The bombing of the Jamrud mosque came at a time of increased uncertainty in Pakistan following a high-profile attack on the Sri Lankan cricket team as well as more tense moments as former PM Nawaz Sharif threatened to join the lawyers ' '' Long March '' to Islamabad although he had been placed under ' house arrest at his family 's compound Raiwind , with the stated aim of reinstating the sacked Chief Justice Iftikhar Choudhary as promised , although this calls for a new " revolution " was also a direct response to , his being barred , along with his brother , from ever running for any government office again , and the consequent dismissal of the Punjab government led by his brother . There was also talk of an increased American drone bombing campaign into other areas of Pakistan
attack on the Sri Lankan cricket team
2009 attack on the Sri Lanka national cricket team
2009 Jamrud mosque bombing