28 February — 8 people were killed on Saturday by two bombs exploding 20 minutes apart in the eastern neighborhood of Karachi. A music store and a hardware shop were targeted in the attack. Earlier on Thursday and Friday, 3 bombs exploded in the Punjab province — killing 3 people on a train, 5 people in a bus and wounding 7 in a crowded market.[1]
9 March — 7 people were wounded by a bomb explosion outside a court in Sukkur.[2]
9 March — 5 people were killed and 35 wounded by a bomb explosion on Chiltan Express traveling from Lahore to Quetta. The explosion occurred while the train was crossing a bridge over a canal near Pattoki. There were reports that some people had fallen in the canal.[2][3]
10 March — On the Tuesday morning, a bomb blast occurred on Walton railway station, in a Lahore-bound train killing at least 10 and wounding more than 80 people. State authorities described the bomb as a timing device that was planted at an earlier stop. Although, no one claimed responsibility but Pakistan's government blamed the attack on its neighbor India.[4][5][6] Information Minister Mushahid Hussain told reporter that Pakistan had irrefutable evidence against R&AW's involvement. However, Indian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Pavan Varma called the claims as baseless.[7]
June 6 — 3 people were killed and 10 injured in bomb explosion in a movie theater in Lahore.[8]
^"Train bomb kills 5". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Lahore, Pakistan. March 10, 1998. p. A4 (3). Retrieved 9 August 2016.
^Munir Ahmed (March 10, 1998). "Pakistan Train Bomb Kills 10 People". www.apnewsarchive.com. Lahore, Pakistan. Associated Press. Archived from the original on September 13, 2016. Retrieved 13 September 2016.
