Pakistan’s diversified yet delicate social fabric is in danger of being torn apart by resurgent militancy and intolerance as the globe observes the International Day for the Prevention of Violent Extremism as and When Conducive to Terrorism on February 12.
The country has been enmeshed in a complicated web of sectarian conflicts, ethno-separatist insurgencies, blasphemy-related bloodshed, and militancy motivated by religious fanaticism in recent years.
Although extremism takes many different forms, its effects are always disastrous.
For instance, three Chinese nationals were killed in Karachi when a young mother of two who was associated with the outlawed ethno-separatist Baloch Liberation Army (BLA) detonated a suicide bomb.
Another assault occurred in Bajaur, Daesh Khorasan Province, the transnational militant group’s regional offshoot.
