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The Pak Institute for Peace Studies (PIPS) is an independent, not-for-profit non governmental research and advocacy think-tank.

[Muhammad Amir Rana @AmirRana]

Maulana’s visit will likely face a similar fate and potentially increase Taliban influence within Pakistan. He might exploit the visit during his electoral campaigns, but his real test would begin if he succeeded in securing a government in Balochistan https://t.co/aHkGw6R387

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Taliban leaders are paranoid about the future of their regime, and their fingers are still hovering over the trigger. #MaulanaFazlurRehman #Afghanistan https://t.co/WZ9GTsMaWQ

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Like all ordinary Pakistanis, the Baloch people simply yearn for respect https://t.co/woVWUotoLO

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BLA and TTP tend to exploit the issue of enforced disappearances to win the public support and recruits, the government needs to evolve a plan to manage this particular issue amicably and in accordance with law so that people don't fall for militants' narratives: PIPS

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There is a need to reduce the appeal of insurgent ideology and cause among the Baloch people and that can be done by winning hearts and minds of the people #Baloch #BalochLongMarch2Islamabad

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Pakistan needs to take a different, multi-dimensional approach to deal with the factors, dynamics, and actors of Pakistan’s growing extremism challenge

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⁃There is a need to increase capacity and role of civilian law enforcement agencies, mainly the police's CTDs in KP and Balochistan, which will prevent the terrorist threat to a significant extent

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There should be a consistent zero-tolerance policy towards terrorist groups, and there should be no negotiations with those who are unwilling to quit violence. PIPS recommends

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⁃The deteriorating Pak-Afghan bilateral relations and the absence of some practical initiative of bilateral state-to-state engagement are the key challenges at hand : PIPS #Afghanistan #Pakistan

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LEAs conducted 129 anti-militant operational strikes in 2023, compared to 87 in the year before, which caused a total of 425 fatalities or deaths (373 militants, 43 army soldiers, five policemen, two Levies, and two civilians), as compared to 327 in 2022, besides injuring 51

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Security and law enforcement agencies stepped up anti-militant kinetic actions in 2023, especially in the second half of the year. PIPS report https://t.co/TYNU1am9Jd

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⁃Six terrorist attacks took place in Punjab in 2023, which claimed 16 lives and injured eight others. https://t.co/TYNU1am9Jd

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⁃Compared to 2022, the frequency of terrorist incidents in the Balochistan province increased by 39 percent, in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa by 3 percent, in Sindh by 87 percent and in Punjab by 100 percent. https://t.co/TYNU1am9Jd

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Pakistan Security Report for 2023 includes comprehensive data on violent incidents including terrorist attacks, comparative analysis of various security variables, the changing targets and tactics of militants and nature of state responses, as well as policy recommendations

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For the third year in a row, terrorist attacks posted an upsurge in Pakistan: PIPS

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Over 82% terrorism-related deaths in Pakistan in 2023 caused by TTP, IS-K and BLA: Pakistan Security Report https://t.co/TYNU1am9Jd

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Pakistan’s response and focus don’t match the mounting terrorism challenge: Pakistan Security Report 2023 @PAKPIPS

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⁃terrorist violence marked an upsurge of 17 percent in Pakistan in 2023 @PAKPIPS

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⁃Pak Institute for Peace Studies has released its annual Security Report for 2023
#Pakistan#security https://t.co/TYNU1am9Jd

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One of the major weaknesses in Pakistan’s counterterrorism strategy is that its operations rarely focus on eliminating the leadership. all TTP leaders who have been killed have met their end in US drone strikes rather than Pakistani military operations https://t.co/RmFxpNfhhp