A Brief Sketch of Pakistan’s Security Strategy (2004-2011); An Appraisal

Abstract

In the aftermath of 9/11 syndrome, the world faced a new layer of terrorism and insurgency that compelled all the major powers to reconsider their security dynamics. The event was looked at with great concern by the world actors since they had to reconsider their security policies and made an alliance of the United States and the allied partners to address such issues. Pakistan, being a close neighboring country of Afghanistan was the one to suffer the most as the internal security structure of the country faced many challenges of insecurity. For the first time in the history of the country, the government of Pakistan had to sign peace deals with the non-state actors, followed by a series of military operations. Objectives of the study opine the need for these operations and the achievements and the challenges associated with these operations. Findings of the study conclude that the military operations were the result of the failure of the peace deals with the non-state actors, lack of education and reforms and non-participation of the civil society. Keywords: Security, Military operation, Non-state actors, government.