
A paramilitary soldier stands amid the debris after a bomb blast near the Frontier Corps headquarters in Quetta on September 30, 2025. — Reuters
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The latest data released by the Center for Research and Security Studies (CRSS) shows that Pakistan has continued terrorism with a 46 % increase in the third quarter (Q3) of 2025.
The country reported at least 901 deaths and 599 injured, including civilians, security personnel and terrorists, including 329 incidents of violence, including terrorist attacks and counter -terrorism operations.
Terrorist incidents increased when a suicide attack near Quetta’s FC headquarters on Tuesday killed at least 11 people, including two FC martyrs.
Security sources said the blast was a suicide bombing that was carried out by Indian patronizing terrorists using an explosive -laden vehicle dressed by FC personnel.
He said a terrorist shifted the vehicle to the FC headquarters, while five other terrorists tried to storm the building premises.
However, sources said that a speeding operation by security forces resulted in the death of all six terrorists, including a suicide bomber.
A day earlier, security forces killed 13 terrorists organized by India in two intelligence -based operations (IBOS).
The CRSS report highlights that almost has proved to be almost as fatal with all the casualties of the current year 2024, which recorded 2,414 deaths compared to the entire part of 2024, of which a total of 2,546 deaths were reported.
This year is on the way to overturn last year’s death, a quarter (Q4) is still pending, with the “intensity of militant violence and the expansion of counter -terrorism operations”.
Of the total 901 deaths in Q3, 516 (57 %), he was illegally, while there were 385 civilians and military evidence.
Further malfunction suggests that civilian deaths were 219 (24 %), while 166 (18 %) security personnel accepted the testimony.
Compared to Q2, 2025, this figure has about 55 % more losses between illegal (516 v
“Most of the casualties recorded in this quarter may face the most targeted group of civilians compared to security officials and illegal persons, in terms of attacks and number of wounded, compared to 35, compared to 35, compared to 35, compared to the attacks, compared to 35 terrorist attacks, compared to 35 terrorist attacks. Have gone that only 35 injuries and illegally, “
He added, “Although the security operations were three times less than terrorist attacks, they still faced as many deaths as the militants’ violence against civilians and security forces.”
Meanwhile, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) and Balochistan – both of them have an unsafe border with neighboring Afghanistan.
KP was the worst affected region, which suffered about 71 71 % (638) of the total violence associated with the violence, and the incidence of more than 67 % (221), followed by Balochistan, with more than 25 % deaths (230) and events (85).
Comparing Q3 statistics with Q2 (616 deaths), the report states that KP and Balochistan have reported the highest increase in casualties with a 64 % (390 to 638 deaths) and 21 % (from 190 to 230) respectively.
Sindh also recorded an increase of 162 % of the deaths, though the number of deaths was low. Q3, 2025 in Q2 from 8 to 21.
On the contrary, the CRSS report had earlier reported 32 % and 40 % less violence in QP and Q2 in Balochistan, respectively.
Describing the health of the state -led anti -terrorism operations, the report states that the terrorists suffered minimal injuries, which were among the least incidents (which were in security forces operations in their case), and more than civilians and security officials.