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Terrorist incidents in Pakistan in 2001

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In 2001, it saw 2 terrorist attacks resulting over 20 deaths and 10 injuries. This was the beginning of War on Terror after the 9/11 attacks

  • 28 October — Attack on a Protestant church in southern Punjab city of Bahawalpur resulted in 16 deaths and 6 injuries. The casualties were all Christian worshippers except one police officer.[1][2]
Main article: Bahawalpur church shooting
  • 21 December — Pakistani interior minister Lt. Gen. (retd) Moinuddin Haider's elder brother Ehteshamuddin Haider was shot dead by assailants near Soldier Bazaar in Karachi.[3]

References

  1. ^ "'Trained terrorists' behind Pakistan church slayings" CNN, 28 October 2001
  2. ^ "BBC News - SOUTH ASIA - Christians massacred in Pakistan". news.bbc.co.uk.
  3. ^ "Pak interior minister's brother shot dead" The Times of India, 22 December 2001
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