The Ministry of Interior accepted to the National Assembly that the country’s security in Law & Order Crisis enforcement and the state of affairs are worsening. The ministry stated that it has prepared the 2024 National Policy for Preventing Violent Extremism draft, which the federal cabinet will adopt shortly, in response to questions on the assembly floor. The ministry further indicated that there are continuous activities on building the fence, securing the border, watching the uninhabited paths, and changing standard operating Procedures for the CPEC and other project workers who are Chinese and also the migrants.
Anti-Terrorism Operations Year 2024
The Ministry of Interior reported that during the first quarter of 2024, security forces carried out 2208 operations based on actionable intelligence, resulting in the deaths of 89 terrorists and the capture of 328 on the same day. The Ministry of Transportation provided evidence of the periods when there were terrorist attacks against Chinese and Japanese nationals in different regions from the year 2020-2024. In the province of Sindh, there were four attacks against Chinese and Japanese nationals in which five foreigners and five locals perished. In Balochistan, two attacks against the Chinese left three people injured, whilst in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, two separate attacks claimed the lives of two security personnel and seventeen Chinese nationals.
Terrorism Statistics for 2023
In terms of the assaults30151, the Ministry of Interior put out distressing data of terrorist incidents in the whole territory of the country. Torture and injuries caused by terrorist attacks resulted in 930 killed and another 1,992 injured. In KP, 558 terror incidents resulted in 580 deaths and 1,447 injuries, including 402 deaths and 1,054 injuries among security services.
According to official records, Balochistan suffered 626 terrorist attacks in the year 2023, which resulted in a mortality of 315 and injuries of 477, out of which 148 dead and 198 injured were members of the security forces. In Sindh, out of a total of 14 deaths due to terrorism, 11 resulted from terrorist acts, while out of about 31 injuries, 26 were in the security forces, mostly from active terrorism. In 2023, terrorists carried out eight attacks in Punjab, resulting in 12 deaths and 11 injuries. Among the casualties, 11 soldiers were killed, and nine were injured.
Regional Breakdown
The Ministry further stated that this year, terror continued in the region of Gilgit-Baltistan, with three such incidents reported, resulting in nine people killed and 26 injured. However, it was noted that Islamabad remained free of terrorist incidents during the same period.
This alarming statistic underscores the existing threats to the country’s security and the need for further attention and improvements in counterterrorism. The law and order situation in the country, as admitted by the Ministry of Interior, is again one of the unfortunate facts considering Pakistan’s prevailing security situation and the touted National Policy for Preventing Violent Extremism that seeks to overcome such issues.
