This document provides an overview of terrorism in Pakistan from its origins in the Soviet-Afghan war through recent attacks. It discusses how terrorist groups formed from fighters trained by Pakistan and the U.S. to oppose the Soviets. After the war, many groups remained armed and some turned to terrorism, attacking Pakistan. It also examines the socioeconomic causes of terrorism, Pakistan's responses including military operations, and debates around how to resolve the ongoing issue.

1. TERRORISM:IN THE NAME
OF ALLAH
Group Members:
•AmmAr YounAs
•sAdoon Ali ZAhid
•hAsAn iftikhAr
•musAddiq hAmZA

2. How it all started ???
• On September 11th 2001, 2 planes crashed
into the World Trade Centre and changed
the world…
• ‘The Al Qaeda’ a terrorist organization of
Afghanistan, headed by Osama Bin Laden
claimed responsibilty

3. The USA launched ‘War on terror’
against Al-Qaeda and Taliban who
supported them
• USA invaded Afghanistan and the war begin…
• The Taliban crossed the borders and took
refuge in Pakistan.
• Pakistan decided to become an ally of the USA
for the ‘War on Terror”
• U.S hosted a $3Billion package for Pakistan to
fight al-qaeda..and thus we broke relations with
afghan and taliban government

4. Let’s go into the past---A little
flashback!
• Pakistan used to be a beautiful country
where peace and harmony prevailed…But
things changed---DRAMATICALLY!!!
• Terrorism in Pakistan originated with
supporting the Soviet war in Afghanistan
• The Mujahideen fighters were trained by
Pakistan's military and American CIA

5. Contd…
• Most of the mujahideen were never
disarmed after the war ended in
Afghanistan
• Some of these groups later moved to
Pakistan and activated the terrorist
organizations like Harkat-Ul-Mujahideen
and Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP)

6. Contd…
• Role of General Pervaiz Musharraf

7. Causes of terrorism
• CAUSES: a) Socio-Economic Causes
i) Injustice:
ii) Illiteracy:
iii) Poverty And Unemployment:
iv) Food Insecurity:
v) Dissatisfaction:
b) Political Causes:
i) Non-Democratic Set-Up:
ii) Improper Government Set-Up
iii) Absence Of Law And Failure Of Law Enforcement
Agencies:

8. • iv) Influx Of Refugees, Weaponisation And
Talbanisation:
c) Religious Causes:
i) Role Of Madrassahs:
ii) Religious Intolerance:

9. • Factors Boosting Terrorism
• a) American attitude and its involvement:
b) Negligence Of Government:
c) Persecution Of Innocent Muslims In
Kashmir And Palestine:
d) Madarassas and foreign funding…

10. Steps Taken By Pakistan:
• a) Ban On Terrorist Organization
b) Operation Rah-E-Nijat
c) Operation Rah-E-Rast

11. ECONOMIC COST
• v) Diminishing Tourism:
v) Internally Displaced People/internal
Migration

12. Attack on GHQ
• 10 October 2009, when 10 gunmen in
military uniform opened fire on the
General Headquarters
in Rawalpindi, Punjab
• The attack killed 9 soldiers and 9
militants , 1 was wounded and arrested

13. Attack on Bolan Medical Complex
• On 15th June 2013 , 1 bomb exploded in a
bus full of women at Quetta , Ziarat.
• Suicide bomb and terrorist attack on
Bolan Medical College

14. Sri Lankan cricket team attack
• 3 March 2009, when a bus carrying Sri
Lankan Cricketers, part of a larger convoy,
was fired upon by 12 gunmen
• Six members of Sri Lankan national
cricket team were injured

15. How do they train the suicide
bombers
• Brainwash by describing they will go to
heaven with the press of a button.
• What they are doing is “Jihad”
• The people who are going to be attacked
are all “Kaafirs”

16. Damage done to the country by
terrorist attacks
• The annual death toll from terrorist
attacks has risen from 164 in 2003 to
3318 in 2009
• with a total of 35,000 Pakistanis killed
between September ,11 2001 and May
2011
• the direct and indirect economic costs of
terrorism from 2000-2010 total $68 billion

17. Contd…
• At least four persons were killed and more
than 50 others injured when an IED
planted in a parked motorcycle exploded
near Ayesha Manzil within the precincts of
Gulberg Police Station in Karachi, the
provincial capital of Sindh.
• 81 killed and over 100 injured in the
suicide attack on the church in Peshawar

18. Contd…
• 5,972 people have died in suicide
bombings more than 15 thousand injured
up till now , and still counting….

19. Attitude of our major political
parties
• Imran Khan’s point of view
• People’s party and ANP’s ideology
• What PML N thinks

20. The Lal Masjid Incident
• Militants took over the Lal Majid , they
were armed and capable of suicide
bombings
• Kidnapped alleged prostitutes, and
foreigneres
• Threatened barbers and DVD sellers
• Took over Childern’s Library
• Maulana Abdul Aziz established a parallel
judiciary system

21. The drone strikes and terrorism
• Taliban relate their activities to drone
strikes
• More than 3000 have died and 1200
injured so far
• Resulted in a number of civilian casualties
• The report of Amnesty International about
drones

22. What do Taliban demand?
• To impose the law of shariah in pakistan
• Make the people agree to their
intrepretations of Islam

23. • Make Pakistan prosperous again
• We are not just Bombs , Poverty and
Illiteracy

24. How to resolve terrorism?
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By negotiations
By taking military action
Have done it in the past
Or just by agreeing to their demands…

25. Death Of Hakim Ullah Mehsud
• Has been killed in the recent drone attack
• Declared as a ‘martyr’ by some people

26. • What is RIGHT???
• You decide…
• Either you are with them , or you are
against them . There is no neutrality
• Choose wisely…!!!

27. Questions?