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January 1
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The report compiled by the Pakistan
Institute for Conflict and Security Studies (PICSS) shows that
terrorists carried out 23 suicide attacks in different parts of
the country in 2017, whereas 2016 and 2015 had witnessed 17 and
18 such incidents, respectively.
1,387 people, including 585 civilians,
555 militants and 247 SFs personnel, were killed and 1,965 people,
including 1,580 civilians, were injured in militancy-related incidents,
including militant attacks and SFs actions. Militants carried
out at least 420 attacks in which 912 people, including 584 civilians,
225 SFs personnel and 103 militants, were killed and 1,877 injured.
SFs conducted 522 operations in which left 475 people, including
452 militants and 22 SFs personnel, dead and 88 people injured.
SFs also arrested 1,760 suspected militants during 2017.
The year 2017 saw the highest
number of militant attacks in Balochistan where 183 militant attacks
took place in which 308 people, including 208 civilians and 84
SFs personnel, were killed and 572 people suffered injuries. The
province remained target of a variety of militant groups, including
sub-nationalist militants, sectarian and international militant
groups. Overall 43pc of the total militant attacks in the country
were recorded in Balochistan and 10 out of 23 suicide attacks
(43pc) took place in the province. SFs conducted 134 operations
against militants in Balochistan in which 112 militants were killed
and 657 arrested.
102 militant attacks were recorded
in FATA in which 339 people, including 206 civilians, 65 SFs and
68 militants, were killed and 858 people, including 629 civilians,
suffered injuries. As many as 58 security operations were reported
from FATA in which 84 militants and five SFs were killed. SFs
also arrested at least 79 suspects from FATA.
SFs conducted at least four actions
in Azad Kashmir in which 12 suspected militants were arrested.
Fourteen suspected militants were arrested from Gilgit-Baltistan
region in two Sfs actions while four suspects were arrested in
three actions in Islamabad.
KP witnessed significant improvement
in security situation as all indicators saw negative trends. There
was 40pc decline in the number of militant attacks and 47pc decline
in the number of deaths in the province. A total of 75 militant
attacks were recorded in KP in which 92 people, including 43 civilians,
34 SFs personnel and 15 militants, were killed while 175 people,
including 136 civilians, were injured. KP saw the second highest
number of suicide attacks during the year as at least six suicide
attacks were reported from the province. In 2016, five suicide
attacks took place in the province. SFs conducted at least 103
actions against militants in which 543 suspects were arrested
and 41 killed during 2017.
Sindh saw a 40pc decrease in
militant attacks, but with 84pc increase in the number of deaths
during 2017. Militants carried out 40 attacks in the province
killing 112 people, including 92 civilians and 17 SFs personnel.
Another 303 people were injured in these attacks. The province
saw one suicide attack during 2017. SFs conducted at least 98
actions against militants in which 110 suspects were killed and
153 arrested.
Punjab witnessed seven per cent
increase in militant attacks, but there was 37pc decline in deaths.
During the year, 15 militant attacks took place in the province
in which 59 people, including 34 civilians and 24 SFs personnel,
were killed and 208 people, all of them civilians, suffered injuries.
The province also witnessed three suicide bombings one more than
2016. SFs conducted 119 operations against militants in the province
in which 105 militants were killed and 298 arrested.
Two militant attacks were reported
from Azad Jammu and Kashmir in which one civilian died and five
were injured. Three violent militant activities of low intensity
were reported from Islamabad in which one person lost his life.
No violent militant activity was reported from Gilgit-Baltistan
region.
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