Extremism In Pakistan And Its Impact On Educational Institutes

Abstract

This study presents empirical information regarding the root causes and ramifications of extremism at campus level, which is one of the sensitive issues to the security and Higher Education of Pakistan. Different events and aftermath of 9/11 brought with it the issue of extremism not only on social and political grounds but also in education institutions. This extremism is practiced by many actors due to motivation of their own ideologies, ethnic, political and religious aims in higher education institutions of Pakistan. The researcher has investigated the main driving motive of the issue in educational institutes. The higher education institutions in Pakistan had suffered from the extremism due to its geographical location and the violent nature of the people. Some analysts are of the view that the intense emotional attachment of people towards religion had also been a key reason for many cases and incidents, happened in institutes, in the context of extremism. This study is qualitative in nature, thematic analyses is used for analyzing different data.