Terrorism reducing continuously in Pakistan: Report
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In Pakistan, the US annual report said in 2016, the total number of terrorist attacks reported in Pakistan decreased by 27 per cent, and the total number of deaths decreased by 12 per cent.
However, the total number of people injured increased 29 per cent in comparison to 2015.
The number of perpetrators killed in attacks in Pakistan in 2016 decreased 25 per cent between 2015 and 2016.
Perpetrator deaths comprised nine of all deaths in Pakistan in 2016, compared to 26 percent worldwide, the report said.
The State Department said for 70 per cent of all attacks in Pakistan, source materials did not identify a perpetrator group.
Of the remaining attacks, 30 per cent were carried out by Tehrik-e Taliban Pakistan (TTP), the most active and deadly perpetrator group in Pakistan in 2016.
The number of terrorist attacks carried out by TTP continued to decline, to 67 in 2016, down from 136 in 2013.
However, following sharp declines in previous years, the lethality of attacks carried out by TTP increased in 2016 to 283 total deaths, up from 240 in 2015, it said.
According to the department, several countries that have routinely experienced large numbers of terrorist attacks in recent years observed considerable decreases in total attacks in 2016, compared to 2015.
