The persistent wave of violence swelled significantly across Pakistan during the current week. The cross-border attacks by the Afghanistan-based militants on security check posts in the Salarzai area of Bajaur Agency and the subsequent clashes between military and militants, ongoing military operation in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) and Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) and the unrelenting wave of target killings in Karachi (Sindh)--- rocked Pakistan during the week. The data collected (throughten newspapers that CRSS uses as the source) suggests that as many as 247 persons perished as a result of 69 incidents of violence across the country during the reported week (for detailssee data sheet).These violent incidents also left 115 people injured across the country. During the current week, militants bore the major brunt of violence---, wherein 56 percent of the total casualties were of the militants. Numerically speaking 139 militants were dead as a result of violent clashes across Pakistan. The second highest number of deaths was ofcivilians, wherein 78 civilians got killed and 66 others wounded under different circumstances. Furthermore, three CIA operated drone strikeswere recorded during the course of the week, killing 18 suspected militants and injuring another 17 in different areas of Shawal valley, North Waziristan Agency (FATA). Militants also blew up an under construction government girls– school in Swabi district (KP). Moreover sectarian violence continued unabated across the country as three sectarian attacks left five Shia men dead and another two injured in Quetta (Balochistan) and Karachi (Sindh). Moreover, deaths due to the deadly wave of target killings dropped by 16 percent, (22 percent against last week 38 percent) during the current week. Overall, 67 percent of the total violent attacks wereoftarget killingin nature.The trend also underlines that the target killing adamantly remains the weapon of choice in the hands of miscreants to inflict...

The raging wave of violence further surged across Pakistan during the current week. Meanwhile, the spree of target killings in Karachi (Sindh), clashes between military and militants in Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) and series of deadly attacks against members of the Shia sect, continued to make Pakistan toil and bleed during the week. The data collected (throughten newspapers that CRSS uses as the source) suggests that as many as 121 persons decimated as a result of 38 incidents of violence across the country during the reported week (for detailssee data sheet).These violent incidents also left 83 people injured. During the current week, civilians were the prime target of violent actors, as 60 civilians were shot dead and another 58 injured across Pakistan. The second highest number of fatalities were ofmilitants, where as many as52 militants got killed and 22 others were wounded under different circumstances. Furthermore, against the backdrop of fragile lull in drone strikes during the past two weeks; a considerable spike inCIA operated drone strikeswas recorded during the course of the week, as four CIA operated drone strikes left 29 suspected militants dead and another 13 injured in different areas of North Waziristan Agency (FATA) this week. No significant sabotage attack was reported in any part of the country; however militants blew up a government boys– high school in Shabqadar tehsil of Charsadda district (KP). Casualties due to the recurrent wave of sectarian violence rose sharply during the week, as three sectarian attacks left 27 Shia men dead in Babusar top (KP), Quetta (Balochistan) and Karachi (Sindh). Moreover, deaths due to the relentless wave of target killings also increased by 15 percent, (38 percent against last week 23 percent) during the current week. Overall, 55 percent of the total violent attacks wereoftarget killingin nature.The trend also underlines that the target killing remains the preferred weapon in the hands of...

The overall level of violence escalated substantially across Pakistan during the week. Meanwhile, the spree of target killings in Karachi (Sindh), military-militants– clashes in Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) and series of bomb blasts rocked Pakistan during the week. The data collected (throughten newspapers that CRSS uses as the source) suggests that as many as 115 persons fell prey to 50 incidents of violence across the country during the reported week (for detailssee data sheet).These violent incidents also left 116 people injured across the country. Contrary to the preceding two weeks, wherein civilians endured the maximum loss, militants bore the major brunt of the ongoing violence across the country. Sixty militants got killed and another fourteen injured under different circumstances. The second highest number of casualties were ofcivilians, wherein, as many as,44 civilians were killed and 51 others got wounded. Furthermore, like the previous week noCIA operated drone strikewas reported in any part of the country. Moreover, sabotage attacks by the miscreants once again picked up during the reporting week as two power pylons and a portion of railway track was blown up by the miscreants in KP and Balochistan provinces respectively. Militants also blew up a government primary school in Mardan district (KP). Unlike the preceding week, three sectarian attacks were witnessed during this week, wherein three activists of Sunni Tehrik (ST) and a Shia man were killed in different areas of Karachi (Sindh). Moreover, casualties due to the relentless wave of target killings were down by five percent. Overall, 44 percent of the total violent attacks wereoftarget killingin nature.The trend also suggests that the target killing remains responsible for the most number of deaths in the ongoing violent conflicts around the country (seethe pie chart below). Furthermore, data shows that of the total 22 incidents of target killings, a staggering 63 percent took place...

The overall level of violence and the consequent fatalities subsided significantly across Pakistan during the current week. However, the largest metropolis and the busiest harbor city of the country, Karachi, continued to seethe under the ethno-political violence perpetrated by the warring factions ´ wherein 22 people were butchered during the course of current week. The data collected (throughten newspapers that CRSS uses as the source) suggests that as many as 64 persons fell prey to the 34 incidents of violence across the country during the reported week (for detailssee data sheet).These violent incidents also left 62 people injured across the country. During the week under review civilians were again the prime target of the ongoing violence across the country, as 60 percent of the total fatalities were of the civilians this week i.e. as many as 39 civilians were killed and 35 others wounded under different circumstances. Militants– causalities, mostly due to the clashes between military and militants in different areas of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) and Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA), were the second major cause of deaths, wherein 15 militants were killed and another five got injured. Furthermore, unlike the preceding two weeks (last one of July and first one of August), when two US operated drone strikes killed 21 suspected militants in different areas of North Waziristan Agency (FATA), no CIA operated drone strikewas reported this week. Moreover a fragile calm was observed in the terrorist incidents, usually targeting state infrastructure or security targets. No significant sabotage activity was reported in any part of the country during the course of the week. Contrary to the month of July, which saw scores of people becoming victims of sectarian target killings, no sectarian attack was witnessed across the country during this week. Moreover, casualties off target killings were down by seven percent, during the current week. Overall 50 percent of...