The Social, Political and Economic Effects of the War on Terror:
The Social, Political and Economic Effects of the War on Terror: Pakistan 2009 To 2011 Pakistan has been fighting the war on terror, as a front line state, since September 2001. So far, the war has brought huge destruction to Pakistan by slowing down the economic growth, devastating the social structure, and harming the country politically. This paper attempts to study the social, political, and economic effects of the war on terror on Pakistan from 2009 to 2011. During this period, intensity of the war increased and it spread into the settled areas of Pakistan. Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KPK) suffered the most. This qualitative paper shows a significant negative relationship between terrorist activities and economic growth, social progress, and political advancement. 1:These are the primary sectors of Pakistan economy and any terrorist activity has a negative impact on these sectors. Pakistan is an agrarian economy and 45 percent of the p...