Abstract :
The study aims to express counter-terrorism situation in Pakistan where terrorism has prevailed
in last two decades. There have been more than 100,000 fatalities, the government bears 126
billion US dollars financially, 92 billion US dollars in terms of indirect losses and overall an
estimated 10 million people nationally are affected by terrorism. NACTA was formed under
National Action Plan to counter terrorism, it was the first step toward concrete anti-terrorism
policy. This secondary data based qualitative research highlights efficacy of counter- terrorism
policies. The results show the strengths and weaknesses of NACTA framework and its
performance. The counter- terrorism strategies minimized security threats demonstrating
considerable decrease in numbers of suicide attacks and violent activities.
Keyword :
Counter-Terrorism, NACTA, SWOT Analysis, Effectiveness