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...

Violence subsided considerably across Pakistan during the current week. Meanwhile, clashes between militants and security forces in Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA), and bomb blasts across Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) continued to pile misery on the people. The data collected (throughten newspapers that CRSS uses as the source) suggests that as many as 90 persons fell prey to the 54 incidents of violence across the country during the reported week (for detailssee data sheet).These violent incidents also left 65 people injured, while number of wounded decreased considerably from last week 74 to 65 this week. Unlike the previous week, where militants bore the major burnt, civilians paid the maximum price of the ongoing spate of violence in the country, as 60 percent of the total casualties were of the civilians during the current week. Numerically, 55 civilians were killed and 55 others were wounded under different circumstances, across the country. The second highest number of casualties was of militants wherein 29 militants were killed and another four were injured, mostly as a result of military vs. militants– clashes in different areas of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) and FATA. Furthermore, like the preceding week, one CIA operated drone strikewas reported this week killing seven suspected militants in Khushali village on Mir Ali- Khaisur road, North Waziristan Agency (FATA). Militants also blew up four government schools in KP and FATA regions. Like the previous week, only one sectarian attack was reported during the week, wherein a Hazara minority Shia was shot dead in Kwari road area of Quetta city (Balochistan). Moreover, fatalities due to the ferocious wave of target killings swelled by 15 percent, during the current week. Overall 53 percent of the total violent attacks wereof target killing in nature. The trend suggests that the target killing insistently remains the weapon of choice in the hands of miscreants to inflict violence against the helpless...