637 terrorists killed, 710 arrested in Pakistan in 2015

At least 637 terrorists have been killed and 710 others arrested by the police and security forces in Pakistan during the year 2015, the interior ministry informed the country's Upper House Friday.

The Senate was informed that a total of 373 terrorists were killed in the Federally Administered Tribal Area (FATA), 98 in southwest Balochistan province, 55 in east Punjab province and 36 in south Sindh province.

One miscreant was killed by police in the capital city Islamabad and another in north Gilgit-Baltistan area this year.

All the terrorists have been killed under the National Action Plan (NAP) launched by the country in January this year to curb militancy in restive tribal and sensitive settled areas of the country.

The Senate was informed that a number of steps have been taken by Frontier Corps in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa and Balochistan provinces to check infiltration of terrorists from Afghanistan into Pakistan through the porous border lying between the two countries.

The Senate was also informed that the country has banned 14 militant organizations this year, bringing the total number of banned outfits in the country to 61.

The banned outfits included the Islamic State (IS), sectarian outfits; Lashkar-e-Jhangvi, Sipah Muhammad Pakistan, Jaish Muhammad and Sipah Sahaba, and separatist organizations; Balochistan Republican Army and Lashkar-e-Balochistan among others.

Extremist groups Tehreek Nafaz-e-Shariat Muhammadi, Tehreek-e-Islami Pakistan and Shia Talaba Action Committee are also among the 61 banned organizations. Enditem