Students can do more against terrorism

Under the slogan “Terror-free Pakistan” an Interior Ministry spokesman in Islamabad said the government established a country-wide Volunteer Student Task Force (VSTF) to increase the capacity to help victims of violent extremists.
Membership in the VSTF includes a three-day orientation and basic training course that is organized and taught in schools and colleges. Interested student can register their names at local police stations. The training course has been designed by academics, and security experts. Students of schools around the country have expressed interest in becoming involved in this endeavour.

Violent extremists want to keep students away from studies so that the country will not progress. Educated youth must become involved so that they fail to achieve that objective. The government is playing its role to counter violent extremism, and civil society and the educational system should join them.