As compared to the past weeks, violence subsided considerably during the current week. The data collected through different sources suggests that 101 people lost their lives in 56 incidents of violence across the country. Once again, insurgency infested Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) and tribal regions of Pakistan witnessed majority of violent incidents (for details see data sheet). The violent clashes also left 70 people injured. Number of injured increased from last week 56 to 70 this week. For the third weekin a row, the civilians endured the major brunt of violence. As data depicts that 67 percent of the total perished, were the civilians: 68 civilians lost their lives and 54 others were injured in the ongoing armed conflicts of various natures across the country. The militants ranked second on the causality ladder, 30 militants were killed and 14 others injured, mostly as a result of the ongoing military vs. militants– clashes in different areas of KP and FATA. Furthermore like the preceding week, no CIA operated drone strike was reported during the current week in any part of the country. Meanwhile militants continued their sabotage campaign to demolish state infrastructure and blew up three schools in different areas of KP and FATA. Moreover, a keen look into the territory of bloodshed suggests that sectarian violence is picking up in the country, especially in Quetta (Balochistan) and Karachi (Sindh). Sectarian attacks are directed against the minority Shia people, particularly belonging to Hazara community residing in Quetta. Seven sectarian attacks, six in Quetta and one in Karachi, killing 14 (12 from Hazara community) and injured two others were reported during the current week. Like the previous four weeks, once again target killings left majority of the people dead during the current week. As 82 percent (4/5) of the total civilian causalities were the result of the ongoing spree of target killing in Karachi, Quetta and tribal regions. Data shows that 40...

In the current week, the violence subsided as compared to the previous week. The spree of target killing continued unabated in the largest metropolis of Pakistan, Karachi during the week: where the killing of a member of ethnic political party (Muthida Qaumi Movement, MQM) unleashed an awful cycle of violence in the city in the last week of March. During the week, 43 people were killed in Karachi as a result of 28 incidents of violence. The data collected through different sources suggests that 107 people lost their lives in 51 incidents of violence across the country, and once again it was the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) and tribal regions, Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) which witnessed majority of violence during the course of the week (for details see data sheet). The violent clashes also left 56 people injured across the country. Number of injured fell remarkably from last week 107 to 56 this week. Unlike previous week five sectarian attacks, which killed 23 injured 54 others, the current week witnessed one sectarian attack in Balochistan in which six people belonging to Shia community of Hazara were killed. Just like the previous week, it was the civilians again who bore the brunt of the ongoing violent conflicts of various types, as 67 civilians perished and 29 others were wounded in different violent incidents. Militants suffered the second highest number of causalities with 23 killed and eighteen others injured, mostly as a result of military-militants– collisions in different areas of KP and FATA region. Furthermore, like the previous two weeks of March, the current week marked no CIA operated drone strike in any part of FATA. The sabotage attacks by the militants however continued this week as well, as two more government schools were blown up in KP province and FATA. Target killings remained the major weapon of miscreants to inflict maximum human cost for the consecutive sixth week, as once again 82 percent of the total civilian causalities were...

There was upsurge in violence during the current week, as compared to the past week. The salient feature was a spree of sectarian attacks in the largest metropolis of Pakistan, Karachi, Gilgit-Baltistan and Balochistan. The data collected through different sources suggest that 158 people lost their lives in 42 incidents of violence across the country, and once again it was the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) and tribal regions, which witnessed majority of violence during the course of the week (for details see data sheet). The violent clashes also left 107 people injured across the country. While, five sectarian attacks this week, resulted in the killing of 23 persons dead and 54 injured. Unlike the previous four weeks, it was the civilians who endured the worst ofthe ongoing spate of violence in the country, in this reporting week, 77 civilians were killed and 83 were left injured in various incidents of violence across the country. The second highest number of casualties was of militants as 76 militants were killed and seven others were injured in different clashes during the course of week. Meanwhile, a CIA operated drone strike in South Waziristan Agency (FATA) killed four suspected militants. Furthermore, the sabotage campaign by the militants continued unabated this week as well, as a gas pipeline, an electricity tower and two more government schools were blown up in Balochistan and KP provinces. Target killings proved to be the most lethal weapon to project violence, as 76 percent of the total civilian causalities occurred due to target killings across the country. Figures in the above chart depict that almost two fifth (2/5) of the total killings were recorded in the financial and commercial hub of Pakistan, Karachi. The persistent clashes between militants and security forces, especially in KP and FATA region were responsible for almost one half of the total deaths, as 77 persons, mostly the militants, were killed and 18 were wounded in different military vs....