Security Sector Reforms in Pakistan

Salma Malik
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Salma Malik: Salma Malik is Lecturer, Defence and Strategic Studies, Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad, Pakistan.

South Asian Survey, 2009, vol. 16, issue 2, 273-289

Abstract: Over the last 60 years, Pakistan has witnessed recurrent political upheavals and security threats that have undermined any attempt in building strong democratic institutions. This is true also of the security sector and governance agencies that are perhaps facing their biggest internal and external security challenge since 2007. The stresses on Pakistan’s security sector to protect the country’s borders, its people and the nuclear arsenal are unprecedented. In the light of such problems, the article examines the efforts to build various institutions for addressing the country’s security challenges as well as the reforms that have been undertaken to strengthen these institutions. The article concludes by recommending certain necessary steps required to establish a holistic security sector in order to safeguard its national interests.

Date: 2009
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