Lashkar-e-Jhangvi

☆ Save On Wikipedia ↗
Lashkar-e-Jhangvi
لشکر جھنگوی
FoundersRiaz Basra †
Malik Ishaq †
Akram Lahori Executed
Ghulam Rasool Shah †
Leaders
Riaz Basra †
Malik Ishaq †
Akram Lahori Executed
Ghulam Rasool Shah †
Asif Chotu †[1]
Qari Mohammad Yasin †[2]
SpokespersonAli Abu Sufyan[3]
Dates active1996–2024[4]
Dissolved2025
Split from Sipah-e-Sahaba Pakistan
Country Pakistan (until 2024)
 Afghanistan (until 2025)
HeadquartersAfghanistan (until 2025)[5][6]
Active regionsPakistan (until 2024)
Afghanistan (until 2025)
IdeologySunni Islamism[7]
Deobandi jihadism
Islamic fundamentalism[8]
Takfirism[7][9]
Anti-Shi'ism
Anti-Hazara sentiment
StatusInactive/Defunct (Banned in Pakistan)[4]
SizeUnknown
Wars

Lashkar-e-Jhangvi (LeJ)[a] was a Deobandi militant organization[10] that was driven by a Takfiri anti-Shia ideology[11] which operated in Pakistan, while being based in southern Afghanistan.[12] LeJ was an offshoot of anti-Shia party Sipah-e-Sahaba Pakistan (SSP). LeJ was founded by former SSP activists such as Riaz Basra, Malik Ishaq, Akram Lahori, and Ghulam Rasool Shah.[13] LeJ operated in Pakistan and southern Afghanistan until 2024.[4]

LeJ had claimed responsibility for various mass casualty attacks against the Shia community in Pakistan,[14] including multiple bombings that killed over 200 Shia Hazara in Quetta in 2013. It had also been linked to the Mominpura Graveyard attack in 1998, the abduction of Daniel Pearl in 2002, and the attack on the Sri Lankan cricket team in Lahore in 2009.[15][16] A predominantly Punjabi and Pashtun group,[17] LeJ had been labelled by Pakistani intelligence officials as one of the country's most dangerous terrorist organizations in the country.[18]

Riaz Basra, the first Emir of LeJ, was killed in a police encounter in 2002.[19][20] He was succeeded by Malik Ishaq, who was killed along with Ghulam Rasool Shah in another police encounter in Muzaffargarh in 2015.[21]

LeJ was banned by Pakistan in August 2001.[22] LeJ remained active until 2024, and had been designated as a terrorist organization by Australia,[23] Canada,[24] Iran, Pakistan,[25] United Kingdom,[26] United States,[27] the European Union, NATO, and the United Nations.[28]

Formation

Riaz Basra, along with Akram Lahori and Malik Ishaq, separated from Sipah-e-Sahaba and formed LeJ in 1996 because they had considered Sipah-e-Sahaba to "not be violent enough".

One source stated that "Almost the entire leadership" of the group, was made up of "people who had fought in Afghanistan", referring to Pakistanis who had fought in the Soviet–Afghan War and Afghan Civil War (1989–1992).[29]

The newly formed group took its name from Sunni cleric Haq Nawaz Jhangvi who was involved in anti-Shia violence in the 1980s, and also one of the founders of the Sipah-e-Sahaba Pakistan (SSP).[13] LeJ's founders believed that the SSP had strayed from Jhangvi's ideals.[14][30] Jhangvi was killed in an attack by Shia militants in 1990.

Malik Ishaq, the operational chief of LeJ, was released after serving 14 years by the Supreme Court of Pakistan on 14 July 2011, after the Court dropped 34 of the 44 charges against him, involving the killing of around 100 people, and granted him bail in the remaining 10 cases due to lack of evidence.[31][32][33][34] In 2013, Ishaq was arrested at his home in Rahim Yar Khan in the Punjab province.[35]

Activities

LeJ initially directed most of its attacks against the Pakistani Shia Muslim community. It also claimed responsibility for the 1997 killing of four American oil workers in Karachi. LeJ had attempted to assassinate Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif in 1999.[20] Riaz Basra himself was killed in 2002 during a failed attack he was leading on a Shia settlement near Vehari, Multan. Basra was killed due to the cross-fire between his group and the police who were assisted by armed local Shia residents.[20]

  • In April 1999, the nephew of the then Ahmadi Caliph Mirza Tahir Ahmad was assassinated. Some have since alleged the attack was carried about by LeJ.[36]
  • In March 2002, LeJ members bombed a bus, killing 15 people, including 11 French citizens.[37]
  • On 17 March 2002, at 11:00 am, two members of LeJ bombed the International Protestant Church in Islamabad during a church service. Five people were killed, including two American women, two Pakistanis and an Afghan man. Forty-one more people were injured, including 27 foreigners. In July 2002, the Pakistani police killed one of the alleged perpetrators and arrested four LeJ members in connection with the church attack. The LeJ members confessed to the killings and said the attack was in retaliation for the US attack on Afghanistan.
  • On 8 June 2003, 11 Hazara police cadets were killed and 9 were injured in a shooting attack by two men on a motorcycle. LeJ was suspected by the police to have been behind the attacks.[38]
  • On 4 July 2003, 53 Hazara Shias were killed and at least 65 others were injured when a mosque was attacked during the Friday prayer in Quetta, Balochistan, Pakistan.[39][40] When hundreds of worshipers were offering Friday prayer, three armed men entered the Asna Ashari Hazara Imambargah and started shooting and throwing hand grenades and one suicide bomber blew himself up - which left 53 dead and scores injured. Hundreds of worshippers were offering Friday prayer at the Asna Ashri Hazara Imambargah when five men, armed with automatic weapons,[41] entered the mosque and fired on worshippers for ten continuous minutes and tried to throw a grenade, but it exploded in an attacker's hand. Worshippers disarmed one of the attackers and killed a third one. The other two attackers ran away from the roof. This attack left more 65 dead and tens of others injured.[42][39][40]
  • On 2 March 2004, during the month of Muharram, an Ashura procession in the southwestern city of Quetta was moving along its traditional route and when it reached the main bazaar, three terrorists on the roof of a building threw grenades on the participants, followed by firing with automatic weapons before they blew themselves up, which left around 50 people dead and more than 100 injured.[43][44][45] The police identified the assailants bodies after DNA tests and investigations and found that they belonged to LeJ. The police arrested a police constable who allegedly allowed the terrorists to use his house to plan the attack.[46]
  • The Pakistani government Interior Ministry said that the suicide bomber involved in the assassination of Benazir Bhutto,[47] along with the death of 20 others in Rawalpindi, may have belonged to LeJ, on 27 December 2007.[47]
  • Pakistani authorities believed that Mohammed Aqeel, an LJ member, was the mastermind behind the March 2009 attack on the Sri Lanka national cricket team.[48]
  • On 16 April 2010 in Quetta, Balochistan, at least 12 people were killed and 47 people injured during a bombing at the Quetta Civil Hospital. The injured included Shia Hazara PPP Member of National Assembly Sayed Nasir Ali Shah and his son, at least one security guard, and two Hazara police officers.[49] Sayed Nasir Ali Shah was the first ever Hazara elected to the National assembly and was expected to visit the hospital. The bomb exploded when Shah had arrived to condole the death of a Shia bank manager, who was killed by unidentified gunmen earlier.[50]
  • On 3 September 2010, more than 73 people were killed and 206 injured when a bomb exploded at a Quds Day procession in Quetta which Shias were carrying out to express solidarity with Palestinians.[51][52] LeJ claimed responsibility for the attack and said a 22-year-old suicide bomber, Rashid Moaawia, carried out the attack.[53]
  • LeJ claimed responsibility for 2011 Hazara Town shooting in Quetta. At least 10 armed men with two rocket launchers and automatic assault rifles on three vehicles entered from Brewery Road, took positions on Bypass Road and started shooting, with at least three rockets were fired which were followed by heavy gunfire which lasted 17 minutes after which the assailants fled towards the Shalkot area. By the end of the day, the shooting had left 8 dead and 15 injured.[54][55][56] LeJ specifically talked about Hazara Town shooting in one of their night letters distributed in Quetta by LeJ Balochistan Unit.[57] It is believed that it was one of the attacks in revenge of the death of Al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden.[54][58]
  • LeJ claimed responsibility for the 2011 Mastung bus shooting which killed 26 Shia pilgrims on 20 September 2011 in the Mastung area of Balochistan. The pilgrims were travelling on a bus to Iran.[59][60] In addition, 2 others were killed in a follow-up attack on a car on its way to rescue the survivors of the bus attack.
  • Afghan President Hamid Karzai blamed LeJ for a bombing that killed 59 people at the Abu Fazal shrine in the Murad Khane district of Kabul on 6 December 2011. Most of the dead were pilgrims commemorating Ashura, the holiest day in the Shias.[61][62]
  • LeJ claimed responsibility for 13 lives lost in brutal attack on Shia pilgrims in Quetta on 28 June 2012.[63] At least 13 people including two women and a policeman were killed and over 20 others injured on in the bomb attack on a bus mainly carrying Shia pilgrims returning from Iran. Most of the pilgrims belonged to the Hazara community.[63]
  • LeJ claimed responsibility for January 2013 Pakistan bombings in Pakistan killing, 125 people.[64]
  • LeJ claimed responsibility for February 2013 Quetta bombings in Pakistan, killing 81 and wounding 178, mostly Shia people.[65]
  • LeJ claimed responsibility for 15 June 2013 Quetta attacks in Pakistan.[66]
  • LeJ claimed responsibility for the failed January 2014 attempted bombing of a school which killed one of its students, Aitzaz Hasan in Pakistan.[67]
  • LeJ claimed responsibility for January 2014 Mastung bus bombing in Balochistan, killing 28 people from the Hazara Community.[68][69]
  • LeJ claimed responsibility of assassination of Pakistani politician Shuja Khanzada in August 2015.[70]
  • LeJ claimed responsibility for 23 December 2015 Parachinar bombing which killed 25 people and injured another 62.[71]
  • LeJ claimed responsibility for attack on Police training center Quetta in Balochistan on 24 October 2016, killing at least 61 people including cadets and army officers and injuring more than 165.[72][73]
  • Both LeJ and the Islamic State claimed responsibility for the 12 April 2019 Quetta bombing killing 21 people including at least 10 Hazaras, nine of whom were Shias, and two paramilitary soldiers of FC,[74] one of whom had died of his wounds four days later on 16 April.[75] A spokesperson of LeJ, Qari Saifullah, told CNN "We claim responsibility for the attack in Quetta, we targeted the Hazara community."[76] ISIL also claimed the responsibility of this attack, and released a photograph of the bomber along with his name.[77]
  • LeJ was alleged to have play a role in an attack on a Pakistan Army check post in the Makin district of South Waziristan in December 2024.[78] Despite this, other groups such as the TTP (Pakistani Taliban), claimed responsibility.[79] This attack led to an escalation in the already violent 2024 Afghanistan–Pakistan clashes.

Headquarters

Officials from Zabul Province had claimed that LeJ had a sanctuary in southern Afghanistan.[5] Early on in 2016, LeJ leader Yousuf Mansoor Khurasani had survived an insider attack in southern Afghanistan.[6]

After dissolution/desolation

After the groups dissolution/desolation in 2024, LeJ's remnants had fled to Southern Afghanistan.

In 2025, following two separate agreements between Pakistan and Afghanistan, where they agreed to not allow terror attacks from their soil on each other's territories, LeJ's remnants had either withdrew from or scattered around Southern Afghanistan after several arrests of its former and remaining members.[80][81]

Although the Taliban have launched sweeping efforts at disarmament, including unprecedented house-to-house searches to hunt for weapons and confiscate materiel, the Taliban's way of handling of the group aims at containing them without provoking them to turn against the Taliban's government.[82]

Affiliations

LeJ had ties to the Pakistani Taliban (TTP), the Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan (IMU), Sipah-e-Sahaba Pakistan (SSP), Ahle Sunnat Wal Jamaat (ASWJ), Islamic State – Khorasan Province (IS-KP), al-Qaeda, and Jundallah.[83]

Relationship with Al-Qaeda

An investigation had found that al-Qaeda had been involved with the training of LeJ.

Upon the death of Riaz Basra in May 2002, correspondence between al-Qaeda and LeJ had seemed to have stopped.[14]

Designation as a terrorist organization

The Government of Pakistan had designated LeJ as a terrorist organization in August 2001. The U.S. classified LeJ as a Foreign Terrorist Organization under U.S. law in January 2003,[27] and its finances were then blocked worldwide by the U.S government.

Decline

The organization came to decline in the early 2020s with much of its leadership killed, captured or executed by Pakistani Security Forces or its rival Shia militant groups (such as Sipah-e-Muhammad and Tehreek-e-Jaffaria).[4]

LeJ also faced competition from other Sunni militant/insurgent organizations in Pakistan such as the Pakistan Taliban, Lashkar-e-Islam, Tehreek-e-Jihad Pakistan, Al-Qaeda in the Indian subcontinent, Islamic State – Khorasan Province, and the Islamic State – Pakistan Province.[4]

The last leader of the group, Akram Lahori (alias Muhammad Ajmal) was arrested in southern Iran in February 2024. Before his arrest, he was granted bail by a Pakistani anti-terrorism court in October 2023. In Iran, he had been pronounced guilty of terrorism for his involvement in an anti-Shia terror group, attending bomb-making training courses and plotting terror attacks in Iran. He was sentenced to death by Iranian authorities under the anti-terror law.[84][4]

On 6 September 2024, the Naeem Bukhari group from LeJ, whose leader was Ata-ur-Rehman (alias Naeem Buhkari), who also had ties to Al-Qaeda while also once being arrested, declared his group's allegiance to the Pakistan Taliban. The Pakistani Taliban, through its Umar Media channel, announced that all members of the network/group had pledged their allegiance to its leader, Mufti Noor Wali. Hafiz Qasim Ghazi, the leader of Bukhari’s faction, led the group’s formal merger with the Pakistani Taliban. The Pakistani Taliban also called on other jihadi/militant groups in Karachi to follow suit.[85][86] Reports suggest that the number of factions aligned with the Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (Pakistani Taliban) has grown to 60, with the Naeem Bukhari group from LeJ being the latest addition.[86]

Last major incidents

The last two official major incidents with the organization were in March and September 2024, when several of its remaining members were arrested or killed by security forces during intelligence-based counterterrorism operations in Jhang and other cities.[87][88][89]

Individuals from multiple groups arrested

On 3 August 2024, the Counter Terrorism Department (CTD) of Punjab arrested three people who were associated with three separate banned organizations from three separate locations, in order to thwart "a significant terror plot".[90] These were:

The CTD recovered large caches of prohibited materials from those arrested, including 1,625 grams of explosives, three hand grenades, two IED bombs, three detonators, eight feet of safety fuse wire, 12 pamphlets, 10 stickers, and Rs 22,250 in cash.[90]

Arrest of CTD officer's murderers

In a media statement on 7 October 2024, officials of Pakistan's CTD, including Deputy Inspector General Sheikh and In-charge Raja Umar Khattab, identified the murderers of a CTD officer as 30-year-old Usman Qureshi, son of Ayub Qureshi, and 35-year-old Hafiz Qasim Rashid, son of Abdul Rashid Hazravi. Both were suspected members of the LeJ, which operated in conjunction with the Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP). They were prime suspects in the killing of DSP Ali Raza, who was gunned down near Faisal Market, Karimabad, in July 2024.[91]

Alleged involvement in ambush

In December 2024, an attack took place in the Makin district of South Waziristan on a Pakistan Army check post. Several media sources stated that the attack was carried out by LeJ, but the Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) officially claimed responsibility.[79]

Pakistani security officials believe that former members of LeJ were also involved in this attack. According to the officials, following the dissolution of LeJ, its various clandestine cell systems have joined either the TTP, ISKP or ISPP.[79]

End of official encounters and attacks

After these, the organization has claimed no attacks and none have been reported by Pakistani authorities and is considered defunct. Experts have described the decline of organization as a significant boost for the government of Pakistan against terrorism.[4]

See also

References

  1. "Lashkar-e-Jhangvi's chief Asif Chotu killed along with 3 associates in Pakistan". The Indian Express. 18 January 2017. Retrieved 19 January 2017.
  2. "TTP-JA confirms key Pakistani terrorist killed in US drone strike - The Express Tribune". 22 March 2017.
  3. "ANALYSIS - Iran-backed Zainabiyoun Brigade could become Pakistan's new national security problem". www.aa.com.tr. Retrieved 1 February 2026.
  4. "What happened to feared Pakistani militant group Lashkar-e-Jhangvi (LeJ)?". Arab News PK. 13 January 2023. Retrieved 2 June 2025.
  5. "Pakistani Extremists Carve A Sanctuary In Southern Afghanistan". RFERL. Archived from the original on 29 April 2017. Retrieved 23 January 2017.
  6. "Lashkar-e-Jhangvi Al-Alami group chief survives insider attack in Afghanistan". Khaama Press. Archived from the original on 19 November 2018. Retrieved 25 December 2016.
  7. Abou-Zahab, Mariam (2004). "The Sunni-Shia Conflict in Jhang (Pakistan)". In Ahmad, Imtiaz; Reifeld, Helmut (eds.). Lived Islam in South Asia: Adaptation, Accommodation & Conflict. Jor Bagh, New Delhi: Social Science Press. ISBN 8187358157.
  8. "Profile: Lashkar-e-Jhangvi". BBC News. 11 January 2013. Retrieved 29 July 2015.
  9. Murphy, Eamon (2013). The Making of Terrorism in Pakistan: Historical and Social Roots of Extremism. Routledge. pp. 129, 131. ISBN 9780415565264.
  10. Roggio, Bill (6 February 2014). "State designates leader of Lashkar-e-Jhanghvi as global terrorist". FDD's Long War Journal. Retrieved 3 August 2015.
  11. "Pakistan's sectarian terrorist groups". BBC News. 13 January 2002. Retrieved 11 December 2012.
  12. Sarwar, Mustafa (23 January 2017). "Pakistani Extremists Carve A Sanctuary In Southern Afghanistan". Gandhara Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty.
  13. Farooqi, Asif (11 January 2013). "Profile: Lashkar-e-Jhangvi - BBC News". BBC News. Retrieved 16 August 2015.
  14. Roul, Animesh (2 June 2005). "Lashkar-e-Jhangvi: Sectarian Violence in Pakistan and Ties to International Terrorism". Terrorism Monitor. 3 (11). Jamestown Foundation. Archived from the original on 5 June 2019. Retrieved 24 September 2013.
  15. Yusufzai, Gul (19 February 2013). "Pakistani Shi'ites call off protests after Quetta bombing arrests". Reuters. Retrieved 26 June 2026.
  16. Notezai, Muhammad Akbar (11 August 2015). "Malik Ishaq and Pakistan's Sectarian Violence". The Diplomat. Retrieved 12 August 2015.
  17. "Pakistan Shias killed in Gilgit sectarian attack". BBC News. 16 August 2012. Retrieved 11 December 2012. A predominantly Punjabi group, Lashkar-e-Jhangvi is linked with the 2002 murder of US reporter Daniel Pearl and other militant attacks, particularly in the southern city of Karachi.
  18. "Iran condemns terrorist attacks in Pakistan". Tehran Times. 17 February 2013. Archived from the original on 4 September 2014. Retrieved 18 February 2013.
  19. "Using Twitter, YouTube, Facebook and Other Internet Tools, Pakistani Terrorist Group Lashkar-e-Jhangvi Incites Violence against Shi'ite Muslims and Engenders Antisemitism". MEMRI. Retrieved 10 August 2025.
  20. McCarthy, Rory (17 May 2002). "Death by design". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 26 June 2026.
  21. "LeJ chief Malik Ishaq killed in police encounter in Muzaffargarh". The Express Tribune. 28 July 2015. Retrieved 29 July 2015.
  22. "List of banned organisations in Pakistan | The Express Tribune". The Express Tribune. 24 October 2012. Archived from the original on 3 June 2026. Retrieved 26 June 2026.
  23. "Lashkar-e Jhangvi". www.nationalsecurity.gov.au. Archived from the original on 11 March 2015. Retrieved 2 March 2019.
  24. "About the listing process". www.publicsafety.gc.ca. 16 December 2015. Retrieved 2 March 2019.
  25. "Proscribed Organizations – NACTA – National Counter Terrorism Authority NACTA Pakistan". Archived from the original on 27 June 2019. Retrieved 2 March 2019.
  26. "Proscribed terrorist groups or organisations". GOV.UK. Retrieved 2 March 2019.
  27. "Pakistani group joins US terror list". BBC News South Asia. 30 January 2003. Retrieved 30 January 2003.
  28. "LASHKAR I JHANGVI (LJ) | United Nations Security Council Subsidiary Organs". 18 October 2016. Archived from the original on 18 October 2016. Retrieved 2 March 2019.
  29. "Pakistan: Backgrounder". South Asian Terrorism Portal (SATP). Retrieved 26 July 2023.
  30. "Lashkar-e-Jhangvi". South Asia Terrorism Portal. Retrieved 24 September 2013.
  31. Mir, Amir (4 October 2011). "Kidnappers of Taseer's son want release of Qadri". The News International. Archived from the original on 4 October 2011. Retrieved 24 September 2013.
  32. Mukhtar, Imran (6 October 2011). "LeJ leader's entry in Islamabad banned". The Nation. Archived from the original on 6 October 2011. Retrieved 24 September 2013.
  33. "Attack on Lankans: SC moved against Ishaq's release". The Express Tribune. 11 October 2011. Retrieved 24 September 2013.
  34. "Detention of Malik Ishaq, Shah extended for 2 months". The Nation. 26 October 2011. Retrieved 29 November 2019.
  35. Khan, Shaan (23 February 2013). "Leader of Militant Group Arrested in Pakistan, Police Say". CNN. Retrieved 24 September 2013.
  36. "Lashkar-e-Jhangvi: Pakistan's terror problem- New Religion". Archived from the original on 10 June 2015. Retrieved 3 August 2015.
  37. United Nations Web Services Section. "The Al-Qaida Sanctions Committee". Archived from the original on 27 February 2012. Retrieved 15 February 2015.
  38. "Police massacre in Pakistan". BBC News. 8 June 2003. Retrieved 20 September 2011.
  39. "19 arrested after attack on mosque". The Guardian. 7 July 2003. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 26 June 2026.
  40. "The Daily Star Web Edition Vol. 4 Num 39". Thedailystar.net. 5 July 2003. Retrieved 3 May 2012.
  41. "Outlook India - India's Best Magazine| Find Latest News, Top Headlines, Live Updates". Outlook India. 10 July 2003. Retrieved 26 June 2026.
  42. "A Prayer Before Dying". TIME. 7 July 2003. Retrieved 26 June 2026.
  43. "South Asia | Carnage in Pakistan Shia attack". BBC News. 2 March 2004. Archived from the original on 28 December 2013. Retrieved 23 May 2012.
  44. Global Terrorism, By: Leonard Weinberg. p 213. Published 2009 by The Rosen Publishing Group Inc. NY
  45. "South Asia | Pakistan probes assault on Shias". BBC News. 3 March 2004. Archived from the original on 23 November 2011. Retrieved 23 May 2012.
  46. "Leading News Resource of Pakistan". Daily Times. 17 May 2004. Archived from the original on 12 February 2012. Retrieved 23 May 2012.
  47. "Pakistan: Fractured skull killed Bhutto". CNN. 28 December 2007. Retrieved 24 September 2013.
  48. "Pakistan Faces New Wave of Attacks". Wall Street Journal. 15 October 2009. Retrieved 24 September 2013. In March, gunmen attacked the Sri Lankan cricket team during its visit to Lahore, killing six police officers. That attack, officials say, was masterminded by Mohammed Aqeel, also known as Dr. Usman, a member of Lashkar-e-Jhangvi, a banned Punjabi militant outfit with strong links to the main Pakistan Taliban faction and al Qaeda. Mr. Aqeel also led the attack on the military headquarters in Rawalpindi, officials say, and was captured in the attack.
  49. "Lashkar-e-Jhangvi responsible for Quetta blast". The Express Tribune. 16 April 2010.
  50. Shahid, Saleem (17 April 2010). "Bomber blows himself up inside Quetta hospital; 11 killed". DAWN.COM.
  51. "Death toll from Pakistan suicide bombing rises to 73 - CNN.com". www.cnn.com. Retrieved 4 May 2022.
  52. "Quetta rally suicide bomb kills dozens". BBC. 3 September 2010. Retrieved 3 September 2010.
  53. "L-e-J group claims responsibility for suicide blast in Pakistan's Quetta". Xinhua News Agency. 3 September 2010. Archived from the original on 7 September 2010. Retrieved 3 September 2010.
  54. Baloch, Shehzad (6 May 2011). "Targeted killings: Rocket attack kills seven in Quetta". The Express Tribune. Retrieved 16 May 2012.
  55. APP (6 May 2011). "6 killed, 15 injured in Quetta firing, rocket attack". AAJ News. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 16 May 2012.
  56. "8 Shi´ites killed in Pakistan attack". CNTV English. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 15 November 2012.
  57. "Lashkar-e-Jhangvi's Open Letter Against Hazaras". Hazara News Pakistan. 13 April 2012. Retrieved 16 May 2012.
  58. "8 killed in rocket attack in Quetta, SW Pakistan CCTV News - CNTV English". 6 May 2011. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 16 May 2012.
  59. "Gunmen attack bus in Balochistan, 26 killed". The Express Tribune. 20 September 2011.
  60. "28 Shia Muslims shot dead by Lashkar militants in Pakistan". Daily News & Analysis. 20 September 2011.
  61. "Lashkar-e-Jhangvi: inciting sectarianism in Afghanistan?". Dawn.com. Dawn Media Group. 8 December 2011. Retrieved 24 September 2013.
  62. Ahmad, Sardar (7 December 2011). "Karzai blames Pakistanis over sectarian massacre". Google News. AFP. Archived from the original on 8 January 2012. Retrieved 24 September 2013.
  63. Saleem Shahid (28 June 2012). "Lashkar-i-Jhangvi claims responsibility: 13 lives lost in brutal attack on Shia pilgrims". Retrieved 15 February 2015.
  64. "The Wall Street Journal - Breaking News, Business, Financial & Economic News, World News and Video". The Wall Street Journal.
  65. "Pakistan blast: Governor fury at 'intelligence failure'". BBC News. 17 February 2013.
  66. "Pakistan violence: Gunmen storm Quetta hospital". BBC News. 15 June 2013.
  67. "Pakistan teen dies stopping suicide bomber". Retrieved 15 February 2015.
  68. "Mastung attack claimed by Lashkar-e-Jhangvi - AAJ News". Archived from the original on 15 February 2015. Retrieved 15 February 2015.
  69. "Lashkar-e-Jhangvi claims Mastung suicide attack". The International News. 22 January 2014. Retrieved 16 November 2020.
  70. "Pakistan minister Shuja Khanzada killed in suicide attack". The Indian Express. 16 August 2015. Retrieved 16 August 2015.
  71. Masood, Salman (13 December 2015). "Sunni Militants Claim Deadly Attack at Market in Pakistan". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 23 May 2025.
  72. Masood, Salman (25 October 2016). "Pakistan Reels After Attack on Police Training College Leaves 61 Dead". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 23 May 2025.
  73. "LeJ 'collaborated with ISIS' for Quetta attack". The Nation. 26 October 2016. Retrieved 23 May 2025.
  74. Saifi, Euan McKirdy,Sophia (12 April 2019). "At least 20 killed in market blast in Pakistani city of Quetta". CNN. Retrieved 23 May 2025.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  75. Afridi, Shehryar (15 April 2019). "Another injured Jawan of FC departed us for eternity RIP. After meeting our Hazara community, attended funeral of Jawan. Certainly it isn't easy to put ur shoulder for the funeral of a young soldier. This act of terrorism would not put line between our hearts.pic.twitter.com/7GJlN1hWJl". @ShehryarAfridi1. Retrieved 16 April 2019.
  76. "At least 20 killed in market blast in Pakistani city of Quetta". cnn.com. 12 April 2019. Retrieved 12 April 2019.
  77. "Hazara protesters refuse to end Quetta sit-in amid Centre's assurances". DAWN.COM. 14 April 2019. Retrieved 15 April 2019.
  78. Rathaei (24 December 2024). "Lashkar-e-Jhangvi Attacks Security Forces Check Post in South Waziristan, Killing 16 Soldiers". Shia Waves. Retrieved 21 July 2025.
  79. "Militant attack in Pakistan border district kills 16 troops, injures 8". Voice of America. 21 December 2024. Retrieved 21 July 2025.
  80. "Pakistan, Afghanistan agree not to allow terror attacks from their territories against each other". Deccan Herald. Retrieved 26 June 2026.
  81. Harvey, Lex (19 October 2025). "Pakistan and Afghanistan agree to new ceasefire after more than a week of deadly clashes". CNN. Retrieved 19 October 2025.
  82. "Afghanistan's Security Challenges under the Taliban | International Crisis Group". www.crisisgroup.org. 12 August 2022. Retrieved 26 June 2026.
  83. 18 Shias Killed in Pak Bus Massacre Archived 27 September 2013 at the Wayback Machine PTI | Rezaul H Laskar | Islamabad | 28 February 2012
  84. "Pakistani Sunni Militant Arrested In Southern Iran". www.iranintl.com. 25 February 2024. Retrieved 21 July 2025.
  85. "Merging Shadows: The Quiet Shift In Karachi's Militant Landscape". The Friday Times. 17 September 2024. Retrieved 23 August 2025.
  86. "Pakistan Faces Deadly Surge In Terrorism". The Friday Times. 2 October 2024. Retrieved 23 August 2025.
  87. Gabol, Imran (10 March 2024). "CTD arrests 23 suspected militants in Punjab". Dawn. Retrieved 4 September 2025.
  88. "Dozens of suspects of banned outfits arrested across Punjab". The Express Tribune. 7 September 2024. Retrieved 4 September 2025.
  89. Gabol, Imran (7 September 2024). "33 suspected terrorists arrested across Punjab in intelligence-based operations: CTD". Dawn. Retrieved 4 September 2025.
  90. Saifullah (3 August 2024). "Punjab CTD Arrests 3 Suspects with Explosives". Pashto News and Current Affairs Channel | Khyber News. Retrieved 1 August 2025.
  91. "Two suspects in CTD officer's murder shot dead". The Express Tribune. 7 October 2024. Retrieved 21 July 2025.

Notes

  1. Urdu: لشکر جھنگوی, lit. 'Army of Jhangvi'

Further reading

An early version of this article was adapted from the public domain U.S. federal government sources.