Multidimensional Challenges and its Impacts on the Security of Pakistan

Abstract

Over the last decades, internal challenges faced by Pakistan include a fractured state and society, weak governance, fragile institutions, extremism and poor economy which are also affecting the image of Pakistan in the outer world as well.  This research explains the nature of security challenges and its impacts on the stability of the society and the state. It is an attempt to dig out the security issues and its influence on the state and society of Pakistan. According to complex mix of the nature of challenges has created the security threats for Pakistan, these are divided into two types, internal and external. The technological, cultural, political, social, religious, economic environmental and self-security are internal, while defense, nuclear proliferation, geography and foreign threats including in the major external threats or challenges for Pakistan. The greatest challenge that the Pakistani government and its people are facing, concerned with the national security. The inability of Pakistani security institutions are may not fully equip and ready to meet the internal and external security challenges effectively. The research is an attempt to create an alternative reading of various security threats related to the people at the social, political and economic levels in Pakistan. All these elements are negatively influencing the image of Pakistan at the international level as well