Contents

Incidents......................................................................................................................................................1
reports.........................................................................................................................................................1
Where did we went wrong in curbing terrorism.........................................................................................1
What should be done by gov.......................................................................................................................2

Incidents
One must reflect on the 2014 Army Public School, Peshawar, tragedy that left
144 people, including 132 children, dead at the hands of six terrorist gunmen.
( t took multiple military operations, including Zarb-i-Azb and Raddul Fasaad,
to check the advance of the TTP)

on March 15 2019, an Australian gunman killed 51 worshippers in

Christchurch. The victims included nationals from Afghanistan, Bangladesh,
Pakistan, Indonesia and Egypt as well as New Zealand citizens.

Attacks on security personnel are also becoming increasingly frequent. In

April alone, 10 of them were martyred in North Waziristan.( TTP. )

In Wana, South Waziristan, PTM leader Arif Wazir was shot dead by
unidentified assailants on May 2.

BLA militants attacked security forces (2020 may)in Buleda (Kech)(pak-iran

border), claiming the lives of 6 army officials using improvised explosive
devices (IEDs)

Reports
recently prepared for the UN Security Council 2020  between 6,000
to 6,500 anti-Pakistan militants are based in Afghanistan, mostly
linked to the banned TTP.

According to data collected by the Pak Institute for Peace Studies,

terrorist attacks this year decreased by around 11 per cent as
compared to 2018, and the number of people killed in these attacks
plummeted by 40pc.

A recent study reported a 13 per cent decline in terrorist incidents in 2019

compared to 2018; however, 2019 saw 229 incidents, including four suicide
assaults, which claimed 357 lives.

Where did we went wrong in curbing terrorism

firstly, there was no political ownership of CT NAP. Resultantly, the

commander of an armed and strong institution took the lead and we saw the
militarisation of our internal security strategy. Apex committees were
constituted in the provinces with corps commanders calling the shots. Political
governments and civilian agencies simply followed military doctrine.

2 glaring cases of injustice were highlighted. some people went to the gallows
as a result of miscarriage of justice

Thirdly, special military courts were established for speedy trial of terrorists

4 CT NAP has the following provisions for a communication strategy:

countering hate speech and extremist material; ban on glorifying terrorism
and terrorist groups through print/electronic media; and tangible measures
against the abuse of internet and social media for terrorism. he government
recently came up with the Citizens Protection (Against Online Harm) Rules
2020. Oddly, the cabinet approved these rules framed without consultation
with concerned stakeholders.

we do not have a national security policy, and the internal security policy
approved by the previous government remains unimplemented.

What should be done by gov

ur rookie prime minister needs to adopt Ardern’s leadership traits and revisit
the CT NAP to come up with long-term solutions to counter violent
extremism.