January ‘deadliest’ month in Pakistan since July 2018

Islamabad: Since July 2019, January 2023 has been the deadliest month in Pakistan as 134 people lost their lives, a 139 percent spike, and 254 others were injured in at least 44 terror attacks across the country, according to statistics.
The figures released by the Islamabad-based think-tank Pakistan Institute for Conflict and Security Studies (PICSS) revealed the pattern of terrorist attacks continued in the new year, with Khyber Pakhtunkhwa remaining one of the worst-hit regions, reports Dawn news.
Although the number of terror incidents slightly declined in January, the fatalities increased by 139 percent, mainly due to the January suicide blast at a mosque in Peshawar which resulted in the death of 101 people.
In January, two suicide bombings were recorded — one in Peshawar and the other one in the Khyber tribal district.
At the same time, the security forces foiled a number of attacks by arresting at least 52 suspected militants, mainly from Punjab, and killing 40 suspects, mostly in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
In Khyber Pakhtunkhwa not only the militant attacks increased from 17 to 27, but the resultant deaths also increased from 17 to 116 compared to December 2022, Dawn news quoted the think-tank as saying.