The wave of violence surged significantly across Pakistan during the current week. Meanwhile, the spate of ethno-political violence in the largest metropolis, Karachi, also continued unabated during the week, wherein 27 persons perished and another three got injured. Also, the wave of bomb blasts across the country, spree of target killings and the recovery of mutilated dead bodies continued to mount the death toll. The data collected through10 newspapers, that CRSS uses as the source, indicates that as many as 84 persons lost their lives as a result of 44 violent incidents across the country during the reported week (for detailssee data sheet).The violent incidents also left 159 people injured. Like the preceding week, yet again, the civilians turned out to be the major victim of the persistent wave of violence across Pakistan during the current week, as civilians accounted for73 percent of the total death toll across Pakistan. Numerically speaking, 61 civilians lost their lives and 143 others were wounded in violent clashes of various kinds across the country. The second highest number of fatalities was ofmilitants, wherein 14 militants got killed under different circumstances. Furthermore, unlike the preceding week, no CIA operated drone strikes was recorded in any part of the country this week. In continuation of their campaign to demolish state infrastructure, militants blew up a telephone exchange and a mobile tower in Lachi town area of Kohat district (KP) and a government school in Behram Killay area of Nowshera district (KP). Meanwhile, one sectarian attackleft a person, belonging to Sunni sect, dead in Karachi city (Sindh) this week. Moreover, the loss of lives due to target killings dropped by 14 percent, (39 percent of the total dead against last week 53 percent) during the current week. Overall, 66 percent of the total violent attacks wereoftarget killingin nature(seethe pie chart below). Furthermore, data underlines that of the total 29 incidents of...

The wave of violence subsided considerably across Pakistan during the current week. The spate of ethno-political violence in the largest metropolis, Karachi, also continued unabated during the week, wherein 26 persons (twenty five were in the last week) were perished and another nine got injured. Also, the wave of bomb blasts across the country, spree of target killings and the recovery of mutilated dead bodies continued to pile up the death toll. The data collected through10 newspapers, that CRSS uses as the source, indicates that as many as 57 persons lost their lives as a result of 44 violent incidents across the country during the reported week (for detailssee data sheet).The violent incidents also left 42 people injured. During the week under review, civilians again endured the maximum loss as they accounted for63 percent of the total death toll across Pakistan. Numerically speaking, 36 civilians lost their lives and 41 others were wounded in violent clashes of various kinds across the country. The second highest number of fatalities was ofmilitants, wherein 11 militants got killed in violent clashes. Furthermore, like the preceding week, two CIA operated drone strikes were recorded this week, killing eight militants in Mubarikshi and Tappi villages of North Waziristan Agency (FATA). Militants also blew up a veterinary hospital, a mobile telephone tower and three government schools in Mohmand and Khyber Agencies (FATA). Meanwhile, four sectarian attacksleft seven persons, all belonging to Shia minority community, dead in different areas of Karachi (Sindh), Quetta and Zhob (Balochistan). Moreover, the loss of lives due to target killings further surged by 13 percent, (53 percent of the total dead against last week 40 percent) during the current week. Overall, 61 percent of the total violent attacks wereoftarget killingin nature(seethe pie chart below). Furthermore, the data underlines that of the total 27 incidents of target killings; a staggering 70 percent...

The wave of violence surged significantly across Pakistan during the current week. The spate of ethno-political violence in the largest metropolis, Karachi, also escalated sharply during the week, wherein 25 persons (compared to five last week) perished and another four got injured. Also, the wave of bomb blasts across the country, armed clashes between militants and the security forces in Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) and the recovery of mutilated dead bodies-continued to mount misery during the week. The data collected through10 newspapers, that CRSS uses as the source, indicates that as many as 78 persons lost their lives as a result of 49 violent incidents across the country during the reported week (for detailssee data sheet).The violent incidents also left 89 people injured. During the current week, civilians were the prime target of violent actors, as civilians accounted for56 percent of the total death toll across Pakistan. Numerically speaking, 44 civilians lost their lives and 36 others were wounded in violent clashes of various kinds across the country. The second highest number of casualties, was ofmilitants, wherein 26 militants got killed and another 19 injured in violent clashes. Unlike the previous eight weeks when there was no report of CIA operated drone strike; this week two drone strikes were recorded, killing seven militants and injuring another four in Sheen Warsak area of South Waziristan Agency (FATA). Militants also blew up a power pylon of main electricity transmission line in Khairabad area of Nowshera district (KP) and two government schools in Hangu district and Mohmand Agency areas of KP and FATA. Meanwhile, three sectarian attacksleft eight persons, six Shia and two Sunnis, dead and another two Shia men injured in different areas of Karachi city (Sindh). Moreover, the loss of lives due to target killings surged by 25 percent, (40 percent of the total dead against last week 15 percent) during the current week. Overall, 47...