South Asian Studies, Vol 34, No 1 (2019)

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Conteporarary Counter Terrorim in Pakistan and its Efficacy

Sanwal Hussain Kharal, Khizar Abbass Bhatti, Prof. Dr. Khalid Manzoor Butt, Dr. Xiaoqing Xie

Abstract


The study aims to express counter-terrorism situation in Pakistan where terrorism has prevailed in last two decades. There have been more than 100,000 fatalities, the government bears 126 billion US dollars financially, 92 billion US dollars in terms of indirect losses and overall an estimated 10 million people nationally are affected by terrorism. NACTA was formed under National Action Plan to counter terrorism, it was the first step toward concrete anti-terrorism policy. This secondary data based qualitative research highlights efficacy of counter- terrorism policies. The results show the strengths and weaknesses of NACTA framework and its performance. The counter- terrorism strategies minimized security threats demonstrating considerable decrease in numbers of suicide attacks and violent activities. 

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