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Sindh province, Pakistan: events and estimated deaths recorded by UCDP

Data through Name of the region as UCDP writes it: Sindh provincePopulation about 55,245,497 (Wikidata)

Search engines are asked not to list this page. They list a region page at 30 or more events in the 12 months to 30 Sep 2026. This page has 15.

UCDP recorded 2 eventsP of organized violence in Sindh province, Pakistan in September 2026. The best estimate of deaths in these events is 3P. The count for August 2026 was 2 eventsP.

In the 12 months to 30 Sep 2026, UCDP recorded 15 eventsP in Sindh province, Pakistan. The best estimate of deaths in the events of the 12 months is 28P. The low estimate is 28 and the high estimate is 35P. UCDP counts 2P of these deaths as deaths of civilians.

Among the 5 regions of Pakistan with a page, Sindh province has the 3rd highest count of events in the 12 months to 30 Sep 2026. Sindh province holds 1 percentP of the events that UCDP recorded in Pakistan in the 12 months to 30 Sep 2026. In the 12 months to 30 Sep 2025, UCDP recorded 12 events in Sindh province. The count for the 12 months to 30 Sep 2026 is 15P, which is up 25 percent. Over the same periods, the count for Pakistan as a whole went from 1,035 to 1,356P, which is up 31 percent.

Table 1. Sindh province, Pakistan: events and estimated deaths that UCDP records
FigureSeptember 2026PAugust 2026P12 months to 30 Sep 2026P
Events2215
Estimated deaths, best estimate3228
Low estimate of deaths3228
High estimate of deaths3235
Deaths of civilians012

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.

Since the last update

The log has no change for Sindh province, Pakistan on record. ConflictStats read the UCDP files on . The data cover events through . Changes in the data

24 months

02.55Jan 2025Jan 2026GEDCandidate
Figure 1. Events in Sindh province by month. A hollow column is a preliminary month. The line marks the change of dataset: GED to the left, Candidate Events from Jan 2026 to the right. The two datasets are not made in the same way, so a step at the line is not only a change in the events. The figures are in Table 5.
Figure 2. Events in Sindh province, 1 Oct 2025 to 30 Sep 2026. The map shows 15 events with 28 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.

Actors, as UCDP names them

Names as UCDP writes them.

Table 2. Sindh province: actors, as UCDP names them, in the events of the 12 months to 30 Sep 2026, in name order
Name, as UCDP writes itEventsEstimated deaths in these events
BRAS7P11P
Government of Pakistan13P26P
IMP12
SRA3P2P
TTP4P13P

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.

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

Second-level areas

The areas in Sindh province that UCDP names in the events. The table has 10 areas at most.

Table 3. Second-level areas of Sindh province in the events of the 12 months to 30 Sep 2026, in name order
Area, as UCDP writes itEventsEstimated deaths
Hyderabad district10
Karachi district10P24P
Naushahro Feroze district12
Shikarpur district2P1P

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

Type of violence

Table 4. Sindh province: events by type of violence, the 12 months to 30 Sep 2026
Type of violenceEventsShare of events
State-based armed conflict13P87%
Non-state conflict00%
One-sided violence against civilians2P13%

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

The glossary has the UCDP definition of each type.

Monthly reports

One report for each month with events. Search engines list a report of a month in the last 12 months that has 30 or more events.

Table 5. Monthly reports of Sindh province, newest first: events and estimated deaths
MonthEventsEstimated deathsDataset
September 20262P3PCandidate Events
August 20262P2PCandidate Events
July 20262P1PCandidate Events
June 20261P10PCandidate Events
May 20262P1PCandidate Events
April 20261P1PCandidate Events
March 20261P4PCandidate Events
February 20261P4PCandidate Events
December 202510GED
November 202512GED
October 202510GED
August 202547GED
July 202525GED
May 202511GED
February 202511GED
January 202520GED
October 202428GED

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 30 or more events. The other reports stay online and ask search engines not to list them.

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ConflictStats. Sindh province, Pakistan: events and estimated deaths recorded by UCDP. https://conflictstats.com/country/pakistan/sindh-province/. Source: Uppsala Conflict Data Program, UCDP GED 26.1 and UCDP Candidate Events 26.0.9. Data through .

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Questions

How many events did UCDP record in Sindh province, Pakistan in September 2026?

UCDP recorded 2 eventsP of organized violence in Sindh province, Pakistan in September 2026. The count for August 2026 was 2 eventsP.

How does UCDP count deaths?

UCDP gives a best estimate, a low estimate and a high estimate for each event. This page uses the best estimate. For Sindh province, Pakistan in the 12 months to 30 Sep 2026, the best estimate is 28P. The low estimate is 28 and the high estimate is 35P.

Are the figures of the latest months final?

No. The figures from January 2026 are from UCDP Candidate Events. Candidate Events are preliminary and UCDP revises them. UCDP releases the reviewed dataset, the GED, one time each year.