The war depleted the country 's manpower resources , and the outcomes outlined a deep effect on its national economy , since Pakistan had joined the USA-led War on Terror . According to the Ministry of Finance ( MoF ) statistics and mathematical data survey collections , the economy has suffered direct and indirect losses of up to ~ $ 67.93 billion since 2001 due to its role as a " frontline state . " According to the MoF-issued Pakistan Economic Survey 2010 – 11 , " Pakistan has never witnessed such a devastating social and economic upheaval in its industry , even after dismemberment of the country by a direct war with India in 1971 . " By 2014 , casualty rates from terrorism in the country as a whole dropped by 40 % as compared to 2011 – 13 , with even greater drops noted in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa despite the province being the site of a large massacre of schoolchildren by TTP terrorists in December 2014 . A year later in 2015 , Forbes cited Pakistan 's " progress on the security front and the increased political stability " among other factors to call it the next " global turnaround success story . " In 2016 , Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif stated that the ultimate aim was to establish the writ of the Pakistani Government on every square kilometer of Pakistan , right to the very last border post . Violence decreased in some cases by upto 75 % . In the last two years from 2011 due to Karachi operation and the North Waziristan operation launched by the Army , prompting analysts to say Pakistan is winning the war on terror
a large massacre of schoolchildren
2014 Peshawar school massacre
Insurgency in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa