Islamabad/IBNS, Jan. 6 -- Pakistan experienced its deadliest year in more than a decade in 2025, with conflict-related fatalities surging dramatically amid intensifiedmilitant violenceand counterterror operations.

According to fresh data released by the Islamabad-based Pakistan Institute for Conflict and Security Studies (PICSS), the country recorded a 74 percent rise in deaths compared to 2024, underscoring a sharp escalation in internal security challenges.

The report attributes the spike primarily to an increase in suicide bombings, the growing use of sophisticated weapons by militant groups, and large-scale military operations conducted by Pakistani security forces against insurgent outfits.

Terror fatalities jump to over 3,400

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