June 2013 Karachi bombing

On 26 June 2013, a bomb exploded near Burns Road in Karachi, Pakistan, killing nine people and injuring fifteen others. The device had been placed on a motorbike near a mosque and was intended to target the convoy of Sindh High Court justice Maqbool Baqar. Five of the nine people killed in the blast were police officers, reflecting the apparent focus of the attack on the judge's security detail rather than bystanders alone.

The attack fits within a pattern of violence against judicial and law enforcement figures in Karachi during this period, and is noted alongside a separate March 2013 Karachi bombing as part of a broader series of terrorist incidents recorded in Pakistan in 2013.

In the weeks following the bombing, Pakistani police announced developments in the investigation. On 17 July 2013, Deputy Inspector General (DIG) South Dr Ameer Sheikh stated that police had arrested a man identified as Bashir Leghari, described as a suspect believed to have masterminded the attack on the judge's convoy. Two accomplices were reportedly arrested alongside him. The arrests were carried out in an operation in Karachi's Surjani Town.

The available summary source does not provide further detail on subsequent legal proceedings, trial outcomes, or any formal charges brought against Bashir Leghari or his alleged accomplices beyond the initial announcement of their arrest.