Abstract
Pakistan’s Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) has become a bleeding wound of Pakistan as the insurgency originated in the area a decade ago has now engulfed the entire country. The insurgency casts heavily to Pakistan in terms of losses of lives and property. The militants trained in FATA unleash violence against the security forces as well as civilians in Pakistan taking scores of lives every month in the country.1 FATA is also “the most dangerous place of the world,” as the militants having their sanctuaries in FATA not only operate in Afghanistan and Pakistan but some of them also threaten the security of Western countries including the United States (US).2 The militants also invite wrath of security actions by Pakistani and NATO forces and CIA, in the area. Apparently, FATA is an area, hit by violence the worst in the country. On one hand, insurgency in FATA is a cause of sufferings of the people of Pakistan, as militancy badly hits their lives, property, business and commercial activities besides inflicting substantial losses to infrastructure such as schools, bridges, gas and electricity transmission lines etc. On the other hand, it increases sufferings of the people living in FATA caused by heightened search and security operations and air raids by Pakistani forces and drone strikes and other attacks from across the border. The prevailing situation in FATA warrants an in-depth analysis of the problem. This researcher intends to explore the root causes of the problem and to suggest remedial measures. The study has been divided into four parts: the first contains a brief introduction of FATA; the second part gives a survey of the underlying and proximate causes of militancy in FATA; third part covers policy recommendations and; fourth part is the concluding one.
Dr. Manzoor Ahmad. (2013) INSURGENCY IN FATA: CAUSES AND A WAY FORWARD, Pakistan , Volume 49, Issue 1.
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