The 12 months 2025 was discovered to be “deadliest” for terrorists in Pakistan, with 2,115 terrorist fatalities, whereas 664 safety personnel and 580 civilians had been slain, in accordance with a report launched by Pakistan Institute for Battle and Safety Research (PICSS).
PICSS stated that Pakistan noticed a “marked escalation” in 2025, with violence intensifying in each “tempo and lethality”, pushing a number of safety indicators to their highest ranges in years.
As per the report, the 12 months 2025 has not solely delivered a steep rise in total combat-related deaths, but in addition grew to become the deadliest 12 months for terrorists since 2015, essentially the most deadly for safety forces since 2011, and the worst for civilian casualties in a decade.
“Militant assaults climbed to their highest annual whole since 2014, and using suicide bombings and small drones confirmed a transparent upward pattern,” stated the report.
In line with statistics launched by PICSS, combat-related deaths in 2025 rose by 73 p.c to three,387, in comparison with 1,950 in 2024. Fatalities included 2,115 terrorists, 664 safety forces personnel, 580 civilians and 28 members of pro-government peace committees (combatants).
The report added that terrorists accounted for about 62pc of whole combat-related deaths, and their 2,115 fatalities represented the best annual terrorist loss of life toll since 2015, when 2,322 militants had been killed. In comparison with 2024, terrorist deaths elevated by 122pc, as 951 militants had been killed in 2024.
PICSS additionally recorded 664 fatalities amongst safety personnel in 2025, a 26pc rise from 528 in 2024 and the best annual determine since 2011, when 677 personnel misplaced their lives.
Civilian deaths additionally elevated by 24pc to 580 in 2025, in comparison with 468 in 2024, marking the best annual civilian toll since 2015, when 642 civilians had been killed.
Accidents additionally rose sharply, with the assume tank recording that 2,263 had been injured in 2025, together with 1,025 safety forces personnel, 982 civilians, 228 terrorists and 28 members of pro-government peace committees.
“This represents a 53pc improve over 2024 and was the best annual variety of accidents since 2014, when 3,829 individuals had been injured,” stated PICSS.
In contrast with 2024, PICSS stated that accidents amongst safety forces elevated by 62pc (1,025 in comparison with 631), civilian accidents rose by 40pc (982 in comparison with 701), and terrorist accidents elevated by 61pc (228 in comparison with 142).
The Islamabad-based assume tank additionally reported an 83pc rise in arrests of suspected terrorists, with 497 suspects held in 2025 in comparison with 272 in 2024. In line with the report, the 2025 determine was the best annual whole since 2017, when 1,781 terrorists had been both arrested or laid down their weapons.
The report additional indicated that kidnappings rose much more sharply in 2025, with terrorists abducting 215 individuals in comparison with 82 in 2024; a rise of 162pc. PICSS stated the 2025 kidnapping determine was the best in a single 12 months since 2012, primarily based on its militancy database.
On the operational entrance, PICSS recorded at the very least 1,063 terrorist assaults in 2025, a 17pc improve in contrast with 908 in 2024 and the best annual whole since 2014, when 1,609 terrorist assaults had been recorded.
It additional reported that the suicide assaults elevated by 53pc, with 26 such incidents reported in 2025 in contrast with 17 in 2024.
PICSS famous an increasing pattern in using small drones, together with quadcopters, with 33 such incidents recorded throughout 2025, alongside elevated use of unmanned aerial autos by safety forces.
The report acknowledged that essentially the most violence remained concentrated in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, together with the tribal districts, and Balochistan.
Bannu Deputy Inspector Common (DIG) Sajjad Khan stated on Wednesday that 27 cops had been martyred in 134 terrorist assaults focusing on personnel within the district in 2025.
He stated the info confirmed that in 2025, a complete of 134 terrorist assaults focused police stations, police posts, checkpoints, police mobiles and police events. In these assaults, 27 police personnel had been martyred, whereas 79 sustained accidents. In retaliatory motion by police, 53 terrorists had been killed, and 163 had been injured, he stated.
The DIG stated that Bannu police carried out 168 intelligence-based operations throughout the district, ensuing within the arrest of 105 terrorists and the elimination of 65 terrorists. Total, profitable motion was taken towards 170 terrorists, he stated.
Earlier this 12 months, Pakistan ranked Second within the World Terrorism Index 2025, with the variety of deaths in terrorist assaults rising by 45 p.c as in comparison with the earlier 12 months. The Global Terrorism Index 2025printed by the Institute for Economics and Peace (IEP), gives a complete abstract of the important thing developments and patterns in terrorism over the past 17 years.
Pakistan’s bilateral relations with Afghanistan have come below pressure in latest instances because the banned Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) stays the principle level of rivalry between the 2 international locations.
Pakistan has demanded that the rulers in Kabul take motion to cease cross-border terrorism and cease offering sanctuary to the TTP, however the Afghan Taliban deny Islamabad’s allegations of terrorists being allowed to make use of Afghan soil to hold out assaults in Pakistan.
