Nobody Understands Terrorism Better Than The Citizens Of...

Nobody understands terrorism better than the citizens of Pakistan do. It’s been plaguing us since the soviet invasion of Afghanistan in 1979, and Pakistan’s significant role in it, and more so, after the 9/11 fiasco that we won’t ever live down, it would seem. While terrorism happens to be a global issue, Pakistan has had to bear the brunt of it a lot of the times. A quick research on this topic will invariably bring about the same results, papers, thoughts, etc. those being; the last decade or two has seen a rise in the instability, insecurity and political violence in Pakistan, thanks to it being the frontline state in the global war on terror. Owing to this, there is no dearth of people with the opinion that Pakistan suffers from an†¦show more content†¦It’s a universally accepted fact that education is the cornerstone of development, progress and all that sought after stuff. Unfortunately, we are slightly preoccupied; fighting the war on terror, and paying a huge price for it. Stats on the casualties we’ve incurred would agree; according the Institute of strategic studies; in terms of human losses more than 52,000 people, including civilians, personnel of law enforcement agencies, and troops have been killed in terrorist attacks from 2002-2013. Since the education sector is being focused on, an incident of terrorism that really put us on the global pedestal was that of Malala Yousafzai - the very recently youngest ever Nobel peace prize winner - getting shot at by a Taliban gunman. And in this case – sadly - the showbiz adage, ‘there is no such thing as bad publicity’ really didn’t apply †¦ While it’s not the absolute truth that the education sector of Pakistan has terrorism only to blame for the debilitating condition it is in in some areas, it is safe to assume that terrorism did lend a very generous hand in not letting education become the government or the masses first priority, and threatening to bomb educational institutions and following through with the threats every now and then probably didn’t help matters much. Searching for information pertaining to education and terrorism shows that it is areas like FATA and Swat that have been afflicted with the terrorism epidemic the most. The