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    ISAS Briefs

    Quick analytical responses to occurrences in South Asia

    411 : Killings in Lahore: Will Condemnation Suffice?

    Shahid Javed Burki is Visiting Senior Research Fellow , ISAS

    29 March 2016

    The terrorist attack in Lahore raises some vital questions for the state and society in Pakistan. Beyond the denunciation of suicide-bombings as "cowardly" acts, one must look at the 'grand' designs of using the human body as a weapon.