Political violence in the third week of December affected 241 people in 41 incidents across the country, killing 75 people and injuring 166 others.
According to a report by FAFEN, 22 incidents were reported in Sindh followed by 10 in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, six in Balochistan, two in Federally Administered Tribal Areas and one in Gilgit-Baltistan.
No incident of political violence was reported in Punjab in the reviewed week.
Compared to the second week, the number of incidents went down from 52 to 41, but more people died and were wounded – 75 and 166 – in political violence in the third week.
In the second week, 61 people were killed and 51 injured in incidents of political violence.
Most of the casualties – 15 killed, 69 injured – were reported in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. Twenty-four people died and 75 were injured in FATA, while Sindh witnessed 25 deaths and seven injuries.
In Balochistan, nine people were killed and 12 injured and Gilgit-Baltistan reported two deaths and three injuries.
Incidents of terrorism claimed 47 lives and left 154 injured across the country. Nine incidents of targeted killings took 11 lives in Karachi, while one incident in Swat resulted in one killing and another injury.
A tribal conflict in North Waziristan Agency claimed five lives and wounded four others, while three people were killed in ethnic violence in Bolan
In attacks on political workers, an MQM worker was killed while a PPP worker was injured in Karachi.
Seven people died and six others were injured in sectarian attacks in the third week. Of them, four were killed in Karachi, two in Gilgit-Baltistan and one in Quetta.
The major tactic of political violence was bomb blasts, killing 19 people and injuring 79 others. The second most lethal tactic was gunfire that killed 48 people and injured 38 others.
A suicide attack in combination with gunfire killed five people and injured 46 others. Missiles and mortars killed and injured three each.
Khyber Agency was the most violent place where a car bomb went off in Jamrud, killing 19 people and injuring 71 others. Peshawar was the second most violent place, where a high-profile attack on an airport claimed five lives and injured 46 others.
Karachi remained the third most violent area with 25 deaths, mostly in acts of targeted killings and sectarian attacks.
Additionally, five attacks were carried out against female polio health workers. In Nowshera, 18 people were injured in hand grenade attack on an army recruitment centre.
