According to Pak Institute for Peace Studies, Islamabad (PIPS), Pakistan saw a significant rise in terrorist activity in 2025 despite record militant deaths, with attacks rising by 34 percent and fatalities by 21 percent.
At least 1,034 people were killed and 1,366 injured in 699 attacks that tore through towns, villages, and security checkpoints across the nation.
Of these deaths, 354 were civilians deaths highlighting the front-line nature of the conflict, while security forces bore the heaviest burden, with 437 soldiers martyred.
The burden of this violence fell heavily on security and law-enforcement personnel, who accounted for over 42 percent of all terrorism-related fatalities.
Meanwhile, 243 militants were killed, either in suicide attacks that they carried out or during retaliatory strikes by security forces.
The conflict remained intensely regionalised, with over 95 percent of attacks concentrated in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) and Balochistan.
Violence remained concentrated in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Balochistan, accounting for over 95 percent of the attacks. KP alone recorded 413 attacks, a 40 percent rise, driven by the banned Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) and its affiliates.
The province endured not only more frequent attacks but increasingly complex assaults, including a coordinated wave across 11 districts on Independence Day, symbolically challenging state authority.
In Balochistan, militants shifted from hit-and-run raids to high-impact operations, targeting highways, economic infrastructure, and state symbols.
The province saw 254 attacks, resulting in 419 deaths and 607 injuries, as groups like the Balochistan Liberation Army (BLA) and Balochistan Liberation Front (BLF) sought to amplify their political message.
Sindh recorded 21 terrorist attacks, including 16 in Karachi, two in Shikarpur, and one each in Hyderabad, Jacobabad, and Jamshoro, leaving 14 dead and 17 injured.
Punjab saw seven attacks, killing five people including four militants and one policeman and injuring two policemen.
A suicide blast outside the judicial complex housing Islamabad district and sessions courts killed 12 people, claimed by Jamaatul Ahrar, a faction of the banned TTP.
In Gilgit-Baltistan (GB), three attacks were reported, claiming the lives of three security personnel, including two Scouts and one Frontier Corps official, and injuring six others.