Pakistan Studies

Assignment

War against terrorism and sacrifices of Pakistan

Many social problems have also been raised. Terrorist have spared no place
included educational institutes, markets, government offices and mosques as
well. Now people are afraid of being going away from homes. Social
transactions and offering prayers have become a great problem in our
country.

Physiological problems have increased. Fear has been increased. People have
got trauma and they feel unsafe and insecure everywhere.

Terrorism has become the international issue but involvement of Pakistan in

it has further fuelled the fire. It has become headache for the federation and
nightmare for the public. It is the major highly destructive phenomenon in
our country. The world has significantly changed after the terrorist attack on
the world trade centre. World has started war and Pakistan is regarded as
one of the critical ally of this war. Today Pakistan is going through a very
critical phase where our existence is threatened by certain forces outside
and certain elements from inside the country.

Definition
Though terrorism has no proper definition, yet it can be defined as

The use of violence and intimidation in the pursuit of political aim or the
calculated use of violence or threat of violence against civilians in order to
attain goals that are political or religious or ideological in nature, this is done
through intimidation or coercion or inciting fear.

It can also be defined as :

The act by group of individuals, with fanatical ideologies, to create fear by

terror and hold the society by killing, kidnapping and bombing etc.

Causes of terrorism:
Terrorism is caused by many factors including internal and external causes.

The major cause is religion and wrong beliefs of people.

o Social and political injustice

o Lack of democracy
 o Dehumanization

o Socio economic status

o Illiteracy

o Unemployment

History of terrorism in Pakistan

In Pakistan its roots can be traced backed from late 1999 when the incident
of lal masjid took place. Militants and religious followers got head to head.
The military took over the mosque but all this gave birth to religious
extremism, and since then terrorism has just peaked to its extent in the last
one decade. The religious militants, who were able to escape, rehabilitated in
the tribal areas of Pakistan and they started to plan against the government
because they consider the attack as government against the Islamic rules
and regulations. They have cunning ideas to damage our existence. Their
main target was national security and security agencies in Pakistan.

Sacrifices of Pakistan

Pakistan is fighting against the terrorist but it was a very difficult task to
fight with the enemies within the state. Pakistan has sacrificing greatly and
plies up heavy loss in its war against terror. Pakistan has sacrificed a lot in
the form of loss of lives, loss of monetary, loss of national peace and dignity.

Sacrifice of precious lives

Over 40,000 people have lost their innocent lives in this war from 2001 t0
2014. The loss of precious lives of people, who were not guilty, has made
terrorism the most threatening factor for the national interest of Pakistan.
There have been 3,486 bomb blasts in the country, including 395 major
suicide attacks and 256 drone attacks.
Loss of lives in major suicide attacks:

According to a report the summary of suicide attacks and loss of lives is

Year Attack Deaths Injuries

s
2002 1 15 34
2003 2 69 103
2004 7 89 321
2005 4 84 219
2006 7 161 352
2007 54 765 1677
2008 59 893 1846
2009 76 949 2356
2010 49 1167 2199
2011 41 628 1183
2012 39 365 607
2013 43 751 1411
2014 13 79 236
Total 395 6015 12544

Drone attacks and loss of lives:

Drone attacks by USA had taken the lives of hundreds of people in tribal
areas and many people were injured also, but government of Pakistan has
still the friendly relations with the USA. This is causing the enlargement of
terrorism in Pakistan.

Year Incident Deaths Injuries

s
2005 1 1 0
2006 0 0 0
2007 1 20 15
2008 19 156 17
2009 46 536 75
2010 90 831 85
2011 59 548 52
2012 46 344 37
 2013 24 148 29
Total 286 2594 310

Sacrifices of Pakistan army:

The main target of the terrorist was the security agencies and armed
forces of Pakistan. Over 200,000 Pakistani troops were deployed at the
frontline and 90,000 soldiers are fighting against militants on the Afghan
border. Our army has played a great role in this war and they were never
afraid of sacrificing their lives for the sovereignty of Pakistan and safety of
Pakistanis. Pakistan army has fought bravely against terrorist and has
destroyed their safe dens. It has broken the backbone of the terrorists and
has forced them to run away. These operations still keep ongoing in some
tribal areas. The Pakistan Army has lost 2,795 soldiers in the war and 8,671
have been injured.

Economic loss:
Terrorism has affected the Pakistani nation in immense adverse
manner as it has destroyed national economy as well as the national good
will of our country in the eyes of international world. The impacts of terrorism
are brutal and breathtaking on the country as it has destroyed the economy.

The foreign investors have stopped their investment in Pakistan and many
existing projects have been stopped so that they have negative impact on
the economic development of our country and moreover in the affected
areas agriculture

Industry, tourism industry, manufacturing industry and small scale industry

are affected badly which gave rise to the unemployment in our country.

Effects Of Terrorism On Economy According to the Pak-US Business Council

Report (2009), our economy has so far suffered directly or indirectly a huge
loss of $68 billion.

Due to widespread unrest and political uncertainty in Afghanistan, large

quantity of our food items is smuggled to Afghanistan, which ultimately leads
to acute food grain scarcity within our country.

Cost of War on Terror during the last 10 years the direct and indirect cost of
war on terror incurred by Pakistan amounted to $ 67.93 billion or Rs.5037
billion. The costs to the economy is most likely to rise further
Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) could not improve and fell by 52 per cent.
Industrial units closed down, workers laid off, capital transferred and
entrepreneurs threatened for life.

Pakistan Cricket Board PCB suffered a loss of 51.22million dollars after attack
on Srilankan cricket team.

Pakistan tourism industry suffered a loss of44 million dollars.

Migration:
Due to war on terror, local people of war-ridden areas are migrating to other
areas of Pakistan. Country has seen the largest migration since
independence in 1947. These people have left their homes, businesses,
wealth and property back home. This large invasion of people and their
rehabilitation is an economic trouble for Pakistan. Unemployment is still
widespread and now the question of providing employment to these
migrants has also become a serious alarm. This portion of population is
contributing nothing useful to the national income however they have to be
benefited from it. This unproductive group of people is a growing economic
problem of Pakistan.

Social and physiological impacts:

Many social problems have also been raised. Terrorist have spared no place
included educational institutes, markets, government offices and mosques as
well. Now people are afraid of being going away from homes. Social
transactions, getting education and offering prayers have become a great
problem in our country.

Physiological problems have increased. Fear has been increased. People have
got trauma and they feel unsafe and insecure everywhere.

Religious impact:
As Pakistan is an Islamic country but due to terrorism Pakistan has lost its
religious dignity as terrorist are using the name of Islam in the negative and
unlawful way. Negative impact of Islam has been conveyed to the other
people as we know that Islam is a peaceful religion and forbid the war. Allah
says in the Holy book that

You shall not kill any person, for GOD has made life sacred, except in the
course of justice.
The relations of Muslims with other people are based primarily on peace,
mutual respect and trust. The true religion of Islam forbids the killing of
innocent people, irrespective of the cause, religious, political or social beliefs.

Conclusion:
Pakistan is badly infected in fighting the war. It has taken many steps to root
out the terrorists and in spite of these sacrifices Pakistan is told to do more
and has never been encouraged by the international world. Pakistan has paid
the biggest price as compared to any other country but these sacrifices are
not acknowledged by other countries.

Bibliography:
PKaffairs.com
CSS forums
Wikipedia
Dawn.com
Pak date sheet