Overview
- DG ISPR Lt Gen Ahmed Sharif said forces conducted 75,175 intelligence-based operations in 2025, killing 2,597 militants while 1,235 civilians and security personnel died.
- He reported 5,397 terrorist incidents nationwide, with roughly 71% in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and 1,557 in Balochistan, alongside 27 suicide attacks including two by women.
- The spokesperson alleged Afghan involvement in 10 major attacks, cited flows of US-origin weapons to militants, and claimed about 2,500 foreign fighters had moved to Afghanistan from Syria.
- He accused India of financing and enabling groups operating from Afghan territory and referenced October 2025 strikes on militant infrastructure along the border.
- He blamed a political-criminal-terror nexus in KP and said PTI was resisting counterterror efforts, a charge PTI rejected as politically charged; independent data from PICSS/CRSS also marked 2025 as the deadliest year in over a decade with roughly 3,400 conflict deaths.