This is a list of terrorist incidents in Pakistan in 2012. Pakistan has faced numerous attacks by insurgents as a result of the ongoing War in North-West Pakistan by the Pakistani military against militant groups, part of the War on Terror. At the same time, there have also been numerous drone attacks in Pakistan carried out by the United States which exclusively target members of militant groups along the Afghan border regions.
January – March January 1 Askari Raza, leader of a Shi'a political organisation Pasban-e-Jaferia, was shot dead in a sectarian-motivated target killing in Karachi by two armed men riding a motorcycle a day earlier. He was accompanied by a friend in his car, who was injured in the attack. The attackers were also said to be injured when two other men accompanying Raza fired in retaliation although they managed to escape safely.Sectarian violence: One dies, one wounded in targeted attack At least 15,000 Shi'a protestors staged a sit-in outside the Sindh Governor House on the first day of January to protest the assassination.Target killing: Shia leader's murder sparks protest in Karachi January 3 – Three blasts took place in three different cities: Gujrat, Peshawar and Landi Kotal (Khyber Agency), killing in total at least five people and injuring dozens others.Police: 3 blasts rock Pakistan; appear to be unrelated, BBC January 4 A remote-controlled blast in Sui, Balochistan killed an Amn force guard and injured two other tribesmen.Balochistan Violence: Blast kills Amn force guard January 5 The Pakistani Taliban (TTP) murdered 15 Frontier Constabulary soldiers in Orakzai Agency who had been kidnapped and kept in custody for over a year. The bodies were recovered in North Waziristan, sustaining 40 bullets each and also bearing signs of torture. Terming the killings a "new year gift", the TTP called the incident a retaliation for the killing of Taliban comrades earlier by Pakistani security forces, saying that their military operations were against Islam and Pashtun tribal traditions, and vowed further violence. The funeral prayers for the soldiers were offered at an FC headquarters in Peshawar and the bodies buried with honours.'Operation revenge': 15 abducted FC soldiers brutally tortured, slain The killings were condemned by numerous political figures, including Imran Khan.Taliban attack: Imran Khan condemns killing of 15 soldiers in Orakzai January 7 Four people were killed in various sectarian target killing incidents in Gilgit. The government of Gilgit-Baltistan issues shoot-to-kill orders for target killers.Target killing: G-B govt issues shoot-to-kill orders January 9 Ten soldiers who had earlier gone missing in December 2011 after a raid by militants were found dead in the Upper Orakzai area. A lesser known militant group working under the TTP umbrella claimed responsibility for the executions. The bodies were flown to Peshawar, where their funeral prayers were offered. The incident came just days after 15 FC soldiers were killed, also in Orakzai Agency.New atrocity: 10 missing soldiers found dead in Orakzai January 10 A bomb exploded near a petrol pump in the town of Jamrud near the Afghan border in Khyber Agency, FATA. The bombing killed at least 30 people while over 70 others were critically injured.
January 12 Baloch Liberation Front insurgents ambushed a convoy of paramilitary troops near Turbat, killing fourteen soldiers.Balochistan insurgency: 14 FC troops killed in Turbat ambush January 12 – Over a hundred militants launched an attack on a police checkpost in Sarband, an area on the outskirts of Peshawar. Two policemen were killed and eleven others injured.Militants kill 2 policemen in attack on Sarband checkpost January 13 Police say about 100 militants have ambushed a police station in the northwestern city of Peshawar, shooting dead three officers. January 14 – Four suicide bombers sent by the Tehrik-i-Taliban attacked a district police office in Dera Ismail Khan. The suicide bombers had attempted to take over the building and conduct a hostage-type attack although were unsuccessful when security forces managed to contain them in a firefight. Three bombers detonated their explosives, dying instantly, while another was shot dead by troops. Two of the dead bombers were identified as foreigners. Some of the bombers were disguised in police uniforms. Apart from the militants, three civilians and one police official also died in the attack while eight others were injured.Brazen attack: Suicide bombers storm police building in DI KhanDPO office attacked in DI Khan January 15 – A remote-controlled bomb went off during a Shi'a Muslim Chehlum procession in the tehsil of Khanpur in Rahim Yar Khan District, Punjab. Eighteen people were killed and dozens of others injured from the incident.Bomb attack on Chehlum procession leaves 18 dead, Dawn News
January 18 – A regional sales officer at a Warid Telecom franchise outlet in Karachi, Ahsan Kamal, died when two armed men entered the store and attempted to loot it. When Kamal attempted to resist the men, he was shot dead.Franchise attack: Warid sales officer shot dead January 24 – A party activist of the Ahle Sunnat wal Jammat was gunned down in Karachi.Target killing: ASWJ's legal consultant, activist gunned down January 25 – Three lawyers belonging to the Shi'a sect were killed during a firing incident initiated by unknown gunmen near a city court in Karachi.Three Shia lawyers shot dead near Karachi City Court January 30 – A commander of a banned militant outfit (Ansar-ul-Islam), Haji Akhunzada, and three others were killed following a suicide attack outside the commander's home in the outskirts of Peshawar. According to Akhunzada's son, a rival militant group Lashkar-e-Islam (LeI) led by Mangal Bagh Afridi had long been targeting Akhunzada, and had also murdered some his close relatives before, because he "was helping the government against extremist group Lashkar-e-Islam (LeI)."Suicide attack: 4 killed in Peshawar including commander of Ansarul Islam January 31 – One security guard and a woman were killed when unknown terrorists opened fire inside a Telenor franchise in Nazimabad, Karachi.Mobile franchise attack: Two gunned down in Karachi February 1 – at least 15 Fc soldiers were killed and 15 to 20 injured and 3 captured during an attack on their check posts in Margat Bolan Balochistan by Baloch Liberation Army February 17 A suicide bombing in a bazaar in Parachinar, targeting Shi'a Muslims, killed 41 people.Parachinar suicide blast, firing toll soars to 41, Dawn News A splinter group of the Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan claimed responsibility for the attack, alleging the local Shi'a community of being involved in activities against them.Sectarian attack: Suicide blast kills 31 in Parachinar, Express Tribune February 23 – A remote control car blast in Peshawar killed at least 12 people and injured 32 people.
February 24 – Three suicide bombers attacked a police checkpost in Peshawar, killing four policemen and injuring six. The attack was a reaction to the killing of a top Taliban commander in Waziristan. When the bombers were engaged by the policemen in firing, they blew themselves up.Suicide attack on Peshawar police station leaves four dead, Express Tribune February 27 – A blast after an Awami National Party rally in Nowshera killed seven and injured over twenty others. It was a remote control bomb, parked along with the road side, confirmed by Bomb Disposal Squad.Blast at ANP rally in Nowshera kills seven, Express Tribune February 28 – Militants ambushed a bus carrying Shi'a Muslims in Kohistan, killing all 18 people on board.Kohistan bus ambush kills 18, Dawn
March 11 – A suicide bomber attacked a funeral attended by an anti-Taliban politician in northwest Pakistan on Sunday, killing at least 15 mourners.Suicide bomber attacks Pakistan funeral, 15 killed, CTV March 15 – A suicide attack on Thursday killed a senior Pakistani police officer and wounded his bodyguard in the northwestern city of Peshawar., The Nation March 20 – A bomb planted in a rickshaw killed two policemen and wounded four other people in the northwestern Pakistani city of Peshawar on Tuesday, police and hospital officials said., Outlook March 23 Peshawar - A suicide bomber blew himself up outside a mosque on Friday, killing 5-13 people in Pakistan's lawless tribal belt, a Taliban and Al-Qaeda stronghold on the Afghan border, officials said., AFP March 24 – At least seven soldiers and 22 militants died in clashes between Pakistani troops and militants in the restive northwestern tribal belt March 24 – Gunmen ambushed a Pakistani paramilitary checkpost on Friday, killing four soldiers and abducting four others in the southwestern province of Balochistan March 25 PESHAWAR, Pakistan - At least three soldiers were killed after dozens of Taliban militants stormed a check post in Pakistan's northwest tribal region near the Afghan border, officials said Saturday.
April - June April 4 Khyber Agency - A bomb blasts in a passenger van in Jamrud, at least six people killed and three injured. April 24 A five kilogram bomb was implanted at platform no. 2, Railway Station, Lahore. The blast killed at least three people and injured over thirty others. A banned group called the "Lashkar-e-Balochistan" claimed responsibility for the attack, calling it a retaliation for the ongoing kill and dump operations in Balochistan. A spokesman for the group said that the group did not want to target common citizens but the state machinery had "forced them to commit such acts". He also warned that Islamabad and Rawalpindi were next targets if the killings of Baloch civilians did not stop. May 3 Two bomb attacks killed at least five people in Pakistan's tribal areas June 7 At least 15 people, including 5 children, were killed and over 48 injured when a remote-controlled bomb blast triggered outside a madrassa in Quetta. June 8 A bus carrying government employees near Peshawar exploded when a bomb which had been planted inside it beforehand went off. Nineteen people were killed in the attack. June 16 A bomb blast in a market in Landi Kotal, Khyber Agency killed 23 people and injured over 50 others. June 17 a car bomb, hit a crowded bazaar in the town of Landi Kotal in the Khyber region killing 26 people and wounded over 50 others June 17 a bomb hidden in a handcart killed seven people in the district of Kohat June 18 Bus carrying Shias is bombed in Pakistan's Quetta city June 21 A bomb on a donkey cart killed three people at a Sufi shrine in Peshawar June 21 A bomb exploded in a mosque in the southwestern city of Quetta, killing two worshippers and wounding 13 others June 23 A gunman on motorcycles shot dead eight men at a laundry in a busy area of Quetta June 24 Two gunmen riding a motorbike opened fire on a police mobile van, killing three policemen June 24 Terrorists from Afghanistan crossed over the border and killed six soldiers in gunbattles, while eleven others went missing. A day later, news emerged that seven of those soldiers had been killed and beheaded by the militants who infiltrated from Afghanistan. June 25 Seven captured Pakistani soldiers 'beheaded by Taliban June 27 A bomb has exploded at a railway station in western Pakistan, killing at least five people June 28 A remote controlled bomb killed four Frontier Corps paramilitary personnel in the town of Bara in Khyber Agency, FATA. June 28 14 people were killed and 30 others injured when a suicide attack occurred on a bus in Quetta which was returning from Iran carrying pilgrims belonging to the Hazara community.
July - September July 6 18 Shi'a pilgrims who were travelling to Iran were killed when unidentified assailants opened fire on their vehicle in the town of Turbat, Balochistan. July 8 14 people were killed by a landmine blast in Chaman, Balochistan near the Afghan border.