Imagine a Pakistani leader requests a memo from youan active young change maker-on countering violent

extremism. The Pakistani leadership is looking for

creative solutions to address this enduring menace. In
only 300 words or less you must identify the core
challenge at the heart of extremism for the leadership
and highlight what you believe to be the most effective
path to countering extremism?
Extremism, the word that shook the basis of how a young person
thinks about religion. Every walk of life in Pakistan is affected by
Extremism and it is deeply rooted in Pakistani society. Extremism
moves on the shoulder of young people on direction of timeworn
violent extremists. They promote it in such a manner that it is the
only way to please God and if you do it you will be called a martyr.
Young masses are also attracted by the idea that they have not
done anything good in their entire lives so this can be a good
chance to redeem them. Unemployment in the country also fuels
this phenomenon, the recent cases of educated young people
turned extremists also proves it. So what should be done the
prevailing condition of restlessness among the young people
regarding their future should be addressed at full capacity to
mitigate the effect of extremism in society. Another measure to stop
this menace is to identify the rhetorical and ideological narratives to
stop violent extremism in the society. The carriers of these
narratives are often Internet and media houses. Identifying the
rhetorical

should

be

the

prime

objective

because

without

identification it is implausible to stop them. Mosques, which are

sometimes used for spreading the message of violent extremism,
should be regulated because being a sacred place it can dissuade
the senses of a logical person as well. Civil society should be
organized under an umbrella because most of the time all agents
are doing the same thing but under different classifications which
results in unclear outcomes. The war on North borders of Pakistan
will alleviate the physical presence of violent extremism but it is
very important to fight ideology as well. New additions in this

unnamed force are mainly because of the ideology behind the

extremism not extremism itself.