Rehabilitation and Deradicalization Efforts in Pakistan: An Account

This chapter provides an overview of Pakistan’s deradicalization, counterterrorism, and rehabilitation efforts to better understand the country’s overall militancy culture and counterterrorism strategy. This chapter begins by describing government efforts to develop counterterrorism strategies and then discusses the struggles of NGOs. This chapter argues that Pakistan lacks a national policy framework for the deradicalization and rehabilitation of ex-combatants. Such national framework is critical for post-conflict peacebuilding. The framework should not be security-centered but citizen-centered, with the participation of civil society being crucial.