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Violent extremism has emerged as a serious issue in the
contemporary world. A closer demonstration puts out the fact as how Evolution of Democratic
system in Pakistan
for centuries the societies have remained hostile towards di erent
categories of religious, ideological, political, racial or cultural
extremism. Soviet communism was signi ed as extremism by the so-
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called ‘free and democratic world’. As for the Soviet Union, Mussolini’s
Fascism and Hitler’s Nazism was considered as extremism. Whereas, Time Table will be intimated
at present the religious fundamentalists are seen as extremists by the by sms
liberals, people who promote multiculturalism are regarded as Regards: Admin CZP
extremists by nationalists and to the conservatives, freedom appear
as an imminent threat. Thus, what appears unusual, negative or
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extreme to some might seem normal and accurate to others.
It is a complex phenomenon, and undoubtedly the whole world
Poverty in Pakistan
continues to struggle in nding an antidote to such a signi cant Democracy in Pakistan
threat. Arguably, violent extremism in the form of terrorism and
sectarianism has seeped into Pakistan’s social fabric damaging its
nature and tolerant ethos. The alarming rise in religiously motivated Online Quiz
targeted assassinations, attacks on Imambargahs, mosques and the
Su shrines require re-examination of country’s internal security Online MCQs Quiz

policy to ll the gaps and loopholes. The growing religious intolerance Pakistan A airs Online Quiz
has given more ground for breeding sectarian violence. In addition,
the lacunas in the regularization policies were always being exploited General Knowledge
by the orthodox religious forces.
Till now, no objective or universally accepted de nition of extremism
exists, particularly due to the volatile nature of global and national
dynamics. States’ de ne extremism according to their own
interpretations. However, in case of Pakistan the most prevalent acts
of extremism are linked with religion and the state apparatus has
been unsuccessful in establishing a framework as to what constitutes
‘extremism’. This lagging behind in de nitional dimension provides a
space for the local masses to act against those people whose
practices contradict their foundational ideas.
Numerous debates and discussions have taken place on di erent
platforms where analysts, politicians so on and so forth have been
providing gazillion policies to counter extremism. And a common
question that arises is: What are those actions that fall in the category
of violent extremism? Hence, a clarity and uniformity is supposed to
exist while answering such a question. Literature or de nitional
components produced by Western scholars or academicians mostly
overlook internal and external dynamics of Pakistan thus deriving a
biased aspect of extremism. A holistic evaluation is needed to
understand as how this lack in de ning extremism is being played by
di erent actors. Loopholes like these have replaced and manipulated
genuine essence of Islamic traditions and values.
While Pakistan is focusing on the usage of kinetic means to eliminate
terrorists, it is lagging behind in nding an antidote to bigotry and
religious extremism. Undoubtedly, individuals with extremist
mindsets continuously look for grounds or space to advance their
dogmatic agendas. Thoughts pertaining to pluralism, tolerance,
diversity and religious harmony are on the decline whereas
sectarianism, narrow-mindedness has expanded considerably. The
government of Pakistan announced the National Action Plan (NAP) in
response to the brutal attack which was carried out in Army Public
School Peshawar in December 2014. With its emphasis being on the
military aspect of handling terrorism in the country which mostly
revolved around the killing or hanging of terrorists and the shutting
down of madrassah’s, Other dimensions of challenging to the
narrative of extremists were overlooked. Thus, it needs to be realized
that relying on mere military operations would not yield desired
results and in its entirety that timely success would be super cial.
Addressing the root causes is the most substantial step, and when
they are not addressed then issues reemerge more vigorously. It will
be a long process as the extremists have taken decades to establish
their narrative; a great deal of time and e ort is required in order to
pose a challenge it.
To sum it up, our society needs to recognise that no religion denies
the values of justice or equality. Also, no one possesses the right to
claim that its own religion is the most binding one. As in a society with
multi religions, the role of state is to be based on rational grounds. It
should protect the right of all believers, and should agree on
providing religious freedom to all the existing communities. More
inclusive policies are needed to bridge the gaps between the groups
present in majority and minority. Steps need to be taken on
individual, societal and state level. Until the Pakistani state does not
emphasize freedom of religion as inherent to Pakistan’s identity, the
situation for Pakistan’s religious minorities will remain dreary and
bleak. Though there seems to be an agreement over the military
operations that are being carried out, however no views are present
over the exploitative use of religion by various religious groups or
organizations, which requires to be addressed. Lastly, we as a nation
are resilient enough to turn these tides around and the feature that
can light our way forward is unity.

By:  Saman Rizwan, This article was originally published in Pakistan

Observer. (AD-Ah)

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