Pakistan, Nov. 2 -- Pakistan witnessed a significant improvement in several key security indicators during October, with terrorist attacks declining by 37 per cent compared with September, according to statistics released by the Islamabad-based Pakistan Institute for Conflict and Security Studies (PICSS) on Sunday.

The country recorded 143 terrorist attacks in October, compared with 226 in September, reversing two consecutive months of rising terrorist violence. The decline was particularly significant in Balochistan and mainland Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP), while suicide attacks also fell. However, kidnappings increased, particularly in Balochistan.

PICSS data showed that terrorist attacks claimed 111 lives in October, down 57pc from 260 i...