PAKISTAN

 

 

PAKISTAN

July 2013

THE U.S. 

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INTERNATIONAL 

RELIGIOUS 

FREEDOM

was created by the 

International 

Religious Freedom Act 

of 1998 to monitor the 

status of freedom of 

thought, conscience, 

and religion or belief 

abroad, as defined in 

the Universal 

Declaration of Human 

Rights and related 

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instruments, and to 

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and Congress. 

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July 2013 Pakistan: 

A History of Violence

Factsheet

The Pakistan Religious Violence Project, an undertaking of the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom, tracked over the past 18 

months publicly-reported attacks against religious communities in Pakistan. The findings are sobering: 203 incidents of sectarian violence resulting in more than 1,800 casualties, including over 700 deaths. The Shi’a 

community bore the brunt of attacks from militants and terrorist organizations, with some of the deadliest attacks occurring during holy months and 

pilgrimages.

*Map from the CIA: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/cia-maps-publications/Pakistan.html
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While Shi’a are more at risk of becoming victims of suicide bombings and targeted shootings, the already 

poor religious freedom environment for Christians, Ahmadis, and Hindus continued to deteriorate, with a 

number violent incidents occurring against members of these communities. 

The information the Project gathered is based on reports and news articles available in the public domain. 

The Project seeks to be inclusive, tracking all reported incidents involving physical attacks targeting a 

member of a religious community or a major religious gathering place (church, shrine, or mosque). 

However, it is not exhaustive and some acts of violence are certain to have been overlooked. While each 

incident has not been independently verified, the accompanying Factsheet provides a hyperlink to the 

supporting documents. 

The Project’s findings paint a grim and challenging picture for the new government of Prime Minister 

Newaz Sharif. It was positive that the Prime Minister raised concerns about religious minorities during 

his maiden speech before the National Assembly, as well as travelled to Quetta after a recent bombing 

targeting Shi’a and tasked his government to act. However, concrete, resolute action is needed to ensure 

that perpetrators of violence are arrested, prosecuted and jailed. To stem the rising tide of violent 

religious extremism, groups and individuals responsible for attacks on religious communities must be 

punished. In addition, while banned militant groups and private citizens are responsible for the majority 

of attacks on religious communities, government actors are not blameless – police officers have turned a 

blind eye to mob attacks or have refused to file police reports when victims are religious minorities. The 

climate of impunity threatening all Pakistanis, regardless of their faith, also is exacerbated by the muchabused blasphemy and anti-Ahmadi laws. 

Statistics on Targeted Violence against Religious Communities in Pakistan 

(January 2012 – June 2013)

 OVERALL ATTACKS CASUALTIES

 Number of attacks Number killed Number injured 

 Shi’a 77 Shi’a 635 Shi’a 834 

 Christians 37 Christians 11 Christians 36 

 Ahmadis 54 Ahmadis 22 Ahmadis 39 

 Hindus 16 Hindus 2 Hindus 4 

 Sikhs 3 Sikhs 1 Sikhs 0 

 Other groups 16_ Other groups 46_ Other groups 195 

 Total 203 Total 717 Total 1108 

EXAMPLES OF TYPES/METHODS OF ATTACKS 

 Targeted bombings 

 Shi’a 18 

 Christians 0 

 Ahmadis 1 

 Hindus 0 

 Sikhs 0 

 Other groups 6_ 

 Total 25

 Targeted shootings 

 Shi’a 46 

 Christians 3 

 Ahmadis 26 

 Hindus 3 

 Sikhs 0 

 Other groups 5_ 

 Total 83 

 Rapes 

 Shi’a 0 

 Christians 5 

 Ahmadis 0 

 Hindus 7 

 Sikhs 0 

 Other groups 0_ 

 Total 12
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Targeted Violence against Religious Communities in Pakistan 

(January 2012 – June 2013)

Violence against Shi'a

Incident Date 

(d/m/y) Location Casualties Type/method Group responsible Source

A suicide bomber 

riding a bicycle 

detonated his 

bomb when 

stopped at a 

security 

checkpoint in a 

Shi'a 

neighborhood.

6/30/13 Quetta 28 killed; 

"dozens" 

injured

Suicide 

bombing

Lashkar-eJhangvihttp://www.reut

ers.com/article/

2013/07/01/uspakistan-blastquettaidUSBRE95T0

BT20130701

Three attackers, 

including a suicide 

bomber, attacked a 

Shi'a religious 

school inside a 

mosque.

6/21/13 Peshawar 14 killed; 28 

injured

Suicide 

bombing

Unknown http://www.nyti

mes.com/2013/

06/22/world/asi

a/shiite-schoolin-pakistanattacked.html?p

artner=rss&emc

=rss&smid=twnytimes&_r=2

&

Assailants wearing 

police uniforms 

attempted to 

kidnap a Shi'a 

doctor. The doctor 

was travelling with 

two bodyguards, 

one of whom was 

killed by the 

would-bekidnappers. 

6/11/13 Peshawar 1 killed Attempted 

kidnapping

Unknown http://tribune.co

m.pk/story/5617

96/terrorists-inpolice-uniformtry-to-kidnapShi'a-doctor-inpeshawar/

A 30-year-old 

Shi'a man was 

killed in a drive-by 

shooting.

6/1/13 Karachi 1 killed Targeted 

shooting

Unknown http://dawn.com

/2013/06/02/yo

ung-man-killedin-sectarianattack-3/

A Shi'a Sindh 

High Court lawyer 

and his two sons 

were killed in a 

drive-by shooting.

5/28/13 Karachi 3 killed Targeted 

shooting

Unknown http://tribune.co

m.pk/story/5554

25/sectarianviolence-shclawyer-sonsshot-dead-inkarachi/
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Violence against Shi’a

A motorcycle 

bomb was set off 

near a Shi'a 

congregation hall, 

killing two and 

injuring more than 

a dozen.

5/28/13 Peshawar 2 killed; 17 

injured

Car bomb Unknown http://tribune.co

m.pk/story/5558

82/sectarianattack-bombtargetingimambargahkills-two-inpeshawar/

A Shi'a leader, his 

driver, and his 

bodyguard were 

shot in a drive-by 

shooting. The

bodyguard was 

killed.

4/27/13 Karachi 1 killed; 2 

injured

Targeted 

shooting

Unknown http://www.then

ews.com.pk/arti

cle-98664-

Karachi:-

Shootingleaves-Shi'acleric-injured,-

guard-dead

Four bombings, 

including one 

suicide bombing, 

killed six people in 

an area with a 

prevalent Hazara 

Shi'a population.

4/23/13 Quetta 6 killed; 45 

injured

Targeted bomb 

blast –

including one 

suicide 

bombing

Lashkar-eJhangvihttp://dawn.com

/2013/04/24/fou

r-blasts-kill-6-

in-quetta-ljclaimsresponsibility/

A prominent Shi'a 

professor, Sibt-eJafar, was shot to 

death on his way 

home.

3/18/13 Karachi 1 killed Targeted 

shooting

Unknown http://www.Shi'

arightswatch.or

g/middleeast/pakistan/36

4-Shi'aprofessionalscleansing-inpakistan

A car bomb 

containing 150 

kilograms of 

explosives was 

detonated in a 

predominantly 

Shi'a 

neighborhood.

3/3/13 Karachi 50 killed; at 

least 200 

injured

Car bombing Unknown http://dawn.com

/2013/03/04/bla

st-ravagesShi'aneighbourhood/

A young member 

of the Shi'a Ulema 

Council was shot 

outside his home.

2/28/13 Karachi 1 killed Targeted 

shooting

Unknown http://dawn.com

/2013/03/01/Shi

'a-bodymembergunned-down/

Two men on 

motorcycles shot 

and killed Safdar 

Ali Kazmi while 

he was on his way 

to a sit-in protest.

2/19/13 Karachi 1 killed Targeted 

shooting

Unknown http://tribune.co

m.pk/story/5099

01/fear-inkarachi-factoryexecutivegunned-downin-targetkilling/
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Violence against Shi’a

Dr. Syed Ali 

Haider, a 

prominent 

opthamologist, and 

his son were shot 

and killed as the 

doctor was 

dropping his son 

off at school.

2/18/13 Lahore 2 killed Targeted 

shooting

Unknown http://tribune.co

m.pk/story/5093

45/targetedattack-Shi'adoctor-sonkilled-in-lahore/

A bomb went off 

in a market in a 

predominantly 

Shi'a 

neighborhood.

2/16/13 Quetta 89 killed; over 

180 injured

Targeted bomb 

blast

Lashkar-eJhangvihttp://www.bbc.

co.uk/news/wor

ld-asia21485731

The son of a 

trustee of Shi'a

congregation hall 

was shot and killed 

while standing 

outside a store.

2/9/13 Karachi 1 killed Targeted 

shooting

Unknown http://dawn.com

/2013/02/10/ma

n-killed-insectarianattack-2/

A prominent Shi'a 

lawyer and former 

office-holder at the 

Human Rights 

Commission of 

Pakistan was 

killed executionstyle by two 

motocyclists while 

driving his two 

sons to school.

2/8/13 Peshawar 1 killed Targeted 

shooting

Unknown http://dawn.com

/2013/02/09/sec

tarian-attack-inpeshawarlawyer-dead/

A Shi'a doctor was 

gunned down in 

his clinic. 

1/22/13 Peshawar 1 killed Targeted 

shooting

Unknown http://tribune.co

m.pk/story/4974

45/sectarianviolence-Shi'adoctor-gunneddown-inpeshawar/

A suicide bomber 

targeting the 

Hazara Shi'a 

community walked 

into a pool hall 

and detonated a 

bomb. As people 

arrived to help the 

wounded, a second 

bomb went off.

1/10/13 Quetta Over 120 

killed

Suicide bomb Lashkar-eJhangvihttp://www.bbc.

co.uk/news/wor

ld-asia22248500
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Violence against Shi’a

Nineteen Shi'a 

pilgrims traveling 

in three separate 

buses from Quetta 

to Iran were killed 

in a bomb blast. 

12/30/12 Mastung, 

Balochistan

19 killed; 25 

injured 

Targeted bomb 

blast

Jesh alIslamihttp://www.nati

on.com.pk/paki

stan-newsnewspaperdaily-englishonline/national/

31-Dec2012/mastungcar-bomb-kills19-pilgrims

Second blast near 

a Shi'a procession 

killed five and 

injured dozens.

11/25/12 Dera Ismail 

Khan

5 killed; at 

least 40 

injured 

Targeted bomb 

blast

Taliban 

(suspected)

http://www.bbc.

co.uk/news/wor

ld-asia20484125

Roadside bomb 

near Ashura 

procession killed 

at least seven and 

injured 30 during 

the month of 

Muharram. 

11/24/12 Dera Ismail 

Khan

7 killed; 30 

injured 

Targeted bomb 

blast

Taliban 

(suspected)

http://www.guar

dian.co.uk/worl

d/2012/nov/24/

pakistan-bombkills-seven

A Taliban suicide 

bomber killed 23 

people in a Shi'a 

procession during 

Ashura. 

11/22/12 Rawalpindi 23 killed; 62 

injured 

Suicide 

bomber

Taliban http://wwrn.org/

articles/38577/

The Taliban set off 

two bombs within 

minutes of each 

other outside a 

Shi'a mosque in 

Karachi, killing 

one and wounding 

15. 

11/21/12 Karachi 1 killed; 15 

injured

Targeted bomb 

blast

Taliban http://wwrn.org/

articles/38577/

Three Shi'a men 

from the Hazara 

Shi'a community 

were gunned down 

and three more 

were wounded. 

11/10/12 Quetta 3 killed; 3 

injured 

Targeted 

shooting

Unknown http://centralasi

aonline.com/en

_GB/articles/cai

i/newsbriefs/20

12/11/10/newsb

rief-07

Four male Shi'a 

shopkeepers from 

the Hazara Shi'a 

community were 

fatally shot by 

gunmen on 

motorbikes. 

10/16/12 Quetta 4 killed Targeted 

shooting

Unknown http://centralasi

aonline.com/en

_GB/articles/cai

i/newsbriefs/20

12/10/16/newsb

rief-04
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Violence against Shi’a

Mohammad 

Yaseen, member 

of the Hazara Shi'a 

community, 

gunned down by 

militants.

10/7/12 Quetta 1 killed Targeted 

shooting

Nasabi 

Wahabi and 

the Taliban

http://www.shiit

enews.com/inde

x.php/pakistan/

5231-Shi'amanmohammadyaseen-gunneddown-bynasabi-takfiriterrorists-inquetta

23-year-old 

Rameez Hussain 

Zaidi was shot and 

critically injured in 

a targeted attack. 

10/8/12 Karachi 1 injured Targeted 

shooting

Unknown http://www.nati

on.com.pk/paki

stan-newsnewspaperdaily-englishonline/karachi/0

9-Oct2012/fourkilled-asgunmen-go-onthe-rampage-4-

bodies-found

A 30-year-old 

shopkeeper 

affiliated with 

Majlis-e-Wahdate-Muslimeen (an 

anti-terrorism Shi'a 

political party) was 

fatally shot by two 

gunmen.

10/8/12 Karachi 1 killed Targeted 

shooting

Unknown http://www.nati

on.com.pk/paki

stan-newsnewspaperdaily-englishonline/karachi/0

9-Oct2012/fourkilled-asgunmen-go-onthe-rampage-4-

bodies-found

38-year-old Syed 

Jahangir Raza was 

shot and killed 

near the Brigade 

Police Station. 

10/9/12 Karachi 1 killed Targeted 

shooting

Sipah-eSahaba http://abna.ir/da

ta.asp?lang=3&

Id=355103

Mohammad 

Ramzan, a Shi'a 

police officer, was 

fatally shot.

10/10/12 Dera Ismail 

Khan

1 killed Targeted 

shooting

Lashkar-eJhangvi/Sipa

h-e-Sahaba

http://www.shiit

enews.com/inde

x.php/pakistan/

5260-a-Shi'apolice-officialmartyred-dueto-firing-oftakfiriterrorists-indera-ismailkhan
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Violence against Shi’a

30-year-old Syed 

Ijaaz Haider Rizvi 

was fatally shot by 

militants.

10/11/12 Karachi 1 killed Targeted 

shooting

Sipah-eSahabahttp://pakShi'a.c

om/en/Shi'akillingpakistan/karachi

-extremistsopen-fire-nearu-p-moorshiite-ijazhaider-killed/

Fourteen Shi'a 

were killed and 76 

were injured after 

a car bomb 

detonated in a 

market in Kurram 

tribal region. 

9/10/12 Parachinar, 

Kurram 

Agency

14 killed; 76 

injured 

Car bombing Tehrik-iTaliban 

Pakistan 

Ghazi Group 

(previously 

unknown 

group)

http://dawn.com

/2012/09/11/14-

killed-inparachinarsectarian-attack/

Eight Hazara Shi'a 

were killed in 

separate drive-by 

shootings at two 

bus stops. 

9/1/12 Quetta 8 killed Shooting Lashkar-eJhangvihttp://tribune.co

m.pk/story/4304

08/sectariankillings-quettamourns-withshutter-downstrike/

A Shi'a sessions 

judge, Zulfiqar 

Naqvi, along with 

his driver and 

bodyguard, were 

fatally shot.

8/30/12 Quetta 1 killed Targeted 

shooting

Unknown http://centralasi

aonline.com/en

_GB/articles/cai

i/newsbriefs/20

12/08/30/newsb

rief-01

Three Shi'a were 

killed in a drive-by 

shooting.

8/26/12 Quetta 3 killed Targeted 

shooting

Unknown http://tribune.co

m.pk/story/4268

50/three-Shi'asfive-othersgunned-downin-balochistan/

A bomb blast 

struck a bus taking 

Shi'a to mark 

Youm-e-Quds, a 

yearly rally held at 

the end of 

Ramadan.

8/17/12 Karachi 2 killed; 18 

injured 

Targeted bomb 

blast

Lashkar-eJhangvi 

(suspected) 

and 

Tehreek-eTaliban 

Pakistan 

(suspected)

http://www.dail

ytimes.com.pk/

default.asp?pag

e=2012%5C08

%5C18%5Cstor

y_18-8-

2012_pg1_2
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Violence against Shi’a

25 Shi'a killed 

when armed men 

dressed in military 

uniforms 

intercepted four 

buses en route 

from Rawalpindi 

to Gilgit, pulled 

off passengers, 

checked identity 

cards and opened 

fire. 

8/16/12 Mansehra 

district 

(between 

Rawalpindi 

and Gilgit)

25 killed Targeted 

shooting

Unknown http://dailytimes

.com.pk/default.

asp?page=2012\

08\17\story_17-

8-2012_pg1_2

Three Shi'a men 

from the Hazara 

community were 

gunned down in 

targeted killing.

8/16/12 Quetta 3 killed Targeted 

shooting

Jaish-i-Islam http://dawn.com

/2012/08/17/thr

ee-hazara-menshot-dead-inquetta-2/

Sajid Hussain was 

shot dead by two 

suspects on a 

motorbike. 

8/15/12 Gulbahar, 

Karachi

1 killed Targeted 

shooting

Unknown http://dawn.com

/2012/08/16/sec

tarian-killingsparksviolence-ingulbahar/

Nearly a dozen 

men dressed in 

military garb 

ambushed four 

buses traveling to 

Gilgit. After 

demanding the 

passengers’ 

papers, the 

assailants lined up 

the Shi'a and 

began firing.

8/15/12 Kohistan 

district of 

Peshawar

25 killed Targeted 

shooting

Tehreek-eTaliban 

Pakistan

http://www.paki

stantoday.com.p

k/2012/08/17/ne

ws/national/25-

Shi'as-pulledoff-busesexecuted-inkohistan/

Gunmen opened 

fire at the main 

Youm-i-Ali 

procession (Shi'a 

procession). 

8/10/12 Karachi Attack (no 

casualties)

Shooting Unknown http://tribune.co

m.pk/story/4202

24/youm-i-alibeing-observedacross-countryamid-strictsecurity/

Qurban Ali 

abducted by 

Lashkar-e-Jhangvi 

militants from 

Hazarganj area. 

7/29/12 Quetta 1 kidnapped; 

1 killed 

Kidnapping; 

suspected 

killing

Lashkar-eJhangvihttp://pakShi'a.c

om/en/Shi'akillingpakistan/quettashiite-abductedby-lashkar-ejhangvi/
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Violence against Shi’a

Noor Ali shot dead 

in targeted attack 

in a medical store.

7/28/12 Quetta 1 killed Targeted 

shooting

Nasabi 

Wahabbi

http://abna.ir/da

ta.asp?lang=3&

Id=332484

Qadir Bux fatally 

shot.

7/28/12 Jafarabad 

district, 

Balochistan

1 killed Shooting Unspecified 

terrorist 

group

http://abna.ir/da

ta.asp?lang=3&

Id=332484

A man identified 

as Mohammad 

was found stabbed 

and shot to death. 

Investigators 

suspect he was 

tortured prior to 

his death. 

7/26/12 Quetta 1 killed Torture and 

shooting

Lashkar-eJhangvihttp://www.abn

a.ir/data.asp?lan

g=3&Id=33219

8

The deputy 

director of schools 

in Balochistan, 

Abrar Hussain 

Ahmad, was 

injured when 

militants attacked 

his car.

7/24/12 Quetta 1 injured Targeted 

attack

Lashkar-eJhangvihttp://www.abn

a.ir/data.asp?lan

g=3&Id=33154

3

A 14-year-old 

Shi'a girl was 

killed in an 

extremist attack on 

a Shi'a 

congregation hall. 

7/23/12 Peshawar 1 killed Shooting Sipah-eSahabahttp://pakShi'a.c

om/en/Shi'akillingpakistan/pesha

war-saudifundedterroristsattacked-imambargah-14-yearold-girlmartyred/

Thirteen Shi'a 

tribesmen 

travelling in a van 

were killed in a 

bomb attack. 

7/18/12 Orakzai, 

Hangu

13 killed; 2 

injured 

Targeted bomb 

blast

Darra Adam 

Khel chapter 

of the 

Tehreek-eTaliban 

Pakistan 

(TTP)

http://tribune.co

m.pk/story/4103

31/orakzaibombing-13-

dead-as-bombtears-throughpassenger-van/
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Violence against Shi’a

Militants attacked 

a Shi'a residential 

area of Bilash 

Khail in Kurram 

Agency. No 

casualties were 

reported, but the 

attack continued 

throughout the 

night.

7/16/12 Parachinar, 

Kurram 

Agency

None Shooting Taliban http://pakShi'a.c

om/en/Shi'akillingpakistan/parachi

nar-shiiteresidentsattacked-bytaliban/

Rehmat Ali was 

fatally shot by 

militants.

7/12/12 Quetta 1 killed Targeted 

shooting

Pro-Taliban 

group Sipahe-Sahaba

http://pakShi'a.c

om/en/Shi'akillingpakistan/anothe

r-Shi'a-muslimmartyred-inquetta-city/

Imambargah 

leader Mulana 

Nour Ali Nour and 

Syed Haseeb Abad 

Zaidi were 

kidnapped for 

ransom and killed.

7/11/12 Quetta 2 kidnapped 

and killed 

Beheading Lashker-eJhangvihttp://www.dail

ytimes.com.pk/

default.asp?pag

e=2012%5C07

%5C12%5Cstor

y_12-7-

2012_pg7_3

Ahmad Yar and 

Qasim Ali, two 

brothers who had 

converted to 

Shi’ism, were 

kidnapped on their 

way to their 

mosque and 

beheaded by 

extremists.

7/10/12 Sarogodha 

district, 

Punjab

2 killed Kidnapping; 

beheading

Sipah-eSahabahttp://en.Shi'apo

st.com/2012/07/

11/twoconvertedshiite-muslimbrothersslaughtered-insargodha/

Ali Madid shot 

dead outside his 

house in Hussain 

Hazara Goth 

within the 

precincts of the 

Gulistan-e-Jauhar 

police station. 

7/7/12 Karachi 1 killed Targeted 

shooting

Unknown http://paktribun

e.com/news/IBofficial-amongnine-fall-preyto-Karachiviolence251294.html

Eighteen were 

killed when 

assailants forced 

passengers to 

disembark a bus 

that was travelling 

to Iran on a route 

used by Shi'a 

pilgrims.

Reported 

on 7/6/12

Turbat, 

Balochistan

18 killed; 2 

missing 

Targeted 

shooting

Unknown http://tribune.co

m.pk/story/4046

25/18-pilgrimskilled-in-turbatbus-attack/
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Violence against Shi’a

A 24-year-old 

newlywed man, 

Mohmmad Imran, 

fatally shot in 

Kharadar area of 

Karachi. 

6/29/12 Kharadar, 

Karachi

1 killed Targeted 

shooting

Sipah-eSahabahttp://pakShi'a.c

om/en/Shi'akillingpakistan/karachi

-24-year-oldshiite-shotdead-by-sspterrorists/

Extremists opened 

fire on a group of 

Shi'a, leaving one 

man injured.

6/28/12 Dera Ismail 

Khan, 

Khyber 

Pakhtunkh

wa 

province

1 Injured Targeted 

shooting

Sipah-eSahabahttp://pakShi'a.c

om/en/Shi'akillingpakistan/deraismail-khanterrorists-openfire-injuring-ashiite/

Nine Shi'a 

pilgrims and two 

police escorts were 

killed in a bomb 

explosion near a 

bus carrying 

pilgrims returning 

from Iran. 

6/28/12 Quetta 9 Shi’as killed Car bomb Unknown http://dawn.com

/2012/06/28/eig

ht-includingpolicemankilled-in-quettablast/

Fourteen Shi'a 

pilgrims were 

killed in blast as 

their bus was 

returning from 

Iran. 

6/28/12 Quetta 

(Hazarganji 

area)

14 killed; 30 

injured

Targeted 

bombing 

(conflicting 

reports on 

whether it was 

a suicide 

bomber)

Unknown http://tribune.co

m.pk/story/4005

70/blast-targetsbus-carryingpilgrims-inquetta/

Mian Asif, Bhatti 

imambargah (a 

Shi'a congregation 

hall) founder, was 

fatally shot outside 

his home.

6/23/12 Lahore 1 killed Targeted 

shooting

Lashkar-eJhangvihttp://pakShi'a.c

om/en/Shi'akillingpakistan/lahoreextremistsopen-firekilling-bhattiimam-bargahsowner-asif/
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Violence against Shi’a

A group of Shiite 

youths protesting 

inflammatory 

remarks during a 

SSP rally were 

tortured. 

6/17/12 Chakwal, 

Punjab

3 injured Torture Sipah-eSahabahttp://pakShi'a.c

om/en/Shi'akillingpakistan/chakw

al-extremistsattackimambargah-3-

shiites-injured/

Two Shi'a men, 

Ghulam Hussain 

and Anwar Ali, 

were tortured to 

death by 

extremists.

6/9/12 Ibrahimzai, 

Hangu, 

Khyber 

Pakhtunkh

wa 

province

2 killed Torture Sipah-eSahabahttp://pakShi'a.c

om/en/Shi'akillingpakistan/hangussp-torture-onshiites-leaves-2-

dead/

Amir Mohamamd, 

a member of 

Hazara Shi'a 

community, was 

fatally shot. 

5/24/12 Quetta 1 killed Targeted 

shooting

Unknown http://www.paki

stantoday.com.p

k/2012/05/25/ne

ws/national/two

-killed-anotherbodyrecovered-inbalochistan/

Jawad Raza Shah, 

the nephew of the 

president of a Shi'a 

rights 

organization, was 

killed when NasbiWahabbi terrorists 

opened fire in 

Bhati Chowk.

5/24/12 Lahore 1 killed Targeted 

shooting

NasbiWahabbi http://pakShi'a.c

om/en/Shi'akillingpakistan/twoShi'a-muslimsmartyred-inlahore-quetta/

A bus with Shi'a 

passengers was 

attacked by men 

with automatic 

weapons in 

Kurram.

5/6/12 Lower 

Kurram

3 women and 

some children 

injured 

Targeted 

shooting

Unknown http://www.dail

ytimes.com.pk/

default.asp?pag

e=2012%5C05

%5C07%5Cstor

y_7-5-

2012_pg1_6
 July 2013

Pakistan

Factsheet

U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom

14

Violence against Shi’a

Muhammad Ali, a 

Hazara Shi'a, was 

gunned down in a 

motorcycle driveby shooting while 

sitting in his tire 

shop. 

5/6/12 Mastung, 

Balochistan

1 killed Targeted 

shooting

Unknown http://www.dail

ytimes.com.pk/

default.asp?pag

e=2012%5C05

%5C07%5Cstor

y_7-5-

2012_pg1_5

Shafqat Ali Harho 

Domki, Qambar 

district president 

of the Shi’a Ulema 

Council, shot and 

injured. 

5/1/12 Shahdadkot 

district, 

Sindh

1 injured Targeted 

shooting

Undisclosed 

(family 

knew the 

assailants, 

but refused 

to disclose 

their 

identities)

http://dawn.com

/2012/05/02/lea

der-injured-insectarian-attack/

Sajjad Ali, a 

Hazara Shi'a man, 

was shot and 

injured. 

4/22/12 Quetta 1 injured Targeted 

shooting

http://www.dail

ytimes.com.pk/

default.asp?pag

e=2012%5C04

%5C23%5Cstor

y_23-4-

2012_pg7_15

Two Hazara Shi'a 

were gunned 

down. 

4/21/12 Quetta 2 killed Targeted 

shooting

Unreported; 

police 

claimed they 

had three 

suspects in 

custody

http://www.dail

ytimes.com.pk/

default.asp?pag

e=2012%5C04

%5C22%5Cstor

y_22-4-

2012_pg7_3

Armed men 

opened fire at a 

vehicle carrying 

Hazara Shi'a 

passengers near 

Benazir Bhutto 

flyover, but no one 

was injured.

Reported 

4/17/12

Quetta None Targeted 

shooting

Unknown http://www.paki

stantoday.com.p

k/2012/04/17/ne

ws/national/haz

ara-Shi'aamong-fourkilled-acrossbalochistan/ 

Sulman Hazara, a 

shopkeeper, killed 

and 3 injured in 

motorcycle driveby shooting on 

Kanwari Road.

4/16/12 Quetta 1 killed; 3 

Injured 

Targeted 

shooting

Lashker-eJhangvihttp://www.paki

stantoday.com.p

k/2012/04/17/ne

ws/national/haz

ara-Shi'aamong-fourkilled-acrossbalochistan/ 
 July 2013

Pakistan

Factsheet

U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom

15

Violence against Shi’a

Eight Hazara Shi'a 

were shot in two 

separate incidents. 

4/14/12 Quetta 8 killed Targeted 

shooting

Unknown http://www.dail

ytimes.com.pk/

default.asp?pag

e=2012%5C04

%5C15%5Cstor

y_15-4-

2012_pg1_1

Three Hazaras 

were shot dead in 

separate targeted 

killings. 

4/12/12 Quetta 3 killed Targeted 

shooting

Unknown http://www.dail

ytimes.com.pk/

default.asp?pag

e=2012%5C04

%5C13%5Cstor

y_13-4-

2012_pg1_5

Armed men on 

motorcycles shot 

and killed six 

Hazara Shi'a 

sitting in a shop. 

4/9/12 Quetta 6 killed; 2 

Injured

Targeted 

shooting

Unknown http://tribune.co

m.pk/story/3622

68/communityunder-assaultsix-hazaraskilled-in-quettasectarian-attack/

Sunni Muslim 

mob dragged nine 

Shi'a out of buses 

and fatally shot 

them.

4/3/12 Chilas 9 killed Targeted 

shooting

Unknown http://www.paki

stantoday.com.p

k/2012/08/17/ne

ws/national/25-

Shi'as-pulledoff-busesexecuted-inkohistan/

A bus traveling 

from Rawalpindi 

to Gilgit was 

ambushed and the 

attackers 

demanded to see 

the passengers’ 

papers. Eighteen 

Shi'a men were 

executed by 

gunmen.

2/28/12 Kohistan 

district of 

Peshawar

18 killed Targeted 

shooting

Unknown; 

authorities 

claim there 

are no 

militants in 

the area

http://dawn.com

/2012/02/28/atle

ast-18-dead-inpakistan-busambush-police/
 July 2013

Pakistan

Factsheet

U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom

16

Violence against Shi’a

Twenty-nine Shi'a 

were killed in a 

suicide attack in a 

market near an 

imambargah (a 

Shi'a congregation 

hall).

2/17/12 Parachinar, 

Kurram 

Agency

41 killed; at 

least 21 

injured 

Suicide 

bombing

A 

breakaway 

faction of 

Tehreek-eTaliban 

Pakistan

http://www.stat

e.gov/j/ct/rls/crt

/2012/209983.ht

m

Three Hazara Shi'a 

were killed in a 

motorcycle-driveby-shooting. The 

victims were an 

actor, Abid Ali 

Nazish, a Federal 

Investigation 

Agency Inspector 

Wulayat, and a 

poet, Muhammad 

Anwar.

1/25/12 Quetta 3 killed Targeted 

shooting

Unknown http://hazarane

wspakistan.wor

dpress.com/201

2/01/25/3-

hazaras-shotdead/
 July 2013

Pakistan

Factsheet

U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom

17

Violence against Christians

Incident Date 

(d/m/y) Location Casualties Type/method Group responsible Source

18-year-old Adnan 

Masih was arrested 

on false suspicions 

of kidnapping a 

Muslim woman. He 

was in prison for 

six days before 

police tortured him 

to death. 

6/10/13 Lahore 1 killed Torture Police http://www.paki

stanchristianpos

t.com/headlinen

ewsd.php?hnew

sid=4349

Armed men beat 

three Christian 

women, and then 

forced them to strip 

and walk around 

the village naked.

6/3/13 Kasur, 

Punjab

3 injured Attack; sexual 

assault

Group of 

men 

employed by 

Muhammad 

Munir, the 

son of a

landlord

http://www.dail

ytimes.com.pk/

default.asp?pag

e=2013\06\20\st

ory_20-6-

2013_pg7_5#.U

cLwwcDE0W4.

facebook

After a local 

Christian man was 

accused of 

insulting Islam, a 

riot ensued. One 

man was killed, 20 

were arrested, and 

250 Christian 

families were 

forced to flee their 

homes.

May-13 Chak 31, 

Multan, 

Punjab

1 killed Threats Mob and 

police

http://www.chri

stiansinpakistan

.com/fear-ofmass-attackmore-than-250-

christianfamilies-fleefrom-theirhomes-insouthernpunjab/

Two drive-by 

shooters targeted 

the president of All 

Pakistan Minorities 

Alliance Sindh. 

The victim, a 

Christian, escaped 

unharmed.

4/3/13 Karachi None Targeted 

shooting

Unknown http://tribune.co

m.pk/story/531

256/drive-byshootingchristian-leadersaleemkhokharsurvives-attack/

A mob attacked a 

Christian 

neighborhood, 

damaging several 

shops and injuring 

several people.

4/3/13 Gujranwala, 

Punjab

5 injured Mob attack Unknown http://us6.camp

aignarchive1.com/?

u=7ec6d7eb253

3a90581f83911

0&id=10c65c9d

e4&e=ccdede1e

61
 July 2013

Pakistan

Factsheet

U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom

18

Violence against Christians

A mob attacked a 

group of Christians 

after a police 

officer refused to 

file a blasphemy 

report against a 

Christian boy. 

4/2/13 Gujranwala, 

Punjab

None 

reported

Mob attack Unknown http://m.csmoni

tor.com/World/

2013/0422/InPakistan-a-rareChristianretaliationagainstMuslimviolence

A mob burned 

down at least 180 

Christian homes 

and two churches 

because they were 

upset about alleged 

derogatory remarks 

one resident said 

about Prophet 

Muhammad. 

3/9/13 Joseph 

Colony, 

Lahore

None Fire; arrest Unknown http://morningst

arnews.org/201

3/03/islamicmobs-destroychristian-areaof-lahorepakistan/?utm_s

ource=Morning

Star+News&ut

m_campaign=9

7dacc7fffPakistan_Okara

_5_20_2013&ut

m_medium=em

ail&utm_term=

0_6e3978492c97dacc7fff12814313

Extremists beat a 

group of Christian 

children playing 

outside.

3/8/13 Joseph 

Colony, 

Lahore

Unspecified Attack Unknown CLAAS

A 15-year-old 

Christian girl was 

brutally tortured, 

raped, and left 

unconscious by her 

landlord and 

another man.

1/25/13 District of 

Kasur, 

Lahore

1 injured Torture and 

rape

Sher 

Muhammad 

and Shabir

http://leadfamil

y.blogspot.com/

2013/05/pakista

ni-christianfamilypressurised.htm

l

14-year-old Timiar 

Shahzadi was 

kidnapped while 

returning home 

from school.

10/22/12 Islamabad 1 kidnapped Kidnapping Unknown http://www.pers

ecution.org/201

2/11/20/christia

n-girlkidnapped-inpakistan-2/

Philadelphia 

Pentecostal Church 

was raided and 

vandalized.

10/18/12 Karachi None Mob attack 

and looting

Unknown http://tribune.co

m.pk/story/454

187/religiousintolerancesecond-churchattacked-inkarachi-in-10-

days/
 July 2013

Pakistan

Factsheet

U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom

19

Violence against Christians

Bawa Chak 

Presbyterian 

Church was 

attacked. 

10/14/12 Faisalabad, 

Punjab

None Mob attack 

and vandalism

Unknown http://www.asia

news.it/newsen/RimshaMasih's-trialadjourned-to14-Novemberas-antiChristianviolencecontinues26116.html

Pastor Karama was 

accused of 

blasphemy and a 

mob attacked his 

house. He was 

released on Feb. 25 

after the 

complainant 

recanted.

10/13/12 Sanghla 

Hill, Punjab

Blasphemy 

– arrested 

and initially 

denied bail 

Attack and 

arrest

Unknown http://www.paki

stanchristianpos

t.com/viewnews

.php?newsid=1

864 &

St. Francis Catholic 

Church was 

attacked.

10/12/12 Karachi None Mob attack 

and vandalism

Unknown http://www.asia

news.it/newsen/RimshaMasih's-trialadjourned-to14-Novemberas-antiChristianviolencecontinues26116.html

Sixteen-year-old 

Ryan Stanten was 

arrested for 

allegedly sending a 

blasphemous text 

message. A mob 

vandalized his 

home. 

Reported 

10/10/12

Karachi Arrest and 

property 

damage

Mob attack; 

blasphemy

Unknown http://dawn.com

/2012/10/11/ho

use-ransackedfurnituretorchedteenagechristian-boybooked-forblasphemy/

Pastor Babar Bhatti 

was shot and 

injured by 

extremists. 

9/30/12 Faisalabad, 

Punjab

Attack; 1 

Injured

Targeted 

shooting

Two 

extremists

http://www.paki

stanchristianpos

t.com/headlinen

ewsd.php?hnew

sid=3837
 July 2013

Pakistan

Factsheet

U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom

20

Violence against Christians

Shumaila Bibi was 

abducted and 

forced to convert to 

Islam and marry 

her abuser.

9/24/12 Faisalabad, 

Punjab

1 kidnapped Kidnapping; 

Forced 

conversion; 

Forced 

marriage

Muhammad 

Javed Iqbal

http://www.asia

news.it/newsen/Faisalabad:-

24-year-oldChristianabducted,-

forced-toconvert-toIslam-andmarry-herabuser26034.html

A mob attacked St. 

Paul’s Lutheran 

Church and set it 

on fire. Zeeshan 

Chand, the 17-yearold son of a pastor, 

was beaten and had 

to be taken to 

hospital.

9/21/12 Mardan 1 injured Mob attack; 

fire

Unknown http://www.claa

s.org.uk/news_d

etail.aspx?ID=5

82

A mob attacked an 

Anglican church, 

desecrated it, and 

then set it on fire.

9/21/12 Mardan Property 

damage

Fire Unknown http://www.assi

stnews.net/STO

RIES/2012/s12

090117.htm

Anti-Christian 

protestors 

threatened workers 

at St. Elizabeth 

Hospital and 

damaged its doors 

and windows.

9/18/12 Hyderabad, 

Sindh

Threats and 

property 

damage

Threats and 

vandalism

Unknown http://www.pers

ecution.org/201

2/09/19/outrage

-over-antiislam-filmworrieschristians-inpakistan/

Anti-Christian 

protestors attacked 

St. Francis Xavier’s 

Catholic Cathedral 

with gunfire and 

rocks in response to 

a blasphemous film 

on Islam.

9/16/12 Hyderabad, 

Sindh

At least 1 

injured

Shooting Unknown http://www.new

s.va/en/news/asi

apakistan-filmon-mohammedfiring-at-thecathed
 July 2013

Pakistan

Factsheet

U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom

21

Violence against Christians

Two Christians 

were killed and two 

were injured when 

a group entered a 

Christian colony 

and attempted to 

collect “jizya” 

(taxes on nonMuslims). 

9/15/12 Essa Nagri, 

Karachi

2 killed, 3 

injured 

Shooting Unknown http://www.paki

stanchristianpos

t.com/headlinen

ewsd.php?hnew

sid=3812

Christian colony 

attacked; police did 

not attempt to stop 

attackers

8/31/12 Lahore None 

reported

Shooting Unknown http://www.claa

s.org.uk/news_d

etail.aspx?ID=5

81

Rabeel Aftab, a 20-

year-old veterinary 

student, was 

abducted, forcibly 

converted, and 

physically and 

mentally abused. 

8/27/12 Jhang, 

Punjab

1 kidnapped 

and abused 

Kidnapping; 

forced 

conversion; 

physical and 

mental abuse

Unknown http://www.claa

s.org.uk/news_d

etail.aspx?ID=5

92

An 11-year-old 

Christian girl with 

Down Syndrome, 

Rimsha Masih, was 

falsely accused of 

blasphemy for 

allegedly burning 

pages of a Noorani 

Qaida, and then 

publicly beaten and 

jailed. As a result, 

an additional 200-

300 Christian 

families were 

forced to flee the 

area.

8/18/12 Meharabadi 

village, near 

Islamabad

1 attacked Mob attack; 

arrest; and 

displacement

Cleric and 

local mob

http://ahmadiyy

atimes.blogspot.

com/2012/08/pa

kistan-backlashfearprompts.html?u

tm_source=dlvr

.it&utm_mediu

m=twitter&m=

1

Adeel Masih was 

shot and killed by 

police in a skirmish 

that began after a 

Christian neighbor 

could not meet the 

officers’ bribe 

demands.

8/14/12 Lahore 1 killed; 3 

injured 

Torture and 

shooting

Two Lahore 

police 

officers

http://www.claa

s.org.uk/news_d

etail.aspx?ID=5

72
 July 2013

Pakistan

Factsheet

U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom

22

Violence against Christians

Muqadas Kainat, a 

12-year-old 

Christian girl, was 

gang raped and 

murdered by five 

men. 

8/14/12 Sahiwal, 

Punjab

1 raped and 

killed 

Rape and 

murder

Unknown http://www.paki

stanchristianpos

t.com/headlinen

ewsd.php?hnew

sid=3705

Kalson Aamir 

Khokhar, son of a 

Christian MP, was 

kidnapped and 

beaten.

Reported 

in 2012

Karachi 1 injured Kidnapping Unknown http://www.claa

s.org.uk/news_d

etail.aspx?ID=5

80

Samuel Yaqoob, an 

11-year-old 

Christian boy, was 

burned, tortured, 

mutilated, and 

murdered. 

8/1/12 Faisalabad 1 killed Kidnapping, 

torture, murder

Unknown http://www.claa

s.org.uk/news_d

etail.aspx?ID=5

73

Christian nurses 

were poisoned at 

their hostel.

7/29/12 Karachi 11 poisoned Poisoning Unknown http://www.paki

stantoday.com.p

k/2012/08/01/ne

ws/national/eig

ht-christiannursespoisoned/

Reverend Zafar 

Bhatti, president of 

Jesus World 

Mission, was 

arrested and 

tortured. His sisterin-law, Nasreen 

Bibi, was arrested 

with him. 

7/16/12 Islamabad None Arrest Member of 

Jamat Ehl-eSunnat filed 

the 

complaint 

against the 

reverend

http://www.asia

news.it/newsen/Christianleader-falselycharged-ofblasphemy-inIslamabad25543.html

Seven men, 

including three in 

police uniforms, 

kidnapped Pastor 

Victor Samuel 

Maseeh.

7/7/12 Toba Tek 

Singh 

district, 

Punjab

None 

reported

Kidnapping Unknown http://dawn.com

/2012/07/09/pas

tor-kidnappedin-toba/

A pregnant 

Christian woman, 

Nosheen Masih, 

was beaten by a 

gang and suffered a 

miscarriage. 

Reported 

6/12/12

Lahore 1 injured; 2 

still-born 

babies

Attack The son of a 

retired 

police 

inspector, 

Irfan Safdar, 

and other 

unnamed 

men 

(suspected)

http://persecute

dchurchnews.bl

ogspot.com/201

2/06/police-inpakistandecline-toprosecute.html
 July 2013

Pakistan

Factsheet

U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom

23

Violence against Christians

A Christian family 

was murdered after 

the assailant slit the 

victims' throats. 

One family 

member, Babar 

Yaqoob, survived, 

but was critically 

injured.

5/22/12 Okara, 

Punjab

4 killed; 1 

injured

Attack/murder Unknown http://www.new

s.va/en/news/asi

apakistanchristianfamilymurdered-inpunjab

Muhammad 

Kamran was beaten 

for coverting to 

Christianity.

Reported 

5/15/12

Karachi 1 injured Attack His family 

members 

and his exwife’s 

family 

members 

(suspected)

http://www.assi

stnews.net/Stori

es/2012/s12050

066.htm

25-year-old Tania 

Rubeeca was 

abducted, 

repeatedly raped, 

forced to convert to 

Islam, marry a 

Muslim man, and 

then sold to another 

couple. 

5/1/12 Nankana 

City

1 abused Kidnapping; 

forced 

conversion; 

forced 

marriage; rape

Unknown http://www.claa

s.org.uk/news_d

etail.aspx?ID=5

63

13-year-old 

Christian girl was 

gang-raped. 

3/29/12 Lahore 1 raped Kidnapping 

and rape

The son of a 

retired 

police 

inspector, 

Irfan Safdar, 

and other 

unnamed 

men 

http://shariaunv

eiled.wordpress.

com/tag/gangrape-of-13-

year-oldchristian/
 July 2013

Pakistan

Factsheet

U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom

24

Violence against Ahmadis

Incident Date 

(d/m/y) Location Casualties Type/method Group responsible Source

An Ahmadi man 

was shot and killed 

when four armed 

men broke into his 

home and then 

threatened his 

brother.

6/17/13 Lahore 1 killed Targeted 

shooting

Unknown http://www.alisl

am.org/fridaysermon/2013-06-

28.html

An Ahmadi man 

was killed in a 

drive-by shooting.

6/11/13 Karachi 1 killed; 2 

nonAhmadis 

injured

Targeted 

shooting

Unknown http://x.dawn.co

m/2013/06/12/m

an-from-ahmadicommunity-shotdead/

A man, along with 

two other 

assailants, shot an 

Ahmadi 

shopowner.

6/11/13 Jhelum 1 injured Targeted 

shooting

Unknown http://ahmadiyya

times.blogspot.c

om/2013/06/brea

king-newsahmadis-killedinjured-in.html

A group of 

extremists and 

police officers 

raided an Ahmadi 

mosque and 

arrested nine 

people, including a 

woman and her 

son, on charges of 

terrorism and 

blasphemy.

4/28/13 Lahore None Blasphemy –

9 arrested

Extremists 

(including 

Hasan 

Muaviya 

and Badr 

Alam) and

police

http://www.hum

anrights.asia/ne

ws/ahrcnews/AHRCSTM-086-2013

Two gunmen 

targeted Malik 

Muhammad Aqeel, 

but failed to strike 

him. 

4/14/13 Karachi None Targeted 

shooting

Unknown http://www.pers

ecutionofahmadi

s.org/wpcontent/uploads/

2010/03/04-

NewsreportApril-2013.pdf

Asif Dawood was 

shot by assailants 

on his way home. 

4/2/13 Nawab 

Shah, Sindh

1 injured Targeted 

shooting

Unknown http://tribune.co

m.pk/story/5317

51/minorityrights-few-yearsafter-fathersmurder-ahmedilawyer-shot-innawabshah/
 July 2013

Pakistan

Factsheet

U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom

25

Violence against Ahmadis

A group of 

extremists attacked 

an Ahmadi family 

at their home. 

3/26/13 Kasur, 

Punjab

3 injured Attack Unknown http://tribune.co

m.pk/story/5266

33/clericsattack-ahmadihouse-torturefamily-inpunjab/

A mob broke into 

an Ahmadi 

family’s home, 

beat them, and 

stole their 

belongings. 

3/23/13 Shamsabad, 

Kasur

Unknown Mob attack 

and theft

Unknown http://tribune.co

m.pk/story/5266

33/clericsattack-ahmadihouse-torturefamily-inpunjab/

An Ahmadi man 

from Karachi was 

kidnapped and 

tortured for 

information 

regarding the 

security measures 

of the Ahmadiyya 

Jamaat.

3/1/13 Gadap 

Town, Sindh

1 injured Kidnapping 

and torture

Unknown http://www.pers

ecutionofahmadi

s.org/wpcontent/uploads/

2010/03/01-

NewsreportMarch-2013.pdf

Two gunmen shot 

an Ahmadi 

shopkeeper.

3/1/13 Sialkot 1 injured Targeted 

shooting

Unknown http://www.pers

ecutionofahmadi

s.org/wpcontent/uploads/

2010/03/01-

NewsreportMarch-2013.pdf

15-year-old Mufad 

Ahmed, nephew of 

a former Amir of 

the Ahmadi 

community in 

Peshawar, 

kidnapped.

1/20/13 Peshawar None Kidnapping Unknown http://www.hum

anrights.asia/ne

ws/forwardednews/AHRCFPR-008-2013

An Ahmadi farm 

was attacked by 

men who beat up 

the guard, attacked 

the farm 

dispensary, and 

broke glass 

furnishings. 

1/1/13 Hyderabad, 

Sindh

1 injured Attack Unknown http://www.hum

anrights.asia/ne

ws/forwardednews/AHRCFPR-008-2013

Maqsood Ahmad, 

brother of Manzoor 

Ahmad, was killed 

in a drive-by 

shooting. 

12/7/12 Quetta 1 killed Targeted 

shooting

Unknown http://ahmadiyya

times.blogspot.c

om/2012/12/paki

stan-secondahmadi-brotheralso.html
 July 2013

Pakistan

Factsheet

U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom

26

Violence against Ahmadis

Chaudhry Nusrat 

Mahmood, a 68-

year-old Ahmadi 

from New York, 

died from gunshot 

wounds from an 

October 19 driveby shooting. His 

son-in-law, Saad 

Farooq, was also 

killed in that 

attack. Two others 

were injured. 

11/27/12 Karachi 2 killed; 2 

injured

Targeted 

shooting 

Unknown http://www.pers

ecutionofahmadi

s.org/wpcontent/uploads/

2012/12/NewsReportNovember2012.pdf

Ameen Ahmad and 

Ghulam Hussain 

arrested for 

preaching in a case 

registered by local 

mullahs. Ghulam 

Hussain’s son was 

beaten during the 

court hearing for 

videotaping the 

proceedings and 

arrested. 

11/14/12 Malhokay, 

Narowal 

district

1 injured 3 arrested; 1 

attacked 

Police http://www.pers

ecutionofahmadi

s.org/wpcontent/uploads/

2012/12/NewsReportNovember2012.pdf

33-year-old 

Ahmadi man, 

Manzoor Ahmad, 

shot dead by 

unknown assailants 

while walking to 

work.

11/11/12 Quetta 1 killed Targeted 

shooting

Unknown http://ahmadiyya

times.blogspot.c

om/2012/11/quet

ta-pakistanahmadi-manshot-dead.html

The president of 

the Ahmadi 

community of 

Baldia Town was 

shot and killed.

Reported 

November 

2012 

Karachi 1 killed Targeted 

shooting

Unknown http://www.pers

ecutionofahmadi

s.org/wpcontent/uploads/

2012/12/NewsReportNovember2012.pdf

Raja Abdul Hamid 

Khan and Bashir 

Ahmad, both 

Ahmadis, were 

killed in Baldia 

Town. The former 

was killed in his 

homeopathic 

clinic, while the 

latter was shot ten 

minutes later at his 

general store. 

10/23/12 Karachi 2 killed Targeted 

shooting

Unknown http://www.pers

ecutionofahmadi

s.org/wpcontent/uploads/

2012/12/NewsReportNovember2012.pdf
 July 2013

Pakistan

Factsheet

U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom

27

Violence against Ahmadis

Ahmadi business 

attacked with an 

explosive, 

destroying the 

shutter of the 

closed shop. The 

owner, Rasheedud 

Din Butt, received 

demands after the 

attack to pay 5 

million rupees or 

face grave 

consequences. His 

family relocated. 

10/22/12 Karachi None Attack; 

threats 

Unknown http://www.pers

ecutionofahmadi

s.org/wpcontent/uploads/

2012/12/NewsReportNovember2012.pdf

The president of 

the local 

Ahmadiyya 

community 

discovered a snake 

had been placed in 

his clinic, while 

another snake was 

thrown into the 

courtyard of 

another Ahmadi 

official’s home.

10/19/12 Chak 

Chatha, 

Hafizabad, 

Punjab

None Attack Unknown http://www.pers

ecutionofahmadi

s.org/wpcontent/uploads/

2012/11/NewsReport-October2012.pdf

Riad Ahmad Basra 

was fatally shot 

while walking 

home from the 

local mosque after 

evening prayers.

10/18/12 Ghatialian 1 killed Targeted 

shooting

Unknown http://www.pers

ecutionofahmadi

s.org/wpcontent/uploads/

2012/11/NewsReport-October2012.pdf

Majeed Ahmad, an 

Ahmadi man, 

assaulted by 

neighbor for his 

faith. 

10/12/12 Sahiwal, 

Punjab

1 injured Attack Unknown http://www.pers

ecutionofahmadi

s.org/wpcontent/uploads/

2012/11/NewsReport-October2012.pdf

A 64-year-old 

Ahmadi man, 

Khawaja Zahur 

Ahmad, was shot 

and killed.

10/4/12 Sargodha 1 killed Targeted 

shooting

Unknown http://www.pers

ecutionofahmadi

s.org/wpcontent/uploads/

2012/11/NewsReport-October2012.pdf
 July 2013

Pakistan

Factsheet

U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom

28

Violence against Ahmadis

Asim Naseerud 

Din, an Ahmadi 

man, attacked with 

iron rod and 

injured by Faisal 

Bashir to settle a 

personal financial 

dispute. 

10/1/12 Lahore 1 injured Attack Faisal 

Bashir and a 

mob

http://www.pers

ecutionofahmadi

s.org/wpcontent/uploads/

2012/11/NewsReport-October2012.pdf

Latif Ahmed Sabir 

Nasri and his 

daughter, Hafiza 

Aaalia, reported 

missing about one 

year after 

converting to 

Ahmadiyyat. They 

are suspected to 

have been 

kidnapped.

10/1/12 Karachi None 2 missing 

persons; 

possible 

kidnapping 

Unknown http://www.pers

ecutionofahmadi

s.org/wpcontent/uploads/

2012/11/NewsReport-October2012.pdf

Mullahs harassed, 

threatened, and 

vandalized the 

home of an 

Ahmadi woman, 

Sadeeqa Zafar.

10/1/12 Hyderabad None Harassment 

and property 

damage

Unknown http://www.pers

ecutionofahmadi

s.org/wpcontent/uploads/

2012/11/NewsReport-October2012.pdf

Men pelted stones 

at five Ahmadis 

who had been 

summoned to a 

police station due 

to tension rising 

from an antiAhmadi rally on 

September 28.

9/29/12 Hafizabad 5 injured Attack and 

arrest

Unknown http://www.pers

ecutionofahmadi

s.org/wpcontent/uploads/

2012/10/Newsre

port-September2012.pdf

35-year-old 

Munawwar Ahmad 

and his helper shot 

and injured by 

unknown men 

while working in 

his bakery.

9/24/12 Karachi 2 injured (1 

Ahmadi, 

another 

unspecified)

Attack Unknown http://www.pers

ecutionofahmadi

s.org/wpcontent/uploads/

2012/11/NewsReport-October2012.pdf

Children of an 

Ahmadi man, 

Amjad Ali, 

harassed and 

beaten in school 

because of their 

faith. His nephew 

was also harassed 

and abused by nonAhmadi youths.

9/24/12 Kot Abdul 

Malik, 

Sheikhupura 

district

At least 3 

injured

Harassment; 

attack 

Unspecified 

school 

children

http://www.pers

ecutionofahmadi

s.org/wpcontent/uploads/

2012/11/NewsReport-October2012.pdf
 July 2013

Pakistan

Factsheet

U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom

29

Violence against Ahmadis

Atta Muhammad 

Malik, a former 

parliamentarian of 

Sindh, shot dead. 

He was the last 

parliamentarian 

elected for a 

reserved seat for 

Ahmadis.

9/22/12 Karachi 1 killed Targeted 

shooting

Unknown http://tribune.co

m.pk/story/4410

27/former-mpagunned-down/

Two motorcyclists 

shot at 55-year-old 

Ahmadi man, 

Zaheer Ahmad 

Alvi, in a market. 

9/16/12 Nawabshah 1 injured Targeted 

shooting

Unknown http://www.pers

ecutionofahmadi

s.org/wpcontent/uploads/

2012/10/Newsre

port-September2012.pdf

A 23-year-old 

Ahmadi 

shopkeeper, 

Muhammad 

Ahmad, was 

gunned down 

while his brotherin-law, Shams 

Fakhri, was injured 

in a drive-by 

shooting.

9/15/12 Karachi 1 killed; 1 

injured

Targeted 

shooting

Unknown http://tribune.co

m.pk/story/4377

86/ahmadishopkeepergunned-down/

Motorcyclists fired 

at a 22-year-old 

Ahmadi man, 

Naveed Ahmed, 

while he was 

sitting outside with 

friends in his 

neighborhood. 

Ahmed was killed 

and his friends 

were injured. 

9/14/12 Karachi 1 killed; at 

least 1 

injured

Targeted 

shooting

Unknown http://www.pers

ecutionofahmadi

s.org/wpcontent/uploads/

2012/10/Newsre

port-September2012.pdf

An Ahmadi man 

named Muhammad 

Nawaz shot dead 

on his way to 

work.

9/11/12 Karachi 1 killed Targeted 

shooting

Unknown http://www.pers

ecutionofahmadi

s.org/wpcontent/uploads/

2012/10/Newsre

port-September2012.pdf

A 44-year-old 

Ahmadi teacher, 

Rao Abdul 

Ghaffar, fatally 

shot on his way 

home.

9/6/12 Karachi 1 killed Targeted 

shooting

Unknown http://www.pers

ecutionofahmadi

s.org/wpcontent/uploads/

2012/10/Newsre

port-September2012.pdf
 July 2013

Pakistan

Factsheet

U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom

30

Violence against Ahmadis

Two motorcyclists 

harassed an 

Ahmadi couple. 

They attempted to 

forcibly remove 

the woman’s burqa 

and beat up the 

man. 

9/4/12 Karachi 1 injured Harassment Unknown http://www.pers

ecutionofahmadi

s.org/wpcontent/uploads/

2012/10/Newsre

port-September2012.pdf

Faizan Ahmad, an 

Ahmadi retailer, 

attacked. 

9/1/12 Sialkot 1 injured Attack Unknown http://www.pers

ecutionofahmadi

s.org/wpcontent/uploads/

2012/10/Newsre

port-September2012.pdf

Dr. Hamid Hasan’s 

clinic attacked for 

failing to pay 

ransom to Tehrik 

Taliban. The day 

after the bombing, 

Hasan received 

another phone call 

threatening even 

more violence.

8/29/12 Rawalpindi None Bombing Tahrik-eTalibanhttp://www.pers

ecutionofahmadi

s.org/wpcontent/uploads/

2012/09/Newsre

port-August2012.pdf

Car windows of 

the local Ahmadi 

president’s car was 

destroyed, stones 

were pelted at 

Ahmadi houses, 

and Ahmadi 

women were 

harassed.

8/1/12 Karachi None Attacks; 

harassment 

Unknown http://www.pers

ecutionofahmadi

s.org/wpcontent/uploads/

2012/09/Newsre

port-August2012.pdf

Naeem Ahmed 

Gondal, Assistant 

Director at State 

Bank of Pakistan 

and president of 

his local Ahmadi 

community, shot 

dead.

7/19/12 Karachi 1 killed Targeted 

shooting

Unknown http://tribune.co

m.pk/story/4108

02/hateviolenceahmadi-leadergunned-downin-karachi/

Muhammad Aslam 

Bhatti shot at by 

unknown persons 

in his shop. 

6/24/12 Karachi 1 injured Attack Unknown http://www.pers

ecutionofahmadi

s.org/wpcontent/uploads/

2012/07/NewsReport-June2012.pdf
 July 2013

Pakistan

Factsheet

U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom

31

Violence against Ahmadis

Tariq Ahmad, 

cousin of Mujeeb 

Ahmad who was 

shot at three weeks 

earlier, was found 

severely tortured 

and shot to death in 

a canal.

5/17/12 Layyah, 

Punjab

1 killed Torture and 

murder

Unknown http://www.pers

ecutionofahmadi

s.org/wpcontent/uploads/

2012/06/NewsReport-May2012-.pdf 

Two gunmen shot 

25-year-old 

Mujeeb Ahmad in 

the shoulder as he 

was returning 

home. 

4/28/12 Layyah, 

Punjab

1 injured Targeted 

shooting

Unknown http://www.pers

ecutionofahmadi

s.org/wpcontent/uploads/

2012/06/NewsReport-May2012-.pdf

Waqas Ahmad 

assaulted by 

colleagues and 

fired from his job 

at a multinational 

corporation for his 

Ahmadi faith. 

4/1/12 Lahore 1 injured Assault and 

wrongful 

termination

Workers 

from an 

unspecified 

MNC

http://www.pers

ecutionofahmadi

s.org/wpcontent/uploads/

2012/05/NewsReport-April2012-.pdf

Master Abdul 

Qudoos Ahmad, a 

43-year-old 

Ahmadi 

schoolteacher and 

president of local 

Ahmadi 

community, was 

tortured to death 

while in police 

custody on 

suspicion of 

murder. 

3/30/12 Rabwah, 

Punjab

1 killed Torture Police http://tribune.co

m.pk/story/3581

37/in-policecustody-ahmadischoolteachertortured-todeath/

Qaiser Ahmad, an 

Ahmadi youth, 

kidnapped and 

released one week 

later upon receipt 

of a one-millionrupee ransom. 

3/18/12 Kortri, 

Sindh

None Kidnapping –

victim 

returned 

Unknown http://www.pers

ecutionofahmadi

s.org/wpcontent/uploads/

2012/04/NewsReportMarch.pdf

Ali Mahar, an 

Ahmadi man, was 

kidnapped on 

March 13 and 

returned three days 

later upon payment 

of ransom. 

3/13/12 Lahore None Kidnappning 

- victim 

returned 

Unknown http://www.pers

ecutionofahmadi

s.org/wpcontent/uploads/

2012/05/NewsReport-April2012-.pdf
 July 2013

Pakistan

Factsheet

U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom

32

Violence against Ahmadis

Basharat Ahmad 

was ambushed by 

two motorcyclists 

and assaulted for 

being an Ahmadi.

3/9/12 Sanghar, 

Sindh

1 injured Attack Unknown http://www.pers

ecutionofahmadi

s.org/wpcontent/uploads/

2012/04/NewsReportMarch.pdf

Maqsood Ahmad, 

a visiting salesman 

from Rabwah, shot 

dead in a market. 

3/7/12 Nawab 

Shah, Sindh

1 killed Targeted 

shooting

Unknown http://www.rabw

ah.net/nawabsha

h-targetedkilling-ofahmadi-muslim/

Zahid Anwar, a 

non-Ahmadi man 

who was the

nephew of an 

official of the local 

Ahmadi 

community, was 

shot and stabbed to 

death. 

3/5/12 Rachna 

Town, 

Lahore

1 killed Targeted 

killing

Unknown http://www.pers

ecutionofahmadi

s.org/wpcontent/uploads/

2012/04/NewsReportMarch.pdf

Chaudry 

Muhammad 

Akram was killed 

and his grandson, 

Muneeb Ahmad, 

was critically 

injured in a driveby shooting.

2/29/12 Nawabshah, 

Sindh

1 killed; 1 

injured

Targeted 

shooting 

Unknown http://www.rabw

ah.net/ahmadimurdered-innawab-shahsindh/

Tanveer Ahmad 

and Atiq Arshad, 

two guards gor the 

Amir Jamaat 

Ahmadiyya of 

Faisalabad, were 

shot and injured in 

an attack intended 

for the Amir.

2/20/12 Faisalabad 2 injured Targeted 

shooting

Unknown http://www.pers

ecutionofahmadi

s.org/wpcontent/uploads/

2012/03/NewsReportFebruary-2012-

.pdf

Motorcyclists 

injured Ahmadi 

Naveed Ahmad, 

28, at his shop in a 

drive-by shooting. 

2/11/12 Faisalabad 1 injured Targeted 

shooting

Unknown http://www.pers

ecutionofahmadi

s.org/wpcontent/uploads/

2012/03/NewsReportFebruary-2012-

.pdf
 July 2013

Pakistan

Factsheet

U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom

33

Violence against Ahmadis

Four men opened 

fire at the 

residence of 

Muhammad Yusuf 

Dhillon, an 

Ahmadi, and 

injured his wife, 

sister and son. 

2/3/12 Mandi 

Bahauddin, 

Punjab

3 injured Targeted 

shooting 

Unknown http://www.pers

ecutionofahmadi

s.org/wpcontent/uploads/

2012/03/NewsReportFebruary-2012-

.pdf
 July 2013

Pakistan

Factsheet

U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom

34

Violence against Hindus

Incident Date 

(d/m/y) Location Casualties Type/method Group responsible Source

Four men abducted 

Roop Chand, a 

Hindu trader, while 

he was on his way 

home. 

12/19/12 Quetta None Kidnapping Unknown http://www.hind

ustantimes.com/

worldnews/Pakistan/H

indu-traderkidnapped-inPakistan/Article

1-976637.aspx

A Hindu spiritual 

leader, Dr. Lakhvi 

Chand, was fatally 

shot in a market. 

He had been 

kidnapped and 

released a few 

months earlier. 

12/13/12 Mastung, 

Balochistan

1 killed Targeted 

shooting

Unknown http://www.paki

stantoday.com.p

k/2012/12/14/ne

ws/national/four

-includinghindu-spiritualleader-killed-inbalochistan/

6-year-old Vijanti 

Meghawar was 

raped. 

12/4/12 Umerkot 

district, 

Sindh

1 raped Rape Unknown http://www.hum

anrights.asia/ne

ws/ahrcnews/AHRCSTM-254-2012

Marvi Sarmad, a 

columnist and 

activist for Hindu, 

Christian, and Shia 

rights, was 

attacked by 

gunmen who 

opened fire at her 

car. 

11/2/12 Islamabad None Targeted 

shooting

Unknown http://www.then

ews.com.pk/Tod

ays-News-13-

18579-

ColumnistMarvi-Sarmadescapes-attempton-life

Sri Krishna Ram 

temple was 

attacked and 

looted, while the 

caretaker was 

beaten by mob 

protesting an antiIslam film. 

9/21/12 Karachi At least 1 

injured

Mob attack; 

desecration

Unknown http://dawn.com/

2012/10/01/blas

phemy-casefiled-overtemple-attack/

14-year-old 

Manisha Kumari 

was abducted and 

allegedly forced to 

convert and marry 

a Muslim man. 

8/7/12 Jacocabad, 

Sindh

None Kidnapping; 

alleged forced 

conversion; 

alleged forced 

marriage; rape

Unknown http://www.geo.t

v/GeoDetail.asp

x?ID=62900
 July 2013

Pakistan

Factsheet

U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom

35

Violence against Hindus

Bandits looted a 

passenger van en 

route to Quetta. 

Ramesh Kumar, a 

Hindu trader, was 

abducted from the 

van. 

8/7/12 Quetta None Kidnapping 

and theft

Unknown http://www.ndtv.

com/article/worl

d/hindu-traderabducted-inpakistan-276736

Kiran Kumari 

allegedly abducted, 

forced to convert 

to Islam and marry 

a Muslim man. 

8/1/12 Rahimyar 

Khan, 

Punjab

None Alleged 

kidnapping; 

alleged forced 

conversion; 

alleged forced 

marriage; rape

Unknown http://herald.daw

n.com/2012/10/1

6/leap-of-faith2.html

3 Hindu traders 

kidnapped.

7/27/12 Quetta None 3 kidnapped Unknown http://tribune.co

m.pk/story/4145

20/lawlessnessin-balochistanthree-hindutraderskidnapped-inkalat/

Ruash Kumar, a 

Hindu trader, 

gunned down.

7/12/12 Quetta 1 killed Targeted 

shooting

Unknown http://www.daily

times.com.pk/de

fault.asp?page=2

012%5C07%5C

13%5Cstory_13-

7-2012_pg7_3

The 160-year-old 

Guru Gorakhnath 

temple was 

attacked, a statue 

was smashed, and 

scriptures and 

images were 

burned. 

5/20/12 Peshawar None Desecration Unknown http://tribune.co

m.pk/story/3818

84/religiousintolerancehindu-templevandalised-inpeshawar/

Maharaj Ganga 

Ram Motiya, 

temple committee 

chairman, 

kidnapped.

4/1/12 Lasbela, 

Balochistan

None Kidnapping Unknown http://www.redif

f.com/news/repo

rt/templecommitteechairmankidnapped-inpakistan/201204

09.htm

15-year-old Asha 

Kumari was 

kidnapped from a 

beauty salon, 

converted to Islam, 

and married off to 

a Muslim. 

3/3/12 Jacobabad None Kidnapping; 

alleged forced 

conversion; 

alleged forced 

marriage; rape

Unknown http://tribune.co

m.pk/story/3652

56/forcedconversionashas-familyraises-questionsabout-herstatement-to-themedia/
 July 2013

Pakistan

Factsheet

U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom

36

Violence against Hindus

Dr. Lata Kumari, a 

29-year-old Hindu, 

was allegedly 

kidnapped, forced 

to convert to Islam 

and marry a 

Muslim man.

2/28/12 Karachi None Kidnapping; 

alleged forced 

conversion; 

alleged forced 

marriage ; rape

Unknown http://www.then

ews.com.pk/Tod

ays-News-4-

97065-20-

Hindu-girlsforced-toconvert-in-amonth-HRCP

17-year-old Rinkle 

Kumari was 

abducted and 

forced to convert 

and marry a 

Muslim man.

2/24/12 Mirpur 

Mathelo, 

Sindh

None Kidnapping; 

alleged forced 

conversion; 

alleged forced 

marriage; rape

Unknown http://tribune.co

m.pk/story/3455

40/forced-hinduconversionsrinklesneighbourhoodfloods-intokarachi-todemand-herrelease/

Rano and Mool 

Chan, two Hindu 

men, were injured 

when men opened 

fire on them during 

a fight over the 

construction of a 

shop on the land of 

Aakharo Temple.

2/3/12 Hyderabad 2 injured Attack Unknown http://tribune.co

m.pk/story/3316

07/city-shutsdown-twohindus-injuredin-templepropertydispute/
 July 2013

Pakistan

Factsheet

U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom

37

Violence against Sikhs

Incident Date 

(d/m/y) Location Casualties Type/method Group responsible Source

Mahindar Singh 

beheaded by 

militants. 

1/18/13 Khyber 

Agency, 

Sindh

1 killed Beheading Unknown

http://centralasia

online.com/en_

GB/articles/caii/

features/pakistan

/main/2013/01/0

9/feature-01

Sikh businessman 

Rakbir Singh 

kidnapped

1/21/13 Peshawar None Kidnapping Unknown http://centralasia

online.com/en_

GB/articles/caii/

newsbriefs/2013

/01/24/newsbrief

-16

Gurdwara of Baba 

Karam Singh 

destroyed. 

Reported 

3/29/12

Mardan None Vandalism Land mafia http://www.defe

nce.pk/forums/s

ocial-issuescurrentevents/169351-

land-mafiaknocks-overhistorical-sikhtemple-mardanpakistan.html
 July 2013

Pakistan

Factsheet

U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom

38

Miscellaneous sectarian violence

Incident Date 

(m/d/y) Location Casualties Type/method Group responsible Source

A prayer leader 

was killed in a 

drive-by shooting. 

5/30/13 Turbat 

district

1 killed Targeted 

shooting

Unknown http://www.then

ews.com.pk/Tod

ays-News-2-

180981-Prayerleader-gunneddown-in-Turbat

A prayer leader 

was killed in a 

mosque. His 

religious affiliation 

was not reported.

5/21/13 Malakand 1 killed Shooting Unknown http://www.daily

times.com.pk/de

fault.asp?page=2

013%5C05%5C

22%5Cstory_22-

5-2013_pg7_7

Two separate 

mosques were 

bombed during 

Friday prayers.

5/17/13 Malakand 15 killed; 

approx. 

100 injured

Targeted 

bombing

Unknown http://beta.dawn.

com/news/10118

74/blast-inmalakand-killsfour

Police defused a 

three-kilogram 

IED that was 

targeting the Sufi 

shrine to Abdullah 

Baba.

4/22/13 Peshawar None Attempted 

targeted 

bombing

Unknown http://www.then

ews.com.pk/Tod

ays-News-2-

173014-Bid-toblow-up-shrinefoiled

Bombing at a 

shrine where a Sufi 

saint was buried.

2/25/13 Marri Village 

- near 

Shikarpur, 

Sindh

4 killed; 12 

injured

Targeted 

bombing

Unknown http://www.then

ews.com.pk/artic

le-89683-

Shikarpurshrine-blastleaves-4-dead,-

12-injured

The grandson of 

spiritual leader 

Ghulam Hussain 

Shah was killed 

and several others 

were injured when 

a bomb hidden 

beneath a pile of 

hay detonated as 

their convoy drove 

past.

2/20/13 Larkana, 

Sindh

1 killed; 8 

injured

Targeted 

bombing

Unknown http://dawn.com/

2013/02/21/spiri

tual-leadersgrandson-killedin-sectarianattack/

Militants set off a 

bomb near an outer 

wall of the 

Akhwan Salaq 

Baba shrine.

2/10/13 Peshawar None Targeted 

bombing

Unknown http://centralasia

online.com/en_

GB/articles/caii/

newsbriefs/2013

/02/11/newsbrief

-14
 July 2013

Pakistan

Factsheet

U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom

39

Miscellaneous sectarian violence

Militants attacked 

a mosque in the 

Bakhshi Pul area.

10/12/12 Peshawar 1 killed Attack Extremist 

militants

http://centralasia

online.com/en_

GB/articles/caii/

newsbriefs/2012

/10/12/newsbrief

-05

Maulvi Abdul 

Qasim, a Sunni 

cleric, shot in 

targeted killing. 

7/6/12 Quetta 1 killed Targeted 

shooting

Unknown http://www.natio

n.com.pk/pakista

n-newsnewspaperdaily-englishonline/national/0

7-Jul2012/religiousscholar-shotdead

Ghulam Abbas, a 

disabled Muslim 

man, was burned 

alive by mob for 

allegedly 

committing 

blasphemy.

Reported 

7/5/2012

Bahawalpur, 

Punjab

1 killed Blasphemy -

burned alive

2,000-

person mob

http://tribune.co

m.pk/story/4035

34/blasphemymob-burns-manalive-forburning-holyquran/

A mob beat a 45-

year-old Muslim 

man named Faryad 

for allegedly 

committing 

blasphemous acts. 

7/1/12 Faisalabad 1 injured Attack Mob http://tribune.co

m.pk/story/4022

21/blasphemyaccusedseverely-beatenby-infuriatedmob/

Maulvi Abdul 

Qasim, a Sunni 

cleric, was shot 

dead in targeted 

killing. 

7/6/12 Quetta 1 killed Targeted 

shooting

Unknown http://www.natio

n.com.pk/pakista

n-newsnewspaperdaily-englishonline/national/0

7-Jul2012/religiousscholar-shotdead

A bomb made with 

a pressure cooker 

and attached to a 

donkey cart was 

detonated at Panj 

Pir Shrine.

6/21/12 Peshawar 3 killed; 34 

injured

Targeted 

bombing

Unknown 

(Lashkar-eIslam 

suspected)

http://centralasia

online.com/en_

GB/articles/caii/

newsbriefs/2012

/06/22/newsbrief

-02

A bomb explosion 

outside a Sunni 

Muslim seminary 

killed at least 14 

people and injured 

more than 40 

people. 

6/7/12 Quetta 14 killed; 

40 injured

Targeted 

bombing

http://bigstory.a

p.org/article/bo

mbingseminary-kills14-southwestpakistan
 July 2013

Pakistan

Factsheet

U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom

40

Miscellaneous sectarian violence

Militants killed 

Maulana Syed 

Mohsin Shah, a 

pro-government 

cleric and leader of 

a peace committee, 

in his seminary in 

Darra Pezu Town. 

5/12/12 Khyber 

Pakhtunkhwa

1 killed Targeted 

shooting

Unknown http://dawn.com/

2012/05/14/progovt-cleric-shotdead-in-lakkimarwat-2/

Maulana Aslam 

Sheikhupura, a 

well-known 

religious scholar, 

and Maulana 

Safreen killed by 

gunmen.

5/13/12 Karachi 2 killed Targeted 

shooting

Unknown http://www.geo.t

v/GeoDetail.asp

x?ID=48842