DOMESTIC LEGAL RESPONSES TO TERRORISM: AN ANALYSIS OF PAKISTAN’S COUNTERTERRORISM LEGISLATION THROUGH THE FRAMEWORK OF USLED INTERNATIONAL NORM CREATION

Abstract

This study explores antiterrorism legislation in Pakistan since 2001. It aims to comprehend the extent to which changes in antiterrorism legislation reflect the US-backed international counterterrorism norms. By doing so, the study attempts to determine the degree to which the United States has influenced Pakistan’s compliance with these counterterrorism norms. Such analysis not only allows us to understand the role of international actors, in this case the United States, in shaping domestic legal responses to a global problem, but it also determines the extent to which the state, in this case Pakistan, might make such changes by its own volition and understanding of its own self-interest.