The Tactics Institute expresses grave concern over a significant surge in terror attacks and swelling number of civilian deaths that has propelled Pakistan to the second place in the Global Terrorism Index (GTI) 2025.

The latest GTI report, issued by the Institute of Economics and Peace (IEP), is a compilation of 163 nations worldwide, which make up for approximately 99.7 per cent of the world’s population. GTI considers indicators, including the number of terrorist happenings, casualties, wounds and hostages, and their effect on terrorism.

The report indicates that the number of terrorism-related casualties in Pakistan has witnessed a consistent advancement in the past five years, with the most extensive year-on-year growth during the last 10 years and a huge surge of 45 per cent in terrorist aggression across the country during 2024.

“This trend is mirrored by a rise in the number of terror attacks, which more than doubled from 517 in 2023 to 1,099 in 2024. This is the first year that the attacks have exceeded 1,000 since the inception of the index,” the report said.

The outlawed terror outfit Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) has appeared as the fastest-growing group and the most lethal organisation in the country for the second straight year, with an estimated 90 per cent growth in attributed deaths.

During 2024, TTP conducted 482 attacks in Pakistan. It resulted in 585 deaths. It also indicated an increase of at least 91 per cent from the previous year, which detected 293 deaths.

TTP caused 52 per cent of fatalities in Pakistan during 2024. Pakistan witnessed an increase in terrorism after the Taliban took over power in Afghanistan. Terrorist organizations based in Afghanistan have stepped up attacks, especially along the Pakistan-Afghanistan border,. 

The Balochistan province and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) continue to be the worst-hit areas, with the western border provinces being responsible for more than 96 per cent of terrorist incidents and fatalities in Pakistan in 2024.