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“Misgovernance – Radicalization Nexus in Pakistan”
“Quetta Dissemination Seminar”
Organized by the Institute of Management Sciences, University of
Balochistan, Quetta
In Collaboration with the Governance Institutes Network International
(GINI)
On March 28th, 2014
Executive Summary of Quetta Seminar Proceedings
The Governance Institutes Network International (GINI) has undertaken a research study with
the support of the United States Institute of Peace (USIP) to explore the link between mis-
governance and radicalization in North Western Pakistan. This study entailed a survey of 2000
households in the Malakand division, FATA, and KP settled districts. The results of the survey
were then shared with local service providers in each of these regions through Focus Group
Discussions.
Though this research was carried out in KPK and Fata, parts of the other Provinces are also
experiencing certain issues with mis-governance that could lead to radicalization. Therefore
GINI has decided to give a wide dissemination so that participants can learn more about the
situation in KPK FATA as well as derive the applications of the recommendations to their
respective experiences. In this regard 4 half-day Seminars are envisaged at the provincial level
i.e. in Lahore, Karachi, Quetta and Peshawar, followed by a federal Seminar in Islamabad.
The Quetta seminar was the first dissemination seminar which has been organized by the
Institute of Management Sciences, University of Balochistan, Quetta in collaboration with the
Governance Institutes Network International (GINI) on 28th March, 2014 as per agenda at
Annex-I. The workshop was attended by over 75 participants as per details at Annex-II.
Selected press clippings of the Seminar are at Annex-III.
Inaugural Session:
The program started: 10:30 AM with one hour of delay at committee room of University of
Balochistan. The two students of IMS played the role of Anchor persons of the program i.e. Ms.
Saqiba Student (MBA) 3rd semester and Mr. Noman Hayat Student (MBA) 5th semester have
initiated seminar. The Seminar was started with recitation from Holly Quran by Mr. Jawad Khan.
The students on behalf of the director, institute of management sciences UOB, welcomed the
participants in the seminar. The step by step proceeding of the seminar is given below.
1. Chief guest Prof. Dr. Syed Mohsin Raza, Meritorious Professor and Dean faculty of
Basic Sciences, on the behalf of Vice Chancellor University of Balochistan, Quetta,
Pakistan gave inaugural speech about the topic of Seminar and thanked the Institute of
Management Sciences (IMS), Governance Institutes Network International (GINI), The
United Nations Development Program (UNDP) and USIP for conducting this thought
provoking and interactive seminar. He specially thanked Prof. Abdul Naeem for the
successful conduct and playing the key role of a liaison between above mentioned
organizations.
Key points highlighted by Dr. Mohsan Raza
Radicalization is a great social evil.
Pakistan is victim of diverse insurgencies.
National foreign and domestic policies must be revised.
This region lacked capacity to implement the good and productive policies.
Management sciences is the prodigious field of study and IMS is contributing
much for the development of Balochistan towards business education
Innovations in technology and spread of communication technologies may help to
understand and control the radicalization in the society.
2. Mr. Usama Bakhtiar Ahmad, CEO of GINI has explained the research objectives and key
findings of the research study conducted by GINI about “Misgovernance - radicalization
Nexus in Pakistan”. Highlighting features of the research and his speech are listed below.
Objective of the study
The objective of this study is to determine whether miss-governance or
institutional failure leads to militancy or support for militancy, and to what extent.
Key findings
Radicalization is a National issue
35,000 lives have been lost in last 10 years
We faced $78billion of economic loss
It is affecting all of us, regardless of the background
GINI has undertaken several projects related to policy and different national
issues
For the current research comprehensive strategy was formulated.
Detailed literature review followed by data collection from almost 2000
respondents. Different statistical tools (Bivariate Model, Multiple Regression)
were applied for the analysis of the collected data. In addition to the structured
questionnaire focus group discussions were also conducted for validation purpose
and before reaching some conclusions.
Objective of Quetta seminar:
i. To develop deliberation on cause and effect
ii. We have data but don’t know what does it mean?
iii. We want to pretest it with audience present at seminar
iv. Above all we want to create consensus and a way forward.
Detailed history of the Pakistan’s bordering region with Afghanistan was
presented, the policies and strategies of British Raj about the region including
settled areas of KPK, FATA and PATA.
So far results of the study are mixed showing some inconsistencies about the
perceptions of Malakand, Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA), and
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KPK) respondents. Some of the highlighting of so far
results are as follows
For FATA
Higher the land holdings less trend towards the militancy but not true for
Malakand
Poverty leads toward increase in radicalization
FCR-1901 structure needs amendments
Regularization of Jirga system
Role and scope of Judiciary and executives need to be separated.
Constitutional status of the FATA should be given accordingly.
Local Bodies governance system should be initiated in FATA
System of khasadar and levies needs to the revised
For Malakand Division
High income level of people but higher level of militancy too.
MNAs and MPAs failed to deliver
64% literacy level, but still radicalization prevails.
For KPK settled areas
High level of corruption
According to people most croup institutions are Police and WAPDA
Imams’ peaches develop the opinions of people.
Public servants (especially POLICE ) incentive structure should be revised
Compensation must be linked with performance
Muharam ul haram kind of vigilance and policing set up must continue through-
out the year
Govt. land record should be updated
Govt. land should be distributed among the needy and poor people of the same
area
Speedy resolution of the land disputes are demanded
3. Mr. Janzeb Khan Bareach was the representative from the office of UNDP. He
highlighted some of programs initiated by UNDP specifically for Balochistan Province,
which are directly or indirectly linked with the overall socio-economic development of
the Province, including agriculture, irrigation (Dams), accommodation (UNDP RAHA).
4. Mr. Mahfooz Ali Khan, Director NIM, Balochistan was the panelist of the seminar was
not present on the occasion but his videos massage were recorded and presented in the
seminar. In his video message he highlighted the importance of equal importance of
Balochistan and stressed about the delivery of equal rights which are at par with the
people of other provinces.
5. Dr. Jan Muhammad, Director Institute of Management Sciences (IMS) and panelist in his
panel discussion highlighted the main findings of the study. He emphasized the need for
more rigorous study on the topic. He stated that this study must also be extended to the
other area of Pakistan so that the finding of the study can be more generalized. He further
said that mis-governance and radicalization nexus in Pakistan is an important issue and
must be thoroughly investigated. He said that the Impact of mis-governance is
widespread and leads to radicalization. He said sound and conducive environment can
leads to more polite and satisfied society, while rigid environment force people towards
radicalization.
6. Ms. Faiza Mir, Lecturer International Relations, UOB was the next panelist. She shared
her experiences and people’s responses from her visits and stay at USA, Islamabad and
different institutions, highlighting about the stereotype mindsets of the people about
Balochistan. She insisted on developing harmony among people and to foster a sense of
belongingness and ownership with the land from where we live and belong to.
7. Ms. Samina Khan a Parliamentarian from Balochisan was the fourth panelist of the
seminar. She shared challenges that present provincial government is facing.
She said, we are first Pakistani and then Balochi, Pathan, Sindhi or else.
Balochistan is not well linked with other parts of the country.
Most of the people in education sector are from KPK and from Punjab in
Secretariat, but we are trying to do capacity building and bring our own people in
the institutions.
Balochistan lacks investment for which, present government is trying its level best
to bring National and International investment in Balochistan.
Primary education is free at present but this government is trying to make
education free up to Matric level.
Youth of Balochistan are very important. Government of Balochistan is trying to
provide healthy environment for youth.
Providing suitable jobs is the top priority for youth development
The main cause of extremism in Balochistan is illiteracy and unemployment.
8. Mr. Abdul Naeem Coordinator of the Seminar has presented the concluding remarks. He
stated that the causes of radicalization in the province of Balochistan are not different
from other part of Pakistan. He summarized the main causes of mis-governance –
radicalization, Nexus in Pakistan as highlighted by the panelist as follow.
Poverty & low literacy rate.
Mis-governance & Corruption.
Uneven distribution of resources among various provinces.
Un-employment.
Lack of justice.
Lack of facilities and infrastructure.
Lack of Investment from National and International investors.
Lack of conducive environment.
Political instability.
The province of Balochistan has lack of capacity to implement the good and
productive policies.
9. In the end Mr. Qaiser Jamali member from UNESCO has thanked the Governance
Institutes Network International (GINI), The United Nations Development Program
(UNDP) and USIP United State Institute for Peace for conducting this seminar. He
thanked all the participants especially the panelist for sharing their valuable views and
make this seminar successful.
Institute of Management SciencesUniversity of Balochistan, Quetta (PAKISTAN).
ANNEX-I
Seminar on “Misgovernance-Radicalization Nexus in Pakistan”
Friday, March 28, 2014
Venue: Committee Room (Arts Block),
University of Balochistan, Quetta.
Program Schedule
09:30 a.m. – 10:00 a.m. Registration of Guests
10:00 a.m. – 10:05 a.m. Recitation of the Holy Quran
10:05 a.m. – 10:15 a.m. Welcome Address
10:15 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. Presentation of the Key Findings
11:00 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. Presentation of the UNDP
Governance Response
11:30 a.m. – 11:45 a.m. Remarks by the Chief Guest
11:45 a.m. – 12:05 p.m. Tea Break
12:05 p.m. – 12:35 p.m. Panel Discussion Session
12:35 p.m. – 12:45 p.m. Question-and-Answer
12:45 p.m. – 1:00 p.m. Closing Remarks
Annex-II.
PLANNING LIST OF PARTICIPANTS
Quetta Seminar
Participants from University of Balochistan:-
S.No Name Designation Organization
1. Prof. Dr. Mohsin Raza Prof of Emeritus &
Dean Faculty of Basic
Sciences, UoB, Quetta
University of Balochistan,
Quetta
2. Prof. Mehmood Ali Shah. Professor of Emeritus Department of Political Science.
3. Mrs. Rifat Arshad Chairperson, Economic
Deptt
Economic Department
4. Mr. Nasrullah Wazir Chairperson, Pushto
Deptt
Pushto Department
5. Prof Abdul Latif Dean Faculty of
Management Sciences &
Commerce.
Commerce Department
6. Dr. Jan Muhammad Director, IMS Institute of Management
Sciences
7. Mr. Abdul Naeem Asstt. Proff do
8. Mr. M.K.Bhatti Asstt. Proff do
9. Dr. Zainab Bibi Asstt. Prof do
10. Dr. Saubia Ramzan Asstt. Prof do
11. Dr. Sana ur Rehman Lecturer do
12. Dr. Jahanvash Karim Lecturer do
13. Ms. Uzma Gilani Lecturer do
14. Mr. Furqan ul Haq Siddiqui Lecturer do
15. Dr. Muhammad Kasif. Assistant Professor do
16. Mr. Muhammad Naeem Khan. Lecturer do
17. Mr. Nadir Khan. Lecturer do
18. Ms. Farae Naeem Khan. Lecturer do
19. Ms. Beenish Malik. Khan. Lecturer do
20. Mr. Qudrat Ullah Visiting Faculty do
21. Dr. Mukhtar Uzma Lecturer Department of Computer
Sciences.
22. Ms. Faiza Mir Lecturer Department of International
Relation
23. Prof. Dr. Naheed Anjum Chaisti Professor Department of Political Science
24. Mr. Dilawer Durrani Research Scholar University of Balochistan Quetta
25. Mr. Muhammad Shafiq Research Scholar University of Balochistan Quetta
26. Miss. Tahira Jabeen Research Scholar University of Balochistan Quetta
Participants from Local Media:-
S.No Name Designation Organization
27. Siddiq Baloch Editor Balochistan Express
28. Kamaran Mumtaz Editor Mashriq Quetta
29. Abdul Shakoor Reporter Associated Press of Pakistan
(APP)
30. Mr.Ejaz Ahmed Asst. Prof. Media &
Journalism
Media & Journalism
31. Mr.Yousaf Masih Chairperson Media &
Journalism
Media & Journalism
32. Mr. Suleman Raza Asstt Prof Media & Journalism
Participants from NGO:-
S.No Name Designation Organization
33. Ms. Samena Khan MNA Balochistan Balochistan Assembly
34. Mr. Jahnzeb Khan Breach Representative UNDP
35 Mr. Fazal ur Rehman Officer Information and
Counseling
Norwegian, Refugee Council
36. Mr. Qasir Jamali. Representative UNESCO
37. Mr. Safdar Hussain Associate Director IDSP, Pakistan
38. Mr. Allauddin Khilji Director Aurat Foundation
39. Mr. Shakoor Ahmed Manager SAMEDA
Participants from Govt Officials & Civil Society:-
S.No Name Designation Organization
40. Mr. Mehfooz Ali Khan Director National Institute of
Management
41. Mr. Saeed Ahmed Director, Labor Labor Department, Govt of BAL.
42. Mr. Farhan Shakeel Director, IT Government of Balochistan
43. Mr. Muhammad Asim Director General Provincial Disaster Management
44. Sardar Raza Barech Trend International
45. Mr. Niaz Muhammad Khan Ex President Quetta
Chamber of Commerce
Niaz Muhammad & Company
46. Mr Kamal ud din Ahmed Ex President Quetta
Chamber of Commerce
47. Mr. Rehmat ullah Breach President Quetta Bar Quetta Hight Court
Participants from Students Universities of Balochistan, Quetta:-
S.No Name Designation Organization
48. Dr. Malik Muhammad Tariq. Chairman University of Balochistan, Quetta
49. Shaukat Ali Senior Engineer. PTCL
50. Muhammad Naeen Admn officer University of Balochistan, Quetta
51. Dabeer Jamali Excise Officer Excise Department
52. Habib Ullah Line superintendent PTCL
Students from University of Balochistan:-
S.No Name Designation Organization
53. Friry Ann John Student of MPA 3RD
Semester
University of Balochistan,
Quetta
54. Faima Noor Student of MPA 3RD
Semester
do
55. Bismah Habib Student of MPA 3RD
Semester
do
56. Safina Sarfarz Student of MBA 5th
Semester
do
57. Roha Sehar Student of MBA 5th
Semester
do
58. Maryum Shahid Student of MBA 5th
Semester
do
59. Tahira Ali Student of MBA 3rd
Semester
do
59. Atta Sharabni Student of MPA 3RD
Semester
do
60. Habib Ullah Student of MPA 3RD
Semester
do
61. Syed Nadir Shah Student of MPA 3RD
Semester
do
62. Aman Ullah Student of MPA 3RD
Semester
do
63. Iftikhar Ahmed Student of MPA 3RD
Semester
do
64. Naseeb Ulah Student of MBA 5th
Semester
do
65. Syed Fareed Ahmed Student of MBA 5th
Semester
do
66. Ali JAN Bughti Student of MPA 3RD
Semester
do
67. Muhammad Nauman Hayat Student of MBA 5th
Semester
do
68. Saqiba Ali Student of MBA 3rd
Semester
do
69. Younas Student of MBA 5th
Semester
do
70. Najeeb Ullah Student of MBA 5th
Semester
do
71. Habib Ur Rehman Student of MBA 5th
Semester
do
72. Asmat Student of MBA 5th
Semester
do
73. Tahir Aleem Student of MBA 5th
Semester
do
74. Amir Khan Student of MBA 5th
Semester
do
75. Bashir Ahmed Student of MPA 3RD
Semester
do
Note: Camera man of Geo, PTCL, ARY and PTV Bolan were present but there are not
included in the above list .
Annex-III.
