In recent decades, life in this world has become precariously insecure because of terrorism, which is assuming menacing proportions with each passing day. The law and order enforcing agencies throughout the world for maintaining peace find themselves helpless in meeting the growing challenge posed by terrorism. One is exposed to the danger of becoming a victim of the terrorist activity of someone or other terrorist outfits the moment one-steps out of one’s house.

Now days, the menace of global terrorism can be seen at work in a very large number of countries. Attacks on the World Trade Center at New York by some terrorists proved to the world that no country, rich or poor, highly in risk by the terrorists.

Today terrorist groups of original Pakistani citizens and Mohajirs are busy shedding the blood of each other on the streets of Karachi. Within India, Jammu and Kashmir, Punjab, Assam, Manipur, Tripura and Maharashtra are some of the States, which are plagued by the monster of terrorism, almost invariably sponsored and sustained by Pakistan. Serial bomb blasts in Mumbai in March 1993 and Indian Parliament attack in December 2001, were among the most nefarious acts of terrorism in India.

The Anti Terrorism Summit held in Paris in 1996 has recommended adoption of international conventions on terrorist acts, training of anti terrorist experts, tightening the grip of law against terrorism, control on production and sale of arms and explosives. Our entire educational system should be rationalized and over hauled to teach the students to value reason and moral values.

Recently elected American President Obama, also facing one of the challenges, in support with other countries, to curb terrorism in various conflicts areas of the world including Pakistan and Afghanistan.