Nontraditional Security Threats to Pakistan
What is a non-traditional Security Threat? “NON-TRADITIONAL SECURITY (NTS) CHALLENGES ARE THREATS TO THE SURVIVAL AND WELL-BEING OF PEOPLES AND STATES THAT ARISE PRIMARILY OUT OF NON-MILITARY SOURCES SUCH AS CLIMATE CHANGE, INFECTIOUS DISEASES, NATURAL DISASTERS, IRREGULAR MIGRATION, FOOD AND WATER SHORTAGES AND OTHER FORMS OF TRANSNATIONAL CRIMES.”, DR. MELY CABALLERO-ANTHONY Following are the threats: 1. Climate change Pakistan among the most vulnerable countries (ranked 7 th ) to climate change. Hottest year 2017, Karachi’s temperature 53 degree centigrade, heat wave killed 1500 people, Smog in Lahore has paralyzed the lives. Thus endangering the lives of people in many ways. In Pakistan, low-probability and high-impact events such as earthquakes, floods, droughts, storms and cyclones have been increasing in frequency, inflicting unbearable human and financial losses. The case in point being the earthquake of 2005 that caused approximately 0...