Islamabad
Pakistan has witnessed a 24 per cent rise in the number of militant attacks in the month of April as compared to March 2022 with most of the attacks taking place in Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) followed by main Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) and Balochistan.
As per the latest statistics released by the Pakistan Institute for Conflict and Security Studies (PICSS), only in the month of April, a total of 34 militant attacks were carried out in which 55 people were killed. In addition, a total of 25 people were injured including 11 security personnel and 14 civilians.
In the month of March, the militants carried out 26 attacks across the country in which 115 people were killed and 288 injured, reported Dawn.
The data released by the Pakistan institute recorded 16 militant attacks in April in FATA in which 31 people were killed, including 21 security personnel, seven militants and three civilians, while 10 people were injured including six security personnel and four civilians.
In Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) province in the same month, militants carried out 10 attacks in which 17 people were killed, including 12 security personnel and five civilians, while six people were injured, of which three were civilians and three security personnel.
