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Sectarian Issue in Pakistan: Effects, Causes and Remedies

1. Introduction

a. Pakistan is faced with a number of grave challenges, sectarian unrest is one of those challenges and needs to be resolved on the priority basis
b. The sectarian issue in Pakistan is not a new one rather it is an old issue which has become severe just in a couple of years
c. The sectarian divide in the country has been existing since Zia-ul-Haq’s reign

2. Effects of Sectarian unrest in Country

a. Social hatred
b. Suppression on Religious and Sectarian Minorities
c. Declining Social Justice
d. Killing of Innocent Citizens
i. According to a report (Pakistan Security Report 2013) issued by Pakistan Institute of Peace Studies (PIPS): the total number of sectarian attacks in 2013 was 208 which claimed 1,195 lives
e. National Disharmony
f. Internal displacement and Migration

3. Causes of Increasing Sectarian Attacks

a. Sect-based political parties
b. Hate speech and hate literature
c. Government’s inefficiency
d. Foreign funding – In this case Saudi Arabia and Iran

4. Remedial Measures

a. A code for Sectarian Peace – Issued by Maulana Tahir Ashrafi
i. Curbing Sectarian hate speech
ii. Banning hate literature and graffiti
iii. Resisting the use of mosque loudspeakers for anything other than call to prayer and sermons in Arabic
b. Curbing the foreign funding of the sectarian elements
c. Empowering the law enforcement agencies to act on spot of unrest

5. Conclusion

a. If the issue could not be dealt with timely, it may further deteriorate the socio-economic and political system of the country
b. Then the situation would be extremely difficult to control



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