77 countries struck by terror attacks in 2017, Pakistan 5th most terror affected country: IEP

[VCheng]

This is one of the pending cases at the muaziz dahlees of the supreme court

If the SC can be fair and impartial across the board, then it will have done its job, but not otherwise.

 

[El Sidd]

If the SC can be fair and impartial across the board, then it will have done its job, but not otherwise.

Well that remains to be seen. The justice system works slow in Pakistan whatever the causes be.

If supreme court cannot be considered impartial then you are basically questioning that if the state is breathing its last.

Supreme Court by it's definition is impartial as far as the Pakistani public is concerned. For political elites and their minions it may seem impartial.

 

[VCheng]

Well that remains to be seen. The justice system works slow in Pakistan whatever the causes be.

If supreme court cannot be considered impartial then you are basically questioning that if the state is breathing its last.

Supreme Court by it's definition is impartial as far as the Pakistani public is concerned. For political elites and their minions it may seem impartial.

I agree, that remains to be seen.

In this thread at least we can talk about the distinct improvement in security in Pakistan. It is off the top 20 list. That is an achievement, for sure. If it can be consolidated as I indicated, it will be even better.

 

[The Eagle]

If it can be consolidated as I indicated, it will be even better.

That consolidation will may take some time that we are already into process of cleaning through Courts.

 

[VCheng]

That consolidation will may take some time that we are already into process of cleaning through Courts.

As I agreed above, it remains to be seen.

 

[The Eagle]

Co-operation is a two way street, by definition Sir. And what has taken decades to develop will certainly a long time to resolve, as well.

One side is a bit lazy into process as such. As said, Military can maintain security measures and need backing from political office that is nowhere to be seen actively as expected however, coming months or days may transpire as such. Till now, whenever spoken about needed strong economy or political support, the same is being made an agenda to talk about for hours on media while taking it negatively.

 

[El Sidd]

I agree, that remains to be seen.

In this thread at least we can talk about the distinct improvement in security in Pakistan. It is off the top 20 list. That is an achievement, for sure. If it can be consolidated as I indicated, it will be even better.

Terrorism has many shades.

Economic terrorism is ransacking Pakistan like isis in Palmyra.

Without economic prosperity we are just breeding the next generation already. With gun culture common and considered a jewelry. Economic desperation will eventually lead them there.

We are only winning one front of the war while the other encircles us for a later assault.

The problem simply is that terrorism is not only used as a foreign tool but internally by corrupt politicians.

 

[VCheng]

Till now, whenever spoken about needed strong economy or political support, the same is being made an agenda to talk about for hours on media while taking it negatively.

TBH, I find your writing rather hard to understand, no offence. If I understand you correctly, I think I agree.

Terrorism has many shades.

Economic terrorism is ransacking Pakistan like isis in Palmyra.

Without economic prosperity we are just breeding the next generation already. With gun culture common and considered a jewelry. Economic desperation will eventually lead them there.

We are only winning one front of the war while the other encircles us for a later assault.

The problem simply is that terrorism is not only used as a foreign tool but internally by corrupt politicians.

Well said. The solution is not going to be easy, for sure.

 

[The Eagle]

For an easy read about Pakistan w.r.t. Global Terrorism Index, from the link provided by @Jungibaaz , screen grab is attached herewith.

TBH, I find your writing rather hard to understand, no offence. If I understand you correctly, I think I agree.

It was w.r.t. Military/COAS speaking about what civilian government should do.

Multitasking and using touch keyboard so sometimes I do miss words. My bad.

 

[Devil Soul]

Terrorism index places Pakistan at fifth spot
Amin AhmedUpdated November 16, 2017
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ISLAMABAD: With a noticeable decline in terrorist activities within its borders, Pakistan was placed at fifth position in the Global Terrorism Index 2017 released on Wednesday.

The report on the index, released by the Australia-based Institute for Economics and Peace, said that in Pakistan the number of people killed in terrorist attacks fell to 956 last year, a reduction of 12 per cent as compared to the previous reporting year.

This was the lowest number of deaths recorded since 2006. Since 2007 the country has been ranked at least as the fourth worst country for terrorism and on six occasions was placed at the second position.

Terrorist activities declined also in Syria, Afghanistan and Nigeria which, along with Pakistan, were four of the five countries affected the most by terrorism, said the report.

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The 10 countries most affected by terrorism in 2016 were Iraq, Afghanistan, Nigeria, Syria, Pakistan, Yemen, Somalia, India, Turkey and Libya.

The decline in terrorist activities in Pakistan largely reflected the fact that during the period under review the Khorasan chapter of the militant Islamic State (IS) group and Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) focused more on Afghanistan, according to the index.

The trend of reduced killings reflected the decline in activities of the TTP which has killed the most people in Pakistan.

Since 2000, the TTP has been responsible for at least 4,500 deaths, which account for over half of all deaths attributable to known militant groups.

The reduction in deaths in terrorist attacks is in part due to Operation Zarb-i-Azb that was launched by the Pakistan Army in mid-2014. The operation focussed on destroying militant safe havens in the North Waziristan Agency.

The military estimates that as a result of the operation over 3,500 TTP members were killed. It is also assumed that many more members fled to Afghanistan, which unfortunately bolstered the number of Taliban fighters in Afghanistan.

The TTP was responsible for 283 killings in 2016, which accounted for 30 per cent of the total deaths from terrorism that year. However, it should be noted that 30pc of all deaths are not claimed by any group.

Most of these deaths were caused by suicide attacks.

The largest bombing targeted Christians celebrating Easter Sunday at Gulshan-i-Iqbal Park in Lahore and killed 79 people. This was the deadliest attack in the country since the 2014 attack on the Army Public School in Peshawar which killed over 150 people, mostly students.

Other groups busy in terrorist activities included the Khorasan chapter of IS, which was responsible for 16pc of the deaths in Pakistan.

Lashkar-i-Jhangvi continued to operate and accounted for 11pc of the deaths last year. At least seven different Baloch nationalist groups undertook attacks in south-western parts of the country that resulted in 61 deaths in 60 separate attacks.

The report said that last year deaths resulting from terrorism decreased by 13pc to 25,673 in the world. Deaths have now fallen by 22pc from the peak in 2014.

There has also been an increase in the number of countries that improved their GTI scores: 79 countries improved their scores while in the case of 58 the scores decreased.

The decline in killings is encouraging, but 2016 was still the third deadliest year for terrorism since 2000 with a nearly eight-fold increase in the number of deaths over this time period.

Published in Dawn, November 16th, 2017
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We are not done yet, more need to be done, the border with Afghanistan needs to be completely sealed off ASAP. Since the crack down & proper border management from Pak side started the, reduction in terror attacks inside Pakistan have reduced.....Insha'Allah we will soon get rid of this menace