I've not had much success checking out the FCO info either and don't bother now. I've suspected that the advice is also politically motivated - there's never a bad word said about friendly regimes. Lots of tourists have been killed in Egypt in some pretty elaborate attacks but Iran gets a worse report despite very little history of actual hostility towards tourists.
The information often does not seem region specific. Pakistan was up there on the hot list some time ago but it seemed unfair to link the far north and Karokorams region with Karachi. I think Michael Palin lobbied the FCO on this matter after his Himalaya series.
Seems like the HUBB is more relevant than the FCO website.
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