in Peshawar killed at least 24 people and injured 30. No one claimed responsibility for the suspected suicide blast in the lobby of the hotel popular with Afghans, where militants opposed to government support for the United States launched attacks.Kamran Haider. "Pakistani blast kills 24" Reuters, 15 May 2007
2 June:- Five people, including a tribal chief, a political tehsildar and a journalist were killed, when their vehicle hit a roadside bomb in Dara Khwar, Bajaur District, Federally Administered Tribal Areas.Anwarullah Khan. "Tribal chief, journalist killed in bomb blast" Dawn, 3 June 2007 8 June:- Three people were killed and seven others injured when a bomb exploded on a bus in Hub, Balochistan. The coach was heading from Lasbela District, Balochistan to Karachi.Amanullah Kasi. "Three killed in bomb attack" Dawn, 9 June 2007 23 June:- A barrage of artillery and missiles fired from Afghanistan hit residential compounds and a hotel in Mangrotai area of North Waziristan, FATA, killed 11 people and wounded 10 others, eyewitnesses and officials said. The dead included two children and a woman."11 killed in attack from Afghanistan: Nato says 60 ‘insurgents’ dead" Dawn, 24 June 2007
July – September
6 July:- President General Pervez Musharraf escaped yet another attempt on his life on Friday morning when around 36 rounds fired at his aircraft from a submachine gun in Rawalpindi missed their target.Musharraf escapes yet another assassination bid Daily Times, 7 July 2007 In another incident, four Pakistan Army troops, including a major and a lieutenant, were killed in an improvised explosive device attack on a military convoy in Dir District – a stronghold of the Jamaat-e-Islami and the banned Tehreek-e-Nafaz-e-Shariat-e-Mohammadi.Dir suicide attack kills four troops Daily Times, 7 July 2007 8 July:- Unidentified gunmen killed three Chinese workers and wounded another near Peshawar in what Pakistani officials said was a terrorist attack apparently linked to the bloody siege of militants at an Islamabad mosque.Three Chinese dead in Pakistan "terrorist" attack Boston Globe 12 July:- Seven people including three policemen were killed and several others injured in two suicide attacks, two blasts and a rocket attack in three tribal regions and Swat district in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.7 including 3 cops killed in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa attacks, blasts Daily Times, 13 July 2007 14 July:- At least 23 paramilitary troops died and 27 others injured when a suicide bomber rammed an explosives-packed car into their convoy in Miranshah in one of the deadliest attacks on the security forces in North Waziristan.Suicide bomber kills 23 FC troops Daily Times, 15 July 2007 15 July:- At least 49 were killed and hundreds injured when suicide attack and car bombs exploded throughout Khyber Pakhtunkhwa in an apparent retaliation for Lal Masjid operation. 11 security personnel and six civilians were killed and 47 others injured in Matta, Swat District, when suicide bombers smashed two cars packed with explosives into an army convoy, and 25 people were killed and 61 injured when a suicide bomber blew himself up in the Dera Ismail Khan police recruitment center. The attack in Swat was the third attack on Army outside the conflict zones of FATA.At least 49 are killed by suicide bombers in Pakistan International Herald Tribune 17 July:- At least 17 people were killed and 50 injured as a suicide bomber blew himself up outside the venue of the district bar council convention in Islamabad killing mostly PPP political workers waiting for the arrival of Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry, who was to address a lawyers convention.Another carnage visits capital: 17 killed in suicide bombing Dawn, 18 July 2007 19 July:- More than 40 people were killed in three separate bomb attacks. In the first incident, bomb was detonated in a mosque used by military personnel in the north-western town of Kohat, killing at least 11 people. This marked the fourth time the Army was attacked outside conflict zone since 2004. In the second one, 26 people died and 50 were injured in the southern town of Hub, Lasbela District, Balochistan, in an attack apparently targeting Chinese workers. And in the last one, at least seven people were killed and more than 20 injured in a suicide car bombing at a police academy in the north-western town of Hangu.Scores killed in Pakistan attacks BBC News 24 July:- At least nine people including a woman were killed and 40 others injured when unidentified militants fired a barrage of rockets on the civilian population in the northwestern city of Bannu.9 civilians die in Bannu attacks Daily Times, 26 July 2007 27 July:- A suspected suicide bomber killed at least 13 people at Muzaffar hotel in Aabpara, Islamabad Friday after hundreds of stone-throwing protesters clashed with police as the capital's Red Mosque reopened for the first time since a bloody army raid.Bombing, Mosque Riot Rock Islamabad Washington Post The same day Raziq Bugti, former guerrilla commander turned spokesman for the Balochistan government, was shot dead by assailants in Quetta.Raziq Bugti gunned down Daily Times, 28 July 2007 2 August:- The police in Sargodha shot dead a suspected suicide bomber after the man failed to detonate the explosives he was wearing. The man, who entered a police training center, killed a policeman before he was gunned down.'Bomber' killed in Pakistan city BBC News, 2 August 2007 4 August:- Nine people were killed and 43 injured when a suicide car bomber triggered an explosion at a busy bus station in Parachinar, Kurram Agency.23 die in suicide attacks, fighting Daily Times, 5 August 2007
26 August:- Four policemen were killed and two others wounded in a suicide attack in the Machaar area of Shangla District.4 cops killed, 2 injured in Swat suicide attack Daily Times, 27 August 2007 4 September:- At least 25 people were killed and 66 injured in two suicide bomb blasts in Rawalpindi cantonment's high security areas during morning rush hour. The first blast took place near Qasim Market where a Defence Ministry bus carrying around 38 civilians and uniformed officials was hit, killing 18 people. Five minutes later, a second blast took place near RA Bazaar, behind General Headquarters. The blast was caused by explosives fixed to a motorcycle, which blew up killing seven people on the spot. This was the fifth time the Army was attacked outside war zone since the start of military operations, and the first time in Rawalpindi, the site of General Headquarters.Bomb blasts kill 25 in Rawalpindi cantonment Daily Times, 5 September 2007
11 September:- At least 17 people, including three security personnel and a woman, were killed and 16 others injured when a 15-year-old suicide bomber blew himself up in a passenger van at Bannu Adda in Dera Ismail Khan district.17 die in DI Khan blast Daily Times, 12 September 2007 The same day Omar Ayub Khan's protocol officer, Liaquat Hussain, was found shot dead near the Northern Bypass in Karachi.Omar Ayub’s protocol officer found shot dead Daily Times, 12 September 2007 13 September:- At least 20 off-duty commandos were killed and 11 injured in an apparent suicide blast at an army officers’ mess in Tarbela Ghazi, Haripur near Tarbela Dam. The targeted were the Pakistan Army's special forces unit SSG's Karar Company, and this marked the sixth time the Army was attacked outside conflict zone.15 killed in blast at SSG mess Daily Times, 14 September 2007 15 September:- Unidentified assailants shot dead Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam leader and Wafaqul Madaris Vice Chairman Maulana Hassan Jan in the jurisdiction of Yakatoot police station in Peshawar. Hassan, a former MNA, also issued a fatwa against suicide attacks, and he along with a group of Pakistani clerics travelled to Afghanistan in 2001 to convince Mullah Omar that he should expel Osama bin Laden from Afghanistan to avoid American attacks.JUI leader gunned down Daily Times, 16 September 2007
October – December 1 October:- A suicide bomber wearing a woman's burqa to hide his explosives blew himself up at a busy police checkpost in Bannu, Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa, killing at least 16 people including four policemen and injuring 29.Burqa bomber kills 16 Daily Times, 2 October 2007