TERRORISM:IN THE NAME OF ALLAH

Group Members:

•Ammar Younas•Sadoon Ali Zahid

•Hasan Iftikhar•Musaddiq Hamza

How it all started ???

• On September 11th 2001, 2 planes crashed into the World Trade Centre and changed the world…

• ‘The Al Qaeda’ a terrorist organization of Afghanistan, headed by Osama Bin Laden claimed responsibilty

The USA launched ‘War on terror’ against Al-Qaeda and Taliban who

supported them

• USA invaded Afghanistan and the war begin…• The Taliban crossed the borders and took

refuge in Pakistan.• Pakistan decided to become an ally of the USA

for the ‘War on Terror”• U.S hosted a $3Billion package for Pakistan to

fight al-qaeda..and thus we broke relations with afghan and taliban government

Let’s go into the past---A little flashback!

• Pakistan used to be a beautiful country where peace and harmony prevailed…But things changed---DRAMATICALLY!!!

• Terrorism in Pakistan originated with supporting the Soviet war in Afghanistan

• The Mujahideen fighters were trained by Pakistan's military and American CIA

Contd…

• Most of the mujahideen were never disarmed after the war ended in Afghanistan

• Some of these groups later moved to Pakistan and activated the terrorist organizations like Harkat-Ul-Mujahideen and Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP)

Contd…

• Role of General Pervaiz Musharraf

Causes of terrorism

• CAUSES: a) Socio-Economic Causesi) Injustice:ii) Illiteracy:iii) Poverty And Unemployment:iv) Food Insecurity:v) Dissatisfaction:b) Political Causes:i) Non-Democratic Set-Up:ii) Improper Government Set-Up iii) Absence Of Law And Failure Of Law Enforcement Agencies:

• iv) Influx Of Refugees, Weaponisation And Talbanisation:c) Religious Causes:i) Role Of Madrassahs:ii) Religious Intolerance:

• Factors Boosting Terrorism

• a) American attitude and its involvement:b) Negligence Of Government:c) Persecution Of Innocent Muslims In Kashmir And Palestine: d) Madarassas and foreign funding…

Steps Taken By Pakistan:

• a) Ban On Terrorist Organizationb) Operation Rah-E-Nijatc) Operation Rah-E-Rast

ECONOMIC COST

• v) Diminishing Tourism:v) Internally Displaced People/internal Migration

Attack on GHQ

• 10 October 2009, when 10 gunmen in military uniform opened fire on the General Headquarters in Rawalpindi, Punjab

• The attack killed 9 soldiers and 9 militants , 1 was wounded and arrested

Attack on Bolan Medical Complex

• On 15th June 2013 , 1 bomb exploded in a bus full of women at Quetta , Ziarat.

• Suicide bomb and terrorist attack on Bolan Medical College

Sri Lankan cricket team attack

• 3 March 2009, when a bus carrying Sri Lankan Cricketers, part of a larger convoy, was fired upon by 12 gunmen

• Six members of Sri Lankan national cricket team were injured

How do they train the suicide bombers

• Brainwash by describing they will go to heaven with the press of a button.

• What they are doing is “Jihad”

• The people who are going to be attacked are all “Kaafirs”

Damage done to the country by terrorist attacks

•  The annual death toll from terrorist attacks has risen from 164 in 2003 to 3318 in 2009

• with a total of 35,000 Pakistanis killed between September ,11 2001 and May 2011

• the direct and indirect economic costs of terrorism from 2000-2010 total $68 billion

Contd…

• At least four persons were killed and more than 50 others injured when an IED planted in a parked motorcycle exploded near Ayesha Manzil within the precincts of Gulberg Police Station in Karachi, the provincial capital of Sindh.

• 81 killed and over 100 injured in the suicide attack on the church in Peshawar

Contd…

• 5,972 people have died in suicide bombings more than 15 thousand injured up till now , and still counting….

Attitude of our major political parties

• Imran Khan’s point of view

• People’s party and ANP’s ideology

• What PML N thinks

The Lal Masjid Incident

• Militants took over the Lal Majid , they were armed and capable of suicide bombings

• Kidnapped alleged prostitutes, and foreigneres

• Threatened barbers and DVD sellers• Took over Childern’s Library• Maulana Abdul Aziz established a parallel

judiciary system

The drone strikes and terrorism

• Taliban relate their activities to drone strikes

• More than 3000 have died and 1200 injured so far

• Resulted in a number of civilian casualties

• The report of Amnesty International about drones

What do Taliban demand?

• To impose the law of shariah in pakistan

• Make the people agree to their intrepretations of Islam

• Make Pakistan prosperous again

• We are not just Bombs , Poverty and Illiteracy

How to resolve terrorism?

• By negotiations

• By taking military action

• Have done it in the past

• Or just by agreeing to their demands…

Death Of Hakim Ullah Mehsud

• Has been killed in the recent drone attack

• Declared as a ‘martyr’ by some people

• What is RIGHT???

• You decide…

• Either you are with them , or you are against them . There is no neutrality

• Choose wisely…!!!

Questions?