Pakistani youth in danger of radicalisation:
Pakistani youth in danger of radicalisation: study *Brookings report says US should make socio-economic aid conditional upon Pakistan’s ability to spread benefits to masses instead of tying it solely to terrorismBy Khalid HasanWASHINGTON: Pakistan’s potential for youth radicalisation is high, given a poor education system stratified along socio-economic lines and disparate economic opportunities across society, according to a study published by the Brookings Institution.Authored by Pakistani scholar and journalist Moeed Yusuf, the study, titled ‘The Prospects of Youth Radicalisation in Pakistan: Implications for US Policy’, finds warning signals that increase the likelihood for young members of society being lured towards extremist causes. The prospects of this are increased because of the presence of an extremist infrastructure, the impeccable organisational discipline and widespread social networks of Pakistan’s Islamic political and militant outfits, a failure of the moderate forc...