Unending violence in Pakistan
Subtitle: analysing the trends
Contributors: Pattanaik, Smruti S., author; Sareen, Sushant, author; Behuria, Ashok K., author; Kumar, Sumita, author; Hasan, Yaqoob Ul, author; Deshmmukh, Shreyas, author; Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses
Series: Pakistan Project report; Pakistan Project report
Publisher: idsa, Institute for Defense Studies and Analyses
Published: 2014
Place of publication: New Delhi
Language: eng
Number of pages: 130
Subjects: Politics and government; Terrorism; Political violence; Insurgency; Ethnic relations; Political science
Description: This report examines political violence, sectarianism, insurgency, militancy and terrorism in Pakistan, approaches of political parties and government and its implications for the society and polity of Pakistan. The report focuses on a one-year period after the May 2013 general elections, which saw the PML-N assuming power in Islamabad with the Provinces being led by other national and regional parties. According to the report, the rising tide of violence and terrorism being witnessed in Pakistan has its basis in the society and polity of Pakistan which enable a culture of intolerance and hatred which is so deeply entrenched that it has made the state's fight against terror extremely difficult. The overall internal security situation gets even more complicated because of the fact that various sectarian groups and radical organizations like the TTP and other fundamentalist forces are not only closely networked, but also have an ideological affinity and provide each other sanctuaries and bases. Moreover, there are radicals within the ranks of the army, political parties and civil society who support these groups and their activities; and rather than accepting that Pakistan is plagued by home-grown radicalism, they resort to diversionary tactics and put the blame on external powers, which inevitably weakens the domestic resolve to fight the growing menace of terrorism and extremism.
Notes: "First Published: August 2014."

Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Foreword.; title: Preface.; title: Abbreviation.; title: The Nawaz Shaif government: an assessment of its performance in the fight against militancy and terrorism, Smruti S Pattanaik.; title: Punjab: situation report, Sushant K Sareen.; title: Security situation in Sindh 2012-2013: no reprieve in shight, Ashok K Behuria.; title: Terrorism and sectarian violence in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and the Federally Administered Tribal Area, Smruti S Pattanaik.; title: Violence in Balochistan since 2013, Sumita Kumar.; title: Analysing the debate in the vernacular media in Pakistan, Yaqoob Ul Hasan.; title: Conclusion: where is Pakistan headed? Smruti S Pattanaik.; title: Appendices.