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Pakistan: events and estimated deaths in October 2024

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UCDP recorded 74 events of organized violence in Pakistan in October 2024. The best estimate of deaths in these events is 185. The low estimate is 177 and the high estimate is 236. UCDP counts 18 of these deaths as deaths of civilians. The count for September 2024 was 63 events.

Among the 26 months with a report for Pakistan, October 2024 has the 20th highest count of events. Pakistan holds 3 percent of the events that UCDP recorded in all countries with a page in October 2024.

Not all events in UCDP Candidate will make it into the final UCDP GED and new events will be added. The UCDP Candidate is a dataset containing events that have a high probability of being included in the final annual version of UCDP GED.

An incident where armed force was used by an organized actor against another organized actor, or against civilians, resulting in at least 1 direct death at a specific location and a specific date

UCDP's words. Source: UCDP Candidate Events Dataset Codebook, version 1.5 (Introduction) and UCDP GED Codebook, version 26.1 (section 2, the definition of an event), copied on .

This page rests on UCDP GED 26.1 and UCDP Candidate Events 26.0.9, with data through . The figures from January 2026 are from Candidate Events. Candidate Events are preliminary and UCDP revises them.

The pages give counts and their sources. They give no travel, security or safety advice. A count of events is not a measure of danger.

Regions

The table has 10 regions at most.

Table 1. Pakistan, October 2024: events and estimated deaths by region, in name order
RegionEventsEstimated deaths
Balochistan province2132
Khyber Pakhtunkwa province50138
Punjab province17
Sindh province28
Figure 1. Events in Pakistan, October 2024. The map shows 74 events with 185 estimated deaths. One dot is one event at the place that UCDP gives. When a source names no exact place, UCDP puts the event at the centre of a region or of the country. The area of a dot follows the best estimate of deaths. The largest dot is for 330 deaths or more.1 death10 deaths100 deathsOutlines: Natural Earth, with the first-level areas of the UCDP data. An outline shows where the events are. It is not a statement about a border.

Events

The table lists the events with 10 or more estimated deaths. The CSV file of Pakistan has each event.

Table 2. Pakistan, October 2024: events with 10 or more estimated deaths (4 of 74 events), in the order of their dates
DatePlaceSides, as UCDP writes themType of violenceEstimated deathsLowHigh
12 Oct 2024Kurram district, Khyber Pakhtunkwa provinceShia (Pakistan); Sunni (Pakistan)Non-state141414
14 Oct 2024Bannu district, Khyber Pakhtunkwa provinceGovernment of Pakistan; TTPState-based10910
24 Oct 2024Dera Ismail Khan district, Khyber Pakhtunkwa provinceGovernment of Pakistan; TTPState-based121212
30 Oct 2024Bannu district, Khyber Pakhtunkwa provinceGovernment of Pakistan; TTPState-based111111

Actors, as UCDP names them

Names as UCDP writes them.

Table 3. Pakistan: actors, as UCDP names them, in the events of October 2024, in name order
Name, as UCDP writes itEventsEstimated deaths in these events
BRAS2033
Government of Afghanistan12
Government of Pakistan63161
HGB23
IS11
Shia (Pakistan)114
Sunni (Pakistan)114
TTP49132

An event has two sides, so one event can be in two rows. The deaths are the deaths in the events of a side. The table does not say which side caused a death.

Type of violence

Table 4. Pakistan: events by type of violence, October 2024
Type of violenceEventsShare of events
State-based armed conflict6385%
Non-state conflict11%
One-sided violence against civilians1014%

The glossary has the UCDP definition of each type.

All months

Table 5. Monthly reports of Pakistan, newest first: events and estimated deaths
MonthEventsEstimated deathsDataset
September 2026149P667PCandidate Events
August 2026144P535PCandidate Events
July 2026173P662PCandidate Events
June 2026140P430PCandidate Events
May 202697P341PCandidate Events
April 202672P202PCandidate Events
March 2026103P189PCandidate Events
February 202680P314PCandidate Events
January 202684P413PCandidate Events
December 2025106223GED
November 2025106334GED
October 2025102450GED
September 2025103378GED
August 202592228GED
July 202595205GED
June 202572165GED
May 2025103245GED
April 202583225GED
March 202588342GED
February 202592241GED
January 202585295GED
December 202474242GED
November 202474337GED
October 202474185GED
September 202463162GED
August 202471222GED

P Preliminary. The figure is from UCDP Candidate Events, and UCDP revises these events. Search engines list a report of a month in the last 12 months that has 20 or more events. The other reports stay online and ask search engines not to list them.

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ConflictStats. Pakistan: events and estimated deaths in October 2024. https://conflictstats.com/country/pakistan/month/2024-10/. Source: Uppsala Conflict Data Program, UCDP GED 26.1 and UCDP Candidate Events 26.0.9. Data through .

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