4 January an explosion took place on Bannu Road inDera Ismail Khan. Thepolice van was on routine patrolling when it was targeted by remote control bomb that was planted in the center of the road.[1] According to police the bomb weighed between 5 and 7 kilograms.[2] In the attack, 15 people including five police officers and a woman were injured. The injured police officers include constable Atta-ur-Rehman, BaqarMukhtarHussain, Asif and Akram while among other injures was the security guard ofGomal University, Muhammad Ali who was referred toMultan for medical treatment.[3]
21 January - abomb was detonated at a vegetable market in Parachinar, in the Kurram Valley of the Federally Administered Tribal Areas of Pakistan. At least 25 people were killed and 87 injured by the explosion.[4][5] Parachinar is the administrative headquarters of the Kurram Agency near the Afghan border.[6] The same area has previously seen several blasts, including: the2008 Parachinar bombing; February 2012;[7] September 2012;[8] the2013 Parachinar bombing; and the2015 Parachinar bombing.[9]Chief of Army Staff (COAS)General Qamar Bajwa visited Parachinar and paid a visit to the injured of the bomb blast in Agency Headquarters Hospital.[10][11]Lashkar-e-Jhangvi al-Alami and thePakistani Taliban splinter Shehryar Mehsud group both separately issued a joint claim of responsibility.[12] Seven suspects were arrested following a search operation after the blast.[13]
12 February - Samaa TV assistant cameraman Taimoor Khan killed in an incident.Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan claimed the responsibility.[14]
13 February - Ablast outside theprovincial assembly in Lahore killed at least 14 people including DIG Police and SSP Operations and injured more than 87 others.[15]
17 February Five people, including four police officers, were killed after unidentified suspects opened fire on police van near Mission Mor,Dera Ismail Khan.[22]
6 March - Six soldiers of Pakistan army and 10 militants were killed in a series of cross border attacks at three border checkpoints in Mohmand Agency.[24]
5 April - asuicide bomber killed at least eight people and wounded 24 near a Pakistan Army vehicle taking part in the census in the city ofLahore, Pakistan. The injured were shifted to the Combined Military Hospital (CMH) and General Hospital.Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan claimed responsibility, saying it was carried out in revenge against security personnel.[26][27][28] On the 8th of April, Pakistani police killed 10 Taliban gunmen in a gun battle in Lahore.[29]
7 April - Ashfaq Ahmed, a retired University of Veterinary Sciences professor andAhmadi civilian, were shot death for assailants in Sabzazar neighborhood,Lahore, Pakistan. Al-Alami faction ofLashkar-e-Jhangvi and theJamaat-ul-Ahrar faction ofTehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) separately claimed responsibility for the attack, but sources also attributed the incident to Aalmi Majlis-i-Tahfuz-i-Khatam-i-Nubuwaat.[30][31] In 21 May, four assailants from Aalmi Majlis-i-Tahfuz-i-Khatam-i-Nubuwaat were held in relation of the attack.[32]
14 April - 4 Rangers personnel killed and 3 were injured and Rangers kill 10 TTP militants in operation near DG khan.[33]
25 April - 14, including six children, killed and 9, including 4 Khasadar officials, injured in a roadside blast inKurram Agency.[34]
8 May Two bombs exploded inPeshawar while the third one was defused by Bomb Disposal Squad. Three officials ofCounter Terrorism Department (CTD) were injured.[35] At around 4:50 am, anIED went off outside a girls primary school in Urmar area on Shamshato Road.[36] The school gate was damaged as the bomb detonated. According to police, two IEDs were found installed outside the school, out of which one exploded while the other was defused by the Bomb Disposal Squad.[37] The defused bomb contained 2–2.25 kg ofmaterial.[38] The CTD team was on their way back after inspecting the site when their vehicle was detonated near Khotko Bridge.[39] At the spot, three officials were injured who were identified as Akbar Ali, Israr and Nizar.[37] A passerby named Wali-ur-Rahman was also injured as the bomb exploded.[37]
13 May - 10 laborers were killed after two gunmen opened fire on laborers working in Gwadar.[41] The two gunmen fired on labourers at Pishgan and Gant, which are 20 kilometres from each other.[42] Eight labourers died on the spot; two died shortly afterwards.[43] According to an eyewitness, both gunmen came from the Pashkun area and they spoke inBalochi. AC-130 aircraft belonging to thePakistan Air Force was used to fly the labourers to their native areas after the funeral, which was held in Senator Marwoon Ishaq Cricket ground at around 3 pm.[44] Law enforcement agencies rushed to the site of the attack and started a search operation.[45]
23 June - 14 people ─ including seven policeman ─ lost their lives, while 19 others were injured in a suicide blast that shook Shuhada Chowk inQuetta's Gulistan Road area on Friday morning.[46]
10 July - 4 people were killed and over 20 injured when a suicide bomber blew himself up at Bogra Chowk inChaman,Baluchistan.[48] The deceased were twopolice officers, the bomber and a passerby. According to police sources, a suicide bomber on a motorcycle rode into District Police Officer of Killa Abdullah, Sajid Khan Mohammad's vehicle killing both of them, his guard and a passerby as well as wounding 20 others.[49] At the time of theexplosion, the DPO was at Bogra Chowk.[50] The head and legs of the bomber were found. Initial reports suggested that the explosion was caused by animprovised explosive device; police sources later said that a suicide bomber blew himself up.[51] Reports also stated that gunfire was heard after theexplosion.[52]Assistant Commissioner of Chaman Kashif confirmed the attack. Using a helicopter, the bodies of the injured were brought to hospitals where an emergency had been declared.[53]
7 August -August 2017 Lahore bombing a truck bombing occurred at Band Road in Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan. Two people were killed and 35 others were wounded.
12 August -A blast targeting military personnel killed 15 people (8 soldiers and 7 civilians) and injured 32 inQuetta, the provincial capital ofBalochistan, Pakistan.
18 October - At least eight people, including seven policemen, were killed and 24 others injured in an explosion targeting a truck carrying police officials in the Sariab Mill area ofQuetta.[56]
9 November - A senior police officer was among three suspected militants involved in ISI Clandestine activities who died in a suicide attack onQuetta the provincial capital ofBalochistan.[57] However there is no valid argument about the role of operation being performed.
24 November - A motorcycle suicide bomber targeted a police vehicle of AIG Asharf Noor while he was travelling to work. Noorr and his guard were killed, as well as the bomber, and eight other police in the AIG's squad were injured.[58][59][60]
