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>RESTRICTED RESTRICTED 1SECURITY CHALLENGES OF 21ST CENTURY: A REGIONAL AND NATIONAL PERSPECTIVE (PAKISTAN) 1. I consider it a singular honour and a privilege to be invited to 8th ASEAN Regional Forum Meeting to discuss ‘Enhancing Strategic Studies to Meet the Challenges of 21st Century’. I will be speaking on ‘Security Challenges of the 21st Century and present Pakistani Perspective in South Asian context’. It is a complex and multi dimensional topic and it would be presumptuous of me to pretend that I can present a comprehensive assessment of the security issues facing the South Asian region. All that I would attempt to do is to outline the contours of the Security Challenges that South Asia faces in general and Pakistan in particular. 3. Pakistan as indeed South Asia face a host of security challenges that include territorial disputes, poor economic performance, high population growth, scarcity of resources such as water, energy, food, etc, terrorism, poor governance, corruption, etc. I will however, restrict myself to the challenges threatening peace in the region, rise of fundamentalism leading to terrorism, low economic growth and issues emerging in Post 9/11 period.
