• Militant violence sees highest spike in a decade, according to think tank report
• Suicide attacks and arrests rose sharply; violence remained concentrated in KP and Balochistan
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s counterterrorism scenario saw a marked escalation in 2025 — combat-related deaths rising by 73 per cent against the previous one — with violence intensifying and pushing several indicators to their highest levels in over a decade.
The year not only witnessed a steep rise in overall combat-related deaths,
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