Annual Security Report

Geographical Focus: Pakistan 

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Project Summary

The Center for Research and Security Studies (CRSS) launched Annual Security Report (AST) in March 2012 to map the conflict ridden territories, perpetrators of crime and violence, and types of violence committed both qualitatively and quantitatively throughout Pakistan, on a monthly basis. The data accompanied with a detailed report pinpoints reasons for the violence such as suicide bombings, cases of blasphemy, sectarian and ethnic killings, desecration of places of worship, target killings etc., which are important to understand the nature and emerging conflict trends across Pakistan. The report is compiled with the help of field reports by CRSS radio reporters/researchers, and 10 major newspapers. CRSS believes that this report is important for Pakistani and foreign policy-makers, diplomats and researchers, a resource that chronicles conflict-related developments across Pakistan, and is helpful in monitoring trends of violence and conflict. In 2011, CRSS also undertook monitoring of violence in Balochistan, titled “Balochistan Security Monitor”. The AST reports are shared on the website and with the media. There is also a good demand of the report from international and national researchers. The AST report was published on the CRSS website on a monthly basis from March 2012 to December 2014, but the format has been changed to a quarterly basis from January 2015.