No
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Date
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Incident
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1
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January 4
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A man, identified as Mohammad
Waqas, received serious injuries in an indiscriminate firing by
unknown armed assailants in Gawalmandi area of Lahore.
Thousands people gathered at Data
Darbar in Lahore in support of the former Punjab Governor Salmaan
Taseer's assassin Malik Mumtaz Qadri, and called for his release.
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2
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January 9 |
Former Chairman of the Punjab
Bar Council's Executive Committee, Advocate Chaudhry Nasrullah
Warraich, was shot dead by unidentified militants in Lahore District.
Police said some unidentified militants visited Nasrullah Warraich's
house, and enquired about his son Mansoor. Nasrullah responded,
and as he turned back, the accused opened fire and fled.
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3
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January 10 |
A bomb hoax at Atif Aslam concert
held at the Al Hamra Cultural Complex in Lahore led to a stampede
that killed three girls and injured five others. The deceased
girls were identified as Maheen Naseem (17), Sara Nawaz (22) and
Nimra (16). There were reportedly between 6000 and 7000 girls
at the concert. The stampede was caused when the crowd exiting
was told by boys passing by that a bomb was planted at the concert
venue, said administration officials of the Punjab Group of Colleges.
There was no Police or Al Hamra security inside where guards employed
by Punjab Group of Colleges were taking care of the security.
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4
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January 15 |
An Afghan girl (9), identified
as Haleem, carrying 50 bullets and an Afghan man, identified as
Gul Mohammad (25) were arrested by Security Force deployed at
the main procession of Hazrat Imam Hussain's Chehlum in Kashmiri
Bazaar in Lahore District.
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5
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February 1 |
A senior professor, Shaharyar,
of King Edward Medical University in Lahore District received
threats after he asked a student not to wear the ''Hijab'' (headscarf)
in his classes. Shaharyar, the head of the Oncology Department
had asked a girl attending a fourth-year MBBS class not to wear
the Hijab.
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6
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April 24 |
At least three people, including
a Railway Police official, died and around 45 others received
injuries when a bomb exploded at the counter of Business Train
on Platform No 2 of the Lahore Railway Station.
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7
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July 4 |
The chief security officer of
Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif, Major (retd) Muaaz, was
injured as an explosive device went off near his house in Karim
Block area of Iqbal Town in Lahore in the night. Sources said
Major (retd) Muaaz was leaving his house in Karim Block vehicle
when a device dropped from beneath the vehicle. His neighbour
said that a minor servant picked up the device and gave it to
Muaaz's sister, who called him (Muaaz) on the phone and said that
some part of his car had fallen down. On his return, Muaaz was
given the device, which exploded when he dropped the bomb while
he was examining it. He received injuries on his legs and back,
while his car and another vehicle parked in the street near his
house were damaged.
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8
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July 6 |
The Police have rooted out camps
set up in Lahore by the DPC for a protest march against restoration
of NATO supplies to Afghanistan. A large contingent of Police
dismantled the two camps, one at the Regal Chowk on Mall Road
and the other at Faisal Chowk. According to Police officials,
there is no permission for anyone to set up any sort of protest
camp on Mall Road.
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9
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July 10 |
Three persons including a female
were shot dead by unidentified assailants inside their home at
Tajpura Scheme area under Ghaziabad Police Station of Lahore in
Punjab.
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10
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July 12 |
Militants shot dead nine trainee
jail staffs and wounded three others after storming a building
in Ichra complex in Lahore in Punjab where they were sleeping.
At least six militants struck
a commercial bank branch under Kot Lakhpat Police Station area
in Lahore, the provincial capital of Punjab, in broad daylight
and fled away after looting PKR two million.
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11
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July 17 |
Following the brazen gun attack
on prison Policemen in Rasool Park, the Punjab Police launched
a massive crackdown against militants across the province and
over 100 suspects have been detained. Those detained belonged
to ASWJ, SSP, Tehreek-e-Jaffaria, LeJ, SMP, ITP, JuA and JuF.
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12
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August 1 |
Two bombs exploded at the fruit
market in Badami Bagh area of Lahore District, leaving at least
23 persons injured. Later, two wounded people succumbed to their
injuries.
The Punjab Police IG Haji Habibur
Rehman claimed that the blasts were in reaction to the arrest
of militants in Multan District earlier. According to Police sources,
they had arrested three terrorists a few days back who had disclosed
that they were planning to carry out an attack in the city.
TTP Chief Hakimullah Mehsud directed
his fighters to step up attacks in Punjab province, especially
on intelligence organisations and military facilities like the
PAF base in Lahore District. The TTP chief has decided to increase
terrorist attacks in Punjab to "inflict maximum damage", especially
in the provincial capital of Lahore.
During a secret meeting held at
Asad Khel village in the lawless North Waziristan Agency of FATA,
Mehsud allocated PKR 25 million for attacks targeting the PAF
base in Lahore and offices of the ISI, Military Intelligence,
Intelligence Bureau and Counter-Terrorism Department. An intelligence
report states that the meeting in North Waziristan Agency was
attended by top TTP 'commanders', including leaders of the Qari
Yasin group, which is listed in the Police's "Red Book" as a high-profile
terrorist organisation.
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13
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August 3 |
More than 50 suspects and hardened
criminals were arrested during search operations across Lahore
District, while Police remained on high alert to prevent any untoward
situation during Friday prayers.
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14
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August 8 |
The Lahore District Government
notified a ban on pillion riding on Ramazan 20-21, as a security
measure for Youm-i-Ali, when Shias will take out a procession
to mark the martyrdom of Hazart Ali (RA).
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15
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August 30 |
Malik Ishaq, leader of LeJ, which
is said to have links to al Qaeda, was arrested in Lahore District
for inciting sectarian hatred and masterminding an attack on the
Sri Lankan cricket team in 2009. He was arrested after his return
from a pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia, Police spokeswoman Nabila Ghazanfar
said.
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16
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September 9 |
A hoax bomb call briefly disrupted
services at the Lahore Airport after India's External Affairs
Minister S M Krishna's special plane took off.
A Karachi-bound flight was delayed
for a couple of hours after authorities received information from
an unidentified person that a bomb had been planted in the plane.
"After a thorough search, the alert turned out to be a hoax,"
the spokesman said.
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17
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September 10 |
Lahore's Additional District and
Sessions Judge granted bail to LeJ co-founder Malik Ishaq on the
submission of a surety bond worth PKR 500,000. Ishaq is not expected
to be released soon as the bail has not been submitted, and he
is also currently accused in other cases. The bail plea of Ishaq
said that the Article 295-A of the Pakistan Penal Code does not
apply in this case and it was a malafide action on part of the
Police to register the case.
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18
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October 19 |
Unidentified armed militants shot
dead a Senior Lawyer and Shia activist Shakir Ali Rizvi near the
Jain Mandir area in Lahore District while he was heading to the
Lahore High Court with a colleague.
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19
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October 27 |
Despite being on the Interior
Ministry's watch list for being banned by the UN, JuD is all geared
to launch a rigorous hide collection campaign this Eid, especially
in Lahore District. The JuD is not only appealing for hides, but
also soliciting cash donations in lieu of sacrificial animals.
The Lahore District Government
rejected the organisation's application for a NOC to collect hides.
DCO, Tariq Zaman said that neither the JuD nor its charity arm
Falah-e-Insaniat Foundation has been granted NOCs.
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20
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October 31 |
A large number of students, their
parents and other people protested against the administration
of Farooqi Girls High School in Ravi Road area of Lahore District,
for "distributing a blasphemous essay sheet among students". The
protesters later set the school gate and set its building and
principal's car on fire. People in the area have been demanding
Police action against the teacher accused of blasphemy for the
last couple of days. Police reached the site and resorted to aerial
firing to disperse the mob. A citizen was injured during the protest.
The LHC Chief Justice Umar Ata
Bandial sought reply from the Federal Ministry of Interior on
a petition of JuD Chief Hafiz Muhammad Saeed through which he
has challenged the restrictions imposed by the Federal Government
on the group's activities, including collection of hides of sacrificial
animals during Eidul Azha. The Chief Justice directed the Ministry
to file its reply by November 29. Petitioner's counsel, AK Dogar,
submitted that the JuD is an institution of the same nature as
Edhi Welfare Foundation with the only difference that it had set
up 142 schools for boys and girls across the country.
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21
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November 16 |
Sources in the Home Department
revealed that traders, industrialists, businessmen and other wealthy
people in major cities of Rawalpindi and Lahore Districts are
worried about the alarming increase in activities of extortion
by terror groups. A Home Department report sent to all the Divisional
and City Police chiefs in the province also identified the terror
groups and their modus operandi to extort money from wealthy people,
especially those who had migrated to the urban centres of the
Punjab from the tribal areas.
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22
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December 1 |
The CIA Police arrested three
militants of the TTP near Minar-i-Pakistan in Lahore District
and thwarted their plans of targeting Shia processions. The arrestees
are identified as Arshid Ali, Umer Zaib and Amjad. The team recovered
seven kilogram of explosive material, four hand grenades, a rifle,
INR 150,000 in cash and bullets from their possession.
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23
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December 3 |
At least 15 to 20 masked militants,
some of them equipped with arms, attacked the graveyard of Ahmadi
community in Model Town area of Lahore and shattered the tombstones
of more than 120 graves. Ahmadiyya community in Pakistan is under
attack for last several years in Pakistan. Police said that these
masked militants belonged to the TTP.
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24
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December 4 |
A senior advocate, Masood Abid
Naqvi was shot at by some unidentified armed assailants on Farid
Kot Road in Mozang Police Station in Lahore.
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25
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December 11 |
The CIA arrested two terrorists and seized suicide
jackets and explosive material on Canal Road of Lahore.
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