Operation Ghazi

Operation Ghazi
Part of the Insurgency in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and the War on Terror
Date 13 February 2017 – 30 September 2017 Location Throughout Pakistan Result Pakistani victory
Belligerents
Pakistan	Jamaat-ul-Ahrar Supported by: Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan Lashkar-e-Jhangvi
Commanders and leaders
Pakistan President Mamnoon Hussain Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif Army Chief Qamar Javed Bajwa Chairman JCSC Zubair Mahmood Hayat DG ISI Naveed Mukhtar Air Chief Sohail Aman Naval Chief Muhammad Zakaullah	Jamaat-ul-Ahrar Omar Khalid Khorasani Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan Maulana Qazi Fazlullah
Strength
Pakistan Army Pakistan Air Force Civil Armed Forces CIA drone strikes Pakistan Police	Jamaat-ul-Ahrar
Casualties and losses
16 police officers killed,18+ injured[1][2]	100+ militants killed[3]

On 13 February 2017, Jamaat-ul-Ahrar released a video announcing the launch of "Operation Ghazi", named after Abdul Rashid Ghazi who was killed in July 2007 inside the Lal Masjid.^[4] The operation started with the suicide bombing at the Mall, in which 12 civilians and six police officers were killed.^[1]

In the video, Jamaat-ul-Ahrar stated that its future targets would be legislative bodies Pakistan Army, intelligence agencies and supporting institutions; interest-based economic institutions; INGOs/NGOs and civil society organisations involved in the advocacy of human rights, women's rights and community awareness campaigns; liberal writers, political leaders and workers; media persons; and coeducational private schools, colleges and universities.^[4]

The Centrum Media released a video statement from Abdul Rashid Ghazi's son, Haroon Rasheed Ghazi, addressing Jamaat-ul-Ahrar. "We should come up with a political solution. This bloodshed is not in the interest of anyone. Our stance is very clear; we do not endorse any violent activities," he said.