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Pakistan Moves Up in Safe Countries List on Global Terrorism Index
Pakistan has further improved its position on the Global Terrorism Index (GTI) in 2019 thanks to the ongoing counter-terrorism operations undertaken by Pakistani military and security forces against a number of terrorist organizations.
According to GTI 2020 report, Pakistan has dropped two places to 7th in 2019 from 5th in 2018 on the GTI, indicating a significant improvement in the overall security situation of the country. Note that the lower the rank on the GTI, the safer the country is considered.
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In 2019, Pakistan witnessed 279 terrorism incidents in which 300 people died and 654 people got injured, a 45% decline from the 543 deaths in 2018. It is also the lowest number of terrorism-related deaths Pakistan has reported since 2006.
2020’s threat landscape
December 31, 2020
In the last five years, Pakistan has remarkably turned around its fight against the twin threats of extremism and terrorism. The Global Terrorism Index (GTI) 2020 also acknowledged this fact.
As per GTI 2020, the downward trajectory of terrorist incidents has resulted in a 90 percent decline in terrorism-related casualties. Furthermore, of the 37 terrorist groups active in Pakistan in 2015, only ten were functional in 2020. The majority of the terrorist attacks in 2020 were concentrated in peripheral areas, mainly in the ex-Fata region and Balochistan, with fewer incidents witnessed in the major cities.
Nevertheless, abolishing the terrorist and insurgent networks and addressing the underlying causes of anti-state violence in Pakistan remains a work in progress. Arguably, geopolitical changes in the region, ideational transformations within the terrorist milieu and functional developments (leadership changes, factional alliances and e
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Deaths caused by terrorism fell again
Pakistan drops to 7th position from 5th spot in Global Terrorism Index ranking
Published On 24 December,2020 06:03 am
According to Global Terrorism Index, India has been affected more than Pakistan by terrorism in 2020
ISLAMABAD (Dunya News) – As a result of successful operations by the security forces against terrorists, Pakistan sheds two points in Global Terrorism Index rankings and now moved down to 7th position from its previous 5th spot among the most affected countries by terrorism.
According to Global Terrorism Index, India has been affected more than Pakistan by terrorism in 2020.
Global Terrorism Index revealed that in 2019, Pakistan recorded its lowest number of terror-related deaths since 2006, declining by 45 per cent from 543 in 2018 to 300 in 2019.