Militancy and Its Impact on the Foreign Policy of Pakistan

Summary: A militant is a person who, in order to achieve certain aims, pick up arms and do fighting; A militant can also be motivated by a belief which may make him inclined to fight. Militancy is a condition produced by the militant acts of a militant to meet the requisite aims or serve a cause; the word militancy also includes the impression of the word aggression without which neither can a person become militant nor can militancy be possible (Khan, 2005; Husain, 2012a; Husain, 2012b). A militant can resort to aggressive verbal or physical confrontation to achieve his objectives. A militant can be a political activist, revolutionary or an insurgent. What makes a militant an ardent supporter of a cause is the assumption that he is right or the cause is just. What makes a militant aggressive is that he is not being heard by others and he feels…