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A HISTORICAL RECOUNT OF TERRORISM IN PAKISTAN FROM PARTITION IN 1947 TO THE ARMY PUBLIC SCHOOL MASSACRE IN 2014

12 Pages : 113-120

http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/gsssr.2021(VI-I).12      10.31703/gsssr.2021(VI-I).12      Published : Mar 2021

A Historical Recount of Terrorism in Pakistan: From Partition in 1947 to the Army Public School Massacre in 2014

    The issue of terrorism is as old as the country itself. To begin with, there were infrequent low intensity periodic incidents of terrorism. However, state UN-willingness or UN-preparedness, in the beginning, allowed the issue to grow in strength. Furthermore, the disturbance in Afghanistan and ultimately the incident of 9/11 proved instrumental in providing the terrorists an opportunity to bounce back by inflicting serious to the state in total in terms of human deaths and economic losses. But among them all, the APS incident on December 14 2014, proved to be the worst in terms of human loss and exposed the terrorists as the ones who deserved no mercy. This paper reviews the historical accounts and tries to fix where the state and its institutions committed a mistake. It suggests that had Pakistan not been soft to individual incidents of terrorism, and had it not involved itself so much in Afghan affairs, the issue may not have worsened to cause so much damage and loss.

    Terrorism, Pakistan, Army Public School, Massacre, Pak-Afghan Border
    (1) Sumaira Saleem
    Mph Scholar in Pakistan Studies, Islamia College University, Peshawar, KP, Pakistan.
    (2) Brekhna Gul
    Lecturer, University College for Women, Abdul Wali Khan University Mardan, KP, Pakistan
    (3) Sanaullah
    Demonstrator, Department of Political Science, Abdul Wali Khan University Mardan, KP, Pakistan.
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    APA : Saleem, S., Gul, B., & Sanaullah. (2021). A Historical Recount of Terrorism in Pakistan: From Partition in 1947 to the Army Public School Massacre in 2014. Global Strategic & Security Studies Review, VI(I), 113-120. https://doi.org/10.31703/gsssr.2021(VI-I).12
    CHICAGO : Saleem, Sumaira, Brekhna Gul, and Sanaullah. 2021. "A Historical Recount of Terrorism in Pakistan: From Partition in 1947 to the Army Public School Massacre in 2014." Global Strategic & Security Studies Review, VI (I): 113-120 doi: 10.31703/gsssr.2021(VI-I).12
    HARVARD : SALEEM, S., GUL, B. & SANAULLAH. 2021. A Historical Recount of Terrorism in Pakistan: From Partition in 1947 to the Army Public School Massacre in 2014. Global Strategic & Security Studies Review, VI, 113-120.
    MHRA : Saleem, Sumaira, Brekhna Gul, and Sanaullah. 2021. "A Historical Recount of Terrorism in Pakistan: From Partition in 1947 to the Army Public School Massacre in 2014." Global Strategic & Security Studies Review, VI: 113-120
    MLA : Saleem, Sumaira, Brekhna Gul, and Sanaullah. "A Historical Recount of Terrorism in Pakistan: From Partition in 1947 to the Army Public School Massacre in 2014." Global Strategic & Security Studies Review, VI.I (2021): 113-120 Print.
    OXFORD : Saleem, Sumaira, Gul, Brekhna, and Sanaullah, (2021), "A Historical Recount of Terrorism in Pakistan: From Partition in 1947 to the Army Public School Massacre in 2014", Global Strategic & Security Studies Review, VI (I), 113-120
    TURABIAN : Saleem, Sumaira, Brekhna Gul, and Sanaullah. "A Historical Recount of Terrorism in Pakistan: From Partition in 1947 to the Army Public School Massacre in 2014." Global Strategic & Security Studies Review VI, no. I (2021): 113-120. https://doi.org/10.31703/gsssr.2021(VI-I).12