ARMY SPONSORED TERRORISM IN SOUTH ASIA: A CASE STUDY OF PAKISTAN

چکیده مقاله

21st century witnessed the rise of global terrorism. Though most of the terrorists have been aided by certain organizations and groups, but when a state started sponsoring terrorism in order to get its aim fulfilled, it really leads to a real fiasco. One can witness the biggest example of the state sponsored terrorism in East Pakistan (Bangladesh), Baluchistan, Afghanistan and Kashmir. Behind all these lies a single entity, Pakistan and to be more concise “An army with a nation”. Though Pakistan was born on 14 august 1947 as a role model to other Islamic states, but it miserably fails to embrace the basic tenets of Islam. Questions have still been raised and that too within the intelligentsia of Pakistan that whether the birth of Pakistan is Islamic or not? Shortly after its birth, democracy was curbed and the nation fell in the arms of military dictators who have used ever possible methods to curb the voice of innocent millions in Bangladesh, Baluchistan and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. The army aided financially by some Middle East countries under the pretext of waging jihad against India and occupying army of Soviet Union gives birth to militancy in Kashmir and Afghanistan respectively. Terrorist camps openly operated in Pakistan and seminaries were ordered to preach hatred against the fellow Muslims as well as non-Muslims.

This study is going to reveal how the Pakistani army has performed terrorism against foreign as well as its own nation in order to achieve its political goals. Militant rulers of Pakistan have always used militancy to curb the voice of their rivals and the Pakistani people who were struggling for autonomy and rights. The examples are residents of Bangladesh, Baluchistan, and Pakhtunkhwa.