عنوان

Critical Approach to Pakistan's Counter-Terrorism Legislative Framework

Number

TL58006

.Language of Text, Soundtrack etc

انگلیسی

Title Proper

Critical Approach to Pakistan's Counter-Terrorism Legislative Framework

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[Thesis]

First Statement of Responsibility

Durrani, Hafsa

Subsequent Statement of Responsibility

Akhavan, Payam

Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.

McGill University (Canada)

Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.

2020

Text of Note

129 p.

Dissertation or thesis details and type of degree

LL.M.

Body granting the degree

McGill University (Canada)

Text preceding or following the note

2020

Text of Note

Since the late 1970s, Pakistan has been struggling against terrorist violence. In the pursuit of security against this violence various governments have implemented numerous counterterrorism legislative measures, but terrorism remains a major issue for Pakistan today. Its counterterrorism measures have not been able to effectively and sustainably break free from terrorist violence. This thesis will employ the framework of Critical Terrorism Studies (CTS) to explore the reasons for the ineffectiveness of Pakistan's legislative countering terrorism measures. CTS proposes that security should be interpreted as human security and not national security and that violence should be understood to include both direct and indirect or structural violence. In doing so, it becomes clear to see how contemporary counterterrorism measures fail to provide security because they tend to circumvent procedural safeguards which then in fact lead to more insecurity and violence. Such strategies remain ineffective in the long-term as they add onto the existing layers of violence. In this thesis, I will demonstrate that Pakistan's current counterterrorism laws are state-centric and overwhelmingly support violent strategies. This approach has helped the political and military elites to retain their power via political suppression. But it has led to implementing counterterrorism security measures that fail to address the underlying causes conducive to terrorism and instead contribute to inequalities and violence. This is why this thesis concludes that Pakistan should reject its violent counterterrorism approach for one that is committed to achieving emancipation from all types of violence (terrorist and counterterrorist), through means that are also non-violent, and are based on compassion, emancipation and empathy.

Subject Term

Counterterrorism

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Critical theory

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Expenditures

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International relations

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Politics

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Terrorism

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Violence

Durrani, Hafsa

Akhavan, Payam

McGill University (Canada)

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[Thesis]

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