|
|
Doctors killed in Pakistan: 2001-2018
|
Incidents
|
Killed
|
Injured
|
2001
|
1
|
1
|
0
|
2002
|
1
|
1
|
0
|
2003
|
1
|
1
|
0
|
2004
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
2005
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
2006
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
2007
|
1
|
2
|
0
|
2008
|
1
|
1
|
0
|
2009
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
2010
|
5
|
5
|
0
|
2011
|
5
|
5
|
0
|
2012
|
11
|
10
|
1
|
2013
|
7
|
7
|
0
|
2014
|
12
|
12
|
2
|
2015
|
5
|
5
|
1
|
2016 |
1
|
0
|
1
|
2017 |
2
|
2
|
0
|
2018 |
0
|
0
|
0
|
Total*
|
53
|
52
|
5
|
*Data till January
7, 2018
+The exact number is not specified
2001
S.N.
|
Date
|
Place
/ District |
Incidents
|
killed
|
Injured
|
1
|
October 26
|
Lahore / Punjab |
Doctor killed and four others
injured in Lahore blast.
|
1
|
0
|
Total
|
1
|
0
|
2002
S.N.
|
Date
|
Place
/ District |
Incidents
|
killed
|
Injured
|
1
|
November 1
|
Upper Mall /
Lahore / Punjab |
A Shia doctor is killed
by unidentified assailant in the Upper Mall locality,
Lahore.
|
1
|
0
|
Total
|
1
|
0
|
2003
S.N.
|
Date
|
Place
/ District |
Incidents
|
killed
|
Injured
|
1
|
April 4
|
Khawaja
Ajmer Nagri area / Karachi |
Two unidentified
gunmen in Khawaja Ajmer Nagri area, Karachi, kill
a doctor in a suspected sectarian attack.
|
1
|
0
|
Total
|
1
|
0
|
2007
S.N.
|
Date
|
Place
/ District |
Incidents
|
killed
|
Injured
|
1
|
November 16
|
Kurram Agency
/ Federally Administered Tribal Areas. |
At least 20 persons,
including two doctors, were killed and over 50 others
were injured during a sectarian clash at Parachinar,
the headquarters of Kurram Agency, in the Federally
Administered Tribal Areas.
|
2
|
0
|
Total
|
2
|
0
|
2008
S.N.
|
Date
|
Place
/ District |
Incidents
|
killed
|
Injured
|
1
|
July 10
|
Dosli / North Waziristan |
The body of a doctor killed by
suspected militants was found in the Dosli sub-division
of North Waziristan.
|
1
|
0
|
Total
|
1
|
0
|
2010
S.N.
|
Date
|
Place
/ District |
Incidents
|
killed
|
Injured
|
1
|
May 10
|
Karachi
/ Sindh |
A doctor, Haider
Abbas, was shot dead in suspected sectarian attack
in Karachi of Sindh.
|
1
|
0
|
2
|
June 3 |
Railway
Colony / Karachi / Sindh |
A doctor, identified as Hassan Hyder,
belonging to the Shia sect was shot dead by unidentified
assailants near the Railway Colony of Karachi.
|
1
|
0
|
3
|
June 17 |
Karachi
/ Sindh |
A doctor identified as Dr Zahid
Hussain was shot dead in a sectarian attack in Karachi
in Sindh.
|
1
|
0
|
4
|
August 16 |
Karachi
/ Sindh |
A DSP, his security guard, the son
of the Shia Action Committee head and a doctor were
shot dead in three separate incidents in Karachi.
|
1
|
0
|
5
|
August 18 |
Nazimabad
/ Karachi / Sindh |
A doctor, Javed, son of Abdul Shakoor,
allegedly belonging to the HuM outfit was shot dead
near the AO Clinic in Nazimabad area of Karachi,
the provincial capital of Sindh.
|
1
|
0
|
Total
|
5
|
0
|
2011
S.N.
|
Date
|
Place
/ District |
Incidents
|
killed
|
Injured
|
1
|
January 20
|
Karachi
/ Sindh |
Two persons, including
a doctor, were shot dead in incidents of target
killing in different parts of Karachi in Sindh.
|
1
|
0
|
2
|
April 19 |
Quetta / Balochistan
|
A bullet-riddled dead body of a
doctor, identified as Mumtaz Haider, who was abducted
on March 28 was found in Killi Kamalo area on Saryab
Road in Quetta, the Provincial capital of Balochistan.
|
1
|
0
|
3
|
April 26 |
Karachi / Sindh
|
Twin bomb blasts targeting two Pakistan
Navy buses, carrying officials to work, in Karachi
killed four persons, including one civilian female
doctor and injured 56 others.
|
1
|
0
|
4
|
December
16 |
Pasni / Gwadar / Balochistan
|
Gwadar District Hospital CMO Doctor
Naseem Baloch was shot dead by unidentified assailants
in Pasni area of Gwadar District.
|
1
|
0
|
5
|
December
29 |
Quetta / Balochistan
|
High profile Police surgeon, Doctor
Baqar Shah, was shot dead by two unidentified armed
militants while returning home from the Bolan Medical
College Teaching Hospital on Sabzal Road in Quetta.
|
1
|
0
|
Total
|
5
|
0
|
2012
S.N.
|
Date
|
Place
/ District |
Incidents
|
killed
|
Injured
|
1
|
January 31
|
Saudabad
/ Karachi / Sindh |
Doctor Ashfaq Ahmed
Qazi was shot dead in a sectarian attack near Malir
railway crossing within the precinct of Saudabad
Police Station.
|
1
|
0
|
2
|
March 18 |
Islamabad
|
A local official of Saudi Embassy's
sub-office, identified as Doctor Hafiz Abdul Rasheed
Azhar, was killed at his residence in Islamabad.
|
1
|
0
|
3
|
April 29 |
Quetta / Balochistan
|
The bullet-riddled dead body of
a British employee of the ICRC, identified as Doctor
Khalil Ahmed Dale, was found dumped near the Killi
Umar area on the Airport Road in Quetta.
|
1
|
0
|
4
|
May 28 |
Karachi / Sindh
|
At least eight persons, including
a SP and his doctor friend, were killed and 14 others
were injured in separate incidents of violence in
various areas of Karachi.
|
1
|
0
|
5
|
June 14 |
Kati Pahari / Shahrah Noor Jahan
PS / Karachi / Sindh
|
One Doctor Amjad was shot and injured
at his clinic near Kati Pahari within the limits
of Shahrah Noor Jahan Police Station.
|
0
|
1
|
6
|
July 20 |
Junejo Town at Al-Asif Square /
Karachi / Sindh
|
A doctor, identified as Ishaq (45),
associated with the polio prevention campaign of
WHO was shot dead in Junejo Town at Al-Asif Square.
|
1
|
0
|
7
|
July 21 |
Sohrab Goth / Karachi / Sindh
|
A senior doctor was shot dead near
Al-Asif square in Sohrab Goth.
|
1
|
0
|
8
|
July 28 |
Quarry Road / Quetta / Balochistan
|
Unidentified militant opened fire
on a veterinary store at Quarry Road in Quetta and
killed a veterinary doctor identified as Dr Noor
Ali.
|
1
|
0
|
9
|
August 12 |
Ilyas Goth / Ibrahim Hyderi PS /
Karachi / Sindh
|
A quack doctor's bullet-riddled
dead body, identified as that of Sajid Khan (30),
was found from a gunny bag abandoned in Ilyas Goth,
within the remit of Ibrahim Hyderi Police Station.
|
1
|
0
|
10
|
August 13 |
Swat / Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
|
Two bullet-riddled dead bodies were
found in the coalmine area of Margat in Bolan District.
One body was identified as that of Doctor Haider
Ali, who belongs to Swat District of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
|
1
|
0
|
11
|
August 25 |
Turbat / Balochistan
|
Unidentified armed militants shot
and injured a doctor, identified as Dotor Iqbal
in Turbat District.
|
1
|
0
|
Total
|
10
|
1
|
2013
S.N.
|
Date
|
Place
/ District |
Incidents
|
killed
|
Injured
|
1
|
January 9
|
Dabgari / Peshawar
/ KP |
Unidentified assailants
shot dead a Shia doctor associated with the ruling PPP
in the Dabgari area of Peshawar (Peshawar District),
the provincial capital of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
|
1
|
0
|
2
|
January 28 |
Korangi town
/ Karachi / Sindh |
Doctor Abdul Rasheed, 45, was shot dead
in Korangi town of Karachi in Sindh.
|
1
|
0
|
3
|
February 11 |
Sardar Ahmed Jan Colony / Charsadda
Road / Peshawar / KP
|
Suspected militants shot dead a doctor,
identified as Dr Tehseenullah, inside his clinic in
Sardar Ahmed Jan Colony on Charsadda Road of Peshawar.
|
1
|
0
|
4
|
February 18 |
Gulberg / Lahore / Punjab
|
In a sectarian attack, the Lahore General
Hospital Ophthalmology Department head Professor Dr
Ali Haider and his son were shot dead by two unidentified
assailants in the Gulberg area of Lahore city (Lahore
District), the provincial capital of Punjab.
|
1
|
0
|
5
|
February 23 |
Madina Basti / Frontier Morr / Pirabad
P
|
Pakhtun Student Federation Sindh general
secretary, identified as Dr. Painda Khan, was killed
at his homeopathic clinic in Madina Basti near Frontier
Morr within the limits of Pirabad Police Station.
|
1
|
0
|
6
|
August 22 |
Liaquatabad
Town / Karachi / Sindh |
A Shia doctor, identified as Doctor
Ghazanfar Ali Zaidi (58), was killed in a sectarian
attack near Dak-khana in Shahrah-i-Altaf Brelvi area
of Liaquatabad Town. "Dr Zaidi's murder was a clear
case of sectarianism," said SSP Central Amir Farooqui.
|
1
|
0
|
7
|
August 31 |
Landhi Town / Karachi / Sindh
|
A homeopathic doctor, identified as
Dr Syed Tahir Hussain, was shot dead in Khurramabad
area of Landhi Town in Karachi District, the provincial
capital of Sindh. Police said that Tahir belonged to
Ahmadi community.
|
1
|
0
|
Total
|
7
|
0
|
2014
S.N.
|
Date
|
Place
/ District |
Incidents
|
killed
|
Injured
|
1
|
January 5
|
Rajanpur / Punjab
|
The President
of the MWM Rajanpur District, identified as Doctor
Azhar Hussain (59), was shot dead by unidentified
armed assailants in a sectarian attack at his
residence in the District. Hussain was a doctor
by profession.
|
1
|
0
|
2
|
January
24 |
Topi Bazaar / Swabi / KP
|
A Medical Officer at Gandaf Basic
Health Unit, identified as Doctor Yar Muhammad,
was shot dead by unidentified militants at his
private clinic in Topi Bazaar of Swabi District
in KP.
|
1
|
0
|
3
|
February
20 |
MPR Colony / Orangi Town / Karachi
/ Sindh
|
Unidentified militants opened
indiscriminate fire on the car of Israr, a doctor,
killing him and four others in the car on the
spot in MPR Colony of Orangi Town in Karachi,
the provincial capital of Sindh.
|
1
|
0
|
4
|
April
9 |
Gulistan-e-Jauhar / Gulshan-e-Iqbal
Town / Karachi / Sindh
|
A Shia doctor, identified as Haider
Raza, was shot dead while another man accompanying
him was injured when unidentified militants opened
fire at his car in front of Darul Sehat Hospital
in Gulistan-e-Jauhar area of Gulshan-e-Iqbal Town
in Karachi.
|
1
|
1
|
5
|
May 13 |
Delhi Colony / Orangi Town / Karachi
/ Sindh
|
Doctor Manzoor Memon (45), the
medico-legal officer (MLO) at the Jinnah Postgraduate
Medical Center (JPMC), and his driver, Ashiq (40),
were shot dead in Delhi Colony area of Orangi
Town in provincial capital Karachi.
|
1
|
0
|
6
|
May 26 |
Chenab Nagar / Chiniot District
/ Punjab
|
Unidentified militants shot dead
a US-based Ahmadi doctor, identified as Mehdi
Ali (50), outside the Ahmadi graveyard in Chenab
Nagar (also known as Rabwah) city of Chiniot District.
|
1
|
0
|
7
|
August
11 |
Landhi / Karachi / Sindh
|
One doctor, identified as Amir
Mehdi (56) was shot dead in a sectarian attack
in Landhi area of Karachi in the evening. Amir
Mehdi was sitting at his 'Rifah-i-Aam Clinic'
in Landhi-2 when two assailants riding on a motorcycle
emerged there, fired shots and rode away. The
doctor and his compounder brother, Nihal Ali,
suffered bullet wounds. Amir Mehdi later succumbed
to his injuries.
|
1
|
1
|
8
|
August
27 |
Korangi Town / Karachi / Sindh
|
A Shia doctor, identified as Dr.
Naseem Hussain Jaffri (50), was shot dead by unidentified
militants in Korangi Town of Karachi in Sindh.
|
1
|
0
|
9 |
September
11 |
Madni Mosque / Korangi Town /
Karachi / Sindh
|
One Shia Doctor Dr Abdul Aziz
was gunned down by unidentified assailants at
his clinic near Madni Mosque in Korangi Town of
Karachi, the provincial capital of Sindh.
|
1
|
0
|
10 |
September
23 |
Mali Colony / Mirpurkhas District
/ Sindh
|
A doctor from the Ahmadi community,
identified as Mubashar Ahmad Khosa, was shot dead
in Mali Colony of Mirpurkhas District.
|
1
|
0
|
11 |
November
25 |
University Road / Guslhan Town
/ Karachi / Sindh
|
Dr. Rubina Khalid (55), a senior
professor of the Dow University of Health Sciences
and a Sunni, was shot dead by unidentified assailants
on University Road in Guslhan Town of Karachi.
|
1
|
0
|
12 |
November
30 |
Korangi Town / Karachi / Sindh
|
Unidentified armed assailants
shot dead a Shia doctor, identified as identified
as Shamim Raza, in his private clinic located
in Korangi Town of Karachi.
|
1
|
0
|
Total
|
12
|
2
|
2015
S.N.
|
Date
|
Place
/ District |
Incidents
|
killed
|
Injured
|
1
|
January 11
|
Paposh Nagar / Nazimabad town / Karachi
/ Sindh
|
Dr Akbar Ali was shot
dead when he was seeing patients in his Al-Syed Clinic
of Paposh Nagar in Nazimabad town of Karachi in Sindh.
|
1
|
0
|
2
|
January 11 |
Khilafat Chowk / Nazimabad town / Karachi
/ Sindh
|
A homoeopath Doctor, Yawar Hussain,
was shot dead by unidentified assailants when he was
pulling down the shutter of his clinic near Khilafat
Chowk in Nazimabad town of Karachi in Sindh.
|
1
|
0
|
3
|
January 12 |
Federal B /
Gulberg Town / Karachi / Sindh |
A doctor, identified as Dr Farooq Ahmed
Shaikh (55), was shot dead in a targeted attack in Federal
B area of Gulberg Town.
|
1
|
0
|
4
|
February 15 |
PIMS / Islamabad
|
A senior PIMS doctor, Dr Shahid Nawaz,
succumbed to his injuries after being shot in the head
outside the VIP ward of the Institute in Islamabad.
He was the head of the hospital's cardiology unit.
|
1
|
0
|
5
|
May 9 |
Paposh Nagar / North Nazimabad Town
/ Karachi / Sindh
|
A Shia homoeopathic doctor, Dr Anwar
Ali Abidi, was shot dead while another person sustained
injuries when unidentified militants opened fire at
his clinic in Paposh Nagar area of North Nazimabad Town
in Karachi of Sindh.
|
1
|
1
|
Total*
|
5
|
1
|
2016
S.N.
|
Date
|
Place
/ District |
Incidents
|
killed
|
Injured
|
1
|
August 5
|
Pak Colony / Karachi / Sindh
|
A 56-year old
doctor belonging to the Hindu community, Dr Pireetam
Das, was shot dead in the Pak Colony area of Karachi,
the provincial capital of Sindh.
|
1
|
0
|
Total*
|
1
|
0
|
2017
S.N.
|
Date
|
Place
/ District |
Incidents
|
killed
|
Injured
|
1
|
April 7
|
Sabzazar / Lahore / Punjab
|
One veterinary
doctor Prof. Dr. Ashfaq Ahmed (68) who belongs
to Ahmadi community was shot dead in a sectarian
target killing in the Sabzazar area of Lahore
in Punjab.
|
1
|
0
|
2
|
April
13 |
Kharadar area of Saddar Town in
Karachi
|
A doctor, identified as Dr Zulfiqar,
was killed when two unidentified assailants called
out him from his house and opened fire in Kharadar
area of Saddar Town in Karachi, the provincial
capital of Sindh. Dr. Zulfiqar used to run a clinic
in Khadda Market. .
|
1
|
0
|
Total*
|
2
|
0
|
2018
S.N.
|
Date
|
Place
/ District |
Incidents
|
killed
|
Injured
|
1
|
January
|
|
|
0
|
0
|
Total*
|
0
|
0
|
*
Data till January
7, 2018
Note:Compiled from news reports and
are provisional.
|