Pakistan has faced a number of riots both before and after its independence. Here is a list of riots in Pakistan :
Name | Year | Locations | Cause | Factions | Deaths | Wounded | Damage | Ref |
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Peshawar riots[1] | March 21–24, 1910 | Peshawar, Peshawar District, North-West Frontier Province | Annual Hindu festival of Holi coincided with Barawafat, the annual Muslim day of mourning. | Hindus Muslims | At least 4 Muslims and 6 Hindus | Hundreds | At least 451 shops and homes, Rs. 50 lakhs of damage | |
1972 Language violence in Sindh[2] | 1972 (7 July) | Karachi | Language Dispute | Sindhi | 47 | Unknown | N/A | |
1974 Anti-Ahmadiyya riots[3] | May 1974 | Islamabad, Peshawar, Hafizabad, Gujranwala, Lala Musa, Jhang, Wah Cantt, Burewala, and other localities | Religious violence | Muslims | 27 Ahmadiya murdered | N/A | N/A | |
1953 Lahore riots[4] | 1 February - 14 May 1953 | N/A | N/A | N/A | ||||
Riots in Kohat | 1924 | Kohat | Hindu–Muslim tension | Hindus | 155 | Unknown | Rs. 9 lakhs + of damage |
Name | Year | Locations | Cause | Factions | Deaths | Wounded | Damage | Ref |
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12 May Karachi riots[5] | 12 May 2007 | Karachi | Ethnic Clashes | Muhajir | 58 | Many | Several cars and towns | |
2007 Pakistan riots[6] | 2007 | Sindh | Death of Benazir Bhutto - Anti Musharraf riots | Musharraf | 47 | Several cars burned | ||
2010 Karachi riots[7] | 3 Augusta 2014 | Karachi | Ethnic issues | MQM | 90+ | 300+ | ||
2019 Ghotki riots[8] | 2019 | Ghotki | Alleged derogatory remarks made against Prophet Muhammed, found to be politically motivated | Muslims | ||||
2021 Pakistani protests[9] | 11–20 April 2021 | Countrywide | Blasphemy | Muslims | 27+ | |||
2023 Pakistani protests | 14 March – 28 May | |||||||
May 9 riots | 9 May 2023 | countrywide | Political Issues | PTI workers | 5+ | [10] | ||
Alpuri Riots 2024[11] | 9 February - 2024 | Alpuri, District Shangla | Political Issues | Police | 4 | Dozens | Police station, a Gov school damaged and a car burner by protestors | [12][13] |