List of riots in Pakistan

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
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
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 August 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]

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