Terror Marching; Deaths and Injuries Escalate Islamabad: 2/12/2018 Violence continues to escalate in Pakistan as militants managed to inflict more human losses. An Islamabad based independent think tank Pakistan Institute for Conflict and Security Studies (PICSS) in its monthly report revealed that November witnessed substantial increase in deaths and injuries though number of attacks…
Islamabad. Militant attacks in Pakistan significantly increased during the month of October 2018. An Islamabad based independent think tank Pakistan Institute for Conflict and Security Studies (PICSS) in its monthly report revealed that the number of militant attacks and subsequent deaths increased more than two times during last month compared with September 2018. Militants carried…
Number of militant attacks decreased in March but escalation in high profile attack resulted in higher number of casualties in the country compared to February 2016. Dramatic decline in casualties in militant attacks is observed in Balochistan after busting of RAW network at the start of the month. This was stated in monthly security…
Islamabad: February 3, 2016 A slight increase in militant attacks has been observed in January 2015 with escalation in high profile attacks, according to the monthly security assessment report by an Islamabad based think tank, Pakistan Institute for Conflict and Security Studies. According to PICSS militants managed to carry out some major attacks in January…
Press Release: Sluggish Rise Witnessed in Militant Activities in November A nose-dive in militant activities was observed in the mid-year of 2015 after NAP, it is observed that militant attacks which have reached the lowest number of the year are now hovering around almost same number. However, militants still managed to carry out some significant…
Security Forces Intensifying IBO’s, helping in reduction of anti-state violence: PICSS In KPK significant decline in anti-state violence was recorded during the month of October, 2015 highlighting success of security forces and governmental policies and measures to curb militancy. Increased number of intelligence based operations (IBO’s) and narrowing down way for militant activities by security…
Press Release: 2nd October, 2015 A freeze in diminishing trend of militant attacks has been observed by Islamabad based independent think tank Pakistan Institute for Conflict and Security Studies (PICSS). According to statistics gathered and recorded by the PICSS, the number of militant attacks has been floating around 50 attacks per month suggesting that hard…
June witnessed decrease in overall violent incidents (anti state violence by militants and counter-insurgency operations by the state) though number of deaths have gone up as compared to previous month. In 143 overall violent incidents, at least 406 people were killed while 113 others injured. The month has witnessed downward trend in civilian deaths and…
August, 2015 According to Monthly Security Assessment Report by Islamabad based independent think tank Pakistan Institute for Conflict and Security Studies (PICSS), the month of August witnessed some significant developments that have far reaching implications on security situation in the country. One of such developments was related to Balochistan where government’s multipronged strategy is paying…
An improvement in security situation in the country has been witnessed in July. Although the month witnessed almost same number of overall incidents including militant attacks and security forces operations as compared to previous month but number of deaths and injuries have gone down. Reduction in the militant activities, which was also possible due to…
