Pakistan’s Tango With Terror
What makes Pakistan such a fertile breeding ground for terrorism?
June 24, 2004
| • |  his list casts a pointed spotlight on a country that may have the highest internal terrorism threat level in the world. Among the fluid — and often hard to identify — violence-oriented organizations in Pakistan are these 22 groups: |
| Known Terrorist Groups in Pakistan |
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Source: The Globalist Research Center |
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| • | Of these 22 groups, only three are listed on the U.S. State Department’s List of Designated Foreign Terrorist Organizations. |
| • | Five of these groups have a purely domestic agenda, while the rest have a wide range of focus, from Kashmir to sectarian violence between Sunnis and Shiites. |
With over 150 million people, Pakistan is the world’s seventh-most populous country.
It is also one of the world’s most densely populated countries. By 2050, experts predict its population will have soared to nearly 350 million people — well over double its current size.
Back in 1985, Pakistan’s per capita GDP was 6.5% higher than India’s. Today, it is 23% lower.
Nearly half of Pakistan’s population of 148 million people is illiterate — and 20% is undernourished.
As of 2002, as many as 1 million Pakistani students study in madrasas — compared with primary school enrollment of 1.9 million.
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The Globalist
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