Pakistan ranks second in Global Terrorism Index 2025

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has been ranked second in the Global Terrorism Index (GTI) 2025 due to the recent spate of terror attacks in the country.

According to the latest GTI report, in the past five years not only the number of deaths in the terrorism related cases have risen but a 45 per cent surge in terrorist attacks across the country have been observed during 2024.

The Global Terrorism Index (GTI) ranks 163 countries, covering 99.7 per cent of the world’s population. It measures terrorism based on factors like the number of attacks, deaths, injuries, and hostages, as well as their overall impact.

“This trend is mirrored by a rise in the number of terror attacks, which have more than doubled from 517 in 2023 to 1,099 in 2024. This is the first year that the attacks have exceeded 1,000 since the inception of the index,”according to the report.

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The banned terror outfit Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) has emerged as the fastest-growing group and the deadliest organisation in the country for the second consecutive year, with at least 90 per cent increase in attributed deaths.

During 2024, TTP carried out 482 attacks in Pakistan, resulting in 585 deaths, an increase of at least 91 per cent from the previous year that witnessed 293 deaths.

“TTP was responsible for 52 per cent of deaths in Pakistan in 2024. Pakistan has experienced a significant rise in terrorism since the Taliban’s rise to power in Afghanistan. Terrorist groups operating from Afghanistan have intensified their attacks, particularly along the Pakistan-Afghanistan border.

The provinces of Balochistan and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) remain the most heavily affected regions, with these western border areas accounting for over 96 per cent of terrorist attacks and deaths in Pakistan during 2024,” according to the report.