Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) Director General (DG) Lieutenant General Ahmed Sharif Chaudhry said on Friday that deliberate efforts were being made to create an impression that the security situation in Balochistan was getting worse.
He made the remarks while addressing a press conference on the overall security situation in Pakistan, with a particular focus on Balochistan.
At the beginning of the briefing, the military spokesperson said security forces had conducted 40,348 intelligence-based operations across the country so far this year. He said these operations involved all security forces, including police, civil armed forces, intelligence agencies and the armed forces.
More than 31,000 of these operations were conducted in Balochistan, he said.
The DG ISPR said Pakistan recorded 3,145 terrorism incidents in 2026. Of these, 1,971 were reported in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, 1,148 in Balochistan and 26 in other parts of the country.
He said 2,084 confirmed terrorists were killed during this period. “This comes to an average of 10 terrorists being killed every day, which is the highest ratio ever,” he added.
Meanwhile, security forces were carrying out nearly 200 intelligence-based operations (IBO) every day. “So these IBOs are going on every hour.”
The DG ISPR also said that “819 Pakistanis have been martyred” in terrorism-related incidents this year, averaging four deaths each day. The victims included 303 army personnel, 194 police and civil armed forces personnel and 322 civilians.
He said 28 suicide attacks had been reported this year, “the majority of which were carried out by Afghan nationals […] and people associated with their security forces”.
Comparing the number of terrorists killed in 2025 with the figures for 2026, he said 2,597 terrorists were killed last year, while 2,084 have been killed so far this year.
With five months still remaining in 2026, he said, “The way the kinetic prong of the counter-terrorism is maturing, responding and delivering, that is before you.”
The DG ISPR said the number of Pakistani casualties had previously been higher compared to the number of terrorists killed, but the situation began changing in 2024. In 2025, “for each martyr we were taking out minimum two [terrorists], and this year, we are taking out minimum 2.5 [terrorists].”
He said the rise in terrorism incidents could be linked to changes in the strategy of terrorist groups. “Because once returns from other elements of their strategy begin diminishing, they focus more here. And you saw when their direct strategy during Marka-i-Haq failed, they started investing a lot more here,” he explained.
The DG ISPR also linked the situation to the “agenda of the terrorist-supporting Taliban regime” and said the Pakistani state had a clear position on the issue.
“These terrorists and their sponsors have come to understand that there is no space for appeasement or any talks with them […] They know that the state is telling them very clearly that either you submit to the state’s will in accordance with law and the Constitution, otherwise we are here and fighting,” he said.
He added that the increase in terrorism incidents was also linked to the proactive approach of security forces. “These [terrorism] incidents also rise because when we get proactive […] there will be more engagements.”
