Post Army Public School Attack: 637 Terrorists Killed in Pakistan
Pakistani Interior Ministry tells the country’s Senate that the anti-terror operation is a success.
A year after the Taliban attack on the Peshawar Army Public School that claimed over 150 lives, let’s take a look at what the Pakistani government’s response has been.
A total of 637 terrorists have been killed and 710 others were arrested after the authorities launched the National Action Plan (NAP). The NAP was launched just a day after the attack on December 16, 2014.
The Pakistani Ministry of Interior, on Friday, informed the Senate about the success of the anti-terror operation.
The Ministry said that 373 terrorists were killed in the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA).
- Balochistan – 98
- Punjab – 55
- Sindh – 38
- Islamabad – 1
- Gilgit-Baltistan – 1
Last year, Pakistani militants affiliated to Tehreek-e-Taliban, attacked the Army Public School in Peshawar (the provincial capital of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa), and killed over 150 people, mostly children.
A day later, all political parties of Pakistan united in the fight against terrorism and unanimously approved the National Action Plan.
The Senate was also informed about the list of 61 banned organisations that have been included in the watch list. A few of the banned organisations are:
- Al-Qaeda
- Islamic State
- Jaish-e-Muhammad
- Jamaat-ud-Dawa
- Balochistan Republican Army
- Lashkar-e-Balochistan
- Tehreek-e-Jaffaria Pakistan
- Lashkar-e-Jhangvi
- Sipah Muhammad Pakistan
- Sipah Sahaba Pakistan
- Tehreek Nafaz-e-Shariat Muhammadi
- Tehreek-e-Islami Pakistan
- Shia Talaba Action Committee
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