Terrorist incidents in Pakistan in 1998

  • 28 February — 8 people were killed on Saturday by two bombs exploding 20 minutes apart in the eastern neighborhood of Karachi. A music store and a hardware shop were targeted in the attack. Earlier on Thursday and Friday, 3 bombs exploded in the Punjab province — killing 3 people on a train, 5 people in a bus and wounding 7 in a crowded market.[1]
  • 9 March — 7 people were wounded by a bomb explosion outside a court in Sukkur.[2]
  • 9 March — 5 people were killed and 35 wounded by a bomb explosion on Chiltan Express traveling from Lahore to Quetta. The explosion occurred while the train was crossing a bridge over a canal near Pattoki. There were reports that some people had fallen in the canal.[2][3]
  • 10 March — On the Tuesday morning, a bomb blast occurred on Walton railway station, in a Lahore-bound train killing at least 10 and wounding more than 80 people. State authorities described the bomb as a timing device that was planted at an earlier stop. Although, no one claimed responsibility but Pakistan's government blamed the attack on its neighbor India.[4][5][6] Information Minister Mushahid Hussain told reporter that Pakistan had irrefutable evidence against R&AW's involvement. However, Indian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Pavan Varma called the claims as baseless.[7]
  • June 6 — 3 people were killed and 10 injured in bomb explosion in a movie theater in Lahore.[8]
  • June 8 — 23 people were killed as a bomb exploded on moving Khyber Mail (Train) heading towards Peshawar, on Tando Masti Khan railway station.[9][10]

References
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  2. "Pakistan train bomb kills five people". Daily News. Lahore, Pakistan. Reuters. March 9, 1998. p. 15 (8). Retrieved 9 August 2016.
  3. "Train bomb kills 5". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Lahore, Pakistan. March 10, 1998. p. A4 (3). Retrieved 9 August 2016.
  4. Munir Ahmed (March 10, 1998). "Pakistan Train Bomb Kills 10 People". www.apnewsarchive.com. Lahore, Pakistan. Associated Press. Archived from the original on September 13, 2016. Retrieved 13 September 2016.
  5. "10 killed by bomb on train". Reading Eagle. Lahore, Pakistan. March 10, 1998. p. A3 (2). Retrieved 9 August 2016.
  6. "12 Killed, 68 Hurt in 3 Bomb Blasts". Los Angeles Times. 10 March 1998. Retrieved 21 August 2016.
  7. "Pakistan claims India behind two bombings". The Victoria Advocate. Karachi Pakistan. Associated Press. March 15, 1998. p. 6A (4). Retrieved 9 August 2016.
  8. "Theater Bomb Kills 3; India Blamed". Los Angeles Times. 6 June 1998. Retrieved 21 August 2016.
  9. "23 killed in train bomb explosion". New Sunday Times. Islamabad, Pakistan. Reuters. June 8, 1998. p. 20 (12). Retrieved 9 August 2016.
  10. "Train Bombing Kills 20, Injures 25 in Pakistan". Los Angeles Times. Karachi, Pakistan. Associated Press. 7 June 1998. Retrieved 21 August 2016.
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