Identification of Potential Terrorism: The problem and implications for Law-enforcement in Pakistan

Fasihuddin

NWFP Police and Pakistan Society of Criminology, Pakistan

Abstract:

In South Asia, Pakistan is in a situation to prevent the growth of terrorist activities. In this context we need to identify and define certain important components of terrorism and some worth mentioning characteristics of terrorists which have greater imperative of the new phenomenon of globalization of terrorism. The immediate effects of all terrorist activities are felt and dealt at a local level by the native LEAs and other institutions responsible for disaster management. We know that there are definitional difficulties in explaining what terrorism is, however, lack of the constraints of definitional consensus doesn't mean that common characteristics of terrorist activities within the existing definitions of terrorism don't exist. This applies to all kinds of terrorism, the list of which is generally found in every relevant literature. The present paper is an attempt to identify the potential terrorist activities in Pakistan from policing perspective and analyses the problems and implications for Law enforcement.

Keyword:

Terrorism; Law Enforcement; Pakistan; Terrorists; Victims.