Abstract
Since the inception of Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), as an organized terrorist organization, it is widely discussed among scholars, whether terrorist organizations are financed by local or international sources in Pakistan. It is argued that some locals from FATA and KP regions did provide financial and manpower assistance to TTP’s objectives by assuming as defensive jihad against Pakistan Army and for the enforcement of Sharia (Islamic law) in the country. In this perspective, other local militant outfits in Pak-Afghan border-areas significantly participated in the formation of the TTP challenging the writ of the state. In FATA and KP regions, the TTP was enthusiastically supported by the local people and militant outfits, because the political vacuum created after the annulment of PATA in 1994, created socio-political grievances among people. In this campaign, regional and International players specifically provided assistance in order to promote militancy in Pakistan. With the collaboration of Tehrik-e-Nifaz-e-Sharia-Mohammedi (TNSM) and other militant outfits, the TTP strengthened its organizational and operational structure within and beyond Pakistani borders. This paper addresses the strategies adopted by the TTP to sustain financially, and maintain fundraising and administrative affairs within dominated areas of Pakistan.