Terrorism & Counter Strategies in Pakistan: People’s Perspective
Abstract
Present study aims to explore the opinion of people regarding terrorism and what strategies they suggested to counter. This study also aimed to find out that whether national image is associated with terrorism or not. A quantitative survey was conducted and questionnaire was distributed to 1000 respondents residing/working in Islamabad. Findings show that respondents are of the opinion to take strong measures against all kinds of terrorism and terrorists activities from Pakistan to maintain Government’s writ and to promote national image constructively.
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