A massacre is the deliberate slaughter of members of one group by one or more members of another more powerful group. A massacre may be indiscriminate or highly methodical in application. A massacre is a single event, though it may occur during the course of an extended military campaign or war. A massacre is separate from a battle (an event in which opposing sides fight), but may follow in its immediate aftermath, when one side has surrendered or lost the ability to fight, yet the victors persist in killing their opponents.
Massacres Name/PlaceDateLocationDeathsInjuriesNotesRef1947 Kamoke train massacre24 September 1947Kamoke, Punjab408587Muslim attack against Hindus and Sikhs1948 Gujrat train massacre12 January 1948Gujrat railway station1,300-1,600150By Muslim against Hindus and SikhsBabrra massacre12 August 1948Babrra Ground,Charsaddah150400C.M.Abdul Qayyum Khan Kashmiri, State policeQasba Aligarh massacre14 December 1986Orangi town400+ -By Tribal PashtunsPucca Qila Massacre27 May 1990Hyderabad, Sindh70 -By Sindh Police against protesting Muhajir women and children2003 Quetta Mosque Bombing4 July 2003Quetta, Balochistan5365+By Lashkar e Jhangvi2008 Wah Bombings 21 August 2008Wah Cantt, Punjab7080+By Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan. Termed as the deadliest attack on a Military Installation in Pakistan's history at that time. 2008 Marriot Bombings 20 September 2008Islamabad542662009 Pearl Continental bombing9 June 2009Peshawar1746By Fedayeen al-Islam2010 Ahmadiyya mosques massacre28 May 2010Lahore86120+By Tehrik-i-Taliban PakistanJune 2013 Pakistan bombings30 June 2013Quetta52119One attack near a Muslim mosque in Hazara Town, Quetta in which at least 28 people killed. Another attack near the Badhaber Police Station in Peshawar in which 18 people killed. Other in a check post in Miranshah, North Waziristan in which four security officers were killed.2014 Peshawar school massacre16 December 2014Army Public School Peshawar148114By Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan2015 Karachi bus shootingMay 13, 2015Safoora Goth, Karachi 45+ -By Jundallah2016 Punjab sweet poisoning20 April to 8 May 2016Layyah, Punjab33 -At least 33 people, including five children, died after eating a purposely poisoned laddu, a baked confection. A sweet shop owner, Khalid Mahmood, confessed to mixing the pesticide into the sweets after an argument with his brother and co-owner2017 Sargodha shrine massacreApril 1, 2017Sargodha, Punjab203By Shrine custodian, Abdul Washed, and his associates2024 Kurram attack21 Nov 2024Kurram, KPK5486By Islamic State (suspected). At least 86 were injured in the attack with 16 critically injured.2025 Darul Uloom Haqqania bombing 28 February 2025Akora Khattak, KPK 720By Islamic State – Khorasan Province (suspected)
See also List of terrorist incidents in Pakistan since 2001 Terrorist incidents in Pakistan in 2016 2019 Ghotki riots 2014 Larkana temple attack 2009 Gojra riots
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