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by one of the Pakistani terrorist organisations when she was engaged in her
pre-election campaign. After this issue, Pakistan’s political system was
completely damaged and ended up in a national level riot. In 2013, Nawaz
Sharif became PM for the third time. He was the longest-serving PM in the

history of Pakistan. Later in 2018, Nawaz Sharif had to step down from the
position of PM due to corruption allegations against him. In 2018, Imran

Khan became PM of Pakistan.

Economic Situation

The economy in Pakistan emerged as semi-industrialised, which mainly
focused on agriculture, textiles and food production. The major income of
Pakistan is through textile exports. Economic liberalisation was introduced in

2000 to rejuvenate its economy and project growth. Pakistan has witnessed
many ups and downs in its GDP from an all-time high of $304.95 billion in
2017 to an all-time low of $3.71 billion in 1960. Pakistan stands at 25 th

position in the world economy for the financial year 2018. Pakistan is also
trying to boost its economy with the help of China through the China-
Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC).

Terrorism

Generally, Pakistan has the cover face of a terrorist country in front of the

world. In reality, normal civilians are not a part of this activity and they are
also suffering from this. There are many terrorist groups identified in

Pakistan including Lashkar-e-Taiba, Jaish-e-Mohammed, Al-Qaeda, etc.
These terrorist groups are responsible for the major assassinations and mass
murders in the history of Pakistan and throughout the world. Terrorism in
Pakistan is said to have been funded by the government itself. The terrorists

who were found in the 9/11 attack in the US were trained by Pakistani
military forces. There are many reasons for terrorism:

Religious extremism is the basic cause of terrorism. The innocent youth
in the country are attracted to terrorism in the name of religion and the