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Report:2022
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January - 4 
Dawn quoting Centre for Research and Security Studies (CRSS) Annual Security Report (2021) reported on January 4 that though violence-related casualties in Pakistan declined at a steady rate since 2015, remained somewhat unchanged in 2020 but seemed to have accelerated dramatically during the year.
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Dawn quoting Centre for Research and Security Studies (CRSS) Annual Security Report (2021) reported on January 4 that though violence-related casualties in Pakistan declined at a steady rate since 2015, remained somewhat unchanged in 2020 but seemed to have accelerated dramatically during the year. With an increase of roughly 42pc in 2021, Pakistan suffered 853 fatalities (up from 600 last year) and 1,690 injuries directly linked to violence-related incidents. Nearly 75pc of all violence-related fatalities were recorded in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) including erstwhile Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) and Balochistan. Of the total fatalities, Punjab accounted for 8pc followed by Sindh. Compared to the fatalities in 2020, all regions except Islamabad and Gilgit-Baltistan suffered an exponential surge in violence with Balochistan accounting for a net 80pc increase. According to the report, commensurately, both security operations and terror attacks increased in 2021 year. A total of 146 security operations were carried out during the year leaving 298 outlaws dead, a rise of more than 40pc, against the figures of 2020. In contrast, there were 403 terror attacks compared to 2020. Four suicide attacks took place last year that left 20 people dead compared to two suicide attacks in 2020. An alarming upsurge of over 41pc was observed in 2021 in the fatalities of security personnel. In 2020, there was a decline of 18pc in security personnel’s fatalities. Outlaws (including militants, insurgents and criminals) suffered a 26.5pc increase in fatalities while the civilians accounted for the largest number of the victims of violence. As a whole, the combined losses of civilian and security personnel’s lives were 74pc of the total fatalities while the outlaws, the main perpetrators of violence, had suffered one fourth of the fatalities.
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January - 8 
Dawn quoting the United Nation Educational Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) data reported on January 8 that fifty-five journalists and media professionals, four Pakistanis among them, were killed 2021, with nearly nine in 10 killings since 2006 still unresolved. UNESCO, which collected
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Dawn quoting the United Nation Educational Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) data reported on January 8 that fifty-five journalists and media professionals, four Pakistanis among them, were killed 2021, with nearly nine in 10 killings since 2006 still unresolved. UNESCO, which collected the data, stated that nearly three-quarters of female media professionals surveyed had experienced online violence linked to their work. In Pakistan, 85 journalists have been killed since 1993, including four killed in 2021.
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February - 1 
According to Pakistan Institute for Conflict and Security Studies (PICSS) report, the first month of the year 2022 could not see any improvement in the security situation of the country as the number of causalities increased despite a slight decrease in the attacks, Dawn reported on February 2. Acco
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According to Pakistan Institute for Conflict and Security Studies (PICSS) report, the first month of the year 2022 could not see any improvement in the security situation of the country as the number of causalities increased despite a slight decrease in the attacks, Dawn reported on February 2. According to statistics released by Islamabad-based independent think-tank, PICSS, the number of violent attacks decreased from 28 to 24 during the month, the deaths and injuries rate increased by 15 per cent and 37 per cent, respectively, compared to December 2021. The report claimed that militants had carried out 28 attacks across the country in December 2021 in which 36 people were killed, including 13 security forces personnel, while 47 people were injured, including 37 civilians. In January, the militants carried out 24 attacks in which 42 people were killed — 22 security forces personnel,16 civilians and four militants — and 79 others were injured, including 62 civilians. In January 2022, the majority of the attacks took place in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) followed by Balochistan and erstwhile Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA). PICSS recorded 12 militant attacks in KP in which 15 people were killed, including five Security Forces (SFs) personnel and nine civilians, while seven people were injured including four SF personnel. In Balochistan, militants carried out six attacks in which 17 people were killed — 14 SF personnel and two civilians — while 32 people got injured of which 26 were civilians and six were SF personnel. In the erstwhile FATA, four militant attacks were witnessed in which two civilians and two security forces personnel were killed. In Punjab, only one attack took place in which three people were killed, including one security forces personnel, and 33 civilians were injured. In Sindh, no militant attack took place. One militant attack was reported in Islamabad in which three people were killed, including one SF personnel. Meanwhile, SFs arrested three suspected militants and killed four militants in Balochistan.
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February - 3 
Dil Murad Baloch, the Information Secretary of Baloch National Movement (BNM), while releasing a detailed report of January 2022 on February 3, said that in the first month of the year, Army detained and forcibly disappeared 92 persons in more than 50 military operations and raids across Balochistan
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Dil Murad Baloch, the Information Secretary of Baloch National Movement (BNM), while releasing a detailed report of January 2022 on February 3, said that in the first month of the year, Army detained and forcibly disappeared 92 persons in more than 50 military operations and raids across Balochistan, reports Radio Zrumbesh. In January, the Army killed five people and the army’s local death squad killed eight. Among those killed one was a woman who was martyred by the Army in Sibi. This month, the Army bulldozed hundreds of homes in Mashkay and Jahoo area. The Army has also set up new military posts in different areas of Balochistan. Dil Murad Baloch said that the Army has turned the Baloch land into hell for native people. Every passing day “mirrors as doomsday” for the people of Balochistan.
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March - 11 
Of the 8,463 citizens missing since March 2011, only 3,284 have returned home, revealed a report submitted by the Commission of Inquiry on Enforced Disappearances (COIED) to the Islamabad High Court (IHC) on March 11, reports Dawn. The report was submitted by the commission’s registrar in a case fil
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Of the 8,463 citizens missing since March 2011, only 3,284 have returned home, revealed a report submitted by the Commission of Inquiry on Enforced Disappearances (COIED) to the Islamabad High Court (IHC) on March 11, reports Dawn. The report was submitted by the commission’s registrar in a case filed by the heirs of missing persons. The commission — set up in 2011 to trace the missing persons and fix responsibility on the individuals or organisations responsible — disclosed that the institutions concerned did not produce detainees in 550 cases despite the issuance of production orders. During the nearly eleven years from March 2011 to Feb 28, 2022, the commission received 8,463 complaints about enforced disappearances, the report said. Of these cases, it has disposed of 6,214 cases, whereas 2,249 are still under investigation. IHC chief justice says commission on enforced disappearances merely playing post office’s role.
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July - 11 
According to the Human Rights Council of Balochistan (HRCB) report, during the month of June, 30 cases of enforced disappearance and 33 killings, including two incident of honour killing, and three cases of extrajudicial killing were reported in different parts of Balochistan, whereas, one dead body
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According to the Human Rights Council of Balochistan (HRCB) report, during the month of June, 30 cases of enforced disappearance and 33 killings, including two incident of honour killing, and three cases of extrajudicial killing were reported in different parts of Balochistan, whereas, one dead body of a missing person was found, The Balochistan Post reported on July 12. Overall, 33 people were reportedly killed in various areas of Balochistan in June, only twenty-five of them could be identified. During the month, paramilitary forces and intelligence agencies forcibly disappeared and abducted a total of 37 people from different areas of Balochistan, including students, laborers, and people from other walks of life. Only seven of these abductees were released, while the whereabouts of the rest remain undisclosed, and three among these victims were unidentified.
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July - 29 
The Ministry of Interior on July 29, presented a report to the Senate related to the details of terrorist organisations involved in terror activities in the country from 2019 to 2021, reports thenews.com.pk. According to Ministry’s written response to the Senate, terrorist organisations, including A
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The Ministry of Interior on July 29, presented a report to the Senate related to the details of terrorist organisations involved in terror activities in the country from 2019 to 2021, reports thenews.com.pk. According to Ministry’s written response to the Senate, terrorist organisations, including Ahle Sunnat Wal Jamaat, Al Qaeda, the Balochistan Liberation Army (BLA), the Balochistan Liberation Front (BLF), the Balochistan Republican Army (BRA), and Daish/ISIL/ISIS have all been actively involved in terrorism between 2019 to 2021. Other organisations included Hizb-ul-Ahrar, Hizb-ul-Tahrir (HuT), Jaish-e-Islam, Jamaat-ul-Ahrar, Jiye Sindh Qaumi Mahaz, Jindullah, Lashkar-e-Jhangvi (LeJ), Lashkar-e-Islami, and Sindhu Desh Revolutionary Army were also active in terrorism, as per Ministry’s report. The report also states that banned outfits such as Sipah Sahaba, Sipah Muhammad, Tehreek Jafariya Pakistan, Tehreek Taliban Pakistan (TTP), United Baloch Army and Zainabyun Brigade were also involved in terror-related activities. As per the report, 323 civilians and security personnel were martyred in 434 incidents of terrorism, while 718 were injured.
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September - 9 
The Islamabad High Court (IHC) summoned the Prime Minister (PM) Shehbaz Sharif on September 9 over the issue of the missing persons, reports The Balochistan Post. The IHC said that making people disappear is the “biggest form of torture” and that the chief executive of Pakistan will be held responsi
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The Islamabad High Court (IHC) summoned the Prime Minister (PM) Shehbaz Sharif on September 9 over the issue of the missing persons, reports The Balochistan Post. The IHC said that making people disappear is the “biggest form of torture” and that the chief executive of Pakistan will be held responsible in case of enforced disappearance. PM Shehbaz told the court that: “I cannot say that all of the missing persons will be recovered, but we will leave no stone unturned. I will not give any lame excuse.” PM made these remarks before the IHC Chief Justice Athar Minallah during September 9’s hearing of petitions seeking the recovery of six missing persons. At the last hearing, the chief justice had directed PM Shehbaz to ensure the missing persons whose cases were being heard in the IHC were produced before the court before September 9. The IHC warned that the failure to do so would require the PM to appear in person in court and give an explanation. Addressing the PM, the Chief Justice said the court had ordered the Federal Cabinet multiple times on the issue, but its “response had not been what it should be.” In an apparent reference to Military Dictator Parvez Musharraf, Justice Minallah said: “A chief executive ruled in this country for nine years. He proudly wrote in his book that we sold our people to foreign countries.” The chief justice noted that the Federal Government had also constituted a committee – a body that was set up in May this year following the IHC’s orders to “deliberate a policy on enforced disappearances.” The chief justice also mentioned the missing persons’ commission, saying: “The families of missing persons are sitting here. They revealed a lot of things about the commission,” he said, adding that Defence of Human Rights in Pakistan Chairperson Amina Masood Janjua had “also told much about the commission to the court”. Instead of addressing the problems of the families of missing persons, Justice Minallah said, the commission continued “torturing” them. He said the court had also been told about the reservations of the Baloch students. Justice Minallah said the state should fulfil its responsibility toward its citizens. “The political leadership has to solve this issue,” he said. “The court has no other way but to only ask the executive [about the issue].” He questioned who the court should hold accountable for enforced disappearances. To this, the premier replied it was his duty.
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October - 20 
According to Pak Institute of Peace Studies (PIPS) data, Pakistan witnessed a record 51pc increase in the number of terrorist attacks in a single year after the Afghan Taliban came to power in Afghanistan in August last year as a result of the withdrawal of the United States (US) forces, Dawn report
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According to Pak Institute of Peace Studies (PIPS) data, Pakistan witnessed a record 51pc increase in the number of terrorist attacks in a single year after the Afghan Taliban came to power in Afghanistan in August last year as a result of the withdrawal of the United States (US) forces, Dawn reported on October 20. As many as 433 people were killed and 719 injured in 250 attacks in Pakistan between August 15, 2021, and August 14, 2022, reveals PIPS’ Paper Series released on October 19. In comparison, it said, the country witnessed 165 attacks that killed 294 people and injured 598 others from August 2020 to August 14, 2021.
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October - 21 
The Financial Action Task Force (FATF) on October 21 announced the removal of Pakistan from its grey list, appreciating the country’s efforts in anti-money-laundering and anti-terror financing, reports ARY News. This decision was taken during the FATF Plenary meeting held in Paris, France from 20-21
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The Financial Action Task Force (FATF) on October 21 announced the removal of Pakistan from its grey list, appreciating the country’s efforts in anti-money-laundering and anti-terror financing, reports ARY News. This decision was taken during the FATF Plenary meeting held in Paris, France from 20-21 October 2022. The FATF has decided by consensus that Pakistan has completed all substantial, technical and procedural requirements of both the 2018 and 2021 Action Plans. As a result, Pakistan has been taken off the list of jurisdictions under increased monitoring, with immediate effect. Minister of State for Foreign Affairs/Chairperson National FATF Coordination Committee, Ms Hina Rabbani Khar, led the Pakistan delegation to the FATF Plenary. Addressing the press conference at the conclusion of its plenary, FATF President Raja Kumar noted that Pakistan had been on the grey list since 2018. “It has two concurrent action plans. After a lot of work by Pakistani authorities, they have largely addressed all of the action plan items,” he said. He stated that the task force had conducted an onsite visit at the end of August. The onsite team verified that there is a high-level of commitment from the Pakistani leadership, sustainability of reforms and commitment to make improvements in the future, he added.
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October - 27 
There have been no convictions in 96pc of murder cases of journalists in Pakistan between 2012 and 2022, according to Freedom Network’s Annual Impunity 2022 report released on October 27, reports Dawn. The report “The killing fields: no justice for Pakistan’s murdered journalists” was launched ahead
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There have been no convictions in 96pc of murder cases of journalists in Pakistan between 2012 and 2022, according to Freedom Network’s Annual Impunity 2022 report released on October 27, reports Dawn. The report “The killing fields: no justice for Pakistan’s murdered journalists” was launched ahead of the International Day to End Impunity for Crimes against Journalists, which falls on November 2. The research was framed in the context of the 10-year anniversary of the 2012 United Nations Plan of Action on the Safety of Journalists and the Issue of Impunity, which Pakistan had first endorsed in October 2013 and later committed to implementing in the Protection of Journalists and Media Professionals Act 2021. According to the report, 53 Pakistani journalists were killed between 2012 and 2022 but the perpetrators were convicted in only two out of these 53 cases. Says 53 journalists killed between 2012 and 2022 but the perpetrators were convicted in only two cases. In the remaining 96pc of the cases, the criminal justice system failed to deliver justice for the slain journalists and their bereaved families. Of the 53 journalists murdered for their work in Pakistan between 2012 and 2022, the highest fatalities were in Sindh (16, or 30pc of the total) followed by Punjab (14, or 26pc of the total). Unidentified persons constituted the biggest suspected threat actor to journalists in Pakistan during 2012-2022 with 15 of the 53 journalists (or 28pc) murdered in the reporting period being targeted by them, according to the family members or colleagues of the victims. Organised crime and militant groups were the second and third most suspected perpetrators of journalist killings, respectively.
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November - 14 
According to the Human Rights Council of Balochistan (HRCB), there were forty-one cases of enforced disappearance and thirty cases of extrajudicial executions in Balochistan during the month of October 2022, The Balochistan Post reported on November 15. Victims of enforced disappearance include four
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According to the Human Rights Council of Balochistan (HRCB), there were forty-one cases of enforced disappearance and thirty cases of extrajudicial executions in Balochistan during the month of October 2022, The Balochistan Post reported on November 15. Victims of enforced disappearance include fourteen students. Later, five abductees were released, four were framed in bogus cases and one of the abductees was extra judicially killed in a fake encounter by the Police Counter Terrorism Department (CTD) whereas, the whereabouts of thirty people remained unknown at the time of writing this report. In addition, twenty-one victims of enforced disappearance were also released in the month. Four victims were abducted a year ago while the rest of the released persons were abducted by forces months before. All the released persons were subjected to inhuman torture during their incommunicado detention and were released without any explanation.
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November - 19 
According to a report issued by the Central Police Office (CPO) on November 19, as many as 105 Policemen were killed in 151 militant attacks in 2022 across Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP), reports The Express Tribune. A total of 109 Policemen sustained injuries during these attacks. The report said the weap
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According to a report issued by the Central Police Office (CPO) on November 19, as many as 105 Policemen were killed in 151 militant attacks in 2022 across Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP), reports The Express Tribune. A total of 109 Policemen sustained injuries during these attacks. The report said the weapons left behind by NATO forces in Afghanistan were used against KP Police including thermal imaging devices which enabled them to stage surprise attacks under the cover of darkness. “These attacks were carried out by militants released from prisons after the fall of Kabul last year,” adds the report. Police registered 151 cases in the first eleven months of this year under 7 Anti-Terrorism Act, 1997 (ATA). The biggest target of militants was police mobile vehicles, the report added further.
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December - 7 
The Human Rights Council of Balochistan (HRCB) on December 7 released its report for November 2022 which said 42 Baloch persons killed and 35 others disappeared in Balochistan during the month of November, reports The Balochistan Post. The report reads: Human Rights Council of Balochistan has receiv
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The Human Rights Council of Balochistan (HRCB) on December 7 released its report for November 2022 which said 42 Baloch persons killed and 35 others disappeared in Balochistan during the month of November, reports The Balochistan Post. The report reads: Human Rights Council of Balochistan has received reports of the enforced disappearance of at least thirty-five people during the month of November 2022. Among the abductees, Frontier Corps abducted thirty-one people while the remaining four people were abducted by unknown gunmen. However, 13 people have been released after days of detention whereas, the whereabouts of the rest of the abductees remained unknown at the time of writing this report. Moreover, the extrajudicial killing of forty-two people was also reported during the month. Twenty-two people were killed by forces, fourteen people were targeted and killed, three people including a woman were killed for honor, and two mutilated dead bodies were also found during the month.
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December - 18 
The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) Counter-Terrorism Department (CTD) arrested 768 terrorists in 2022 and foiled dozens of sabotage incidents, ARY News reported on December 19 quoting the annual report of CTD. According to details, the CTD arrested 768 terrorists, 90 terrorists had a bounty on their head.
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The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) Counter-Terrorism Department (CTD) arrested 768 terrorists in 2022 and foiled dozens of sabotage incidents, ARY News reported on December 19 quoting the annual report of CTD. According to details, the CTD arrested 768 terrorists, 90 terrorists had a bounty on their head. 2,597 operations were conducted across the Province including in tribal Districts, including intelligence-based operations. 1,960 suspects were also detained, 628 high-profile wanted suspects are also among the arrested terrorists. 349 hand grenades, 80 SMG guns, 16 suicide jackets and 7 rocket launchers and other heavy weapons were recovered during the operations. The report said that KP Police were targeted in 279 incidents this year, 116 Policemen were killed and 125 were injured in 2022.
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December - 23 
After analysing the overall law and order situation in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa during the outgoing year, the Police department has declared South and North Waziristan, Lakki Marwat and Bannu Districts as terrorist trouble spots, reports Dawn on December 24. “Southern districts, including North and South
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After analysing the overall law and order situation in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa during the outgoing year, the Police department has declared South and North Waziristan, Lakki Marwat and Bannu Districts as terrorist trouble spots, reports Dawn on December 24. “Southern districts, including North and South Waziristan [from among the newly-merged tribal districts] as well as Lakki Marwat and Bannu districts [from settled areas], are trouble spots,” Additional Inspector General of Police (ADGP), operations, Mohammad Ali Babakhel told reporters in Peshawar on December 23. Babakhel said that the annual analysis of the security situation revealed a surge in the number of extortion calls from Afghanistan after the Taliban’s takeover of Pakistan’s Western neighbouring country. He also said that the number of targeted attacks against Police increased in 2022 compared with the previous year. Official says most extortion calls made from Afghanistan. The ADGP said that the number of suicide attacks in the province also escalated in the outgoing year, while most of the extortion calls received by the local residents were made from Afghanistan. Babakhel said that the Counter-Terrorism Department (CTD) arrested 158 extortionists wanted in 81 cases, while 62 suspects were taken into custody for kidnapping people for ransom. He further said that the CTD arrested 806 militants, including 90 with head money, and killed 196 militants during operations in the province.
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December - 23 
The Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) on December 23 claimed that a second militant group from Balochistan has joined the ranks of the militant outfit, reports The Express Tribune. According to a statement issued by TTP ‘spokesperson’ Muhammad Khurasani, "the militant group led by separatist leader M
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The Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) on December 23 claimed that a second militant group from Balochistan has joined the ranks of the militant outfit, reports The Express Tribune. According to a statement issued by TTP ‘spokesperson’ Muhammad Khurasani, "the militant group led by separatist leader Mazar Baloch from the Makran District of Balochistan has joined TTP". It is pertinent to mention here that this is the second such group from Balochistan to join the TTP. Khurasani referred to the newly merged group as "the most influential" among the Baloch liberation and separatist groups. The merger has brought the total tally of groups joining the TTP to 22 since July 2020. In 2020, a reconciliation process with the TTP was initiated with the help of the Afghan Taliban. Scores of the TTP splinter groups re-joined the umbrella organisation, including the Jamaat-ul-Ahrar (JuA).
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