Terrorism in Pakistan

Terrorism in Pakistan, according to the Ministry of Interior, poses a significant threat to the people of Pakistan. The current wave of terrorism is believed to have started in 2000[1] and peaked during 2009. Since then, it has drastically declined as result of military operations conducted by the Pakistan Army. According to South Asian Terrorism Portal Index (SATP), terrorism in Pakistan has declined by 89% in 2017 since 2009. Balochistan alone accounted for 48.29 per cent of Pakistan’s total terrorism-linked fatalities (664 fatalities) in 2021.

Quotes

Pakistan has repeatedly denied that it was the architect of the Taliban enterprise.
But there is little doubt that many Afghans who initially joined the movement were educated in madrassas (religious schools) in Pakistan. ~ BBC

• Pakistan has repeatedly denied that it was the architect of the Taliban enterprise.
  But there is little doubt that many Afghans who initially joined the movement were educated in madrassas (religious schools) in Pakistan.
  Pakistan was also one of only three countries, along with Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates (UAE), which recognised the Taliban when they were in power in Afghanistan from the mid-1990s until 2001.
  It was also the last country to break diplomatic ties with the Taliban.
  • BBC, “Who are the Taliban?”, (26 May 2016).

• We cannot tolerate in any sense the idea that this country is allowed to look both ways and is able, in any way, to promote the export of terror, whether to India or whether to Afghanistan or anywhere else in the world.
  That is why this relationship is important. It should be a relationship based on a very clear message: that it is not right to have any relationship with groups that are promoting terror. Democratic states that want to be part of the developed world cannot do that. The message to Pakistan from the US and the UK is very clear on that point.
  The point I was simply making in response to a question is we have to be clear in our dealings with the Pakistanis, as we are and as the Americans are, that it is unacceptable for any support to be given from within Pakistan for any terrorist organisations that export terror.
  I choose my words very carefully, which is that it is unacceptable for anything to happen within Pakistan that is about supporting terrorism elsewhere.
  • David Cameron. Pakistan must not be allowed to promote export of terror: Cameron The Financial Express; Dhaka. 29 July 2010.

• Terrorism in Pakistan is mainly a result of Pakistan's support of terrorist activities in its neighbouring countries, India and Afghanistan through state funding of Islamic terrorists.
  • Terrorism and Counter Terrorism in South Asia and India. Brigadier V P Malhotra (Retd) · 2011

• When the threat of terrorism in Pakistan is so massive, the question of countering that threat is also quite critical. Are there any anti-terrorism mechanisms in operation in Pakistan?
  • Perspectives on South Asian Security - Shanthie Mariet D'Souza, ‎Rajshree Jetly · 2013

• Terrorism in Pakistan is becoming the most talked of issue and attracts global attention so that Pakistan is becoming increasingly famous for being the home of Jihad culture, sectarian terrorism and its sponsors, ...
  • The Political Ecology of Pakistan - Gholam Mujtaba · 2018

• For more than three decades, our supposed ally in South Asia has systematically lied to and manipulated successive presidential administrations — Republican and Democratic — in ways that have made the U.S. and the world less safe. Islamabad has been the recipient of more than $33 billion in American assistance since 2002, including $14 billion to combat terrorism and insurgents in the region even while Pakistan has been busily doing the opposite.
  • A. Herman, Sep 2021, It's time to pull the plug on our toxic relationship with Pakistan quoted also in [1]

• I wish President Musharraf well, we want to work with him to bring greater balance in our own relations. But I have to be realistic enough to recognize the role that terrorist elements have played in the last few years in the history of Pakistan. Taliban was the creation of Pakistan extremists, the Wahabi Islam which has flourished, thousands and thousands of schools, the madrassas, were set up to preach this jihad based on hatred of other religions . . . and Pakistan is not a democracy in the sense that we know and you know. . . . We wish Pakistan success in emerging as a moderate Muslim state. We will work with President Musharraf . . . but we have to recognize what has happened.
  • Manmohan Singh, as quoted in "Interview: Indian Prime Minister Singh", The Washington Post (20 July 2005)

• It is unacceptable for the world that terrorist acts should be masterminded and carried out by terrorist groups in Pakistan.
  • Nicholas Sarkozy, in Bedi, R. (2010, Dec 08). Sarkozy accuses pakistan over 'terror havens'. Irish Times