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February 4 - 10

February 6: ASWJ man gunned down in Karachi

A worker of the Karachi Electric Supply Company, also said to be affiliated with the Ahle Sunnat Wal Jamaat religious organisation, was shot dead on Khalid Bin Waleed Road. Dawn

February 6: Man killed in suspected sectarian attack

Gunmen on motorcycles shot and killed a man in a suspected sectarian attack in the Gulshan-e-Iqbal area of Karachi. Dawn

February 8: Girls school bombed in Bannu

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Militants detonated explosives at a government-run girls school in Bannu. Business Recorder

February 8: Lawyer killed in sectarian attack

A prominent lawyer and former office-bearer of the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP), Malik Jarrar, was shot dead in Peshawar. The 47-year-old lawyer was driving his children to their school in Saddar when they came under attack. Dawn

February 9: One killed in sectarian attack

A man was shot dead in the Golimar area of Karachi in a suspected sectarian attack. Dawn

February 10: Shrine destroyed in Peshawar

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An explosion in Badaber, on the outskirts of Peshawar, damaged the shrine of Akhwan Salaq Baba. Daily Times

February 10: Father, son killed in sectarian attack

In a sectarian attack, attackers gunned down a father and his son in Karachi as they were preparing to start their daily acrobat show. Daily Times