The Role of the Judicial System and Law Enforcement Agencies in Combating Terrorism in Pakistan

Mahmood, Muhammad Tahir (2020) The Role of the Judicial System and Law Enforcement Agencies in Combating Terrorism in Pakistan. Doctoral thesis, University of Buckingham.

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Abstract

Two thousand years ago, Marcus Tullius Cicero, Roman philosopher, orator, lawyer, and politician once stated that: “The soul, mind, and meaning of a state lie in its laws.” That is, laws are a reflection of the state’s mindset and commitment to fight issues like terrorism. Terrorism is a global and seemingly intractable phenomenon that has become a global security concern in recent years with an ability to have an impact on virtually every country on the planet. Policymakers across the world have been working relentlessly to determine the most effective counter-terrorism response to this rising threat and it is fair to say that no single state has yet achieved a perfect solution. Since the end of the Cold War and the acceleration of globalisation, terrorist movements with broad transnational reach have increasingly spread their ideologies to numerous different parts of the world and have achieved tremendous agility and impact. The 9/11 attacks in the U.S. in 2001 brought the Al Qaeda movement very firmly to the world’s attention and launched a new era of struggle against such decentralised and transnational ideological movements. More recently, the rise of Daesh in the Levant region has provided a further recruiting-ground for the most radical and violent members of society, not just in the Middle East but across many parts of the world. The United Nations has called on nations throughout the world to enact new anti-terrorism laws and to take steps to co-operate with other countries in various counter-terrorism measures.

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