LONDON: The United Kingdom Home Office has released report over securitysituation in Pakistan.
UK Home Office declared Pakistan as a country where the state of securityhas significantly improved in 2018 as compared to previous years.
The Home Office report on Pakistan’s situation, praised determination ofsecurity forces, especially Pakistan Army, saying that the military-ledoperations against militants were successful and the overall securitysituation improved compared to previous years.
The report has been based on Home Office’s own assessment as well asinformation gathered from media and various country reports.
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Between 2014 and 2017, the total number of violence-related fatalitiesdeclined by over 73%, from 7,655 fatalities in 2014 to 2,057 in 2017; thenumber of fatalities in the first 3 quarters of 2018 (930) compared to thesame period in 2017 (1,585) decreased by 41%, said the report.
The western provinces bordering Afghanistan, Balochistan and the FederallyAdministered Tribal Areas (FATA), remained the areas where most militantand sectarian violence (suicide attacks and targeted killings) occurred,with Sindh (outside of Karachi), and Punjab experiencing the least, saidthe report.
