Pakistan's leading security think tank Pakistan Institute for Negative and Security Studies recently released the Pakistan Security Report 2021 stating that after 6 years of continuous decline in terrorism in Pakistan, the militancy will resume in 2021. The number of militant attacks increased. 2021% more attacks in 2021 than in 2020. In 2021, there were a total of 294 militant attacks across the country in which 388 people were killed including 184 civilians and 192 security forces personnel while 606 people were injured including 389 civilians and 217 security forces personnel. At least 188 suspected terrorists have been arrested and 220 arrested in the last year across the country. It may be recalled that in 2020, 188 militant attacks were recorded in which 266 people were killed and 595 injured. Security forces casualties rose 46 per cent, while the death toll rose 66 per cent.
The present government has limited the 20 points of NEP to 14. Many points have been retained and some have been changed and some new points have been added. However, experts say that there is still a lot of ambiguity. For example, the government can arrest anyone in the name of spreading hatred and terror in the media. Experts say the target was not an extremist, but the government used it against its opponents. More recently, the government has approved the National Security Policy 2022 to 2026, which is said to have economic stability at its core agenda, which includes internal and external security.
Opposition parties have stated they will not run in the by-elections. Similarly, there is the case of FATF, whose main point is to stop the financing of terrorists, but the government's emphasis is on tightening the noose around NGOs. Become an effective voice.
This means that the internal machinery of government is suffering from non-cooperation and disorientation. If NICTA had been activated and empowered, better results could have been achieved but this institution has become a suspended organ.