TERRORISM IN PAKISTAN;CONSTITUTIONAL

STRATEGY TO ENCOUNTER IT.

INTRODUCTION
Terrorism is one of the major cause that contritubed alot in huge human losses to thestate and society of
Pakistan.The people of Pakistan have always faced with the paradoxical national security policy. It has
also remained a mind bogglingfor the security policy makers in Pakistan. They have failed toengineer a
unanimously accepted national security policy so asto establish a balance between the security of Pakistan
andsecurity of its citizens. While framing security policy the strategists in different eras have
underestimated the balance between the external and internal security threats to Pakistan and its citizens.
Extremism in shaping security policy in eitherform is dangerous for the solidarity and survival of the
nation.

The recent establishment of military courts under 21st Constitutional amendment and accentuation on
external security has severe futuristic repercussions. Instead of relying on oneextreme form or the other
form of security, the government withthe consensus of all political and constitutional institutionsneeds to
designs a balanced national security doctrine to ensureboth the security of the country and its citizens as
well.

The menace of terrorism afflicting Pakistan cannot be attributed to a single cause. A host of internal and
external factors led to the spate of terrorism. Initially, the state machinery found itself unprepared to
respond to the daunting challenge of countering the terrorism in a coordinated manner and till December
2014, the state response towards the evil machinations of the terrorists remained largely reactive and
sporadic.

On December 16, 2014, the brazen attack on the Army Public School (APS) in Peshawar killed 141,
including 132 children and nine members of the school staff. In reaction, on January 7, 2015, the
government adopted the 21st amendment to the Constitution of Pakistan, which entailed the establishment
of military courts to punish the terrorists and their facilitators. This study gauges the opinion of young
students towards this new counter-terrorism policy. The results suggest two outcomes: firstly, the public
admits that terrorism is one of their main problems and secondly, there is an ethnically diverse view on
the military-led public policy to curb terrorism

Keywords : National Security Policy, Strategy, Policy making ,constitutional setup, internal and external
threat.

SIGNIFICANCE OF THE STUDY

There are several historical, geographical and political factors that have contributed to creating a
favourable environment for the import of terrorism and extremism in the region in general and in
Pakistan,There are a number of factors: for instance, social values, socialisations, crime and race/ethnicity
that tend to shape public attitude towards the punishment of terrorists. Interestingly, research reveals that
although the public believes that criminals should be sentenced as harshly as possible, yet their views are
liable to change when they see a sentencing in practice.Since the establishment of military courts, dozens
of convicted terrorists have been hanged. As Pakistan is a multi-ethnic society, this study is aimed at
finding the difference among the opinions of various ethnic groups regarding the punishment of terrorists
in Pakistan. It is significant to find out that the opinion of different ethnic groups would be an addition to
our understanding of this subject.

OBJECTIVE OF THE STUDY

The findings of this study will contribute to the benefits of counter terrorism from pakistan a as
Terrorism is one of the major causes of today's development and prosperity and peace. The formulation of
national action task force and the military courts help alot in the eradication of terrorism from pakistan.
This step of eradication of terrorism will help alot in the good relations with neighbouring countries and
international stability.

RESEARCH QUESTION
1; What are the causes that lead ,the pakistan, in the way of terrorism the day after independence in 1947.

2; What is the status of pakistan's towards national security and counter terrorism.

3; What security threats are being faced by paksitan towards development i.e internal and external threats.

4; What is the status of military courts in pakistan towward the national action plan.

HYPOTHESIS
We can say that the ethenic unstability lead the terrorism domestically. And the all worst decision taken
by our ancestors are the cause of todays international terrorism. pakistan's status towards security is so
weak that we are unable to overcome this. Military courts and the national action plan is the only soucre
by which terrorism can be eradicated not throughly but a huge.

THEORETICAL FRAMWORK
Realism/neo-realism, peace studies, policyoriented studies and some forms of feminism are empirically
based and these specify the referent of security in the analysis”. In contrast, “Post-Positivist perspectives
represent post-positivist feminism, postmodernism, critical theory, constructivism and emphasize
methodology over the empirical identification of the specific referent to be secured.

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