Impacts of Terrorism on Human Social Life:

1. What is Terrorism?
Terrorism is the cruelest of crimes which kills less criminals but more innocent citizens. Terrorism has no absolute definition. If simply stated, terror is extreme or intense fear. It is a psychological state, which combines the physical and mental efforts to create dread and insecurity.

Globally Accepted Definition:

Acts committed with the aim of seriously intimidating a population, forcing a government or international organization to abstain from performing any act, or seriously destabilizing or destroying the fundamental political, constitutional, economic or social structures of country or an international organization.

Terrorism is the unlawful use of force or violence against persons or property to coerce a government, civilian s population, or any segment thereof in furtherance of political or social objectives. (FBI--- Definition)

Reasons for terrorism:

There are many reasons behind terrorism as discussed below:

a) Frustration: terrorism basically springs from frustration; it may be either economic frustration. Frustration can even emanate from the absence of ones fundamental rights. b) Poverty: Poverty is another main reason behind increased rate of terrorism in recent times. There are over 1.2 billion people worldwide who live on less on a dollar a day. They do not have the means to make two meals a day. So they lose the charm of life and do not mind in involving any activities including terrorism. c) Political unrest: political unrest is another reason for domestic terrorism. The political parties only understand power. They always want to be at helm of the country so that they can enjoy the pomp and grandeur of the cost of the poor citizens.

d) Dominating tendency of people: some people in the society have the tendency to dominate over others. In order to realize their wish they resort to ant kind of activities including terrorism to prove their supremacy.

e) Cultural reasons: cultural changes cause quite a few changes in social life. The element of culture like history, language, custom and tradition, art and literature indicates the maintenance of national identity. Breaking off the improving, and maturing, bond among these elements leads to abnormal consequences, which mostly occur to be anarchy, violence etc. f) Ethnicity, nationalism/separatism: Probably the most contested cause of terrorism
is an aggrieved group resorting to violence for nationalist or separatist reasons

g) Social Reasons: In areas where there are minority groups there have been incidences of
terrorism emerging as a result of these groups not being granted adequate rights or as a result of seeing their culture destroyed.

h) Nationalism: Throughout History there have been examples of terrorism being used by
Nationalist groups who were trying to gain independence and the right to self determination. The aggrieved groups create violence to separate the states or to bring drifts among the countries.

i) Religious Reasons: When Religious Freedoms are violated groups often resort to the use of
terror tactics to try and address the issue. Much terrorism is caused by religious beliefs in which people formulate an idea of how the world and everyone in it should be. These terrorists religions are determined to destroy anything that stands between them and their ideal world.

j) Technology: The technology is another contributing factor in the spread of terrorism in

Pakistan. Hi tech and cheap technology is easily available. Hiring of terrorists, transfer of funds, communication is done by the use of information communication technology (ICTs). Technological based weapons are easily accessible given the lack of strong legislation to control arms trading. With the access to the Internet makes it possible for anyone to have the know-how of building bombs and executing attacks.

 Terrorism a threat to human life:

At present in many countries terrorists have created a state of uncertainty and terrible fallings in the minds of billions of people, especially with the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001 on the world trade centre and the pentagon building in the unite states of America. The innocent people continue to suffer misery and repression due to these inhuman acts of terrorism. There is general impression that terrorism is on the rampant worldwide as it was never been before. No society is safe from its impacts. Terrorism ranges from individual to groups to international networks, and thus poses a challenge to the internal intelligence system of government round the world. The reach of its destructive capacity has increased. It can cause disruption in all sectors of national life and has become a major problem for governments. The possibility of proliferation of weapons of mass destruction through the innovation of modern technology is more real than it has ever been in human history.
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The use of these innovations for terrorist activities is limited only by the imagination of the terrorist. Everyone is a potential target. This creates a climate of fear within a society.
We wake up more worried than ever that something really horrible has happened while we were asleep. Terrorism adds far too much pressure on the public's coping mechanism and brings nothing good.

 Impacts of terrorism on human life:

1. Social Impact of Terrorism on National Development: y The Social Impact of terrorism on national development means how people or the nation suffers due to Terrorism. Nowadays in the world everyday you come to know about the effects of terrorism on the people of a country like economic effects, psychological effects & etc. Almost every nation in the world including Pakistan is facing bad social impact & hurdles in national development. It is a matter of everyday now that we hear; there was a terrorist attack somewhere in the world & due to which the Economy of that country was affected in a negative manner & people of that country stopped investing etc. Now these terrorist attacks jolt the economy of the country from its roots, from Government to a small school going child everyone is affected because of Terrorist attacks.

2. Social impacts: y y Social norms change for people living with a consistent presence of terrorism in their lives. Conversation, daily concerns, and living with the heightened risks of sudden, violent injury or death can change people's expectations, actions, outlooks, and interactions with one another. The 9/11 attacks had immediate and overwhelming effects upon the United States population. Gratitude toward uniformed public-safety workers and especially toward fire fighters was widely expressed in light of both the drama of the risks taken on the scene and the high death toll among the workers. Many police officers and rescue workers elsewhere in the country took leaves of absence to travel to New York City to assist in the grim process of recovering bodies from the twisted remnants of the Twin Towers.

Numerous incidents of harassment and hate crimes were reported against Middle Easterners and other "Middle Eastern-looking" people, particularly Sikhs, due to the fact that Sikh males usually wear turbans, which are Stereo typically associated with Muslims in the United States. Apart from this, many children & people started felling unsecured about there Lives . There was numerous news about the people suspecting Asians , Middle East people as terrorists. Muslims basically started facing a lot of problems after the 9/11 attacks.

 Conclusion
Terrorism is a complex problem with many diverse causes. Consequently no single effective method to counter it exists. To combat terrorism, one must first understand the underlying motivations for each particular group's actions. Then a strategy needs to be developed based on those findings. Regardless, it is difficult to fight terrorism without endangering civil liberties. Many innocent people get caught in the cross-fire. Ending terrorist threats requires imaginative and fluid thinking, whether to attack the roots of terrorism or neutralize a particular group. Terrorism has become on of the major problem for economy and people of Pakistan. Repetition of terrorist attacks on various important organization and cities has made every Pakistani very conscious about these terrorists. Suicide bombing in shopping malls, common business centers and on roads is only affecting economy but also social and psychological status of every Pakistani. Pakistan being front line partner in war against terrorism have paid much more than actual. Pakistan has imported terrorism in his own territory by supporting allied forces in countering terrorism. Pakistan must be compensated for its damages in war against terror. International community, donors, and financial facilitator should come forward to strength Pakistan to fight against the terrorism.