Pak security forces kill 4 terrorists  in Balochistan province

Key Highlights

• “Weapons and ammunition were also recovered from the terrorists, who remained actively involved in numerous terrorist activities in the area,” it added.
• Pakistani security forces have stepped up intelligence-based operations against insurgent groups in the Balochistan province following a deadly year in which terror attacks rose by 34 per cent in the country.
• The Islamabad-based Pakistan Institute for Peace Studies said in a report released earlier this month that in 2025, terrorist attacks increased by 34 per cent and terrorism-related deaths rose by 21 per cent, mostly in the Balochistan and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa provinces.
• In a press conference last week, Director General (DG) ISPR Lieutenant General Ahmed Sharif Chaudhry said that the army, police, Federal Constabulary, and intelligence agencies conducted a total of 75,175 intelligence-based operations in 2025.
• Breaking it down, he said 14,658 operations were conducted in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, 58,778 in Balochistan, and 1,739 in other regions of Pakistan.