ISLAMABAD – The National Counter Terrorism Authority (NACTA) said thenumber of terrorist-related incidents dropped 58% from 2,060 in 2010 to 681attacks in 2017.
The 40-page report — which comes as a compendium of the context of theNational Action Plan (NAP) and actions implemented under its auspices overthe past three years — provides a detailed analysis of the way forward forPakistani policymakers.
Since March 2015, Pakistan has executed 483 persons under theAnti-Terrorism Act (ATA) 1997 and Pakistan Penal Code (PPC), whereas atleast 382 cases were sent to 11 military courts.
More than 200,000 combing operations were carried out throughout thecountry, approximately four million persons stopped and questioned, 6,998terrorists arrested, and nearly 2,500 terrorists killed.
In a crackdown against hate material and speech, security forces arrested19, 530 persons across the country.