PESHAWAR – Operation Radd-ul-Fasaad (RuF) in settled areas of the countryhas produced desired results in terms of reduction of terrorism in Pakistan.
Militancy and terrorism are on a continuous decline with 2018 beinggenerally more peaceful as compared to 2017.
According to a report of the Centre for Research and Security Studies(CRSS), except for July 2018, the numbers of fatalities due to terrorism ineach month of 2018 were significantly lower than the figure for the samemonths of the previous year.
“All forms of violence and counter-violence witnessed a significant declinein the number of fatalities this year [2018],” the report said, adding thatthe drop in fatalities from suicide attacks was marginal in 2018 whichremained the biggest source of casualties in the country.
Read Top Stories
The report read that Balochistan witnessed the most number of fatalities(407), followed by former Federally Administered Tribal Areas (Fata), 208,Khyber Pakhtunkwa (K-P) 161 and Sindh (192).
As compared to 2,333 fatalities in 2018, the total number of deaths due tomilitancy was recorded to be 1,131. This figure is 45% less than the figure2017. The greatest decline in such incidents was observed in Punjab, wherefatalities dropped by 69%, followed by Sindh (57.8%), K-P(16%) and Fata(52.3%).
