PESHAWAR: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) province has witnessed a noticeable decrease in terror incidents in the first five months of 2018, as compared to the corresponding period last year, a local media house reported.
According to statistics, the incidents of kidnapping for ransom dropped by 64 per cent as four incidents took place during the current year as compared to 11 in 2017.
Similarly, a total of 16 theft and 17 extortion cases occurred during the current year as compared to 19 theft and 35 extortion cases last year.
Furthermore, 31 incidents of terrorism took place as compared to 44 incidents in the last year, which showed 13 per cent decrease in the terrorist incidents.
Attacks on police have also decreased to a great extent.
A total of 45 attacks on police occurred in comparison to 80 attacks in 2017 with a 35 per cent decrease. Similarly, a downtrend in attacks on other government officials was also noted. This year, 28 incidents of such nature took place as compared to 34 attacks during the last year and thus 6 per cent decrease has been noted in these attacks.
KP police also gave tough time to drug peddlers. A total of 18,209 cases were registered against drug peddlers as compared to 14,672 cases last year.
