STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE OF FACTORS INFLUENCING TERRORISM IN PAKISTAN

Pakistan is severely suffering from terrorism which have shaken its social fabric, shackled political system and frightened the public. This article provides an empirical investigation of the determinants of terrorism in Pakistan. Principally, the factors affecting terrorism was explored involving in terrorism adaptation by the peoples. The study was conducted in Faisalabad and Rahim Yar Khan and data thus obtained was subjected to logistic regression. Sociological studies using logistic regression models to analyze data in which the outcome variable has two discrete categories, classically referred to as a 'binary' outcome. Through standardized regression analysis, the factors contributing positively or negatively were identified to a change of state leading to potential terrorist activities. Results showed that education, age, radicalization, un-employment, extremism are the major factor affecting the terrorism. The anti-terrorism organization and Government efforts were found to be non-effective for eradication/stopping terrorism. The results revealed that geographic factors are also important to flourish the terrorist activities. Therefore, these identified potential factors should be taken into account in the prevention of terrorism activities in future.