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Pakistan: events and estimated deaths in July 2026

Monthly reportDataset: UCDP Candidate Events, preliminaryData through

UCDP recorded 173 eventsP of organized violence in Pakistan in July 2026. The best estimate of deaths in these events is 662P. The low estimate is 643 and the high estimate is 784P. UCDP counts 40P of these deaths as deaths of civilians. The count for June 2026 was 140 eventsP.

The count for July 2025 was 95 events. The change from July 2025 to July 2026 is up 82 percentP. Among the 26 months with a report for Pakistan, July 2026 has the highest count of events. Pakistan holds 9 percentP of the events that UCDP recorded in all countries with a page in July 2026. In July 2025, the share was 4 percent.

P Preliminary. The figure is from UCDP Candidate Events, and UCDP revises these events.

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, July 2026: events and estimated deaths by region, in name order
RegionEventsPEstimated deathsP
Azad Jammu & Kashmir22
Balochistan province94402
Islamabad Capital territory11
Khyber Pakhtunkwa province74256
Sindh province21

P Preliminary. The figure is from UCDP Candidate Events, and UCDP revises these events.

Figure 1. Events in Pakistan, July 2026. The map shows 173 events with 662 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, July 2026: events with 10 or more estimated deaths (14 of 173 events), in the order of their dates
DatePlaceSides, as UCDP writes themType of violenceEstimated deathsPLowHigh
5 Jul 2026Balochistan provinceActor not identified by UCDP; Actor not identified by UCDPState-based171717
7 Jul 2026Ziarat district, Balochistan provinceGovernment of Pakistan; TTPState-based242424
7 Jul 2026Ziarat district, Balochistan provinceGovernment of Pakistan; TTPState-based292929
7 Jul 2026Ziarat district, Balochistan provinceGovernment of Pakistan; TTPState-based131313
8 Jul 2026Lasbela district, Balochistan provinceGovernment of Pakistan; BRASState-based252525
8 Jul 2026Khuzdar district, Balochistan provinceGovernment of Pakistan; BRASState-based17540
10 Jul 2026Ziarat district, Balochistan provinceGovernment of Pakistan; TTPState-based262626
16 Jul 2026Bannu district, Khyber Pakhtunkwa provinceGovernment of Pakistan; TTPState-based242424
16 Jul 2026Mastung district, Balochistan provinceGovernment of Pakistan; BRASState-based121212
24 Jul 2026Tank district, Khyber Pakhtunkwa provinceGovernment of Pakistan; TTPState-based303030
24 Jul 2026Mastung district, Balochistan provinceGovernment of Pakistan; BRASState-based151515
28 Jul 2026Khyber district, Khyber Pakhtunkwa provinceGovernment of Pakistan; TTPState-based242424
29 Jul 2026Hangu district, Khyber Pakhtunkwa provinceGovernment of Pakistan; TTPState-based242425
31 Jul 2026Bannu district, Khyber Pakhtunkwa provinceGovernment of Pakistan; IMPState-based151515

P Preliminary. The figure is from UCDP Candidate Events, and UCDP revises these events.

Names are as UCDP writes them, with two labels that the site writes. UCDP does not identify some actors: the site writes "Actor not identified by UCDP" for each of them. UCDP names some groups for a person: the site writes "Group named for a person (name not shown)" for each of them. A line with a label can hold more than one actor.

Actors, as UCDP names them

Names as UCDP writes them.

Table 3. Pakistan: actors, as UCDP names them, in the events of July 2026, in name order
Name, as UCDP writes itEventsEstimated deaths in these events
Actor not identified by UCDP3P19P
BRAS84P288P
Government of Pakistan150P606P
IMP4P22P
IS6P12P
Jamaat-ul-Ahrar1P1P
TTP74P325P

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. Names are as UCDP writes them, with two labels that the site writes. UCDP does not identify some actors: the site writes "Actor not identified by UCDP" for each of them. UCDP names some groups for a person: the site writes "Group named for a person (name not shown)" for each of them. A line with a label can hold more than one actor.

P Preliminary. The figure is from UCDP Candidate Events, and UCDP revises these events.

Type of violence

Table 4. Pakistan: events by type of violence, July 2026
Type of violenceEventsShare of events
State-based armed conflict151P87%
Non-state conflict1P1%
One-sided violence against civilians21P12%

P Preliminary. The figure is from UCDP Candidate Events, and UCDP revises these events.

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 July 2026. https://conflictstats.com/country/pakistan/month/2026-07/. Source: Uppsala Conflict Data Program, UCDP GED 26.1 and UCDP Candidate Events 26.0.9. Data through .

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