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Pakistan’s Terror Conundrum

Pakistan’s Terror Conundrum

Khaled Ahmed
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Pakistan was born amid communal violence and a collective consciousness of danger. Right from the outset, democracy was up for debate between the politicians nurtured by the British Raj and an orthodox clergy that advocated a utopia in which Islam was to be the ideological guide. Today, the threat of religion as an extra-legal force is causing many Pakistanis to think if the state can move forward into the future with Islam as its credo.
In this carefully curated collection of his writings in several publications, senior journalist Khaled Ahmed examines Pakistan’s policies regarding terrorism against the backdrop of increasing pressure from international organizations. Despite joining the US in its war against terror after 9/11, the country has been perceived as a safe haven and breeding ground for terrorists. Ahmed looks at the origins and activities of the various terrorist organizations, the role of the state and the ideology of its founding figures, some of whom seem to have been forgotten.

Imprint: India Viking

Published: Dec/2020

ISBN: 9780670095087

Length : 336 Pages

MRP : ₹699.00

Pakistan’s Terror Conundrum

Khaled Ahmed

Pakistan was born amid communal violence and a collective consciousness of danger. Right from the outset, democracy was up for debate between the politicians nurtured by the British Raj and an orthodox clergy that advocated a utopia in which Islam was to be the ideological guide. Today, the threat of religion as an extra-legal force is causing many Pakistanis to think if the state can move forward into the future with Islam as its credo.
In this carefully curated collection of his writings in several publications, senior journalist Khaled Ahmed examines Pakistan’s policies regarding terrorism against the backdrop of increasing pressure from international organizations. Despite joining the US in its war against terror after 9/11, the country has been perceived as a safe haven and breeding ground for terrorists. Ahmed looks at the origins and activities of the various terrorist organizations, the role of the state and the ideology of its founding figures, some of whom seem to have been forgotten.

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Khaled Ahmed

Khaled Ahmed is the consulting editor for Newsweek Pakistan, and former consulting editor for the Daily Times and the Friday Times. In a thirty-year-long career in journalism, he has written extensively on the ideology and politics of Pakistan.

His books include Pakistan: Behind the Ideological Mask (Lahore: Vanguard Books, 2000) and Pakistan: the State in Crisis (Lahore: Vanguard Books, 2001). His book on Pakistan, Sectarian War in 2011 is now in its third edition. His book Word for Word won the best book of the year award of the Academy of Letters Islamabad in 2012. Khaled Ahmed was awarded Presidential Pride of Performance Medal, 2013.

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