Abstract
Globalization has affected the education sector of Pakistan differently because of its peculiar and diversed security challenges. An extremely cunning hostile enemy on east who always stages all kind of clandestine operations against Pakistan. On the western border, Afghanistan has always remained a source of instability for Pakistan. US policy failures in Afghanistan and do more demand by Trump administration from Pakistan without acknowledging its sacrifices are a matter of concern. To retain their national interests transition-co forces are using fifth generation asymmetric warfare in this region. Almost all the segments of our society got affected by worst kind of terrorism and extremism in last fifteen years and the current target is our youth and educational institutes. According to the recent National Human Development Report published in May 2018, Pakistan has the largest percentage of youth ever recorded in its history. 64 percent of the total population is below the age of 30 while 29 percent is between the ages of 15 and 29 years. This youth buldge has critical implications for Pakistan because if not groomed and directed in right direction, will create internal implosion. Our enemy precisely identified our centers of gravity and attacking it with numerous means. Be it the Safora Ghot Karachi massacre of forty three innocent unarmed people by Saad Aziz - an Institute of Business Administration (IBA) Karachi graduate or the inhuman killing of human rights activist Sabeen Mahmood by the same man; the IS-indoctrinated and affiliated medical student Noreen Leghari’s case or the recent failed attempt on the MQM leader Khawaja Izharul Hassan by a Karachi University graduate, the incessant reality for Pakistani anti-terrorism strategists is that the extremists and terrorists have succeeded in infiltrating modern education institutions and the youth is being indoctrinated with the toxic ideology of the terrorists. With the defeat of the IS in Syria and Iraq the influx of militants to Pakistan could continue that could further complicate the situation.
Highlights
Our most precious asset is our youth and we must pay our full attention and focus to save it from extremism
Educational institutes are the backbone of societal development and it would be the worst-case scenario if these might have polluted with extremist ideologies
The purpose of this study is to explore the vulnerability of education sector in Pakistan in a globalized environment
Summary
When the state and cultural institutions fail to build inclusive opportunities for participation and a sense of belonging to a polity, they render individuals susceptible to manipulation, radicalization and recruitment into violent extremist groups. International actors and foreign countries can be presented as oppressive enemies that need to be confronted through violence and conflict These narratives combine to provide violent extremist groups with legitimacy. (Gulmez, 2018) Migrants and immigrant communities offer vivid illustrations of instances where states and their institutions fail to provide smooth socialization and integration experiences When such conditions combine, they render alienated individuals highly susceptible and vulnerable to becoming radicalized, and joining violent extremist groups. Even if the heroes of the Pakistan Movement, Jinnah, Iqbal, Sir Syed Ahmed Khan-were not orthodox Muslims, they were to be shown as such
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