Summary of this article

Summary Points:

CRSS reports 3,187 deaths in 2025, with Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Balochistan accounting for over 96% of fatalities and 92% of all violent incidents.

Security operations killed 1,795 militants, but in Balochistan terrorist attacks still caused more civilian and security-force deaths than militants eliminated.

Pakistan continues to grapple with escalating terrorism, with violence-related incidents rising by 25 per cent in 2025 compared to the previous year, according to a think tank report released in Islamabad. Khyber Pakhtunkhwa remained the most affected province.

Data from the Islamabad-based Centre for Research and Security Studies (CRSS) shows that Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Balochistan together accounted for more than 96 per cent of the 3,187 fat

See Full Page