Terror attacks in Pakistan kill 293 people this year

Rawalpindi: A total of 293 people have been killed and 521 others injured in 436 terror attacks in Pakistan since January this year, the ISPR army’s media wing said.

In Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, 192 people were killed and 330 injured in 219 incidents, while Balochistan reported 80 dead and 170 injured in 206 attacks, Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) Director General (DG) Ahmed Sharif said. Chaudhry at a press conference.

A total of 21 people were killed and 21 others injured in 11 incidents in Punjab and Sindh provinces, he told reporters here.

The DG added that this year, the security forces carried out 8,269 major and minor intelligence operations in which 1,535 terrorists were killed or arrested.

Police, security forces and other law enforcement agencies carry out an average of more than 70 operations daily across the country, the official said.

“Due to the unremitting efforts of the public and the military, there is no no-go zone in Pakistan. However, in some areas various terrorist groups are active and are being eliminated on a daily basis. During these operations a large quantity of weapons and ammunition has been recovered from the terrorists and their handlers,” he said.

Deaths in the operations included 137 members of the military while 117 were wounded, it said, adding that “the war on terror will continue until the last terrorist is eliminated.”

Speaking of the internally displaced, after the operations in tribal areas, he said that 95 percent of them returned to their homes after the restoration of peace.