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2018 – Violence in Pakistan
Upending the trend from the last several years, Balochistan, not Sindh, emerged as the most troubled province in terms of casualties from violence. Balochistan is followed by KP, Sindh, FATA, and Punjab (table 01).
2013-2018 – Violence in Pakistan
The combined human loss of life between 2013 and 2018, due to violence and counter-violence operations, is 23,754 persons. Of these 56.53% are a result of terror attacks and 37.79% of law enforcement operations. The incidents of robberies, drone attacks, and other minor crimes left 1,350 people dead, accounting for 5.68% (table 02).
Terror attacks include suicide bombings, armed attacks, target killings, and planted explosions. Between 2013 and 2018, 13,428 people lost their lives, while 14,793 suffered injuries. The highest number of fatalities from these attacks were recorded in the province of Sindh, followed by Balochistan, FATA, KP, Punjab, Islamabad, AJK and GB (table 03).
The highest number of terror fatalities were from target killings (6,479) followed by suicide attacks (2,148), other acts of terrorism (1,946), and armed attacks (1,895) (table 04).
The percentage drop in violence-related fatalities took a dive in 2014, and has been steadily declining since. The highest reduction in violence was observed in Sindh (97%), followed by KP (86%), FATA (82%), Balochistan (60%), Punjab (36%), while Islamabad-AJK-GB combined have 79% drop (table 05).
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