Pakistan has witnessed a visible decline in sectarian terrorism with reporting of only two such incidents during this year as compared to 185 in 2012.

According to statistics issued by the Interior Division, during last seven years, a total of 676 incidents of sectarian terrorism were reported.

The data shows that under the National Action Plan, over eight thousand persons are on 4th Schedule ATA and the number of movement restrictions is over two thousand while over five thousand accounts are also freezed.