Assessing the Psychological Effects of Terrorism on Individual and Communities in Quetta District, Balochistan:
Keywords:
Psychological, Terrorism, Quetta.Abstract
Balochistan is paying a huge price in the war against terrorism since last
two decades. However, not much work has been done on the subject
specifically in tabulating the losses of human lives and phycological effects
of this war. This study tries to fill that gap by assessing the psychological
effects of terrorism on individuals and cummunitites in Quetta district. This
study is based on primary sources of data collected from 150 individuals
effected by terrorism following structured questionnaire. In addition, data
have also been collected from two highly targeted communitites following
focus group discussion. The results indicate that terrorism has effected both
indvidulas and communities at a greater extent during the last two decades.
Respondents indicated that terrorism effected their lives in many ways that
include job loss, education, fear of going outside, health issues, stress,
depression and social life. However, terrorism appears to have failed to
produce the attitudinal change desired by its perpetrators. In order to
reduce the phycholgical effects, actions taken by the responsible authorities
are not enough and needs proper attention and safety measures to prevent
such incidents in the future.
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