Center for Research and Security Studies: The overall level of violence declined by almost 15 percent during 2012[1] across Pakistan.[2]Meanwhile, ethno-political violence in Karachi (Sindh), religio-political terrorism in Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP), and nationalist-separatistviolence in Balochistan continued unabated. The deadly wave of target killings in Karachi, presumably triggered by the rivalry between Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) and Awami National Party (ANP) in March, has continued to date, claiming almost 991 persons, as a result of 791 violent attacks in the course of 2012. Among these 917 were civilians and 74 security forces’ men. The data collected through ten newspapers that CRSS uses as the source, underlines that as a whole, 6059 persons perished during 2012, as a result of 2536 incidents of violence (for details see data sheet below).
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