January 1 At least 88 killed when a suicide bomber blew up his vehicle in a crowd watching a volleyball game in Lakki Marwat, North-West Frontier Province.
January 3 In the north-western Pakistani town of Hangu, a former provincial minister and two other people were killed in a roadside bomb attack, police have said. The blast reportedly killed Ghani-ur Rehman, his driver and his bodyguard. The minister was reported as being a former North-West Frontier Province education minister, for the area.
January 6 In Pakistani-administered Kashmir, at least three soldiers were killed and another 11 injured after a bomb attack occurred outside an army barracks, police say. No group has claimed responsibility as of yet.
January 8 In Karachi unknown gunmen went on the rampage killing at least 7 people within the area, police say. The gunmen were apparently targeting ethnic Balochis in parts of the city. The armed men were reportedly riding motorcycles as they were carrying out their attack on the civilians.
January 9 A suicide bomber detonated himself and wounded seven policemen in the village of Adezai, Peshawar, North-West Frontier Province.
January 11 Five bullet-riddled bodies were found in the Pakistani city of Kashmir, police say. This latest attack appears to be part of a renewed war among rival political factions, officials claim. Since the start of this year, when a dead political activist was discovered, at least 31 people are known to have been murdered in targeted killings. Political violence has reportedly intensified in the city of Karachi.
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