Intelligence agencies have shelved investigations into 10 suicide bombing after failing to identify the suicide bombers, Daily Times has learnt. At least 161 people have been killed in 27 suicide bombings in different parts of the country since 2002.The sources said that 10 cases were lying closed, as investigators could not make any headway. They said the National Database and Registration Authority (NADRA) also could not provide any detail of the fingerprints and facial descriptions of the suicide bombers to the intelligence agencies, as none of the 10 bombers had had national identity cards, which carry the fingerprints and other details of the holders.
Investigators believe that identification of the bombers is the only way to reach the masterminds of such incidents. The 10 cases in which the identity of the suicide bombers could not be identified are: Zanibia Mosque, Sialkot, suicide bombing on October 1, 2004; Bari Imam Shrine suicide bombing on May 27, 2005; suicide attack on a military convoy in Tank on February 13, 2007; attack on a police picket in Dera Ismail Khan on January 29, 2007; attack in Peshawar on January 27, 2007; attack on Marriott Hotel, Islamabad, on January 26, 2007; attack on military personnel in Kharian Cantonment on March 29, 2007; attack on military scouts in Dargai on November 8, 2006; Hangu suicide attack on February 9, 2006; and suicide bombing in front of police headquarters in Quetta on November 14, 2006.