Quaid-e-Azam Residency attack

Quaid-e-Azam Residency attack
Part of due to the Balochistan conflict
Quaid-e-Azam Residency, Ziarat, Pakistan
Location30°22′50.64″N 67°43′45″E / 30.3807333°N 67.72917°E / 30.3807333; 67.72917
Date15 June 2013 (2013-06-15)
1:15 AM (PST)
TargetMemorials in Quaid-e-Azam Residency
Attack type
soft
WeaponsHand grenades and Rockets and crains
Deaths1 Pakistani policeman
Injured1 Pakistani policeman
PerpetratorsBalochistan Liberation Army

On 15 June 2013, the historical Quaid-e-Azam Residency, which housed the founder of Pakistan, Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah, in his last two months and ten days, was attacked and completely burnt down by fighters belonging to the Balochistan Liberation Army. The reconstruction work was completed and the reconstructed Ziarat Residency was inaugurated on Independence Day which is on 14 Aug, 2014.