Sleepwalking to Surrender: Dealing with Terrorism in Pakistan

• The book serves as a critical mapping of Pakistan's institutional policy paralysis and security failures. By evaluating a wide spectrum of crises, public personalities, and systemic state policies, the text outlines the severe toll of religious radicalization and warns of the continuous portents facing the region's stability.

Khaled Ahmed (born 1943) is one of Pakistan's most respected and fearless political columnists and analysts. With a career spanning decades in prominent publications like Newsweek Pakistan, The Daily Times, and The Friday Times, he has garnered international acclaim for his authoritative commentary on South Asian politics, religious extremism, and ideology.

Across its chapters, the book systematically exposes the cognitive dissonance embedded within Pakistan’s power corridors. It highlights how state-sponsored narratives and denial mechanisms obstruct effective counter-terrorism measures. Through meticulous documentation of terror incidents, policy decisions, and ideological conflicts, Ahmed lays bare the heavy price of state compromise with extremism, making a compelling case for a grounded factual reckoning over comfortable myths.