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Contemporary Issues Relating to Labour Relations and Human Resources Practices in the Lumber Industry in Quebec Global Journal of Management And Business Research Volume 11 Issue 1 Version 1.0 February 2011 Type: Double Blind Peer Reviewed International Research Journal Publisher: Global Journals Inc. (USA) ISSN: 0975-5853 Analyzing the Terrorist Activities and Their Implications in Pakistan through Datamining By Shan Majeed Khan, Dr. Irfan Manarvi HITEC University, Taxila Abstract- the events of September 11, 2001 changed the global political scenario fundamentally. The U.S. traced the terrorist outrages in New York and Washington to the Al-Qaeda and the Taliban regime in Afghanistan. As a result, the U.S. declared war against international Terrorism, targeting Afghanistan, for which Pakistan's support was imperative. The cooperation with the U.S. required withdrawing support to the Taliban and start crackdown on the militant Jihadi and sectarian outfits, which had close links with the Taliban and Al-Qaeda, for which Pakistan had to pay a high price. In 2008, Suicide Attacks in Pakistan reached an unprecedented level in the history of modern terrorism. It has been the scene of horrific acts of terrorist violence, and suicide bombings in different areas of Pakistan most notably in NWFP and FATA. The deteriorating law and order situation in the NWFP and FATA resulted in many deaths and casualties of the security forces and civilians. Keywords: Pakistan, War on Terror, Terrorism, Civilian, Suicide Bombing, Federally Administered Tribal Areas. Classification: GJMBR-A FOR Classification: 080109 Contemporary Issues Relating to Labour Relations and Human Resources Practices in the Lumber Industry in Quebec Strictly as per the compliance and regulations of: © 2011 Shan Majeed Khan, Dr. Irfan Manarvi.This is a research/review paper, distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial 3.0 Unported License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/), permitting all non- commercial use, distribution, and reproduction inany medium, provided the original work is properly cited. Analyzing the Terrorist Activities and Their FFF Implications in Pakistan through Datamining uary 2011 1 2 Shan Majeed Khan , Dr. Irfan Manarvi ebr F 35 Abstract— the events of September 11, 2001 changed the Pakistan provides al Qaeda with many of the global political scenario fundamentally. The U.S. traced the same advantages it had when it was based across the terrorist outrages in New York and Washington to the Al- border in Afghanistan. According to the assessment, the Qaeda and the Taliban regime in Afghanistan. As a result, the I U.S. declared war against international Terrorism, targeting safe haven in the FATA serves as a staging area for al Afghanistan, for which Pakistan's support was imperative. The Qaeda’s attacks in support of the Taliban in Afghanistan. cooperation with the U.S. required withdrawing support to the Further, it serves as a location for training new terrorist Version Taliban and start crackdown on the militant Jihadi and operatives for attacks in Pakistan, the Middle East, I sectarian outfits, which had close links with the Taliban and Al- Africa, Europe, and the United States. U.S. government Qaeda, for which Pakistan had to pay a high price. In 2008, officials in Washington and Pakistan also acknowledge Suicide Attacks in Pakistan reached an unprecedented level in that al Qaeda has established a safe haven near XI Issue I the history of modern terrorism. It has been the scene of Pakistan’s border with Afghanistan. for example, State’s horrific acts of terrorist violence, and suicide bombings in April 2007 Country Reports on Terrorism states that different areas of Pakistan most notably in NWFP and FATA. The deteriorating law and order situation in the NWFP and Pakistan remains a major source of Islamic extremism Volume FATA resulted in many deaths and casualties of the security and a safe haven for some top terrorist leaders, forces and civilians. including those of al Qaeda [4]. Keywords: Pakistan, War on Terror, Terrorism, Civilian, Pakistani Military forces are positioned around Suicide Bombing, Federally Administered Tribal Areas. the FATA. Its progress in removing militants, however, is hindered due to low moral—in part because of soldiers’ I. INTRODUCTION repulsion at Muslim killing Muslim—and secondly, du e akistan as a country of first line of defense has to its inability to build bases in the region since locals greater contribution in the ongoing ‘war on terror’ continue to reject the military and prefer to rely on their in Afghanistan and in the adjacent tribal territories own tribal forces. Furthermore, the military and P increasingly law enforcement are targeted by suicide of Pakistan. In 2001, after the US’s military campaign in and Business Research and Business Afghanistan that ousted the Taliban from power, many bombings or threatened with beheadings by Taliban elements [5] members of the Taliban retreated to the FATA or Pakistan in general, to establish an exile base [1]. The By 2005-06, the militants had grown into a force Pakistan military entered Fata in 2003; since then and began their expansion outward into the adjoining districts of Tank, D.I Khan, Bannu, Lakki, Kohat, insurgency in Fata and NWFP has grown at an alarming Management rate. In stark contrast there was hardly any militancy in Peshawar, Nowshera, Charsadda, Mardan, Swat, Dir the years 2001- 2002 and Taliban were rare. The start of and Kohistan [6]. militancy coincides with the move of the military into Such wrenching violence has been the fate South Waziristan in 2004 and which led to repeated already of the neighboring Swat Valley, and of nearby stabilization operations in Waziristan [2]. Bajaur, an area of the tribal region, where the army and militants have been locked in heavy fighting. Civilian of Journal obal Citizens faced a terrible wave of terrorism in the Gl urban cities of the country, especially in the North-West casualties are high. The task of pushing back the Taliban Frontier Province (NWFP), Pakistan. These terrorist is taking far longer than the army had anticipated. In activities in the crowded urban places include bomb Swat, the army has been unable to stop the burning of blasting, explosions, target killings, suicidal bomb more than 100 girls schools or the murders of politicians attacks, and mortar/missile attacks from unseen places. and their families. About one-third of the police force has deserted in Swat, and some of the deserters have joined the Taliban, even as trainers, according to senior About1- Department of Management Science, Iqra University police officials. [7] Islamabad Campus, Pakistan The TTP did not wait long to claim responsibility About2- Department of Mechanical Engineering, HITEC University, Taxila, Pakistan for the killing, stating that the attack was a response to the Pakistan army’s air strikes in Waziristan. “We warn the government to stop the operation […] in Waziristan ©2011 Global Journals Inc. (US) Analyzing the Terrorist Activities and Their Implications in Pakistan through Datamining otherwise we will continue such attacks all over Above figure shows, that Swat registered most Pakistan,” said Hakimullah Mehsud, a top commander of the terrorism related activities because of its large FFF of the TTP. [8] area and it was the main hideout for the terrorists and With more than 140 suicide attacks and 1700 the proportion of registered cases is much more when victims between 2002 and 2008, the use of the method compared to other districts. is clearly on the rise. Pakistan has now surpassed both uary 2011 2) Comparison Of Police, Fc, Army And Civilians Iraq and Afghanistan in this disturbing ranking. [9] ebr Killed F II. METHODOLOGY Figure 2.0 shows the relationship among four The original data of deaths and injuries of the groups of people (Police, Frontier Constabulary, and 36 Police, Army, FC and civilians as well as the number of Army & Civilians) killed in these terrorist activities. terrorist activities in 2008 was mined from the databases of Pakistan Society of Criminology (PSC) as well as other public and private sources of information about 400 344 terrorism in Pakistan . The data was compiled under 113 various variables for the entire period. Then analysis was 200 51 carried out through various statistical measures and 25 relationship between the data has been established. 0 The data includes the deaths and casualties of Local Police, Frontier Corps, Army, and Civilians in the Total North-West Frontier Province (NWFP). There are 483 registered cases of terrorism in 17 districts of NWFP in Police the year 2008. These 17 districts are further classified Volume XI Issue I Version I I Version XI Volume Issue into three geographical regions that are the Central Frontier Constabulary NWFP, Northern NWFP and Southern NWFP. 1) District-Wise Terrorist Activities In Nwfp Army The present research data shows 17 districts of Civilians NWFP compared against the registered cases in 2008 as shown in Fig 1.0. Fig 2.0: Groups of People Killed in Terrorist Activities 15 The above figure shows that civilians were and Business Research and Business 10 12 mostly targeted and killed in the attacks which also 10 explain that these activities mostly took place in public 5 6 3 4 6 2 1 1 places like markets, bazaars and civilians populated 0 areas. Police are also the affectees of these attacks and more than hundred police constables have lost their Management lives while on duty. Around 50 Army personals and 25 FC men were also martyred in the span of one year. The killing of security personals signifanctly affects the morale of these soldiers and it creates a sense of insecurity among them. obal Journal of Journal obal l Fig 1.0a: District-Wise Terrorist Activities G 3) COMPARISON OF POLICE, FC, ARMY AND 250 CIVILIANS INJURED 200 150 231 The trend in the injuries is almost similar to the 100 killings but the figures are magnified.
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