[easy_chart chart_id=’4959′] Current wave of suicide attacks in Pakistan started after 9/11. First suicide attack was carried out in 2002. From 2002 to July 2007 only 37 Suicide attacks were recorded but next five months of 2007 witnessed 48 Number of attacks as Lal Masjid Operation in Islamabad was a watershed moment in the history…

[easy_chart chart_id=’5037′] Selection of this type of attacks by the militants has its own dynamics since physical assaults are considered to be riskier and has the higher probability to be detected by the security forces en-route to the place of attack, retaliation by security forces during the attack, and chase by security forces after the…

[easy_chart chart_id=’4974′] Apart from suicide attacks, grenade attacks, target killings the militants also use Grenade Attacks, Mortar and Rocket attacks. PICSS separately records these attacks because they signify certain operation aspects of militants. Statistics of different types of attacks help our researchers to analyze operational capabilities of militants. For exampleif an area witnesses more rocket…

[easy_chart chart_id=’4997′] Militants use kidnapping as guerilla tactic for several reasons. In Pakistani context the most important aspect of kidnapping has financial significance as militants use kidnapping for ransom as a tool to generate money. This was one of their biggest revenue generation drive before nationwide intelligence based operations against kidnapping networks recently in line…