Pakistan’s CounterExtremism Challenge and Policy Recourse

In Pakistan, religious extremism threatens social cohesion and feeds into terrorism. Left unchecked, this problem can damage Pakistan beyond repair, though it is already responsible for some of the long-running internal security challenges such as religious and sectarian polarization and the persecution of minorities, etc. Extremism’s inherent tendency for anarchy and hostility for democratic dispensation makes it all the more alarming.