Islamuddin Sajid
31 December 2024•Update: 01 January 2025
- 1,612 cumulative losses of civilians and security personnel, according to report by Center for Research and Security Studies
- Think tank says security forces killed 934 suspected militants, nearly 7 lives lost daily
- Northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province recorded most number of fatalities
ISLAMABAD
With at least 685 fatalities and 444 terror attacks suffered, the outgoing year turned out to be one of the deadliest for Pakistani security forces in the past nine years, the Center for Research and Security Studies said in its report on Tuesday.
As many as 1,612 civilians and security personnel were killed, accounting for over 63% of the total casualties recorded this year. Security forces killed 934 suspected militants.
On average, nearly seven lives were lost daily.
The violence took the heaviest toll on the northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, followed by southwestern Balochistan province, accounting for 94% of all fatalities and 89% of all incidents across the country.
Compared to 2023, this year witnessed over 66% surge in violence as the previous year recorded 1,533 killings and 1,462 injuries in 784 attacks.
Terror attacks surged in the country by 38% in 2021, 15% in 2022, 56% in 2023 and 66% in 2024.
This figure exceeds the 2015 level when it suffered 298 attacks and 415 fatalities, and is highest since 2014.
November was the deadliest month across all metrics, with 125 attacks, 450 fatalities and 625 personnel getting wounded.
Last week, Lt. Gen. Ahmed Sharif Chaudhry, spokesperson of Pakistan Army, said it lost 383 security personnel and officers in military operations this year.
