LIFE BEHIND TERRORIST LINES: THE CASE OF DISTRICT BANNU

Abstract

The Current research study explores the impact of Terrorism on the social Environment of Effected Areas of District Bannu. Terrorism was measured on the basis of four Different attributes namely (Creating Violence in the society, Loss of life Factor, Religious Extremism and finally felling of Insecurity among Masses). While different Areas of Social Environment (Lack of Interest among Peoples, Fear, Anxiety, social life setup, Poverty, Modern mean of communication, Infrastructure Development, Free Speech and Level of education) was measured. For this purpose data was collected from three different Clusters of District Bannu Population. Cluster One consist of sample from Bannu City Area, Cluster two sample consist of Adjacent Areas to Bannu City and finally Cluster Three sample size comprise of far flung areas of District Bannu. From Each Group 50 Respondents response was summarized. Questionnaire was designed for this purpose and its ratability was also measured. Prior to construct Reliability Measurement it was pilot tested by 10 experts in the field of Political Science. Four different Regression Models was generated for testing the relationship.