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Due to terrorism in the Karachi city, the academic literature and
information media are full of the details of economic and social losses.
This study aims to examine the causes of terrorism in Karachi city of
Pakistan. A quantitative research design has been used to examine the
causes of terrorism in Karachi city of Pakistan. In this regards, data
was collected from citizens using five-point Likert scale questionnaire
and measures. The data collected was analyzed using descriptive
statistics via SPSS. The results showed similar viewpoint of both male
and female residents of Karachi towards causes of terrorism. Public
expenditure helps to reduce terrorism in Karachi but ethnic
fractionalization, domestic conflict, corruption, foreign involvement,
poverty and unemployment contribute largely to increase terrorism
incidences in Karachi, Pakistan. The results showed that all the four
major ethnicities of Karachi including Sunni, Shia, Hindu and
Christian were of the same opinion that public expenditure may reduce
terrorism incidences. It has been concluded that government
expenditure on various socio-economic activities may decreases the
impact of terrorism incidences but those factors cannot able to reduce
the possibilities of terrorism activities in Karachi, Pakistan.
Mehwish Saleem, Aziz Ur Rahman, Shuja Ur Rehman. (2019) Identifying causes of terrorism in Karachi, Pakistan, The Dialogue, Volume 14, Issue 1.
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