Days of bloodshed in Pakistan

Unrest in the country characterised by brazen attacks by different militant outfit has increased over the last few weeks with last 12 days reporting eight attacks

•  October 15: Gunmen attacked three police buildings in the eastern city of Lahore. Six security officials and five attackers were killed.
• October 15: At least eight people were killed when a suicide car bomb exploded near a police station in the northwestern town of Kohat.
• October 12: A suicide bomb attack in a market as a paramilitary convoy passes in Shangla. About 45 people, mainly civilians, were killed. Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) claimed responsibility.
• October 10: Ten militants stage an audacious attack on army headquarters in Rawalpindi, the garrison town adjoining Islamabad, killing 23 people
• October 9: A suicide car bomber killed 52 civilians wounded over 100 in a market in Peshawar
• October 5: Five UN World Food Programme workers were killed in a suicide bomb attack.