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    ISAS Working Papers

    Long-term studies on trends and issues in South Asia

    214 : Pakistan’s Past, Present and Future – III : Placing Pakistan’s Future in a Broader Context

    Shahid Javed Burki, Visiting Senior Research Fellow at the Institute of South Asian Studies (ISAS)

    6 October 2015

    Islamic extremism may find it difficult to establish itself in Pakistan. The reason why the country may not spread a welcoming mat for radical ideologies, such as those espoused by the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria, is that Pakistan is making progress in creating political and economic orders that will accommodate the aspirations of the youth.