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January - 4 
A downward trend in the number of overall incidents of violence, which had started in 2010 and continued in the two subsequent years, could not persist in 2013 reported The News on January 5. It took a slight upward curve during the campaign for the 2013 general election and sustained until the year
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A downward trend in the number of overall incidents of violence, which had started in 2010 and continued in the two subsequent years, could not persist in 2013 reported The News on January 5. It took a slight upward curve during the campaign for the 2013 general election and sustained until the year’s end. This was revealed in the Pakistan Security Report 2013, produced and recently released by an Islamabad-based research institute Pak Institute for Peace Studies (PIPS). According to the PIPS report, militant, nationalist insurgent and violent sectarian groups carried out a total of 1,717 terrorist attacks across Pakistan in 2013, claiming the lives of 2,451 people and causing injuries to another 5,438. As compared to 2012, the number of reported terrorist attacks in Pakistan in 2013 posted a nine per cent increase while the number of people killed and injured in these attacks increased by 19 per cent and 42 per cent, respectively. The major actor of instability in the country in 2013 was the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP). Despite the killing of some of its top leaders in Drone attacks and also military operations launched by Pakistani Security Forces (SFs), the operational capabilities of the group remained intact. An alliance of numerous militant groups and commanders, TTP proved lethal in 2013 as it carried out 645 terrorist attacks in 50 Districts across the country, claiming the lives of 732 civilians and 425 SFs personnel. A rise in sectarian violence that started in 2011 continued through 2012 towards the end of 2013. While the overall incidents of sectarian violence, including sectarian-related attacks and clashes, posted a slight increase in 2013 as compared to 2012, the number of people killed and injured in these incidents significantly increased. The number of suicide attacks across the country rose by 39 per cent, with 46 suicide attacks in 2013 compared to 33 in 2012. As many as 18 (39 per cent) out of the total suicide attacks in 2013 were recorded in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, 12 in Federally Administered Tribal Area (FATA), 9 in Balochistan, 5 in Sindh and 1 each in Rawalpindi and Azad Kashmir. Of the total, 34 suicide attacks were perpetrated by the TTP and other similar militant groups, 9 were sectarian-related mainly carried out by Lashkar-e-Jhangvi (LeJ) and 1 suicide blast was carried out by nationalist insurgents. Another 2 attacks were carried out in inter-militant clashes. US Drone strikes in Pakistan’s tribal areas registered a 31 per cent decrease in 2013 compared to the previous year and fatalities in these attacks also fell by 39 per cent. Out of 31 reported Drone attacks in 2013, as many as 24 struck militants and their hideouts in North Waziristan Agency, in FATA. Five Drone strikes were reported in South Waziristan, and one each in Khyber Agency and Hangu, a settled District of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. The number of overall cross-border attacks and clashes increased in 2013, particularly along Pak-India border (including the Line of Control and the working boundary), but the casualties in these attacks decreased. Most of the cross-border attacks and clashes (68, or 66 per cent) were reported from Pakistan’s border with India; 26 and 9 attacks, respectively, were reported from Pakistan’s borders with Afghanistan and Iran. On the whole, 103 border attacks and clashes were reported from Pakistan’s borders with Afghanistan, India and Iran, which were 30 percent more than such incidents in 2012. As many as 59 Pakistani citizens, including personnel of security forces and civilians lost their lives in these incidents, 82 per cent less than the killings in such incidents in 2012. The incidents of ethno-political violence in Pakistan increased by 22 per cent, from 183 in 2012 to 224 in 2013, but the fatalities in these incidents slightly decreased from 288 in 2012 to 283 in 2013. While most incidents of ethno-political violence in 2013 were concentrated in Karachi (over 81 per cent), such incidents were reported from a total of 28 districts in all four provinces of Pakistan. It was apparently due to the May 2013 elections that the ethno-political violence in the country became more complex with increasing number of political parties becoming either part of it or being targeted in politically motivated targeted killings. Despite a decrease in fatalities in 2013 in the overall incidents of violence, the number of civilians killed in these incidents increased by 16 per cent and of civilians injured by 34 per cent. However, the number of militants killed in 2013 in overall incidents of violence declined by 28 percent. Fatalities among SFs personnel also modestly decreased, by almost two per cent.
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January - 13 
According to a report, titled, ‘Drone Wars Pakistan: Analysis,’ compiled by the think tank New America Foundation, at least 370 United States (US) drone strikes have occurred in Pakistan since 2004, reports The Express Tribune. The report also gives a breakdown of the number of casualties of the dr
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According to a report, titled, ‘Drone Wars Pakistan: Analysis,’ compiled by the think tank New America Foundation, at least 370 United States (US) drone strikes have occurred in Pakistan since 2004, reports The Express Tribune. The report also gives a breakdown of the number of casualties of the drone strikes. The year in which the most number of people who were killed in the strikes is 2010. There is a downward trend of the drone strikes since 2010. The total number of people who were killed in these strikes is between 2,080-3,428 people. Of these, 1,623-2,787 are reportedly militants and 258 – 307 civilians. The highest number of drone strikes occurred in North Waziristan Agency (267 out of the 370). The report further states that there were fewer number of drone strikes during former US President George W Bush’s term, as compared to the current administration of President Barack Obama. The number of strikes for 2013 is 26.
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January - 17 
A report by the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) stated that the year 2013 was the deadliest one for Karachi so far with as many as 3,251 fatalities, reports The Express Tribune on January 18 (today). The city has seen a sharp increase in killings in the past few years with 1,981 people ki
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A report by the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) stated that the year 2013 was the deadliest one for Karachi so far with as many as 3,251 fatalities, reports The Express Tribune on January 18 (today). The city has seen a sharp increase in killings in the past few years with 1,981 people killed in 2010, 2,382 killed in 2011 and 3,105 killed in 2012. Of the entire year, August was the bloodiest month with 334 killings or deaths. According to HRCP chairperson Zohra Yusuf, sectarian and police killings have increased in 2013 as compared to previous years. Referring to the targeted operation that started in September last year, she said the start of the operation showed some improvements in law and order but it failed to sustain.
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January - 23 
Officials used a secret counterterrorism fund to buy wedding gifts, luxury carpets and gold jewellery for relatives of Ministers and visiting dignitaries, according to documents seen by AFP, Times of India reported on January 24. The revelations cast a spotlight on high-level corruption in Pakistan
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Officials used a secret counterterrorism fund to buy wedding gifts, luxury carpets and gold jewellery for relatives of Ministers and visiting dignitaries, according to documents seen by AFP, Times of India reported on January 24. The revelations cast a spotlight on high-level corruption in Pakistan as the impoverished but nuclear-armed country battles a surge in Taliban violence. The National Crisis Management Cell (NCMC) received some 425 million rupees (USD 4.3 million) from Government coffers from 2009-2013, according to files obtained by Umar Cheema, an investigative journalist for Daily News, and seen by AFP. During that time the Federal Minister of Interior was headed by Rehman Malik, a flamboyant loyalist of former President Asif Ali Zardari's Pakistan People's Party (PPP). Many of the documents deal with payments to intelligence sources, routine maintenance of vehicles and overtime for employees. But the files also include receipts for gifts for US and British embassy officials, as well as flowers and sweets for journalists. One receipt for 70,000 rupees (USD 700) is itemized as a "Pair of wrist watches for marriage of nephew of minister for interior". The documents show that on a trip to Rome for an Interpol conference in November 2012, Malik took a necklace, wooden tables and a TouchMate tablet computer as gifts. The counter-terror fund was also used to buy three rugs as wedding gifts for the son of former Prime Minister Raja Pervez Ashraf early last year. A set of 21-carat gold jewellery worth $3,000 was bought for one unnamed individual, while another was the recipient of a USD 1,500 set. A handicrafts store in Islamabad was paid some USD 23,000 in December 2012 for carpets and crafts given to local officials and delegations from the EU, Iran and India. Among the more bizarre items paid for from the fund was the USD 800 cost of four sacrificial goats, plus butchery costs — listed as "stabbing charges" — for the festival of Eid-ul-Adha. Alms to the poor and donations of sweets, flowers, and cash to a local Sufi saint were also made from the fund in 2012, the documents show.
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January - 26 
Thousands of people have fled their homes in North Waziristan Agency of Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) fearing a military offensive against Taliban insurgents is imminent, residents and officials said on January 26, reports The News. Residents said some 1,500 families or about 13,000 peo
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Thousands of people have fled their homes in North Waziristan Agency of Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) fearing a military offensive against Taliban insurgents is imminent, residents and officials said on January 26, reports The News. Residents said some 1,500 families or about 13,000 people left their villages around the towns of Mir Ali and Miranshah, to migrate to relatively safe areas outside the tribal areas in Bannu, Dera Ismail Khan and Peshawar. The exodus began last week when Pakistan Air Force fighter jets bombarded the area following a series of militant attacks on Security Forces and civilians which killed more than 100 people in a week. “Around 1,500 families and up to 13,000 people have left several villages in North Waziristan,” Rafiullah, 25, a resident of Mosaki village in Mir Ali told by phone. “People are unable to find houses to go in Bannu, so many women, children and old men are lying out in the open. Many others have gone to Peshawar and Dera Ismail Khan Districts to find some shelter,” he said.
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January - 28 
Dawn on January 29 (today) reported that thousands of villagers have fled their homes in North Waziristan Agency, fearing a major military operation by armed forces after they said dozens of people had been killed in air strikes targeting Taliban militants on January 21, 2014. Fearing another offen
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Dawn on January 29 (today) reported that thousands of villagers have fled their homes in North Waziristan Agency, fearing a major military operation by armed forces after they said dozens of people had been killed in air strikes targeting Taliban militants on January 21, 2014. Fearing another offensive by armed forces, a wave of refugees left the region to take shelter in schools, private homes and veterinary clinics in areas of Frontier Region (FR) Bannu and Frontier Region (FR) Dera Ismail Khan on the edge of the tribal belt. A senior official in Bannu said 23,000 refugees had fled to the town. “They are moving their families in anticipation of an army operation,” said a government relief official on condition of anonymity. “There is no operation going on and we as a Government body have not been informed about it either, but the people seem to be afraid. They want to flee before there is a state of emergency,” he said.
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February - 7 
As many as 79 Police Officers and troopers were killed in the wake of the ongoing operation against criminals and terrorists in Karachi, reports The Daily Times on February 8. In September 2013, when the operation was launched, 15 Police men were killed and further 12 were killed in October, 11 each
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As many as 79 Police Officers and troopers were killed in the wake of the ongoing operation against criminals and terrorists in Karachi, reports The Daily Times on February 8. In September 2013, when the operation was launched, 15 Police men were killed and further 12 were killed in October, 11 each in November and December, 25 in January 2014 while during February until now, 5 died at the hands of the outlaws and terrorists. In a report, submitted by the Police Department to Inspector General of Police, Sindh, Shahid Nadeem Baloch, on the performance of Karachi District Police and CID, it was said that during this period 10,254 raids and 804 encounters, a total of 131 miscreants were killed while 15,671 were arrested.
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February - 12 
A report by the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) said on February 12 that at least five journalists were reported to be killed for their work in Pakistan in 2013, reports The Express Tribune. According to the report, Pakistan was ranked as the fourth most dangerous country, behind countries su
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A report by the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) said on February 12 that at least five journalists were reported to be killed for their work in Pakistan in 2013, reports The Express Tribune. According to the report, Pakistan was ranked as the fourth most dangerous country, behind countries such as Syria, Iraq and Egypt in terms of journalists killed. Earlier in 2012, seven journalists were killed for their work in Pakistan.
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February - 19 
Islamabad is under severe threat of terrorism from Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), Lashkar-e-Jhangvi (LeJ) and al Qaeda, a report of the Interior Ministry presented in the Standing Committee of National Assembly on Interior revealed on February 19, reports Daily Times. According to the report, Isl
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Islamabad is under severe threat of terrorism from Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), Lashkar-e-Jhangvi (LeJ) and al Qaeda, a report of the Interior Ministry presented in the Standing Committee of National Assembly on Interior revealed on February 19, reports Daily Times. According to the report, Islamabad is the most dangerous city as the “sleeper cell” of banned TTP, LeJ and al Qaeda are posing a grave threat to the security of the city. In Punjab, LeJ and TTP were the most dangerous groups and in Sindh, the presence of LeJ, al Qaeda militants and target killers was reported. About the security situation in Pakistan occupied Kashmir (PoK), the Interior Ministry said certain evidences have ‘proved’ that India was involved in the deteriorating law and order situation in the region. It revealed that illegal weapons and terrorists were penetrating Pakistan through its western and eastern borders.
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February - 19 
The Police on February 19 claimed to have arrested 93 suspects in 81 raids and recovered arms and narcotics from their possession, reported Daily Times. According to a Karachi Police report, a total of 93 criminals were arrested during raids and six encounters in various areas of the city. One accus
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The Police on February 19 claimed to have arrested 93 suspects in 81 raids and recovered arms and narcotics from their possession, reported Daily Times. According to a Karachi Police report, a total of 93 criminals were arrested during raids and six encounters in various areas of the city. One accused was held in a murder case, one in extortion case, three in kidnapping-for-ransom cases, four for their involvement in robberies, 15 under the Arms Ordinance, 19 under the Narcotics Act, and 34 in miscellaneous cases, said a Police spokesman.
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March - 9 
Daily Times reported that more than PKR 15 million were looted from 10 banks across the Karachi city during three months of 2014. According to a data available from police sources, four bank robberies were reported in January, three in February and three in first nine days of March. A total of 30 ba
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Daily Times reported that more than PKR 15 million were looted from 10 banks across the Karachi city during three months of 2014. According to a data available from police sources, four bank robberies were reported in January, three in February and three in first nine days of March. A total of 30 banks were looted in 2013.
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March - 10 
Daily Times on March 10 in its six months report on crime in Karachi stated that despite the claims of arresting over 17,000 criminals during six months in the ongoing targeted operations of paramilitary force, security agencies were unable to stop the proportional increase in terrorism, where some
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Daily Times on March 10 in its six months report on crime in Karachi stated that despite the claims of arresting over 17,000 criminals during six months in the ongoing targeted operations of paramilitary force, security agencies were unable to stop the proportional increase in terrorism, where some 928 people were killed during September 5, 2013 to March 4, 2014. In a recent issued crime statistics, law enforcement agencies in last couple of months conducted 1,002 raids excluding 848 encounters held, whereas, the security agencies claimed to arrest 17,743 criminals while killed 135 in encounters. Police conducted 11,002 raids in various localities of the city.
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March - 15 
The Express Tribune on March 15 (today) reports that Uighur militants hiding in Pakistan are gearing up for retribution against China to avenge the deaths of their comrades in Beijing’s crackdown on a separatist movement. In an interview to Reuters, Abdullah Mansour, leader of the rebel Turkestan Is
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The Express Tribune on March 15 (today) reports that Uighur militants hiding in Pakistan are gearing up for retribution against China to avenge the deaths of their comrades in Beijing’s crackdown on a separatist movement. In an interview to Reuters, Abdullah Mansour, leader of the rebel Turkestan Islamic Party (TIP), said it was his holy duty to fight the Chinese. “The fight against China is our Islamic responsibility and we have to fulfil it,” he said from an undisclosed location. “China is not only our enemy, but it is the enemy of all Muslims … We have plans for many attacks in China,” he said, adding. “We have a message to China that East Turkestan people and other Muslims have woken up. They cannot suppress us and Islam any more. Muslims will take revenge.” According to Afghan Taliban sources, there are reports of about 250 Uighur militants in Afghanistan’s Nuristan and Kunar Provinces. “They live here with us but are always concerned about their people and mission in China. They are nice people, good Muslims and the best fighters,” a senior Taliban ‘commander’ said. He added that Uighur militants were not fond of guns and resorted mostly to knives and daggers. “The Chinese militants in the tribal areas are mostly clerics and fighters. They have their families here and are mostly focused on Afghanistan,” said one Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) 'commander'.
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March - 18 
Dawn on March 18 (today), while quoting news sources in The Washington Post (WP), reported that with the war in Afghanistan winding down the United States (US) may dispose USD 7 billion in military equipment by handing it over to Pakistan. According to WP, the potential move could be, "part of an ef
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Dawn on March 18 (today), while quoting news sources in The Washington Post (WP), reported that with the war in Afghanistan winding down the United States (US) may dispose USD 7 billion in military equipment by handing it over to Pakistan. According to WP, the potential move could be, "part of an effort by the Pentagon to unload excess military supplies to US allies at no cost". Pentagon leaders have said it would potentially cost more than USD100, 000 per vehicle to ship MRAP vehicles back to the US. The report said that discussions on this issue have been taking place over several months between American and Pakistani officials. One motive for this potential transaction is that the US does not want to pay to ship out leftover military hardware from the conflict in neighboring Afghanistan. The WP report states that although a final decision on this issue has not been taken, Pakistan has particular interest in acquiring the US Army’s Mine-Resistant Ambush-Protected (MRAP) vehicles. The MRAP vehicles could be used by Pakistan's military in its fight against Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) militants within its tribal areas bordering Afghanistan. The WP report describes the MRAP as, "the backbone of the US military’s vehicle fleet in Afghanistan...designed to protect American troops from explosive devices".
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March - 20 
According to The New York Times, Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) Chief Lieutenant General Ahmed Shuja Pasha knew where the slain al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden was hiding, reports The Express Tribune on March 20 (today). The Newspaper states that a Pakistani official stated that United States (US
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According to The New York Times, Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) Chief Lieutenant General Ahmed Shuja Pasha knew where the slain al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden was hiding, reports The Express Tribune on March 20 (today). The Newspaper states that a Pakistani official stated that United States (US) had direct evidence about the ISI Chief knowing Bin Laden’s presence in Abbottabad at the time. “He knew of Osama’s whereabouts, yes,” the official said. According to an inside source of the paper, there was a special desk for the Bin Laden case at the ISI. The desk worked independently and was led by an officer who did not report to any higher authorities.
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March - 24 
Peshawar has topped the list with respect to cases of kidnapping for ransom in the province, The Express Tribune reports on March 25. In 2013, alone, more than 70 people were reportedly kidnapped for ransom from the city, according to Police records. After the abduction of Federal Secretary Amjad Sh
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Peshawar has topped the list with respect to cases of kidnapping for ransom in the province, The Express Tribune reports on March 25. In 2013, alone, more than 70 people were reportedly kidnapped for ransom from the city, according to Police records. After the abduction of Federal Secretary Amjad Shahid Afridi from Peshawar on March 21 it’s clear that this is the city of choice for kidnappers, said a high-ranking Police official. Out of the 70 abducted, 48 were recovered. It is not clear, however, if they were recovered by the Police or released by their captors after ransom was exchanged. Lakki Marwat stands second with 19 abduction followed by Hangu with eight cases of kidnapping for ransom. There were seven reported cases in Tank, Dera Ismail Khan and Mardan had six, while four people were kidnapped for ransom in Kohat and three in Bannu, Malakand, Nowshera, Charsadda and Karak. There were also two kidnappings in Mansehra and one each in Abbottabad and Swat. This takes the total number of kidnapping for ransom cases in the province to 140.
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March - 25 
The Pakistan Education Atlas (PEA) 2013, launched by State Minister for Education, Trainings and Standards in Higher Education Balighur Rehman on March 25, reported that for the last few years Pakistan’s adult literacy rate has stagnated at 58 per cent as almost half the country’s adult population i
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The Pakistan Education Atlas (PEA) 2013, launched by State Minister for Education, Trainings and Standards in Higher Education Balighur Rehman on March 25, reported that for the last few years Pakistan’s adult literacy rate has stagnated at 58 per cent as almost half the country’s adult population is unable to read or write, reports The Express Tribune. According to the PEA 2013, improvement in the education sector moves at a snail’s pace, with 32 per cent of children aged 5-9 years are out of school. 17 per cent of primary schools consist of a single room. According to the report, at least 91 per cent of girls make it from primary school to middle school (higher than the number of boys, at 78 per cent). During the launch, Rehman reiterated the Government’s pledge to improve education in the country. He said that even though education has been devolved to Provinces, they ‘have agreed to the Constitution of a National Curriculum Commission (NCC) to bring the education system on the same page across Pakistan’. In addition, the World Food Programme (WFP) Representative and Country Director in Pakistan Lola Castro said that the WFP had contributed to the report as it wished to ‘support and promote this important educational undertaking’ in the country.
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March - 28 
The International Monetary Fund (IMF), while reviewing Pakistan’s performance under a USD 6.7 billion bailout loan package, on March 28 said in its report that Pakistan’s key economic indicators were showing modest improvement but warned that militancy and crime could threaten growth and investment,
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The International Monetary Fund (IMF), while reviewing Pakistan’s performance under a USD 6.7 billion bailout loan package, on March 28 said in its report that Pakistan’s key economic indicators were showing modest improvement but warned that militancy and crime could threaten growth and investment, reports Daily Times. “For the fiscal year 2014-15, growth is forecast to accelerate to about 3.7 percent, and will continue to accelerate in the medium term,” the report said, adding, “Security conditions in Pakistan remain difficult with significant terrorist activity, as well as sectarian violence and urban criminal activity, which could depress investment and growth.” The report was prepared after the IMF team met Pakistan’s Finance Minister Ishaq Dar and other officials in Dubai during a meeting from February 1 to 9, 2014, to discuss the economic performance, approval and release of the USD 550 million third instalment of the loan. The meeting was held outside Pakistan because of security worries, the fund said. The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) spokesman confirmed that USD 550 million had been transferred from the IMF to bring foreign exchange reserves USD 9.1 billion. Further, The IMF confirmed its recent forecast of 3.1 percent growth this year, which was revised up from an earlier 2.8 percent. “The overall economic situation in Pakistan is gradually improving,” said Jeffrey Franks, the IMF Mission Chief for Pakistan, adding, “That 3.1 percent may still be a bit on the conservative side, so we see indicators of growth that are relatively strong considering the fiscal adjustment that has taken place.”
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March - 31 
Pakistan has released 1,801 Indian prisoners including 74 civil and 1727 fishermen during the last five years, following the successful negotiations, The News quoting Ministry of Foreign Affairs officials reported on April 1. Around 100 Indian prisoners were released in the year 2009, 474 in 2010, 1
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Pakistan has released 1,801 Indian prisoners including 74 civil and 1727 fishermen during the last five years, following the successful negotiations, The News quoting Ministry of Foreign Affairs officials reported on April 1. Around 100 Indian prisoners were released in the year 2009, 474 in 2010, 118 in 2011, 706 in 2012, and 403 in 2013. The official said on the other side India has released 725 Pakistani prisoners from 2009 to 2013 including four in 2009, 293 in 2010, 231 in 2011, 131 in 2012 and 66 in 2013.Replying to a question, he said under various agreements, 72 Pakistani prisoners (42 from Sri Lanka and 32 from Thailand) have been transferred back to Pakistan.
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March - 31 
The Government has claimed a modest increase in the boys’ and girls’ literacy rate in the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA), Dawn reports on April 1. “Literacy rate for girls stands at a modest 10.5 per cent compared to 36.66 per cent for boys despite considerable expenditure incurred by th
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The Government has claimed a modest increase in the boys’ and girls’ literacy rate in the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA), Dawn reports on April 1. “Literacy rate for girls stands at a modest 10.5 per cent compared to 36.66 per cent for boys despite considerable expenditure incurred by the FATA Secretariat to improve education statistics in the area,” said a handout while quoting an official document. Earlier, the girls’ and boys’ literacy rate was three per cent and 29.51 per cent respectively. According to the handout, Kurram Agency tops other tribal agencies in the girls’ enrolment as 21.3 per cent girls have been enrolled there followed by Khyber Agency with 16.13 per cent such enrolment. Giving agency-wise breakup of the girls’ enrolment, the handout said the FATA Education Atlas 2011-12 reported that the proportion of girls enrolled in educational institutions stood at 7.5 per cent in South Waziristan, 4.26 per cent in North Waziristan Agency, 21.03 per cent in Kurram Agency, 4.7 per cent in Bajaur Agency, 5.72 per cent in Mohmand Agency, 5.15 per cent in Orakzai Agency and 16.13 per cent in Khyber Agency. Similarly, the proportion stands at 5.88 per cent in Frontier Region (FR) Dera Ismail Khan, 1.81 per cent in FR Lakki Marwat, 2.28 per cent in FR Tank, 1.07 per cent in FR Bannu, 24.09 per cent in FR Kohat and 16.66 per cent in FR Peshawar. According to the handout, around 124,424 girls are enrolled in 1,551 primary schools, 19,614 girls in 158 middle schools, 13,837 girls in 42 high schools and 1,134 girls in five higher secondary schools in FATA. It said the recent militant activities and poor law and order situation in tribal areas had badly hampered the girls’ education in the region but the government was taking steps to provide education across FATA.
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March - 31 
The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) on March 31 expressed alarm over a number of developments, including the assault on journalist Raza Rumi and attacks on temples in Sindh, and termed the same a new wave of intolerance, reports The News. According to a press statement issued, “HRCP has g
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The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) on March 31 expressed alarm over a number of developments, including the assault on journalist Raza Rumi and attacks on temples in Sindh, and termed the same a new wave of intolerance, reports The News. According to a press statement issued, “HRCP has grave concerns over a number of recent incidents, including an attack on Raza Rumi in Lahore, a spate of assaults at Hindu temples, the most recent one being in Hyderabad, and the death sentence for Sawan Masih.” “HRCP believes that we are witnessing a new wave of intolerance and these instances stem from the same motivation. While the court’s verdict against Sawan is another matter, the assault on the Christian-dominated Joseph Colony in Lahore in March 2013 and torching of over 100 houses in Sawan’s neighbourhood following the charge of blasphemy is part of the same wave. It is a matter of concern that while Sawan has been sentenced to death a year after the incident, cases against those involved in the arson and looting are not progressing.”
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April - 3 
Non-vaccination of children in the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) could spoil the anti-polio initiative in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP), Dawn reports on April 4. The immunisation of children through Sehat Ka Insaf programme can’t protect children against poliovirus for long as far as children
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Non-vaccination of children in the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) could spoil the anti-polio initiative in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP), Dawn reports on April 4. The immunisation of children through Sehat Ka Insaf programme can’t protect children against poliovirus for long as far as children in FATA would stay without oral polio vaccine (OPV). Two new cases, one each from North Waziristan Agency and Bannu, were recorded on April 2, bringing the total number of nationwide cases to 41. This also worried the authorities in KP, who are carrying out immunisation campaigns. According to the National Institute of Health, Islamabad, Pakistan had recorded only six polio cases till this date in 2013 against 41 this year, which reflects an increase of 900 per cent. Children in KP will remain at risk of polio despite immunisation till the Government makes arrangements to administer OPV to children in North Waziristan and Khyber Agency. The rapid increase in polio cases in 2014 poses a serious challenge to the health authorities and the UN agencies engaged in immunisation campaigns. Of the country’s total tally so far this year (2014), FATA has 33 polio cases, KP six and Sindh one.
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April - 4 
A total of 5,573 acts of terror across the country have cost the lives of 8484 people, including ten foreigners, during the last four years, disclosed the Government in the National Assembly on April 4, reports Daily Times. Also among the terror victims are 185 children, the Federal Ministry of Inte
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A total of 5,573 acts of terror across the country have cost the lives of 8484 people, including ten foreigners, during the last four years, disclosed the Government in the National Assembly on April 4, reports Daily Times. Also among the terror victims are 185 children, the Federal Ministry of Interior told the Lower House of Parliament in a written reply to the queries of Pakistan People’s Party’s (PPP) Dr Nafeesa Shah. The province-wise breakup of terror acts revealed that Balochistan was most affected, leading with 3098 acts of terrorism followed by 1499 in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) and Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) with 648 incidents. In number of human loss, FATA topped the list where 3240 persons lost their lives in these terrorism acts followed by KP with 2311 human lives losses and 1985 in Balochistan. The number of persons killed in Punjab stood at 643 and in Sindh the number was 313.The most tragic figures came about the children in these terrorists attacks that came to 185 in last five years based on the data received from KP, Islamabad, Pakistan Occupied Kashmir (PoK) and Gilgit Baltistan. The Government also informed the House that 60 proscribed organizations are being kept under watch and its cadre enlisted under Schedule IV of Anti-Terrorism Act (ATA) are being strictly monitored.
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April - 5 
Pakistan ranks among the least religiously diverse countries in a religiously diverse Asian region according to the Religious Diversity Index published by the Pew Research Centre on April 5, reports The Express Tribune. The 10-point index, which ranks each country by its level of religious diversity
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Pakistan ranks among the least religiously diverse countries in a religiously diverse Asian region according to the Religious Diversity Index published by the Pew Research Centre on April 5, reports The Express Tribune. The 10-point index, which ranks each country by its level of religious diversity, is divided into four ranges, “very high”, “high”, “moderate”, and “low”. Pakistan ranked among the 136 “low diversity” countries, the largest range on the index indicating that most countries in the world are not religiously diverse. According to the data, Pakistan had the 23rd largest proportional Muslim population at 96.4%, smaller than immediate neighbours Afghanistan and Iran, but larger than Egypt, Saudi Arabia and Indonesia. Pakistan had a Religious Diversity Index score of 0.8 ranking. It featured an overwhelming Muslim population of 96.4%. Hindus constituted largest religious minority with 1.9% of the population with Christians a close second comprising 1.6% of the population. Others including, Buddhists, Jews, and those belong to ‘folk religions’ comprised at least 0.1 per cent of the population each. Of the 232 countries in the study, Singapore with a population of more than 5 million had the highest score on the Religious Diversity Index. About a third of Singapore’s population is Buddhist (34%), while 18% are Christian, 16% are religiously unaffiliated, 14% are Muslim, 5% are Hindu and less than 1% are Jewish. Interestingly, the United States (US) and the United Kingdom (UK) did not rank very high on the overall index with both countries falling in the “moderate” diversity range.
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April - 14 
A report by the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) on April 14 revealed that between January and March 2014, around 71 men have been killed in Police encounters while 44 were killed by paramilitary soldiers in provincial capital Karachi, reports The Express Tribune. According to the report,
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A report by the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) on April 14 revealed that between January and March 2014, around 71 men have been killed in Police encounters while 44 were killed by paramilitary soldiers in provincial capital Karachi, reports The Express Tribune. According to the report, the ongoing targeted operation in Karachi has led to a sharp rise in incidents of Police encounters as 115 suspects have so far been killed by Law Enforcement Agencies (LEAs) in the last three months. It is reported to be a significant rise from 2013 where around 189 suspects were killed over 12 months. In 2012, around 118 suspects were killed by Police and paramilitary soldiers. HRCP Chairperson Zohra Yusuf feared that if the Protection of Pakistan Ordinance is enforced, it will result in an increase of Police encounters and extrajudicial killings. “Initially, the LEAs did not have the permission to open fire,” she said, adding, “Now if this law comes in, they can shoot over suspicions. It will legalise such killings and the situation may get worse.”
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May - 2 
During the last 13 years, the direct and indirect cost incurred by Pakistan on the War on Terror and the losses due to terrorist attacks amounted to USD 102.51 billion, which is equivalent to PKR 8,264.4 billion, Daily Times reported on May 2. This includes a loss of USD 24.86 billion in over two ye
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During the last 13 years, the direct and indirect cost incurred by Pakistan on the War on Terror and the losses due to terrorist attacks amounted to USD 102.51 billion, which is equivalent to PKR 8,264.4 billion, Daily Times reported on May 2. This includes a loss of USD 24.86 billion in over two years, a Government document revealed. The Economic Survey 2013-14 reveals that Pakistan suffered economic loss of USD 28459.89 million from January 2011 to March 2013. The figures jointly compiled by the Ministries of Finance, Foreign Affairs and Interior, and incorporated in the survey; suggest that of the USD 102.51 billion loss, USD 23.77 billion loss was reported in 2010-11, USD 13.56 billion in 2009-10, USD 11.98 billion in 2011-12 and USD 9.97 billion in 2012-13.
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May - 15 
According to the figures released by the Karachi Police on May 15 to share their ‘performance’ from September 5, 2013 to May 5, 2014, at least 360 suspects have been killed by the Law-Enforcement Agencies (LEA) during the operation in Karachi since September 5, 2013, reports Dawn. It stated that a
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According to the figures released by the Karachi Police on May 15 to share their ‘performance’ from September 5, 2013 to May 5, 2014, at least 360 suspects have been killed by the Law-Enforcement Agencies (LEA) during the operation in Karachi since September 5, 2013, reports Dawn. It stated that at least 60 Policemen were killed in the line of duty. They were mostly targeted when they were on patrol though a few were killed in encounters with militants, bandits, gangsters and other criminals. The figures showed a total of 1,277 ‘encounters’ leading to the arrest of some 1,000 ‘heinous crime’ suspects and killing of 253 others. Suspects shot dead by paramilitary Rangers numbered 115. The suspects were wanted in ‘heinous crimes’ from murders to ‘terrorism acts’ and kidnapping-for ransom-to extortion. “The situation describes police strategy,” said the Spokesman for the Karachi Police when asked about the reasons behind an unprecedented surge in deadly encounters which left 253 suspects dead. “The current leadership of the Karachi and Sindh Police has focused more on training and capacity building of the serving Policemen, considering the challenges and ongoing targeted operation, which has resulted in better firing skills and much better reaction time of our Policemen challenging the criminals,” he said. “There is no shoot-at-sight order. The number of killings in encounters rose only because criminals face much stronger and quicker reaction from the Police party whenever they challenge it. The encounters were also held in the past but a sluggish response from the police party helped suspects to escape unhurt,” he added. While the Police ‘performance’ has brought down the number of killings on sectarian, ethnic and political grounds to a large extent, it has raised questions about the growing number of deadly encounters drawing criticism from human rights activists. Zohra Yusuf of the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) said that such a high figure of killings in ‘encounters’ acknowledged by the LEAs was highly alarming. The killings also confirmed our worst fears over the Karachi operation, she said.
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May - 25 
The Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) has been bombing Pakistan’s domestic buildings more than any other targets over the past decade of the drone war launched by the US, the Russia Today news channel reported while quoting a latest research by the Bureau of Investigative Journalism, reports Daily T
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The Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) has been bombing Pakistan’s domestic buildings more than any other targets over the past decade of the drone war launched by the US, the Russia Today news channel reported while quoting a latest research by the Bureau of Investigative Journalism, reports Daily Times. “Almost two thirds, or over 60 percent, of all US drone strikes in Pakistan targeted domestic buildings,” the channel reported with reference to the joint research conducted by the Bureau of Investigative Journalism (BIJ), a London-based non-profit news group, along with the Forensic Architecture, a research unit based at Goldsmiths University, London, and Situ Research in New York. The authors of the paper analysed thousands of media reports, witness testimonies and field investigations to obtain the data on drone strikes in the Federally Administered Tribal Areas of Pakistan. According to the study, at least 132 houses have been destroyed in more than 380 strikes over the past decade with at least 222 civilians being among the 1,500 or more people killed. “On average, 6.2 people and 0.9 reported civilians died per strike on domestic buildings,” the paper said, adding that these numbers may be conservative because the Bureau “has found the deaths of women are dramatically underreported.” The seclusion of women and children in the country which orders them to spend more time indoors make them more vulnerable to drone strikes, according to the BIJ’s ‘Naming the Dead’ project.
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June - 20 
Out of more than 400 large United States (US) military drones that have crashed in major accidents around the world since 2001, Pakistan has accounted for six of them, The News quoting a year-long The Washington Post investigation reports on June 21. More than half of those accidents occurred in Afg
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Out of more than 400 large United States (US) military drones that have crashed in major accidents around the world since 2001, Pakistan has accounted for six of them, The News quoting a year-long The Washington Post investigation reports on June 21. More than half of those accidents occurred in Afghanistan and Iraq. Almost a quarter happened in the US. That figure is almost equivalent to the number of major crashes incurred by the Air Force’s fleet of fighter jets and attack planes during the same period, even though the drones flew far fewer missions and hours, according to Air Force safety statistics. The military divided the major accidents into two categories of severity, based on the amount of damage inflicted to the aircraft or other property. (There are three other categories for more minor accidents.) According to the records, 194 drones fell into the first category - Class A accidents that destroyed the aircraft or caused, under current standards, at least USD 2 million in damage.
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July - 24 
The US embassy in Islamabad on July 24 denied reports of a prisoner swap deal with Pakistan involving Dr Aafia Siddiqui and Dr Shakil Afridi, reports Dawn. “No, the United States Government is not in discussions with the Government of Pakistan on a prisoner exchange or transfer involving Dr. Aafia S
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The US embassy in Islamabad on July 24 denied reports of a prisoner swap deal with Pakistan involving Dr Aafia Siddiqui and Dr Shakil Afridi, reports Dawn. “No, the United States Government is not in discussions with the Government of Pakistan on a prisoner exchange or transfer involving Dr. Aafia Siddiqi,” said Meghan Gregonis, a spokesman for the US embassy. Earlier this month, Pakistani media had reported that the US had offered Pakistan to sign a prisoner exchange agreement, calling for the release of Pakistani prisoner Dr Shakil Afridi in exchange for the release of Dr Aafia Siddiqui.
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September - 1 
Meanwhile, the FATA Disaster Management Authority has asked the Federal Government to give it PKR 1.5 billion to cater for internally displaced persons (IDPs) of NWA, reports Dawn. According to the relevant officials, the authority requires funds to distribute cash to IDPs and fulfil their basic nee
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Meanwhile, the FATA Disaster Management Authority has asked the Federal Government to give it PKR 1.5 billion to cater for internally displaced persons (IDPs) of NWA, reports Dawn. According to the relevant officials, the authority requires funds to distribute cash to IDPs and fulfil their basic needs during the current month. The Federal Government had announced payment of PKR 12,000 monthly assistance to every IDP family of NWA. Only the families, whose cases are okayed by the National Database and Registration Authority are getting cash assistance. Until now, the NADRA has verified 55,183 families. The FDMA had initially registered a total of 95,830 displaced families.
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September - 3 
A press release by the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) on September 3 said that 910 militants had been killed in the operation Zarb-e-Azb that was launched in North Waziristan Agency (NWA) of Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) on June 15, reports The News. ISPR stated that since the s
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A press release by the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) on September 3 said that 910 militants had been killed in the operation Zarb-e-Azb that was launched in North Waziristan Agency (NWA) of Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) on June 15, reports The News. ISPR stated that since the start of operation 82 soldiers had embraced martyrdom in the entire country in the fight against terrorism and another 269 were injured. The 82 martyred soldiers include 42 in NWA, 23 in rest of FATA other than NWA and 17 in the remaining parts of the country, including Balochistan and Karachi. The ISPR said 88 kilometers long road, Khajuri-Mir Ali-Miranshah-Dattakhel, and the Gharyom-Jhallar road had been cleared. It stated that the Security Forces (SFs) had cleared five town including Miranshah, Mir Ali, Dattakhel, Boya and Degan, which were considered the strongholds of terrorists. As many as 27 factories making improvised explosive devices (IEDs) and rocket and ammunition factories had also been destroyed, it stated. It said a huge cache of arms and ammunition, communication equipment and other logistics facilities used by terrorists had been destroyed, uprooting their ability to attack as a coherent force. It said that 2,274 Intelligence-led coordinated counter terrorism operations had been carried out throughout the country to forestall any blowback of the operation. With regard to the relief work for the internally displaced persons (IDPs), the press release said that about 19,376 tons ration had been distributed among 97,570 IDP families at six relief distribution points in Bannu, Dera Ismail Khan and Tank. The ISPR said about 113,209 patients including 32,979 females had been treated at field medical hospitals established by the Army Medical Corps at Khalifa Gul Nawaz Hospital in Bannu. It stated that about 32,226 cattle had been treated whereas 73,338 cattle and 12,9141 poultry had been vaccinated.
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September - 6 
A preliminary report on the naval dockyard attack in Karachi on September 6, 2014, revealed on September 16 that the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan's (TTP) Sindh Chapter was involved in the attack, reports Dawn. The report said that TTP's Sindh Chapter had penetrated into various departments of the Prov
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A preliminary report on the naval dockyard attack in Karachi on September 6, 2014, revealed on September 16 that the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan's (TTP) Sindh Chapter was involved in the attack, reports Dawn. The report said that TTP's Sindh Chapter had penetrated into various departments of the Provincial Government. It further stated that at least 21 suspects, including 14 servicemen, were also taken into custody. Three Government employees were arrested from Larkana District and two from Jamshoro District of Sindh. According to the probe report, the attackers intended to destroy the navy workshop and other key installations in the vicinity. It added that timely action by the Naval commandos had foiled the attempted terror attack.
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September - 8 
However, the European Union has agreed to provide five million Euros for the welfare of IDPs of NWA, reports The News. The Radio Pakistan quoted the FATA Disaster Management Authority officials that the EU will undertake a number of welfare projects for the IDPs in collaboration with the World Food
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However, the European Union has agreed to provide five million Euros for the welfare of IDPs of NWA, reports The News. The Radio Pakistan quoted the FATA Disaster Management Authority officials that the EU will undertake a number of welfare projects for the IDPs in collaboration with the World Food Programme, World Health Organisation, International Committee of the Red Cross and Pakistan Red Crescent Society. The main focus will be on providing shelter, food, drinking water and healthcare to the IDPs.
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September - 8 
Meanwhile, the Federal Government, which had promised unconditional support to people displaced by the ongoing military operation Zarb-e-Azb in NWA, has not released a single penny to enable provision of medical relief to people who have been dislodged from their homes and hearths in the wake of the
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Meanwhile, the Federal Government, which had promised unconditional support to people displaced by the ongoing military operation Zarb-e-Azb in NWA, has not released a single penny to enable provision of medical relief to people who have been dislodged from their homes and hearths in the wake of the military operation, The News reported on September 9. According to doctors who had been managing the Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (PIMS) field hospital in Bannu, the medical operation had to be wound up, leading to return of all doctors and supporting staff of the Shaheed Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto (SZAB) Medical University-PIMS on September 1 due to non-availability of funds. “Despite repeated requests for release of funds, the Federal Government turned a deaf ear to the medical needs of the IPDs, leading to discontinuation of medical cover,” a doctor told this scribe.
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September - 9 
A high-level inquiry committee on September 9 recommended severe punishment and dismissal of 58 officers and officials of the civil and Police administrations after holding them responsible for July 29 jailbreak in Dera Ismail (D.I.) Khan (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa), reports Dawn. In its nine-page report s
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A high-level inquiry committee on September 9 recommended severe punishment and dismissal of 58 officers and officials of the civil and Police administrations after holding them responsible for July 29 jailbreak in Dera Ismail (D.I.) Khan (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa), reports Dawn. In its nine-page report submitted to the administration department, the committee also recommended departmental inquiry against 97 Policemen deployed inside the jail. “The entire administrative machinery at divisional and district levels crashed just like a house of cards. No writ of the government could be seen anywhere and none came to help to save the Central Jail D.I. Khan,” said the report available with Dawn. This is the second inquiry carried out to fix responsibility on delinquent officers and officials. The first enquiry, more detailed and graphic, was conducted soon after the attack on the jail.
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September - 9 
Moreover, According to recent Police reports, Karachi Police have killed at least 477 criminals, including militants, during the 2013, Dawn reports on September 9. Since July 1, 2014, 195 criminals have been killed in 5,174 raids conducted across the Sindh province. Some 1,238 suspects have been arr
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Moreover, According to recent Police reports, Karachi Police have killed at least 477 criminals, including militants, during the 2013, Dawn reports on September 9. Since July 1, 2014, 195 criminals have been killed in 5,174 raids conducted across the Sindh province. Some 1,238 suspects have been arrested. Comparing the number of killings in August 2013 with August 2014, the figure has come down from the over 275 to around 150, which shows a considerable reduction. Similarly in July 2013, 246 were killed while in July 2014 such deaths were 48.
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September - 13 
Karachi Dockyard attackers planned to hijack Navy frigate PNS Zulfiqar in their attempt on West Wharf on September 6, Dawn reported on September 13. According to informed sources, the attack was carried out entirely by serving Navy personnel, along with Owais Jakharani, a former Navy cadet who could
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Karachi Dockyard attackers planned to hijack Navy frigate PNS Zulfiqar in their attempt on West Wharf on September 6, Dawn reported on September 13. According to informed sources, the attack was carried out entirely by serving Navy personnel, along with Owais Jakharani, a former Navy cadet who could have been given access inside without too much trouble. “It seems the intention was to hijack PNS Zulfiqar [a frigate purchased from China and inducted in July 2009],” said one of these sources. “The group of would-be hijackers, led by a senior officer, was even saluted by the guard at the bottom of the gangway, before another became suspicious of their intentions and alerted other personnel.” Naval Commandos of PNS Iqbal rushed to the scene and a gunbattle ensued. One naval officer was killed and seven others were injured. Two or three of the attackers were shot dead, one of them being Jakharani, who the Police claimed had drowned. Four attackers who had taken refuge in one of the ship’s compartments were locked in and later captured. According to another source, no fewer than 17 more individuals, all Navy personnel, including the three arrested from Quetta in Balochistan while reportedly trying to make their way to Afghanistan have been rounded up based on information extracted from those apprehended. It is believed the suspects are currently being interrogated at one of the military’s interrogation centres.
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September - 15 
Inspector General (IG) Frontier Corps (FC, Balochistan), Major General Ejaz Shahid on September 15 urged for cooperation among the Law Enforcement Agency’s (LEA) to be improved in order to achieve ‘durable’ peace in Balochistan, reports The Express Tribune. Shahid said that every institution needs t
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Inspector General (IG) Frontier Corps (FC, Balochistan), Major General Ejaz Shahid on September 15 urged for cooperation among the Law Enforcement Agency’s (LEA) to be improved in order to achieve ‘durable’ peace in Balochistan, reports The Express Tribune. Shahid said that every institution needs to play its role adequately. “FC will always be there to help the civil administration in any part of the province,” he added. According to the report, he was reviewing the law and order situation and possible spill over of terrorists to Zhob District of Balochistan in the wake of Operation Zarb-e-Azb in North Waziristan Agency (NWA) of Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA).
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September - 18 
Separately, militants have assassinated about 20 members of various peace committees in Swat District in 2014, The Statesman reported on September 18. Militants also killed five Policemen and 15 civilians whom they targeted. Sher Shah Khan, president of the Awami National Party's Swat chapter and a
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Separately, militants have assassinated about 20 members of various peace committees in Swat District in 2014, The Statesman reported on September 18. Militants also killed five Policemen and 15 civilians whom they targeted. Sher Shah Khan, president of the Awami National Party's Swat chapter and a former member of the Parliamentary Assembly, condemned the slayings. The assassination of the peace committee members will have grave repercussions on the law-and-order situation in Swat, which is returning to normality after years of chaos resulting from Taliban misrule, he said.
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September - 19 
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) authorities will soon shift militants from various prisons from around the province to a new high-security prison in Mardan town (Mardan District), Central Asia Online reports on September 19. "Final touches are being made, after which prisoners will be shifted to its cells,"
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Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) authorities will soon shift militants from various prisons from around the province to a new high-security prison in Mardan town (Mardan District), Central Asia Online reports on September 19. "Final touches are being made, after which prisoners will be shifted to its cells," KP Home and Tribal Affairs Secretary Akhtar Ali Shah said. Authorities are withholding specific dates for the completion of the prison's construction and the transfer of prisoners for security reasons, but the completion and transfers are expected to take place this month, Shah said. The KP Government started construction on the high-level facility after two major jailbreaks in Bannu and Dera Ismail Khan Districts. The PKR 1.78 billion (USD 17.3 million) prison features a three-layered wall and more support for guards in the form of closed-circuit TV cameras, alarms, watch towers and isolation rooms. As an added security measure, the outer wall surrounding the facility is made of bomb-proof material. Workers also built an 18-foot-wide road to facilitate round-the-clock patrols. And the prison will have a solar power system to prevent any blackouts. It'll be able to hold 3,000 inmates, most in a barracks, though the prison has 127 cells set aside for high-profile prisoners. The KP Government has introduced a number of other initiatives to improve the security at prisons. Last year it announced plans to form an 800-strong security force focusing on prisons. "The special force will be responsible for the security of the prisons all over the province," Malik Qasim, an advisor to the KP government on prisons, said. "They will be provided with the latest gadgets and sophisticated ammunition." Workers are setting up high-security zones at five other sensitive prisons in Timergara, Bannu, Dera Ismail Khan, Kohat and Karak to segregate hard-core militants from the other inmates, KP Inspector General (IG) of Prisons Kifayatullah Khan said recently.
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September - 20 
Jamat-ud-Dawa (JuD), the frontal organisation of Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) resurfaced in the World Wide Web and launched its websites www.jamatdawa.org and www.jamatdawa.net hosted from a server in the United States of America (USA), Hindustan Times reported on September 20. However, this is not the fir
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Jamat-ud-Dawa (JuD), the frontal organisation of Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) resurfaced in the World Wide Web and launched its websites www.jamatdawa.org and www.jamatdawa.net hosted from a server in the United States of America (USA), Hindustan Times reported on September 20. However, this is not the first time when JuD has managed a return to the World Wide Web as in the past the banned outfit has changed its identity, floated various charity organisations and tweaked names to launch websites. Police sources said, Hafiz Mohammed Saeed, the JuD ‘chief’, along with Zafar Iqbal and Abdullah Yusuf Azam had joined hands to form a charitable organisation under the name Markaz al-Dawa Wal Irshad (MDI) (The Centre for Religious Learning and Propagation) in 1986, and soon floated a website under the name www.markazdawa.org. However, after the 9/11 attack, the United States of America mounted pressure on Pakistan to dismantle its terror network, imposed sanctions on MDI, and ensured that the organization, which acted as a front for LeT, shut down its website. However, US could do little when MDI shifted the entire content of its website to another online portal named www.dawacenter.org. The website remained active till Saeed re-christened his organization as Jamat-ud-Dawa in 2001 and launched a website in Urdu and English under the name www.jamatuddawa.org, added police sources. The site voiced the opinion of JuD’s senior leadership, including head of JuD’s department of political affairs, Hafiz Abd-ur-Rahman Makki, as well as Maulana Ameer Hamza, Yahya Mujahid, Hafiz Abd-ur-Raoof, Hafiz Khalid Waleed, and Abdullah Muntazir till Mumbai 26/11 terrorist attack in 2008. Soon after the attack, the United National Security Council once again declared JuD to be front of LeT, the terrorist wing that plotted the Mumbai terror attack, and levied sanctions on the outfit.
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September - 23 
According to sources in Balochistan Home and Tribal Affairs Department, more than 50 bodies were recovered in Quetta and other towns of Balochistan during this year (2014). However, Baloch nationalists contradict the official figure and claim that the number of bodies recovered was more than what wa
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According to sources in Balochistan Home and Tribal Affairs Department, more than 50 bodies were recovered in Quetta and other towns of Balochistan during this year (2014). However, Baloch nationalists contradict the official figure and claim that the number of bodies recovered was more than what was being quoted by the home department.
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October - 6 
Pakistan Institute for Peace Studies (PIPS) reported that 212 persons were killed in 2013 in 132 sectarian-related attacks in Pakistan, mostly in Karachi, reported Dawn on October 7.
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Pakistan Institute for Peace Studies (PIPS) reported that 212 persons were killed in 2013 in 132 sectarian-related attacks in Pakistan, mostly in Karachi, reported Dawn on October 7.
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October - 18 
The CIA drones strikes in Pakistan have killed as many as 2,379 people since 2004, but only 84 of the victims have been named al Qaeda militants, reports Daily Times on October 19. On October 11, the US carried out its 400th drone strike in northwest Pakistan since its strikes started there in 2004.
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The CIA drones strikes in Pakistan have killed as many as 2,379 people since 2004, but only 84 of the victims have been named al Qaeda militants, reports Daily Times on October 19. On October 11, the US carried out its 400th drone strike in northwest Pakistan since its strikes started there in 2004. In almost a decade, 2,379 people have been killed. “Only 704 of the 2,379 dead have been identified, and only 295 of these were reported to be members of some kind of armed group,” the UK-based Bureau of Investigative Journalism found out.
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October - 23 
During the quarter of a century between 1989 and 2014, more than 4,900 Pakistani citizens have perished in around 3,000 incidents of sectarian violence and close to 9,500 have sustained injuries, research conducted by The News reported on October 24. Approximately 525 Pakistanis had lost lives in 12
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During the quarter of a century between 1989 and 2014, more than 4,900 Pakistani citizens have perished in around 3,000 incidents of sectarian violence and close to 9,500 have sustained injuries, research conducted by The News reported on October 24. Approximately 525 Pakistanis had lost lives in 128 incidents of sectarian violence during 2013, 509 people had died unnaturally in 57 such incidents during 2010, as many as 507 humans (in 173 incidents) were made to travel towards their eternal abodes during 2012 because of their religious beliefs and 441 citizens had succumbed to this mode of terrorism in 341 incidents during 2007. More than 160 Pakistanis have fallen victim to the monster of sectarianism in well over five dozen incidents till date during the ongoing 2014. Following Wednesday’s unsuccessful suicide attack aimed at killing the Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (JUI-F) Chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman in Quetta, it is hence worthwhile to peek into the chronology and timeline of anti-state violence, sectarian killings, election-related feuds, tribal shootings, ethnicity and terrorism etc in Balochistan during the last 11 odd years. Research reveals at least 125 major incidents have rocked this unfortunate province since June 8, 2003, or the day when some 11 police trainees hailing from the Hazara Shia branch were shot dead at Quetta’s Sariab Road. While many residents of Balochistan have lost lives since 2003 after their vehicles had unfortunately hit land mines, even schools, hospitals, mosques and courts have not been spared by the merciless terrorists.
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November - 18 
A new global study by London-based Institute for Economics and Peace has ranked Pakistan third on the Global Terrorism Index (GTI) list, Dawn reported on November 18. The report said Iraq was the country hit hardest by terrorism, with 2,492 attacks that killed more than 6,300 people. It was followed
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A new global study by London-based Institute for Economics and Peace has ranked Pakistan third on the Global Terrorism Index (GTI) list, Dawn reported on November 18. The report said Iraq was the country hit hardest by terrorism, with 2,492 attacks that killed more than 6,300 people. It was followed by Afghanistan and Pakistan, with Nigeria and Syria in fourth and fifth place respectively. With 10,000 worldwide attacks in 2013, the report says Pakistan in particular saw a 37 per cent increase in deaths and 28 per cent increase in injuries since 2012. The report also said that deaths resulting from terror incidents in Pakistan, Iraq, Afghanistan, Nigeria and Syria account for more than 80 per cent of the total deaths from attacks. The report also says that the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) between 2000 and 2013 has claimed 778 attacks, of which 12 per cent were carried out by suicide bombers. It also says that the Taliban have the highest number of fighters, estimated to be between 36,000 to 60,000.
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November - 24 
Pakistan has the fastest growing nuclear weapons programme in the world and by 2020 it could have enough fissile material to produce more than 200 nuclear devices, an American think tank Council on Foreign Relations (CFR) said in its report 'Strategic Stability in the Second Nuclear Age', reports Th
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Pakistan has the fastest growing nuclear weapons programme in the world and by 2020 it could have enough fissile material to produce more than 200 nuclear devices, an American think tank Council on Foreign Relations (CFR) said in its report 'Strategic Stability in the Second Nuclear Age', reports The Times of India on November 24 (today). "Though many states are downsizing their stockpiles, Asia is witnessing a buildup. Pakistan has the fastest-growing nuclear programme in the world. By 2020, it could have a stockpile of fissile material that, if weaponized, could produce as many as 200 nuclear devices," the CFR said. The report, authored by George Mason University's Gregory Koblentz, has identified South Asia as the region "most at risk of a breakdown in strategic stability due to an explosive mixture of unresolved territorial disputes, cross-border terrorism, and growing nuclear arsenals." Pakistan, the report said, has deployed or is developing 11 delivery systems for its nuclear warheads, including aircraft, ballistic missiles and cruise missiles. "Pakistan has not formally declared the conditions under which it would use nuclear weapons but has indicated that it seeks primarily to deter India from threatening its territorial integrity or the ability of its military to defend its territory," the report added.
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November - 25 
According to data analysis by human rights group Reprieve, the CIA killed a whopping 221 people, including 103 children, in Pakistan in the hunt for just four men (three of whom are still alive and a fourth of whom died from natural causes) on Barack Obama’s secret Kill List – a covert US programme
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According to data analysis by human rights group Reprieve, the CIA killed a whopping 221 people, including 103 children, in Pakistan in the hunt for just four men (three of whom are still alive and a fourth of whom died from natural causes) on Barack Obama’s secret Kill List – a covert US programme that selects individual targets for assassination and requires no public presentation of evidence or judicial oversight, The Express Tribune reported on November 26. The report revealed that the Obama administration may have killed as many as 1,147 people during attempts to kill 41 men in Yemen and Pakistan – accounting for a quarter of all possible drone strike casualties in both countries. Each was targeted and/or reported killed more than three times on average before they were actually killed. In one instance, a person was targeted seven times before eventually being killed. Two others were killed six times and one is believed to still be alive today, said the report. In Pakistan, 24 men were reported killed or targeted multiple times. Missed strikes on these men killed 874 other people, and account for the 35% of all confirmed civilian casualties in Pakistani drone strikes. They also resulted in the deaths of 142 children. Each person was killed an average three times.
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November - 25 
The Investigation Wing of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Police on November 25 told the Inspector General of Police (IGP) that terrorist attacks have recorded a decrease during the current year compared to 2013, reports The News. IGP Nasir Khan Durrani held a meeting at the Central Police Office to review t
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The Investigation Wing of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Police on November 25 told the Inspector General of Police (IGP) that terrorist attacks have recorded a decrease during the current year compared to 2013, reports The News. IGP Nasir Khan Durrani held a meeting at the Central Police Office to review the overall crime situation and the working of Investigation Wing of KP Police during 2014. The meeting was held after Lutfur Rahman, Opposition Leader in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly, said on Monday 900 percent increase was reported in extortion cases. Additional IGP Investigation, DIGs Investigation, SP CRO and SPs Investigations from across the province attended the meeting. The Investigation Wing claimed there has been a substantial decrease in instances of IED blasts, vehicle-borne IEDs and suicide attacks in 2014 with the total number of terrorist attacks having reduced to 438 in the said period compared to a total of 468 cases of terrorism reported during the corresponding period in 2013. With an overall 7 percent decrease in the total number of terrorism incidents reported during 2014, there has been a staggering 45 percent decrease in suicide attacks that have come down to 10 in comparison to 18 suicide attacks in the last year. Around 50 percent decrease was recorded in vehicle-borne IED attacks that have come down to 3 compared to 6 vehicle-borne IED attacks in the last year, 25 percent decrease in IED blasts which have come down to 218 compared to a total of 284 IED attacks during the past year and 30 percent reduction in rocket attacks that have come down to 14 compared to 20 attacks in 2013. The report identified an increase in the incidents of target killing during the said period. The target killers of individuals have increased from 113 to 131 compared to the corresponding period in 2013. According to the details, during the said period, KP Police successfully repulsed 103 terrorist attacks, diffused 316 suicide jackets and IEDs and arrested 174 terrorists. Similarly, 26 hardened terrorists were killed during encounters with the police. However, during the current year, a considerable increase was observed in the registered cases of extortion as a total of 285 cases of extortion were registered in the province during the current year. Reportedly, extortion is an offence which was deliberately underreported during the past five years. The IGP urged all SP Investigations to give special attention to the cases of extortion. The Additional IG Investigation informed the IGP that during the current year KP police worked out 154 cases of extortion.
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November - 30 
The National Crisis Management Cell (NCMC) fears that around 1,000 proclaimed absconders have joined militant groups operating from Awaran District in Balochistan, North Waziristan Agency, other tribal regions of Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, reported The Express
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The National Crisis Management Cell (NCMC) fears that around 1,000 proclaimed absconders have joined militant groups operating from Awaran District in Balochistan, North Waziristan Agency, other tribal regions of Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, reported The Express Tribune on December 1. These absconders are either wanted by Islamabad Police or Anti-Terrorism Courts (ATCs) within Islamabad, officials claimed. A senior official who prepared a list of these absconders said that one Sharif Khan (31), joined Haji Namdar group for jihad in North Waziristan Agency after he was declared a absconder by the ATC-I, Islamabad in 2011. His brother, Junaid Khan (29), joined Lashkar-e-Islam (LI) of Mangal Bagh in Khyber Agency after Islamabad Police declared him a proclaimed absconder. Both brothers were wanted by Secretariat Police and numerous ATCs due to their involvement in planning several suicide attacks in Islamabad, Peshawar and Rawalpindi, he said. NCMC officials claimed that both brothers are now believed to be fighting against Law Enforcement Agencies in North Waziristan and other tribal agencies.
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December - 3 
The Express Tribune quoting International Campaign to Ban Landmines (ICBL) report on December 3 said that Pakistan is one of only four countries in the world which still produces anti-personnel landmines and has the second largest stockpile of such mines. ICBL report “Landmine Monitor 2014”, identif
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The Express Tribune quoting International Campaign to Ban Landmines (ICBL) report on December 3 said that Pakistan is one of only four countries in the world which still produces anti-personnel landmines and has the second largest stockpile of such mines. ICBL report “Landmine Monitor 2014”, identified 11 states namely China, Cuba, India, Iran, Myanmar, North Korea, Pakistan, Russia, Singapore, South Korea, and Vietnam as potential producers of anti-personnel mines. The report said that although most of these countries are not actively producing mines but they reserve the right to do so. Of these, Pakistan, India, Myanmar, and South Korea still believed to be manufacturing the mines. According to the estimates of the monitoring body, out of the 35 states who are not party to the Mine Ban Treaty, as many as 31 are stockpiling the weapon. It stated that Pakistan has the second largest stockpile of mines with an estimated six million anti-personnel landmines, behind Russia which has a staggering 26.5 million mines. India, Pakistan’s arch rival, is third on the list with an estimated 4-5 million anti-personnel landmines.
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December - 4 
According to officials, the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) militants holed up in Afghanistan are being squeezed by United States (US) drone strikes and a revolt against them, a trend that could disrupt the insurgents’ capability to strike in Pakistan, reports Daily Times on December 5 (today). For
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According to officials, the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) militants holed up in Afghanistan are being squeezed by United States (US) drone strikes and a revolt against them, a trend that could disrupt the insurgents’ capability to strike in Pakistan, reports Daily Times on December 5 (today). For years, TTP 'commanders' fighting the Pakistani state have been hiding in remote areas of east Afghanistan, plotting attacks and recruiting. But in recent weeks, officials say the insurgency has been weakened by a spate strikes by US drones and a rebellion by tribesmen in Afghanistan’s Kunar Province. The Pakistani and Afghan Taliban are allied and share the goal of toppling their respective Governments and setting up an Islamic state across the region. Four TTP 'commanders' told media that drone strikes and tension with tribesmen had forced them to move from small Afghan towns to mountainous border areas. Two of them said they narrowly missed being hit by US drones last month, adds The Express Tribune.
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December - 5 
Pakistan suffered loss of almost USD 80 billion as well as 50,000 lives of civilians and law enforcement agencies during the decade long war against terrorism, Government told National Assembly on December 5, reports Daily Times. In a written reply Ministry of Interior informed the house that Pakist
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Pakistan suffered loss of almost USD 80 billion as well as 50,000 lives of civilians and law enforcement agencies during the decade long war against terrorism, Government told National Assembly on December 5, reports Daily Times. In a written reply Ministry of Interior informed the house that Pakistan has been victim of terrorism for the last ten years. The Parliamentary Secretary for Interior, Maryam Aurangzeb said extremist groups have been active throughout the country with their own ideology and motives. Maryam Aurangzeb said several policy steps have been taken for controlling and improving law and order situation in the country. She said the Government has prepared a new policy for strengthening internal security and to improve law and order. Answering to another question, she told the house that National Alien Registration Authority (NARA) has registered a total of 14369 aliens from January 2008 to August 2014 without biometrics. Parliamentary Secretary for Finance Rana Muhammad Afzal Khan told the House that Government’s negotiations with IMF have been succeeded and last tranche has been approved. To a question, he said the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) is striving for a uniform rate of Sales Tax on all commodities. Minister of State for Parliamentary Affairs, Sheikh Aftab Ahmed told the House that 66,555 contract employees of grade one to fifteen have been regularized according to the Cabinet’s decision of the previous Government.
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December - 8 
According to a document, marked ‘secret’ and bearing the subject, ‘threat alert’, which was submitted to the Punjab Government on December 8 warned the Punjab Government that a group of activists from the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS or Islamic State-IS), also known as ‘Daish’, are currentl
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According to a document, marked ‘secret’ and bearing the subject, ‘threat alert’, which was submitted to the Punjab Government on December 8 warned the Punjab Government that a group of activists from the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS or Islamic State-IS), also known as ‘Daish’, are currently in Pakistan, reports Dawn. The document read that certain Daish leaders from the Middle East are said to be travelling between Lahore, Multan and Rahimyar Khan Districts. According to the document, intelligence agencies believe that they are being supported by members of Jundullah, a terrorist outfit that has already pledged allegiance to IS leader, Abu Bakar Al-Baghdadi. The document, which was sent to Regional Police Officer (RPO) Rawalpindi Akhtar Umar Hayat Laleka and other senior Police Officers across the Province, names Zubair Al-Kuwaiti, who is believed to be from the Middle East, and warns local law enforcement to beef up vigilance at entry and exit points to try and capture the suspects before they have a chance to activate their network inside Pakistan.
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December - 9 
According to various sources, the number of illegal weapons has crossed the 60 million mark in the country, reported The News on December 9 (today). Though the Police and other Departments concerned claim to have a tight check on unlicensed weapons, the illegal weapons have been increasing in the co
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According to various sources, the number of illegal weapons has crossed the 60 million mark in the country, reported The News on December 9 (today). Though the Police and other Departments concerned claim to have a tight check on unlicensed weapons, the illegal weapons have been increasing in the country, including Punjab with the passage of time. The data collected from various sources reveal that the number of prohibited and non-prohibited weapons is about 65 million in the country. Of these weapons, only 5 million weapons have licences while over 60 million are being carried by people without licences. According to the 1998 census, there were two million licensed and 18 million unlicensed weapons in the country. On the contrary, the present number is worrisome. The sources say that there are about 17 million legal and illegal weapons only in Karachi, whereas their number is over four million in Lahore. A huge number of illegal weapons are present in the suburbs of Peshawar and tribal areas. There are also factories making big and small weapons including mausers, pistols and Kalashnikovs. The sources said that most of the weapons found in Pakistan are brought from the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA), Peshawar and Afghanistan’s Kunar Province via Bajaur and Mohmand Agencies. The illegal weapons are smuggled to Punjab from Afghanistan’s Paktia Province via North and South Waziristan.
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December - 9 
Pakistan is placed eighth in the list of the most dangerous countries in the world which is led by Iraq, according to a US-based intelligence think tank, Times of India reports on December 10. Afghanistan, the only other South Asian country in the list, is placed fourth in the Country Threat Index (
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Pakistan is placed eighth in the list of the most dangerous countries in the world which is led by Iraq, according to a US-based intelligence think tank, Times of India reports on December 10. Afghanistan, the only other South Asian country in the list, is placed fourth in the Country Threat Index (CTI) compiled by IntelCenter, a Washington-based company working for intelligence agencies. The other countries in the top 10 are Nigeria (second), Somalia (third) followed by Yemen (five), Syria (six), Libya (seven), Egypt (nine) and Kenya (10). The rankings were prepared after examining the volume of terrorist and rebel alerts, messaging traffic, videos, photos, incidents and the number of killed and injured in a country over the past 30 days. There are a total of 45 countries with a CTI greater than zero. The average CTI for these countries is 74 and the global CTI is 3,313.
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December - 9 
The Central Investigation Agency's (CIA) interrogation of al Qaeda suspects was far more brutal than acknowledged and did not produce useful intelligence, said a United States (US) Senate report on December 9, reports Dawn. The CIA also misled the White House and Congress with inaccurate claims abou
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The Central Investigation Agency's (CIA) interrogation of al Qaeda suspects was far more brutal than acknowledged and did not produce useful intelligence, said a United States (US) Senate report on December 9, reports Dawn. The CIA also misled the White House and Congress with inaccurate claims about the program's usefulness in thwarting attacks, the Senate Intelligence Committee said. As the 500-page declassified summary of the committee's report was released, President Barack Obama admitted that the CIA's actions had been counterproductive and “contrary to our values." The report said, “The interrogations of CIA detainees were brutal and far worse than the CIA represented to policymakers and others.” The report, a review of more than six million pages of documents, concluded “the use of the CIA's enhanced interrogation techniques was not an effective means of obtaining accurate information or gaining detainee cooperation." Seven of the 39 detainees known to have been subjected to the enhanced interrogations “produced no intelligence while in CIA custody,” while others “provided significant accurate intelligence prior to, or without having been subjected to these techniques." However, the current CIA director John Brennan defended his agency's adoption of tough tactics under the president George W. Bush in the aftermath of the September 11, 2001 al Qaeda attacks on US cities. He insisted that, while mistakes were made, brutal techniques like waterboarding “did produce intelligence that helped thwart attack plans, capture terrorists and save lives."
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December - 15 
According to data provided by the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Police on December 15, at least 12 members of the Shia community and four Sunnis have been killed in sectarian attacks in the first 10 months of 2014, which is lower that the data of previous years, reports The Express Tribune. In 2012 57 people w
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According to data provided by the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Police on December 15, at least 12 members of the Shia community and four Sunnis have been killed in sectarian attacks in the first 10 months of 2014, which is lower that the data of previous years, reports The Express Tribune. In 2012 57 people were killed in targeted sectarian attacks, including 12 members of the Sunni sect and 45 Shias. In the corresponding period in 2013, 43 Shias and nine Sunnis were among the 52 people killed. A Police Official said that a major reason for the decrease in targeted sectarian killings was the dismantling of extremists’ safe havens by military operations in Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA). “Attacks on Shias were considerably higher and that is probably because some elements among the militants provided sanctuary to such terrorists in the past,” he said, adding, “FATA has served as a breeding ground for all types of criminals and militants as it remained ungoverned for many decades after the creation of Pakistan.” “There is widespread corruption among authorities and these are the causes identified by the Post Crisis Need Assessment (PCNA)."
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December - 17 
The lack of progress on tackling terrorism is evident from the fact that in 2014, the conviction rate in the three Anti-Terrorism Court's (ATCs) of the twin cities of Rawalpindi and Islamabad remained low, reports Dawn. In the two ATCs of Rawalpindi, 205 cases were heard but there were convictions i
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The lack of progress on tackling terrorism is evident from the fact that in 2014, the conviction rate in the three Anti-Terrorism Court's (ATCs) of the twin cities of Rawalpindi and Islamabad remained low, reports Dawn. In the two ATCs of Rawalpindi, 205 cases were heard but there were convictions in less than ten. However, even this was a success compared to the Islamabad ATC which did not convict a single accused. There is no one reason to explain why terrorists are rarely convicted by the courts. Be it the flawed investigation, the lack of evidence or the fear of the terrorists, all these reasons lead to those accused of terrorism being freed by the courts. Since 2007, over 2,000 alleged terrorists, who have been accused of having been involved in high profile terrorism cases, have been freed by the ATCs of the country. And if the Security Agencies are to be believed, a large number of them have rejoined terrorist outfits. The ATC Rawalpindi acquitted Lashkar-e-Jhangvi (LeJ) chief Malik Ishaq from three cases of terrorism for want of evidence. Ishaq was facing three charges under separate FIRs registered under sections 9 and 11 of the ATA (which deal with whipping up sectarian hatred) and section 16 of the Maintenance of Public Order (MPO).
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December - 18 
At least 14,115 persons have been acquitted in terrorism-related cases by the Anti-Terrorism Courts between 2008 and 2012 while some 10,387 people booked in similar cases were granted bail during this period, according to the data compiled by Federal Ministry for Interior to formulate National Inter
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At least 14,115 persons have been acquitted in terrorism-related cases by the Anti-Terrorism Courts between 2008 and 2012 while some 10,387 people booked in similar cases were granted bail during this period, according to the data compiled by Federal Ministry for Interior to formulate National Internal Security Policy 2014-2018 reveals, reports The News on December 19 (today). The policy says that the criminal justice system is ill-equipped in dealing with the internal security threats. Inability to successfully prosecute cases of terrorism remains a matter of serious concern. Also, the absence of basic investigation and case preparation skills of Police results in lack of convictions by the courts. There were at least 35,106 under trail prisoners in terror cases in the country while some 28,325 have been challenged by Police. The document says that there are 1,175 pending investigations while of the total 13,053 registered terrorism cases, 6,661 have been decided. The data says that there are 48 Anti-Terrorism Courts in the country with 14 in Punjab, 11 in Sindh, 11 in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP), 2 in Islamabad and 10 in Gilgit-Baltistan (GB). Total cases under anti-terrorism laws registered in the country from 2008 to 2012 were 13053. Most of them, 4627 cases were registered in Sindh (1810 under trail and 1809 decided cases); 3372 in Punjab (1560 under trail and 2485 decided) 2975 in KP (1417 under trail and 1261 decided) and 2001 in Balcohistan (557 under trail and 980 decided). In Islamabad 78 (25 under trail and 42 decided) cases were recorded and some 311 cases are under trial in GB while 84 have been decided.
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December - 22 
The Anti-Terrorism Courts (ATCs) in the Federal Capital have not convicted even a single terror suspect whereas the conviction rate remained the highest in Balochistan from 2008 to 2014 followed by Sindh, the Punjab and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP), an analysis of official statistics of terrorism cases r
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The Anti-Terrorism Courts (ATCs) in the Federal Capital have not convicted even a single terror suspect whereas the conviction rate remained the highest in Balochistan from 2008 to 2014 followed by Sindh, the Punjab and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP), an analysis of official statistics of terrorism cases revealed, reports The News on December 23. As far as the number of under-trial cases is concerned, Sindh stands at the top, and the Punjab, KP, Balochistan and the Federal Capital follow. There are three ATCs in Islamabad and they received 62 cases in seven years. All of them were disposed of by acquitting the suspects due to want of evidence. As many as 47 cases are under trial. Balochistan has six courts for dealing with terrorism offences. Of the 416 cases admitted in seven years, 67 have been decided, handing conviction in 76 per cent cases (51) and acquitting 10 per cent cases (seven). Sindh comes second in terms of high conviction rate. As many as 14 ATCs are operational in this Province that dealt with 9,451 cases from 2008 to 2014. So far, 2,214 cases have been decided. Terror suspects were convicted in 30 per cent cases (669) and acquitted in 70 per cent cases (1,545). Another 7,237 cases are still under trial. Punjab has 15 such courts that received 5182 terrorism-related cases. Of them 3228 have been decided by conviction in 28 per cent cases (895) and acquittal in 72 per cent cases (2333). KP clinched fourth position in terms of conviction in terrorism related offences. As many as 18 courts are taking up these matters and they received 3231 cases in seven years. Of them 2716 cases were disposed of by handing down conviction in nine per cent (246) cases and acquittal in 91 per cent (2470) cases.
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December - 25 
According to statistics revealed on December 25 at least 28 activists of political parties, banned religious organisations and sectarian outfits are among the 458 convicts on death row in Sindh Province, reported The Express Tribune. Of these, the mercy appeals of eight convicts are pending before t
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According to statistics revealed on December 25 at least 28 activists of political parties, banned religious organisations and sectarian outfits are among the 458 convicts on death row in Sindh Province, reported The Express Tribune. Of these, the mercy appeals of eight convicts are pending before the President and one before the Army General Headquarters. Consolidated statistics show that the major prisons in Karachi, Larkana, Hyderabad and Sukkur Districts house 458 such prisoners, who were awarded death sentences by the Sessions Courts and the Special Anti-Terrorism Courts (ATC) over the years. The appeals of 379 condemned prisoners are pending before the Sindh High Court (SHC) while another 25 appeals are pending verdicts at the Supreme Court. The figures further reveal that the appeals of two members of a banned militant outfit, Mohammad Rehman alias Mani and Anwar-ul-Haq, who had challenged the death sentences awarded to them by the ATC, are awaiting decision before the SHC. A member of a banned sectarian outfit, identified as Syed Mohammad Tehseen alias Rashid, was awarded capital punishment by the ATC on March 22, 2007. Another convict Rehimullah alias Naeem was also awarded the death sentence by the ATC on January 19, 2010, whose appeal is still awaiting decision in the SHC.
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December - 26 
According to official statistics as many as 56 more prisoners, including 11 convicted on terrorism charges by military courts, are likely to be hanged after rejection of their mercy petitions by the President of Pakistan, reported Dawn on December 27. Of the 17 prisoners convicted in terrorism cases
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According to official statistics as many as 56 more prisoners, including 11 convicted on terrorism charges by military courts, are likely to be hanged after rejection of their mercy petitions by the President of Pakistan, reported Dawn on December 27. Of the 17 prisoners convicted in terrorism cases by military courts and imprisoned in Provincial jails, six have been hanged in Faisalabad District Jail so far. Through an Anti-Terrorism Court (ATC) in Lahore issued death warrants of two more condemned prisoners convicted on terrorism charges, jail sources claimed no such warrants were received by Faisalabad District Jail officials. Official statistics available show that as many as 5,722 condemned prisoners, including 43 females, are languishing in 32 Provincial Jails out of which 56, including one woman and 11 convicted by military courts in connection with terrorism, are awaiting executions. There are 455 condemned prisoners whose appeals are pending with the President, while appeals of two others are in the army’s General Headquarters (GHQ) and of one prisoner is with the Federal Shariat Court. There are some 897 condemned prisoners, including four females, whose appeals are pending with the Supreme Court, while appeals of 4,273 male and 38 female prisoners are pending with the high court.
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December - 28 
The missing person’s cases and decisions of provincial and national importance remained the focus of the Peshawar High Court (PHC) during 2014 as 1,990 people were traced out and 12 of them got released through political administration and Police, The News reported on December 29. As per record of t
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The missing person’s cases and decisions of provincial and national importance remained the focus of the Peshawar High Court (PHC) during 2014 as 1,990 people were traced out and 12 of them got released through political administration and Police, The News reported on December 29. As per record of the PHC, the law enforcing agencies submitted a list of 934 missing persons in the court in October, who had been traced and shifted to various internment centres being run under the Home Department Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) Additional Chief Secretary under the special law called Action (in Aid of Civil Power) Regulations 2011, for FATA and Provincially Administered Tribal Areas (PATA). The law enforcing agencies also submitted another list of 80 missing persons the same month in the court, who were shifted to various internment centres. In the list of missing persons submitted to the court in September, 42 such people were traced out. Similarly, the agencies also submitted a list of 96 missing persons in the same month, who were shifted to the interment centres. A list of 130 missing persons was submitted in June this year to the court and of 708 missing persons in May 2014, who were traced out and shifted to different interment centres.
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December - 30 
According to a Home Department report, a total of 164 dead bodies have been found in the Province in the year 2014, including the three dead bodies found on December 30 in Turbat District, reports The Express Tribune. Of them, 80 were found in Quetta, 41 in Kalat Division – comprising Khuzdar and Ma
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According to a Home Department report, a total of 164 dead bodies have been found in the Province in the year 2014, including the three dead bodies found on December 30 in Turbat District, reports The Express Tribune. Of them, 80 were found in Quetta, 41 in Kalat Division – comprising Khuzdar and Mastung Districts – 41 in Makran Division – comprising Panjgur, Gwadar and Turbat Districts – six in Naseerabad Division, 13 in Zhob District and eight in Sibi Division, says the report. The report adds that out of the 164 dead, 71 have been identified as ethnic Baloch, 35 Pashtun, 19 people of other ethnicities, while 41 victims could not be identified. Home Secretary Akbar Hussain Durrani said the unidentified victims could be either militants or anti-state elements.
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December - 31 
A total of 925 suspects were killed across Karachi in shootouts and 160 personnel of Police and Rangers fell in the line of duty during the year 2014, Dawn reported on January 1. According to official figures, 701 suspects were killed in ‘encounters’ with Police and 224 were gunned down
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A total of 925 suspects were killed across Karachi in shootouts and 160 personnel of Police and Rangers fell in the line of duty during the year 2014, Dawn reported on January 1. According to official figures, 701 suspects were killed in ‘encounters’ with Police and 224 were gunned down in shootouts with the paramilitary Rangers while 143 personnel of police and 17 of Rangers were killed in targeted attacks in the metropolis, said spokespersons for police and Rangers.The fallen Policemen included Criminal Investigation Department (CID) Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Chaudhry Aslam Khan, who died in a suicide attack on his vehicle and five inspectors, sub-inspectors and constables, said Police spokesman Atiq Ahmed Shaikh. In addition, 111 suspected terrorists and gangsters were arrested and 50 Rangers’ men suffered injuries during the ongoing targeted operation, said the Rangers spokesman.
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December - 31 
As many as 1,265 cases of missing persons are still pending with the Commission of Inquiry on Enforced Disappearance (CIED) as of December 31, 2014, says a report available with The Express Tribune. The commission – while submitting summary report on cases of alleged enforced disappearances to
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As many as 1,265 cases of missing persons are still pending with the Commission of Inquiry on Enforced Disappearance (CIED) as of December 31, 2014, says a report available with The Express Tribune. The commission – while submitting summary report on cases of alleged enforced disappearances to Interior Ministry and 12 other departments – has said it has disposed of 1,098 missing persons’ cases from March 2011 to December 2014. The report has also revealed that 28 cases of missing persons have been registered and 52 cases have been disposed of during December 2014. CIED has been working in the country for last four years. In September 2013, the Federal Government appointed Justice (retired) Javed Iqbal as its chairman. However, Defence of Human Rights (DHR) has claimed that number of missing persons is 5,149. The organisation, which is working on the enforced disappearance in the country, has also stated that 252 cases of missing persons surfaced in 2014.
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December - 31 
Pakistan has been the most dangerous country for journalists in the world, with 14 journalists killed in 2014, The Express Tribune reported on December 31 quoting International Federation of Journalists. Syria was second on the list with 12 journalists killed throughout the year. Overall, the number
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Pakistan has been the most dangerous country for journalists in the world, with 14 journalists killed in 2014, The Express Tribune reported on December 31 quoting International Federation of Journalists. Syria was second on the list with 12 journalists killed throughout the year. Overall, the number of journalists who died in targeted killings, bomb attacks or shootings around the world rose to 118 in 2014 from 105 the year before, the press group said. Nine killings each occurred in Afghanistan and the Palestinian territories, the federation said. Eight journalists each were killed in Iraq and Ukraine. Among those killed were American journalists James Foley and Steven Sotloff. Both were beheaded by Islamic State militants, who have seized parts of Syria and Iraq. The IFJ said its figures were a reminder of the growing threats to journalists, and it called on Governments to make protecting members of the media a priority.
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December - 31 
The Government’s infrastructures worth one billion rupees have been turned into rubble in the conflict-stricken North Waziristan Agency (NWA) of Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA),Dawn reported on January 1 quoting a damage need assessment report. The Line Departments of Civil Secretar
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The Government’s infrastructures worth one billion rupees have been turned into rubble in the conflict-stricken North Waziristan Agency (NWA) of Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA),Dawn reported on January 1 quoting a damage need assessment report. The Line Departments of Civil Secretariat, FATA have carried out damage need assessment survey of the Government owned properties in Mir Ali and Miranshah sub-divisions of NWA. Survey of the damaged infrastructure was conducted after security forces cleared these areas of militants. The report said that 115 facilities including education and health and 102 kilometres roads had been either completely or partially damaged in the affected areas. Officials said that assessment was carried out in August 2014.Militancy and disproportionate use of force have caused massive collateral damage to the properties in other tribal agenciestoo. Earlier, damage need assessment survey carried out under the supervision of Fata Disaster Management Authority (FDMA) revealed that over 60,000 houses had been damaged in Orakzai, Khyber, South Waziristan and Kurram agencies.The report said that reconstruction of the damaged facilities required Rs1.79 billion. Sector-wise breakup is that total 31 educational institutions (six 100 per cent, nine 50 per cent and 16 20 per cent), eight health facilities, two buildings of the works and services department, 13 facilities of livestock, seven agriculture, eight public health engineering, 35 municipal committee including 21 shops, two sport facilities and 19 irrigation department have been damaged.In addition, according to the report, 102 kilometres road have been damaged in different areas and repair cost is PKR 229 million. The report said that estimated cost of the reconstruction of educational institutions was PKR 67.135 million, facilities of irrigation department PKR 181 million, buildings of works and services PKR 200 million and health facilities PKR 288 million.
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December - 31 
The year 2014 remained deadly for Pakistan with over 4070 casualties in terrorism related activities including killings of 2851 terrorists, 327 security personnel and 892 civilians as compared to the year 2013 which had seen 3268 deaths including 1448 civilians, 360 security officials and 1460 terro
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The year 2014 remained deadly for Pakistan with over 4070 casualties in terrorism related activities including killings of 2851 terrorists, 327 security personnel and 892 civilians as compared to the year 2013 which had seen 3268 deaths including 1448 civilians, 360 security officials and 1460 terrorists, Daily Times reported on January 1. Army Public School Peshawar attack remained the deadliest one by Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) on December 16 which claimed 148 lives including 134 schoolchildren in retaliation Pakistan security forces killed as many as 178 terrorists in air strikes and special operations only in five days until December 21. Hence, the year also remained worst for the terrorists as a total 2841 terrorist were killed while in the year 2013 as many as 1460 terrorists were killed. According to the data compiled with the help from the South Asia Terrorism Portal (SATP) and Institute for Conflict Management (ICM), in addition to over 4070 killings as many as 2114 others were injured in terrorism incidences.
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