Pakistan Security Report 2017 Full Report

Key points:

Despite a 16% decline in terrorist attacks in 2017, Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan and its associated groups remained the most potent threat; they were followed by nationalist-insurgent groups, especially Balochistan Liberation Army and Balochistan Liberation Front. What has been quite alarming is the increasing footprints of Daesh, especially in Balochistan and northern Sindh, carrying out the deadliest attacks. These realities require concerted effort and a revision of the National Action Plan, country’s counter-terror plan for yet ambiguity remains about who is responsible for NAP. It will be much better that parliament provides oversight to not only NAP, help revise it in light of new realities, but also lay down criteria for mainstreaming militants – which drew debate in 2017. These are some of the major findings of the Pakistan Security Report 2017.

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Table of contents:

• Foreword
• Overview of security in 2017: critical challenges and recommendations
  Muhammad Amir Rana and Safdar Sial
• Security landscape of Pakistan in 2017
  Safdar Sial
• Militant landscape of Pakistan in 2017
  Muhammad Amir Rana
• State responses: anti-militant operations and National Action Plan
  Muhammad Amir Rana and Safdar Sial
• Security of CPEC in 2017
  Anam Fatima
• Securing Pakistan: Interview with Lt. Gen. (Retd.) Nasser Khan Janjua, National Security Advisor
  Muhammad Amir Rana and Muhammad Ismail Khan
• Making NACTA effective: Interview with Ihsan Ghani, National Coordinator, NACTA
  Muhammad Amir Rana and Muhammad Ismail Khan
• Security landscape of Punjab in 2017
  Shahzada Irfan Ahmed
• Balochistan security in 2017
  Maaz Khan
• The tale and context in making of Ansar-ul-Sharia Pakistan
  Syed Arfeen
• Jamaat ul Ansar ul-Sharia – a new endeavor by Al-Qaeda to regain ground
  Dr. Farhan Zahid
• Educated, urban and destructive: the new breed of jihadis in Pakistan
  Dr. Farhan Zahid
• Fate of FATA still hangs in balance
  Tahir Khan
• Sindh in 2017 – same old pattern
  Zia Ur Rehman
• Disbursing Faizabad sit-in: action and way forward
  Imran Mukhtar and Azam Khan
• Faith-based violence & rule of law
  Najam U Din
• Dark days for freedom of expression
  Najam U Din
• An appraisal of India-Pakistan relations in 2017
  Ershad Mahmud and Jalaluddin Mughal
• Annexures
• Timelines

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